Star Wars: The Force Awakens’s Captain Phasma, Unmasked
I particularly like how, in this interview about a dress of all things, Gwendoline addresses the reason why Captain Phasma’s armor is so striking.
“…normally the kind of female characters that we see in films, we see the way in which they’re made flesh. We see the outlines of their body. But this is a character who is wearing armor, and as a consequence we are forced to judge her or interact with her… form a relationship on her character and due to her actions.”
This is the power that you give characters when you don’t lean on sexualized tropes, objectification and the false idol of “sex sells”.
– wincenworks
(ht: @itsgoodtobeming)