NEW! Glass Onion Film Analysis: Misogynoir, Disposability Politics, and Capitalism
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“Most Black women move through life painfully aware of misogynoir, the distinct fusion of misogyny (prejudice against women) and racism (prejudice against Black people). Introduced by Moya Bailey, misogynoir is one of the many tools essential to the success of both capitalism and white supremacy, two fatal vehicles of 21st-century Western oppression. Recently, academic Marc Lamont Hill provided an unambiguous simplification of the disturbing axiom by which misogynoir functions: ‘Nearly every sector of society hates Black women and girls.’ Unfortunately, despite this important show of solidarity from a Black man with a large public platform, Black women are usually the only ones likely to acknowledge, call out, and—most significantly—reject this specific form of bigotry.
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Well-crafted Black stories and characters are still fighting for opportunities to break through to the mainstream. Solid evocations of Black women’s experiences are hard to come across. However, like an unexpected gift amidst last year’s holiday season, a cleverly written and surprisingly fun fictional exploration of misogynoir flowered into popularity...”
As we arrive at the midpoint of Women's History Month, Kaylee Blackwood-Larkin embarks on an exploration of the connections between misogynoir, disposability politics, and capitalism as demonstrated by the murder mystery film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and its Black heroine.
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