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Wakeman & Cody: Feminism, Film, and Foxes on The Frisky

DigiBitch post by Kelsey Wallace, September 9, 2009 - 7:02pm; tagged Amanda Seyfried, Diablo Cody, feminism, film, Jennifer's Body, Jessica Wakeman, Megan Fox, riot grrrl, The Frisky.

Friend-o-Bitch and blogger Jessica Wakeman has an interview with Diablo Cody at The Frisky that might be of interest to all you feminist film buffs out there. In it, Cody gives her two cents on the Riot Grrrl 90s, adolescent girl friendships, Jennifer's Body, and feminism in Hollywood.

Image via The Frisky. Read on for more!

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Jennifer's Body: Is it Feminist? YOU MAKE THE CALL!

DigiBitch post by Kelsey Wallace, July 7, 2009 - 7:49pm; tagged Adam Brody, Amanda Seyfried, Amy Sedaris, Diablo Cody, feminism, film, Hole, Jennifer's Body, Megan Fox, NSFW, poll, sex, The Runaways, The Waitresses, trailers.

The trailer for the newest Diablo Cody film, Jennifer's Body is out, and this thing is begging for a bit o' feminist critique. Watch, and discuss (NSFW, workaholics):

Hmmm... Does this film appear to be fiercely feminist, or just a sexist wolf masquerading in Runaways-theme-song-female-empowerment-clothing? YOU MAKE THE CALL!

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Transformers 2: Offensive Archetypes in Disguise

DigiBitch post by Kjerstin Johnson, July 3, 2009 - 1:22am; tagged douchebag decree, film, film critiques, film reviews, Megan Fox, Michael Bay, objectification, racism, Robots in disguise, sexism, stereotypes, Transformers 2: Rise of the Fallen.

Internet buzz about Michael Bay's (director of landmark crap-tion films like Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, The Island) latest film Transformers 2 has mostly centered around who has the most scathing review, how hot Megan Fox is, and a few murmurs concerning coded racism in two of the robots.

This movie made me wanna barf and yawn at the same time. The following feminist critique of Transformers does contain spoilers, but frankly, there’s nothing I could further ruin about this movie that it doesn’t already do itself....

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Diablo Cody Takes on a Zombie Rom-Com, Makes More Room for Women in Horror?

The Female Gaze post by Tammy Oler, February 25, 2009 - 3:26am; tagged Breathers, Diablo Cody, feminist horror films, horror, horror films, Jennifer's Body, Karyn Kusama, Megan Fox.

So Variety has reported that Diablo Cody (Juno, The United States of Tara) is joining forces with Fox Searchlight to develop a film adapation of the upcoming zombie romance novel Breathers: A Zombie's Lament, about a recently undead man who finds love at a zombie support group. Cody won't be writing or directing the film, but she will be producing.