new metric for media literacy for film bros is if they understand the barbie movie.
the kens are first presented as accessories to their barbies and it’s pointed out loud that they don’t even have places to stay in barbieland. one of the barbies straight up asks “wait, where do the kens stay?”. they’re just arm candy made to look pretty and cool while the barbies run their world.
but that’s fucked up!!! the film presents it as fucked up! that’s why ken screams “YOU FAILED ME!” and why he is insecure in the first place because he wanted to be respected and seen as a person, not someone who only exists in relation to someone else. should he have done what he did? no!!! that’s why it’s part of the conflict! the root of both of their breakdowns was in their society in that the barbies are supposed to be perfect and the kens exist in relation to them! it’s barbie and ken. he was a footnote. that’s why barbie apologizes to him in the end and tells him he can be himself. she doesn’t have to exist by some set of rules and neither does he! it’s barbie and it’s ken! sure, the resolution to the whole barbieland issue wasn’t perfect, BUT KEN’S WHOLE ARC IS ABOUT HOW THEIR WORLD FAILED MEN. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS MOVIE WAS ‘WOMEN GOOD MAN BAD’. WHAT ABOUT THE NUANCE
Everything everywhere all at once is a film about a girl ripping the entire universe apart just to find a part of her mother that she feels understands her. And everything everywhere all at once is a film about a mother ripping the entire universe apart just to understand her daughter. And my chest feels like it’s caving in when I think about it too long
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#and its also about a father who despite all odds still believes that you dont need to rip the entire universe apart to accomplish either /END ID]
“but if you’re pro-union, why are you anti-cop-union?” because cops are not laborers. what cops do is not labor. they are enforcers of the laws that oppress laborers and exist solely to protect capital. don’t bother me with stupid questions.
There’s discovering that you have a kink as in learning something new about yourself, and there’s discovering that you have a kink as in you always knew you were into it, but you didn’t realise it was a kink because you honestly thought everybody was into it, and of the two, the second one is much, much funnier.
It’s like the boner-based equivalent of folks with undiagnosed food allergies going “I just thought bananas were supposed to be spicy”.
Please… you CANNOT HIDE THIS IN THE TAGS
> #you never see foot fetishists talking about how all men naturally crave toes as part of the human condition
Not only have I seen that, I have seen it in a power point at a conference
You’ve seen in a what now
did i stutter
Throwback to that reddit post about the guy who learned exercising doesn’t make everyone incredibly horny and realized he’s come across as an asshole to every partner he’s ever had
I genuinely love (in a weird way) how horrified and regretful he is at how awful he accidentally sounded. This is a person who is self-aware, not an asshole, and never wanted to make anyone feel bad.
Sometimes we are not immediately blessed with the things we desire due to our heart posture on the real reason we want something. If the desire is rooted in envy, lust, greed, pride, or ego, we want it for the wrong reasons. Wanting more money isn’t inherently bad, but are you wanting it to boast to other people and buy things that make you look like you are in an upper social class? Or do you want the resources to help others in need? Wanting to be fit isn’t inherently bad, but are you wanting it to draw attention to yourself and prove to others of your physical beauty, or do you want to be healthy for your current/future family and to live life to its fullest potential? Do you want to be friends with someone because they are deemed cool and have a popular network of people, or do you want to be in their life to love and support them through their high, lows, & imperfections? Our heart posture matters. The finances, the friends, the recourses, the little things we want in life will come once the reason behind them is rooted in purity.
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