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SEEING YOURSELF ON THE SCREEN: I'm So F*cking Inspired Lately

12/05/2017

On so much lovely womanhood being portrayed on the small screen: There is nothing like being seen in a story by another human. I laughed reading some of the angry, dismissive and super critical viewer reviews of “She’s Gotta Have It” on Netflix. As a nearly 27 year old woman and an artist and a monogamy skeptical woman I lay in my bed, I watched it alone in a few nights, I honestly felt like I’m getting a hug watching it. I woke up in the morning more inspired and just simply content in my life
WONDER WOMAN: Hollywood Doubles Down on Preserving Male Identification in Film

06/14/2017

WONDER WOMAN correctly predicts the novel existence of female protagonist is beyond enough to satisfy female audiences Let me first say, I came out of this film laughing and rolling my eyes a little, having went in with little expectations and seen basically exactly what I would expect to see from Hollywood. I was much too unsurprised to be disappointed or mad. So I would not be writing this review if not for my dawning, incredulous realization of the outpouring of starry-eyed wonder at this

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ARTICLES by Simone

SEEING YOURSELF ON THE SCREEN: I'm So F*cking Inspired Lately

WONDER WOMAN: Hollywood Doubles Down on Preserving Male Identification in Film

Copyright 2018​directedbysimone.com ​ CONTACT HERE

Copyright 2018directedbysimone.com

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