Florence Foster Jenkins, Meryl Streep, and White Feminism
Streep’s career encapsulates the mid-to-late 20th century ideal of American whiteness as aspirational and as attainable.
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Posts Tagged: Suffragette
The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Josie Pickens
Josie Pickens talks about building relationships through blogging, changing the narrative around black women in America, and eradicating silence through storytelling.
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In the Saturday Essay, Anna March takes an unflinching look at the historical film Suffragette, which attempts to portray the women who took part in the suffrage movement during the early 1900s. While the film does draw attention to feminist successes, it glosses over the flaws of early activists, such as Susan B. Anthony, and the […]
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Suffragette and Feminist Inaction
A significant issue in the suffragette movement was its racist treatment of women of color.
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