Sidebar, a very I guess emo part of me always wanted to see the fall of Janis out of the group into the girl we meet in the movie? Like a prequel of her just in the plastics and then it ending right as she & Regina have that faithful 'she's a lesbian' convo.
In any case, while fun this film and its themes HAVE NOT aged well? I feel like this is such a clear case of Tina's 'not like other/girly girls, eww' narrative of writing that carries over into literally everything she writes. Which isn't to say that there's something wrong with not being/liking traditional feminine things or having issue with the patriarchy that demands this from girls/women but how about riffing on that instead of dunking all the time on those girls by making them all bitchy, dumb or both?!
ETA, oh WOW @ Lizzy -
You definitely see a woman who could've been a teen girl that was a plastic
Honestly I like that she isn't a plastic in Janis it feels like she holds onto herself the real person she is irl the Jewish girl she really is. Not the hollywood girl that everyone wants
In any case, while fun this film and its themes HAVE NOT aged well? I feel like this is such a clear case of Tina's 'not like other/girly girls, eww' narrative of writing that carries over into literally everything she writes. Which isn't to say that there's something wrong with not being/liking traditional feminine things or having issue with the patriarchy that demands this from girls/women but how about riffing on that instead of dunking all the time on those girls by making them all bitchy, dumb or both?!
ETA, oh WOW @ Lizzy -
You definitely see a woman who could've been a teen girl that was a plastic
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