willow maclay, Author at cléo https://cleojournal.com/author/wmaclay/ a journal of film and feminism Tue, 02 Apr 2019 01:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Masturbation: it’s free!: Willow Maclay on Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore https://cleojournal.com/2019/03/01/masturbation-its-free-willow-maclay-on-mary-janes-not-a-virgin-anymore/ https://cleojournal.com/2019/03/01/masturbation-its-free-willow-maclay-on-mary-janes-not-a-virgin-anymore/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:33:46 +0000 https://cleojournal.com/?p=3813 On March 3rd, cléo will be co-presenting Sarah Jacobson’s film Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore at Toronto’s What the Film Festival (click here for event details). In anticipation, Willow Maclay—who wrote about Jacobson’s 16mm debut I Was a Teenage Serial Killer for our SHORTS issue—has penned an ode to Mary Jane and orgasmic self-realization. […]

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]]> https://cleojournal.com/2019/03/01/masturbation-its-free-willow-maclay-on-mary-janes-not-a-virgin-anymore/feed/ 0 My Secret: I Was a Teenage Serial Killer https://cleojournal.com/2017/08/18/my-secret-i-was-a-teenage-serial-killer/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:26:33 +0000 https://cleojournal.com/?p=2735 In Bikini Kill’s 1992 punk anthem “White Boy”, lead singer Kathleen Hanna screams during the chorus: “White boy. Don’t laugh. Don’t cry. Just die.” The song is a release of the pent-up female wrath that stems from dealing with day-to-day sexism, both casual and severe. Hanna was not calling for the death of all men […]

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]]> “Merry Fucking Christmas”: The Gift of Collaboration in Tangerine https://cleojournal.com/2016/04/18/merry-fucking-christmas-the-gift-of-collaboration-in-tangerine/ Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:27:14 +0000 https://cleojournal.com/?p=1577 With a devilish grin and a wry look in her eyes, Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) strides out of a banana-coloured diner with one goal in mind: revenge. Sin-Dee has just been released from prison and, after catching-up with her best pal Alexandra (Mya Taylor), learns that her boyfriend, Chester (James Ransone), has cheated on her […]

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]]> “How Can It Be? She’s a boy.” Transmisogyny in Sleepaway Camp https://cleojournal.com/2015/08/10/how-can-it-be-shes-a-boy-transmisogyny-in-sleepaway-camp/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 11:58:42 +0000 https://cleojournal.com/?p=1349 She’s a boy. My body trembles and shakes at the rupturing of self and the dissolution of my identity. Three words make me inhuman. Three words make me a monster. Three words make me something to be feared. She’s a boy. My skin is soft, running up my body, and shimmers in the sun. My […]

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