Naomi Sutton is a PGR at the University of Manchester, studying Film and Politics. Her research focuses on the construction of gender in 1980s Hollywood and America through the films of Goldie Hawn. More information on her research is available on the University of Manchester website.

The Backlash in Love: Reclaiming Choice in Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and ‘Meg Ryan Fall’

In September 2022, journalist Meg Walters lambasted the growing ‘quirky aesthetic’ of the recent online trend ‘Meg Ryan Fall’: TikToks and Tweets which seasonally recreate the fashions and dialogue of Nora Ephron’s When Harry Met Sally (1989), Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You’ve Got Mail (1998).[i] [ii] [iii] [iv] For… Continue reading