−Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) −Katharine Isabelle as Ginger Fitzgerald in Ginger Snaps (2001) −Megan Fox as Jennifer Check in Jennifer’s Body (2009)
I thought you only murdered boys. I go both ways.
JENNIFER’S BODY (2009) dir. Karyn Kusama
Birds of Prey (2020)
There has been a lot of (excellent) discourse about how this movie was shot in a way less objectifying way than Suicide Squad was. That said, this was the most unabashedly sexual shot in the movie.
If I’d had children and had a girl, the first words I would have taught her would have been “fuck off” because we weren’t brought up ever to say that to anyone, were we? And it’s quite valuable to have the courage and the confidence to say, “No, fuck off, leave me alone, thank you very much.“
Dame Helen Mirren (x)
Photos by Julia Rendleman & Marcus Ingram at soon-to-be dismantled Robert E. Lee Statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, former capital of the Confederacy. A symbolic & actual victory, and these photos really capture the moment…
“I’m speaking to you from my heart. Look, I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this, but fuck that. Today is about innocent people who were halfway through their process, we don’t know what George Floyd could have achieved, we don’t know what Sandra Bland could have achieved, but today we’re going to make sure that won’t be an alien thought to our young ones. Every black person in here remembered when another person reminded you that you were black. So none of you out there, all those protesters on the other side, protesting against what we want to do, protesting against what we want to try and achieve, burn you, this is so vital. I need you to understand how painful this shit is. I need you to understand how painful it is to be reminded every day that your race means nothing and that isn’t the case anymore, that was never the case anymore.” John Boyega at The Black Lives Matter protest in Hyde Park June 3rd 2020
We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy, and how you ended up knowing what colors went together.
The Virgin Suicides 1999, dir. Sofia Coppola
That’s what you were sacrificed to. But I - have always felt...held. By a family. A real family. Which everyone deserves. And you deserve.
Ari Aster, Midsommar (2019)
i’d like to go on a kill bill style murder tour and decapitate all the hollywood rapists
There’s probably a Harvey Weinstein in your community and you’re not doing anything about it.
I wish discussions about Harvey Weinstein could transcend beyond the film industry, and that the men sitting around talking about how evil and disgusting this situation is could use some critical thinking and realize it's not just one industry or one space. There are Weinsteins in every job, and also every bar, social scene, creative collective, etc. There are men with clout. Are they billionaires? No. Would many people in different social and economical tiers laugh at the thought of this person having any power or influence over a group of people? Probably. Doesn't really matter. The stakes don't have to be just career or finance based, folks.
Last night a friend of mine asked me how I felt about the Weinstein stories as I was repeatedly bumped into by an ex partner whose behavior was abusive to me before, during and after our relationship. I've been trying to keep the discussion going about this person as they've moved onto and victimized other people (both women they've been dating and their male friends). Most people shrug and say, "I don't know what to tell you, he's just got problems."
Does this person have power? He's a 35 year old unemployed shitlord with a coke problem who screams about his love of feminism and hatred of toxic masculinity while he draws doodles of women being strangled and spit on by his cartoon self as he fucks them in the ass. This is a man who interrupts you to explain what mansplaining is.
And yet, he’s got power. I’ve lost count of how many women have been in horrible, abusive situations with this man. The other men in the community know this, and guess who still gets a warm welcome every time he enters a room? The men in my spaces apologize for him, tell him he should probably stay away from me because I’m “still mad”. Who is being protected here? He loses nothing, and I lose my ability to feel safe in places that used to feel like home. Every few months, a girl will approach me and relay their own experience with this man, because I will not shut up. There is so much more to this story, but I won’t get into it here.
So, yeah, standing in a bar while one guy I’m friends with tells me how awful Harvey Weinstein is while my abuser is right beside me disrespecting the clear physical boundaries I’ve set is very telling. The awareness that once I chugged that beer and left that bar, they all formed back into one big group because an abuser is only an abuser if you see it happening, right? I can tell these people over and over again and still get the same empathy, followed by a shrug. If you take anything from this, let it be:
Guys, I do not care about your opinions on Harvey Weinstein if you’re going to be complicit with abusers in your own community. You do not get a prize for calling someone out who you’ve never met. I refuse to set the bar that low. What we need now is not your repetition of what others have said, what we need is for you to use critical thinking. Look at this space, look at this man and what he’s done, look at all the people who have been victimized. Say to yourself: have you ever heard something about a man in your community? Did you ever hear overwhelming stories and direct accounts? If that man were to be charged with assault, would you also say you had no idea? That you didn’t realize he was that bad? Take this as an opportunity to look around you and make some fucking changes, because retweeting Rose McGowan isn’t enough. Your voice adds to a roar in the Twittersphere, but if you really want to make a change, start these conversations in your own backyard.
