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History of Feminism

TexasProgresive

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1. My consciousness was raised as how men and women are portrayed in movies

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2015, 09:14 AM

Mar 2015

after I had granddaughters. I really like The Princess Bride but I thought that Buttercup was just not a woman I would want to know. She was weak and when you get down to it an ornament. Then one of my granddaughters introduced me to Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service. Here was a young girl who had to find her place in the world. All the female characters were strong. This seems to be a theme in all of Miyazaki's films that I have seem.

Good for Ms. Davis that she is guiding Disney to portray girls and women as strong and able.

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Geena Davis Is Still Locked And Loaded [View all] boston bean Mar 2015 OP

My consciousness was raised as how men and women are portrayed in movies TexasProgresive Mar 2015 #1

I didn't know she founded The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. boston bean Mar 2015 #2

Rec, rec, rec. Great article! CrispyQ Mar 2015 #3

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