ISN'T ANYONE DOING THIS?
We are a White cis-gender man-woman couple. We have a daughter (now 6 years old) who is becoming more and more interested in and influenced by movies and pop culture. Most of the media out there is trash--reinforcing race, gender, class and ability stereotypes that harm people. On top of that, there really isn't a good go-to resource for parents who are concerned about these stereotypes and their impacts on children. The rating system is vague, commonsensemedia.org is useful but limited. So, in the interests of the revolution, we decided to create our own!
MOVIE REVIEWS: OUR PROCESS
For us, movie night is Friday. You can count on a review to drop every Monday.
THEMES
We breakdown the central ideas in each film with an eye toward racial and gender justice. What story is being told? What messages are being conveyed? By whom? For whom?
REPRESENTATION
Who is represented in this film? What messages are being delivered about the types of people who are depicted (and left out)?
RATING
R = Radical!
PG = Pretty Good, All Things Considered
G = GTFOH With This Movie
