The hidden feminist message buried inside 'Blade Runner 2049'

Spoiler alert: This post contains plot details for Blade Runner 2049.

Blade Runner 2049 is a cinematic marvel full of haunting, vivid, messy messages about what it means to be human. 

As a solemn odyssey through the anxieties of modern man, 2049 tells the story of a futuristic capitalist society finally reckoning with its systemic oppression of mother nature and, by extension, women.

Don't get me wrong: Blade Runner 2049 is far from a bastion of feminist cinema. 

Many have lobbed valid critiques against 2049 and its predecessor — which purport to be allegories for slavery, while only concerning themselves with the perspectives of white, straight men. But that doesn't render them incapable of scrutinizing patriarchy, or the male psyche.  Read more...