Feminism or Great Power Chauvinism?

Ernestina 2022-04-16 09:01:09

It seems that every symbol or leader of feminism has not had a happy marriage. It may not be known whether feminist films are praising feminists or mocking them/them secretly. However, they both met a touching love.
Just as Bell in the film only really understands the place when she goes deep into the Arabian desert, it also gives her a vision for the future that happens there, and she also has a place in the political situation of the Arab world after the First World War. But it all starts with the demise and grief of the first encounter of love, and it seems that in anyone's feminist perspective, love and fame are incompatible. But at least the film doesn't have the feminist bias imposed on romanticism, and poetry seems to have always been Bell's best friend.
The film is very clear and unpretentious, but at the end it seems to arouse my speculation again. Isn't this another big-power chauvinist memo?

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Queen of the Desert quotes

  • Florance Bell: You will not scare the young men with intelligence.

    Gertrude Bell: How do I do that? I can't play dumb.

    Florance Bell: Just listen to what they have to say, and smile.

    Gertrude Bell: That will be hard.

    Florance Bell: Gertrude...

  • Hugh Bell: You were only 5 years, and you were already reading voraciously. And someone stupidly showed you Leonardo da Vinci's sketchbook.

    Gertrude Bell: I remember the one with the parachute!

    Florance Bell: Who ever would need a parachute?

    Gertrude Bell: Everyone. Everyone needs a parachute.