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Not today Justin
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[Many men] were more than happy when feminist thinkers told them that they did not need to be macho men. But the only alternative to not turning into a conventional macho man was to not become a man at all, to remain a boy.
bell hooks, All About Love
"Women, socialized to live solely for others according to the male-defined rules, only develop a sense of self-identity and self-actualization against the odds of the system, which is to say, many do not develop such a sense at all.”
Marjorie Suchoki, "The Challenge of Mary Daly"
Orlando Bloom concludes his journey of self-discovery in Elizabethtown by accepting his masculine legacy of divine power from an enormous white Jesus. I forgot this was part of the film until I re-watched it.
"On Ruby Sparks, Manic Pixie Dream Girls, and the Image as Prison"--this article is great!
Women have endeavored to guide men to love because patriarchal thinking has sanctioned this work even as it has undermined it by teaching men to refuse guidance.
bell hooks, All About Love
Emotion itself is the acceptance of, the assent to live according to, a certain sort of story. Stories, in short, contain and teach forms of feeling, forms of life.
Martha Nussbaum, Why Narrative?
I've written 8 1/2 pages today. I'm getting close to my limit. But it's only 5 o'clock!
"The female viewer can only throw up her hands in the presence of a Jolie or a Fox, but MPDG status appears insidiously attainable. To watch a man fall for a girl with a chattering problem or a zany obsession gives women hope that maybe they, too, can be loved inside their weirdness, provided they present themselves charmingly and girlishly enough."
Lauren Wilford
Men like MPDGs first of all because they exist to serve men, to impart to them their wisdom and joie de vivre. But MPDGs also appeal specifically to arty, thinking fellows who like to think of their taste as off the beaten path. When a man falls for an onscreen heroine with killer music taste and rainbow-colored hair and a mild mental disorder, he can’t possibly be accused of being shallow.
Lauren Wilford
" remember distinctly Portman telling Zach Braff's character that she was "weird" and then doing a silly little dance to illustrate her "weirdness." Honestly? Anyone who telegraphs their so-called weirdness so outlandishly is not actually weird, they're merely quirky enough to be vaguely interesting without having their own thing going on," says Jessica G. of Jezebel.
Movies cannot be dismissed as mere entertainment and diversion. Rather, they are life stories that both interpret us and are being interpreted by us.
Robert Johnston, Reel Spirituality
According to Gaye Williams Ortiz, in 2007, of the films that grossed over $9 billion:
94% had no female directors
82% had no female writers
98% had no female cinematographers
Think about that.
[Our culture] sets up a gendered arrangement in which men are more likely to get their emotional needs met while women will be deprived. Getting your emotional needs met helps create greater psychological well-being. As a consequence, men are given an advanctage that neatly coincides with the patriarchal insistence that they are superior.
bell hooks, All About Love
Book of the Day: Feminism at the Movies. Analyzing everything from Juno to Enchanted to Miss Congeniality.
Scopophilia: [skoh-puh-fil-ee-uh] n. from the Greek, "love of looking," especially sexual pleasure from looking at erotic material; see also, voyeurism.
Blog post from the main blog of The Rawness describing the Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype and the psychological dynamics behind why certain types of male viewers (and screenwriters) are so fixated and enthralled by her.
From the article:
A good example of the codependent entitlement or covert narcissism I described in the last post comes in the Manic Pixie Dream Girl fantasy that many introverted, artistically inclined men have. These codependent men are withdrawn, shy, introverted, and afraid to call attention to themselves. But along comes this fantasy girl who acts insane, outgoing, exhibitionistic, kooky, and draws him out of his shell. The whole appeal of the girl is that the codependent protagonist believes she fits his fantasy image of what an ideal girlfriend looks like, even if he’s projected many of these qualities onto her with his own fevered imagination. Her main appeal to him is how she reflects and brings out his greatness. She also is inexplicably drawn to him despite little effort and zero game on his part. She’s both a mirror for his false, idealized self as well as an extension of him. She exists to draw out and reflect his greatness, without any deep, abiding needs of her own other than to take him on an emotional rollercoaster ride and reveal his own desired greatness back at him. In this way she acts as a mirror to him, reflecting his idealized self-image. She acts flamboyant, eccentric, and outgoing for him in a way he feels he can’t directly, and in this way acts as an extension of him. She has no other purpose but to “rescue” the protagonist and bolster his spirits, and he (sometimes) gets to rescue her in return.
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All of this is true.