What is this delirium to “decapitate” the chicks on the movie posters?

Cinema 24 February, 2017

What? From ordinary sexism to Hollywood?
“By decapitating the woman, it is undoubtedly transformed into a passive object subject to the masculine gaze … The constant fragmentation of women’s bodies, with particular emphasis on the breasts, buttocks and lips, separates sexualized parts from The integrity of the female body ” . In the words of Slate, actress Marcia Belsky expresses her indignation at an old habit in the entertainment industry which consists in erasing the female faces of film posters (but also of series and disc covers) . To emphasize the magnitude of the thing, she created the Tumblr “The Headless Women of Hollywood” where are listed some striking practical cases …