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ellievsbear
occasionally subtle
roma★
Sade Olutola
titsay
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
Origami Around
art blog(derogatory)
RMH
Fai_Ryy
oozey mess
Sweet Seals For You, Always
noise dept.
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let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Cosmic Funnies
Love Begins
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@mistressmarshmallow
This child who came to my house tonight is literally the funniest human being on the planet. She complimented me on having both lollipops and mini Three Musketeers available because "a lot of houses these days don't give you a fruit flavor option." She was very solemn about this.
I was gearing up to eat the most beautiful Chinese takeout for the entire dream. Soon as I sat down to eat it, I fucking woke up. :(
feel free to skip if uncomfortable: may i get a request of trauma around your mom?
Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh
Annie Ernaux, I Remain In Darkness
Joan Tierney, How To Build A Table
Mad Men (2007–2015), 6x12: The Quality of Mercy
Chen Chen, Poplar Street
Lynne Shako, To The Daughter Who Secretly Longs For Her Mother’s Affection
Mary Jean Chan, what my mother (a poet) might say
Joan Tierney, DO NOT REPLY
Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects
Phoebe Bridgers, Motion Sickness
Zeena Abbas, Mom, I Know We Haven’t Spoken In A While But
Kyung-Sook Shin, Please Look After Mom, trans. Chi-Young Kim
Jenny Holzer, Untitled (Food Won’t Go Down...), from Inflamatory Essays
@fuckingwhateverdude, THERAPY SESSION BETWEEN THE GRANDMOTHER, THE MOTHER AND THE DAUGHTER (PART I)
Sophocles, Elektra, trans. Anne Carson
Ocean Vuong, A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read
Wych Elm, Susan Smith
Junot Diaz, Wildwood
There is a moment in Mad Men when Joan breaks up with her husband. It is a moment that we, the audience, had been waiting for for seasons and they put a wink there for us, something that Joan couldn't possibly be using in that moment.
See, she wanted a husband and to be the perfect housewife. She did everything right. She followed the rules to be desirable and cute. She dated. She wanted a handsome husband who was a doctor or something like that, something important with a good salary and she found one.
But against her will, she had to keep on working, even after they got married. It pained her, she felt ashamed but never showed it. Against her will too, she had to work next to Peggy and see her evolution and the possibility it entailed. Against all odds, she was valued by her colleagues, by her boss, by her lover. Against all the rules and all the propaganda she had bought and followed willingly, she had to notice and accept that her husband didn't value her the way other people did. Against it all, she missed her job and the self-worth it gave her.
Over the series, we see glimpses of her life with her husband. And once and again he proves to be an asshole, the kind of asshole you don't see coming, and he was a bit of a dangerous one. When they start dating, at some point, in one of the first seasons, he rapes her in the office.
And they make it look like it's all forgotten, except he also puts her in embarrassing situations, doesn't listen to her, makes plans without asking her, etc. It all seems usual, as according to plan (specially when we see what the other men do to any woman they date). And eventually, specially after he starts working with the army and has to leave for months at a time, she notices more and more the difference between being with him and being alone.
And so he comes back, they have a massive argument which she finishes with "and you know what I'm talking about". And that is the moment when we, the audience, know all the things he's done. How it built up to this moment. But it is too many tiny things in Joan's life, maybe she will name them but not now, up until this moment, they exist but they are also the norm, they are also expectable. She may hate him for them, she may even hate herself, but this "you know what I'm talking about" is not any of those moments.
Maybe he cheated on her. Maybe he disappointed her in a very specific way that was the last drop. But they have a story that we, the audience, don't know. Something happened that made Joan realised what was going on and that she could use against him and it wasn't showed to us. Obviously, as I said, that was the last drop, all the other things play a role too, but is the thing that made Joan see clearly.
I think it is interesting as story-telling. It also bothered me a bit when it happened, that very obvious wink to the audience who had been unable to help her in any way. But it was above all so satisfactory. I love what they did with Joan, how they allowed her to thrive.
I hope it helped people who were in bad relationships at the time and who were watching the series that they could be the Joan too.
Mad Men, S3 E11 “The Gypsy and the Hobo” (2007-2015)
“You know, I just saved this company. I signed the first new business since Lucky Strike left. But it’s not as important as getting married — again.”
“Well, I was just made Director of Agency Operations. A title, no money of course. And if they poured champagne, it must have been while I was pushing the mail cart.”
Life hack: put pesto on everything.
I love discord group chats
if you get pregnant just to secure a place in the home of your true enemy so you can constantly throw yourself on them physically and homoerotically fight them you are no longer rivals you are just gay
i think "take a hike" is like the funniest response to someone. like dude just get outta here. and go experience the wonder of nature for a bit
ancestral form of touch grass
Rewatching Bee and Puppycat made me realize something. This show is all about failure, specifically in the workplace.
Bee begins the show fired from her job, in a studio apartment, unsure what she wants to do in her life, taking temp jobs
Puppycat is scolded as a child that if he doesn’t learn to do *something* he’ll end up as a candy collector. Which he does, and fails to do that too when his relationship wrecks his life.
Violet was pulled down along with him. She can’t even live, she’s in a coma!
Deckard is flunking out of cooking school because he can’t bake (yet).
Cas was at the bottom of her boxing league, then forces herself to do software coding, which she doesn’t enjoy.
Toast has now been degraded to the bottom of the league, due to Cas leaving.
Crispin ran away to the circus, and it looks like he’s trying to make art now?
Howell can’t cook like Deckard, so he struggles to keep the cat café in business.
When Tim was flipping through his notebook, it’s revealed that Merlin did not graduate from medical school after all!
I think this show is trying to explain that failure is ok. Taking time for yourself is ok. Pursuing your passions doesn’t guarantee success. Sometimes we have to work jobs we’re good at, but don’t really like to pay the bills. Like Cas’s clock constantly reminds her, WORK OR STARVE! But we never despair for these characters. They find joy with each other. I also like that the show allows time between the chaos to showcase beautiful scenery, characters relaxing, eating yummy food. I’m excited to see more of the series, and where these characters failures take them next!
Bee + outfits 🐝🎀
My gender is whatever the fuck Brian David Gilbert has going on
Anya said that Loid always missed dinner with them (because he always work late) but when he's home early, he waits for Yor to get home before having dinner and I think that's sweet of him.
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i love how puppycat basically saves everyone in this episode out of spite, it’s so fitting
