Same Beauty Norms, Barely Re-Packaged | Sojourners

Same Beauty Norms, Barely Re-Packaged

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I Feel Pretty is mainly a superficial enterprise. There are plenty of opportunities for smart satire here, but co-writers and directors Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein stick to a simplistic interpretation — one that claims to push for female empowerment, but still remains concerned with looks and a pretty narrow definition of beauty norms.

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