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New Moon, Same Old Sexist Story

Katherine Spillar | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment


Katherine Spillar

New Moon is a film full of gender stereotypes -- testosterone-driven male aggression, females who pine away over lost loves, boys who fix motorcycles and the girls who watch them.

Spotted Reading Publicly

Amy Hertz | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books


Amy Hertz

We all have different ways of discovering books, and spotting them being read in public is just one. At Huffington Post, we are very interested in what people are reading around the country.

WATCH: The 10 Million Views Book Trailer -- Made By A Reader! (POLL)

The Huffington Post | David Colbert | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books


I've said it before: Readers make great book trailers. The most watched book trailer on YouTube, with more than ten million hits, was made by a fan....

Vampires: Why Here, Why Now?

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment


Tom Alderman

If fiction often reflects a nation's culture, why, oh-why-oh, do we have so many vampires, in so many places, sucking up so many entertainment dollars with such blazing success today?

Craig Ferguson & Jeffrey Tambor Spoof CBS PSAs (VIDEO)

Posted 09.06.2009 | Comedy


Craig Ferguson and "Arrested Development" patriarch Jeffery Tambor satirized the "CBS Cares" PSAs that run regularly on the network last night. Both m...

The Moral of the Story Is...

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 06.18.2009 | Comedy


Jilly Gagnon

Allow me to fill you in on all the dangerous, deadly, evil subtexts to your favorite fond memories...so that you'll never be so foolish as to enjoy them for what they are on their faces, again!

New Tunes On Monday: Little Walter, Prince, James Taylor, John Wesley Harding, Paul Carrack, and Matthew Barber

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.13.2009 | Entertainment

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Mike Ragogna

Blues harmonica player and singer Little Walter died over forty years ago, but his influences still can be heard in many blues-rock recordings that employ the instrument.

Damned Mob of Scribbling Chicks

Joanne Rendell | Posted 02.24.2009 | Style


Joanne Rendell

Women love books. It's a fact: we are the reading sex. We are the writing sex too. Yet, in spite of this, our books are often ridiculed, demeaned, or ignored.

"Twilight": Sexual Longing in an Abstinence-Only World

Sarah Seltzer | Posted 09.09.2008 | Entertainment


Sarah Seltzer

If you've been spending time in proximity to teenage girls this week, there's a strong chance you've heard about Edward Cullen. Cullen is the undead hero of bestselling young adult fantasy/romance series The Twilight saga.