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For the last three decades many Americans have puzzled over a system that gives an R to a movie in which a women is carved up by a chainsaw and an NC-17 to one that shows a woman sexually pleasured. From such ratings one might conclude that sexual violence against women is OK for American teenagers to see, but that they must be 18 to see consensual sex. What message does this send to the kids the MPAA presumably means to protect?
Carrie Rickey
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“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying to force us to look away from a scene that shows a woman in a sexual scenario which is both complicit and complex. It’s misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman’s sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than this film.”
-Ryan Gosling on the controversy around the rating of his film ‘Blue Valentine’
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Do not settle for less than exactly what you want. Your heart’s desires are there for a reason. Chase them. Pursue them relentlessly. Do not lose sight of your goals. They are your very reason for being.
Franki Durbin (via ihatenietzsche)
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if you ever think mythology is boring or serious business or whatever shit
just remember that cerberus, the hell-hound and guard dog of the underworld, comes from the root indo-european word ḱerberos, which evolved into the greek word kerberos, which got changed to cerberus when it went from greek to latin
ḱerberos means “spotted”
that’s right
hades, lord of the dead, literally fucking named his pet dog spot
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22i kissed a boy once and now i am immortal
basically the young adult section of any bookstore
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Fashion is one of the very few forms of expression in which women have more freedom than men. And I don’t think it’s an accident that it’s typically seen as shallow, trivial, and vain. It is the height of irony that women are valued for our looks, encouraged to make ourselves beautiful and ornamental… and are then derided as shallow and vain for doing so. And it’s a subtle but definite form of sexism to take one of the few forms of expression where women have more freedom, and treat it as a form of expression that’s inherently superficial and trivial. Like it or not, fashion and style are primarily a women’s art form. And I think it gets treated as trivial because women get treated as trivial.
Fashion is a Feminist Issue: Greta Christina (via everminding)
preach it sista
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| (A customer in his early 20′s is ranting at the front of the bookstore. He’s speaking as if he’s much older than he is. His rant is about kids nowadays not reading as much. There are no other customers, so it’s policy to let him vent. I smile politely to everything he’s saying, since he’s not being a bother.) | |
| Male Customer: | “…they just don’t understand the beauty of holding a book in their hands, smelling the pages and reading tales of epic proportion! Kids these days just want to stand around listening to crap music. No wonder they’re getting dumber.” |
| Me: | “We get a few teenagers coming in the store, though.” |
| Male Customer: | “I bet they’re just picking up crap like Twilight. They’d never read proper books.” |
| (A customer walks in as he’s saying this. I recognise her from a few days ago, when she ordered a book. She’s about 16, very blonde, and very clearly one of the popular girls.) | |
| Female Customer: | “Hi, I ordered a book. I just want to check if it has come in? It’s under [name].” |
| Male Customer: | *mutters* “This is exactly what I was talking about.” |
| Female Customer: | “Excuse me? What is that supposed to mean?” |
| Male Customer: | “I was just saying that kids like you have no interest in reading. If you do, it’s all crap.” |
| Female Customer: | “If I had no interest in reading, why would I be in a bookstore? And who cares what others think of a book, so long as you enjoy it? That’s all that matters, right?” |
| Male Customer: | “Whatever, go on, pick up your crappy little Twilight.” |
| Female Customer: | “For your information, I ordered John Green’s Looking for Alaska. I did not like Twilight at all.” |
| Male Customer: | “Yeah, as if.” |
| Female Customer: | “”War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” George Orwell, 1984. That last line is something you ought to think about before opening your rude mouth!” |
| Me: | “She certainly knows her stuff.” |
| (I hand her the book she ordered, making sure the male customer sees the cover. She pays and walks away, but turns back around before she leaves.) | |
| Female Customer: | “So long, and thanks for all the fish!” |
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