Film Star Gazing is an independent publication launched in June 2025 by Margaret Perry. If you subscribe today, you'll get full access to the website as well as email newsletters about new content when it's available. Your subscription makes this site possible, and allows Film Star Gazing to continue to exist. Thank you!
What you will find here:
- Star studies with substance: Deep dives into the personas, performances, and politics of classic Hollywood's leading women
- Feminist film theory made accessible: Academic analysis without the academic jargon (okay, maybe a little, but I'll make a glossary for that ;)
- Historical context with contemporary relevance: How yesterday's struggles illuminate issues in today's film industry
For readers who:
- Appreciate classic cinema but crave deeper analysis
- Want their film criticism with a side of social justice
- Believe that entertainment history is political history
- Think academic research should be engaging, not exclusionary - we don't gate-keep here
Who is Margaret Perry:
- My academic background consists of:
- BA in history and English literature
- MA in film and literature, and
- one year of PhD research in media studies
- I started blogging about classic film in 2012, but my informal writing took a hiatus while pursuing my studies
- I'm American but live in the UK, so don't let my wonky British/American spelling throw you
- Obsessed with Katharine Hepburn, so don't be surprised by the amount of Hep-content you'll find on my channels
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