Riot Grrrl, Moxie, & Intersectional Feminism | Video Essay

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In which I discuss how 'Moxie', a Netflix teen film directed by Amy Poehler, draws inspiration from the Riot Grrrl movement and feminist teen dramas from the mid- to late 1990s and how it ultimately fails to deliver its message, ending up being "not intersectional enough."
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Time Stamps:
0:00 intro
1:03 A brief intro to Riot Grrrl
4:09 Why a Teen Film?
7:51 How 'Moxie' Fails
13:04 Final Thoughts
14:49 Goodbye
Works Cited and related bibliography:
"Why I was never a Riot Grrrl:" www.bitchmedia.org/post/why-i...
"Moxie empowers but falls through in broadcasting intersectionality:" www.browndailyherald.com/2021...
"Riot Grrrl: The Story of Feminist DIY Punk:" • Riot Grrrl: The Story ...
Complete Riot Grrrl manifesto: www.historyisaweapon.com/defc...
Credits:
Intro song: j'san, Kyle McEvoy - ramona chll.to/a15553ac
Outro song: L'Indécis - keep on chll.to/4e632c25
Music featured in this video:
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
The Julie Ruin - Girls Like Us
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Bratmobile - B*tch Theme

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  • @blvckgold5911
    @blvckgold5911 Жыл бұрын

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  • @Stabbs1313

    @Stabbs1313

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks!!!

  • @avah8485
    @avah84853 жыл бұрын

    i love this video, but personally think the movie wouldve been so much better from claudias persective, not lucy's. but either would have been more intersectional then vivian. i still love this movie and your channel tho!

  • @jadamariee03
    @jadamariee032 жыл бұрын

    As a young girl of color I felt that I couldn’t be a riot girl or even a rockstar and with Netflix putting out the moxie movie that had a lot of women of color in the movie it was great but you are right , Netflix definitely should have made Claudia main character and they definitely should have spoken out more about women of color and trans women but the movie is still good .

  • @dizmop

    @dizmop

    Жыл бұрын

    My sister was a Punk in the '70s, we are from a Jamaican family that lived in the suburbs of London, if she could be a Punk, in the 70's you can be a riot Grrrl now, it's not a fashion it's a lifestyle and you have to be hardcore to be involved. Being non-white in the '70s and '80s was not easy, I personally was into the Mod scene and Ska, so both of us were ostracised from our local black community for not being "Black enough'" but being my authentic self has always been important to me. To me referring to myself as 'a person of colour' only highlights the idea of white supremacy as 'White' is once again seen as the default race, I am a Black person, I originate from the original African human which means anyone non 'Black' is coloured or 'A person of colour' in my eyes. This film is a cheap attempt to change the past, it doesn't work and can only cheapen its intention , just do something new

  • @eulalie6028
    @eulalie60283 жыл бұрын

    i didn't know what to think about this movie and you really cleared my thoughts i was really happy to see a movie talking about these issues on netflix but it almost felt like fake intersectionnality (the way they tried to represent the lgbt+ community only by a kiss, a backpack and 2 scenes) It seems like they tried to look inclusive without really being it, we can feel the straight white gaze. You really nailed to explain this, now i feel like my mixed thoughts about the movie are valid thank you !! sorry if my english isn't perfect i'm french

  • @FaiaHalo
    @FaiaHalo3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this awesome video! I've been meaning to watch this movie, but your videos bring so much more complex analysis of it into my mind. I've never thought about intersectionality until recently, being a native descendant, latin american lesbian. PS: your effort in the script is noticeable and remarkable. I'm so happy I subscribed some time ago. Much love from Argentina!

  • @DepressedNerd

    @DepressedNerd

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your support!

  • @karmasmith9132
    @karmasmith91322 жыл бұрын

    somthing else i hated is that they just randomly got to girls to kiss. like its nice to have presentation and stuff but these where to characters that hardly had any chemistry. there where many other chances with characters with way more chemistry, however I believe it was an after throught

  • @Christmosis
    @Christmosis Жыл бұрын

    I think the problem with Riot Grrrl is that the theoretical engine is Radical Feminism, which basically says that 'women's oppression is primarily from sex/gender systems' or 'men/males are the principal oppressors of women.' Radical feminism presents a confused and watered down theory of oppression that is actually closed off from conceptualizing oppression of other marginalized groups. For example, they have to think that men are the principal oppressors of black women, or trans people, which leaves oppressive systems under-theorized or worse, reactionary (such as Rowling, Bikini Kill playing at MichFest, SCUM manifesto). Patriarchy is the system that capitalism uses to oppress women (later LGBTQ+). Racism is the system capitalism uses to oppress black/brown people. etc. So you'd need to be a socialist feminist to come up with the correct positions on intersectionality. They were coming up with intersectionality in the late 60s and early 70s (Beal's "Double Jeopardy" and Third World Womens Alliance's "Triple Jeopardy").

  • @Gimmie_my_legoz
    @Gimmie_my_legoz Жыл бұрын

    Moxie should have been a show.

  • @caitlingill

    @caitlingill

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah or at least a mini series

  • @beckyroodt6940
    @beckyroodt69403 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much I loved this video!! Also, take your time to upload because life is busy (and your videos are such quality anyways)! xx

  • @junlucas69
    @junlucas693 жыл бұрын

    Omg girl! You're videos are informative and entertaining. Your videos aren't boring and you point out the important things. ❤❤

  • @senoranemesis
    @senoranemesis3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, KZread's algorithm for making me discover your account - and this video! It's great and I've learned a lot 😊

  • @NinaDudek
    @NinaDudek11 ай бұрын

    Amazing video

  • @WizardLvl24
    @WizardLvl243 жыл бұрын

    I really like your video! I did have the same reaction with the final act, everything is magically solved. But I did enjoyed the movie. It is, as you said, a good start. I feel like I'm missing a lot on feminist theory in general, so I'll be sure to read Moxie and... Any other recommendations?

  • @DepressedNerd

    @DepressedNerd

    3 жыл бұрын

    You should check out Hidden Figures and The Hate U Give! Both have film adaptations too. Thanks for watching

  • @woolenowl5353
    @woolenowl53533 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos so much

  • @erikablomberg5698
    @erikablomberg56983 жыл бұрын

    This is an amazing take

  • @fandomnessrandomnessinkansas
    @fandomnessrandomnessinkansas2 жыл бұрын

    I’m late but this video needs more views, this is so true

  • @mattday2656
    @mattday2656 Жыл бұрын

    I grew up on The Gits, Lunachicks and Bikini Kill, I loved the movie, I didn't think of the intersectional dynamic of it though. I love this.

  • @isabelchavez5412
    @isabelchavez5412 Жыл бұрын

    this video really resonated with me. i liked the movie yes but it’s so like those instagram infographics, “raise minorities voices 🤪🤪” and then doesn’t explain any of the problems any deeper which is so like frustrating. dude just give me this story with anyone else for the main character and it could’ve been better. wow the white girl wants to be punk IVE NEVER SEEN A BROWN PUNK GIRL UNTIL I LIKE LOOKED FOR OME aggressive rambling tiktok alts r always wyte anger

  • @suzebauermann
    @suzebauermann3 жыл бұрын

    this vid should have more views

  • @Inbaroush
    @Inbaroush8 ай бұрын

    Well put! ♀️💜💄💣

  • @nardosa8279
    @nardosa82792 жыл бұрын

    loved your video:) u can purchase the vhs for girls town on ebay but it is like. 18 dollars plus shipping. also who tf uses vhs

  • @neonghoti1690
    @neonghoti16903 жыл бұрын

    I want to watch that movie! Where can I find it?

  • @DepressedNerd

    @DepressedNerd

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's on Netflix :)

  • @pacocalabasa6605
    @pacocalabasa66052 жыл бұрын

    Such a well-made video. The effort you put into the script really shows. It looks like you stopped creating about a year ago. I hope it was for a positive reason and you are okay. As far as Moxie I completely understand the critique. It's a work of fiction and could have balanced the perspectives and representation in any direction it chose. I don't really understand the critique of the original Riot Grrrl movement. Kathleen Hanna wrote Bikini Kill songs from her own life as a straight white girl. What else could she have done? Riot Grrrl didn't have powerful gatekeepers the way a Hollywood movie does. It was totally DIY. Other voices would have had to start their own bands to represent their lives.

  • @QueenBee-pb6bt
    @QueenBee-pb6bt3 жыл бұрын

    You should make more videos

  • @carennrodrigues7631
    @carennrodrigues7631 Жыл бұрын

    I havent liked the film because it lost some of the essence of Vivian and the communications, cumplicity and bonding between the girls in the film

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