“Ripley survived, ultimately, by killing Mother, not by becoming a mother. Ripley, in the end of the second film, is subjected to yet another feminist ambivalence: She’s allowed to be fierce, but her ferocity is both curbed and structured by her subjection to maternal feeling. The Ripley of Aliens is a safer, more recognizable type of woman than the Ripley of Alien.
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— Mar 11, 2026 03:03PM
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