Women Empowering Women
November 12, 2023 marks the second anniversary of the termination of the conservatorship that dictated Spears’ life for well over a decade. The release of her memoir, The Woman in Me, signals a powerful move towards her personal healing and is a reclamation of her life and her voice.
With the history of cinema over the years, the need for strong female characters has never been more apparent. It is integral for us as a community to have women properly portrayed in the media, not only for the overall wellbeing of women mentally and physically, but for societal homogeneity. As dystopian as it may…
To be a completely independent woman is a liberating thing, or at least we’re told.
This is a prevalent issue which is undoubtedly exacerbated by poor media representation, a lack of comprehensive sex education, and a continued societal prioritization of heterosexual, male sexuality over all others.
Often when women are fans of something that has a predominantly male fanbase, they are made to prove themselves worthy of being a fan. For some reason, women gaining an interest in something that is typically liked by men raises tensions within the fandom communities.