The Inception of The Male Gaze
By Wim Langedijk for HURS
The Inception of The Male Gaze
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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ Dream Job
Writer Willa Paskin speaks with director Greta Gerwig about her take on Barbie, the challenges of adapting such a well-known and controversial character, as well as Gerwig’s vision for the film. Gerwig speaks about her aim to show all the different facets of Barbie to create a film that’s both subversive and empowering. Challenging the idea of what Barbie can be.
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
An interesting deep dive into the history of the male gaze by writer Lauren Michele Jackson. Coined by film theorist Laura Mulvey in 1975, the concept refers to the way women are often portrayed in media from a male, heterosexual perspective. Jackson traces back to the origins of the male gaze to its current prevalence in media and pop culture and the effect it has on women in terms of how they’re seen and how they see themselves.
THE NEW YORKER
The creative world is known for overlooking female and female-identifying artists. This article dives into the lives of Paige Powell and Brigid Berlin, two talented artists who were overshadowed by their more well-known male counterparts. The two women were close friends and colleagues of painters Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Powell worked as a photographer and editor for Interview Magazine with Warhol, and she was also Basquiat’s girlfriend. Berlin was one of Warhol’s best friends. Writer Arthur Lubow explores the challenges Powell and Berlin faced, while getting little to no recognition for the work they produced.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
A great piece by writer Aimee Farrell on the Cotswolds retreat Thyme. Created by Caryn Hibbert, Thyme has become much more than a country retreat. Hibbert has been able to create a lifestyle destination with a holistic approach to health. The estate includes a farm, kitchen gardens, spa, cookery school, a restaurant, a pub and 31-rooms across historic barns, houses and cottages. Farrell speaks with Hibbert about the history of the Thyme estate and how she transformed it into what it is today.
HOW TO SPEND IT
Writer Lane Florsheim speaks with actor Amanda Seyfried about her role in the new Apple TV+ series “The Crowded Room”, her life on the farm in the Catskills where she lives with her husband and their two children and how she prepared for her role as Elizabeth Holmes in the miniseries “The Dropout”.