Advice From Women Writers
Unforgettable Life Lessons From 5 of History's Smartest Female Writers
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Kael (pictured fourth from right with fellow jurors at the Cannes Film Festival) became a household name in 1965 with her bestselling collection of film reviews titled I Lost It at the Movies. She prided herself on eclecticism, exuberance, and running afoul of both highbrow and lowbrow consensus. In one of her most famous essays, "Trash, Art, and the Movies," she argues in favor of pleasure over aesthetics, eroticism over hermeneutics: "Why should pleasure need justification?"