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The "Wonder Woman" that countless fans have been waiting for is finally released. Will this be a feminist movie? Is the Wonder Woman in the film a sexy stunner for male fans, or an independent, powerful, and free female warrior? As a "god" and a woman, how will Diana control her own destiny and fight side by side with mankind? Is Wonder Woman's dressing and body shaping enough for feminism? Come and hear what the feminist rabbit who has watched the movie said...
When I can’t wait to watch the trailer for "Wonder Woman", I thought DC’s first heroine movie would be a feminist movie of course: all kinds of anti-sexist dialogues, handsome and explosive music with the protagonist Diana, strong women And fierce fighting... As a "martial" feminist and a Wing Chun beginner, I am fascinated by this exciting subject matter.
But as director Patty Jenkins has repeatedly emphasized in the Shanghai screening of "Wonder Woman", this is not a special female hero movie. She believes that this is a superhero movie.
Looking forward to a feminist visual feast, I cannot help but feel a little lost. The actor of Wonder Woman Diana, the tall and sexy Gal Gadot added 17 pounds to the movie, but various film critics can only put IQ on "Her long legs make me passionate." DC fans also disliked her for a long time because her breasts were too small.
The Wonder Woman in the movie, just like the female heroes in DC hero movies and DC comics, must be both enthusiastic and brave, and must be sexy to ensure the love of (male) fans.
In the movie, Diana came to the world from Paradise Island. Like most of the girls who came out of the city from the countryside in the fashion show, Diana put on a variety of skirts that were inconvenient for fighting and labor in front of the mirror, showing the "elegance of a woman"; she sneaked in Before the German banquet, like all the routines similar to the ugly duckling story, they put on the stunning blue evening dress and became the focus of everyone; she and the protagonist Steve developed the love that evolved from the alliance and comrades, which directly complied. The international practice of giving sweets to heterosexual audiences.
But these losses do not prevent me from crying while watching, because no matter how the movie is, it can poke the complicated heart of my feminist activist and stir my fragile nerves.
Awakening and trial and error: the only way for women to awaken
Unlike the long and complicated mental journeys of other DC heroes, Wonder Woman Diana had a very firm ideal at the beginning: to protect humanity and fight for those who can't fight. But for how to achieve the vision of protecting mankind, Diana also experienced a deep struggle with herself.
Diana believed at first that as long as the god of war Ares was killed, the evil thoughts in human hearts could be cleared, and the world could be transformed back into a pure and beautiful paradise.
But when she witnessed the innocent villagers being killed by poison gas by the Allies, but was helpless, she was in pain and confusion; when she discovered that even if the German general Ludendorff who loved to play poison gas wars was eliminated, human beings still While preparing to launch a larger gas attack, she suddenly remembered the words of her mother, Queen Hippolyte: "Humanity is not worthy of your protection."
She began to blame human nature, and she wondered whether Ares, the god of war, contaminated humans and caused them to kill each other, or whether humans themselves are so cruel and combative.
The same confusion and struggle reminds me of my path to feminism. I am also a feminist with firm ideals: I hope that women will be emancipated and gender equal, and no one will be oppressed and abused by others.
However, people have been asking me over the years, how to achieve this ideal? communism? Capitalist democracy and freedom? Female utopia? Many people hope that the actor will give him a precise and definite answer so that everything will proceed automatically and step by step until the desired goal is achieved.
However, it seems that every feminist activist will grow up like Diana's experience-awakening is not a one-time experience, it may be accompanied by pain, excitement or fear and epiphany, bursting out powerful and barbaric powers. .
We may experience self-identification of gender and sexual orientation, experience gender discrimination and even gender-based violence, experience the pleasure of action and harvest action, experience the frustration of action failure, experience suppression and persecution, experience extreme pain, and experience displacement.
However, in these nodes, we may have a new awareness of the world, a new view of sports, and a new understanding of ourselves. This all inspires us to adjust our direction and choose a different way to move forward.
This process is a process of trial and error. Diana is a demigod, and she will try and make mistakes so many times. We are just mortals. How can we rely on ourselves to master some absolutely correct way to "guide" this long movement?
The gods are very busy, women have to save themselves by themselves
The plot setting of this movie that makes me feel most comfortable is that although Diana is a superhero, she is not like the heroes in other super-British movies to save the whole world with one person. Of course, her divine power gave mankind a lot of key assists, but in the final moment of the decisive battle, her opponent was God. The toxic weapon proliferation plan was dealt with by the male protagonist, a human warrior, in a self-sacrificing manner.
Although some people think that this design may highlight women’s “supporting roles”, according to the idea of “This is not a female superhero movie, this is a superhero movie”, I think this is more like the production team trying to give The audience's perspective: don't expect God to solve the sins made by human beings.
The way to rescue, like this Steve, can save mankind through self-sacrifice. But it is also possible that, as stated in "The Handmaid's Tale", human beings desperately indulge in economic development or political struggle, and ultimately destroy the natural environment. When they found that all this was irreversible, they used more harsh and terrifying methods to enslave minorities and disadvantaged genders in order to achieve the purpose of reproduction. But everyone knows that the end is right in front of them, and these efforts are just lingering. (To learn more, click to read: "The Handmaid's Tale": How far is it from us in the world where women become "moving wombs"? )
The battle of feminism has always been a battle where women should be the main body. There has never been a savior that can truly liberate women from gender oppression, and all the forces that claim to completely liberate women have yet to deliver satisfactory answers.
As the historical incident of Tang Qunying slapped Song Jiaoren reminded us: "Are they worthy of your trust? Are they worthy of your protection?"
Sober feminists have long understood that even if there are gods, there is no power other than women that can save women. When the human warrior Steven fired a combustible gas bomb behind him on the plane, I was also hit. I was moved to tears for the sacrifice of this human warrior, and also for the world we are facing in reality. Tears-even if "God" exists in a certain sense, the assists of this "God" are based on their own interests, and it is the woman herself who really needs to make choices and fight.
Discussing human nature and love is not the ultimate meaning of sports
At the end of this movie, Diana's confession made me spit out a strong mouthful of old blood. She said that love is the way to protect mankind and end the war.
This basic way of thinking back to "love" is very uncomfortable. It's because "love", like "humanity" and "nationality", blames the problems in this world on personal problems, and lightly neglects the system, structure, and interest struggles that should have been paid attention to. It seems that only human beings become good is the way to change the world.
But you are wrong.
Only by changing the world and the entire system can human beings become kind.
For the sake of economic benefits, the most kind people will also invade other peoples; for the "national interest", the purest men will also force women to give birth; in order to survive, the beautiful world may also be turned into purgatory.
Obviously this world is cruel. It will not treat you tenderly just because you do not fight or fight. If you do not defend justice and peace, there will be no way out for mankind.
Equality has never been able to realize itself. Those who hold that "the economic development, the status of women will naturally improve" and "the economic independence of women is the first step to equality" are nothing more than falling into this logic of inaction and not believing in change. In the end, It's just throwing inequality to the woman herself.
Just like what Steven said to Diana when he walked forward facing the danger of death in the movie:
"In the face of a bad world, you have only two ways to go: either do nothing, or change it. I have tried and did nothing."
So let's go another way and fight, okay?
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