Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement.Chick Flicks n. 1. A sentimental n. os>, movie. chick flick n (col) → filmetto rosa : Theories and Feminist Film Movement * B. Ruby ruby, precious stone, the transparent red variety of corundum, found chiefly in Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka and classified among the most valuable of gems. The Myanmarese stones are blood red, the most valued tint being the "pigeon's blood. Rich * Duke University Press * $18.95 Advocate columnist B. Ruby Rich re-creates the days when feminism feminism, movement for the political, social, and educational equality of women with men; the movement has occurred mainly in Europe and the United States. It has its roots in the humanism of the 18th cent. and in the Industrial Revolution. met film and hatched a new movement whose sexiness and cool are now only dimly remembered. Samples of her own film writings from the `70s and `80s alternate with juicy dish on the doings (in and out of bed) of a generation of wild women and their pals. |
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