On the left is an image of Dani from Midsommar, who is looking up at something. On the right, is an image of Bella Swan from the Twilight Saga, who looking over her shoulder.

Female Spaces in Masculine Places: Examining the Heroine’s Journey in ‘Twilight’ (2008) and ‘Midsommar’ (2019)

By: Mia Sherry
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“In a geography dominated by men, male desire and gazes, the search the heroines undergo for the female space is the desire for the ability to exist within the male geography as a female, and to do so comfortably.”

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