On alternating weeks, Devi will explore a series of film-related topics via a feminist gaze much like she conducts her college courses, drawing from history, sociology, anthropology, psychology, gender studies and film theory.
Unit 1: Beyond the Bechdel Test
Post 1: Welcome to Beyond the Bechdel
Post 2: The Good F-Word (Despite its Bad Reputation)
Post 3: Moving Beyond “Chick Flicks”
Post 4: What is a Feminist-Friendly Film?
Post 5: How to Watch a Film from a Feminist Gaze
Post 6: Passes the Bechdel, Fails Feminism (Bridesmaids Revisited)
Post 7: The Fully Monty: Fails the Bechdel, Feminist-Friendly
Post 8: The Princess Bride: A Missed Bechdel Test Opportunity
Post 9: Oscar Winner / Bechdel Loser: Manbabies By The Sea
Post 10: Male-Driven Films Can (and should) Be Feminist-Friendly Too!
Post 11: When A Film Fails to Pass The Reverse Bechdel Test
Post 12: When Boys Write Girls: Gender Appropriation in Films
Post 13: What Feminism Isn’t Myth #1: Keeping Score
Post 14: What Feminism Isn’t Myth #2: Gender Swapping
Post 15: What Feminism Isn’t Myth #3: Lionizing Women
Post 16: What Feminism Isn’t Myth #4: Demonizing Women
Post 17: What Feminism Isn’t Myth #5: Aggrandizing Female Dysfunction
Post 18: What Feminism Isn’t Myth #6: Feminism isn’t Feminism w/o Intersectionality
Post 19: How to Be An Active, And Activist, Film Spectator
Post 20: Gender Bullies at the Movies: From Apatow to Weinstein
Post 21: Female Gender Bullies and The Shaming of Carrie Bradshaw
Post 22: Gender Disparity Behind the Camera
Post 23: How Our Feminist History Can Help Our Feminist Present and Future
Post 24: Seven Feminist Calls to Action
Post 25: Feminist Call to Action #2: Protest the Problem
Post 26: Feminist Call to Action #3: Demand More of Movie Execs
Post 27: Feminist Call to Action #4: Think For Yourself
Post 28: Feminist Call to Action #5: Engage With Men
Post 29: Feminist Call to Action #6: Practice Cinematic Cultural Anthropology
Post 30: Feminist Call to Action #7: Mind Your Language
Post 31: Feminist Call to Action #8: Embrace O.C.D.
Post 32: How We Move Beyond the Bechdel Test
Unit 2: Romantic Comedies Via a Feminist Gaze
Post 1: The Polarizing Trends of the Romantic Comedy
Post 3: The (Un)Changing Roles of Women in Early Narrative Cinema
Post 4: Screwball Comedies: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Post 5: 1950s Sex Comedies: The Unromantic Rise of Toxic Masculinity
Post 6: Male Domination in 1960s Rom-Coms
Post 7: The Needy Men and Liberated Women of 1970s “Radical Rom-Coms”
MISC.