Zooey Deschanel

B-Sides: Is She & Him's Gender-Swapped "Baby It's Cold Outside" Less Date Rape-y Than the Original?

Music post by Kelsey Wallace, Submitted by Kelsey Wallace on December 6, 2011 - 1:17pm; tagged b-sides, Baby It's Cold Outside, date rape, M. Ward, She & Him, Zooey Deschanel.

On their latest album A Very She & Him Christmas, Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward cover the creepy (yet catchy—creetchy?) classic with a twist: Deschanel is the "wolf" to M. Ward's "mouse." Does this make the song any less of a problem?

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Bitch Popaganda: The Cheesy Beefcake Edition

Audio post by Kelsey Wallace, Submitted by Kelsey Wallace on September 16, 2011 - 1:24pm; tagged audio, Bitch Popaganda, male objectification, Miss Universe, podcasts, The New Girl, Zooey Deschanel.

Welcome back to another episode of Bitch Popaganda! Tune in as Mac, Andi, and Kelsey discuss the male objectification in the media, Fox's The New Girl, and the obsolescence of Miss Universe (and beauty pageants in general). Plus, Bitch faves!

Transcript here.

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Tuning In: Zooey Deschanel with the Band

TV post by Alyx Vesey, Submitted by Alyx Vesey on May 28, 2010 - 10:19am; tagged (500) Days of Summer, Almost Famous, Chloë Sevigny, groupies, HBO, I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, Mad Men, manic pixie dream girl, Pamela Des Barres, She & Him, The GTOs, Tuning In, Zooey Deschanel.

I close the "Tuning In" series with my thoughts about Zooey Deschanel's attempt to adapt Pamela Des Barres's I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie for HBO.

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