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Little Women Hot Take No One Asked For:

I feel like the only person who didn’t like Little Women to the degree that I feel like I need to watch it again because I must be missing something.

There were individual elements I liked, preformances especially, and I’m trying to separate actual critique from just “this isn’t the 94 movie!!!” Winona Ryder will always be my Jo, Susan Sarandon my Marmee, and no one can compare to Christian Bale’s Laurie, but that bias aside... I did not like the jumping back and forth in time. Everything felt like it happened too fast - too rushed - it didn’t give characters and storylines a chance to breathe and develop. Because of that Marmee, Aunt March, and especially their father and Mr. Laurence all felt very one note, despite very charming performances. The effect of Beth’s death was utterly lost on me. The time jumping in particular did her a disservice - the arc of her illness was so blurred and she was given so little screen time, which is a real shame because Elisa Scanlen was so wonderful and nuanced that I would spend two hours just watching her as Beth. Florence Pugh as older Amy was particularly strong and I appreciated the time given to her and Laurie’s “present day” relationship. Having said that, I viscerally missed Kirsten Dunst’s young Amy the entire time more than honestly any other ‘94 movie element. (Also feel very alone in the fact that I not only never hated Amy, but have always loved her. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️) Anyway, that was my knee jerk reaction. I guess I’ll give it another shot because I have not met a single other person who doesn’t absolutely love it.

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Your profile look pic make it seem like you just fisted in the stinker by an ape

I mean, I guess this is actually a fair point. Thanks, anon troll! <3 <3 

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Chrys Watches Got [x] / requests for individuals [x]

[fieriframes]

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Why do you hate us, internet?

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Lol, k. 

There were also three different posts featuring my non-genital, but female- presenting hands. I guess hands must look phallyic to the bots (or whatever)??? Or all hands are in the process of jerking off invisible male genitalia?? Anyway, this post about my fully clothed brother and my fully clothed father opening up a spiderman comic and birthday card respectively getting flagged as adult content was truly confusing.  

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One of the two male Trump supporters in my officer asked the other if he is caught up with Fuller House and now they’re talking about how funny it is and, yes, that seems about right. 

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The destination makes the journey worth it. 

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Honestly, what did we do before the internet?

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signs as untranslatable foreign words

Aries: Schadenfreude. German – the feeling of pleasure derived by seeing another’s misfortune.

Taurus: Cafuné. Brazilian Portuguese – The act of tenderly running one’s fingers through someone’s hair.

Gemini: Verschlimmbessern. German – to make something worse when trying to improve it.

Cancer: Mamihlapinatapei. Yagan/Tierra del Fuego – The wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start.

Leo: Kjæreste. Norwegian – A gender neutral term for girlfriend or boyfriend. It literally translates as “dearest”.

Virgo: Wabi-Sabi. Japanese – “a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.”

Libra: L’ésprit d’escalier. French – is the feeling of finding the perfect retort too late, though it literally translates to “staircase wit.

Scorpio: La douleur exquise. French – the exquisite pain that comes from loving someone who will never love you back.

Sagittarius: Fremdscham. German – Embarrassment you feel on behalf of someone who is too dumb to know they’ve done something they should be embarrassed by.

Capricorn: Geborgenheit. German – the feeling that, when with a certain person or in a certain place, that nothing could ever harm you.

Aquarius: Koev halev. Hebrew – Empathizing with someone else so deeply that it causes your heart to ache.

Pisces: Goya. Urdu – the transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur in a good storytelling.

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I have never felt more seen. 

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You’ve been in a bad mood all week and you need something uplifting, something feel-good for the soul. Do you go see Eight Grade, Momma Mia! Here We Go Again, or Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

[paradisixx]

This family’s boat ride turned into a dramatic whale rescue — and the whale spent an hour thanking them in the best way!

[womaninterrupted]

And now I’m full on sobbing

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Welp, I guess I needed a good cry today.

[nycnostalgia]

Broadway, near the Ed Sullivan Theater (later home to David Letterman)

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City Diner in the 80s, 23rd Street

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Now Malibu Diner.

[writerswritecompany]

Quotable – Jessie Burton

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When you see something on tumblr and go to email it to a friend until you realize it was that very friend who reblogged it. HI!

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its aries season which means im going to go break all the bones in my body and then set fire to the local dairy queen

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I feel seen.

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When, according to your period app, your period isn’t scheduled to start for two more days, but you suddenly get a push notification from said app telling you that your cycle is about to begin and you’re like simmer the fuck down, technology, I’ve got approximately 48 more hours, but then you go to the bathroom and discover you did just in fact get your period. Exactly what kind of witch are you, Cycle???

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If a bird pooped on the hood of your brand new coat and you weren’t 100% sure you loved it* and bird poop is supposed to be good luck, that’s the universe telling you that the coat looks great on you and you should keep it forever, right? RIGHT?!

*It is suuuuuper long, like lower calf long, and I’m worried it might be too much, but I really like the look

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When all of your current anxiety is about trying to figure out what these physical systems are and how to fix them, but they’re likely caused by your anxiety. A fucking exhausting, self-fulfilling circle.