Learning Nuance and Film Vocabulary with TROLLHUNTERS: TALES OF ARCADIA
Irene is two. She will ask a lot for “More Pocoyo” or “more Bear,” and…
Gillianren
Gillianren is a forty-something bipolar woman living in the Pacific Northwest after growing up in Los Angeles County. She and her boyfriend have one son and one daughter, and she gave a daughter up for adoption. She fills her days by watching her local library system's DVD collection in alphabetical order, watching everything that looks interesting. She particularly enjoys pre-Code films, blaxploitation, and live-action Disney movies of the '60s and '70s. She has a Patreon account at https://www.patreon.com/gillianren
Articles:
Ramona Quimby: A Women’s+ Canon Article
To me, the strongest evidence of “girls’ stories are for girls; boys’ stories are universal”…
I Identified With People up on the Screen: Luke Perry, 1966-2019
I’m not sure anyone in my physics class actually watched Beverly Hills 90210. I’m actually…
The Women’s+ Canon: NINOTCHKA
It’s fascinating to me that there’s actually a Hitler joke in Ninotchka. Toward the beginning…
Celebrating the Living: Bert I. Gordon
I have to admit that I judge people a lot based on how they react…
Attention Must Be Paid: Mae Questel
Imagine voicing a character for twenty years, then being expected to audition to keep playing…
Legacy, a Woman’s+ Canon article by Anna Elizabeth
The idea of a Women’s+ Canon is pretty much entirely foreign to me, I must…
Disney Byways: Adventures Thru Inner Space
It wasn’t quite that my parents didn’t care what we wanted to do, when we…
These Oddball Ladies Came Along For Me To Do: Katherine Helmond, 1929-2019
I never really got into Who’s the Boss?, mostly because I find Tony Danza kind…
Launching Into the Women’s+ Canon
Last July, I wrote an article about the Women’s Canon. This is a collection of…