Check out the brain on Barbie! Sure, she’s just a doll, but that doesn’t mean she has to be an airhead. Therein lies “Lady Bird” director Greta Gerwig’s inspired, 21st-century solution to bringing one of America’s most iconic playthings to life on the big screen. Combine that with the casting of Margot Robbie in the title role, and “Barbie” is already starting out on the right, perfectly arched foot. So what if this high-concept comedy falls a bit flat in the final stretch? Read More...
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BooksObituaryEva Figes obituaryNovelist and critic best known for her book Patriarchal AttitudesIt was with the publication of her feminist polemic Patriarchal Attitudes in 1970 – the same year Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch and Kate Millett's Sexual Politics came out – that Eva Figes's name sprang to prominence. Emphasising various aspects of women's oppression, Eva insisted that it is nurture rather than nature that has shaped secondary sex characteristics. Since women have had little to say in defining norms, the discussion centres on influential male thinkers, ranging from the writers of the Bible to Sigmund Freud. Read More...