Distraction

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[lesbianbending-moved]

seeing all the 14-17 y/o queer kids who don’t know what v for vendetta is…. u mean the blockbuster film written by two trans women about a masked vigilante who decides to singlehandedly take down a fascist alternate version of england set in the distant year of 2020… and his driving force was getting justice for a lesbian who he never met but whose diary he found, who was separated from her wife before being killed by said fascist gov…. and it stars natalie portman…. okay

[mckitterick]

the movie is great, with amazing acting:

and the original graphic novel is phenomenal:

I highly recommend them both

and they’ve never been more relevant

[digitaldiscipline]

“People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

[lectorel]

There’s strong subtext that V is a trans man and A)the lesbian from the diary or B)her wife.

[bemusedlybespectacled]

frankly I prefer the movie over the comic, for three reasons:

1) lewis prothero as a rush limbaugh/glenn beck/bill o’reilly type is both more applicable and way funnier than a 1940s radio propagandist 

2) it has stephen fry as gordon detriech, and makes him explicitly gay and pretending to be attracted to evey as part of being closeted than actually attracted to evey and having sex with her while she hides in his home.

3) the movie came out in 2005; that is, only four years after 9/11, while the Iraq war was still in full swing, and while xenophobia and Islamophobia were not just acceptable, but tacitly encouraged by the administration at the time. which makes the following exchange even more poignant and sweet:

Evey: [seeing a book in a glass display case] What is that? Gordon: It’s a copy of the Qur’an, 14th century. Evey: [shocked] Are you a Muslim? Gordon: No, I’m in television. Evey: But why would you keep it? Gordon: I don’t have to be a Muslim to find the images beautiful or its poetry moving.

just… the easy acceptance of it. the idea that a religion that he doesn’t believe in and that has been explicitly outlawed in-universe is a source of beauty. I’m not Muslim, either, but that particular moment really stuck with me emotionally.

[ekjohnston]

also Hugo Weaving is actually in the suit a lot of the time (James Purefoy is dubbed over, because he did six weeks of filming and there are 2 stunt guys–one for fighting and one for fire), which I always thought was very cool. The “V Speech” is exquisite. ALSO THEY ASKED NATALIE’S PERMISSION BEFORE THEY SHAVED HER HEAD, none of that “genuine reaction” bullshit.

i’m still mad none of them won an oscar, i don’t even LIKE stephen fry and he was absolutely genius

[redhaired-mobster-blog]

Been a while, hasn’t it lol Lots changed. Plenty of reason for me not being online here, though I’ve gone and gotten myself a new account. I’m really into boats now. I don’t really post the same stuff anymore. But I thought I’d make this post as closure. I’m about to be extremely honest about some dark shit, so thanks for stopping by if you don’t wanna read on. Hello, though! My last post on this blog was right before my suicide attempt. I just didn’t have the energy to come back online after that. Escaped an abusive family member, lost two more. I’m doing fine now, for what it’s worth. Moved country, got a job at a theatre, am getting (sometimes) paid acting gigs. I’m also doing a lot of stage combat, always fun.

I really have no idea what possessed me to seek out this blog. But seeing the cringe, the reboots, the fandom stuff, memes etc., it kinda broke my heart. Poor kid didn’t know what was about to hit ‘em. I may delete this blog, sure that was my intention getting my log in details back. I made friends here, though. I was a cringey little kid. And I didn’t want to delete all that without some closure. So, if you do - for some reason! - want to stay in touch, I can add my latest account to this post but more likely I’d just send it in a private message. I doubt anyone will take me up on that, however, and that’s so fair. I’m definitely not the same person I was at 18 (and thank christ for that).

So either way - hello again! I hope you’re all happy, healthy and safe. And goodbye!

[freckles-like-stars-n-shit]

Me: listening wolf 359 in public is an exercise on how keep your face calm

Hilbert: Hohoho

Me: *flashes the biggest grin bc god thats fucking hilarious*

[jaffefuneralhomes]

these two little girls came into work today, both black, both with their hair in space buns. and i went “you guys look like a princess i know” and they sighed and went “tiana?” because they were so use to being compared to the only black princess and i went “no. shuri” and omg, the oldest one lit up like a christmas tree. she was like “shuri is my favorite! no one believes she’s a princess!” 

this is why representation matters

[jaffefuneralhomes]

UPDATE:  The girls came back in yesterday after school got out and I was off. They had their hair in braids and I did the Wakanda salute to them and went “Princesses” and they did it back and went “Ma’am” and I love these girls. Their parents looked so happy omg

[marxistbarbie-deactivated202109]

imagine having the technology to allow blind people to see again and ur first thought is “let’s make this completely and utterly unaffordable for everyone”

[veryfemmeandantifascist]

[vinehs]

new friend: wait so what actually is your sexuality

me: well you see, im like really into 80’s pop and touch starved but im also extremely scared of intimacy and commitment so you know… gay or whatever

[zomblequeen-deactivated20181123]

Favorite trope 348234: when person who nearly died wakes up in hospital bed, looks around, sees the object of their affection asleep in a chair next to them because they haven’t moved in days

[spaceqadet]

I’m so fucking guilty of this trope in like everything.

[queerpyracy]

what books were you assigned to read in a class that you still hold a violent and bitter grudge against

for me it’s into the wild and the scarlet letter

[mooonjellies]

nataliejc

[paticmak]

EOS 10

[youthfulmlm]

i want to cuddle a boy!!!!!!!!! because i’m gay!!!!!!!! and i like boys in a gay way!!!!!!!

[inevitablerigmarole]

Historians: He clearly… *sweats nervously* valued his platonic love for his fellow men over all else!

[youthfulmlm]

i love this addition so much

[thefabulousweirdtrotters]

the Hermitage’s court cats portraits by Eldar Zakirov

[ftmthoughts]

People: Being transgender is a choice.

My dysphoria:

[nutellarella-em]

please listen to the penumbra

[secretlesbians]

Gustave Courbet, Le Sommeil,1866.

Le Sommeil [The Sleepers], which depicts two women entwined in a post-coital embrace, caused a stir when it was first shown in the 1870s. The police were called in, and the painting was not shown again until the 1980s. But its brief showing had an influence on a number of contemporary artists, and helped challenge the taboos associated with lesbian relationships. For modern audiences it’s a good reminder that people in the 19th century were not ignorant of lesbian relationships, as we tend to believe. And it’s pretty damn sexy, don’t you think?

[daggers-drawn]

They called the police on this lesbian painting.

[toastoat]

[theclockworkzombie]

The best part is, the lesbian embrace isn’t even the biggest thing that made the painting so controversial, it was the art style. People in the artistic community at the time were wholly familiar with sapphic relationships being portrayed in art, but were used to these scenes being portrayed in the ‘academic art’ style, which consisted of smooth, simplistic, idealised versions of the nude female form. This often went hand in hand with the depiction of Roman & Greek allegories to illustrate certain ideals (think Cabanel’s Birth of Venus). Courbet’s journey into realism was met by heavy critique from the academic movement, as the women he painted were, well, more realistic. Leaving in details such as the rolls of fat around the ribs acted as a blunt reminder to the audience that these were not euphoric goddesses caressing in ecstasy, but ordinary women having a nap together after making love. Other realist paintings suffered the same controversy, Manet’s Olympia is a perfect example, where the problem was not that the painting depicted a nude woman in an erotic pose, but the fact that she was just an ordinary courtesan, given an identity & portrayed in a place of power & control. Realism humanized the female form in art, & removed it from its previous role as a representation of the ideal.

So what disgusted people about the painting wasn’t so much that Le Sommeil depicted two women, but rather that it depicted two ‘real’ women.

[dunmeshi]

tag yourself I’m a fantasy lesbian

[epoxyconfetti]

Don’t forget that Saint Patrick is not the only saint whose feast day is March 17. It is also the feast of Saint Gertrude, the patron saint of cats and the people who love them.