Category — International (Non-US)

Burger King Says Men are Adulterers?

Well sort of. The latest ad I’ve seen from the delightful studio of Burger King is for the so-called “polygameat” - a burger made up of more than one kind of meat - the ad can be seen …

September 24, 2008   19 Comments

Female characters exist to promote male leads for network profits

Jennifer Kesler

This article began as a quick note on something we discussed about Robin Hood a while ago, but turned into an in-depth explanation for why the Mo Movie Measure test is so rarely passed by TV and film. It contains …

June 27, 2008   40 Comments

Australian Gladiators

I watched the first episode of the remake of Gladiators, and the thing that struck me was how the female gladiators looked and acted. I’ve broken it down into three categories, appearance, attitude and names. This …

April 15, 2008   15 Comments

All Saints: The Hard Yards

In the season one episode of All Saints, The Hard Yards, nurse Jarad’s football hero Gazza is admitted, having been stabbed by his girlfriend. Gazza is claiming an unprovoked attack by a jealous, insecure girlfriend; the girlfriend is …

February 5, 2008   3 Comments

Vicar of Dibley: Love for women who don’t look like supermodels

Jennifer Kesler

I don’t have much to say about The Vicar of Dibley - A Holy Wholly Happy Ending (Series 5) except:…

January 24, 2008   9 Comments

The Street: Yvonne and Sean

Jennifer Kesler

***CONTAINS SPOILERS***

The Street is a series which features a different home on a street in Manchester, UK each episode. While the first five episodes of series one were a bit hit and miss for me, the finale absolutely blew …

January 15, 2008   No Comments

DJH: Eggbert

In the s2 episode of Degrassi Junior High, Eggbert, we see a pregnant Spike (Christine) being given a egg through her pregnant mother’s group. She has to take care of it for two weeks as she would a real baby.

All …

January 15, 2008   No Comments

Hex

I was given the first season of British TV series Hex for my birthday, and three episodes in, I’m unimpressed. What’s largely got my back up is the excessive use of unrequited love between a lesbian Thelma and her best …

December 11, 2007   6 Comments

All Saints: the Beginning

Last year, I griped a lot about just how bad All Saints had gotten in its portrayal of women and women’s issues compared to how it used to be. For Christmas, I got the first and second seasons …

December 4, 2007   No Comments

A Kiss is Just a Kiss?

I was watching Degrassi High with a male friend (we’re both in our early twenties) and my sixteen-year-old sister. There was one episode where Caitlin, a fifteen-year-old, ropes her study partner, Arthur, a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old who is obviously smitten …

November 28, 2007   10 Comments