The weather here can't seem to make up its mind. It keeps switching from warm to cold just about every week. A few days ago we had snow, and now we're getting enough rain to flood some places.
Hi. Guy here. We have a discussion going on in the black panther thread over whether the villain was myginistic, due to his violence against women.
My perspective is that because Black Panther puts women into positions of importance, they are treated no differently than men are in the movie, and indeed compared to most action movies. I always felt that the "Men are the expendable gender" was a form of incidental positive discrimination for women, since because they are usually depicted outside of positions of power, villains have to specifically seek them out to inflict violence on them. In BP, the violence against them just seems incidental to the plot of the story going on, something I think is a good thing.
For me, seeing women as just regular action heroes in stories is part of how I've framed my feminist ideals: I love action movies and I want to see women participate in them, which means they are going to participate in violence as well, both dishing it out and taking it. I'm not seeking out gratuitious violence, but being able to take a punch is as much part of a good action scene as is throwing one.
I'm not asking you to validate my analysis of the movie or anything like that, but I always try to be aware of how people who have to live with this kind of representation of them think about it. So....do you agree that you want to see women in equal action roles to men that we have now? Do you prefer that there were simply less violence focused action movies overall, so women could participate without it potentially getting too ugly?
Yes to the first question and no to the second.Hi. Guy here. We have a discussion going on in the black panther thread over whether the villain was myginistic, due to his violence against women.
My perspective is that because Black Panther puts women into positions of importance, they are treated no differently than men are in the movie, and indeed compared to most action movies. I always felt that the "Men are the expendable gender" was a form of incidental positive discrimination for women, since because they are usually depicted outside of positions of power, villains have to specifically seek them out to inflict violence on them. In BP, the violence against them just seems incidental to the plot of the story going on, something I think is a good thing.
For me, seeing women as just regular action heroes in stories is part of how I've framed my feminist ideals: I love action movies and I want to see women participate in them, which means they are going to participate in violence as well, both dishing it out and taking it. I'm not seeking out gratuitious violence, but being able to take a punch is as much part of a good action scene as is throwing one.
I'm not asking you to validate my analysis of the movie or anything like that, but I always try to be aware of how people who have to live with this kind of representation of them think about it. So....do you agree that you want to see women in equal action roles to men that we have now? Do you prefer that there were simply less violence focused action movies overall, so women could participate without it potentially getting too ugly?
It's not positive discrimination. Positive discrimination is going out of your way to make media where women kick ass (Jane Bond, Ghost Busters 2016, Ocean's Eight).
Refusing to combat women is negative discrimination. It's directly saying that we're not capable of holding our own or not strong enough to face the consequences of our actions, and I'll have none of it.
That sounds a bit like here. We've had some random snow days and then it will go back to raining a few days later. I really don't like this time of year.The weather here can't seem to make up its mind. It keeps switching from warm to cold just about every week. A few days ago we had snow, and now we're getting enough rain to flood some places.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...result-is-awesome_us_597b3c67e4b02a8434b5df58Veelk
Misogyny is defined as "a dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women." Being violent towards a woman is not necessarily misogynistic. I haven't seen the movie so I won't speak on it any further.
My favorite action movie last year was Atomic Blonde, and she gets the shit kicked out of her at times. It's awesome.
"Right from the beginning, it was very clear the way I was going to fight," Theron said in a recent trailer. "How a woman would really be able to fight and not break every bone in her fist."
And it's true. In "Atomic Blonde," Lorraine doesn't kill her Soviet adversaries by punching them in the face one time and being done with it. And the film doesn't pretend that a woman of Theron's size would be able to defeat similarly trained, large men with brute force alone.
No, she has to work: If Lorraine is hit once, she has to hit back three times; if she's pushed with one hand, she has to use two to push back; if a bad guy strong-arms her with his upper body, she uses the full force of both of her legs.
"Since men are generally stronger than women, how does a woman go about overcoming male attackers? Using her brains, mental toughness and the environment," Hargrave explained. "Use elbows, knees and other techniques that use the attacker's strength and momentum against them."
He later added: "We had [Lorraine] utilize things in her existing environment as weapons to gain the upper hand. Smart, efficient use of martial techniques and found weapons in the environment."
Viewers really do feel every punch to Lorraine's face, every kick to her knees, every jab to her ribs. It's excruciating ― and it's realistic. It gives more depth to Theron's character, forcing the audience to feel her pain, and making it clear that as a woman consistently fighting men she has to be even more steely-eyed and unrelenting than the guy across from her.
I liked something on tumblr a bit ago that had a bunch of guides for those kinds of things
y'know it probably just is. my brain completed the collar to be rounded behind her hair but you can clearly see the line of the blouse in the middle behind the top of the sweater
I liked something on tumblr a bit ago that had a bunch of guides for those kinds of things
Seems to be a Peter Pan collar.
obv i couldnt quite comment on the rest of the top since you just see the collar
full post https://decorkiki.tumblr.com/post/106594886247/a-visual-fashion-guide-for-women-necklines
Thanks, both these were helpful. Glad to see there is a guide for this with names and everything. That skirt guide is useful, too!
I love this style. Hmmmmm....
Yeah, it's really nice. I'll dress like that a lot when it's colder out.
I didn't even consider it, I'll look into itHave you ever gotten anything tailored? I realize that's extra work and extra cost but it's saved some outfits for me.
Holy shit congratulations!So uhm, I can't remember if I posted it here or not. But who has two thumbs and got engaged over the holidays?
Ayeeeeeeeeeee
My fiance proposed to me in a crowded park. It was pretty amazing even though I made him stand up because I started getting shy because everyone was looking at us. :3
So uhm, I can't remember if I posted it here or not. But who has two thumbs and got engaged over the holidays?
Ayeeeeeeeeeee
My fiance proposed to me in a crowded park. It was pretty amazing even though I made him stand up because I started getting shy because everyone was looking at us. :3
Congratulations :DSo uhm, I can't remember if I posted it here or not. But who has two thumbs and got engaged over the holidays?
Ayeeeeeeeeeee
My fiance proposed to me in a crowded park. It was pretty amazing even though I made him stand up because I started getting shy because everyone was looking at us. :3
Congrats!!!So uhm, I can't remember if I posted it here or not. But who has two thumbs and got engaged over the holidays?
Ayeeeeeeeeeee
My fiance proposed to me in a crowded park. It was pretty amazing even though I made him stand up because I started getting shy because everyone was looking at us. :3
Nice!So uhm, I can't remember if I posted it here or not. But who has two thumbs and got engaged over the holidays?
Ayeeeeeeeeeee
My fiance proposed to me in a crowded park. It was pretty amazing even though I made him stand up because I started getting shy because everyone was looking at us. :3
So uhm, I can't remember if I posted it here or not. But who has two thumbs and got engaged over the holidays?
Ayeeeeeeeeeee
My fiance proposed to me in a crowded park. It was pretty amazing even though I made him stand up because I started getting shy because everyone was looking at us. :3
Yeah, maybe I'm looking at it wrong. For me, I'm looking at it isolated as a piece of entertainment, on how good art can be made. In terms of real life, my feelings on violence change drastically, especially given how violence against different types of people is treated differently.Veelk, I think you might be looking for the phrase 'benevolent sexism'.
It's not the first problem that needs to be addressed in media, imo, but it's not a great one either. Also 'womens pain' is completely disregarded in the real world, so the only place it MIGHT be given any weight is as a result of violence....except in the real world, people dismiss domestic abuse victims, so it actually isn't. That's purely fictional, more than anything else mentioned.
Congrats! Happy for you!So uhm, I can't remember if I posted it here or not. But who has two thumbs and got engaged over the holidays?
Ayeeeeeeeeeee
My fiance proposed to me in a crowded park. It was pretty amazing even though I made him stand up because I started getting shy because everyone was looking at us. :3
Congratulations!So uhm, I can't remember if I posted it here or not. But who has two thumbs and got engaged over the holidays?
Ayeeeeeeeeeee
My fiance proposed to me in a crowded park. It was pretty amazing even though I made him stand up because I started getting shy because everyone was looking at us. :3
Wut? lolJust read a tweet in portuguese about how every straight man knows EVEYRTHING about consent and how it can be taken away even if you wanted sex first and they will show you this knowledge if you try to put your finger on his butt during sex. They just play dumb when it comes to us =|