Between all the ABBA, it championed a radical version of love, friendship, and nonbiological family.
’s messaging is subtly reassuring in this way. Donna, a single mom and working mother who had a baby out of wedlock, is not the only adult in the film who shirked the traditional family structure. Her best friends Rosie , a single food writer, and Tanya , a trophy wife fresh off her fourth loveless marriage, similarly embody nontraditional lifestyles.
Family abolition, as defined by claiming people as kin beyond legal or biological ties, is not a new ideology. Queer people in particular have espoused it for years, both by force and by choice. In a 2016 essay, “,” scholar Dean Spade argues against marriage equality for queer people, noting that “civil marriage is a tool of social control used by governments to regulate sexuality and family formation by establishing a favored form and rewarding it.
Though the plot masquerades as a preoccupation with fatherhood, the film is actually much more interested in unraveling bonds between women., essayist Adrienne Rich writes that “lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life.” She creates the framework of a “lesbian continuum,” which includes all women, regardless of sexuality.
Mary Retta writes about politics and culture. Her work can be found in New York Magazine, the Atlantic, the Nation, and elsewhere.
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