Rumour has it that the popular children’s heroine, Dora the Explorer, will be growing up this fall. And by growing up, I mean, getting transformed into a thin and fashionable model for Western consumerism. My little sister is twelve years old now, and has grown up with Dora the Explorer. We used to watch the [...]
Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
Tween Dora?
March 19, 2009
Late Night Comedy: Where the Ladies at?
March 17, 2009
Are women not funny, or something? No disrespect to the late night men out there, but has anyone else noticed the serious gender disparity on late night comedy shows? Jay, Conan, Jimmy, John, Stephen… but what about Tina? Normally, I wouldn’t have noticed the lack of women in this block of programing, but the other [...]
Welcome to the Boys’ Club…
March 15, 2009
On a typical day at my university, it is not uncommon to hear a girl or guy murmur “that’s what she said” in the middle of a conversation. I hear, and even use, the phrase so often that I decided to name my blog after it. At first, I thought it was just a funny [...]
