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submitted 1 year ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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More fun reading about the representation of women in film.

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[–] mononomi@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

Remains crazy how many movies don't pass this

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Also, whether the movie has a woman playing a role that has complexity beyond the normal tropes of mother, wife, seductress, villa , or nun.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"the last movie i was able to see was Alien"

fantastic example, amazing movie