Meghan, good luck with your feminist show but can I offer some tips? | Martha Gill
Still smarting from its reckoning in 2018, Hollywood's new politics is starting to seep out in its products. We have had a slew of feminist films and TV series and, in particular, feminism set in the past: The Favourite, The Queen's Gambit, Little Women, Mary Queen of Scots. Last week, the Duchess of Sussex announced she would be celebrating extraordinary women throughout history" with her own Netflix series - about the adventures of a 12-year-old girl who meets notable women from before her time.
This is of course all very welcome, yet why do so few of these titles read as feminist? Instead, turning historical events into contemporary liberal parables often seems to result in something rather unsatisfying - even unfeminist. Here are some classic pitfalls for Meghan to watch out for.
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