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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife — Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

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Nothing Left Remarkable, by Amrita Chakraborty

Part of an ongoing series of Shakespeare Erasures. All words from William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, though the arrangements are mine.

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Dalida dir. Lisa Azuelos (2016)

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Harlots (2018) TV

Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.

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Aiya Van Kooten everyone

When Aiya Van Kooten stood face-to-face with a burglar in her bedroom, her left eye twitched, then she went into “predator mode”.

“I screamed at him… jumped off my chair, leaped over my bed and sprinted after him down the stairs,” she said.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8626910/Predator-mode-scares-off-burglars

This is the best story of my life

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“Although she was the only one home, Van Kooten said she had no regard for her safety - instead, she said she was just overwhelmed with “rage“….. ummmmm Hero!!!

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Haha, badass Muslim woman. Love it!!!

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This lady is so awesome. She lives with her grandma and was studying and had a towel on her head and no shoes but she chased them out of her garden, kicked one up the arse as he climbed a fence, they dropped a camera and laptop, she flagged down a passing driver to help her continue the pursuit, and it turned out he was ex-military, and they finally caught one of them in a park and pinned him as the police arrived. Now she’s going to visit the burglar in prison for the next few months to help with his rehabilitation.

So in summary:

This lady doesn’t just defend her home and loved ones, she will hunt you down, team up with other skilled individuals, get you put away, and then teach you the consequences of your actions until you’re a valuable member of society once more.

Seriously she’s a frigging superhero.

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but tell me again about how muslim women who cover can’t possibly be strong or empowered.

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I can’t remember if I’ve reblogged this before and I don’t really care.

A concept: Madelaine Petsch as the Little Mermaid in a Guillermo del Toro adaptation.

#Guillermo del Toro #Madelaine Petsch #cheryl blossom #the little mermaid

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Emma Watson, an actress who got famous on one series and modeled a few times (not well, I may add), was given creative control over a gown that was suppose to mimic what it was remaking. Not only does this dress look absolutely hideous it completely fails to mimic Belle’s gown from the movie, Beauty and the Beast. Emma Watson had refused to wear the corset because it wasn’t feminist–to be restricted like that. I’m neutral on that, but maybe if she didn’t want to wear a corset, she shouldn’t have taken a role that dates in 17th century France, where corsets are prominent.

I refuse to blame the costume department for this, because Emma had went in there and ultimately, was given creative control. She has spoken about working with the head designer, Jacqueline Durran, on the gown. From they way she spoke about it, it seemed like Emma was given more creative control than what she lets on. It’s unfair that an actress with no costume designing background was given control of her gown. Complaints and adjustments are okay and are actually apart of the costuming process, not giving the lead role complete control over their outfit.

Instead of a corset, Emma gave herself a bodice that has some sort of tinseled plastic mesh underneath it.

Over a 300 million dollar budget and they used glitter glue (in a striped pattern) on a delicate fabric.

It’s obvious that while the dress could be pretty for literally anything but a movie, it doesn’t work in a live action remake. It’s unfair to Durran that her job was taken over by someone who doesn’t know anything about costume design and they decided to blow their money redesigning the dress until it fit Emma, not Belle.

Ultimately, the dress was made for Emma, not the character she plays. In a fit of glitter glue and hatched hems, this gown that is suppose to be for a dated French movie turned into some girls prom dress that she got for 100$. Emma Watson clearly doesn’t know this, but usually you’re not suppose to have creative control of the costumes when you’re the actress. Unfortunately, this is actually a rookie mistake in the film industry, and very disappointing that it happened. Once you give too much power to the actors/actress’ this is what happens. Let’s hope that next Disney live action remake, they don’t give the actress complete creative control of her dress.

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Can’t believe that someone cares this much lmfao

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Yeah! I can’t believe someone (particularly me, who went to school for costume design and works in film) would CARE so much about someone whose career and passion is in design having to cater to a self-righteous diva and be forced to squander a HUGE million-dollar opportunity to work with one of the greatest story telling corporations of our time only to have HER name forever tied to such a trainwreck after over a decade of working to build it up. Can’t believe someone actually cares that a mediocre white girl who has made herself the very face of feminism literally took the creative reigns from a female creative who already works in one of the most undervalued fields of film just to take a timeless classic and turn it into a lackluster facsimile of the original. WOW! Get a life, am I right? It’s not like anyone’s passion is film or design and this is the exact thing they’re terrified of happening to them as their career grows….