Rate It X

So as a woman here in this little male-dominated group I got going, there was a lot of pressure to accurately protray my feelings on a documentary highlighting the regressive and often times troubling views of men making products geared towards or representing women in a…

Edith

If you want to see how soul shatteringly sexist the 80s were, check out an Andrew Dice Clay ARENA performance. ...If you'd like learn about that era's sexism with something that is funny, however, your time would be better spent with Rate It X (1986).

Geoffrey Broomer

Funny and layered documentary about sexist attitudes in America. Things start out badly in an interview with "Ugly George," a human barnacle who says "goils" and "voigins" and lives the American dream by getting women off the street to undress on camera, and you better…

nomenclature

A really charming -- and yes, uncomfortable -- doc from the lesbian filmmakers who'd previously made Silent Pioneers. This started to lose me when it began skewing further and further into antiporn territory but, as always, the incredible footage used to make these points…

Liz

* Collab Film Club * A wry (if not especially illuminating) look at sexism in America, the real message lies in what isn't shown here: the pervasive male gaze that still exists today. When you read about men in the entertainment industry like Hideo Kojima excusing the …

MushiMinion

Making men look fukin stupid for an hour and a half? Sign me up

Amelia

Probably the best documentary solely focused on misogyny thus far, exploring such subject matter as public-access television, namely The Ugly George Show, sexist advertising and products, the videogame Custer's Revenge, and of course the broader patriarchy, including racism…

Snailor Moon

"Pornography right now is all about men's fantasies. Pornography is some depiction of men's erotic fantasies" // "Why do you think it is that there are so many men's magazines and almost no women's magazines?" "The same reason why there are no black magazines: because white…

M

Chester the Molester - "It's not such a lovable offence any more if he goes after a young girl." Dwaine Tinsley reflects on changing times when it comes to making comedy out of child molestation. Tinsley petting his small daughter is indeed an ugly sight, as others have…

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