2, 6, and 11 for the 3 things ask!
aww thank you dear!!
2. 3 movies you have rewatched many times
i am a constant rewatcher of things so i'll give my most recent: glass onion, dnd: honor among thieves, and the laundromat
6. 3 characters that inspire you
i tend to relate to characters deeply more than be inspired by them, but a few who fit this description are:
elizabeth mccord - madam secretary: i was obsessed with this show in middle school and am rewatching now so i can finally finish it, and i just find elizabeth so comforting. she's not saintly by any means, but her dogged faith and morality in the face of often-ugly politics and a crumbling world are reassuring to me. the series is aspirational, and elizabeth inspires me to hold onto my stubborn hope.
justine sokolov - things heard and seen: kind of left field but i LOVE this movie for its reversals of female stereotypes in horror, and i just remember being so floored by justine the first time i saw it because she broke so many scripts i anticipated. she felt so wholly herself, so ungoverned by fear.
bibi garvey - bad sisters: inspires me to be gayer, hotter, and better at archery and murder
11. 3 books that you would recommend everyone to read
station eleven by emily st. john mandel
- oh my god this book. i am not usually a dystopia girlie, but this story of the human spirit sustained by community and art. agh. also just a gorgeous ensemble piece that plays with time and weaves past and present together with elegance and heart. also! scenes set in malaysia!
where'd you go, bernadette by maria semple
- love this as an artist who goes a little insane when art is inaccessible to me, as someone in mother-daughter relationships, as a person on the earth. i first read it in a library cafe in singapore over one afternoon which was especially intense because it broke a years-long reading block. broke my mentor's reading block too!
the bluest eye by toni morrison
- i just finished this book, and it is heavy and imperfect and horrible and true. chicken toni for the soul. helped to quantify some nebulous pains and feels important to understanding the longstanding, layered, generational impacts of racism on a society. our society.
