Pearl Clutching
Allow us a moment to clutch our pearls and earnestly worry about the state of the world. So you don’t have to.
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Geek Guys Get Misogynistic When A Lady Dislikes The Avengers
11 Comments »Posted in Pearl ClutchingApr 26, 2012
By Alex Cranz
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By now a big chunk of film critics have seen next week’s The Avengers and by and large they have loved the geekgasm that is Joss Whedon writing and directing a superhero team movie starring a bunch of the last three year’s tent pole superheroes. But then Amy Nicholson came along and she did something [...]
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Nepotism, Sexism, Racism and HBO’s Girls
No comments yetPosted in Pearl ClutchingApr 23, 2012
By Alex Cranz
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Before anyone had even seen a single episode of Girls the racism talk had begun. And if you’re even remotely attuned to the color problem in American media you could see why this talk was happening. The show was shockingly white and the cast all even seemed to sort of look the same. But it [...]
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Fifty Shades of Grey, Girls And The Whips That Bind Them
No comments yetPosted in Pearl ClutchingApr 16, 2012
By Alex Cranz
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I have not read Fifty Shades of Grey. I thought about it because I wanted to be able to communicate with other ladies and either bitch about it for hours or whisper about my secret and ashamed love of it. But if I really wanted to read some S&M porn I’d rather go back to [...]
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The Fake Geek Controversy: The Poseurs, the Homos and the True Believers
2 Comments »Posted in Pearl ClutchingMar 27, 2012
By Alex Cranz
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Who knows where it started, but right now there’s a meme going around mocking “fake” geek girls. You know, like the cosplayers in line for Twilight stuff at San Diego Comic Con. Unless the “real” (re: men and very specific usually attractive women) geeks approve of them they’re fake. Susana Polo at Mary Sue has [...]
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Russell Brand Free Again, Sharon Osbourne Baffled by Leah Remini, Ashley Judd Remains My Hero
No comments yetPosted in Pearl ClutchingMar 16, 2012
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In New Orleans Russell Brand got annoyed at a paparazzi taking his photo and hurled the dude’s iPhone, breaking a window. He hilarious said that he hated to see Steve Jobs’s memory being disrespected, but this didn’t stop a warrant for his arrest being issued. He turned himself in, he’s out again now, and [...]
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How DO Women Maintain Self Respect And Make It Through Films Like Project X?
No comments yetPosted in Pearl ClutchingMar 2, 2012
By Alex Cranz
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A lot is being written about Project X this weekend and none of it is good. The film is currently at 27% on Rotten Tomatoes and yesterday I expressed my personal desire to kick the film in the nards. A comment I’ve seen a couple of times is “why are women liking this film?” Using the [...]
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Lucy Liu Is Watson and Sherlock Fans Are Freakin’
7 Comments »Posted in Pearl Clutching, TelevisionFeb 28, 2012
By Alex Cranz
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In a blast of awesome news Lucy Liu was cast as Watson in the until now ill-advised reimagining of Sherlock Holmes set in modern New York. Before she signed on it basically sounded like BBC’s ridiculously popular and homofabulous Sherlock? And also Fox’s once ridiculously popular and not nearly as homofabulous House M.D. But now [...]
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Creepy Internet Stalkers Harass Female Video Game Designer For Months
32 Comments »Posted in Gaming, Pearl ClutchingFeb 21, 2012
By Alex Cranz
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Over the last month Jennifer Hepler, one of the writers for Dragon Age and my beloved Dragon Age 2 has been enduring threats, insults and massive invasions of privacy because some asshats found an old interview she did and decided to poke the hornet’s nest that is the internet with it. In the interview with [...]
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Rihanna May Forgive Chris Brown, But We Don’t Have To
No comments yetPosted in Pearl ClutchingFeb 17, 2012
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Chris Brown has fans: and they are legion. Speaking the truth about Brown on the internet is the same as speaking ill. If you remind people that what he did to Rihanna was bad enough that the arriving officers announced their shock on the record, or present other such facts as they have occurred, his [...]
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The Secret of Valentine’s Day? Hedonism.
1 Comment »Posted in Pearl ClutchingFeb 14, 2012
By Alex Cranz
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Today is Saint Valentine’s Day and even if you aren’t a denomination of Christianity that observes saints’ days film and television have informed you of what your plans are. You will romance someone. Or you will be romanced. Or you will be the sad sack in the corner crying over your lack of romance. If [...]

















