06. The Starling Girl

We’re tackling religious upbringing this week with Laurel Parmet’s THE STARLING GIRL (2023), a phenomenal film about a teenage girl’s coming-of-age in her Christian fundamentalist community—and we’re having necessary conversations about modesty culture (and the violence it inflicts), predatory relationships, and the work of protecting each other whilst living within systems that thrive precisely by not protecting our livelihoods. 

 

Secondary texts referenced:

Holiday Country by Inci Atrek

The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich

Interview with Laurel Parmet