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Jessica Chastain’s 1-minute feminist critique of Cannes Film Festival

June 2, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

“Quite disturbing.”

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Cannes, Feminism, Jessica Chastain

“Blessed are the Meek:” Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale

April 28, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

A potent reminder of what we already knew: we are in deep trouble

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, TV Tagged With: Feminism, Hulu, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

The Stake Podcast - Frozen

September 29, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

The Disney Princess sensation that swept the nation. Should we Let it Go?

Filed Under: Featured, Stake Podcast Tagged With: Animation, Disney, Disney Princesses, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Frozen, Kristen Bell, Let it Go

Key & Peele sing a Pirate Song of Male Feminism

July 10, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

The joke is that there is no joke.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Feminism, Key & Peele

How the women of Max Mad: Fury Road teach men to be allies

May 19, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung 3 Comments

In this post-apocalyptic film, standing with the oppressed is the only way to be fully human.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: allies, Feminism, Mad Max Fury Road

The latest Harry Potter adventure: Hermione Granger and the Goddamn Patriarchy

January 16, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

The cleverest witch of her age takes on the mens

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Books, Feminism, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Patriarchy

The 5 Best Pop Culture Moments of 2014 (Cat version)

December 31, 2024 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

INGLEWOOD, CA – AUGUST 24: Beyonce performs onstage at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 24, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

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Gilmore Girls and Beyonce. It wasn’t all bad in 2014.

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Beyonce, Catherine Eaton, Downtown Abbey, Feminism, Games, Gilmore Girls, Never Alone, Reading Rainbow

The Stake Podcast Episode 16: The Best and Worst of 2014

December 17, 2024 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

A long and winding countdown through highs and lows of the year

Filed Under: Stake Podcast Tagged With: Amazon, Anita Sarkeesian, Best of 2014, Boyhood, Celebrities, Family Guy, Feminism, Ferguson, Game of Thrones, GamerGate, Hachette, Hack, Jeff VanderMeer, Jennifer Lawrence, misogyny, Simpsons, Sony, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Stake, True Detective, Ursula Le Guin, Worst of 2014

Time Magazine wonders if we should ban the word Feminist. We shouldn’t.

November 12, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

INGLEWOOD, CA – AUGUST 24: Beyonce performs onstage at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 24, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

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Feminism is all well and good, but feminists? That’s just too much for Time Magazine

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Beyonce, Emma Watson, Feminism, Media, Time Magazine

Caitlin Moran, Mary Beard and Feminism’s thousand pound block of fairy dust

October 13, 2025 by thestakemag 1 Comment

Celebrating all the voices: from the Clintons and Beyonces to Gandalf and Aslan

Filed Under: Books, Media Tagged With: Caitlin Moran, Chronicles of Narnia, Feminism, Gandalf, How to Build a Girl, Lord of the Rings, Mary Beard

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