Della, Dolly, Drag, and Me
“Disembodied, the girl in the mirror is no kind of girl at all, but a projection of a girl.”
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Della, Dolly, Drag, and Me
“Disembodied, the girl in the mirror is no kind of girl at all, but a projection of a girl.”
To Lead With Desire: On ‘Chungking Express’
“It’s not only their understanding of their desire, but their insistence on unapologetically surrendering to their desires, that allows for the women of Chungking Express to express, seduce, and pine so singularly.”
‘The Grandmaster’, A Woman’s Winter and The Damning Power of Stasis
“When she first appears in The Grandmaster, Gong Er arrives like a queen.”
‘Gladiator 2’ as Subversive, ‘Feminine’ Spectacle
“The objectification of the gladiator’s body mirrors the same fascination with female bodies in film through a lens of “feminization”.
‘Old Boyfriends’ is a celebration of female personhood
“Dianne’s on a road trip in reverse. She knows where the road ends, a marriage that failed, and she rejects it.”
Hyper-femininity, Transaction and ‘Showgirls’ with Carlee
A conversation with Carlee Gomes
