Sentences with phrase «woman as a heroine»

And yes to smart savvy women as heroines, readers, and writers!

It's wonderful to see an older woman as a heroine and romantic lead.

Not exact matches

The heroine remembers the time before when she and her friends had dismissed news stories of violence done to women (as readers might dismiss literary dystopias) as «too melodramatic»: «We were the people who were not in the papers.

However, the Jewish Christians to whom Matthew was writing no longer thought of those women as sinners but as heroines.

The stereotypical images of women (passive, weak and faithful, or domineering, demanding and slutty) were redefined as assertive, powerful and in control of their own sexuality.In popular culture this redefinition was evident: Disney heroines changed drastically and powerful media icons like Madonna, or Queen Latifah came to be just like series such as Sex and the City (1998 — 2004), and Girlfriends (2000 — 08).

New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who's said to have set her sights on seeking the presidency in 2020, even penned a piece for Time lauding Sarsour and other Women's March leaders as heroines.

Executive produced by Angelina Jolie, «The Breadwinner» does precisely that, and though Twomey's essential, empathetic look into the plight of women, young and old, in present - day Afghanistan doesn't identify its heroine as the exact same girl, her jade - colored eyes are a certain reminder, while her spirit burns every bit as strongly.

Good special effects, Theron giving a show, a good comic relief, more importance to women in fairy tales (as heroines).

Whereas Janet Leigh's heroine merely showered at the Bates Motel before meeting her end, Dressed's protagonist Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson, just two years past her four - season stint as the star of NBC's «Police Woman») erotically washes her breasts and privates, both of which are on display, while nearby a shaving man pays her no notice.

It features a terrific performance by Jennifer Lawrence as a heroine Sturges would have loved, the Long Island woman who invented the Miracle Mop and became rich selling it on the then - new able channel QVC.

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women: Nice as the «Wonder Woman» movie was, I found this story about the sexually adventurous academics who created the iconic comic book heroine more compelling.

Laura Dern is a troubled journalist in «The Tale,» Carey Mulligan is a 1960s mom in «Wildlife,» Andrea Riseborough is a woman having an identity crisis in «Nancy,» and «Star Wars» fighter Daisy Ridley is reimagined as a Shakespearean heroine in «Ophelia.»

In «A Fantastic Woman,» he has a uniquely striking heroine whom he is forever surrounding with mirrors and reflective surfaces as if determined that we should see her from every possible angle.

Chile's Sebastián Lelio pays attention to overlooked female stories — as in his recent Oscar - winning A Fantastic Woman and its resilient transgender heroine.

· Finding the Wonder Woman Within — Feel the power of Wonder Woman as award - winning poets and inspiring public figures reveal the impact and importance of DC's greatest heroine.

And as interpreted magnificently by Bel Powley, Minnie Goetz emerges as just another of this year's many feminist heroines: a young woman gradually, through thick and thin, discovering her agency, emotional, sexual and otherwise.

Favored to win Best Foreign Language Film at next month's Academy Awards, the wistful drama follows the journey of a heroine who's rarely been positioned as a screen protagonist: a transgender woman named Marina, played with fire and vulnerability by Chilean transgender actress Daniela Vega.

An engaging, class - conscious Tantalus myth in which the condemned's only crime is her existence, the Chilean drama A Fantastic Woman subjects its twentysomething trans heroine, Marina Vidal (Daniela Vega), to a battery of indignities as grief and closure remain out of her reach, the frustration underscored by...

We've got our first look at Meryl Streep in what will presumably be her next Oscar - nominated role as a hard - rocking front - woman in director Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Diablo Cody's upcoming comedy Ricki and the Flash... In a film loaded with music and live performance, Streep stars as Ricki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything -LSB-...]

As we await the debut of Kelly Marie Tran as Rose in The Last Jedi, another onscreen Asian woman heroine needs her duAs we await the debut of Kelly Marie Tran as Rose in The Last Jedi, another onscreen Asian woman heroine needs her duas Rose in The Last Jedi, another onscreen Asian woman heroine needs her due.

Indeed, the titular directive is actually thrown at Bell's socially awkward, commitment - shy protagonist Nancy — not as chaotic a romantic heroine as Amy Schumer's eponymous «Trainwreck» in Apatow's most recent venture, but a similarly welcome rejoinder to the kookily idealized fantasy women that have so long been prevalent in romantic - comedy terrain.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World's badass heroine Mary Elizabeth Winstead has now landed a lead role in the Emmy - winning FX series as con - woman Nikki Swango (via Deadline).

As the mutual crush between Carol's dual heroines blossoms into forbidden love, the score is there to voice all the things that these women can't say to each other.

As awkwardly bashful as Alma (Vicky Krieps), the waitress turned model who romances Reynolds, might appear to be, she is cut from the same cloth as Demme's more overtly powerful heroines (one might think of Clarice Starling, or Rachel Getting Married's Kym, or even the eponymous Ricki from Ricki and the Flash), women who to one extent or another struggle for a level of self - control and self - possession despite the manipulations of more ostensibly powerful meAs awkwardly bashful as Alma (Vicky Krieps), the waitress turned model who romances Reynolds, might appear to be, she is cut from the same cloth as Demme's more overtly powerful heroines (one might think of Clarice Starling, or Rachel Getting Married's Kym, or even the eponymous Ricki from Ricki and the Flash), women who to one extent or another struggle for a level of self - control and self - possession despite the manipulations of more ostensibly powerful meas Alma (Vicky Krieps), the waitress turned model who romances Reynolds, might appear to be, she is cut from the same cloth as Demme's more overtly powerful heroines (one might think of Clarice Starling, or Rachel Getting Married's Kym, or even the eponymous Ricki from Ricki and the Flash), women who to one extent or another struggle for a level of self - control and self - possession despite the manipulations of more ostensibly powerful meas Demme's more overtly powerful heroines (one might think of Clarice Starling, or Rachel Getting Married's Kym, or even the eponymous Ricki from Ricki and the Flash), women who to one extent or another struggle for a level of self - control and self - possession despite the manipulations of more ostensibly powerful men.

The Wandering Soap Opera presents a succession of archetypes, of actors playing characters who essentially look exactly as you'd expect them to: the flighty ingénue, the nobly vampish middle - aged romantic heroine, the grey - templed older roué, assorted raffish bohemians, harassed civil servant types... I didn't recognize anyone in the cast, although somewhere in there is Francisco Reyes, who can currently be seen as the ill - fated older lover in Sebastián Lelio's Oscar - nominated A Fantastic Woman.

Ruby Sparks is about a fictional woman come to life, a female - led version of all those male fantasy movies such as Weird Science; Kazan exposes the limitations of that fantasy (Dano plays a novelist whose heroine, played by Kazan, steps full - blooded into his life, whereupon he discovers that to exert total control over another human is less of a gift than a nightmare).

Shame, then, that Stephen Bradleys earnest drama never gets to grips with its remarkable heroine, played by a wry Deirdre OKane as an adult, and by standout Sarah Greene as a young woman.

He says the new game aims to «show something that's more high class,» saying he wants players to look at any given heroine and «be impressed with her as a woman, not just as a pin - up.»

From its enigmatic tease of an opening sequence until its sobering finale, Mitchell establishes a permeating atmosphere of the unknown, which remains even as we learn the specifics of the threat that is pursuing our heroine, a young woman (played by Maika Monroe) who also becomes the target of male gazing.

The strange thing about The Danish Girl is that it conveys its transexual heroine's experiences in terms of erotic obsession — with silk stockings as the major fetish item — but is itself mostly sexless, at least as far as her life as a woman is concerned.

A woman conflicted by two different races, she's overcoming a lifetime of hardships and emerging as the heroine.

The answer is a woman: a heroine, whose story is as rich and rewarding for teachers as it is for students.

A barnstorming novel of the Gilded Age, and of a woman's public triumphs and personal tragedies, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is the irresistible epic of a heroine who conquered the country with a heart as big as her dreams - and whose story will surely win over yours.

Not content to go quietly, our heroine meets a group of other women in the same boat — women who, as the catalog copy puts it, have been «dumped for the bitch of success and are hell bent on revenge.»

I want to read about smart, educated and empowered heroines... but set in a time period when most women weren't very educated and certainly weren't as empowered as they are today (right to vote, control over own body, etc, etc).

If you want a real - life heroine, try The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks, a novel based on the life of a woman named Carrie McGavock; her Tennessee plantation home was used as a Confederate hospital during the Civil War.

As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian - Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters.Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, «I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like.»

He says the new game aims to «show something that's more high class,» saying he wants players to look at any given heroine and «be impressed with her as a woman, not just as a pin - up.»

She also adopts the televised image of Wonder Woman, only as a heroine who has no end of trouble changing identities.

By casting African American women as the «heroines» of her works, she makes a profound statement regarding gender and racial identity.

The source of a lot of buzz at the recent 2009 Pulse Fair in Miami, Prager's highly - saturated heroines and oft - startling scenes speak to her fondness for David Lynch and Hitchcock films, as well as her belief that deep down «all women are actresses.»

Untitled Film Still # 21 for example, reminds of a scene from an outdated television show or movie, with the woman in the picture as leading heroine, wearing a vintage 1950s outfit and looking captivated by something outside the frame.

As she says «My heroines are the women who rode more than 100 years ago — the Louise Armaindos and Dottie Farnsworths — when it was harder to ride, the social approbrium was higher, and the outfits were ridiculous.»