I got as far as the Ebert review and the trailer.
All the stuff about “empowerment” and claiming if you weren’t into sexuality as depicted in the film you were anti-sex was extremely off-putting.
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One of my Pham does unofficial ‘cool movie’ reviews; when he said it was a complete waste of time and film, I was over any curiosity I’d had. ’
Especially when he mentioned the lobotomy at the end. I already think the “it was all a dream/hallucination” endings are a lazy cop-out, anyway; it only worked in the Wizard of Oz and Newhart (debatably.) But to end it like that, after all the bullshit they put the protagonist through?
Like, why even bother?
I watch movies as form of escapism, to feel better; not worse.
As if Roger Ebert is anywhere near some sort of ‘authority’ on human sexuality; mofo, please.
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Oh no no no, that wasn’t Ebert.
That was the lead actors saying that. I remember an interview with Jena Malone in particular. Seemed to be a promotional talking point.
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Ugh; even worse.
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Racism more than sexism, but what is this “not of Hispanic origin” bullshit? Seriously, Foxboro, WTF?
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That was the plot twist. She wasn’t the protagonist on her own story, she was a supporting character in someone else’s (the person who actually escaped).
It was more of an interesting plot twist than I was expecting, but not worth sitting through the rest of the film for.
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The census collects data on race and ethnicity. For ethnicity, it’s a binary choice: hispanic or non-hispanic. For race, there are several choices, and technically, each of those could be “hispanic.”
the wording may be statistical cruft. It’s useful for people to know where spanish is spoken in the home though.
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While I’m glad that at least someone escapes, that movie sounds like it would just piss me off.
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Amazing how all these babies get in her belly all by themselves.
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Extreme intersectionality:
Intersections and conflicts between feminism, pacifism, anti-imperialism, socialism, secularism, etc etc etc. And a good hook for looking at the relationships between ideology and propaganda.
If I were still in ethics academia, I could have written dozens of papers based on this.
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Give me a goddamn break. (The church, not the first poster I linked).
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I guess they’ve never heard of SlutWalk?
The rallies began on April 3, 2011,[4] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, after a Toronto Police officer suggested that “women should avoid dressing like sluts”
A suggestion made during a women’s self defence class btw. Double irony for the win.
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Could you re-post that so I can ‘like’ it again?
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Or the mother.
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Or the mother of only sons?
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Wasn’t this a musical?
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