Why Angelina Jolie's "Hardbody" in 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider' Appeals to the Woman Spectator
While the camera is objectifying her body to invoke a sexual response in male viewers, Lara Croft still defies the expectations of women in action films.

A world full of Image Makers erodes the objective power of the kino eye. If everyone can capture a moment on video, one angle implies the existence of infinite possible perspectives. This convergence of distinct representations distills any given moment to an impression, a painting, a memory.
While the camera is objectifying her body to invoke a sexual response in male viewers, Lara Croft still defies the expectations of women in action films.
The 2019 film, Vai, takes us through eight stories across the islands of Oceania. The settings are unbelievably beautiful, the cast is beautiful, the languages are beautiful, and the stories are beautiful…but heartbreaking.
Animation as a medium of storytelling can be thought to be open to all ages and as I hope my readings will reveal, they could be interpreted as transgender stories.
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Tarantino's alternative history of the 1960's uncritically repeats the era's sexist and racist stereotypes.