#Kirsten Powers

[frenchnewwaves]

kirsten dunst’s bedroom in 1997

[scarlettjemily]

PENELOPE GARCIA I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, YOU'RE SO BABYGIRL

[chappellschickensangwhich]

[texaschainsawmascara]

Kirsten Dunst

[dapperdelphina]

The Power Of The Dog (2021) | dir. Jane Campion

[cumberbatchcom]

3 years ago today, "The Power of the Dog" had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival. The movie premiered to rave reviews and earned many accolades to Benedict Cumberbatch, including "Best Performance of the Year", elected by critics worldwide, and his second Oscar Nomination.

You can remember everything from that unforgettable day on our masterpost made in 2021:

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The Power of the Dog (2021)

Director: Jane Campion DOP: Ari Wegner Production Design: Grant Major

[kendallroyscoke]

kirsten dunst, jesse plemons, swann arlaud, and justine triet at the oscars, 2024

(dream blunt rotation)

[coolerinsummer]

[tilbageidanmark]

Kirsten Dunst, 1997.

[wannabe-british-fangirl]

~ books read in 2024 ~

#16: Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

Ronnie Childers was tripping his balls off in Jackson Square when an angel of the Lord appeared before him. She was a glorious vision, dressed in black gym leggings and a Bikini Kill T-shirt, her golden hair twisted into a messy knot on the top of her head. She looked a lot like a girl he used to get stoned with back in high school.

Rating: 5/5

Three Sentence Review: I picked this book up because it was Tattered Cover's book of the month for July and I thought the blurb sounded funny - former high school nemeses locked in a battle over banned books. I am so glad that I read it! The cast of characters is quite large, with pretty much every chapter focusing on a different person, but all of their stories intersect and wind up forming a strong message about the power of books to educate, inform, and change the lives of an entire community.

[whalesharkgummer]

[jinxxpal]

I know it's a popular thing nowadays to hate Netflix for cancelling stuff, and sure, I also hate capitalism, cancel your subscription as protest if you want. But I'm also kinda grateful for them for financing projects that otherwise wouldn't get made. I'm talking about movies that other studios abandoned like Nimona, I'm talking about movies that wouldn't attract large enough audience to become financially beneficial in cinemas like Marriage Story or The Power of the Dog which is one of my favorite movies from the past few years. (Plus there's a ton of obscure stuff, series, documentaries, animations, comedy specials... Maybe I'll make some kind of list with hidden gems and personal favorites.)

BTW just like Saltburn, this movie also gives very strong Mr Ripley vibes, with a daddy x twink dynamic. If you liked the Talented Mr Ripley and hated Saltburn, this one is for you.

[vanweezer]

sometimes a friendship is one guy away from his phone while the other guy is infodumping about the bring it on sequels

[msclaritea]

[mischas]

Yesterday I saw this tweet quoting a list of the ‘ao3 ship stats of 2023’ and they were talking about how out of 100 ships, the list only had 27 women total. Then someone said that couldn’t simply be just misogyny, and another person said they had seen others explaining they mostly ship male characters because women are badly written/under developed, and I mean… Please, that’s such bullshit! It made me sad, and also it made me think of these characters we’ve been loving for so long and despite them being written by men, and sometimes being BADLY written or written ooc, they’re still so important and it’s so worth exploring their layers and giving them voice. I just wish female fic writers would step up and write about ourselves, write characters we can relate, flesh them out—we’re in 2024, ffs! How can we blame men for not writing women well and then just dedicate our time and creativity to write this so called interesting fictional men we have love or whatever? Sorry, I know this sounds more angsty than anything but it really pissed me off. We need to stop calling male blorbos “baby girl” and start writing and voicing real baby girls!!! (That obviously includes wlw relationships!) That’s why I love this blog so much, btw. That’s why when I thought of venting about it I thought: oh, she would understand! Thank you for always talking about Marissa’s layers and potential, thanks for making women who relate to her in some level feel understood. 🫶🏻

Oh wow, that's crazy. But also... unsurprising. So that's 27 total women out of 200 characters/individuals? Jesus. I'm not terribly versed in modern fandom (or even, like, old fandom, really) but male characters have historically been babied and loved on more. I don't really get it. A huge chunk of that is they were created and crafted by men and those stories come from a patriarchal perspective. How shows/stories shape and shift can really define how things are written moving forward and it's frankly true that audiences are much more harsh about the fallibility of female characters than they are of their male counterparts. I personally think it stems from men being generally terrible irl so people take male characters and run with them because it's safe and comforting rather than dealing with the reality of dudes irl.

You're right, we need to stand up for the ladies!! And that absolutely includes wlw relationships!

You're very sweet. I love Marissa. I could talk about her all day. It blows my mind that people still misunderstand her in 2024.