Courtney Enlow is a writer and editor whose work has appeared at SYFY FANGRRLS, Vanity Fair, Pajiba, Vulture, Huffington Post, Glamour, Bustle, UPROXX, Rifftrax, and more.
25 Essential Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episodes
The world is, we are being repeatedly told, going back to a thing the maskless call “normal.” Our very near future is a purportedly normal land of naked faces and human bodies entitled to stand near us in the grocery store, walking down aisles in any direction with no regard for traffic flow. There is no God but chaos and it reigns with a wild, toothy smile that refuses to be hidden.
But also, we get to go to the movies again, so that’s cool. Read more at Vulture.
It's Well Past Time to Rethink 'Auteur Theory' and the Way Actresses Are Treated
Ever since Tippi Hedren endured physical injuries and psychological damage at the hands of Alfred Hitchcock while filming The Birds, Hollywood history is replete with stories of male directors torturing their actresses, ostensibly with the goal of pulling the best possible performance out of them like an infected tooth. The way their actions are described get softened with time, as words like “push” are used to describe what the director did, as though he took her hand and gently walked her into the role. But in light of a few recent stories, it’s time to revisit what that “push” really looks like, and why we’ve long accepted that this is just what genius directors do, and their female actors should be thankful. Read more at io9.
The Evolution of Women in Doctor Who
In the 15 years since the reboot launched, the artists formerly known as "companions" have been as crucial to the series as its title character. I interviewed Karen Gillan, Michelle Gomez, Freema Agyeman, and Mandip Gill about how women have evolved in the series, from companion to villain to the Doctor herself. Read more at SYFY FANGRRLS.
10 Years After Her Horrible 2007, Britney Spears’s Tabloid Saga Shows How Much Has Changed
Her public struggles, relentlessly covered by the tabloids, defined an era. And they could never happen again. Read more at Vanity Fair.
I Didn't Realize I Was Depressed Until I Quit My Job to "Grow Out My Eyebrows" Read at Glamour.
How Postpartum Depression Really Feels. Read at Glamour.
Me and My Pervasive, Oppressive Desire to Just Disappear Read at Glamour.
The Truth about ‘Boys Will Be Boys.’ Read at Huffington Post.
The Stormy Daniels Story Is a Rape Culture Story. Read at Huffington Post.
The women of Satanic Panic on creating a slasher movie that doesn’t care about the male gaze. Read at SYFY.
Trying to explain the plot of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Starlight Express. Read at SYFY.
74 thoughts I had while watching Hulk and The Incredible Hulk back to back. Read at SYFY.