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</style><![endif]--><!-- __merge_tags_in_links__ --><style></style></head><body class="a" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;word-wrap:normal;word-spacing:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"><div role="article" aria-roledescription="email" aria-label="email_name" lang="en" style="font-size:1rem"><div style="display:none;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden;"> This summer's blockbuster is a cautionary tale about male entitlement. Not everyone seems to get that.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" class="gg"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="670" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="aa" style="width:670px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="bodyWrapper" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style: solid; border-color: #FFFFFF;border-radius:10px 10px 0px 0px;background-color:#FFFFFF;" class="c"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr id="header"><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;"><div style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="f" align="right" valign="top"><p> July 02, 2026 | <a data-read-online-tooltip="true" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxyN08je1Zdn_OAzIDb5PoY21Cmd9rmQ9YRozS7Ekdc26Qx3oZeDR6n-VnlRyTYSwtQQ5SKeJxKzb0WY2ybhvItWRuIjE4yigXiVYsipPuFpYsARcQGktT-yrkNT7S6oCikxjSu8aIEHborevMLEv5XQJ1dycESlIT1ahZ3vrtCI_vwMRmuRj0ccKLU67CBIwxwJOHIGzn-ejqnQ9DdnoRovCYqX4ZnA4Q3OiHbD2wvNvrhSq-aV3sdvVdG-JTErxeTfaNE1rrmSWESteODJpSJTc-5JKLtaEaI5Dw_2_51ua2fZ26kAP4l6LSHN_rIGgzfckidZHaTtyVXTZY-fh7iIp0kvVowwhMiD0Uo_nleO6LWyXA7Ydnhb0T1Pq4xlviNPYu2q2s9bdg_5MHF-EKNJH7rtG1bcXm1TyVo4MCvKvIf5IL5bSN5E7HhTerqgnF2pjeEYWwwzxwVEfuUgnPtcDF_umHFJv5rZ2Lh-mOfPKiRdMaiKNWmBQ-pfa61zPfzMuGLuVh470QkQBUJCgHQTzX-W74xgmQ8oJ9UhrEquxh6r6kfu0cpEPih_kRnRAZqv25T-LdW8XhLperDafm5Tb8gEbKc7o2p2k0u22y8m7eOyKY0aW56wNqWkFmmkdUbQ__NZrQ5NQl8hB5HhF0aCg18YITJi3u_Sc24kc1rikuhgMfpBs_6wl0YnqbHmH-o/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h0/h001.w4FKa1YXQ2KHQTp6mwwtPRtieQ3ohejQtaPDM8jAMeA">Read online</a></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 0;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><h1 style="text-align:left;font-family:'Trebuchet MS','Lucida Grande',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:Bold;font-size:32px;color:#2A2A2A;padding:2px 0;line-height:38px;"> Is 'Obsession' really a feminist film? </h1><p style="text-align:left;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:20px;color:#3E3E3E;padding:5px 0;line-height:24px;"> This summer's blockbuster is a cautionary tale about male entitlement. Not everyone seems to get that. </p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-top:1px solid #E5E7EB;border-bottom:1px solid #E5E7EB;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-top:15px;"><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxwrxFkExNeuLq8ioN-26PRgWEYRvcCDB56MDr7SrYF7YsB3rZMn2jhje784AQOO0ChTGKksT1xGUl6gJMY9_JgobPaICkcUZkBUTUWXgX1CTfyj_ngV7VTH3LU6BryuTFNobscuYH6htLDys6RiCxBZC7DtwybWa5_F0XPC7EbMIh22ebdLAT0W5uxnr0EjYhK_8au2suVGDaIpWrr9vl6WM48WAZhMK_1Du45vMJpuFXPpR8sRTyxl-K49UKl2NgvbNFYqfQyD3v_75PPBZEuT3eylFNgzAKCWal2h8bU5RwgczlqM-yt-tY-QOeukfejh7UgLxt3H7pfb5iUu0ZUY-B04SzrSleDcCOWKVzHWI_QUFDBTp9E1f1zwpRDY39vVVAzUgIblnrxVU6nXhfO-hM2VejUBnYrnk1C75ygV4HXr4-wCoJn-Qd7GHeJi94SefP5SGjGwG-m494LHW_I_EVaHg0Kq7GLrxxzlYDuLs9PktA3lGjdR5wAW0brF4_FXHf-rfgwHewPRsFYnLqNj3WqtAnaBeYPz86zvqVTLnJniYTBl73tw15E4u2x9ViBvat5PJxg4Ntr-LTFHO6EMlmDSUVhjzHyck-oqsQwTvl2pLdrY3uKulPfNZyrIoYz1C1DlKjstNajnT8kp4vfF605RLPw0KKyh0Ex3zG6oTT7shPKWH8hC1G-6kU2PL7ecL44I7gC8TO0WMP03v1RFOrGlmTV_gtq2nzVkUxziTE84QHNFi1QtO9WgUZCSN5Dt1vRUxBCk1weuqHnu2FrW78JHpJ2D71JGrAP_zkAl8w/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h1/h001.rXnDl3yNuB3uyjG-ZYRz-y4a2x920gvS8em_1bu9Nto" style="text-decoration:none; display:block;"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" style="border: 1px solid #E5E7EB; border-radius: 100%; width: 18px; height: 18px; padding: 8px;"><img style="display:block; width:100%; height:100%; max-width:18px; max-height:18px; object-fit: contain;" alt="like" width="18" height="18" border="0" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/header/like.png"/></td></tr></table></a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td align="right" valign="middle"></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style="line-height:0;"><div data-open-tracking="true"> <img src="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/o/u001.52hRbZ5bjhIlawsIDKScVg/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/ho.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px !important;width:1px !important;border-width:0 !important;margin-top:0 !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0 !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important;padding-right:0 !important;padding-left:0 !important;"/> </div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr id="content-blocks"><td class="email-card-body" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:15px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><i>Warning: Spoilers for the movie Obsession are ahead! </i></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Even if you haven’t seen the horror blockbuster <i>Obsession</i>, you’ve probably seen breakout star Inde Navarrette’s face. And you’ve most likely seen it sunken into an exaggerated frown. This is the expression that spawned a thousand memes, the most viral of which have become a canvas for men’s sexist attitudes toward women. There’s the one caption that says “how your gf looks at you when you ask her to block the guy who ‘raped’ her in 2019” (168,000 likes). There’s another version of this meme where they’ve made the character look visibly overweight, probably using AI, and changed the caption to “Her best friend at the bar when you introduce yourself” (116,000 likes). </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><i>Obsession </i>is ostensibly a cautionary tale about male entitlement. It features a young man, Bear, who is too cowardly to admit his feelings for his friend Nikki. In a moment of frustration, he turns to a cheap novelty toy he bought at a crystal shop called a One Wish Willow. “I wish Nikki Freeman loved me more then anyone in the entire world,” he pleads, unintentionally unleashing vast supernatural power and setting off a chain of events that will lead to his destruction. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> On the surface, it’s the anti-incel horror movie of a generation. But the film’s aesthetics were almost instantly adopted into the canon of viral misogynistic rhetoric. As I wrestled with that, it led to me to consider that <i>Obsession—</i>as a story, as a cultural phenomenon, and as a new generation of Hollywood icons—may not be about women’s liberation at all. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/7e95c788-6d75-48c9-82b3-8fa3d40ca950/HJxnhNKWMAAhqFU.jpg?t=1782884778" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>The expression that spawned 1,000 memes. Inde Navarrette plays Nikki Freeman, a woman cursed to love her friend Bear more than anyone else in the world. Credit: Focus Features</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The story of <i>Obsession</i>’s success is a remarkable one. It’s the only original film besides <i>E.T.</i> to actually <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.mgrYDGQaI8Xjr2QXpQav5b_mNKuK8r9kkefH6cJ4P100hFqCYXiUNO5nHSXNGKUveLqN90NsqvW6UxXz396wkUfx96vMOf_OVvUQQJz4kqZjT56Jiv50jjGzUh_yKU5LEKpbGjK8-Fc-_oNGGxL9W0MaXiWPDZ5J9Sgi_sGT3qe-DAJvcHGjY2RjyJoznqPpwC42I_nWPvIbDQSw4sFUw0WZw9Zor_m514WVaFE_MQAJy1a1SawZT-Tz6yKbrf0rOGD73aGmz8WitEnLFV4Io1rgIIaOCRc1WliNIRpUA14uUMytCPQ9ytJVOF7Go5wBPAc56Tu-tXeCzlTLnRBD0piNBlG4mRjZaiX_tL1BaqJc9Gvl1Rld5Z2A2Zv9zShj/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h2/h001.DMO-2pn_FLOuSYLa_-KAaJ8IsZ1OeKsF3tTJ9C2KFls" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>increase ticket sales</span></a> from its second and third weekends outside the holiday season. It was written, directed, and edited by a 26-year-old YouTuber named Curry Barker, who <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz6bgeoSS6YHyl1BTr3Y0_hRyGbWM1dpnedEwcRlKXA9T7DWtpwnE3g5gFBh0Jv7OGosfJsVjFi8R2EyI6xQ-VIXNAXw6Tg79jlqMblpmvSpjTYhSOanakDKw-KMZpFRYRxXGA1gJIex5OumZYdQbm2I2OHqd1rHXCUPTEXverhrMnB76IEqVrXJ0olOgp4uW7Rw9DU_GyQSp938JePNW83O3VjROJ2vWBloRIpualfM0Ly_9xZS50a6OFUazhHEsIA/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h3/h001.LZwzzz6tTEq6BbOBtVskV_E5aOE2TuwW1Kyn1emWDxo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>initially just hoped</span></a> it would get distributed on the indie horror streaming service Shudder. Instead, it became a box office legend. (Alongside the success of <i>Backrooms </i>and <i>Iron Lung, </i>we’re living through a stratospheric moment in YouTube horror history.) </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I knew I had to see this movie in theaters, and I dutifully dragged along my brother and my fiancée, who did not sleep for a week afterward (I’m sorry, Anna). I’ve been a horror fanatic since I was a kid and gave myself night terrors watching <i>The Twilight Zone</i>. I love the genre so much, even when it feels like the genre does not love me back. I’ve seen countless women brutalized onscreen in ways that haunt me, sometimes because these scenes mirror the actual crisis of gender-based violence. It’s not always pure fantasy. Sometimes it’s a reflection of real misogyny and real torment of women. </p></td></tr><tr class="btn_row"><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;text-align:center;width:100%;word-break:break-word;" class="dd"><table width="100%" role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:14px auto 14px auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="background-color:#030712;border-radius:8px;mso-padding-alt:12px 20px;" class="btn"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxw-9UbDfvT-b-BqkIB088N2wQpjnzw-NaITW1jeWzFGuw3aExvhNl781Pg2zKEM8rBxhOZ7jR-NRDvqZI1a0S4rzJ8wv5xgBs3u9YWa046DGmIo1koytFnGbZDSt5TOiBU-rG0QsreSQvDGUkah62XfOPlro07CB5h0Ay-ZZKq7Jb1yD7Z9t_PYDNi53fcu3dtGiCctN1jvTqt7Mrm_4nAB9GdK6taoTW-qoQjRwy-lb4LsVx8Cq2UxOdzD_YnUNRz5sl7hfUVZcICzsq_ip-32IgrIbZOH3K4d_S-h2-n0ECPMyFFucaZOOisa_uLQ0ps5_a5zKDaC7QSvhaKfdhB-ApqXxijHpSvg1hyR_XMRWhDZvo42iepvw9qEKUZ_lLRvekirPAgvz9ZhItysIdrXzo8MNOo3n-Bj9-6vpBrZyiSl4GQcL_3sozqoZlezqQzn5rLKDh11hjvQirhtHErK5TX6jWtLwtzVq0svNMyKyUEGGrI3Ov4c7rAxdMA9sGv19V9S4p0C6OdpNNKUQBoC4eiT6m85Jlamxn4Wyvbferiu3zjb37jsUPfm3TlBhRBV2-Q_alH8nFLjLQg9JCgzWgxN3xm83JOn756uD0GYBLPE2PboYeO0IevM79QimlrXbIcrCePz5_tPf0JDD_xE-zxzLAn3EyhXR0YVLkKesu91eUd_31l7Jg8mWTZzqW0BDN40Xjm-57CBBlo1BBu8yIixWJ3Uv46Yr0Gu2Ltayxrn_l5imUISiLOhvnWARvxtNbkWCGpu88d4fqVn1gJf/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h4/h001.1Sna2b08AI4B1XWCVHHly6-JWIsVvidb7loPd8StFE4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="background-color:#030712;border-radius:8px;color:#FFFFFF;display:inline-block;font-family:'Verdana',Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;padding:12px 20px;text-decoration:none;"> Upgrade to support Spitfire News </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Initially, <i>Obsession </i>felt different. It seemed self-aware. Yes, the extreme physical violence was disproportionately against women—like basically <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.IBjMeu98KBOS0Oas6-Lz6BrZfmXJ5FtZ70hDC9ltZHKqkebd1ZZ4Pj3zJ6mXUv6t_W-YtVLNReWqB4OxCpDKAgRpUUFlMPhqDrybta6Me3oNWDnLReAeWf0wnSrDpVIrTsiHlzsBVwoOXAJtkxfyQ9mf-QXwX2PctrWBLglk9_YA1jxL3ru8HEK9cIQc4rIG3DwU8_wx-Gv0_c2ZJo1jFzRrPdLxez6b51ZckfN-sbxNnd3fnFvG0dX4P5BFcTiWXgyhloVxR6NCiotDtKHgA-oam4DNoZdQLxnB_IsREfM86Rrwr5gXGoTAHAyhcpd4/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h5/h001.ONi4RzRAvlXWABxxFYGubjvndLL34xFjHbiot7LLeqE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>all genres of film for decades</span></a>. But the context for these scenes felt like a subversion of the norm. After Nikki bashes her friend Sarah’s face into a brick 22 times until her eyeball is hanging out of her skull (for the crime of being attracted to her boyfriend), she slinks over to where Bear is sitting in shock and reminds him “This is your fault.” And it is! It literally is his fault! But as I watched the reactions to <i>Obsession, </i>I realized that a lot of other people were viewing it differently. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Of course, there are always going to be men posting on Reddit about how the obvious male villain is actually the victim. But a more benign and troubling point came from all the warnings I saw shared online that <i>Obsession </i>could trigger people based on how Nikki was acting. A fair number of people, including some established critics, suggested that her character was acting how an abusive woman with Borderline Personality Disorder might in a relationship. I was immediately reminded of how real-life women <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz1YlBfEYk7TqTBXrniu9eL6sZ6u64ac1coPkb2-3XSRKaS3sySlvKM0AqJQtvbbbfLlOxEBZd7-iN-SPji1gNvw9eslFFahN_QnEhOdHfMPyYBYQj97vhsiVF7jqIhERpNUpFdiXNBQTsXGIb2k5lwRMgk-nLTUFcYUDuLQoM9R9udfhQs3Nbduq92nBnXdlYYHObC5Zo8_5UTOK3Ietge5yl7HwNWOPfrsDQZnD5JkdSztrKxF8GY7Iw54dG62LFqkheVx7KB3FqXdtO92g5o-JBS1v4MgEVNGT6A0M3yij-qxqtxUA5O_VWGdr2F6jt9G8Pjmbf2A76Zrwt_CuIvw/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h6/h001.ASueRWBWk-lrzd6wvvccIQIt0qh8EwvwLyJmJCMk3C0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>like Amber Heard</span></a> have been diagnosed from afar with conditions like BPD to explain how they’re the <i>real </i>abusers. In reality, BPD is not <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz1YlBfEYk7TqTBXrniu9eL6sZ6u64ac1coPkb2-3XSRKaS3sySlvKM0AqJQtvbbbfLlOxEBZd7-iN-SPji1gNvw9eslFFahN_QnEhOdHfMPyYBYQj97vhsiVF7jqIhERpNUpFdiXNBQTsXGIb2k5lwRMgk-nLTUFcYUDuLQoM9R9udfhQs3Nbduq92nBnXdlYYHObC5Zo8_5UTOK3Ietge5yl7HwNWOPfrsDQZnD5JkdSztrKxF8GY7Iw54dG62LFqiXgb5U3rBgC2KCUEeIW2FDQEcTTjusYrVHHQqZ0xWlR6qy1ZTuoL5kF0f515C7TpUVHWI9MNIa4DPj6dDdaLM/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h7/h001.ZHqq_dAVx-xcWzdfZSDmVMVn6sxg8hNG-DvdV6A68aw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>inherently correlated</span></a> with physical violence (it certainly does not turn someone into a psycho killer), but our inclination to distrust and blame women who are being abused has reinforced stigmas around reacting to that abuse and having conditions like BPD. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Before Nikki starts killing people, her insecurities and attachment to Bear do escalate in the way I can imagine could be triggering to someone who has been in a toxic or abusive relationship. But Nikki is the <i>victim</i> of <i>Bear’s abuse</i>, not the other way around. I can’t help but connect this back to all the stories of real women who are labeled abusers because they had normal reactions to their male partner abusing <i>them</i>. In this case, Bear has trapped Nikki in a psychological prison. It’s based on a supernatural plot twist, but that level of emotional distress isn’t too dissimilar from the dynamic of real abusive relationships. Real victims do sometimes respond in ways that seem, well, “crazy.” Sometimes real-life outsiders don’t have the context to see that a “crazy” woman is actually a victim of abuse, but <i>Obsession </i>viewers do! </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/0d683153-cb48-416e-a2b4-ada08a00ed0a/GettyImages-2275736572.jpg?t=1783013083" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 11: (L-R) Curry Barker, Inde Navarrette and Michael Johnston attend the Los Angeles Special Screening of Focus Features' "Obsession" at the Hollywood Legion Theater on May 11, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Brianna Bryson/FilmMagic)</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Seeing those viral Nikki memes that undermine women’s rape allegations and mock the idea of the “fat friend” initially felt at odds with the feminist premise of <i>Obsession</i>. But is the movie truly a feminist portrayal of an abusive relationship? I’d argue no. It’s a choice to depict a woman stripped of her autonomy as an increasingly violent monster, one that may seem empowering but actually feeds directly back into the victim-blaming rhetoric that dominates our culture. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Navarrette said <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzxgpDGDt5UAe01pW-E9gqBIilybwZNpcuKIIDn3jddLdofkTV0POTStF6uc2FY7cP3Gisy12UeowmEQQ02sPTr2jbBn7M_9X49S9_RNUXPqiqhU_9u93EZG_g3klBvGUpX1zvGTZFtu3KDtdwkvHx-lvi36al82L2407_ie1p8oiVXcmXECokuFV1IyXCMHZfSHnZFsAHs2mb5-oWvtHSpU4DxuRIU45-FVnWo0bconLkXFyFRb0rrSJVtpphq07AQ/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h8/h001.BRPRrEaFOy9byT5rhLIzFvTq28VTuo5NhprFCzNWyYU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>she was inspired</span></a> by Mia Goth’s now-iconic portrayal of an isolated, suppressed young woman in rural 1918 Texas becoming violent and unhinged in <i>Pearl. </i>I can see the similarities, and in both cases, these performances stem from realistic conditions that women are subjected to throughout history. I love <i>Pearl,</i> but after seeing real victims compared to her in the comments of TikTok videos, it has reminded me that audiences are not necessarily capable of separating the “crazy woman” archetype from real women. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This doesn’t mean <i>Obsession </i>is a bad movie. It’s a phenomenal film on multiple fronts. It’s witty, engaging, hilarious at times, terrifying at others, packed with technical prowess and bolstered by exceptional acting. If I graded movies solely on whether they were feminist or if their audiences understood them, I would end up with a pretty tiny collection I actually enjoyed. And on the flip side, I can even find feminism in movies that <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz2I6whTZXVScdasbuNFUsgD38lhHOlmygiAIzWIo6xfuoLzVwnOKgQdVATUz3n0sKO-UhUdDaT_l0DfxDzroKTi2YlBN2ARuxctS3LLp25GJytpqVVJgMdcCQrnd9n47uMHtbIW5WRVN1cbsKeeTqNohKTsC3fANv8Jz0JyQw-VDQmie2p9ZYvFAANYWw4m-pyTgaL3e4j62rYaoAIfPjWrRKt9K96LU8tJuE7IlUX2O7XdHJrFp9fPDJWJjIoW4DDWytbjL6929LEJVvQC_KxXj1_0nSx0joAqu6l8Q9DM2oG80SzG69UOwOE70lYRYXA/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h9/h001.KfukL8sAklVac_WwuCv1tIGJp4om1gXy5s6PCgseK1Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>had no intention</span></a> of being that way. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Take the 2007 horror/comedy <i>Teeth</i>, which is one of my favorite movies and one that makes me want to throw up every time I watch it. It’s rife with scenes of sexual violence, some of which are played for laughs. But the revenge element of vagina dentata and the harsh critique of religious purity culture within the film make it meaningful to me and lots of other women. Finally we get some truly violent comeuppance in a narrative that accurately, if offensively, portrays just how much sexual violence women and girls encounter on a regular basis throughout their lives. I won’t spoil the ending of <i>Teeth, </i>but it’s way more satisfying than what happens to the male characters in <i>Obsession. </i>Their deaths are quick and painless compared to the endless torture Nikki suffers. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/681a99ef-3876-4c32-a6df-1bf8bd861294/Screenshot_2026-07-02_at_2.27.46_PM.png?t=1783016877" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>Another shot of Navarrette in <i>Obsession</i>. Credit: Focus Features</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Another question about feminism and film is what happens offscreen and who is elevated by the success of movies like <i>Obsession</i>. Navarrette and Barker are probably the biggest winners, at least so far. Navarrette’s social media following has exploded, there’s early Oscar buzz for her performance (which I fear is unlikely, because the Academy tends to overlook horror, but that’s for another newsletter), and she’s already clinched another <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.mgrYDGQaI8Xjr2QXpQav5b_mNKuK8r9kkefH6cJ4P13oB5eh36pCtuq_iHrnG41cC17HFrS6uiqkcYlMmI9hugF9RTnBO-Jb8wHBapS50OgyjceVE3-DwfdfK_S6yriAycCa67jHIYQt338unA5o3x5gydGlGSfcdNp7YcX8RVjIgurndbv7Ym4XUcy__ETiJ5aEDBncDwR2dT8LTpN9MFo0c2yEu1xns0m4eGF99dJJgyPpF_I_K6Cv_7ETZlVUmu3LiGIrmuACkB2biydNPOSUNMBk9UTcqmmt5rUFpd-dQMc4ZyvqG74-3XW2mgGlYEPrPrWWNcp-c6BZnROiwA/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h10/h001.Ep5j2oCXdUFLOxFSZQS7hMvWbNQQAbGE7jE15pNGvps" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>starring role</span></a> in a music video by Taylor Swift’s favorite new artist Sombr. People also figured out that she actively likes Johnny Depp’s Instagram posts, which is pretty disappointing, but I’m not really surprised. I think we have a long way to go before the masses understand the damage wrought by <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxxBq86FcUO7lK-U_ICXTWxWU2PNG9T8u0f_dL_ExbdnoqAB_9acQigHz4h82C6Sy-SvTCOvz1LvJczwUiBTP5JkvhU7SjB6kaALWG60r_GNPKdYKwMVkPjgTfkTzLB-UFohqPqB5tVn_5YPPRg3Wi9juMa30z1hY7d44JtwsUZUhPWOvr2NKM8OAI-9z-MXmNiTZHNdNckJmpXALuNa7RAz3qOI685BWqKhixeA3Ci2iW9tMk1DriMQoPPJEKDZnV0U4j_iIn1YGYEkb-va4CqJdhgQF4DIMw6KhxL3TS0e2lc73yfPo6Rs3XXzABotg_bFLuPDPMssqIeE6-yk3NreWQ3kOZi-ww64Bf2N-YdC3e1QpmRUpLJ6I5N4MJ79lFjlLfh2UGtl7h5Nx99UUpV0Q9B5MpyYxw3cuIh_isL-RH7vJdPFcGFUaBWqt55UICDQNrWHqWJthgx1S-3pbJS7iTEaQFb5fcjh6MPNXOOGEqqxn8g_aSk7nmq9o-9Bf_8q6EU-RlidiW5UdzGUv_2-ogwUL3nyPGxfc_W4vqJ7XWWwihYcWaM7UtPBpMXYCXA4-YaJzkxUjcrMU6zjfANtCNzzms3vGVNa2HjeRzZNAj9m7NWH_WXDIklZtLx0tx8gWfSFCexpNN0_05lxeDzsUaNzVEMAiCmS55AYpSHPXzZazTUEinWUKzGhPsblZ32LF03qRqRLHXEE84lM9xQoMexfXAqgRnbre32kumRKNg/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h11/h001.V_ft65csv0ZL7IYmasIaiKGV7ilF1yvJ7cDV9YJmbx4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Depp’s DARVO campaign</span></a>. I’m not expecting Navarrette to be our next feminist thought leader, and I also don’t think she needs to be #ended over this. And she won’t be. She’ll be better than fine. (We can also do without the “everything Inde Navarrette has ever done wrong” threads based on a handful of social media actions, though. Criticize and move on!) </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> When it comes to Barker’s success, I am genuinely happy for him. Really. I mean, I show up for these movies. I bring people to them. I talk and write about them. And I will also say it is a little painful to hear about <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz6bgeoSS6YHyl1BTr3Y0_hRyGbWM1dpnedEwcRlKXA9T7DWtpwnE3g5gFBh0Jv7OGosfJsVjFi8R2EyI6xQ-VIXNAXw6Tg79jlqMblpmvSpjTYhSOanakDKw-KMZpFRYRxXGA1gJIex5OumZYdQbm2I2OHqd1rHXCUPTEXverhrMnB76IEqVrXJ0olOgp4uW7SpUMZGSmVZMqWbKHyW86dAd2AslU8d7CJk2IdytOEJX0M_-DztrW9oVq-yqC3BvPg/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h12/h001.OyN_btr1UUXrO-ty_A7PxcU-sBjevdEIlI7ErAhutwI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>the “club”</span></a> for male horror directors that there are no women in, when the appearance of women’s suffering onscreen is what created the club. I would love to see Coralie Fargeat, who wrote and directed <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxyn8E5xNwiYsS5QcbnXII9S-FyOLWhUtFM9TAQt7KT3HrngSiE98MtK3mXMu9wYRIkYnsgYPbFGc8tlgSQ6KZNKhA4Giz3OFfhZz6X6lsQk8yEvsq-GT6Exnqo92HnP9uPhs1nielL_PjwJv7p1ZdxgbGCXd2Ibo3FEv_-9dAfD7GO4Q86BhobVU2Ob-EN_z7aTqUXgRDU9_dhh_XI5VES6J5dXngQX97JUaPpsKwIqPX_d-SK3GtHmP0F12U0FtTzBt2sdnzKoRULpSlVc0iLs32LvsE2S4gwS2zK7SuyV23kWwnwAyzcQ23iJ9F5TrSNmagNL3gw8fpByCjnZYAf0IF6ieuff0alj0oq6XKbUnBFq7tvT2oF8jlq3zbbSEHIopKVbGuCvvoMe7zyIElYIeu8h7mOq2kAn52U2RnCbjKfLwebZ1ZKgDMGAc_gs1GSShr2ovnplnZYKiVYpB8DwKsRAdqBH2pqEH2IYauvp6si7dd5eSNZxiClLJRvnJLYiWp_WLPENgKFKIhOk1DlnDa6o0GQK8zNqCrrjEYKp4auupbtTeyMTEG9ZtQbSIc1KbHZSyL-TnPRPtuxQZJz3KD6lKkHkT3UVjLDjgYWZ5YC4cI19wEAbnsG7mU23c63-Re_IQBc15ffEUHw1mWH0TiqXLy8rRn9siiE3FWuTDothBQxmWdK4v25QPfExXVB1gE1EyNezc2f6nsSQrPXt/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h13/h001.UcoursUauWbe31t1VIoXdhovGUQB4mxLw7n73cp4paM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><i>The Substance</i></span></a><i>, </i>join the club—which to be clear, is an amorphous community of male horrors directors befriending and lifting each other up, along with the media ecosystem that showers them with praise and ensures hype, buzz, and future opportunities. I would also love to see Nikyatu Jusu, Karyn Kusama, Zelda Williams, and other women filmmakers join this kind of club. Imagine a take on <i>Obsession </i>from a woman and how it might depict these same themes. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> As I perform this kind of cultural critique, I’m always thinking about what I can do personally to help change things. Watching more women-led and directed horror films? Check. Creating more buzz for them myself? I’d love to, so stay tuned for this upcoming fall season when I have some plans forming for how I can do that. The last thing I’ll leave you with is <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FuXjUBHBRAlf1ME2cDsuxQD_lKSqqXtKjuccQL33XVSOnT7pK2eoubFHAlBTmWih5djCXYZoo9r4ix_xNL_sxsReLlUMCxITmkBpQTwPmhYotpzzwnpLwbDwkDoVDa0ImzuYbWDiQPMH-FUQ-SWhclIl9ZnyeWp3s6_2-RFTrHYNE4QMW-Q9zxxyIrrbgTVBgE8y3Fa9P7kRQqKtXC8ZnIqj2aUxMIi6o_uk92M5qrYNJ5lgsvZoxe1XNP7CrGcJtarRBy8yXl7kC-w4gOr3ztbstmFEpv0n6rDEci6k5YU/4rz/xu2SDZsuTPi9E80XFlP6Lw/h14/h001.uCu2I-Kxu8sZ7oQ7nhBaCaiZaczbVigCV2TSyEJjLps" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>this new piece</span></a> from Rayne Fisher-Quann about the misplaced urgency behind a lot of culture writing about gender. It is so good and has already impacted the way I’m thinking and writing. 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