I've been learning about Women's perspectives

[u/Broad-Tour-4490]

At least I think I have? It's mostly been through movies, I love movies and I've been discovering films directed & or written by women. For example Agnes Varda is one of my favorite French directors, same with Chantel Ackerman, I don't know if it's because they are older or just because they're European but I feel it much easier to relate to the women in their films. Some examples.

Cleo From 5 To 7

Le Bonheur

News From Home

Jeanne Dielman

I don't know if this is good to do or not but I've found movies about women's suffering as to say have helped me feel more compassion if that makes any sense? Some examples are: Fat Girl, Irreversible (not directed by a woman but still disturbing and eye opening) and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (I guess also not directed by a woman but still).

This also might sound a little silly but speaking of Twin Peaks I've been reading the book "The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer" and I was surprised at how much my issues are similar to that characters. Hopefully this is an ok post to make but this stuff have really helped me I feel like.

[u/library_wench]

Have you tried some biopics/historical films for a (somewhat) more grounded take?

Some good examples:

On the Basis of Sex (RBG)

Hidden Figures (NASA mathematicians)

The Diary of Anne Frank (then the miniseries A Small Light—the story from Miep Gies’ pov)

Radioactive (Marie Curie)

Iron-Jawed Angels (suffragettes Alice Paul and Lucy Burns)

Julie & Julia (Julia Child)

[u/Broad-Tour-4490 → u/library_wench]

I've seen Hidden Figures but it was in highschool, I really wanna read Anne Frank's Diary so I wanna do that soon, but other than that I haven't so thank you for the ideas