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this websites block feature was originally created for the explicit purpose of preventing my friend from threatening him with hammers and it was the biggest mistake the admins ever made

they’re not even pretending there’s nuance anymore it’s literally just “here’s the newest crazy evil bitch”

some of the reaction to wilson’s review feels strangely defensive of film as a legitimate medium. it honestly reminds of the way gamers respond to criticism from, well, anyone. on that, what the hell? we’re well past that, and we can rest very soundly when a writer calls a nolan film not very deep

to be clear “knows what movie are” is a useless criteria for being able to produce good criticism of one, but if it can be applied to wilson for thinking a work of art should have complex ideas, it can equally be applied to nolan for thinking, i don’t know, it’s important for movies to be big

its also a little bit embarrassing to see all of these self-styled “film connoisseurs” tut tutting a miracle talent like wilson and going “you may have produced one of the most significant works of literature in recent history, but i happen to review movies on letterboxd regularly”

the criticism of emily wilson “not being a movie enjoyer” and therefore not able to offer useful criticism by virtue of not understanding the medium would maybe feel more appropriate to me if it was not in defense of christopher nolan, who i question whether knows what movies are either

jare of seeds

americans, despite our equivalently immense narcissism, seem to be unable to reproduce this ability. probably because we don’t read

little girl just walked her balloon dog directly over some broken glass and it died

le caméra euh c’est comme un pen like stfu

navel gazing is much maligned, but sometimes the obvious, almost vapid thought at the center of something needs to be stated so we can start moving past it, and it takes a specific kind of dumb intellect to make it happen. i fear this is why the french have found themselves so often at the forefront

h-uh

though ig ofc partly what im asking is “why don’t rad/post feminists still write fucky hermaphrodite books” and the answer is bc they don’t exist anymore

no but i just googled it and will, exactly what im describing

which is a shame, to be clear, i love that stuff

and this goes for ursula k le guin, joanna russ, where you do wonder how that stuff would get written today, without a basis of a sort of sole ownership or authority over the subject matter

obviously it’s a film adaptation, which comes at a cost, but it’s notable how much more binary and careful to avoid transness the film is, compared to the book which is much more free-wheeling and complicated in its judgment of sex

having just read orlando and then watching the 1992 film adaptation has caused me to wonder if it’s possible to still write the woman author sex change genre, sort of in the same way it’s easy to tell if something came into being after the detonation of the first atomic bomb

reading drink menu on a fun day out and a moth has just flown out of my wallet drink for a beautiful woman - 900 dollars drink for some kind of lowly dog - 2 cents

the price of a miller high life compared to the price of a negroni feels transmisogynistic