
Episode 115: Feminist Film Criticism
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05/06/20 • 85 min
We're back this week with our dear friend Kimberly Pierce! This week, the Dames are discussing:
- The definition of Feminist Film Criticism
- Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" and Male vs. Female Gaze
- The future of feminist film criticism
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We're back this week with our dear friend Kimberly Pierce! This week, the Dames are discussing:
- The definition of Feminist Film Criticism
- Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" and Male vs. Female Gaze
- The future of feminist film criticism
Like what you hear?
Continue the conversation!
- Twitter: @CitizenDamePod
- Instagram: @citizendamepod
- Facebook: facebook.com/CitizenDame
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: CitizenDamePod.com
- Patreon: patreon.com/CitizenDame
- Zazzle Store: Zazzle.com/CitizenDame
- Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/citizendame
- iTunes link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/citizen-dame/id1288428566
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Episode 114: Dame Criticism
The Dames discuss the meaning and background of Film Theory and Criticism. Plus listener questions and a Very Special Contest announcement!
Further reading:
- Francois Truffaut's "A Certain Tendency" essay: https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/TruffautInCahiers31/Truffaut%20A_certain_tendency_translated.pdf
For Next Week:
- Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema": https://www.asu.edu/courses/fms504/total-readings/mulvey-visualpleasure.pdf
- Barbara Creed's "The Monstrous Feminism": http://ieas-szeged.hu/downtherabbithole/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Barbara-Creed-The-Monstrous-Feminine-2007.pdf
Next Episode

Episode 116: Silent Dames
The Dames return to cover the history of early and silent cinema, why it's so important, and how women basically did everything first.
- The birth of motion pictures and the Silent Film era
- Lumieres vs. Melies
- The development of the mobile camera and continuity narrative
- Different film industries and influences (Hollywood, Weimar cinema/expressionism, etc.) - how techniques, images, themes, etc. continue to influence filmmaking TODAY
- Early female filmmakers and artists, including Alice Guy-Blaché, Frances Marion, Mary Pickford, Lotte Reiniger, Marion E. Wong, and Lois Weber.
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