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I've found conclave audiobook yayyyyyyyy

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Not me scrolling through the Conclave tag only to see no one talk about the deliberate positioning and framing of the women in this movie.

Pulling up this movie I completely expected to only encounter Sister Agnes as the one woman we see in the trailer, the conclave a space that has been kept from the female members of the church. Now, color me surprised when I started the movie and most of the establishing shots we got were focused on all the women working in the Vatican.

And it is such a deliberate choice, it does the film a disservice not to talk about it.

Because while Cardinal Lawrence is having his fifteenth breakdown during sequestering and Bellini finds the ambitious asshole within himself, Ray does all the leg work, and Bel---- we see the women work.

We see the kitchens, we see them cook, we see them stand aside. Most of the time when the Cardinals are conspiring it is the women who interrupt because they are busy working, walking, running errands.

And there is power in that.

I think it is very deliberate how often (and with such lingering gaze) the camera shows us the lives of the other half - partially to connect to the wider themes of the movie, on how Bellini asks for women to get more power but never thanks them, and how Benitez stumps them all by thanking the women preparing their meals when asked to say the prayer (considering his own probably tumultuous relationship to gender within the church).

But it also stands in direct opposition to a long tradition in story telling: servants don't exist. How often the heroes of a regency romance are "alone" because the two hand maidens and three maids don't really count.

Conclave doesn't do that.

It doesn't let us look away.

Between all the petty drama, the politics, and the real life consequences of the conclave, we never stop looking at the people doing all the work.

Yes, we follow the ups and downs of Lawrence and Co, but in doing so the movie reminds us again and again of the women working the kitchen.

And that was just such a powerful artistic choice in a movie about a famously misogynistic church... I loved it. And I had to talk about it.

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It's wonderful how, with no warning and without even trying, we will randomly stumble across new favorite songs, new favorite artists, new favorite books, new favorite movies, new favorite games, new favorite shows, new favorite snacks, new passions, new hobbies, new interests, new favorite blogs and new favorite people. So when things are terrible, hold onto the fact that someday, possibly when you least expect it, you'll suddenly come across something wonderful!

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it's actually INSANE how Niklas Natt och Dag thanked Bachman in the end of 1793. Like I was just in that crazy cruel real world, and then hi btw remember this cozy sweet author? They know each other.

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How it started Vs. How it's going

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Harold and Maude is so Richard Ayoade + Addams family to me

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Harold and Maude

1971

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Wishing a happy birthday to Bud Cort! Here's some art inspired by Harold and Maude and Brewster McCloud!

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one of my favourite scenes in S1 <3

it's kinda hilarious that they had to thirst trap the shit out of daniel to distract him lmao

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Things happening on twitter *screams into my hand*

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this masterpiece😩🫢🫢🫢

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And someone did the math☠️☠️☠️

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thinking about sam saying it was easy to fall in love with jacob………..yeah

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Lily Rose Depp turning out to be a creepy dykey weirdgirl with a hot female boyfriend is such a win for The Culture

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Cristóbal Balenciaga - 1. A Matter of Style

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Maisie Williams wearing Erdem.