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#afeministtakeon: rebellion – @lip_mag

July 25, 2016

It’s on the list. Rosie Hunt on lipmag: Rebellion is a historical drama that puts women at the centre of the action. The five-part mini series premiered earlier this year, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, and is still available on Netflix for subscribers to binge-watch at their leisure. The series begins in 1914, […]

#afeministtakeon: Gone Girl: a film unable to surpass its underlying misogyny

March 19, 2015

I have yet to see Gone Girl but, for those of you who have, check out the feminist analysis of the film below. There are examples of Hollywood tropes (same old) but, also, what Angela McRobbie characterises as the “post-feminist” masquerade (cit.): “the ‘faux empowerment’ that never threatens male hegemony. She’s the girl who ‘gets the joke’, who will never […]

#afeministtakeon: The Fall

March 4, 2015

According to Sophia Softky on bitch mag, The Fall* subverts traditional gender roles in crime dramas. Examples (and spoilers for S2) below. Also, reading this about The Fall (because, holy smokes, it was good!), it’s hard to imagine Dornan playing that godawful Christen Grey. I’m trying not to think about it too much. There is a moment halfway through season […]

#afeministtakeon: Black Mirror: White Christmas

February 27, 2015

Awareness of stalking is increasing, but so are the tools with which the crime can be committed. Spoilers ahead (though if you haven’t seen Brooker’s 2014 Xmas special, Black Mirror: White Christmas then you need to get on that) so read on only if you have/ or won’t bother. The piece speculates that many women would appreciate and welcome the […]

#afeministtakeon: lip magazine’s review of #50Shades

February 24, 2015

“The film is at best pedestrian and uninspiring and at worst a meandering love story with incredibly boring leads.” Another review of #50shades and its dreadfulness. It includes an interesting aside, however, on the amount of unpicking these books/ this film have receive and asks if that is because it was popular amongst women rather than men. (FWIW, I’m thinking […]

#afeministtakeon: #50ShadesofAbuse: Fifty Shades of Consent

February 13, 2015

Another excellent piece. This time about consent. On genderfocus: What is consent? How does one give consent? Where is the line between consent and coercion? In the book Fifty Shades of Grey, billionaire Christian Grey has no direct power over graduating university student Anastasia Steele. She doesn’t work for him, she’s not going to work for him; he has no […]

#afeministtakeon: #50ShadesofAbuse: Just a few reminders before you buy those “50 Shades” Valentines

February 13, 2015

This post has taken good time to identify specific, detailed problems with the book and to show some solid examples of abuse and control. From feministe: Just a few reminders before you buy those “50 Shades” Valentines: My point is that it’s not romantic or sexy, not at all, unless these things get you all tingly in your bathing-suit area: […]

#afeministtakeon: #50ShadesofAbuse: Violence dressed up as erotica: Fifty Shades of Grey and abuse

February 13, 2015

Disclosure: I’ve yet to see this film (is it even out here?) but I have read the book. Regardless, I’m glad that I’m seeing a lot of posts on 50ShadesofAbuse before most people have seen the film. The fewer people taken in by it the better. This one: the conversation: […]In a culture where women and girls are encouraged to […]