Early Feminism Shown in 'Footlight Parade' (1933)
We can criticize depictions from old media, but they weren’t simply “good for their time”. They were fighting and struggling in a world we can’t imagine.

He was having his sweetest dream. Blurry images from when he was a boy and his parents were alive. An old song begins to play in the background, giving clear form to the figures of his parents. But he is not dreaming. He is awake. And the music is playing in his head... K. is 40 years old, lives alone. This song is his only chance to remember his parents. Time passes and K. gets more and more lost in his memories, putting his life on the back burner.
We can criticize depictions from old media, but they weren’t simply “good for their time”. They were fighting and struggling in a world we can’t imagine.
Greta Garbo, a queer actress playing a real-life queer Queen is the best of both worlds.
In less than 30 minutes, Proudfoot guides the viewer through a narrative that touches on American history, mind-health issues, race, and gender politics
'Easy A' is emblematic of a world that liked to sarcastically pretend it was progressive but wasn’t actually ready for that change, making it pretty anti-sex.
The Owl House has swiftly become one of Disney’s beloved cartoon series.
A direct fall into the white savior narrative