Paper by Gabi Baltzell. It feels as though for decades, women portrayed in the media have always been well-groomed, well-behaved, and well-made ideal women. Audiences have always been given the perfect woman to idealize. In particular, audiences always remember Marilyn Monroe with her bright bottle-blonde hair and her soft-spoken yet lethally sexy attitude. During her … Continue reading The Personal is Political: The Importance of Female Filmmakers in 1970s US Cinema