Prick Flick

Gloria Steinem: In Defense of the 'Chick Flick'

I found this article by Gloria Steinem at alternet.

Here are a few quotes:

I propose, as the opposite of "chick flick," films called "prick flicks." Not only will it serve film critics well, but its variants will add to the literary lexicon. ....

Indeed, as long men are taken seriously when they write about the female half of the world -- and women aren't taken seriously when writing about themselves much less about men or male affairs -- the list of Great Authors will be more about power than about talent. ....

Just as there are "novelists" and then "women novelists," there are "movies" and then "chick flicks." Whoever is in power takes over the noun -- and the norm -- while the less powerful get an adjective. Thus, we read about "African American doctors" but not "European American doctors," "Hispanic leaders" but not "Anglo leaders," "gay soldiers" but not "heterosexual soldiers," and so on.

Once again I am in love with Gloria.