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Bitch Male Objectification Rave of the Month: John Travolta

Article by Andi Zeisler, appeared in issue Premiere; published in 1996; filed under Social commentary; tagged disco, grease, John Travolta, objectification, sex objects, sexualizing.

We here at Bitch are in thorough approval of the post-Pulp Fiction Travolta renaissance that has awarded our favorite 1980s cinematic cheese-king some new credibility. Back in our prepubescent days, we wished we could be Olivia Newton-John in Grease, J.T.’s disco-dancing partner in Saturday Night Fever, and Debra Winger in the god-awful Urban Cowboy. Do you have to ask why?

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Magazines We Hate

Article by Lisa Jervis, appeared in issue Premiere; published in 1996; filed under Social commentary; tagged Esquire, fantasy, female sexuality, gender roles, magazines, misogyny, Pocahontas, sexualizing, stereotypes.

Esquire’s annual “Women We Love” feature gives with one hand and takes away with the other. Hidden behind the premise of honoring them, the article puts women firmly in their place by using the traditional patriarchal tool of male approval—rewarding certain traits in the female while disparaging others.

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