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Stories about Women to Discover this International Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day! This blog is run by two women and for us, it is very important to constantly remember and shine the light on the amazing women artists who have been writing, directing, acting, singing, creating incredibly works of storytelling. Particularly when those stories have to do with other women. Women’s history has not always been the kindest, in fact for most of history, women found themselves in positions of want in comparison to the other sex. Strides have been made in the last century that work to alter that position, but there is still so much to…

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Reflections

Charmed: 20 Years After it First Aired and It is Still Iconic!

Coinciding well with the month of ghosts, witches and magic, this past week marked 20 years since the pilot of the WB show Charmed aired. If you are unfamiliar with the show, firstly, what have you been doing with your life? And secondly, you are missing out! And I say this knowing that while witches and hocus-pocus isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, there is so much to appreciate in this show. Charmed tells the story of three sisters, Prue, Piper, and Phoebe Halliwell (originally played by Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, and Alyssa Milano with the addition of Rose McGowan…

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Movies

Feminism in Mad Max

Hey guys! This week, I decided to post a shortened version of an essay on Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) I wrote for a film class. The course was focused on action films, and I chose to write about the surprisingly feminist tones that Mad Max: Fury Road employed, particularly embodied in the character Imperator Furiosa. These are some of the factors that made it such an incredible film in my opinion! Give it a read and let me know what you think!  Spoiler warning: there are some spoilers for the movie so if you haven’t seen it, read at your discretion! The film…

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