Ginia Bellafante

Who is Ginia Bellafante?

Ginia Bellafante is an American writer and critic for the New York Times. She has worked for The New Times for over ten years, starting as a fashion critic then spending the next five years reviewing TV programs. In 2011, she began writing for Big City, a column which covers a number of different topics. She has also written for Time magazine.

Her writing has been criticized for its superficial treatment of gender issues: Her 1998 Time cover story "Is Feminism Dead?" was critiqued by Erica Jong. According to Jong, "Time's idiotic cover story on feminism is, in short, a symptom of what's wrong, not an analysis". Salon.com described it as "poorly thought-out". Her 2011 New York Times review of the TV series Game of Thrones was widely criticized as sexist for suggesting that only sexual content might motivate women to watch a complex fantasy story.