Moxie

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And in this small town having a movement like this and going against the higher ups in the school is something everyone should do if they are living in a corrupt area. I hear the shouts of voices—mostly boys’ voices because nice girls don’t shout—and catch words like March Madness and dumb bitch and she’s so hot. The movie has a lot of discussion about if a group can do something and actually forms a group, but it doesn’t have anyone really doing something major without Viv being somewhat involved. I can sort of see why removing it allows the movie to focus more on feminism and less about favouritism and “the promise of a young athlete”, and also removes the comments at the end about how awful he was as a principal. Having just reread the book, it’s actually nowhere near as close as I thought, but I do feel like they got the vibe just right.

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I’m sad they’re not there, but you can’t put everything into a movie, so they make sense to not make the cut. While the book doesn't promote turning the other cheek regarding people who willfully ignore sexism (or any other relevant -ism), it does promote giving people the chance to learn and grow, and that is so important! If girls at your school stand up to boys who harass them, what's the response from other students and school administrators? At first, she sets up the zine to unload her own disappointment at the system with which Shelly runs the school. He’ll never understand what it’s like to second guess everything you wear and how you sit and walk and stand in case it doesn’t attract the right kind of attention, or worse, attracts the wrong kind.

Once she understands what Vivian is going through she reunites her with Claudia and shows up to support her protest. Moxie is meant to be a big tent, and by the end, it doesn't matter any more that Vivian was the one who started it. Lisa (Poehler) acknowledges that when she was young and fighting the patriarchy they also made mistakes.

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Who should be punished for breaking school dress code: a girl who wears a scoop-neck shirt or a guy who wears a t-shirt with a big arrow pointing to bellow his waist and words "Free Breathalyzer Test Blow Here"? There are even a few times where she admits to bristling a little over things she is taught, but she quickly puts her knee-jerk reactions aside and listens. Criticizing its "careless" insertion of the " white savior" trope, Jameel wrote, "the film adds characters of colour and a white character with disability, but instead of allowing these characters to speak or act on their behalf, the narrative is told primarily through the all-too-common perspective of a privileged white American. Shelley makes some valid points – she’s not wrong about it being important for things to be done within school rules, that girls should pull up a chair if we want a seat at the table, but her apathy leads to toxicity going unchecked. If we can’t have a reasonable discussion in this classroom, then I’m going to have to end this lesson right now,” he tells us.The Fear of writing your book is smaller than The Fear of not writing your book—or you wouldn’t be here, right? I was only eight months old when he died, and after it happened Mom and me moved back to East Rockport so my grandparents could help take care of me while my mom went back to school and finished her nursing degree.