Minding the Gap
CW: mentions sexual harassment and domestic and sexual abuse When we watched Minding the Gap I cried. I can’t say that there was one specific moment that made me feel sad. It was the combination of multiple scenes that complicated our everyday understanding of domestic abuse and sexual violence that really moved me. Minding the Gap doesn’t portray abusive relationships in the stereotypical, “I’m being abused but I can just leave” type of way. When you love someone, have children with them, or when you’re financially tied to someone it can be extremely hard to leave them. When you then continue to stay with your abusive partner or family member tolerance line will also be pushed back each time. Your line could change from “he didn’t hit me today” to “at least I don’t have to go to the ER this time”. This is something media romanticizes and often times oversimplifies. One of the most impactful and emotional scenes for me was when Liu Bing’s mom was talking to him about her exp...