animation being treated like a genre instead of a medium is something that actually makes me go insane. beauty and the beast is a romance. the emperor's new groove is a buddy comedy. big hero 6 is a superhero movie. moana is an adventure film. the lion king is a drama. treasure planet is sci-fi. if i was talking to someone who hadn't seen these movies before, and they weren't specifically interested in animation as a medium, then i wouldn't necessarily assume they'd enjoy all of these. and that's just disney movies! try telling an anime fan that fruits basket and fullmetal alchemist are the same genre and see how they react!
Buy a pretty box/basket/hamper/shelf/trash can and put it right where you always put shit anyway. Screw wherever you’re “supposed” to put things, that’s neurotypical bullshit. I’m not getting up and walking to a drawer, who has that kind of executive function?
Is this coffee table where hair ties go to die? No what are you talking about, they love it here in their cute little box.
Is this hall table where the mailbox threw up? Nah friend that is the trash can next to my front door where I dump envelopes and junk mail the second I come in the door, and the little basket hanging on the wall is where the important mail lives!
Are these earrings just rattling around on that side table because I forgot to take them off before getting in bed? Of course not, look at this pretty tray, this is clearly their home.
Seriously, this changed my life. Bonus points if it doesn’t have a lid or anything—I find I’m less likely to use something if there’s even a single extra step.
My Two Cents on this Amita Suman Stunt Double Mess, as a Desi Woman
I'm not surprised, but I also truly do not give a shit. Not a one. This is not, in my opinion, the hill to be dying on and here's why:
For starters: Yeah, they should have hired a desi stuntwoman. Obviously. Given the people involved with the show (yes, there are lots of women and POC), I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they would have if they could have.
But desi folks already have a hard enough time finding regular roles in Hollywood action movies -- where is this supposed demand for desi stuntwomen (or stuntmen) gonna come from, exactly?
Yes, I've seen some people shout Bollywood, duh! as if 1) Bollywood doesn't have their own problems putting white people (and desi actors) in brown face 2) the potential language barriers involved aren't a potentially (very real!) hassle and 3) as if the show budget is somehow inifinitely large (yes, the casting call was worldwide, but to assume that same flexibility is extended to lower-priority items like stunt people is naive at best and purposefully foolish at worst)
Which segways nicely into the next point: namely, that there are countless other plausible reasons why this particular stunt woman could have been selected instead of a more fitting alternative:
Budgeting concerns & language barriers (as mentioned before)
Requires a highly specific area of expertise (being suspended in midair on silk scarves isn't like, a de-facto stuntperson trick)
Geographic location -- these sorts of productions tend to source locally when they can, and they were shooting in Hungary, of all places, so of course the entire stunt staff seems to be Hungarian
Limited availability of convincing body matches (need to find someone primarily with a matching height and build)
Other logistic problems (alternates are not available for full shooting time, running into other issues right before filming, last-minute drops or added scenes, etc.)
Not to mention, the stunts profession is a field riddled with poor pay and awful treatment of its workers, amongst other things. Forgive me for not cheering on yet another field where POC can be exploited in new and increasingly creative ways. No thanks.
Also, those saying well Amita should have been the one doing all her own stunts!!! are perhaps willfully forgetting how fucking dangerous this stuff is. I am not going root for that outcome if the price comes at her potentially getting grievously injured or even dying on the job.
Sorry, no thanks. If that's the alternative, just keep the white stunt double, why do I give a fuck? Amita's safety comes first.
And to those saying this somehow ruined the show for them, and now the whole damn thing should be cancelled and burned to the ground -- again, respectfully, I understand your hurt, but please get a grip. 30 seconds of a white stunt double (whose face we never see onscreen) doesn't suddenly undermine what Inej means as a character, or how big of a success this is for Amita.
The idea that Amita could also somehow be overshadowed by her stunt double is downright ludicrous. There is no world in which a lead actor gets overshadowed by a nameless stunt double, of all people. The only people guilty of that, in all seriousness, are folks like us, putting this in Amita's tag and making a Big Fucking Deal out of things.
Also, don't send hate to Amita OR the stunt double. Neither likely had any real power over what was definitely a production choice. We don't know how either felt about it -- both were just doing their jobs and getting paid for it.
The bottom line for me is -- Amita was kept safe during her job. Even more importantly, she has a job -- a role that would have been unimaginable for a desi woman in Hollywood a decade ago. The issue of her stunt double is definitely Not Great, but it's also not the end-all, deal-breaker, irreversible crime that people are portraying it as.
Please stay focused. Desi folks still have so far with respect to representation in Hollywood. The problems we face are far more wide-reaching than a single stunt double. Giving this micro-scandal more fuel instead of focusing on Amita's success is not a particularly constructive -- or meaningful -- use of anyone's time.
“A kiss may be grand, but it won’t pay the rental, on your humble flat, or help you at the automat.”
Like literally the most famous song about how much girls love jewellry is just explaining the importance of getting jewellry for when your partner leaves you penniless and alone.
The founder of Girl Scouting in the US, Juliette Gordon Low, funded her first troop by selling her pearl necklace, which was her only belonging after her husband died and left everything to his mistress.
She founded Girl Scouts to teach girls self-sufficiency so they wouldn’t have to go through what she went through when her husband died and she didn’t know how to take care of herself.
*pauses mid-sentence as the little hamster that lives in my brain abruptly gets off the hamster wheel to go drink water from it's little upside down water bottle*
Literally the best part of Breaking Dawn is Renesmee getting sad that she doesn’t sparkle like the others, and Bella saying “You’re the prettiest” followed immediately by Edward saying “I have to disagree” right in front of her
Like I get Edward can’t turn off the Bella Compliment Machine but imagine being self conscious about your looks and your mom is like “oh honey I think you’re the best looking one here.” And then your dad walks in like “What? No she’s not.”
this is so fucking funny bruh I’m physically crying bc I forgot smeyer needed her self-insert to be so not-like-other-girls that not even her kid could be complimented more highly than her by her own damn parents sjsjggzksndhxkdjdbshsissks
lil nas is part of the category of musicians whose music I don’t actively listen to, but every time I see something about them, I’m like “you go you funky little artist”
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