Where Are the Women? Black or White
Sure, bad things happen to girls and women all the time, but how does a man feel about it? [This post is not behind the paywall.]
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Where Are the Women? Strange Magic
This is a movie about beautiful fairy princesses obsessed with love and romance. At least they keep their clothes on. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Moomins on the Riviera
The female characters adhere to gender stereotypes and maleness is the default. This cartoon is mired in the 1950s era of the comic strip it is based on. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Poltergeist
A comparison with the 1982 original makes it easy to demonstrate how much movies have given themselves over to men’s journeys in recent decades. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Tomorrowland
An adventurous female coprotagonist and a fascinating little-girl supporting character add up to representation of young women rarely seen in studio films. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Return to Sender
Falls into a trap that ensnares too many movies about women: that they are only worth telling stories about when they are the victims of gendered violence. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? The Film Critic (El Critico)
The most prominent female character here is of one of the more offensive rom-com stereotypes: the manic pixie dream girl. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Big Game
There is exactly one woman with a speaking role in this film, and I don’t think she has more than three lines of dialogue. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Every Secret Thing
Though the story revolves primarily around traditionally female concerns, much of the drama and mystery arises from subverting stereotypes. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Good Kill
The most significant female character exists only as the wife of the male protagonist, and she spends most of the film in more revealing attire than him. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
