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- To combat the school’s toxic culture, Vivian anonymously launches her own feminist zine, Moxie!, which calls out the unchecked misogyny and prejudice running rampant through the hallways. Inspired by the zine, more students rally around the cause and eventually come together to start a movement.
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Mar 15, 2021 · Moxie, directed by Amy Poehler of Mean Girls fame, tells the story of shy 16-year-old Vivian, who publishes an anonymous zine criticising sexist behaviour and misogyny at her high school after becoming inspired by her mum's feminist roots.
- 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 3, 2021 · Amy Poehler's Moxie is not inventing the feminist movement, but the affable Netflix film is about that one person who hears the call, finds her voice, and joins a growing chorus.
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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...
Mar 30, 2021 · “Moxie,” one of the newest Netflix original movies, attempts to tell an inspiring feminist story, but the end product is yet another microagressive, white feminist narrative — and the whole...
Sep 13, 2021 · There's no wrong way to be a feminist, and Moxie takes its time to highlight all forms of the revolution. While Vivian eventually learns to be as loud and proud as her Black sisters, her best friend Claudia (Lauren Tsai) doesn't have the same approach.
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 the...
