Wonder Woman, Alamo Drafthouse, and Toxic Politics -- Colin's Last Stand (Episode 18)
If this Wonder Woman/Alamo Drafthouse fracas proves anything, it's that identity politics is unequally distributed, philosophically inconsistent, and politically and personally toxic.
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Bibliography/Reading List:
Alamo Drafthouse's Women-Only WW Screenings: https://drafthouse.com/austin/show/women-only-screening-wonder-woman
Alamo Drafthouse's Women-Only WW Screenings (II): https://www.facebook.com/AlamoAustin/posts/1329447453777473
Feminism Leaves Men Behind: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/opinion/campaign-stops/the-men-feminists-left-behind.html
Goldwater Was Against 1964 Civil Rights Act: http://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2010/06/17/127915281/flashback-friday-this-day-in-1964-goldwater-says-no-to-civil-rights-bill
Man Buys Ticket To All-Women WW Screening: http://www.indiewire.com/2017/05/alamo-drafthouse-all-female-wonder-woman-1201833537/
Man Files Complaint Against Alamo Drafthouse: http://mashable.com/2017/05/31/wonder-woman-alamo-drafthouse-complaint/#bVzsqPBOdiqS
Men 'Lose Their Shit' Over WW Screenings: http://jezebel.com/men-lose-their-shit-over-alamo-drafthouses-women-only-w-1795606224
Men 'Man Babies' Over WW Outrage: http://www.salon.com/2017/05/25/wonder-woman-woman-only-screening-austin/
Millennials Are Open-Minded: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-millennials-idUSTRE61N18B20100224
Pizza Shop Tricked Into Catering Gay Wedding: http://hotair.com/archives/2015/09/29/memories-pizza-tricked-into-catering-gay-wedding/
Some Men Not Happy With Alamo Drafthouse: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/28/530490073/some-men-are-not-happy-about-a-women-only-screening-of-wonder-woman
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-78/pdf/STATUTE-78-Pg241.pdf
Third Wave Feminism Is Now: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-third-wave-of-feminism-is-now-and-it-is-intersectional_us_586ac501e4b04d7df167d6a8
Wonder Woman on Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wonder_woman_2017/