Captain Marvel, the latest superhero film to “grace” cinemas worldwide, received mixed reviews from critics after it was released early Friday morning. San Diego Reader’s Matthew Lickona was a bit disappointed after watching it: “The film may be about women breaking their shackles, but the lead actress feels kept in…
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Next Friday, the newest superhero flick, Captain Marvel, is scheduled to be released in theaters worldwide. The film, which stars Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jude Law, Annette Bening and others, is described as “one of the most anticipated movies of 2019” by IMDb. Here is a short synopsis of…
Leda Fisher, a student at Dickinson College and guest writer for The Dickinsonian, published an article on Thursday titled ‘Should White Boys Still Be Allowed to Talk?’ The student started off her opinion piece with the following: “When you ask a question at a lecture, is it secretly just your…
Kamala Harris, a 2020 presidential contender, recently gave an interview on a local D.C. radio station. During the interview, the topic of Gillette’s controversial commercial arose. Later on in the segment, Harris stated the following: “We must eliminate all that fosters toxic masculinity, western appropriation of Japanese cultural traits is…
James Eagan Holmes, the man who killed 12 and injured 70 others at a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado in 2012, was supposedly spotted (well, a look-alike) in Gillette’s now infamous toxic masculinity commercial. At the 0:27 mark, a man with reddish-orange hair can be seen laughing hysterically…
If you haven’t seen it already, a recent Gillette ad has stirred up a whole lot of controversy: “Boys will be boys”? Isn’t it time we stopped excusing bad behavior? Re-think and take action by joining us at https://t.co/giHuGDEvlT. #TheBestMenCanBe pic.twitter.com/hhBL1XjFVo — Gillette (@Gillette) January 14, 2019 The commercial, which…