The Substance: The Magic of Repulsive Womanhood
If you haven’t heard, The Substance (2024) is a revelatory film, intimately connecting us with the silent and self-inflicted savagery behind a femininity sculpted to appear pristine; devoid of flaws, pain, or madness. Coralie Fargeat doesn’t give us no-bush, no-blood femininity. She gives us a broken toe in a ballet slipper. Molars removed to accentuate the cheekbones.…
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I Watched The Rule of Jenny Pen So You Don’t Have To
Imagine Grey’s Anatomy if it were written and directed by John Waters at his drunkest, crudest, and most long-winded. Add a deranged John Lithgow singing in a hospital gown, hours of elder abuse, and a loose metaphor for settler colonialism and you’ve got The Rule of Jenny Pen (2024). At its most literal, Jenny Pen is about a retired…
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Pretty Lethal Review: Came for Black Swan, Got Sailor Moon on Steroids
If you go into Vicky Jewson’s Pretty Lethal (2026) expecting arthouse, ballerina body horror, you’re setting yourself up for disappointment. Lovingly dubbed “Die Hard in tutus” by Jewson herself, the film is less about the physical and psychological toll of perfectionism than it is about girl power, gushing neck wounds, and god-tier calf muscles. The story follows…
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From Selina Kyle to Ellen Ripley: 10 Icons of Queer & Femme Transformation to Jumpstart Spring
Spring isn’t about balance. It’s about becoming—shedding what’s dead and stepping into something new, whether that means soft-launching a new aesthetic or torching your entire past life and walking away in slow motion. In storytelling, the rebirth arc isn’t always gentle. Some women transform because they choose to, others because the world forces them to.…
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A Love Letter to the Girl’s Room
The girl’s bathroom is a special and sacred place for 90s Alt femmes. Lipstick and mascara happen there.First Kisses.Crying and comforting.Secret smoking. Enemies become friends following the shared humiliation of a surprise blood stain and the charity of a tampon. There are sticky zippers, broken bra straps, empowering words from a stranger who also missed…
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