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Life Without a Parachute: A Review of Anne at 13,000 Ft.

If the past two years of societal upheaval hasn't been enough drama for you, Kazik Radwanski's Anne at 13,000 Ft. is here to whip you right back into another panic attack. Or really, take you on a leisurely walk through one woman's frenetic downward spiral as a meditation on the concept of control.

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Female Anxiety Films: Women's History Month Edition

Anxiety is what bonds us women together, even more than that sisterhood junk or whichever biological grossness, because it exists inside every type of woman there is. If you’ve spent a minute of your life as a woman, you’ve experienced female anxiety. That’s just the way it goes.

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All of Them Witches: Female Anxiety in the Supernatural

Witch movies making a comeback speaks to a larger trend of people wanting more control over how they’re seen. With all of the discussion right now about who has power, who gets power, and what power means to society in general, it’s a natural fit for the Female Anxiety genre.

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Male Anxiety Movies That Fear the Future is Female

In this day of blurred lines between gender, sexual orientation, and what those words even mean, the axiom of the “every man” is fading away. Veronica looks at three movies that anticipated this inevitable sea change with varying degrees of male tears.

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I Watched It So You Don't Have To: Martyrs

The charges against Martyrs range from misogyny, to torture porn, to support for getting what you want by any means necessary. It’s an unsettling and rightfully polarizing film, but I'd like to take a closer look at what exactly it is saying, and how many (if any) of these claims have validity.

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