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24 Apr

How Jujutsu Kaisen’s Female-Centric Fight Scenes Push Shonen Forward

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For many anime fans, Jujutsu Kaisen shone as the highlight of the Fall 2020/Winter 2021 season. There are many possible reasons for this hype: The series delivered more sought-after supernatural action on the heels of 2019’s breakout hit Demon Slayer. Its darker approach both set Jujutsu Kaisen apart from its predecessor and offered a cathartic escape during a global pandemic. Studio MAPPA adapted Gege Akutami’s original manga with memorable visuals and smooth animation. After all, who can forget the first time Gojo tangled with Sukuna or used his mind-bending domain expansion technique? But what’s most striking about Jujutsu Kaisen are…
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16 Apr

Promising Young Woman and the Limits of Female Rage

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This article contains Promising Young Woman spoilers. Cinema is full of stories of righteously angry women who have suffered at the hands of wicked men. Invariably, these stories also see those women reclaim power over their own narratives by brutally punishing the men responsible. In Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, The Bride stands triumphant, holding a katana over the mangled bodies of those who have tried to do her harm. Jennifer Cheek makes the boys of Jennifer’s Body pay for their misogynist behavior with their own blood, literally feasting on their souls. Revenge socialite Jen reinvents herself as a gory action…
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16 Feb

How Firefly Lane Depicts a Messy and Moving Female Friendship

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This article contains spoilers for Firefly Lane. There’s something altogether predictable yet endearing about Firefly Lane, the latest in a line of Netflix shows adapted from the realm of romance and/or women’s fiction with a clear strength of star power at its center. It’s a story that spans three decades of friendship between two women who meet in their teenage years, following them through their strongest and lowest points in life (both together and apart) and all of the heartache, turmoil and drama that provides.  In short, it’s prime material to mine from, and seemingly tailor-made for the types of…
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14 Jan

Eloise & Penelope: The Power of Female Friendship in Bridgerton

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This Bridgerton article contains major spoilers for the season finale. Netflix’s Bridgerton is, at its heart, a story about finding your person, whomever they may be. And while viewers naturally swoon over the romance between debutante Daphne Bridgerton and roguish duke Simon Basset – and their many, many steamy encounters backed by instrumental Taylor Swift tracks – the show is about much more than the will they/won’t they pull of a specific courtship. In fact, Bridgerton is full of love stories of multiple varieties, and the show unabashedly centers the affection that exists between parents and children, siblings, and friends…
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01 Jul

Star Wars: Who is the Female Mandalorian?

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In the hidden culvert that is the last stronghold of the Mandalorian warriors, the Armorer’s voice is law. As the ranking member of the clan featured on Disney+’s The Mandalorian and forger of some of the galaxy’s best armor, she helps the Mandalorian build the equipment he needs to complete his bounties and protect the Child. Introduced especially for the Star Wars live-action series in season one, the Armorer remains a bit of a mystery to fans who might only really know her as “the female Mandalorian.” Here’s what we know about the Armorer so far: Who is the Armorer?…
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09 Feb

The Female Brain

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Neuroscientist Julia's (Whitney Cummings) research into the biochemistry of the female brain is illustrated by three couples: newlyweds Zoe (Cecily Strong) and Greg (Blake Griffin), whose career troubles seep into their relationship; Lisa (Sofia Vergara) and Steven (Deon Cole), who are looking to spice up their stuck-in-a-rut marriage; and Lexi (Lucy Punch) who can't help trying to change her boyfriend Adam (James Marsden). Meanwhile, straight-laced Julia's own synapses start to fire when a handsome new subject (Toby Kebbell) joins her study.Rated: NRRelease Date: Feb 09, 2018
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