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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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 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? - 1 more reply
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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...
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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...
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This is a type of film that traditionally SHITS on women and this one treats them like its other characters.
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Which isn't what all concerned would like to see in terms of representation, but in earnest this is the direction that leads there.
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I do prefer an imperfect movie that regards characters as characters rather than female characters to Michael Bay Makes Boom Sex 14
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One thing I don't think I like is calling violence "male violence" as if women participating in violence is impossible.
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Is it somehow a different kind of violence when a woman uses a machine gun? A rocket launcher? Would a woman not do that?
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@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/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq Aren't you responsible for this? You wanted strong women? You get them. Bechdel Test? Passed. Mad Max is awesome and you complain! -
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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 ? - 1 more reply
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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 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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