Heather Widdows

Feb 27, 2025 | psychologytoday.com | Heather Widdows |Jessica Sutherland

Source: Bestravelvideo/Shutterstock by Heather Widdows and Jessica Sutherland The Substance has been described as a “feminist body horror”.1 Writer, director and producer Coralie Fargeat explicitly set out to make “a feminist movie to open everyone’s eyes” to the intense pressure facing women to look a certain way.2 The film intends to call out and reject unattainable beauty ideals, and to challenge the fact that women feel they have “no choice but to be...

Feb 27, 2025 | qoshe.com | Heather Widdows |Jessica Sutherland

by Heather Widdows and Jessica Sutherland The Substance has been described as a “feminist body horror”.1 Writer, director and producer Coralie Fargeat explicitly set out to make “a feminist movie to open everyone’s eyes” to the intense pressure facing women to look a certain way.2 The film intends to call out and reject unattainable beauty ideals, and to challenge the fact that women feel they have “no choice but to be perfect/sexy/smiling/thin/young/beautiful to be valued in society”.3 She...