Steamy sex and clashing protests. Is the overlapping of a sex scene and a protest scene halfway through Melina Matsoukas’s film Queen & Slim morally correct? Unimpressed reviewers don’t seem to think so. The connecting thread in critical pieces about the movie, some deeply engaging, is the view that juxtaposing these two particular scenes was…
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The Mother Instinct
The Mother Instinct is not only a source of collective subjectivity and self-regard, but it is also a source of individual self-love. When seen from a feminist perspective, yes, the Mother Instinct helps you love and nurture yourself in a maternal way, but it also urges you to protect and stand up for yourself with agency and personhood.