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Disrupting Dinner Parties

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Disrupting Dinner Parties

Daily Archives: July 25, 2013

5 Female Driven Movies

25 Thursday Jul 2013

Posted by MissX in Empowerment, Media, Movies

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an education, bechdel test, lists, lore, movies, the heat, the waitress, winter's bone, women in movies

I love movies. And so do most women who purchased 55% of movie tickets in 2009. But even though last year women comprised majority of the moviegoers, Hollywood has been slow on the uptake, continuing to produce movies that do not pass the Bechdel Test. If you do not know what the Bechdel test is, watch the short video below and prepare to have your mind blown (captions provided for the hearing impaired).

For more statistics on women’s presence in literature and film check out my IWD post.

So what’s socially aware feminist to do? Fear not, I’ve put together in no way exhaustive list of movies you can enjoy without betraying your feminist identity. Save the guilt for the pop corn (actually fuck guilt altogether, cut it out of your emotional diet).

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