“It wasn’t a normal day-to-day kind of world I was living in at that time after seeing that film… It just lit up some place in my brain and in my heart and in my soul. There are no words. You can’t explain it when something like that happens. You just experience it. And it takes you and it leads you. You’re not leading it.”
Author: Aviva Dove-Viebahn
Aviva Dove-Viebahn is an Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University and Contributing Editor, Scholar Writing Program for Ms.
When Abortion Becomes Ordinary
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Never the Ingénue: A Tribute to Carrie Fisher
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The Abuse of Leslie Jones Shows Us How Tokenism Sets the Stage for Hate
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