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Something about the bastardization of the story time and time again proves that nobody in power really cares about the people who would resonate with King’s Carrie White. A girl so ugly and repulsive she’s been removed from her own story. The societal need for women and girls to be constantly perceived as attractive is what fuels a fair amount of her torment in the book, but that person isn’t even allowed to exist on the screen. We cannot empathize with her; it isn’t allowed. It’s fascinating to me.

#the thing is too that book carrie isnt even super ugly or fat shes just...not hot #shes chubby and has acne and bad clothes #and is socially awkward in a genuine non-charming way #and is obviously A Victim in a way that irritates people for reasons they cant quite articulate #and thats SO real #its so real how even the people who do try to help her think #'god shes so clueless and unappealing why cant she just try harder?'#too real for any director to touch i guess #carrie

nongunktional

ive never wanted to send a death threat over a game before

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tautological wordle answer

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minovskyy

posts that make you open wordle

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chryza

Oh boy better go try today’s wordle

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WHAT THE FUCK

chryza

#i got it but the whole time i was typing i was like 'this cant be right'#misc

lizardsfromspace

The academic establishment's flirtation with psychic pseudoscience in the 1970s may have done very little for science but it did so much for horror and sci-fi. Like this will waste so much money on nothing but it will inspire some kickass movies about telekinesis so it balances out

#reading the exorcist was so funny #the tormented priest like o woe this child demonstrating signs of demonic posession can easily be explain through scientific theories #like telekinesis #misc

oh thank god we lost, can everyone shut the fuck up about football now

#personal

elexuscal

you might think the worst type of adaptation that can happen to a fandom is a bad one. but in truth, i find that's rarely the case. usually the world at large doesn't pay attention, the fandom unites around the piece's badness, and otherwise continues along as usual. hell, if the adaptation is so-bad-it's-good then it really can evolve into quite a nice treat, once the sting has worn off.

no, what you actually gotta look out for is the mediocre adaptations. the pretty but soulless adaptations. the technically-competent-but-misses-the-point adaptations. because there will be enough folks who think that the new Adaptation is Good, Actually, and no matter how politely you word your disagreement, they will resent you for saying as much.

#gdt frankenstein #its not even a good film in its own right idk why people are so attached to it #salt

lookninjas

I'll be honest with you -- I think people who ride extremely loud motorcycles late at night past residential areas should be very very glad that no one has yet figured out how to kill people with their minds.

#and people blasting music from their cars #i sincerely hate them #salt

creekfiend

its so funny talking about being autistic on here because people are sooooo likely to be like "that's normal you're not special" and its sooooooo like

i promise you

down on one knee. i PROMISE YOU that the way my brain works is extremely unusual. this is the weird neurodivergent people website. most people are not like this. i need everyone to understand that when I describe being isolated or alienated because I move thru the world Very Differently, I am accurately reporting my experience.

you may be able to relate to the way I describe things; this is because describing my experiences is a skill that I have worked very, very hard on developing for many, many years! i had to! you're welcome!

#people have such a knee jerk cringe response to anyone describing themselves as Different #like its an affectation or youre trying to seem special #when actually being different to most people and finding it hard to fit in to mainstream society is really painful!#humans are a social species! being subject to constant rejection for reasons you cant control or even understand is traumatic #and people deserve to be able to talk about it without their feelings and experiences being downplayed #ableism

buny-facts

a bunny is like if you made an advanced combat mech completely useless

#and soooooo flufffeyy #bunnies

hagnanimous

Me when I read a book by a famous author that’s a modern classic and everyone says it’s really good and then it’s really good

#i was on a hot streak earlier this year of reading iconic/classic books ive been wanting to read for years #i should get back to that #carrie..100 years of solitude...silence of the lambs...count of monte cristo...house of leaves...#bangers all #also films!#cat people? banger. gentlemen prefer blondes? banger. dead ringers? BANGER #tags

plantdogbug

what if you could trust anything posed as Scientific Research and what if you could trust the government and what if you could trust the police and you could trust the doctors and all of these entities were kind and caring and had your best interests at heart and werent influenced by the trauma we all carry from race politics and patriarchy and colonialism. and what if the world was made of pudding

#wouldn't it be nice if everyone was nice #politics

foodffs

Lemon Sugar Cookies recipe

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Is this how you roll?

#food

joechoui

I HEAR THE BLUES A-KILLIN' (or: Frasier Meets Columbo)

Originally posted to my twitter in 2022, here it is for tumblr. It's also on my website.

#comics #this is fantastic

foodffs

Heart-Shaped Churros coated with Strawberry Sugar

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eyesteeth

ryan gosling i am speaking directly in your ear now. in the mid-2000s you pivoted from turning Dead Man's Bones into a musical to making it an album because you and zach shields deemed a staged musical too expensive of a production. it has been 20 years mr gosling. you are richer now. you won a golden globe that one time. surely it is not that big of an expense for you now mr gosling. you said in 2011 you wanted to record a second album. in 3 and a half years it will be the 20 year anniversary of the album. you know what you must do

#funniest thing for an a list actor experiencing a revival #now youre all here listen to my spooky Halloween music project #its what id do #funny