Notes on Revenge Movies (An abstract from a lecture I’d rather make art about my own body than research for)

Content notes: refers briefly to sexual assault in revenge movies.

Cishet revenge movies sell trauma as spectacle, make victims of perpetrators & are not transformative for survivors. ‬


‪Safety for me is putting people’s body & emotional needs ahead of my own. ‬


‪An abstract from a lecture I’d rather make art about my own body than research for.‬


Intersectional Feminist Questions for FilmMakers making films with sexual assault:‬


‪1. Do you wish to end rape culture? ‬


‪2. Who is centered here? Is it the survivor? ‬


‪3. Do you actively want to grow consent culture? ‬


‪Revenge spectacles sideline critique & decentre survivors.‬