announced an all-female screening of the film at their Austin location—and when they said “all-female,” they meant it, promising not just a women-only audience, but also female projectionists, chefs, and other theater staff. And as the first quickly sold out, they added another.
To be clear, these all-female screenings are not the only screenings of Wonder Woman that Alamo is offering, just a few select opportunities for women to come together and rejoice at having a woman as the protagonist of a superhero movie for a change, an incredibly rare occurance in a genre that averages one woman in a catsuit for every five men. But a group of brave men, upon seeing this news, still found the courage inside themselves to ask How can I make this about me?, taking to social media to protest that all-female screenings are “discrimination” and a serious blow to “equality.”
Alamo responded to these critics by adding even more all-female screenings at its theaters across the country, which are similarly selling out rapidly. Proceeds from certain screenings are even going toward Planned Parenthood. “This has zip to do with equality,” the theater’s official Facebook account wrote in response to the backlash from the heroic few who chose to speak out against this grave injustice. “This is a celebration of a character that’s meant a great deal to many women since 1940.”
Also, you're big whiny babies.'
