I’m very tired of the whole tradition in western art in which women are always presented nude and men aren’t. I’m not going to dress women and undress men – that would be a form of tortured vengeance. But I certainly am going to undress men, and the result is probably a more healthy environment, because one group of people presenting another in a vulnerable, weaker, more servile position is always distorted.

From “Women in Horror Month: Stephanie Rothman, The Feminist Queen of Exploitation Cinema”

I am here to drop the frivolous opinion that stretching 4:3 images and video to 16:9 is wrong and hurtful. Empty black borders are good and fine. If your audience complains, explain the virtues of seeing art as it was originally intended. If the point is made that we should then be watching the content on old CRT televisions if that’s the issue, tell them that’s not the issue, it’s that stretching 4:3 images to 16:9 looks bad, and should be discouraged, amen.