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Saw the Barbie movie and enjoyed it a lot.Â
Some people on the internet have charged it with being misandrist/man-hating/whatever word you want to use for it, and those people...are kind of correct. Sorry. (Spoilers for the Barbie movie btw)
The standard smug response is âomg sexist dudebros canât stand that a movie is about women and they are too toxic to understand the message of the film and how it deals with the fact that patriarchy hurts men too.â And sure, itâs made explicit that being in charge and having the material trappings of patriarchal power does not make Ken happy on an existential level (because his real dream in life is to be a horse girl), but itâs not enough to cancel out that every single man in the film is portrayed as an incompetent moron. Stuff like âMen love explaining the Godfather and think playing the guitar is interesting and impressive to womenâ doesnât bother me--these are jokes in a comedy film and the characters doing them are doll people who live on a plastic beach. But itâs not just the Kens that are stupid, the men from the real world are all stupid too. The husband of the America Ferrera character is essentially a real world Ken--there just to be there and someone neither the audience or the women in his life spare much of a thought for unless we are laughing at how ridiculous his existence is. The Barbie movie is only ânot sexistâ in that itâs not as bad as you might expect because the bar for these sorts of thing is so low itâs on the ground.
The messaging around the whole Ken takeover is extremely weird and confusing. As Ken observes, the real world is opposite from life in Barbieland; in Barbieland the Barbies are the patriarchs who occupy all the positions of power and Kens are the âwomenâ in that they are second-class citizens whose lives and identities revolve around the Barbies because theyâre not permitted to do anything fulfilling or interesting on their own. But when Ken turns Barbieland into Kendom, the plot seems to run on the assumption that the audienceâs sympathies would naturally be with the Barbies fighting to restore the status quo and not with the Kens, who were an underclass until about a day ago. Yes the society they set up is bad--itâs just the reverse of the unfair system that existed before--but there is very little sense that the Barbies are getting a taste of their own medicine and instead the narrative is that itâs tragic that these strong women who have won Nobel prizes have to be nice and pay attention to the obviously stupid and boring Kens for even a day. The main character expresses that she feels bad for treating Ken poorly and this is shut down by another character (meant to be a real human woman from the real world) who basically says she shouldnât feel bad because Ken stole her house and âbrainwashedâ her friends but isnât it just one of the struggles of womanhood that we feel bad about how we treat shitty men~ .Â
Like, what? All the Kens were homeless before this! I liked the Barbie character and all, but obviously Iâm going to feel more sympathy for the person whose example of how the real world made him feel like someone is that a woman found his existence worthwhile enough to ask him for the time than for someone whose arc is dealing with her life being less than perfect for the first time.The former is both very sad and just more like a real experience that most people would have--a lifelong sense of inadequacy rather than having an idyllic existence that went suddenly wrong--yet itâs Barbie who is framed as the relatable one because, I suppose, she is a woman. Â
I think the movie relies a little too much on this âsisterhoodâ idea that Iâve always hated. Iâm sure Iâm meant to be nodding my head at the little speech about the contradictory expectations placed on women and going âyes thatâs just what itâs like!â...but I simply didnât relate to it at all and was left thinking it was sort of a weak, lazy solution to a conflict that was already a bit contrived to begin with. That Barbies would be just as susceptible to rhetoric from some college freshmanâs B+ womenâs studyâs paper as they were to instantly adopting patriarchal ideas actually makes sense, but I donât think thatâs the joke--weâre meant to find it profound. (The human characters in general are the weakest part of the movie. It feels almost like they are remnant of an earlier version of the story that got changed a lot, especially the Mattel executives).Â
At the end there is some lip service to things not just going back to the way they were, but a Ken cannot have a seat on the supreme court. The point of this, I think, is supposed to be that just like a company releasing toy that is a woman president isnât going to solve gender inequality, neither is this one event going to immediately change Barbieland into an egalitarian utopia; real equality is hard to to achieve and is a slow process of incremental changes. This is good, but itâs undercut by the movie wanting to have itâs cake and eat it too by having all these girlboss scenes where the Barbies are taking back Barbieland and are clearly better and smarter than the Kens. Weâre meant to see them talk about âkeeping Barbieland Barbielandâ and getting to reinstate âtheirâ constitution (that 0 Kens get to vote on) and feel...good? Inspired?Â
I couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with how this plotline ended because the situation looks sort of grim.The only Barbie who is ever shown to have any empathy for a Ken leaves, and the Ken with the most personal development gives up leading anyone because itâs not his thing and cedes his leadership position to a Ken who doesnât have the motivation not to build his life around Barbie that he does. I think I wouldâve liked it more if Ken also left Barbieland. He had an existential crisis too; he was also effected enough by his experience that he was capable of tears. If Stereotypical Barbie doesnât feel like Barbie anymore, does Stereotypical Ken really feel like Ken? After having to completely redefine his entire reason for existing? As it is, it almost feels like the film is saying that Ken is too simple to be irrevocably changed by what heâs been through, like only Barbieâs feelings are deep and meaningful. I just wanted a post-credits scene where he runs a horse ranch with Allan or something.Â
#I wrote this big long post that could easily be responded too with but Ken was the best part of the movie#he so was!#which is why I'm left vaguely disappointed
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Andrew Garfield talks to Elmo about grief and the passing of his mother
#andrew garfield#agarfieldedit#andrewgarfieldedit#gif#dilfgifs#mancandykings#flawlessgentlemen#dailymenedit#dailycelebs#userbbelcher#usersavana#userchristineb#underbetelgeuse#gaybuckybarnes#usereri#useraurore#userallisyn#tuserpolly#usergal#userdarren#usertyger#flawlesscelebs#the way he talks about it makes me feel so in love#this interaction made me dsfhgdhjsdf
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The zoo in my hometown posted this picture of one of their cheetah cubs and I'm obsessed
HIS NAME IS YAM ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDINF ME
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I also think that all the "um okay knives out & glass onion were good. Wrap it up now" posts are so funny. You're tripping if you think there's not going to be at least five Benoit Blanc films lol
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get yourself a main character whos two primary emotions are "little cunt" and "catatonic with grief"
#origimals#rotmhs#íì°ê·í#this is about my pookie boygrandpa chung myung#i wanna see him cry so hard he throws up đ
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did some math based on adventurer's bible stuff about average sizes of tallmen & half-foots & the canon heights of the characters and. chilchuck is the half-foot equivalent of 6'5
#mickbell voice chilchuck that beanpole fuck why is he so tall#the rest of kabru's party: ???????#btw laios knows how freakishly tall chilchuck is#dungeon meshi#chilchuck tims
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Knowledge Revenge.
#dungeon meshi#chilchuk tims#senshi#Somewhat of an unofficial sequel to the Dragon Comic. I promise I have more versatility in my jokes. I just had to take this opportunity.#Senshi is pretty much a recluse. I think he would know a few of these 'gottems' but not all.#Chilchuck would know gottems that are nearly lost to time. The deep cuts. The ones that you fall for because they are that obscure.#I would also like to take a moment to confess that after the last comic in which I posed a gottem -#I fell victim to a Mind Goblin Attack. I was thoroughly got. I will be on higher alert this time.#So NOBODY be funny in the tags. I am gullible and I like to share things with my friends. Who are *ruthless*.#I have a mild resistance to Vicious Mockery at this point but I can only take so much.#Happy Thistle Thursday Everyone! See you next week!
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yâall justâ thinking about how excited Stanley must have been to host the twinsâ Alex says he smokes cigars but he doesnât smoke once in the showâ has a beer gut but he only drinks sodas in front of the kidsâ doesnât swear when theyâre around which must have taken INCREDIBLE effortâ Stanley Pines, known crook, buying pancake mix at the supermarket and many bottles of syrupâ learning to cook basic healthy meals and burning so many of them before he gets it rightâ buying new sheets, new mattressesâ avoiding bunk beds because it reminds him of Fordâ looking at the attic room he made wondering âis this enough will they like meââ trying to act aloof at the bus stop so he doesnât betray the fact that he was there hours earlyâ watching them goof around and thinking of New Jersey beachesâ then the first night theyâre there, he watches them debate running away and only stay because Mabel shook a magic 8 ball. That must have kept him awake all night.
#stanley isnât perfect but the fact that he made tangible efforts to be a better guardian just makes me ache so much#he has so much love inside him and it had nowhere to go until the twins came#man. The show hits harder as an adult methinks#gravity falls#gf#stanley pines#grunkle stan#thisisnotawebsitedotcom#stan pines#dipper pines#mabel pines
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Kabru of Utaya
Twitter: https://x.com/hichufox
#kabru of utaya#kabru#dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#laios touden#fan art#labru#heâs so PRETTY
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the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "đđŒđđŒâ" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again
#yeehaw#1k#5k#10k#posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours?#also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that!#unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference#edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense#also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags#1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now#he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic#2) âwhy didn't he use đ«”đŒ?â didn't exist yet. âwhy didn't he use đ?â dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. đđŒ is an ok sign#like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent đđŒđđŒ as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock#3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing#it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is#extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once#it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life#i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about#Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect#if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it#aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week
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Whoever conceived and animated this moment, I hope they're doing well and thriving. This is S-rank romance stuff here.
#the ship overall is C to A tier#but it's things like THIS that push it up toward the A#titan ae#titan a.e.#cale#akima#it just...#starts with them chilling together being comfortable in each other's space#that would be enough that's a point there#then she goes and HANDS HIM THE SANDWICH SHE'S EATING#sharing their food#that's another one#and she does it because his hands are busy so he can't feed himself#so that's a third point#and she does it WITHOUT LOOKING AT HIM which is a FOURTH point#and he bites into it without request or invitation so that's a FIFTH point#and then he TAKES THE WHOLE SANDWICH AND GULPS IT DOWN LIKE A LIZARD#which is a SIXTH point#and jumps it up to SEVEN because she pulls her fingers free and finally looks at him and yells at him#IT'S A SEVEN-POINT ROMANCE COMBO#do you know how utterly rare those are?#those are generally earned through KISS scenes where the hands move and the heads touch and maybe there's a spin#they achieved a seven-point romance combo by SHARING A SANDWICH#fixing machines and sharing lunch URRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHH
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If you skip a meal Senshi will materialize next to you w/ food at the ready
#(rins the one talking off-screen btw)#kabru is shit at taking care of himself and regularly forgets to eat#once senshi finds out he is gonna make it his duty to feed that boy bc god knows hes not gonna do it himself#whats kabru gonna do. stop him? lol. lmao even.#kabru#kabru of utaya#senshi of izganda#dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#dungeon meshi spoilers#this is intended to take place post-canon so like. its implied i guess?#dunmeshi spoilers#art#my art#xanders art#digital art#fan art
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puppet hour was brutal
#this was a part of a comic i sketched as a warmup but it was too many panels so im posting this on its own#gravity falls#the book of bill#mabel pines#stanford pines#that one page gave me hope that ford trusts mabel and treats her better than he did in the show#cuz man it always made me so mad watching the show#like iknow its the point that ford thinks he and dipper are just like... better and smarter#not that he doesnt like mabel#but like idk!!!!! idk!!!!!!!!!!#the book of bill is redeeming ford a bit 2 me
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I could think of no better way to share the news than this!
So when I was 17, my cat went missing and I'd given up hope of ever seeing him again.
Until on Monday, 27th of May, 2024, my friend sent me a FB post asking 'isn't that your mother?' about the person named on the microchip.
Here he is! 16 years old, and found safe, twelve whole years after he went missing!
Yesterday (Tuesday the 28th of May, 2024) I went to the rescue that had him, and I reclaimed my boy, renaming him Artie! (He'd originally been called 'Cat' because my mother and I couldn't decide on a name)
He's home safe with me now, currently inhabiting my bathroom and purring up a storm every time someone goes in there!
I'll be doing slow introductions between him and my current cat to give them the best possible chance of living in harmony!
Here's some pictures of Artie once we let him out of the carrier:
#personal#okay to reblog#my cat#cat people#honestly i can't believe this#like it happened to me and it still feels so fanciful and unreal#like something out of a children's story book or something#he's such a good boy!#he purrs like a motorbike and loves his brushy!!!#edited to add the flag because terfs found this post#people that hate my existence don't get to celebrate my cat
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why is it that people who dont play hollow knight are the funniest about it. friend whos been watching me play sent me this headcanon of theirs
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#twitter#this is blowing up so I wanna add my own anecdote#when I was young my neighbors had this orange outside cat#she had babies and was eaten by a javelina shortly after#:(#one of the orange sons survived for a few years before our other neighbor shot him and he died#there were more outdoor cats in the area they kept getting hit by cars the kitten mortality rate was horrid
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