![]() ![]() "There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish." Michelle Obama | 15 | “I can promise you that women working together – linked, informed and educated – can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.” Isabelle Allende | 14 | Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female.'" Erin McKean | 13 | You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. I want to give women a space to feel their own strength and tell their stories. continue to support and take care of each other. “I want to build a community where women of all races can communicate and. A lot of what feminism is about is moving outside of roles and moving outside of expectations of who and what you're supposed to be to live a more authentic life." Laverne Cox | 11 | "I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. "It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." Madeleine Albright | 10 | Women are always saying, 'We can do anything that men can do.' But men should be saying, 'We can do anything that women can do.' Do it anyway.” Alexandria Ocasio Cortez | 4 | ![]() “They'll tell you you're too loud, that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Women are already strong, it's about changing the way the world perceives that strength." G.D. "Feminism isn't about making women stronger. “Hear me as a woman./Have me as your sister./On purpled battlefield breaking day,/So I might say our victory is just beginning,/See me as change,/Say I am movement,/That I am the year,/and I am the era/of the women.” Amanda Gorman | 2 | To commemorate International Women's Day, we've gathered 75 empowering quotes by feminist trailblazers who have embraced the power of their womanhood-and who will inspire you to do the same. But today's influential female voices give us hope that we’re headed in the right direction. It’s a demented riot.The road to gender equality remains long and ever-shifting-particularly when it comes to the nuanced ways gender intersects with race, class, and sexuality. ![]() If you haven’t seen the flick yet, make it your business to correct that, ASAP. That her filmmaking on display in Saltburn is glorious and off the wall just makes it an added bonus that she’s lovely, to boot. Fennell is just the kind of creative person you could spend all day chatting with. We talk about why she wanted Saltburn to be her follow up to Promising Young Woman, the discourse around it, on-screen sex, gothic literature, and much more. We’re all over the place in this fun conversation, whcih I wouldn’t have any other way, I might add. Your jaw will drop, not just in shock, but admiration as well.īelow, you can see my discussion with Fennell. There are several sequences you’ll have to see in order to believe. Along with luscious cinematography from Linus Sandgren, Fennell has beauty and filth in equal measure on display. Her writing is just as sharp as in Promising Young Woman, which won her an Oscar, while her direction is far more ambitious. In my rave review out of the Telluride Film Festival ( here), I had the following to say about Fennell’s work:Įmerald Fennell is an incredibly brave filmmaker, pulling no punches with this flick. I spoke to her here about Promising Young Woman, but today, she’s back to talk Saltburn! The movie is wild in all of the right ways, befitting a singular spirit like Fennell. Her sophomore effort, Saltburn, is unlike anything else out there right now, which some other films can also claim, but this one really proves. Two features in, Emerald Fennell has become not just one of my favorite young filmmakers, but a creative talented that delights and fascinates me. ![]()
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