Why Twilight Will Be a Great Achievement for Women
Out of the top 100 highest grossing live action films of all-time (U.S. only), not one is directed by a woman. That’s about to change.
Feminism on Overthinking It
Women in Action Screenwriting Contest: Judging Has Begun
Thanks to everyone who submitted to the First Annual Overthinkingit Linda Hamilton Memorial Women In Action Screenwriting Contest. Our judges are hard at work scrutinizing the entries and preparing to pick the winner! Expect the big news and discussion in … Continued
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Regarding “Girls Say Yes to Boys Who Say Obama”
[We are proud (and more than a little astonished) that our quirky little blog has been finding an audience, and that so many of you seem to share our obsessive and idiosyncratic take on popular culture. It is particularly flattering … Continued
Not cool, Dorothy
I think I’m going to miss you most of all. – Dorothy, to the Scarecrow What the hell, Dorothy? Why do you have to ruin a beautiful moment by picking favorites like that? Let me remind you that the Tin … Continued
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Episode 15: Between Platform 9 and 3/4 and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
In a rare two-hander, Wrather and Fenzel overthink: Seeing Movies Alone (and being a dick) Mocking the Afflicted Tyler Perry, Entrepreneur The Nature of Spoilers The South Park Indy Rape Episode Email questions and comments to podcast AT overthinkingit DOT … Continued
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Credit where it’s due, they inspired one of the more inspired Family Guy cutaways in recent memory
The commercials for Axe Body Spray have always appealed to men’s worst instincts, and recently they’ve taken an even more disturbing turn. See, Axe used to put out commercials like this: This one is an absurdly ramped-up version of the … Continued
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Women In Action Screenwriting Contest Deadline Extended to October 31
The First Annual Overthinking It Linda Hamilton Memorial Screenwriting Contest is going great, but I didn’t give you guys a lot of time. The deadline is now officially extended to October 31. This means: If you sent us a submission you’d … Continued
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On Douchebags
Recently, Mr. Belinkie had the brilliant idea of writing a post about that ubiquitous insult, “douchebag,” but he thought I, being the “resident third wave feminist,” should have the honors. In reality, I hadn’t really thought much about the word … Continued
The First Annual Overthinking It Linda Hamilton Memorial Women-In-Action Screenwriting Contest!
This started as a comment in a thread, but now it’s a FULL-BLOWN CONTEST. There are not enough good roles out there for women. Women who get shit done and are good characters to boot — more than just lycra-clad … Continued
Why Strong Female Characters Are Bad for Women
Megan Fox in Transformers is NOT a strong female character.