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where are the women

Where Are the Women? Absolutely Anything

Tue, Aug 18, 2015
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The male protagonist uses his newly acquired godlike powers to treat women badly, as if they were nothing more than playthings for men.

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Where Are the Women? Mistress America

Mon, Aug 17, 2015
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Two major female characters, both flawed and complicated people, on a journey of self-discovery that has nothing to do with romance or having babies.

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Where Are the Women? Paper Towns

Mon, Aug 17, 2015
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Wants to tell a story about how young women are people… which it does by removing the main female character from the narrative for half of the film.

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Where Are the Women? The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Fri, Aug 14, 2015
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A female villain who isn’t defined by her sexuality helps balance out the underused female sidekick to the good guys (who are, of course, guys).

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Where Are the Women? Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

Thu, Aug 13, 2015
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There are lots of girls and women in this movie, which is good. Most of the women, however, are caretakers of children or mothers, which isn’t great.

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Where Are the Women? Pixels

Mon, Aug 10, 2015
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There are movies that treat women as if they’re trophies for men. And then there’s this movie, in which a woman is an actual trophy awarded to a man.

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Where Are the Women? Max

Fri, Aug 07, 2015
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A boy and his dog. And then another boy and the dog. And even the damn dog is male.

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Where Are the Women? The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Fri, Aug 07, 2015
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Defies the clichés with which women are treated onscreen by turning the tropes of exploitation into expressions of a woman’s ownership of her sexuality.

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Where Are the Women? Fantastic Four

Thu, Aug 06, 2015
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This is a case of a film doing the absolute minimum it needs to in order not to be considered outright sexist.

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Where Are the Women? War Book

Wed, Aug 05, 2015
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This is (mostly) a great example of positive depiction of women: as people with authority, with strong opinions, with powerful personalities.

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