Where Are the Women? Unfriended
More than one girl in an ensemble plus a female villain are good things. But the most prominent of the girls is treated in a retrograde, gendered way. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
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Where Are the Women? The Emperor’s New Clothes
With interviews with women impacted by our difficult economic times and an appearance by Margaret Thatcher, women are fairly well represented here. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Avengers: Age of Ultron
Like many of the others in the Marvel franchise, this movie depicts women as well-rounded people with lives, stories, and problems independent of men. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Child 44
Noomi Rapace’s wife character does go on a bit of a personal journey… although it’s mostly concerned with her relationship with her husband. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
finally, someone is thinking of the men in Hollywood
Make it fair, people. #MakeItFair. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Monsters: Dark Continent
Even grading on the “Women exist only to support men’s stories” curve, women are treated abysmally here. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Alex of Venice
Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s lawyer, wife, and mother reflects realities of modern women’s complicated and harried lives that movies often ignore. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? A Little Chaos
For its complicated female protagonist, wifehood and motherhood and new romance are only a part of her full, rich life. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? The Last Five Years
Yes, there’s a female coprotagonist here, but she is all about lamenting the demise of her romantic partnership with a man. At least she also has a career. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? The Town That Dreaded Sundown
The traditional “last girl” of the horror genre moves to the center of the film, where she is in charge of her own story, a positive move for the genre. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
