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6 Reasons Love Actually May Not Be as Anti-Feminist as You Think (From a Feminist)
Please keep your bras on for just a minute and allow me to debunk some myths.
Confession. I’m one of those people who watch Love Actually every Christmas.
I’m also one of those people who advocate for the rights of women; specifically, the elimination of sexualisation and objectification of women.
These days, it would seem the two are mutually exclusive.
Call me naive, but until recently I have lived under an assumption that everyone must love this movie as much as I do. There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus? — I mean, what’s not to love?
So I have to say, it’s been quite the shock to have recently read a spate of smear campaign articles against the iconic Christmas movie, calling it out as problematic based on its misogynistic themes and demanding it be the next cancelled thing on Hollywood’s ever-growing list.
Okay, but can we please keep our bras on for just a minute and firstly consider the movie was made eighteen years ago before our #metoo culture of consent was even an outer blip on the radar. And secondly, can we please diss the cancel culture for one day of the year and just accept a trashy movie for what it is?!
With that in mind, here are six somewhat outlandish…
