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âDo you like my fake nails, daddy? Black palm tree, pink tiger stripe.â
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Daily reminder to CHEW WITH YOUR MOUTH CLOSED
Thank you and have a good day.
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âLolita is not about love, because love is always mutual; Lolita is about obsession, which is never, ever love, and Nabokov himself was so disappointed that people did not understand this and take away the right message⌠For how could anyone call this feeding frenzy of selfishness, devouring, and destruction âloveâ?â
â Â In her preface to LOLITA, Mary Gaitskill reflects on a review by Vanity Fairâs Gregor von Rezzori in which he calls the novel: âThe only convincing love story of the century
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cinema fashion styling illustration from âLolitaâ.
(my regular illustration page for girlâs fashion magazine âLARMEâ)
i compared 1962âs Stanley Kubrick and 1997âs Adrian Lyne.
both has each good point, but 1997âs one seems closer to
the original novel (iâve just started to read the beginning but
havenât read yet), dramatic and scandarous.
Sue Lyonâs Lolita seems more beautiful and cool,
Dominique Swainâs Lolita seems cuter and naughty.
about styling, 1997âs is more variety and fun to see.
in addition, Loâs mom styling is elegant and beautiful. Â
hereâs additional pics and my review in japanese, for exampleÂ
sue lyon's real eccentric life. if you have interest check it out.
http://ameblo.jp/reerosee/entry-11869043389.html
next âLARMEâ vol.12 issueâs coming up soon (sep.17th) ! Â
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Can Tumblr Just Stop
Listen up yâall! Because when it comes to this topic:
I have had it with people saying you canât enjoy something that doesnât âbelongâ to your culture. Apparently youâre racist if youâre a white girl dressing up as Tiana for comic con. Or if youâre wanting to adapt a story from China into a blockbuster movie. Or if youâre trying to cook an ethnic meal even if you have no experience. Because according to Tumblr (and alarmingly a lot of colleges) itâs âculture appropriationâ to even be curious about another country. Seriously. I had to write a paper to explain that you can still enjoy Mexican food even if youâre not from Mexico. And people argued with me. My professor argued with me! They all claimed that if you enjoy food from other cultures that you were stealing from that culture! Really?
I see this kind of attitude all the time about media too. Like, people flip out when they see a black girl playing Eponine from Les Miserables. Or when a predominately white school is performing The Wiz. People just jump into blind hate and claim that these performers are racists⌠but most of the time these performers are doing a role or a show because they love it. Because they connect with it in some way.Â
Hereâs a quote we all need to read:
âYou donât need to be the same ethnicity as the story youâre watching in order to identify with it. If the story is told well. It [a good story] is about relating to people that you may not necessarily think youâre going to relate to in the beginning, but by the end youâre going âThatâs me.â â
You know who said that?
Lin-Manuel Miranda
AKA:
The guy who wrote In The Heights and Hamilton, which did WONDERS in including people of all different ethnicities in mainstream musicals. AND in the interview he said that he was inspired from when he saw Fiddler on the Roof when he was six years old. Even though he was Puerto Rican and the show was about Jews and Russia- he related to the story about the sacrifices you make for your family. Because thatâs something that everyone can relate to.
In other words, a good story can speak to anyone regardless of culture and thatâs okay!
Itâs okay for a Japanese cast to perform In The Heights. Itâs okay for an African American to play Ăponine in Les Miserables. Itâs okay for people to adapt a J-Pop song into English. And itâs okay for a predominately white school to perform Hamilton or The Wiz.
If people are doing something because they genuinely love it, then there is nothing wrong with that. And this applies to everything!!!
If youâre a white girl wanting to wear dreads in your hair because you think it looks cool- GO FOR IT! If youâre a Korean man who loves listening to Latin music- GREAT! If youâre an Irish kid obsessed with learning Japanese- AWESOME! If youâre British and want to try out for Hamilton- NICE! If youâre an African American who jams out to K-Dramas- SWEET! If youâre an American who has moved to South Africa because you want to learn more about local tribes- THATâS SO COOL!
Look:
People shouldnât be guilt tripped into staying in their own cultural norms. I hate it when people say âyou canât enjoy this thing because it belongs to another culture.â
Doesnât that sound a bit racist? Scratch that. IT SOUNDS A LOT RACIST!
Yo, I can kinda see where the anger comes from. I know there are people who claim to know a lot about a different culture⌠when they obviously donât by their actions or mistreatment to those who actually belong to that culture. But there is a HUGE difference between those who are being âentitledâ and those who just havenât learned enough yet. Learning about a different culture takes time! Man, it takes several years just to learn a different language. Much more to learn about social norms and values.Â
And if they get a few things wrong⌠for crying out loud, show some mercy! No one is perfect. Stop with the âall or nothingâ mentality. Show some compassion for those who genuinely want to know more about your amazing heritage/culture.Â
Because most of the time these people are trying their best to learn! In fact, 99% of the time, theyâre self conscious because they know they are an outsider to your thing. But you can teach them. Share your culture. Let it thrive! Give people a chance! If you treat outsiders harshly for learning and enjoying your culture, then youâre harming your own representation.Â
THIS KID IS OUT!
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She thicc
She not quick
But most importantly
She still fit
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Me: *clicks notes on ANY post*
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Iâll never be able to hear this acronym the same way
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Any Black female who lives in Oakland
Do not go to the liquor store on 90th and MacArthur, around 10-14 Black men will be standing out there with vans and they will try to snatch you up, the Arab dudes who own the liquor store are in on it do not go there during the night, if it wasnât for my boyfriend being with me last night they would have got me #staywoke
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