#the white december

[shadyacresequestrian]

sent in the pre-reg notes for jasper and andie for the white december :D had to loan some horses through one of the event organizers to fill out my teams, cause you need three horses for each team but I only had two horses in total that qualified oops.

so yeah. hopefully my two teams get accepted! looking forward to sketching out the entries :D

[suretkerim]

Ectober Haunt – Black cat / White crow

[heartstopperthoughts]

I’m gonna need something super fucking gay to happen in December to bring 2023 full circle

[honeys-marmalade]

𝓜𝓸𝓸𝓭𝓫𝓸𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓥𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮 🤍⚜️

𝓡𝓮𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂: @quaintrelledreamss

[kmn7]

[pinkfairiesteaparty]

[icedsodapop]

I don't see enough analysis about May December and how Whiteness played a role in Joe's continued abuse at Gracie's hands. How Joe's racial other-ness being the only Korean kid in his White neighbourhood made him more vulnerable to Gracie's abuse. How Gracie's Whiteness made it easier for her to get away with marrying her rape victim and starting a family with him in broad daylight. How Gracie's White womenhood allowed her to live with some semblance of normality as a wife and a mum and a small business owner in suburbia despite being a registered child sex offender. All things that Black disability activist Ola Ojewumi pointed out, happened to the real-life woman Gracie is based on in this thread.

And then, that same White female gaze that Gracie projected onto Joe, the gaze that dehumanized him and viewed him as nothing but a sexual object, is also perpetuated by Elizabeth.

[kotaki]

"The power of love is amazing isn't it?"

[jodielandons]

“I’m offended by the entire project and the lack of respect given to me — who lived through a real story and is still living it." -Vili Fualaau, the inspiration for Joe Yoo in May December

I made a post last summer about being iffy on May December because the real life man this affected (Vili Fualaau) is still alive and dealing with his trauma, and he's finally speaking out about the movie. He said he admires films that handle the complexities of real-life events and would have been willing to work together with the crew to tell his story, but he was never contacted by any of the filmmakers.

The lead in May December is Natalie Portman's character and Joe (Fualaau) plays a supporting role in his own story. The screenwriter, Samy Burch, insists that the real life case of Mary Kay Letourneau taking advantage of Fualaau was just a "jumping off point" and not their story. How strange for a film that's supposed to be about how Hollywood exploits and hurts real life individuals for "art" to do the same thing in real life.

I hate that a poc who was preyed on by a white woman, has had his story twisted and exploited by another one almost 30 years later.

[kojiarakiartworks]

December 2007 PDX Portland Oregon U.S.A.

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Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

[iheartchristmas13]

Christmas time is here 🎄🎅🏻

[inthedarktrees]

Jane Birkin during the shooting of the film Don Juan, 1973

[fandomshatepeopleofcolor]

- mod sodapop

[kmn7]

[moodboard-d]

[ed13d1]

long live secret bliss