Reviews tagging 'Sexism'
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The lessons we learned from eighties movies by Hadley Freeman
1 review
fiddleysticks's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
3.5
I had mixed feelings about this book.
I really enjoyed the more factual and statistical elements, and did have valuable comments to make on the place of "women's" films in the past and more recently.
But I struggled with the more personal opinion parts and felt the author could more easily gloss over some of the problematic aspects of these films than I would have liked. Although what is and is not acceptable to society has changed since the 80s, I felt that nostalgia won the day for the author.
I really enjoyed the more factual and statistical elements, and did have valuable comments to make on the place of "women's" films in the past and more recently.
But I struggled with the more personal opinion parts and felt the author could more easily gloss over some of the problematic aspects of these films than I would have liked. Although what is and is not acceptable to society has changed since the 80s, I felt that nostalgia won the day for the author.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Sexism and Racism
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