Also on the topic of MPDG, BJ Colangelo from This Ends at Prom podcast has talked about how the trope isn’t all bad, because it’s simply true that girls are cooler and more interesting than boys a lot of the time!!
Love this. Now I really want to go watch Last Showgirl. Also, I recently started gathering friends to watch throwback movies and we’ve taken to not-very-seriously calling it “feminist nostalgia movie club” and suddenly I’m thinking a MPDG night is in order.
LOOOVE your readings of the Last Showgirl and Anora! I kept nodding along like *yes exactly*! I was also super fascinated by the readings of the Substance and Poor Things—two films I know I should watch but keep avoiding b/c I just felt in my gut they would feel like a punch to it.
I'm so glad to know you felt similarly about Anora and Last Showgirl (can't believe we never ended up debriefing over voice note about them lol). And yes, Substance and Poor Things are tough though I'd be curious about your thoughts if you ever decide to give them a watch...
This is SO good!! I have to read it again on a screen bigger than my phone. I love your movie suggestions and appreciate mapping out Mulvey, critics of the theory, and then her updated response. I have always been media studies adjacent so missed the nuance and criticism of Mulvey, I loved the original essay and the language it opened up.
Dying at your Lena Dunham (I’m sorry!)
Also on the topic of MPDG, BJ Colangelo from This Ends at Prom podcast has talked about how the trope isn’t all bad, because it’s simply true that girls are cooler and more interesting than boys a lot of the time!!
That’s a good point! (And thank you, new pod rec for me)
Love this. Now I really want to go watch Last Showgirl. Also, I recently started gathering friends to watch throwback movies and we’ve taken to not-very-seriously calling it “feminist nostalgia movie club” and suddenly I’m thinking a MPDG night is in order.
Oh that’s such a fun friend activity! A MPDG night would be great. And, separately, def watch Last Showgirl!
LOOOVE your readings of the Last Showgirl and Anora! I kept nodding along like *yes exactly*! I was also super fascinated by the readings of the Substance and Poor Things—two films I know I should watch but keep avoiding b/c I just felt in my gut they would feel like a punch to it.
I'm so glad to know you felt similarly about Anora and Last Showgirl (can't believe we never ended up debriefing over voice note about them lol). And yes, Substance and Poor Things are tough though I'd be curious about your thoughts if you ever decide to give them a watch...
This is SO good!! I have to read it again on a screen bigger than my phone. I love your movie suggestions and appreciate mapping out Mulvey, critics of the theory, and then her updated response. I have always been media studies adjacent so missed the nuance and criticism of Mulvey, I loved the original essay and the language it opened up.
Thank you so much!! Despite all I know we share in our feelings about academia, sometimes this stuff is fun and helpful!