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• Thanks for posting this, Lara. I pretty much agree with everything you said about this sparkling piece of shit that's being called a 'movie'. Just my opinion. Again, as said elsewhere on this site about this thing, no one has
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• Congratulations, Jessica!
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• Great examples! What about plot? What would be examples of female leads? Would it have to have female leads, or could there *gasp* be a feminist movie with a male lead? I gave my SO a counter example: Yes, Sex
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• Steven, I would see it as a separate list of do's as practically all movies out there *aren't* doing them. What are everyone's favorite feminist flicks? If any? I'm familiar with the Bechdel Test, which I think may have a
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• Thank you so much! That was extremely helpful. I went to Planned Parenthood a few days ago and signed. Just now I went to Alternet and emailed it to some like-minded friends, same as the NARAL Pro-choice site. Ditto for
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• I can't answer directly for the poster you were replying to, but there is a school of thought that a linear view of history/storytelling is more 'masculine' in approach (which is also pretty Western) and dominates our culture, while the (posted to What defines a feminist movie? Ruminations from The Wire....)
• It's part of what PDXHopeful says, but I guess more about appreciation of difference in my mind. A linear storyline reinforces the concept of a linear view of time, which goes along with a lot of the ideas of Western (posted to What defines a feminist movie? Ruminations from The Wire....)
• I know a lot of people don't like it because it's sometimes cheesy, but I think Bones is the most feminist show out there today. The lead character is a woman who is totally unapologetic about her intelligence, her capabilities, (posted to What defines a feminist movie? Ruminations from The Wire....)
• For the umpteenth time this tread: Bechdel test. Great place to start. ...and of course, if you're interested in a feminist view on films and tv, you should bookmark The Hathor Legacy. (I'm getting old: do people still use bookmarks?) (posted to What defines a feminist movie? Ruminations from The Wire....)
• "Australia" does a pretty good job of emulating Nicole Kidman's lusty gaze, which I appreciated... it's so unusual! Usually it's only the women who the camera leers at while said actress is unclad, oiled, and precisely/provocatively-posed... this time, it was (posted to What defines a feminist movie? Ruminations from The Wire....)

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