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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) shared own list
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2017 holds plenty of uncertainty, but great sci-fi movies look like a sure thing. Movie Pilot has walked through the biggest sci-fi releases of the year:
Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)
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Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of...
Science fiction
Anon (2018)
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ANON is set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity. Our private...
Science fiction thriller
Mute (2017)
6.4
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Berlin. Forty years from today. A roiling city of immigrants, where East crashes against West in a...
Science fiction mystery
Annihilation (2018)
7.0
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When a team of military scientists venture into a zone known as "the shimmer" in order to determine...
Jeff VanderMeer Area X Mutant Cellular biology
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
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An alien named Zan breaks away from her intergalactic group and finds herself in the London suburb...
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Laura (40 KP) rated Moxie: A Novel in Books
Oct 21, 2017
Something I really liked is that Vivian is not some perfect all-knowing feminist. She listens and learns to people, after the Moxie zine starts the conversation. Through these conversations between various characters, so much is discussed, taking advantage of different perspectives. There is this wonderful feeling of community, of support and safe spaces. The very concept of feminism is analysed, challenging the misconception held my many that feminism equals men hating, and exploring the stigma attached to the word ‘feminist’.
There is also a romance plotline running through the book. Vivian is attracted to new boy Seth, and she is even more interested when she realised that he is actually a nice guy, unlike so many other boys at school. He actually likes the Moxie zines, and shows his support for the movement. However he is not perfect, and sometimes he just does not get certain things. This opens the discussion that while a man can be a feminist, it is important to listen and learn about how everyday sexism effects women.
The overall message is about girls supporting each other, and Moxie being an inclusive movement for everyone. I loved that there was next to no girl hate in the novel, and that the way women and girls are pitted against each other was brought up and addressed. There are so many wonderful, empowering moments in this book, I used a lot of sticky notes to mark them all. Having said that, obviously this book deals with sexism, but it also covers sexual harassment, and sexual assault/attempted rape, which may be triggering for some readers. Please be aware of this going in, it’s addressed, there is an overall atmosphere of female empowerment and overcoming, but I don’t want anyone to get caught by surprise.
I wish this book had been around when I was in high school. I really wish it had been around for my younger sister, who had a similar experience with dress-code enforcement as shown in the book. This book is so powerful, and so important.
