Tag Archives: Sexual Politics

The Sexual Politics of Circe-Odysseus

By Robin Bates | Published: November 30, 2020

Miller’s novel “Circe” engages with a long tradition of Circe and Odysseus depictions, including those of Homer, Virgil, Euripides, Sophocles, Dante, Tennyson, and Atwood.

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Hillary & the Pressure To Be a Cool Girl

By Robin Bates | Published: May 4, 2016

Understanding the popularity of Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” amongst young women helps explain the mixed feelings about Hillary Clinton. She’s not a “cool girl.” But this is actually good.

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The Sexual Politics of Dexter

By Robin Bates | Published: March 25, 2011

Film Friday Last Friday I wrote about my deep distress over the season 4 finale of Dexter. (Read no further if you want don’t want the suspense ruined for you.) My friend Rachel Kranz, who introduced me to the show, wrote me the following response examining why people, men especially, find the show so captivating. […]

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