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  • Writer's pictureBelinda Keyte

'The female gaze' - Jill Soloway

Look, she's pretty funny, entertaining and watchable but I do find there is an exclusivity with this attitude. I think all women naturally use the frame to evoke a feeling, rather than showing it and men probably leave 'rape' scenes to us (women) to make, where is the allowance for empathy, generally? Although she states everything (by males) is made for males to watch stuff they want to watch (eg sport and porn) I watched Tarantino's 'Kill Bill' on Foxtel that night AND I WANT TO WATCH THAT STUFF. It's awesome. My favourite movie is 'Boogie Nights'. I love Scorcese, P.T. Anderson & Tarantino and my favourite photographers (and actors) happen to be males. Sure, they've been given a better crack at it, because of their gender. How about 'an authentic gaze'?. The solution IS to do with peace and love (and girls that kick arse, violence for a reason and great art & music...regardless of gender. Take responsibility. Inspire the people that have the money, to want to spend the money, as she said. The discussion afterwards makes me feel this degree is focused on me talking about being a woman, when I feel that is not (at this point in time) relevant to my work. Is my work not important? I'm trying to tap into humanity at large, not just 1/3 of the genders

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