À quand enfin la République?

[technicolor]

I play my part faithfully so I, too, can get to his heart. Every time, he hurts me until I bleed and scream. Then he is satisfied. Then he feels alive. In the dark... only he knows it's all real.

色, 戒 / LUST, CAUTION (2007) dir. Ang Lee

[stupidlittlespirit]

This is so silly but I'm watching a short video essay on sincerity in cinema and the creator is talking about how he watched Lord of the Rings for the first time at 17. He explains that he'd grown so used to the 'ironic' meta style commentary in the movies of the 2010's that as he was watching the opening narration of LotR, he spent the entire time waiting for the joke to come. For someone to take it all back with a zinger line. He listened to Blanchett describe and explain the backstory, and he waited for the other comedic shoe to drop.

And he kept doing it. Scene after scene.

He spent the film expecting someone to make a joke about how unserious things were or to break the fourth wall or do some other self referential type thing.

Now, maybe I'm just at that point in my cycle or maybe I'm too delicate in general, but I literally teared up hearing that. Straight up cried a bit. It is so fucking sad that sincerity and genuineness is being bred out of people.

People say all the time 'this generation can't take anything seriously!' and really, is it any wonder? Younger people have been trained out of it. You are no longer encouraged to be genuine or show emotion or be honest. You are actively punished for it. In fact, you are almost guaranteed to suffer for it.

That is so fucked up. I'm sorry to go on a bit of a random ramble rant but it's so fucking gut wrenching to see younger people lose that element of themselves. You can't express your passion without being told you're 'crashing out' or 'cringe'. You have to live in this neutral state of fear of perception, and god forbid anybody step outside of it!

You're told you should only consume and succumb and be ironic and emotionless and cool.

Listen, if you're following me and you're like.... 25 or under, let's say. Please. I beg of you. Do not fall for this rhetoric. Please, for the love of all things, feel. Feel and create and be honest with yourself. Indulge in things that make you happy. Be sincere. Wear your heart on your sleeve. Do not let this hyper-capitalistic, hyper-consumerist, self-centred, individualist culture take that from you.

Bleed yourself into the work you create. Live. Don't fucking let anyone tell you different.

[thelawfulchaotic]

It’s so hard to be sincere especially when you were born to Clown Around. I love a good Clowning. Sometimes when I am expressing my genuine emotions on here it is absolutely agonizing. I relieve the agony by admitting that things I say can sound stupid or cliche or lame. That can also be part of honesty, and that can be a little ritual that lets me go on and take myself seriously.

But sincerity and truth and compassion and ethics are our real defenses against fascist thinking. They’re our real way to be in touch with what it means to be human and to tell our stories and love each other.

Born to crack jokes, forced by the world to be kind and conscientious…

[tvandfilm]

Brokeback Mountain (2005) dir. Ang Lee

[lyamal]

period.

[worldcupwinner]

✨ Argentina are through to the World Cup final! ✨

Lionel Messi has refused to let the dream die, propelling Argentina to their seventh World Cup final, the third time the magician will captain his country on the grandest stage. La Albiceleste defeated the Three Lions in what was, astoundingly, Messi’s first ever match against England. The clash carried heavy connotations; it was a delicate and purposeful rivalry, rooted in historical conflict. With this monumental victory, Argentina sets up a final against Spain.

❝Argentina advance. The world champions are still around at this World Cup.❞

[doubleca5t]

All these tourists having a great time at the World Cup isn't surprising b/c the first rule of America is that this place rules if you have money to blow and it's a nightmare if you don't. The prohibitively high cost of attending the World Cup filtered out all the ppl who don't have money so all the people who actually made it to the U.S. are basically guaranteed to have fun

[frederick-the-great]

watching sinner vs djokovic and trying to decide who i dislike more

[the-goddamn-robot]

Damn, Rome really looks great in all four seasons

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

[ba7raltawil]

oh my GOD

[yomikoreadsbooks]

As long as I’ve been on this site, I honestly should have seen this coming a mile away and yet…

[stupidrehab]

that’s just my nightstand knife don’t worry

[useless-catalanfacts]

Monells, Comarques Gironines, Catalonia.

Photos by Francisco López on Flickr.

[marxistlesbianist]

There is simply no outfit you can wear, no clothing/makeup/hairstyle/etc. choice you can make that will overthrow the patriarchy

[olgatysko]

- And a slogging ruffian? - Mr. Woodley was taken home in a cart. “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (1984)

[newsandstuffisee]

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Schism? Schism today?

[langernameohnebedeutung]

🍿

[turuin]

Wow, I didn't have "catholic schism" on my 2026 bingo card

[mygogglesdosomething]

Schism today

[oft-goes-awry]

Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops

The Vatican responded Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Amazing. Astounding. 10/10. Never forget the classics. Can't wait to see their Pope.

[bluesgrana]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[sonarsunbeam]

fandomification and shipping is fucking up how some of yall consume media and i mean it

[sonarsunbeam]

a worrying amount of people wont give the time of day to a piece of media unless it has characters that they can ship. and like, im not saying shipping is bad or you cant be drawn to a piece of media because of its characters, but also it wouldnt hurt you to think about something outside of shipping and making incorrect quotes

also please stop sending me anon hate because of this post i am not that pressed about it and you shouldnt be either ❤️

[dovesndecay]

I see a lot of folks defending their vitriolic repugnance towards toddlers with cries of "but my sensory needs!" as if children are not also in possession of sensory needs. As if you, an adult here on Tumblr.com, do not have the capability and resources to learn the skills or acquire aids for coping with competing access needs. Or, y'know, just the option to leave, the way children most often do not.

You're holding an actual child to higher standards than you hold yourself, but it's the child that should be removed from public and community spaces. For your comfort.

Go fuck yourselves.