fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors: Why Won’t the Handmaid’s Tale Cast Call It Feminist?But when the cast sa
fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors: Why Won’t the Handmaid’s Tale Cast Call It Feminist?But when the cast sat down for a panel discussion and were asked whether they consider the series a “feminist” work, and whether they wanted that to be a part of the discussion when they signed on, their answers were much less in tune with the audience than the episode itself had been.[…]“Well, they’re both human beings. They’re the same height,” she quipped, adding later, “For me, [The Handmaid’s Tale is] not a feminist story. It’s a human story because women’s rights are human rights. So, for me it’s, I never intended to play Peggy as a feminist. I never intended to play Offred as a feminist. They’re women, and they’re humans. Offred’s a wife, a mother, a best friend. You know, she has a job. And she is a person who’s not supposed to be a hero, and she falls into it. And she kind of does what she has to do to survive, to find her daughter. It’s about love, honestly, so much of this story. So for me, you know, I never approach anything with any sort of, like, political agenda. I approach it from a very human place, I hope.”The irony is that Moss’s declaration that “women’s rights are human rights” has been a feminist talking point for decades. It is most strongly associated with Hillary Clinton, who uttered the words during her 1995 speech to at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. It’s impossible to fully know and understand the casts’ beliefs based on quick answers during a film festival panel. But it is striking and somewhat baffling that the cast behind a series that delivered such a strong—and yes, feminist—message was apparently reluctant to associate with the movement itself.- Laura Bradley It is a feminist work. Jesus H. How do you know feminism became a dirty word? When one of the greatest feminist authors of our generation refuses to call her feminist masterpiece feminist at all.Feminism is about equality between the sexes. You want to tell me that that isnt the point Atwood was making? Seriously. Get fucked. And learn the definition of the word before you miss the point of it entirely maybe? -- source link