So, everyone who writes for Luna Luna comes from some mystical, aesthetically-charged world of hazy afternoon sunlight and magical realism and intoxicating desire. This is proven by the staff’s delicious cinematic choices. So, dear readers, we offer to you this compendium of cinema’s (and TV’s) most amazing female friendships. Many of these films showcase friendship as something absolutely wonderful, but there are many selections (like My Summer of Love), that venture into the dark, toxic edge of the female friendship woodland. Enjoy. xo
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Why Do We Hardly Talk About Breaking Up with a Platonic Female Friend?
I have always been struck by the scarcity of material that circulate on the topic of female relationships. I say this in the context of today's bottomless internet stock of think pieces, articles, listicles and advice columns: What proportion of them revolve around the theme of romantic heartbreak, and how many focus on another kind of break up, that of a friendship, that might involve fewer tears and less longing--but just as much, if not more, cutting pain?
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