Who The Audience for DreamGirl Magazine Isn't

After watching Effie Gray, I was reminded of who my magazine isn't for: men who view women as inhuman and inherently evil. Though it is my personal belief that people as a whole are not inherently evil, as a feminine person I have seen firsthand the way that some men believe women to be the test of their masculinity and reputation. Effie Gray took me by surprise with its display of the relationship between the main character Effie and her husband John Ruskin. Effie is subjected to domestic abuse of the emotional variety as she is transported to a new land to live with Ruskin and his family, and over the course of the movie, it becomes apparent that Ruskin could no longer care for Effie as after marrying her she appeared to him, not as an innocent child but a shrew of a woman. His distaste for her is shown as ever-increasing through camera shots and acting, with him appearing to be behind her in scenes where she expresses her few joys. This makes him look like a looming threat and foreshadows their eventual annulment. 

Knowing that this viewpoint is all-too-realistic, I want to present feminine people as exactly that—people, deserving of the simple and complex pleasures of life. This inverse of the themes in Effie Gray will be presented in the exact opposite ways of the film, using the camera to accent the many beauties of femininity. Thus the previously mentioned ethereally natural imagery and overall aspects of my magazine gain greater meaning. 

(Credit: Effie Gray)