Furiosa started strong, but the movie didn’t ultimately know what to make of its title character. It starts with a chase. Like all Mad Max films, Furiosa mostly happens on the move. Furiosa is a preteen girl harvesting peaches in a hushed wooded oasis in the middle of the Wasteland. When bikers find the…
Category: Feminism and Society
Let’s Flip Book Cliches!
I can be cynical when it comes to popular things. I was the girl when everyone started to like something, I pointedly DIDN’T like it. Harry Potter? I resisted until the movie came out (then fell in love). Lord of The Rings films? Held out until my late 20s. Leggings? Definitely should’ve tried them 10…
Meet My New Favorite Feminist Film: Polite Society
It’s the end of 2023 and I can’t let it pass without sharing the best film I saw in theaters this year. It’s feminist, it’s feisty, and it’s hilarious. Forget Atomic Blonde, Promising Young Woman, and every other violent female rage plot you think you know. Polite Society gets to the core of what we…
Shows About Girlhood are Cathartic, Powerful
I was watching Pen15 with my husband on the couch, our cat curled up between us. A scene came on where Maya has started her period and pulls out a tampon for the first time. It’s about the size of a rolled-up bath towel. I laughed out loud so hard that my cat lept off…
