{"id":194,"date":"2013-10-01T20:21:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T00:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/?p=194"},"modified":"2017-10-31T20:22:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T00:22:24","slug":"a-pluralistic-feminism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/2013\/10\/01\/a-pluralistic-feminism\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pluralistic Feminism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jezebel.com\/natalie-portman-feminist-movies-dont-necessarily-have-1428217535?fb_action_ids=10202129010332087&amp;fb_action_types=og.likes&amp;fb_source=other_multiline&amp;action_object_map=%7B%2210202129010332087%22%3A332781803525152%7D&amp;action_type_map=%7B%2210202129010332087%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&amp;action_ref_map=%5B%5D\" target=\"_blank\">A recent Jezebel article <\/a>\u00a0showcases the fabulous Natalie Portman advocating for a pluralistic understanding of feminism in Hollywood. I\u2019d go even further to say that movies and stories about cis-men, trans* folks, and all non-binary characters can be feminist works, so long as they maintain a particular respect and overarching consciousness. \u00a0Feminism for all!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two. I want both to be able to do whatever they want sexually without being called names. I want them to be allowed to be weak and strong and happy and sad \u2014 human, basically. The fallacy in Hollywood is that if you\u2019re making a \u2018feminist\u2019 story, the woman kicks ass and wins. That\u2019s not feminist, that\u2019s macho. A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Jezebel article \u00a0showcases the fabulous Natalie Portman advocating for a pluralistic understanding of feminism in Hollywood. I\u2019d go even further to say that movies and stories about cis-men, trans* folks, and all non-binary characters can be feminist works, so long as they maintain a particular respect and overarching consciousness. \u00a0Feminism for all! \u201cI &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/2013\/10\/01\/a-pluralistic-feminism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Pluralistic Feminism<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7073,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,89],"tags":[130,6,53,131,132],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}