Tag Archives: Feminism
What Makes A Fantastic Woman?
The great Feminist writer, Simone de Beauvoir, famously stated in her landmark book, The Second Sex, “One is not born a woman, one becomes one.” I was reminded of this radical statement while viewing A Fantastic Woman. One of the most compelling films of 2017, A Fantastic Woman, does exactly what cinema should — challenge […]
No Way To Treat Your Mother, Aronofsky
Darren Aronofsky claims MOTHER is an allegorical film that uses the Book of Genesis to depict the destruction of Mother Earth. I saw a thinly-veiled excuse to torture a woman, bordering on the pornographic, with the take away message: women are disposable and there’s always another one waiting in the wings to replace us. The […]
What Feminism Isn’t: Myth #2
Last time we talked about why feminism isn’t about keeping score. Today, let’s move on to feminism misnomer #2: 2) FEMINISM ISN’T GENDER SWAPPING Gender, unlike sex, is a social construct that begins to shape each of us starting from the time we’re inside the womb. Studies indicate that pregnant women who know they’re carrying […]