My fiancé and I have an extremely trusting relationship and we are completely fine with each other hanging out with friends of the opposite sex in almost every social situation I can think of. I

Even if the actual story was explained in the trailers (I would argue it was alluded to, considering how obvious it was in the trailers that Sandra Bullock ‘ s character was super culturally insensitive and blatantly pulling your stereotypical shallow and heartless political tactics), I think that we’re giving too…

Yep. It’s particularly frustrating because calling out “white savior” whenever there’s a white person involved in a story like thus just ends up distracting from situations where there is indeed a problematic, Western influence, in the guise of salvation. Moreover, these sorts of “white savior” discussions are rarely,…

I don’t think the “white savior” label is accurate when describing this movie/the true story that inspired the movie. If you read up on the true events or even watch the documentary (which I highly recommend), you’ll see that, in a way, these events work to turn the “white savior trope” on its head, and send out a…