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Prada, Power, and Pressure: Materialism in The Devil Wears Prada
Photo by Laura Chouette on Unsplash When The Devil Wears Prada hit theaters in 2006, many saw it as a stylish workplace comedy with unforgettable one-liners (“That’s all.”). But beneath the designer gowns and icy glares, the film offers a sharp critique of materialism, gendered workplace culture, and the pressure women face to conform to…
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How Halloween Costumes Became a Lesson in the Male Gaze
Photo by Daniel Lincoln on Unsplash It’s almost impossible to walk into a Halloween store without stumbling into a wall of sequins, corsets, and miniskirts. Somewhere between the Mean Girls “I’m a mouse, duh” reference and today’s TikTok trends, women’s Halloween costumes became almost exclusively about how much skin they reveal—no matter the character. Nurse?…
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The History of Witchcraft and the Invention of the “Subhuman Woman”
Photo by Ksenia Yakovleva on Unsplash “When a woman thinks alone, she thinks evil.” — common proverb in early modern Europe, quoted in Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici Witches have been burned at the stake, cast as villains, glamorized on screen, turned into Halloween costumes, and sold back to us as empowerment merchandise….