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Author bioAlline Cormier is a Canadian film analyst and retired court interpreter with a B.A. Translation from Université Laval. In her second career she turns the text analysis skills she acquired in university studying translation and literature to film. Since 2022 she has had 45 articles on women (and girls) in film/TV published in six women-led publications in Canada, the United States and India, as well as in The Post Millennial. Her first writing contest entry (on women in film) merited an honourable mention. She also has a short-listed story published in an anthology (her story is in part a response to a popular movie franchise). Alline makes her home on Vancouver Island.
Alline's YouTube channel: ACPicks. Addressing the problem of the sexualization, devaluation and pornification of women and girls in the media is of the greatest urgency. |
Published articles in 2024 by film/topic
Valentine's Day movie picks for women (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
From Alline's Series: Superhero films through a feminist lens in Women Making Films
Madame Web, 2024 (read here)
Wicked Little Letters (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Back to Black, 2024 (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Widow Clicquot (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Lee (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Published articles in 2023 by film/topic
Call Jane, 2022 (read it in Feminist Current)
From Alline's Series: Superhero films through a feminist lens in Women Making Films
Black Adam, 2022 (read here)
Dead Name, 2022 (read it in The 11th Hour)
Dead Name, 2022 (read it in Feminist Current)
Affirmation Generation: The Lies of Transgender Medicine (read in Feminist Current)
I Am Mother, 2019 (read it in The 11th Hour)
Women Talking, 2022 (read in Women Making Films)
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. (read it in The Post Millennial)
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. (reprinted in Island Woman Magazine)
Bones of Crows, 2022 (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Barbie, 2023 (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Barbie, 2023 (read it in Women Making Films)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Nyad, 2023 (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
The Creator (read it in The 11th Hour)
Little Women (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Published articles (2022) by film/topic
Choking female characters in feature films (read in Women Making Films)
The treatment reserved for female characters in the Scream franchise (read in 4W)
Pamela Anderson's right not to be revictimized in Pam & Tommy (read in Feminist Current)
The female reimagining of 'Dr. Jekyll' (read in Women Making Films)
Ivan Reitman (read in 4W)
Hollywood promoting sex as 'work' (read in Feminist Current)
Hollywood's "good girl" conditioning of female viewers (read in 4W)
From Alline's Series: Superhero films through a feminist lens in Women Making Films
The Batman, 2022 (read here), Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021 (read here),
Venom, 2018 (read here), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, 2022 (read here)
The Oscars (read in Feminist Current)
Inventing Anna (read in Gender Dissent)
Lars and the Real Girl (read in The 11th Hour)
The dehumanization of women in the film Her, 2013 (read in The 11th Hour)
Heartstopper, 2022 (read in Gender Dissent)
Drag queens and the safeguarding of children (read in Feminist Current)
James Caan (read in 4W)
Blade Runner 2049 (read in The 11th Hour)
Halloween horror classics: a roadmap for female viewers (read it in Women Making Films)
The Halloween franchise (read it in Feminist Current)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, 2022 (read it in 4W)
She Said, 2022 (read it in 4W)
Surrogates, 2009 (read it in The 11th Hour)
Valentine's Day movie picks for women (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
From Alline's Series: Superhero films through a feminist lens in Women Making Films
Madame Web, 2024 (read here)
Wicked Little Letters (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Back to Black, 2024 (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Widow Clicquot (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Lee (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Published articles in 2023 by film/topic
Call Jane, 2022 (read it in Feminist Current)
From Alline's Series: Superhero films through a feminist lens in Women Making Films
Black Adam, 2022 (read here)
Dead Name, 2022 (read it in The 11th Hour)
Dead Name, 2022 (read it in Feminist Current)
Affirmation Generation: The Lies of Transgender Medicine (read in Feminist Current)
I Am Mother, 2019 (read it in The 11th Hour)
Women Talking, 2022 (read in Women Making Films)
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. (read it in The Post Millennial)
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. (reprinted in Island Woman Magazine)
Bones of Crows, 2022 (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Barbie, 2023 (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Barbie, 2023 (read it in Women Making Films)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Nyad, 2023 (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
The Creator (read it in The 11th Hour)
Little Women (read it in Island Woman Magazine)
Published articles (2022) by film/topic
Choking female characters in feature films (read in Women Making Films)
The treatment reserved for female characters in the Scream franchise (read in 4W)
Pamela Anderson's right not to be revictimized in Pam & Tommy (read in Feminist Current)
The female reimagining of 'Dr. Jekyll' (read in Women Making Films)
Ivan Reitman (read in 4W)
Hollywood promoting sex as 'work' (read in Feminist Current)
Hollywood's "good girl" conditioning of female viewers (read in 4W)
From Alline's Series: Superhero films through a feminist lens in Women Making Films
The Batman, 2022 (read here), Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021 (read here),
Venom, 2018 (read here), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, 2022 (read here)
The Oscars (read in Feminist Current)
Inventing Anna (read in Gender Dissent)
Lars and the Real Girl (read in The 11th Hour)
The dehumanization of women in the film Her, 2013 (read in The 11th Hour)
Heartstopper, 2022 (read in Gender Dissent)
Drag queens and the safeguarding of children (read in Feminist Current)
James Caan (read in 4W)
Blade Runner 2049 (read in The 11th Hour)
Halloween horror classics: a roadmap for female viewers (read it in Women Making Films)
The Halloween franchise (read it in Feminist Current)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, 2022 (read it in 4W)
She Said, 2022 (read it in 4W)
Surrogates, 2009 (read it in The 11th Hour)
About the books |
In September 2015 Alline began writing a book about the sexualization of women in media. This book discusses the ways in which women and girls are currently portrayed in the media and the way their portrayal has evolved over the years. It also discusses the effects and consequences of these portrayals. How do women fare in modern society? What part does the media play in women's living conditions? Although the book's main focus is the portrayal of women in media it also discusses a broad range of topics including: violence against women and girls (VAWG), women in decision-making positions (namely politics and business), missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW), rape culture, pornography, pornification, social media, empowerment and much more. The media categories examined are the following: movies, television, music videos, magazines and pornography.
Alline's second book, a film guide for women, is a comprehensive movie guide written specifically for women, from a feminist perspective. It has three intended audiences: women, film students and the general public. It covers every decade of cinematic history and includes feature films from every genre, the best-known classics, the biggest box office hits of all-time, the biggest franchises, cult classics, feminist classics and gems that have much to offer female viewers. Alline is the film analyst who puts women and girls first. |
According to the United Nations violence against women is a global pandemic.
Gratitude |
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Alline is grateful to her many women friends who sent her articles and gave her magazines and books for her book projects.
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