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Where Are the Women?

loaded question: what are some films with good representation of people with disabilities?

Mon, May 23, 2022
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Honestly, it’s tough to think of many films that do a good job of this! But Tod Browning’s controversial 1932 film Freaks might be, at least, better than many others.

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Riders of Justice and Pig movies review: rethinking the revenge movie

Fri, Aug 06, 2021
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Two brilliant dramas upend cinematic tropes of male vengeance with precision, patience, and grim humor. These are radical rethinks in emotional maturity surrounding men’s grief, remorse, and shame.

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Disclosure documentary review: what the sorry state of trans representation onscreen means for everyone

Sat, Jul 04, 2020
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Terrific doc unpacks trans representation in Hollywood, unspoken attitudes about gender, sexuality, and race that most people, trans and cis, may never have clocked before… ideas that affect us all.

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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part movie review: everything is still (mostly) awesome

Thu, Feb 07, 2019
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Our expectations are a lot higher now after the unexpectedly wildly inventive first movie… and this sequel delivers, digging with witty subversion into Hollywood’s glorification of its male heroes.

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Where Are the Women? goes to Ravencon

Fri, Sep 21, 2018
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OMG! My feminist-rating criteria has a fancy name like The Bechdel Test! Apparently people are calling it “The Johanson Analysis.” I am floored and immensely flattered.

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Where Are the Women? suggested scoring criteria [updated]

Mon, Dec 08, 2014
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Some significant additions. Please keep your suggestions coming! (This post is not behind the paywall.)

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