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In case you wanna read a 2ki members’ of Keyakizaka 

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this is the money dog, repost in the next 24 hours and money will come your way!!

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Favorite Produce 48 Friendship: Heo Yunjin & Takeuchi Miyu

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Why Ocean’s 8 Is the True Definition of Feel-Good Movies

So right now you’re probably sitting at home, and if you’re at all interested in any of the wonderful 8 leads (Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson, Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, Anne Hathaway, Awkwafina, and Helena Bonham Carter) of Ocean’s 8, then you’re wondering if it’s worth seeing. 

I think it is.

It’s quiet, understated, and it surely passes the Bechdel Test 8 times over. So why is it important? What does it offer us as a society today? 

It’s literally a blatant metaphor for female friendship. Hell, Anne Hathaway outright states, “I don’t have a lot of female friends,” when her dopey character rises to the occasion and solidifies this group of 8 women. 

This movie is not in any way a part of its predecessors, but it is a movie written, performed, and produced in the glare of the #MeToo movement and the Time’s Up initiative, and it is beautiful. 

There is no threat of male violence; there is no threat of male takeovers; no mansplaining; there’s men in it, yes, and they get good comedy timing like the women, but they are not threatening. In fact, at one point Sandra Bullock states that no men could be involved in their heist. Not for any reason other than she wanted some solid females involved. If that is not a meta self-referential callback to “50/50 by 2020″ or inclusion riders or equality itself, I don’t know what is. (Sandra, Mindy, and Cate were all original signers of the Time’s Up letter published on January 1st this year). 

The men got 3 movies. Now, it’s the women’s turn. They will take those 8 spots and they will get the job done without any threats, conflict, or bullshit. 

One could argue that the movie does not feel as thrilling or on-the-edge-of-your-seat satisfying because of this lack of conflict.

But I think that’s the point. There’s no conflict because the women work together. They’re stealthy, careful, cunning, and they are ready to get shit done. And they can get shit done because they have come together to do it. There’s no weak link or “catty” (kill me, honestly) fighting. These women all want the same thing, and they all support each other and work together to put one man in jail. 

In the era where it seems like every single day I am bombarded with the threat of physical violence by any man that walks through the door of the place I work, this was a reprieve. This was a place where I felt calm, loved, surrounded by women who were smarter than everyone in the room. They nodded to Anna Wintour and the Kardashians and the Hadids and Taylor Swift and their business ideals, and they did not bash them. They coexist, ready to be a part of the plan and to get their own shit done at the same time. 

And that’s why I think this movie is so important. It’s about female friendship and it’s about getting everyone (men, women, people) involved in that comfort and love and support so that maybe one day, like these characters we can pull the greatest heist of all: the time to hold the screen’s attention for an hour and forty minutes without a threat of sexual or physical violence in a crime-driven film. Or to hold that hour and forty minutes of safety in, you know, life itself. 

(NOTE: I do have a discomfort in the fact that Ocean’s 8 was directed by Gary Ross, because I feel like they definitely missed an opportunity to highlight young female directors, but we’re working on it) 

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love of my life, my sunflower wife

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🖤 This was fun 🖤

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Sandra Bullock feeding pancakes from her fork to Cate Blanchett and saying, “Come on baby, take a bite,” is what 20gayteen is made of.

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I’m a gay homosexual male man but as soon as I saw Cate Blanchett start turning those looks in Ocean’s 8 I could feel the powerful psychic energies of thousands of my lesbian and bisexual sisters collectively swooning at the sight and honestly I’m so happy for y’all you drink in that raw sapphic beauty this weekend you deserve it.

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Ocean’s Eight

Went and saw this last night. It’s amazing. Go and watch it as soon as possible.

Also, all there is to say about Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett is:

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can we talk about the truly Iconic™ line “you don’t deserve a point of view if the only thing you see is you” from Playing God on Brand New Eyes (2009) by Paramore because 13 year old me truly wasn’t ready for that

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Happy Pride Month to all my LGBTQ followers, mutuals, just LGBT people in general! Keep on being awesome, don’t let anyone stop you! 💙💚💛💜❤🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈