I’m not one to shy away from expressing unpopular opinions. So here goes. I saw Fury Road. I get why people like it. But it isn’t feminist.
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Feminism doesn't simply mean women getting to partake in typical badass "guy stuff". Feminism is about redefining our social value system.
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Sometimes violence may be necessary for liberation from oppression, but it's always tragic. Fury Road frames it as totally fun and awesome.
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As a film Mad Max absolutely adores its gritty future. The camera caresses acts of violence in the same way it caresses the brides' bodies.
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"We are not things” is a great line, but doesn’t work when the plot and ESPECIALLY the camera treats them like things from start to finish.
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Mad Max's villains are caricatures of misogyny which makes overt misogynists angry but does not challenge more prevalent forms of sexism.
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Viewers get to feel good about hating cartoon misogyny without questioning themselves or examining how sexism actually works in our society.
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It makes me profoundly sad that mainstream pop culture now interprets feminism to mean “women can drive fast and stoically kill people too!”
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We’re starved for representations of powerful women but we need to re-imagine concepts of power & move beyond the glorification of violence.
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@femfreq what makes violence gendered? - 1 more reply
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@femfreq are you saying feminism has to be non-violent? imo feminism has no singular definition, & is not limited in such a way -
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@mirahwood@firescotch@femfreq Agree. There's a tinge of respectability politics happening -
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@mirahwood@firescotch@femfreq lol. gentle person paradise -
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@mirahwood@firescotch@femfreq Nope! I'd be in the gulag :)
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@femfreq I think I dramatically disagree with you, but then I also think you have a tendency to pair 'violence' with 'male' too closely.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq what is inherently male about the violence? - 1 more reply
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