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Book Notes: Cinderella Ate My Daughter

By Shannon Rigney Keane on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 10:26

Shannon discusses Peggy Orenstein's book Cinderella Ate My Daughter, and tries to put her own princess problems in perspective.

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Girls Watch Movies: Norma Rae

By Jess Rigel on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 20:01

Jess highlights a decades-old movie that feels newly relevant.

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Girls Watch Movies: A League of Their Own

By Jess Rigel on Mon, 03/21/2011 - 10:39

Jess takes a critical look at a classic movie.

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The Leading Lady: No Feelings Allowed

By Shannon Rigney Keane on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 13:13

Shannon examines this year's Best Actress nominees, and finds that they all play characters that suppress their feelings, no matter the costs.

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Girls Watch Movies: Harold and Maude

By Jess Rigel on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 13:40

Jess writes about a sweet, quirky flick, just in time for your Valentine's Day viewing.

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Girls Watch Movies: Funny Girl

By Jess Rigel on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 11:20

Our resident movie buff Jess Rigel kicks off a new series of posts called "Girls Watch Movies." Here's the first post, a tribute to an awesome, inspiring, imperfect character: Funny Girl's Fanny Brice.

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My Best Friend's Wedding

By Jess Rigel on Mon, 11/15/2010 - 15:01

Jess finds life imitating art when a trip to her best friend's wedding threatens a confrontation with an old frenemy.

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The Princess Years

By Shannon Rigney Keane on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 23:18

Resigned to the princess phase, Shannon attempts the near-impossible: The princesses must not take over.

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Join Team Kristen, Let Your Own Freak Flag Fly

By Shannon Rigney Keane on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 12:31

Ladies, let's ditch the dudes. Consider being on Team Kristen Stewart, instead.

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New Moon, Same Bella

By Shannon Rigney Keane on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 17:30

It's no secret that I'm a Twilight fan. The books allowed me to joyfully indulge in cheesy, fluffy escapist fantasy. And the movies are no different. The first movie in the Twilight “saga” was enjoyable the same way campy b-movies are enjoyable. The effects were bad, the makeup was bad, the script was REALLY bad (er.... “spider monkey?”). It was low budget, and it showed.

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