When it comes to women's equal rights, I have to mention "Mrs. America". This year, I organized an online lecture with my friends from the book club, and invited Hua Ying, who graduated from Cambridge University and specializes in feminist studies, to share and analyze this drama. Hua Ying organized it very systematically and also organized the timeline. And the historical background is explained very clearly, click "Mrs. America": Women who fought for gender equality .
The show is set against the backdrop of the second wave of women's movements in the United States and tells the story of people pushing for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Because of the complicated voting mechanism of the US bill, this amendment has gone through a difficult process, during which all kinds of bitterness were not shown. "Mrs. America" intercepts the most violent part of the show. Through the confrontation between the positive and negative sides, it connects the various historical figures who participated in the act. It is a realistic work approved by most of the prototype characters.
"Mrs. America" is unique in that it takes the "villain" as the protagonist in a unique way. The heroine is played by Cate Blanchett, whose interpretation is very close to the prototype Phyllis Schlafly. She is strong, firm, persistent, and has the ability to manipulate people's hearts. As a leader of conservatives, she perseveres in hindering The passage of the ERA has launched several "sniper battles" for it. It is precisely because of her success in acting that this role is pathetic and deplorable.
Phyllis seems to be against the bill, but in fact this is just a speculative way for her to participate in politics - whether in personal life or political advancement, she has become a model for women's equal rights - women are not restricted to family life and actively participate in Social and political life, freedom to express one's voice, even freedom against "freedom to express oneself".
This also forms a comical paradox. As a historical figure or a character in the play, the tragic and unreliable "Mrs. America" may also be the reason for the ultimate failure of her political speculation. She plays in a patriarchal system, and the political achievements Being "robbed" was taken for granted by the men in power headed by Reagan, used and abandoned. For the female alliance, men can not talk about "wuvir" - the cunning and dirty politics are also here.
Characters like Phyllis are very typical in America, as are feminists, egalitarians, and extreme feminists. From time to time, conservatism has become more and more prominent, which is inseparable from the current trend of conservatism in the United States and even around the world. Whether it is the United States, South America, the Middle East, or more countries, tragedies and tragedies that restrict women's freedom and reproductive freedom in the name of law are not uncommon. From this perspective, the reality and seemingly unbelievable anti-ERA stance has a transcendental Intertextuality of time and space, long sigh.
Humanity seems to be regressing, or we used to be too optimistic. Whether it is the female scientists in "Hidden Figures", or the struggles of our Chinese predecessors or generations, these achievements seem to be in a dissolving and unstoppable fate. Informatization seems to promote the gathering of conservatives. Big data helps people unite, constantly solidifies their cocoon, and constantly simplifies their information receiving system: as long as they unite, it is good to oppose, even if they oppose it for the sake of opposition.
Back in the play, Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinham, who fought against Phyllis, are female role models, but they don't seem to be replicable. One is a writer and the other is a feminist. Pioneers, they and their allies, Huairou women's group leaders, black women congressmen, gay senior political advisers, women editors, women lawyers, women judges...they are women, and more or less women who have been unfairly treated The victims treated by the previous injuries brought motivation and made them firm in their beliefs, walking for more women and disadvantaged groups, and seeking equal and fair well-being - an American drama cannot bear structural problems, but this theme , let us know more about the story of former people planting trees.
With this, we pray for more courage to fight against bad trends.
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