Netflix Films Offended By The Term ‘Chick Flick’ Now.

I can’t with this crap.

Check out this series of tweets from Netflix Films.

Quick PSA: Can we stop calling films “chick flicks” unless the films are literally about small baby chickens? Here’s why this phrase should absolutely be retired (thread):

— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) April 15, 2019

For starters, “chick flicks” are traditionally synonymous with romantic comedies. This suggests that women are the only people interested in 1. Romance 2. Comedy. Which I can promise from the men I’ve come across in my life – simply isn’t true.

— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) April 15, 2019

There aren’t sweeping categories specific to men. You don’t hear people asking to watch “man movies” – instead, pretty much every intersection of genre is on the table and seen as for men, except of course, the aforementioned rom-coms.

— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) April 15, 2019

The term also cheapens the work that goes into making these types of films. Romantic comedies and/or films centered around female leads go through just as much editing, consideration, and rewriting as any other film.

— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) April 15, 2019

And nicknaming films “chick flicks” drives home that there’s something trivial about watching them. But what’s trivial about watching a film that makes you feel 1,000 emotions in ~90 minutes?

— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) April 15, 2019

Overall, there’s nothing inherently gendered about liking a light-hearted film with a strong female lead and emotional arc. So next time you call something a "chick flick," you better be referring to Chicken Run.

— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) April 15, 2019

As you can imagine, I find this level of wokeness to be beyond ridiculous.

There is nothing wrong with calling romantic comedies chick flicks. There’s nothing wrong with calling romantic fictional novels chick lit. There’s nothing wrong with calling women Chicks. This is just another example of a word that some idiotic “woke” group of progressive weirdos has randomly decided to be mad at, and they need the world to know they’re mad at it. That’s all this is.

Some of the responses to Netflix Films were hilarious:

Can you stop giving people reasons to cancel Netflix

— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) April 16, 2019

Fine you’ve convinced me, from now all chick flicks will be known as clam jams.

— Jay Roberto (@jrobhaha) April 15, 2019

Raise your prices and then lecture us about our language?? Great marketing strategy, geniuses. 🙄 #pissoff

— Big Blue 'Ette (@shinypie) April 15, 2019

https://twitter.com/Westernsubs/status/1117999645882486784

And then there was this guy, who exhibited the kind of “wokeness” that we need more of:

Exactly. I love chick flicks and proud of it, because unlike “Netflix” I do not see the word chick and automatically assume it is considered an insult. This is a pathetic attempt at relating to the new feminist trend, inflate the norm into problems to have something to be against

— informant (@PatriotB4all) April 16, 2019

I’m looking back at that ridiculous pile of Netflix Films tweets on the topic of “Chick Flicks” and I cannot believe some dumb intern Actually Thought posting those would be a good idea.

Why do liberals want to ruin everything? Why?