[freakoutgirl]

is it normal to want to cry at this image

[blackshvck]

Chappell Roan was right. it is like a hundred ninety nine degrees

[lillycaul-deactivated20140925]

I always find it so funny when people bitch about ‘forced diversity’.

because, like, once you work retail you start to see just how different everybody is.

for example, the other day I greeted a woman I was ringing up and started asking her the usual questions we’re supposed to ask (if they have a rewards card, etc) and she made a gesture pointing to her ear and mouthed ‘I’m deaf’. 

and I was just like ‘Oh’, and so I skipped over the questions and just gave her a nice smile instead of the usual schpiel we’re supposed to give. she thanked me in sign language and smiled back before walking away.

and that’s just one tiny example. she was just one customer of hundreds that shift. that’s not even mentioning all the other types of people I ring in a day, of all ages, body sizes, races/skin colors, and gender expression.

it’s like…that’s how the world is. 

when people say having diversity in a fictional universe seems ‘false’ or ‘forced’, that says to me that they must exist in a very homogenous, sheltered environment. because even working for a company that has a rather disproportionately-high white middle-class customer demographic, I still see more diversity on any given day than I tend to ever see in books and movies and TV shows.

it’s just kind of laughable to me when people say a movie/book/franchise has “too much” diversity. because there’s no such thing.

[sourcedumal]

When they say diversity is being ‘forced’ they are saying “It’s bad enough I have to tolerate your existence here in this world. I don’t want to have to ever think about you in a fictional one.”

[uisceb]

[rapidlydecayingcorpse]

i feel like people aren't getting how dire ai is. we are running out of drinkable water. our brains aren't engaging as much with what we see and hear. people near data centers don't get clean water and experience electricity blackouts. it's being used to make pornography of underaged people and women. it often just lies. it affirms everything. it lies. it has made people kill themselves. it lies for gods sake. and people act as if im dramatic for being staunchly against it. 'now i KNOOW you hate ai and whatever, but look at this cute video' this isn't me being a new age puritan about internet videos, this is about the fucking earth and our future living on this planet. people are suffering now, people will suffer more, and my friends and parents will roll their eyes and think im annoying for despising ai so explicitly. we need to wake up because we cannot live like this

[000l]

[shrewreadings]

like to charge, reblog to cast.

[blssmjpg]

I appreciate those people who are just genuinely nice. Like their mindset is instead of making others miserable, they give people tools to better themselves because why not. Thanks for putting that good energy out into the universe.

[tolerablepalindrome]

Wishing I was them. XXX

[rockmia000]

"She suffers from melancholia."

"Wrapping people up so cosily at home isn't always as kind as it might seem. Certainly, not for those inclined towards the menlancholy."

...looks as though there's only one cure for melancholia...

[denjidenjiji]

Hi chat. This is ratorine yuri. Bye

[karotka]

Ammonite (2020)

[the-breath-in-air]

Queer period dramas where the homophobia is quiet, pervasive, and insidious

Queer period dramas tend to set their stories in a world in which the oppressive force of homophobia is big and loud. And that makes sense...homophobia can be big and loud. But that often means that the story seemed to be as much about the cultural force of homophobia as it was about the queer characters in it. And though I love those stories, it's not always what I'm looking for. In contrast to that, for the films on this list, homophobic oppression is quiet - ever-present as the background noise of people's lives. But also not the only form of oppression these characters face.

Fingersmith (2005) - This miniseries is both a psychological mystery and a romance. Set in Victorian England, Sue (Sally Hawkins) travels to an upper-class mansion to pose as a ladies maid for Maud (Elaine Cassidy). I say "pose as" because really Sue's there to participate in an elaborate scheme to rob Maud of her inheritance. But of course Sue falls for Maud, and a romance ensues. Homophobia certainly exists in the background of the film, but like the others on this list - gender and class play a larger role. And the central criminal plot - and all the twists and turns within it - is the main obstacle to their relationship. (It's been a long time since I've seen it so I don't know if there should be any content warnings).

(Also check out The Handmaiden a 2016 adaptation of the novel Fingersmith by Park Chan-wook which takes place in Korea in the 1930s. I didn't include a full entry for it since it's more of a thriller rather than a drama. It's good though. CW for blood and gore; possibly also sexual violence but it's been awhile since I've seen it and I'm not sure).

Ammonite (2020) - Kate Winslet inhabits the role of Mary Anning, a real paleontologist from the 1800s. In the film Mary cares for her mother while working out of a tiny seaside shack in Dorset, England - all but forgotten by the male-dominated academics who've taken over paleontology in the universities. Her life is bleak and lonely and she is bitter and cold because of it. Then Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan) enters her life and slowly, slowly, Mary starts to make room for warmth and companionship. Charlotte has her own struggles with an uncaring husband and a perceived fragility (that may have more to do with the misogyny of people around her). Here homophobia is implied and understood - but issues of sexism and classism are more at the forefront.

On Swift Horses (2024) - Set in the 1950s in the western United States, the film follows two characters: Murial (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Julius (Jacob Elordi). Murial is set to marry Julius's brother, Lee (Will Poulter). Meanwhile, Julius just returned home from the Korean War. Initially it looks like this will be a pretty standard love triangle, but then we see that something else is going on. Eventually, Murial and Lee move to California and Julius ends up in Las Vegas. And from here the queer stories really take off - and as they do it becomes clear that gender norms, racism, childhood trauma, and capitalism play as much a role in these characters lives as homophobia. And it's all very understated - Lee, in particular embodies a sort of normalized, benevolent sexism that is so common and so unintentionally oppressive. All in all, the film is simply about these people all trying to figure shit out and survive in a hostile world. (CW: blood, and sexual assault)

The History of Sound (2025) - This film takes place in the 1910s and 1920s in the United States (mostly). Lionel (Paul Mescal) a 'rural farm boy' from Kentucky with synesthesia and a beautiful singing voice, meets David (Josh O'Connor) a man from the northern U.S. with a photographic memory and perfect pitch - while they're both attending a music conservatory in Maine. What unites them is a shared love of folks songs - and eventually a trip around Maine collecting those folk songs. At the heart of the film is a romance interrupted by geography, economic class, World War I, and, to a lesser extent, homophobia. The film is slow, and muted and melancholy - don't expect any big emotional outbursts or declarations. (CW: suicide)

[fantasydreamland]

old timey wlw has gotta be my favourite genre

drop your recommendations

[didanagy]

AMMONITE (2020)

dir. francis lee

[hayaomiyazaki]

Is it that I am all alone Yet, in my dreams, a form I view That thinks on me and loves me, too I start, and when the vision's flown I weep and I am all alone

Ammonite — 2020 written & directed by Francis Lee

[fictionadventurer]

The very best thing about The Phantom of the Opera is that it shows us a possibly supernatural occurrence, then gives us a natural explanation that is infinitely crazier than the supernatural one would have been.

What if there was a ghost in the opera house that was killing people?

Requires you to accept the existence of ghosts, but otherwise is a straightforward story.

What if the chief contractor who built the opera house was a deformed circus freak who used his experience building palaces and torture chambers for sultans to keep building secret passageways and torture chambers in the basement when construction halted during the Franco-Prussian War, and then kept living down there working on an opera and killing and blackmailing people who crossed him and also training a pretty opera singer that he wants to marry?

There is nothing in the world that could have prepared me to expect even half of that.

[cat-dragoness]

@o-lei-o-lai-o-lord you are so right about this

[musicalhell]

Honestly, this explains so much about Christine's perspective too when you think about it.

My father sent me a guardian angel from Heaven to guide and comfort me in his absence: "Okay, not something that happens every day, but that is what guardian angels are supposed to do and Dad did indicate something like this would happen."

A hideously disfigured renaissance man, having all the natural skills and education to build himself a secret villain lair in a public building, extort enormous amounts of money from its management, and convince everyone he's a ghost, has developed a massive crush on me and has decided to express that through manipulation, kidnapping, and murder: "I cannot even begin to tell you how much this was not on my Bingo card."

[bob-belcher]

Happy International Women’s Day!