Who decides what matters in the conversation of cinema?
At NFS, we believe that filmmaking is a place where everybody, regardless of gender identity or artistic taste, can come together to make great art. Unfortunately, not everybody in the industry is welcomed with open arms to express themselves fully without being mocked for their preferences. This can most commonly be seen with media that is targeting a female audience.
As a woman who grew up with the Twilight franchise, I tried to hide my enjoyment of the hyper-romanticized toxic love between a vampire and an average human girl because I saw how relentlessly mocked women who liked the films were by older male audiences. They deemed the franchise as unwatchable, discrediting indie filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke’s direction on the first film. At some point, it became a trend to hate films that were targeting teenage girls. The hate towards the franchise was one of the many instances in that women were taught to be ashamed for their interest in specific types of media, and that shame still exists today.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
