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Current Readings:

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

The Lover by Marguerite Duras

The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer

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Beyond The Attic: Female Hatred In Black Christmas (1974)

The illusion of safety within the women-only household begins to crumble as the film unfolds, exposing how violence against women, both internalized and perpetuated by others, can infiltrate even the seemingly secure confines

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On the Idealization Of Female Suffering: Ruby Sparks (2012)

(WIP) We can twist the story in any way in the middle, its flesh ripping away to reveal only the fresh and pink, the grotesque idea of a rebirth at the end of a film. A new beginning is there, the light at the end of the tunnel

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Commodification of Women & Their Solidarity: Fresh (2022)

(WIP) In Fresh we immerse ourselves into the very idea that the suffering of women, their misery in situations can be commodified and put into a package. The cannibalistic nature of men in this film transcends the literal sense

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Joan of Waystar: Siobhan Roy

(WORK IN PROGRESS) "Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. [...] They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother's fate."

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