Ginia Bellafante

Ginia Bellafante (born March 31, 1965) is an American writer and critic for The New York Times.[1] She first worked as a fashion critic then spending the next five years reviewing television.[2]

In 2011, she began writing for the Big City column.[2] She has written for Time magazine.[3][4]

Criticism

Some of Bellafante's writing has been criticized for its treatment of gender issues. Her 1998 Time cover story "Is Feminism Dead?" was critiqued by Erica Jong, who said, "Time's idiotic cover story on feminism is, in short, a symptom of what's wrong, not an analysis."[5] Salon.com described it as "poorly thought-out."[4]

Her New York Times review in 2011 of Game of Thrones was criticized by some as sexist for suggesting that only sexual content might motivate women to watch a complex fantasy story.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Her March 20, 2018, column on the candidacy of Cynthia Nixon for Governor of New York suggested the gentrification of New York City was partly attributable to the television show Sex and the City rather than the product of decades of economic and social conflicts among myriad actors in a complex metropolitan political economy.

Personal

Bellafante lives in New York City with her husband and their son.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Times Topics: Ginia Bellafante". The New York Times. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 X, Elizabeth. "Ginia Bellafante". Unbored. Archived from the original on April 5, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ Bellafante, Ginia (June 29, 1998). "Feminism: It's All About Me!". Time. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  4. 1 2 Brown, Janelle (June 25, 1998). "Is Time brain-dead?". Salon.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  5. ↑ Jong, Erica (July 12, 1998). "Ally McBeal and Time Magazine Can't Keep the Good Women Down". The New York Observer. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ Teitelbaum, Ilana (April 16, 2011). "Dear New York Times: A Game of Thrones Is Not Just for Boys". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  7. ↑ Griner, David (April 15, 2011). "'Times' irks geek girls with 'Thrones' review". Adweek. Archived from the original on April 18, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  8. ↑ Ratcliffe, Amy (April 15, 2011). "A Response to the NY Times Game of Thrones Review". Tor.com. Tor Books. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  9. ↑ Seitz, Matt Zoller (April 16, 2011). "Slate, New York Times to fantasy buffs: Grow up". Salon.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  10. ↑ Barnett, David. "Game of Thrones: Girls want to play, too". The Guardian. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  11. ↑ Bellafante, Ginia (April 19, 2011). "Pull Up a Throne and Let's Talk". The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  12. ↑ Rosenberg, Alyssa (May 10, 2011). "Why Women Love Fantasy Literature". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 11, 2011.


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