Feminism on It's a Binary World 2.0 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/tags/feminism/ Recent content in Feminism on It's a Binary World 2.0 Hugo en Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:12:12 +0000 The perfect way to explain what's wrong with women in media... https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/2015/09/14/the-perfect-way-to-explain-whats-wrong-with-women-in-media/ Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:12:12 +0000 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/2015/09/14/the-perfect-way-to-explain-whats-wrong-with-women-in-media/ <p>Everywhere on the net that I go where any discussion of media takes place, people get upset whenever someone takes a critical look at the roles the women play in any one piece of media. But Caroline Siede has the perfect explanation in her most recent AV Club article titled, <em><a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/if-you-return-jedi-hate-ewoks-you-understand-femin-224765">If you like Return of the Jedi, but hate the Ewoks, you understand feminist criticism</a>:</em></p> <blockquote> <p>“ <em>Return Of The Jedi</em> is great, but the Ewoks are so annoying.” That’s a pretty common refrain from <em>Star Wars</em> fans. In fact there are <a href="http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Awesome-Star-Wars-Video-Edits-Ewoks-Out-Return-Jedi-70408.html">whole fan edits</a> dedicated to removing the little fuzzy bears from the film’s climax; I can only assume they’re made by the most hardcore of <em>Star Wars</em> lovers. The idea that a movie can be good despite its weaker elements is one of the most basic tenets of film criticism. Yet when it comes to dissecting films from a feminist viewpoint, we seem to have trouble keeping that in mind.</p>

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