[evviizamora]

can someone explain why i lose my mind and start crying whenever i watch the opening scene of black widow

[cinema-whore]

Kristen dunst in the Vrigin Suicides (1999) behind the scenes

[cinema-shots]

Cecelia’s room in The Virgin Suicides (1999)

[filmnoirsbian]

There's an influencer couple somewhere remodeling my dream victorian house into a suburban minimalist nightmare right now

[bandydear]

[redfacesmiley]

ideas for a feminist media starter pack

Listen this is so wildly self indulgent but I was thinking about this today and sure enough it wanted to be written down

Books

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood – a harrowing dystopian look at why reproductive rights are women’s rights. Atwood might actually be God, the verdict’s not out yet

The Power by Naomi Alderman – probably best on the heels of Handmaid’s Tale, after which you’ll be thinking fuck men, this book reminds you gently that no, fuck the abuse of power, it’s just that women have had fewer opportunities for that (until…) I would have loved this book solely for the change in the newscaster dynamic tbh

The Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce (link to first in quartet) – this is a young adult fantasy series about the first girl openly training to be a knight. Reminds us that to be a strong woman you have to both overcome prejudice and put in the work. Kel has been so important to me ever since I was ten and cut all my hair off and pedaled around the neighborhood with a plastic lightsaber pretending to joust

Movies

Mona Lisa Smile – this doesn’t end at all the way you think it will, for any character, and yet it’s the perfect ending. This has been my favorite movie for like 10+ years honestly

Ever After – Cinderella retelling that gives the princess agency. Don’t lie to yourself, you need this in your life. Also Leonardo da Vinci is the fairy godmother; don’t pretend that isn’t peak art

TV

Fleabag (Amazon Prime) – the lead is extremely warped and yet extremely relatable. Watching this feels like getting permission to be hugely flawed honestly. Mind the warnings.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Hulu) – you do not have to renounce any aspect of femininity. You can do your makeup and paint your nails and go out and slay monsters. Who needs girl superheroes when we have Buffy honestly?

Theater

Wicked – name me one other piece of media this celebrated where the centerpiece is the friendship between two women. I’ll wait. You can’t

A Doll’s House – “Before all else you are a wife and a mother!” “Before all else I am a human being!” This wrecked 19th century Europe for a reason

Music

Short Skirt Long Jacket by Cake – don’t we all strive to be a girl with a mind like a diamond

The Man by Taylor Swift – listen this is a bop

Run the World (Girls) by Beyonce – did you think I wouldn’t include this? You were wrong

tumblr disclaimer: All of these, like any media, could probably be claimed to be problematic in some way honestly. But I think they’ve all massively impacted how I think about feminism.

Recs in notes??? Things to add??? Feel free!

[seravph]

marina made music to comfort teenagers that felt that they were raised to focus on work and achievement and success but were ultimately very, very lonely. The family jewels was made for kids that felt they were too stiff and closed off to be loved. “A control freak driven by a greed to succeed” and “I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine” and “could never tell you what happened the day I turned 17” the ENTIRETY of obsessions, the desperate pleading of “I’m vulnerable, I’m vulnerable.” Marina comforted those who felt unlovable and overwhelmed with their youth, who felt like their whole life depended on their teenage years but simultaneously believed they were wasting them, and who feared their whole life would be missing out on opportunities.

[the-sleep-paralysis-demon]

When I was younger I thought that 50 shades of grey was a twilight fanfiction

[evviizamora]

the best part is that it literally was a twilight fanfic

[haletwinsstan]

twilight + textposts: rosalie hale edition

[evviizamora]

can’t wait until cmbyn gets forgotten about and moonlight, love, simon and artistole and dante discover the secrets of the universe get the love they deserve

[evviizamora]

i was so ahead of my time

[godwisheshewereme]

[girlsclothes-deactivated2023030]

i don’t know anything about culture i am just at my house

[yllcm]

if you decide to unmute anything on this hellsite today please for the love of god let it be this

[mioxenoblade]

sometimes you just gotta make a badly made meme to get your thoughts out

[zarglepoetry]

[greelin]

if i want to listen to the same song sixty-four times in a row that’s my own business. it’s between me and god. this is a private dance

[hhhiwanttogohome]

Pardon me sir if you could stop making my heart go akfbdkdnwkcnosjwofiebaifjrospcoanbfosjs every time I look at you that would be great >:(

[greelin]

if a vampire was just like "hey, wanna bone?" do you think i'd say no? hesitate even slightly? do you take me for a goddamn idiot, incapable of appreciating and gratefully receiving gifts that the universe decides to bestow upon me? c'mon now