Anxious thoughts from 2014-2019
You know I think this might be our first Blaxploitation movie for the Collab? Which is quite surprising really. Maybe Jill will correct me but for now I just want to sit with that. I've been meaning to check some out for a long time and now I've finally seen Miss Grier in action, maybe … Continue reading Coffy
Costume Drama Month is going okay, if a little dull last week. This week's pick however feels like a dream. It's more of a poem than a movie - and it's deeply beautiful. It also inspired some of the imagery in Beyoncé's Lemonade so make of that what you will. Daughters of the Dust (1991) … Continue reading Daughters of the Dust
I thought we'd go out with a bang on our last movie because our Based on a True Story Month has had mixed results - and not one, but two appearances by my least favourite Franco brother. I consider this movie to be the Queen of all biographies, a labour of love (in getting the … Continue reading Frida
She woke up like This. Little (2019) A woman is transformed into her younger self at a point in her life when the pressures of adulthood become too much to bear. Starring: Regina Hall • Issa Rae • Marsai Martin *Minor spoilers* A modern day, female-centric Big? You got me. This is a fun concept … Continue reading Little
Welcome to March Madness (a week late, sorry) - basically an excuse to do whatever the fudge we want, like we've ever needed an excuse. *Spoilers* The Fits (2015) IMDB Synopsis While training at the gym 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught … Continue reading The Fits (Film) Review
I'm not above admitting that sports movies are not the one for me. Especially chess movies. And yet here I am, gasping and weeping and cheering in all the right places as our 14-year-old heroine kicks the arse of a woman twice her age at the beautiful game. GO PHIONA! A fine choice by Jill … Continue reading Queen of Katwe (Film) Review
"Ahoy, Sexy?" ~ Frances Welcome to the second best Collab month of the year: Feminist Film Month! And what better way to kick it off than with a film starring one of my all-time fave women in film? The original double G. What a gal. This movie could possibly be one of the best representations … Continue reading Frances Ha (Film) Review
40 women I admire - in real life, in literature, music, film and from afar. Mum // Björk Lisbeth Salander // Wonder Woman Maya Angelou // Tora Richardson Meghan Lightle // Madonna Kathleen Hanna // Dawn French Becky Saunders // Lynne Ramsay Marilyn Monroe // Lady Gaga Madeleine Martin // Sofia Coppola Debbie Harry // Sarah Waters Kathy Burke // Rihanna Victoria Wood … Continue reading 40 Women
The other day someone (a dude) asked me why women are so pissed off these days. Instead of punching him in throat and screaming "Because of you motherfuckers!!", I took a breath and told him to look around him. Predictably I didn’t finish my sentence before my piece was derailed by a #notallmen remark and … Continue reading Anger
Yesterday was International Day of the Girl Child and also, World Obesity Day. The latter as you can imagine divided the internet and a lot of the fat babes I follow on Twitter claimed the hashtag for themselves as a form of celebration. I was there for it as always, as were the usual boring trolls … Continue reading International Day of the Girl Child
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