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Explore the #MeToo movement, especially as it gained momentum in 2017, and discuss how the themes and ideas of Moxie fit with and feed into this cultural movement. You might wish to analyze and discuss the frameworks, language, and tools used by feminists protesting sexual harassment and assault in real-life workplaces and compare this to the ...
- Claudia
- Vivian’s Mother Lisa
- Seth
- Mr. Davies
Claudia is Vivian’s best friend who is not as comfortable with speaking out or putting her head above the parapet as Vivian. When Moxie suggests the girls come to school with hearts and stars drawn on their hands she is dismissive, suggesting it won’t do anything. She’s jealous of Vivian’s new passion and new friends and, in Vivian’s eyes at least,...
Lisa (Poehler) acknowledges that when she was young and fighting the patriarchy they also made mistakes. She says they weren’t intersectional enough, that they called their meetings ‘pow wows’ and in general were making up their forms of protest as they went along. She and Vivian are close but somewhere along the line communication with her daughte...
Seth is a wonderful example of a feminist ally – he doesn’t get everything right but he tries constantly and when he doesn’t know how to deal with a situation he’ll ask. Seth discovers who is behind Moxie early on, accidentally. He offers to distribute in the boys bathroom, he draws hearts and stars on his hand and wears a tank top in solidarity wi...
Ike Barinholtz’s English teacher is well meaning but ineffective and is called out on it by the girls in his class. Early in the film he allows the bullying Mitch (Patrick Schwarzenegger) to talk over Lucy when she’s making a point about the limitations of the syllabus. When Principal Shelley sends home a pupil because she’s wearing a tank top and ...
Mar 15, 2021 · Moxie succeeds in illustrating how small, everyday gender microaggressions exist on the same spectrum as sexual assault and violence, says Dr Jessica Ford, lecturer and researcher in the gender-based violence research group at the University of Newcastle.
Mar 3, 2021 · It's a story about Vivian (Hadley Robinson), a 16-year-old girl trying out the idea of a political self for the first time via a feminist zine (the titular Moxie) that she secretly begins...
Not only does Moxie not have enough intersectional representation, but it also pushes stereotypes on women of color. The main character, the ‘star’ of the feminist movement in this film, is Vivian, a white woman who does not experience the hardships that her friends of color do.
Mar 17, 2021 · Moxie itself is a little messy and imperfect, but it's got a big ticket order: attempting to entertain while educating about a rich past of rebellion and embracing modern day feminism all at once. That’s a tall order for any movie, but in Poehler’s capable hands, it’s worth showing up for the party.
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Sep 19, 2017 · Other revelations in Moxie include crucial discussion of race within the feminist movement. Throughout the novel there are subtle discussions of race relations within the community, and...
