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Knowing vs. Understanding (am I the crazy one?)

I was originally going to make this post centered around mothers and mothering, but I just had to share my disbelief over these two situations.

When I told my friends that I needed to watch Hidden Figures (2016) for a class, their responses were "Oh I'm so sorry" and "I wouldn't wish that on anyone" and "Mmm, not for me. Good luck with that." I was shocked. What was so wrong with the movie? When I asked, they answered that it was far too dramatic. I questioned them on why they thought this way to which they didn't really have an answer besides the scene about the bathroom... which isn't a true aspect of the real story-- as I've researched-- but a true thing in many other colored peoples' experiences at the time. They knew of this, but I don't think they actually understood the realities of "Separate but Equal." It was a dramatic scene, but it was no different than another character standing their ground in any other film. How was this the only scene they remembered? How were these black women being reduced to their (completely justifiable) anger?

On a lesser discussed point, I recall several instances while watching Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023) where I needed to explain to my non-black friends what was happening and why I got riled up over certain scenes. Most notably, was the scene where the Queen met Charlotte for the first time. In it, the queen asks to see Charlotte's teeth and hands. My friends were confused about this, asking why she'd do that. I had to explain, albeit from an American perspective the reasoning-- those in servitude didn't have the luxury of having unmarred, perfect hands or good dental hygiene. In America, slaves could potentially be distinguished by these factors and here, it's probably a display of power and to make sure she's not really poor-- that she's truly a proper lady. I felt kind of dismissed when they dryly said they hadn't known about that and asked no further questions or reacted to the new information at all. They just seemed uncomfortable.

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Some of these issues are only known about in theory or not really known at all in larger society, it seems. These were stories I've seen and been reminded of countless times growing older alongside instances of women drowning their babies so they wouldn't know the horrors of the slave trade, the separation of families at the drop of a hat, forced sexual encounters, the tensions between in house and field slaves, so on and on. Had I taken my knowledge to be everyone's knowledge? Has anyone really taken the time to watch such movies or know such atrocities? If we can show the despicable nature of the Holocaust-- something America didn't cause-- how come we can't let the horrors of slavery-- and Japanese Internment for that matter-- be known and UNDERSTOOD by the general populace? Facts take on so much more life when you have stories to go along with them.

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The end goal of feminist revolution must be… not just the elimination of male privilege, but of the sex distinction itself: genital differences between human beings would no longer matter culturally.

Shulamith Firestone, The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution, 1970 (PDF)

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★ Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivi, Salman Khan's Radhe to not release in Maharashtra? [Exclusive]!

The government of Maharashtra has taken a decision to shut cinema halls to bring the COVID-19 second wave under control. This may now hit the decisions of major films that were ready to release.

April 4, 2021 

ue to the second wave of COVID-19, we have seen a great hike in the cases of coronavirus and just like common people, it has affected the entertainment industry to a major extent. A few months back, we saw the Maharashtra government allowing the cinema halls to function at 50 per cent capacity, which had given a sigh of relief to the producers and they booked the release dates of their pending films. But today the government announced the new restrictions, where the cinema halls, theatres and multiplexes will be shut down for the public access to bring the cases under control until their further notice.

While this news has disappointed us as movie buffs, it also continues to give the film producers a tough time. Many producers were hoping that with the release of Salman Khan's Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai and Kangana Ranaut's Thalaivi, box office will witness a boost but looking at the current scenario, it seems that once again the makers will shift the release date of their respective projects

An industry insider tells us that the producers will not want to release their projects in this scenario. "It is not a city that will be following the new restrictions but an entire state. And Maharashtra has always played an important role when it comes to the box office collections of Hindi films. With this new decision, Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivi, Salman Khan's Radhe and John Abraham's Stayamev Jayate 2 stand to suffer. It will be best if the release dates are revised."Talking about Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai, the film is directed by Prabhudheva and also features Disha Patani, Jackie Shroff, Gautam Gulati and Randeep Hooda in pivotal roles. On the other hand, Thalaivi, which is directed by AL Vijay, also features Arvind Swami and Bhagyashree in pivotal roles.