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    1. Feminist Frequency‏Verified account @femfreq 19 May 2015

      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.

      155 replies 258 retweets 556 likes
    2. Feminist Frequency‏Verified account @femfreq 19 May 2015
      Replying to @femfreq

      On the surface, Mad Max is about resisting a cartoonish version of misogyny. But that resistance takes the form of more glorified violence.

      24 replies 118 retweets 181 likes
    3. Feminist Frequency‏Verified account @femfreq 19 May 2015
      Replying to @femfreq

      Fury Road is different from many action films in that it lets some women participate as equal partners in a cinematic orgy of male violence.

      45 replies 176 retweets 262 likes
    4. Feminist Frequency‏Verified account @femfreq 19 May 2015
      Replying to @femfreq

      Feminism doesn't simply mean women getting to partake in typical badass "guy stuff". Feminism is about redefining our social value system.

      93 replies 502 retweets 696 likes
    5. Feminist Frequency‏Verified account @femfreq 19 May 2015
      Replying to @femfreq

      Sometimes violence may be necessary for liberation from oppression, but it's always tragic. Fury Road frames it as totally fun and awesome.

      45 replies 118 retweets 229 likes
    6. Feminist Frequency‏Verified account @femfreq 19 May 2015
      Replying to @femfreq

      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.

      38 replies 96 retweets 185 likes
    7. Feminist Frequency‏Verified account @femfreq 19 May 2015
      Replying to @femfreq

      "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.

      39 replies 159 retweets 321 likes
    8. Feminist Frequency‏Verified account @femfreq 19 May 2015
      Replying to @femfreq

      Mad Max's villains are caricatures of misogyny which makes overt misogynists angry but does not challenge more prevalent forms of sexism.

      43 replies 191 retweets 315 likes
    9. Feminist Frequency‏Verified account @femfreq 19 May 2015
      Replying to @femfreq

      Viewers get to feel good about hating cartoon misogyny without questioning themselves or examining how sexism actually works in our society.

      32 replies 183 retweets 363 likes
      Feminist Frequency‏Verified account @femfreq 19 May 2015

      It makes me profoundly sad that mainstream pop culture now interprets feminism to mean “women can drive fast and stoically kill people too!”

      2:48 PM - 19 May 2015
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        2. Feminist Frequency‏Verified account @femfreq 19 May 2015
          Replying to @femfreq

          We’re starved for representations of powerful women but we need to re-imagine concepts of power & move beyond the glorification of violence.

          295 replies 688 retweets 1,225 likes
        3. Anjin Anhut Design‏ @anjinanhut 19 May 2015
          Replying to @femfreq

          @femfreq All your points are super valid. But saying "it's not feminism"? Can't there be different forms of progress? Is this none at all?

          5 replies 5 retweets 29 likes
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        2. Peter Coffin | best dogs + space news (any/all)‏Verified account @petercoffin 19 May 2015
          Replying to @femfreq

          I get @femfreq's points, but my other thought is "this is the most earnest attempt at not being total shit in a blockbuster."

          2 replies 2 retweets 50 likes
        3. Peter Coffin | best dogs + space news (any/all)‏Verified account @petercoffin 19 May 2015
          Replying to @petercoffin

          At this point, I have not seen it, so I cannot say for certain my thoughts. But in a world utterly devoid of anything like it... @femfreq

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. Peter Coffin | best dogs + space news (any/all)‏Verified account @petercoffin 19 May 2015
          Replying to @petercoffin

          Where women are represented as "not less." There's a lot of machismo by what I've observed and I suspect that may be an issue... @femfreq

          3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
        5. Peter Coffin | best dogs + space news (any/all)‏Verified account @petercoffin 19 May 2015
          Replying to @petercoffin

          This is a type of film that traditionally SHITS on women and this one treats them like its other characters. @femfreq

          3 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
        6. Peter Coffin | best dogs + space news (any/all)‏Verified account @petercoffin 19 May 2015
          Replying to @petercoffin

          Which isn't what all concerned would like to see in terms of representation, but in earnest this is the direction that leads there. @femfreq

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Peter Coffin | best dogs + space news (any/all)‏Verified account @petercoffin 19 May 2015
          Replying to @petercoffin

          I do prefer an imperfect movie that regards characters as characters rather than female characters to Michael Bay Makes Boom Sex 14 @femfreq

          1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
        8. Peter Coffin | best dogs + space news (any/all)‏Verified account @petercoffin 19 May 2015
          Replying to @petercoffin

          One thing I don't think I like is calling violence "male violence" as if women participating in violence is impossible.

          3 replies 2 retweets 9 likes
        9. Peter Coffin | best dogs + space news (any/all)‏Verified account @petercoffin 19 May 2015
          Replying to @petercoffin

          Is it somehow a different kind of violence when a woman uses a machine gun? A rocket launcher? Would a woman not do that?

          2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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        1. Devindra Hardawar‏Verified account @Devindra 19 May 2015
          Replying to @femfreq

          @femfreq I'm a huge fan of your work, but there's plenty more going on in Fury Road. This piece is a nice takehttp://www.slashfilm.com/mad-max-masculinity/ …

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        2. timsoret‏ @timsoret 20 May 2015
          Replying to @femfreq

          .@femfreq Aren't you responsible for this? You wanted strong women? You get them. Bechdel Test? Passed. Mad Max is awesome and you complain!

          3 replies 6 retweets 11 likes
        3. Sylvio Conde‏ @Aurunz 20 May 2015
          Replying to @timsoret

          @timsoret @femfreq Her job is to complain and be outraged at everything, being pleased would probably mean less revenue.

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        2. Perturbator‏ @The_Perturbator 20 May 2015
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          @femfreq In "Mad Max", both women and men have the same status of being badasses. "equality". isn't that the sheer definition of feminism ?

          4 replies 5 retweets 14 likes
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        1. that terrifying timeofyear thou mayst in me behold‏ @DarkandWondrous 19 May 2015
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          .@kathswanson @femfreq excellent point. &film goes deeper than that: the saved seeds, etc @m1k3y #WhoKilledTheWorld? http://www.dailygrail.com/Reviews/2015/5/Review-Mad-Max-Fury-Road …

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