Wonderful Women
Guys, I know this upcoming one is long, but read the whole thing. I want to stand up and read that quote at the Super Bowl halftime, so everyone watching has to listen to me. I want to embroider the middle section onto a throw pillow and then keep it on my couch forever. I want to make everybody on the planet read it.
Because this is so important! Sometimes it feels like the only progress we’ve made since the 50s with the portrayal of women in movies is that now, instead of them always being weak damsels in distress, they’re allowed to be either a weak damsel in distress or a Strong Female CharacterTM who basically just acts like a dude. There is an infinite number of ways to be a woman, and we should let the portrayal of women in movies reflect that. So you go, Patty Jenkins.