“It’s not a fucking woman’s job to be consumed and invaded and spat out so that some fucking man can evolve.” – The much-hated Jenny Schecter from The L Word had a good point, just this once. I’ve been thinking … Continue reading ‘Women in Refrigerators’ Welcome to the ugly intersection of sexism and lazy writing.
In discussing female representation in movies, the Bechdel Test remains the standard by which we measure things. It’s such a low bar — having two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man … Continue reading The Mako Mori Test The big deal about Mako Mori is that she isn’t there as an adjunct to any male characters. Her storyline is her own. It’s pretty badass.
“Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it’s all a male fantasy: that you’re strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do … Continue reading The Male Gaze “You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur.”
“The message is clear. Boys are the norm, girls the variation; boys are central, girls peripheral; boys are individuals, girls types. Boys define the group, its story and its code of values. Girls exist only in relation to boys.” – … Continue reading The Smurfette Principle Wonder Woman. Ripley. Marla Singer. April O’Neal. Cheetara. Princess Leia. Gamora. Hermione Granger.
Defying the stereotype that “women’s movie ideas aren’t commercial enough for Hollywood,” Wonder Woman, with a female lead (Gal Gadot) and a female director (Patti Jenkins), may be this summer’s great hit movie, grossing nearly $800 million worldwide as of August … Continue reading The Bechdel(-Wallace) Test “Pretty strict, but a good idea.”