The radical notion that women like good movies
Movie poster for Children of Men Written by Amanda Rodriguez for our theme week on Infertility, Miscarriage, and Infant Loss. I like Alfonso Cuarón’s bleak, dystopian cinematic interpretation of Children of Men (based on the PD James novel) wherein the world collapses after an infertility pandemic strikes, causing there to be no human births for … Continue reading “The Exploitation of Women in Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’”
Serious Trigger Warning for discussion and images of stillbirth and infant loss. Publicity photograph used for Peekaboo Guest post written by Debbie Howard for our theme week on Infertility, Miscarriage, and Infant Loss. Google “stillbirth in film,” and you will see next to nothing come up about this subject matter. What does come up is … Continue reading “Stillbirth. Still Ignored.”
Written by Megan Kearns as part of our Infertility, Miscarriage and Infant Loss Week. Originally published at The Opinioness of the World. Cross-posted with permission. I was ready. Poised to be pissed. For the first half of last season’s How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) episode “Symphony of Illumination,” I sat on the couch, scowling … Continue reading “‘How I Met Your Mother’ One of the Few TV Shows to Explore a Childfree Life for Women”
Guest post written by Deirdre Crimmins for our theme week on Infertility, Miscarriage, and Infant Loss. Content note: Discussion of violence directed at women and violent images ahead. Spoiler alert. Horror films have a unique way of showcasing exactly what we fear, but they often do so in a subtle way. While is it goes without saying … Continue reading “‘Inside’: French Pregnant Body Horror At Its Finest”
Dire times in Children of Men as “The World Has Collapsed” Guest post written by Carleen Tibbetts for our theme week on Infertility, Miscarriage, and Infant Loss. Women can’t get pregnant anymore and nobody knows why. This the central lamentation in Alfonso Cuaron’s 2006 dystopian film Children of Men, based on P.D. James’s novel. Set … Continue reading “The “Plague” of Infertility in Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’”
