Feminist
It’s no mystery that Netflix’s Enola Holmes is both a fun and empowering film
October 9, 2020By: Marisa Rizzo, SFU Student It is time to finally meet Enola Holmes, the younger sister of the infamous literary detective Sherlock Holmes. Once you do, it might just have you asking, “Sherlock who?” Based on the book series The Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer, this recent Harry Bradbeer Netflix release tells the story of Enola Holmes, whose mother mysteriously vanishes on her 16th birthday. Using skills learned from her mother Eudoria (Helena Bonham Carter), such as jiu-jitsu and the ability to decode messages, Enola embarks on a journey from her countryside home to the city of London to…
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You know you’re a gender studies student when…
July 11, 2016As a student in the tiny department of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies (GSWS), I get to be in the most engaging, thought-provoking, and entertaining classes every semester. Here are four tell-tale signs that you may be a GSWS student.…
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CINEPHILIA: Terrence Malick is a divisive visionary
March 29, 2016If you’ve ever seen a film by Terrence Malick, director of elusive films such as The Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line, and Days of Heaven, you know about his ‘Twirling Women.’ Malick’s fragmented female characters are often depicted…
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Mad Max: Fury Road starts out promising, but confuses itself for a feminist manifesto
May 21, 2015[caption id="attachment_2625" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo courtesy of Orlando Weekly[/caption] It’s been three decades since the last movie in the Mad Max franchise (the third film, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome) came out in 1985, but director George Miller has finally treated…
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Move over, manspreading: there’s a new agent of patriarchy in town
February 16, 2015There are few places as prone to displays of bullshit male entitlement as public transit. Whether it’s an overcrowded bus, a SkyTrain car, or even the SeaBus, they’re all incubators for patriarchy — and that’s never been more evident than…
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