Peckerwood Manor

In 2017, Gloria Steinem wrote an OpEd for The New York Times in which she discussed how the term, "Chick Flick," invented by men, was meant as a pejorative, or intended to denote any movie with a female lead, a plot that gave you the feels, and "more dialogue than car chases."  Helpfully, she offered up her own term for its opposite, "The Prick Flick," or any movie with lots of menz in the forefront, oodles of action,  or "prestige" subject matter from the High Church of Hollywood, and few, in any, female characters (besides girlfriend, hand-wringing housewife, or bangable side piece).   But something funny happened on the way to the post-Covid cinema. Everyone and their kitten, it seems, wants to see both The Chick Flick, or "Barbie," and The Prick Flick, or "Oppenheimer." There's even folks who plan to see both as a double feature on the same day. Are we evolving? Hahahaha! Not so fast, tiger.  Some politicians have tr...

If you dislike pink, you won't want to book a room at this Barbie Dreamhouse Air BnB. This thing is decked out in everything Barbie, which means everything pink. Of course, this launch will coincide with the release of Barbie, starring Ryan Gosling and Margo Robbie-directed by Greta Gerwig. In the film, our Barbie leaves Barbie Land and tries to make it in the real world. It is loosely based on Barbie finding Ken with one of those trashy knock-off "Barbie" hoes in their camper doing nasty things to each other. Barbie is so traumatized she rushes to her Barbie Corvette and speeds out of her comfy little world for a life on the mean streets of LA. They cleaned it up and changed the plot as if it were the real story. But we know the truth. Ken is a dirty dog who will put his plastic mound on any old dime store harlot who crosses his path.  Homewrecking Tramp They have already been rolling out all sorts of pink merch like luggage, Versace cat eye sunglasses, a replica of Ken...