ABSTRACT: This essay, which merges the boundaries between academic and creative writing, looks at how Gerwig’s film adaptation of Little Women leaves room for Jo’s queerness through the figure of the noble artist. At the heart of this mixing of adaptation, gender, and sexuality with an important memoir on art-as-activism is the question: What does it mean to be an artist? And, more importantly, what does it mean for queer female artists to see themselves on screen? 

CITATION: Van de Kemp, Jessica. “‘I Intend to Make My Own Way in the World’: Queer Female Artistry and the Noble Nature of Gerwig’s Little Women.” Comic and Tragic Films (Cinematic Codes Review 5.1). Ed. Anna Faktorovich. Quanah, TX: Anaphora Literary Press, 2020. 59–63. Print.