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SUMMARY:Fighting for Love: Strong Women in Onscreen Romances
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DESCRIPTION:How do film and television portray romance for strong\, indepe
 ndent women? Professor Allison Palumbo will explore 40 years of fighting f
 emale characters onscreen who struggle to find love..\nhttps://spokanelibr
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>How do film and television portray romance
  for strong\, independent women? Why should we care?</p>\n<p>Join Professo
 r Allison Palumbo as they explore 40 years of fighting female characters o
 nscreen&mdash\;from private eyes to cops and spies&mdash\;who struggle to 
 find love. Even in these fictional worlds\, where anything should be possi
 ble\, romantic relationships tend to disempower female-bodied characters\,
  no matter how kick-ass or otherwise empowered they might seem.</p>\n<p>Le
 arn how love has been constructed in American culture based on heterosexua
 l norms and power dynamics that favor men&rsquo\;s strength and independen
 ce. How do America&rsquo\;s ideals for romance create inequitable relation
 ships? How can we imagine more inclusive and equitable ways of loving?</p>
 \n<p>Allison Palumbo&nbsp\;(they/them)\, or &ldquo\;Dr. P\,&rdquo\; is a p
 rofessor of English and gender studies at Big Bend Community College. Palu
 mbo&rsquo\;s first book\,&nbsp\;Love and the Fighting Female: A Critical S
 tudy of Onscreen Depictions\, reflects their lifelong love of all things r
 omance and action. They have presented their research as a cultural critic
  and feminist scholar at the Seattle Institute for Film and the Moses Lake
  Museum &amp\; Art Center.</p>\n<p>This talk is funded by <a href="https:/
 /www.humanities.org/">Humanities Washington</a>.</p>\n<p>By&nbsp\;attendin
 g library programs\, you are agreeing to potentially appear in photos/vide
 os taken at our locations that may be used in promotional materials includ
 ing social media.</p>\n<p>We strive to make events welcoming for people of
  all abilities. To request accommodations\, call the library at 509-444-53
 08.</p>\nhttps://spokanelibrary.libnet.info/event/7855845
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