As I first wrote in my initial response, Stella Dallas exhausted me. Even just watching Stella walk about in her various outfits made me tired. However, I still can’t get the movie out of my head, days after first watching it and not particularly liking it very much. It made me think much more of the woman’s film/melodrama genre that was so popular during the time of Hollywood in which Stella Dallas was made. Over the weekend (technically, on May 31st), I went to go watch Booksmart, which combined with this class, readings, and films, made me think about films by women for women and how it differs than any…