Feminist Frequency compares The Hunger Games movie to the book. Host Anita Sarkeesian talks about some of the shortcomings of the adaptation and a few things the film actually did better than the book.   WATCH
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Feminist Frequency compares The Hunger Games movie to the book.

Host Anita Sarkeesian talks about some of the shortcomings of the adaptation and a few things the film actually did better than the book.  

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The Hunger Games is one of the most popular young adult novel series, rivaling Harry Potter and Twilight. As the first of its film adaptations was just released in March 2012, readers and audiences have been pleasantly surprised at this fresh, dynamic, young female protagonist. In this episode, Feminist Frequency explores Katniss’ character in the first novel as it relates to gender and portrayals of violence.

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bliptv: The Bechdel Test for Women and The 2011 Academy Awards Do this year’s Oscar nominees contain even one scene where two women speak to each other about something other than a man?  WATCH ericmortensen: I have to reblog this again. It’s too hard to resist after reading this LA Times article, which contains the following passage: Oscar voters are nearly 94% Caucasian and 77% male, The Times found. Blacks are about 2% of the academy, and Latinos are less than 2%. Oscar voters have a median age of 62, the study showed. People younger than 50 constitute just 14% of the membership.  The Times found that some of the academy’s 15 branches are almost exclusively white and male. Caucasians currently make up 90% or more of every academy branch except actors, whose roster is 88% white. The academy’s executive branch is 98% white, as is its writers branch. Men compose more than 90% of five branches, including cinematography and visual effects. Of the academy’s 43-member board of governors, six are women; public relations executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs is the sole person of color. As Anita Sarkeesian notes in her Bechdel Test episode, none of this means that the current crop of Oscar nominees are bad movies. But it probably does mean that equally good movies have been left out for no good reason. And it virtually guarantees that movies that don’t reinforce the white male experience will not receive nominations. 
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The Bechdel Test for Women and The 2011 Academy Awards

Do this year’s Oscar nominees contain even one scene where two women speak to each other about something other than a man? 

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ericmortensen:

I have to reblog this again. It’s too hard to resist after reading this LA Times article, which contains the following passage:

Oscar voters are nearly 94% Caucasian and 77% male, The Times found. Blacks are about 2% of the academy, and Latinos are less than 2%. Oscar voters have a median age of 62, the study showed. People younger than 50 constitute just 14% of the membership. 

The Times found that some of the academy’s 15 branches are almost exclusively white and male. Caucasians currently make up 90% or more of every academy branch except actors, whose roster is 88% white. The academy’s executive branch is 98% white, as is its writers branch.

Men compose more than 90% of five branches, including cinematography and visual effects. Of the academy’s 43-member board of governors, six are women; public relations executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs is the sole person of color.

As Anita Sarkeesian notes in her Bechdel Test episode, none of this means that the current crop of Oscar nominees are bad movies. But it probably does mean that equally good movies have been left out for no good reason. And it virtually guarantees that movies that don’t reinforce the white male experience will not receive nominations. 

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The Bechdel Test for Women and The 2011 Academy Awards Do this year’s Oscar nominees contain even one scene where two women speak to each other about something other than a man?  WATCH
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The Bechdel Test for Women and The 2011 Academy Awards

Do this year’s Oscar nominees contain even one scene where two women speak to each other about something other than a man? 

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Feminist Frequency points out that iOS has an unusually large collection of creative, non-violent, problem solving video games.  As usual, you’re bound to look at the world differently after watching this episode. If you enjoy this episode, check out FF’s Tropes vs Women series.  Watch
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Feminist Frequency points out that iOS has an unusually large collection of creative, non-violent, problem solving video games. 

As usual, you’re bound to look at the world differently after watching this episode. If you enjoy this episode, check out FF’s Tropes vs Women series. 

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Whether you’re a feminist or a fangirl or you just like to learn, these six “Tropes vs Women” episodes of Feminist Frequency are absolutely fascinating. Host Anita Sarkeesian makes sure you’ll never look at entertainment the same way. 

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