FemFilm: The Family That Preys
The Bechdel Test is commonly used to measure an authentic (or relatively more authentic) representation of women’s lives and experiences on film. I employ it usually when I’m on the fence about watching a movie. It generally works, at its simplest, to measure the value of women to the story, and at its most complex, [...]
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The narrative we’re told/sold over and over again
In January, a storm blew up over cover art for new young adult novel Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore. I haven’t read the book, so I’ll not summarise it, but you can read about it if you click through to the author’s website. The book’s main character, Nimira, is explicitly described in non-white terms [...]
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