Gradually, it occurred to me that I was watching a seven-hour-long orgy of violence against women... In what sense is it "feminist" to provide viewers with a glossy, sensationalized portrayal of women's deepest anxieties and paranoias? What exactly is feminist about seeing women insulted, raped, humiliated, disfigured, beaten, tortured—and subjected to the sadistic whims of other women? If this is feminism, then so is girl-on-girl mud wrestling, or vintage prison films like Women Behind Bars.
Francine Prose
May 4, 2017