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  • Shame on Family Films?

    10/01/2010 8:49:58 AM PDT · by rhema · 57 replies · 1+ views
    Patriot Post ^ | October 1, 2010 | L. Brent Bozell
    Don't read Newsweek magazine while drinking a beverage. A spit take is the obvious first reaction to a column by Julia Baird headlined "The Shame of Family Films." On the Internet, this article is coded as "Why Family Films Are So Sexist." Baird's denunciation of Hollywood's fraction of decent entertainment began: "They have all been smash hits: 'Finding Nemo,' 'Madagascar,' 'Ice Age,' 'Toy Story.' Fish, penguins, rats, stuffed animals, talking toys. All good innocent family fun, right? Sure, except there are few female characters in those films. There are certainly few doing anything meaningful or heroic -- and no, Bo...
  • Flame on! - Estrich v. Kinsley and the L.A. Times: Round two

    02/19/2005 12:47:00 PM PST · by freespirited · 53 replies · 1,186+ views
    On Thursday, The Examiner printed an e-mail by University of Southern California professor Susan Estrich accusing the Los Angeles Times of sexual discrimination against women writers. We also ran a rebuttal by Michael Kinsley, opinion and editorial editor at the Times. Since then, they have been e-mailing each other back and forth - CCing David Mastio, The Examiner's editorial page editor, in the process. We are running them virtually unedited.Run my letter - or else From: Susan Estrich To: Kinsley, Michael Subject: RE: my letter to the editor I am sending over my letter this morning. It is very, very...