the male gaze™ in the virgin suicides.

i was inspired to write this after a rewatch of the [1999] movie adaptation by sofia coppola. laura mulvey’s essay on “visual pleasure and narrative cinema“ really shifted the way i view it now, so i thought of sharing. super sorry for the bad audio, i recorded and edited all of this on my phone haha love, lyka 💌🤠 (​⁠@lykayorac) timestamps: 0:00 intro 2:15 what is the male gaze 7:54 in defence of mrs. lisbon 11:59 so, what now? socials: tiktok: @orphicccmess 💌: aeycomms@ support the channel 💌 ☕️: lingoda discount: references Mulvey, L. (1975). “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Screen, 16(3), pp. 6-18. Dessal, G. (2015). “Wanted Men: those interested should present themselves around the next corner.” Lucanae, Lacanian The Journal of Psych