Between Gazes Camelia Elias

what is postfeminism?  no chronological separation: ‘postfeminism’ can be seen as marking a critical engagement with patriarchy  it doesn’t assume that patriarchy has been superseded  chronological separation: ‘post-feminism’ indicates a phase which comes after feminism  post-feminism situates itself almost in opposition to feminism

postfeminism in popular media  a rejection on the part of many women of the outdated feminism that had dominated the 70s and 80s  a move beyond the 'hard-line' to 'girl power'. (postfeminists include Naomi Wolf, Katie Roiphe and Camille Paglia).  critical of definitions of women as passive victims of patriarchy

criticism of postfeminism in the media  impossibly utopian  an anti-feminist betrayal of women's struggle  represents a physical and emotional femininity impossible to achieve  makes use of the family metaphor

Lovely and Amazing  themes  insecurity and vanity  women  family: self-image/ self-absorption  racial difference  survival

postfeminist messages  do not pass judgment on what's healthy or appropriate to want for yourself  take feminist activism beyond the disputes about gender differences  center on the plurality of experience  while they are all a family, the women in the film are also very different  women’s own specific context is rendered with emphasis on what’s different  things that seem self-evident to us aren't always so obvious to others  women are not the victims of men