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  • 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...

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