In this episode, we discuss the movie Molly’s Game with guest Alexandria Joesica Smalls. We talk about women’s representation in Hollywood; the Bechdel test; who gets to tell what story; and poker!
Film resources and links from our conversation...
American movies are full of women who don’t really talk (Quartz): https://qz.com/658693/american-movies-are-full-of-women-who-dont-really-talk/
100 Women: How Hollywood fails women on screen (BBC): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-43197774
What’ the Movies Taught me about Being a Women (NYTimes): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/30/movies/women-in-movies.html
Molly’s Game: Movie vs. Real Life: https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/mollys-game/
Whiteness as Property by Cheryl Harris: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1341787?seq=1
The Bechdel Test: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test, https://bechdeltest.com/
Women’s voices that spoke to us this week...
Kamala Harris & Ruby Bridges illustration - https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/he-story-behind-that-viral-illustration-of-kamala-harris-and-ruby-bridges/2467730/
Cheryl Strayed (Read Tiny Beautiful Things!!) - https://www.cherylstrayed.com/
Louisa May Alcott - https://louisamayalcott.org/
Find our guest on the internet...
Instagram - @alexamuneca
Twitter - @AlexaSmalls
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