If you like Return Of The Jedi but hate the Ewoks, you understand feminist criticism · 

If you like Return Of The Jedi but hate the Ewoks, you understand feminist criticism · For Our Consideration · The A.V. Club


We’ve fallen into an all-or-nothing rut with feminist criticism lately. Battle lines are immediately drawn between movies that are “feminist” (i.e. “good”) and “sexist” (i.e. “bad”). And that simplistic breakdown is hurting our ability to actually talk about this stuff.

…As the tendency to discuss things in terms of simple binary either/or models usually does.

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