complex female characters are my jam

Caitlin. UK. TV shows, Movies, Books, and random stuff found here. "Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80s movies?"

[txmriddlx]

Can you please reblog if your blog is a safe place for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, asexual, aromantic, pansexual, non binary, demisexual or any other kind of queer or questioning people? Because mine is.

[katieshimkus]

SAFE!

[daphnemoon]

rip 

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[trainstationgoodbye]

Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman (1990) dir. Garry Marshall

[bills-skarsgards]

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (1989) dir. Stephen Herek

[shesadramaqueen]

*hears any Queen song* What a fucking bop

[samsylviasmoustache]

"The commissariat for the proletariat; here to destroy our American way of life..."

[thelvadams]

bbc one finally airing killing eve the morning after the US and not leaving us with a 4 month wait for once

[proudgarbage]

everyone who reblogs this before 03-30-2020 gets a book recommendation based on their blog in their inbox

[thewollfgang]

How I would describe Lucifer Morningstar? (insp.)

+ bonus:

[sterrenkijker]

top tier: “Elementary” is better than “Sherlock” because not only does it not have the racism, sexism and queer-baiting from the BBC adaption, it actually shows how smart Sherlock Holmes is instead of just telling you that the detective can do the impossible. The overall portrayal of Sherlock is much more true and actually shows him as a person instead of some hero who does things off screen we just have to believe. Even though “Elementary” might be lower budget and may feel inferior to “Sherlock”, it’s overall the better show and definitely more enjoyable to watch 

god tier: “Elementary” is better than “Sherlock” because Jonny Lee Miller is hotter than Bumblebee Custardbath

[puffdenlilledragen]

#elementary is better than sherlock bc lucy liu is hotter and smarter than both of them  (Tag by @tangfastics)

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[221brownstone]

@LucyLiu  Honoring 80’s icons with @marieclaire.china The most creative photo shoot I have done to date. Yes that’s me! Thx to all the master artists involved …

[thesassycat]

You can only reblog this today.

[askjennaflorida]

I missed my chance last year. Not gonna let it happen again

[beatrizrebollo-art]

Here you have some sketches of The Prince Of Mullets! 🦇🦇🦇

[detective-olivia-benson-deactiv]

Olivia Benson + Tumblr text posts

[leia-organa]

Margot Robbie training for her role as Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey

[lowsodiumfreak]

[fuckoffstraightpeople-blog]

“why can’t female heroes kick arse in heels” because it’s not practical and will literally snap your damn ankle you can scream weaponised femininity all you want but first off, you need to admit that they’re not an almighty symbol of empowerment, and secondly that if you do a job with a lot of physical activity in heels you’re risking your own safety. all these women fighting in heels on tv are going to end up seriously injuring themselves. 

[fuckoffstraightpeople-blog]

weaponised femininity is a concept made up in an attempt to get us to embrace the industries created to hold us back/profit from our insecurities so that we can continue to fit into the male expectation of what a woman should be and not question why we are forced to spend thousands on our appearance every year

[wizzardhat]

just a small anecdote. I had a friend who worked in theater; she was the stage manager and an actress came to her in tears one day because the director absolutely refused to let her do a choreographed fight scene in less than 3 inch heels because “they’re platforms so you’ll be okay.” My friend, who is a woman’s size 10, brought her own heels in the next day and DEMANDED the director put them on and try the choreography before the actress did it. He finally agreed to change it, without putting the heels on.

so like I know you might think of “all those women on tv fighting in heels” as fictional woman who WOULD hurt themselves in real life, but its fiction so its okay…except those women are portrayed by real actresses who are actually fighting in actual heels, being directed by dudes who have never worn a pair of heels in their lives, alongside men who aren’t expected to constantly wear things that make their stunts 2x more dangerous than they have to be. Just a thought.

[marzipanandminutiae]

Men take “let’s see feminine women being badass” to mean “let’s see women impractically focused on their appearance in combat situations.“

[ai-yo]

That’s why I loved Black Panther even more Nakia took off her heels and used them as weapons and was running and driving around barefoot in that one scene

[crystalzelda]

A number of stuntwomen have spoken out about getting injured on sets because the character is wearing heels and skimpy clothing that provide no protection or padding. It literally harms rl women.

https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/29/why-stuntwomen-are-in-more-danger-than-men

[link-the-feral-anon]

The only way I wanna see a women fight with heels is if she takes them off and fights with them a la Mulan/Nakia style.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

sorry i can’t hear the noise of male entitlement over the sound of Evangeline Lilly and every other woman sighing in frustration

[thestoryteller23]

They photoshopped the heels onto wonder woman. Not even Gal Gadot could fight in them, but it was so important to The Look™ that they frame by frame added them. Gal wore flats to the red carpet in protest.

[northray]

My high school had a dress code that required skirts and pantyhose/tights for girls. Our male gym teacher insisted ten minutes was more than enough time to change after gym class. We asked him if he’d ever tried to put on pantyhose over sweaty/damp legs. He tried it. Took 45 minutes. Two things changed: all-male school board changed the dress code for girls to include dress pants, and our gym change time increased to 20 minutes. Men literally have no frame of reference for their privilege and misogyny and need to be schooled.

[somethinglikeinterests-deactiva]

“Weaponized femininity” with the current definition is so stupid. I’d like to see reasonable weaponized femininity. Hair clips that can double as throwing knives, clutches that can be transformed into shields, wearing dresses both for the look and for the added range of motion. None of this “Fighting in 5 inch heels” or “Stupidly tight spandex that you can’t move in but still Looks Good.”

Anybody out there advocating for “weaponized femininity” needs to be advicating for practicality and safety as well

[dianapforlunch]

Who the fuck made this