Little Women

Ah, feminism, the recurring pain and progress that resonate with the audience more than a century into the future.

Depressing (and obvious) theme aside, can I just rant for 10 minutes about how much I ADORE Amy March? Well, she's a spoiled brat and represents the hopeless youngest sibling in every household (like me), always left out from all the important news, inviting the wrath of other siblings when it's not at all what she wished for anyway. She has desires, worldly desires, and she is not ashamed to scream them into the world. When she declares that she'll get someone's back, she will get that back, she will stab it without a hint of grace. She wasn't born with natural charm or talent, but she grabs that shovel and digs her way through all the shit into her own version of success. She gets what she wants. Trip to Europe. Laurie. She has the courage to admit how mediocre her talent is, in front of a man whom she loved her whole life, who loves her older sister who already has everything. She declares that marriage is an economic proposition, and she embraces the practicality to take the best out of it. Instead of being an honored and then forgotten martyr, she chooses to support her family including her own happiness, her own love.

Likability of a woman is such an amazing theme that I enjoyed through Lady Bird and Little Women.