Michaela Coel, the mastermind behind one of the UK’s funniest TV shows right now, openly confesses that she really enjoys making people uncomfortable . Well, the truth is that she is extremely good at it. […]
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Diary of a Teenage Girl (Marielle Heller, 2015): Real Talk
Writer/Director Marielle Heller’s debut feature film Diary of a Teenage Girl will, I hope, be regarded as a significant coming of age film for girls everywhere for a very long time. It also happens to be […]
The Falling: Being a Teenage Girl Sucks
1. Do you want to watch a film that deals with the inherent emotional and physical issues of being a teenage girl, suppression of emotion, feminism and female friendship whilst simultaneously channeling David Lynch, Nicholas Roeg […]
Catherine Breillat’s Female Gaze in ‘Abuse of Weakness’
Cross posted at Bitch Flicks as part of The Female Gaze theme week The name Catherine Breillat is almost synonymous with the concept of the female gaze.
Hot Girls Wanted (Jill Bauer & Ronna Gradus, 2015): Interesting, but Nothing New
There is one message ‘Hot Girls Wanted’ is trying to push and it is this; Porn can be exploitative. It’s surprising, in the age of the ever-growing internet, that we need to be reminded of […]