2020 in film
editor-in-chief Rachel Baker runs us through her favourite films this year, celebrating the way that our screen habits have shifted in this unprecedented year for the creative industries.
our girls: a short film about women and education
Mxogyny presents a short film by Olivia Nielsen which aims to start a conversation about women and education. In watching it, we try to try and imagine what our lives would look like without education, as that is the reality for so many girls around the world.
acceptable face: filmmaking for the LGBTQ+ community
Holly Summerson discusses her short film Acceptable Faces and its role in capturing LGBTQ+ narratives.
CRUST: a short film by isabella avery
Isabella Avery introduces her short film CRUST to Mxogyny’s readers. The animation has now been nominated for four awards and will be screened at Leeds Carriageworks Theatre as part of the 8th edition of INDIs (Independent Directions) Film Festival in mid-October.
mxogyny x screen queens
This week, editor-in-chief of Mxogyny, Maisie Palmer interviews Chloë Leeson, the founder of Screen Queens - a blog with a strong focus on the exposure of women-centric and women-made films.
reading helps girls to capture their castles
Katie Buckley praises Dodie Smith's 'I Capture the Castle' and highlights the role reading plays in helping young girls to grow.
monster guide: female sexuality
Hettie McIntyre explores the objectification of women in Horror films whilst looking more broadly at how the genre presents female sexuality.
the watermelon woman: representation in hollywood
Hettie McIntyre explores the representation of LGBTQ women in film through a piece which focuses on the 1996 film The Watermelon Woman, written and directed by Cheryl Dunye.
inclusion riders: the key to diversity in modern cinema
Hettie McIntyre shares an article this week discussing the complexities of representation in modern cinema and how inclusion riders can change what we see on-screen.