“Masters of Sex” and 70s feminism
[Update: December 10, 2013. This has turned out to be the most feminist show I have ever seen on television. Far deeper as it developed than anticipated when I first wrote this blog. Lizzy Caplan...
View ArticleThe Hobby Lobby Decision and the War on Women
Three events prompt this blog today: 1. Last night I saw the much praised “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” for the first time (out of anxiety in watching a fiercely antagonistic marriage told through...
View ArticleFerguson MO, Masters of Sex, and the dilemma of the white liberal
Imipassioned integrationist demands action from white doctor [For my first take on this series, see http://clarespark.com/2013/10/22/masters-of-sex-and-70s-feminism/%5D By an odd coincidence, the last...
View ArticleMasters of Sex, second wave feminism, and the ratings game
[Update: the third season finale left me infuriated, for “Bill” cannot escape his father’s whippings so as to pursue Virginia who is running off with her new lover. As psychoanalyst Henry Murray once...
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