Babygirl — A Gen X Woman’s PerspectiveWhen Babygirl was first released in theaters I shared a post of a review written by a woman who was talking about the importance of having the conversations a movie like this sparks, regardless of whether you like the movie or not. I agreed with that which is why I shared the article even though I hadn’t seen the movie. Well, I finally watched it and I had a lot of thoughts. These thoughts I would have likely kept to myself until I saw one of the top search results for ‘Babygirl reviews’ was by a male writer and reviewer for a top online magazine where he spills the tea on plot points like he’s calling out sports plays in a matter-of-fact way just to say, “She sits down and stands up and goes into the corner and faces the wall when he says so. She has to get down on all fours and lap milk from a bowl. They have straight sex. But really … that’s it. We don’t get into BDSM, we get nowhere near to needing a safe word. Babygirl is simply about age-gap and the reversal of gender power-relations.” This over-simplified take from a man’s perspective of a movie coming from a woman’s perspective of sex is the epitome of the entire point of the movie and he missed it completely. I swear he may have grunted in frustration more than once watching the movie and definitely feeling forced to write a review. If you want a Gen X, straight woman’s perspective, (the target audience I’m sure), then read on. This is an opinion piece, not a review. There will be spoilers... Click Medium article link to read more: Babygirl — A Gen X Woman’s Perspective
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Now that I've been through as much life as I have, I see things I thought I understood much differently. I had no idea my parents' falconry hobby when I was a child would offer so many life lessons later on.
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In general order of year released.
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