#women in movies

[aurorecinema]

D.E.B.S (2004, Angela Robinson)

#debs #d.e.b.s. #d.e.b.s 2004 #movies #cinematography #female directors #female directed films #women in film #women in movies #devon aoki #wlw movie #lgbtq #lgbtq movies

[suspicious-of-simple-answers]

I know that Barbenheimer was mostly a meme but I did actually go watch Barbie and Oppenheimer on the same day and... They kind of actually complemented each other really well. I'll elaborate on that, but major spoiler warning: stop reading right now if you don't want spoilers for either movie.

Oppenheimer, by itself, was about the atomic bomb and the man who led its development. But in the context of Barbie, Oppenheimer was about what a world ruled by men has done. And, just like in Barbie, the fragile male ego was a big motivator of evil in Oppenheimer. I know that it's a bit silly to compare Barbie to a very serious movie based on an actual historical tragedy, but these are just my thoughts after watching them.

In Oppenheimer, the movie spent a lot of time on the development of the atomic bomb, of course, but also a fair bit of it focused on Oppenheimer's life. In the last 45 minutes of the movie we slowly found out how Lewis Strauss tried to destroy Oppenheimer's life and reputation. And that wasn't because of his involvement with the bomb: no, it was because Oppenheimer had been mean to him. Strauss had all these other reasons he claimed, stuff about communists and whatever, but really the reason was that Oppenheimer had humiliated Strauss.

And in Barbie, Ken turned Barbieland into a patriarchal nightmare world because Barbie had been mean to him. He had all these other reasons too, like finding horses cool, but the real reason was that Barbie had always taken him for grantedand always left him out. It's different from humiliation, but still. Idk, I see a parallel.

Barbie made fun of the meeting room full of men in suits talking about empowering girls (by selling more Barbies). In Oppenheimer, we saw meeting rooms full of men in suits deciding what city gets obliterated, making plans on whether to make bigger bombs or try to work on diplomacy, and so on. The depiction of what happened in Barbieland when the Kens took over - a world where a bit of jealousy, tiny bruises to men's egos, can start a war - wasn't so far off from reality. In reality we have big important men in charge making big important decisions about who lives and who dies - and sometimes the real reasoning is as superficial as "I had my honeymoon there."

Oh and about the women in Oppenheimer: I can only recall five. There was a communist seductress, an alcoholic wife, a friend's wife, a secretary and a female scientist (and some unnamed students but I won't count them, they were barely characters). The one feminist quip the scientist lady made does not make up for the fact that frankly, the women had zero agency. One got killed, one just turned a radio on once, one was just someone to cheat with, and one was passionate and made some great points in a crossexamination (but then that amounted to nothing). This, sadly, is historically pretty accurate, so I won't blame the movie for this. Tbh I'm happy about any little bit of presentation women in science get, and I liked the little quip from the chemist. But still, not a lot of women in this movie.

So, to anyone who might want to complain about the representation of men in Barbie (a movie that is just as much about a woman as Oppenheimer is about a man), I'd like to point out that Barbie had far more (and more complex) male characters than Oppenheimer had women. There were Ken, the other Kens, Allan, the Mattel CEO, Aaron Dinkins, Sasha's dad... and the men in Barbie actually got to do things and affect the course of the movie. In Oppenheimer, just like most movies, women were just a fun accessory with zero real impact.

That's my two cents. Overall both movies were good, very much recommended. But don't go into Oppenheimer expecting much more than a biography. (And if you watch both, watch Oppenheimer first or you'll just ruin the good mood gained from Barbie).

#barbie #barbie spoilers #oppenheimer #oppenheimer spoilers #barbenheimer #oppenbarbie #feminism #equality #movies #movie analysis #women in movies #women in film

[selenekallanwriter]

When I see people complaining about so-called Mary Sues, this is what I imagine them being like:

#creative writing #women in movies #writing memes #Mary Sue is a sexist term and you can't change my mind #captain marvel #carol danvers #the marvels #rey star wars #this post came to me in my dreams #Maybe because I was thinking about the individual who called one of my heroines a mary sue #so I wrote a strong female character that intimidates you #I'll take that mary sue tag with honor #this is the way #do it like a girl #writers on tumblr #writing #writer problems #paranormal romance #urban fantasy #am writing #writeblr

[venicepearl]

Olga Edna Purviance (October 21, 1895 – January 13, 1958) was an American actress of the silent film era. She was the leading lady in many of Charlie Chaplin's early films and in a span of eight years, she appeared in over 30 films with him.

#Olga Edna Purviance #Edna Purviance #silent movies #women in movies #women in history #photo #photography #black and white #xix century #xx century

[mydarkestreveries]

'Oppenheimer' movie mostly ignores female scientists - The Washington Post

"The male scientists featured in the film are sharply defined as characters, but Lilli Hornig, the one female scientist given some prominence in the movie, is a blur, popping up here and there to say they didn’t teach typing in her graduate chemistry program at Harvard, when asked whether she could be a typist, or to rib a colleague, telling him that her reproductive system was better protected from radiation than his."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/08/10/oppenheimer-manhattan-project-women-scientists-bomb/

#Still in 2023 #The more things change the more they stay the same #But white men are triggered by the new Barbie movie #women in history #women in movies #fair representation

[grimweaver]

Did you know that Steel Magnolias is based on a true story? Her real name was Susan and her brother wrote the story, which was a play before it became a film. There's so much more that the movie doesn't tell that adds to the tragedy, including the fact that the husband did not put a lot of effort into easing her burdens. The man that plays the minister in the wedding scene is the brother, and the medical staff that disabled life support were real and they were the same ones that took Susan off life support.

#steel magnolias #80s movies #women in movies

[uterusearth]

Women In Cinematography:

Meryl Streep ⭐

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#meryl streep #mulher #mulheres #woman #women #arte #artist #artista #art #feminism #feminismo #♀️ #cinematography #cinema #filmisnotdead #film #women in movies #vintage #80s nostalgia #radical feminism #feminismo radical

[notgoingwell]

#vid recs #baggage claim #toxic behaviour #woke culture #modern media #hollywood #feminism #women in media #women in movies #Youtube #modern movies #women #media criticism #media analysis #toxic

[1979gumballmachine]

i want to be a vintage movie girlie, i rlly do, but the amount of misogyny in older films makes me wanna js

#misogony #old movies #vintage #vintage movies #old hollywood #i hate old movies so much #some of them #most of them. #old disney #women don't need men to be successful or happy #women in movies #movies

[femranged]

im currently writing a term paper for a class at uni in which im going to depict women roles in horror films and blatant sexism behind it. if you happen to have literature on that (or any other source of information) and don't mind sharing, I would like to take a look :)

#gender critical #radfem #women in movies #radical feminism #radfem safe #radfem please interact

[jayeallisonashtear]

Arrow De Wilde.

(She is one of several women in various types of bands who has been an inspo in my creation of Claire.)

#starcrawler #arrow de wilde #rocker girl #rock star #rock star girl #grunge girl #grunge band #women in rock #women in movies #alternative

[aurorecinema]

But I’m a Cheerleader (1999, Jamie Babbit)

#cinemetography #movies #but i’m a cheerleader #lgbtqiia+ #lgbtq community #women in film #women in movies #female directors #female directed films #lgbtq movies #comedy #romance movies

[seraphicunt]

she is the moment

#possession 1981 #isabelle adjani #girlboss #gaslight #horror #esoteric #women in movies #80s movies #80s film

[kidovna]

obsessed with Her.

#looking back at my barbie phase… and watching barbie… #my type in women is making a lot of sense to me #(femme sapphics) #barbie #barbie the movie #margot robbie #greta gerwig #artovna

[venicepearl]

Jeanne Bérangère (born Françoise Marie Charlotte Béraud; 9 June 1864 – 19 November 1928) was a French stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly forty years on the stage and in films during the silent film era.

#Jeanne Bérangère #Françoise Marie Charlotte Béraud #women on stage #women in movies #women in silent film #xix century #xx century #people #photo #photography #black and white

[jiacast]

Women in movies

The Disney Descendants series follows the children of famous Disney villains as they attend Auradon Prep, a school for the offspring of Disney heroes and heroines.

Mal, the daughter of the villain from "Sleeping Beauty," struggles with her identity and the pressure to follow her mother's footsteps. However, she learns the importance of friendship, love, and being true to herself. Over time, Mal evolves into a strong leader and embraces her role as a hero, guiding her friends in various adventures to protect Auradon.

Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen from "Snow White," is intelligent, fashionable, and skilled in design. Initially obsessed with her appearance and finding a prince, Evie learns to prioritize friendship and personal growth over superficial goals.

Both Mal and Evie navigate their own journeys of self-discovery, friendship, and redemption while challenging the legacies of their villainous parents.

#writing #women in movies #descendants