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Dick in a Box?: The Dubious Feminism of Jennifer’s Body
April 2009 Archives
by SABINA FRIEDMAN-SEITZ
October 2009
“My dick is bigger than his,” quips demon-infused Jennifer in Diablo Cody’s new horror/comedy flick Jennifer’s Body.
Jennifer’s one-liner reveals the real point of this attempted feminist re-write of the horror movie script: that, in order for a girl to “take back the knife,” she has to grow a dick—one bigger than those of […]
