[Secret Agent Man]

Man there has to be something in a name. Every “Julia” I’ve ever met has been a liberal feminist. Actively looking at things in society people like and pointing out how they believe women are getting screwed over.

[a fool in paradise]

...the more (tv) a boy watches, the more his views become sexist...

Or metrosexist

[esoxmagnum]

My only problem with these animated films, is they offer a home to the actors and actresses who by virtue of their liberal beliefs, have lost the ability to draw revenue.

They turn off folks when on film, so they hide them away in these animated films as voices.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

They reportedly analyzed 122 family films (rated G, PG and PG-13), including 50 top-grossing ones, between 2006 and 2009. She found it "startling" that there is "only one female character to every three male characters in family movies."

I can tell you with good authority that this is a very conscious decision from the studios for the simple reason that experience has borne out time and time again that boys won't go see a girl movie, but girls will go see a boy movie. Look at the current marketing for Disney's "Tangled." It's the Rapunzel story, but they're desperately trying to make it look like it's a boy movie.

[a fool in paradise]

Baird isn't just an Angry Feminist; she's a hypocrite, too. Last year, her own magazine tried to embarrass Sarah Palin by putting an old photo of her on the cover in running shorts, suggesting this Caribou Barbie wasn't ready for prime time. Did Baird protest? No, she defended the cover since Palin "has been photographed and filmed more than once in aerobic gear."

Use these for all future Newsweak cover photos of our man-child prezzydent.

[fml]

The female characters were also more likely than men to be beautiful

I should hope so

[HungarianGypsy]

Reminds me of the article about ten years ago when some woman complained about Disney characters’ cup sizes.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I want Betty Boop back before the censors took her Boop-boop-be-doop away!

[Wuli]

“Sure, except there are few female characters in those films. There are certainly few doing anything meaningful or heroic — and no, Bo... “

She obviously didn’t see “Finding Nemo”, nor did she acknowledge that the “female” supporting character in that movie “stole the show” a number of times during the script, and portrayed a certain “heroic” sense to the character in spite of not being the “lead” character (Nemo).

[ridesthemiles]

The owner of Newsweek is Jane Harmon’s husband.

He bought it for $1 about 2 months ago.

[geologist]

History and the Bible attest to the hatred the world has for GOOD. Evil is what is accepted and pushed over ever decreasing moral standards. Only licentiousness is promoted on television in varying ways continually.

Television and most every other entertainment and news source is largely an abomination regarding standards and morality. We have become inured to it and certainly the youth accept it almost completely.

[al_c]

Well, by all means, let’s make these family movies more like TV where the men are stupid and the women are the ones runnin’ the families.

Or make them like ABC “Family” programming. You know ... good “family” shows like Friday Night Lights or Secret Life of the American Teenager. Yeah ... good family shows right there, eh?