emotional processing is so funny because sometimes you’ll be violently sobbing on your bedroom floor over something that happened 4 years ago and then you’ll just. get up and make coffee. and go to the grocery store. and take all this fundamental sadness for a walk. and ponder the cosmic experiences of humanity while eating a sandwich. and that’s healing.
Being an adult in this recession and being like wow I am totally "splurging" on 3 new sets of cotton underwear and 3 pairs of socks like whoaaaaa hold your horses duke of the land where's all this money gonna come from
as a professional procrastinator i tend to watch a lot of movies recently. i wanted to give you a list of my personal recs - movies about women, by women, for women. without misogyny (that goes unpunished, at least), making women suffer for men's plot development, where women are the center, the background and the core of a production, which treats their issues with respect and dignity. i tried to reach for the lesser known titles, but these are usually the best in this category!
1. Blow the Man Down (2019)
one of my absolute favourite movies of all time - there's a small seaside town, abusers that get their justice delivered, women with knives and a local secret that forever changes our characters' lives 🌊
directed by bridget savage cole and danielle krudy
2. You Are Not My Mother (2021)
irish folklore, familial connection between three women, gloomy atmosphere and a couple of shots that genuinely scared the shit out of me. it's worth noting that it was also kate dolan's first movie, which is extra impressive for a debut ⭐
directed by kate dolan
3. The Outrun (2024)
based on amy liptrot's memoir (which i highly recommend too!) this movie tells a story of a young woman fighting alcoholism, depression and family issues, while isolating herself on the orkney island. self discovery among unpredictable nature, local folklore, learning how to ask for help, also... the kind of detoxifying solitude that actually helps 🦭
directed by nora fingscheidt
4. Kajillionaire (2020)
a young woman with a wide set of con artist skills and a family who never showed her any love or care. a mysterious stranger who takes interest in them, doing her best to get closer to our main character, which is kind of tricky for both of them. it's an unusual, brilliantly original and somewhat cathartic piece for those from weird backgrounds, navigating basic life skills in the early adulthood 🫧
directed by miranda july
5. Fire (1996)
the first bollywood movie to actually show a lesbian relationship - and even grant them a happy ending! it's a good-for-her story about two women who grow tired of their husbands, patriarchal traditions and systems that seem to never recognise them as fully free and autonomous people. long story short, they finally give metaphorical middle fingers to their shitty husbands and choose happiness and equality in each other's embrace 🕯️
They should just bite the bullet and make a female James Bond. Hot, athletic, suave. She wears tuxedos with a somewhat feminine cut, drinks vodka martinis, drives sports cars, and goes by "James", because why not.
Also, because this is incredibly important to Bond for some reason, she needs to be an incredibly predatory, womanizing lesbian. Some perfectly happy married straight woman needs to become gay by the end of the movie.
We live in the future, and we can admit that all of the cool things that a Male James Bond can do are things a Female James Bond can do. But at all costs, we need to avoid making this thing feel "woke" of self-aware. If Female Bond is not exactly as toxic and awesome as any of the male ones, we will have failed, and might as well be making another franchise.
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