The social justice world was rocked this week with the announcement that Ghostbusters, the high-profile summer blockbuster starring only women, wouldn’t get a sequel (and would likely lose more than $70 million).
Some Internet social justice warriors expressed complete disbelief that their Holy Grail of feminist movies had failed in its quest to win over American audiences.
It seems as though some want to label #Ghostbusters a huge failure no matter what is actually happening. https://t.co/rwb1fBDWZE
— The Mary Sue (@TheMarySue) August 11, 2016
Some were defiant.
im not believing anyone until sony themselves says they're not doing a ghostbusters sequel. only their word matters
— gillian (@hopevanfine) August 11, 2016
Some were simply heartbroken.
Always upsetting to live in a world where female Ghostbusters didn't make enough money for a sequel but Bad Santa did.
— Marlena Rodriguez (@MarlenaRodrigz) August 11, 2016
But thankfully, social media raced to their rescue. To heal the wounds left by Ghostbusters, Twitter suggested other movies feminists could remake to suit their social justice needs.
Unfortunately for the social justice warriors, they weren’t exactly flattering.
#FeministAMovie Wail Street
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) August 11, 2016
Bridget Jones's List of Grievances#FeministAMovie
— Stacey Lennox (@ScotsFyre) August 11, 2016
No Country For Binary Cisgendered White Men #FeministAMovie pic.twitter.com/MLuouBH0AJ
— Martin Daubney (@MartinDaubney) August 11, 2016
Triggered Madly Deeply #FeministAMovie
— نCaptainنNorwegianن (@sparks30303) August 11, 2016
Charlie and the Outrage Factory #FeministAMovie
— ScottInSC (@ScottInSC) August 11, 2016
Raiders of the lost sense of humour #FeministAMovie
— Skip Licker (@SkipLicker) August 11, 2016
Twelve Angry Women #FeministAMovie
— Sweary Expat (@swearyexpat) August 11, 2016
27 Pantsuits #feministamovie
— Margery (@MrsUppity) August 11, 2016
Feminists were as receptive to the hashtag as could be expected.
Some of the tweets under #FeministAMovie r disgusting & reinforce the fact that #feminism is needed; we have so far to go. But we will win.
— Pamela C (@FeministaPamela) August 11, 2016
The #feministamovie hashtag is just full of unoriginal white boys trying to be funny, it's cute that you're all trying so hard tho x
— ♡ germ gurl ♡ (@ellakingg) August 11, 2016
