#girlblogger 2008

[madeinheaven2008]

[porcelainiaa]

♡ Adriana Lima

[c1nnimong1rl]

12/27

[cuntyko]

Child of Divorce (core)-

It's almost reflex to turn experiences into aesthetics... I mean it is way more efficient to reminisce thinking in this frame so I can see the appeal right. But for the oldies that don't get it ill explain what I'm droning on about now.

my philosophy is that George Bush broke America and going along with that we start with explaining the core essence of this "core"

like with the recession alone he tore like millions of families apart. i mean i know divorce was also prevalent in the 90s or whatever with like half of your 2nd grade class maybe a little less had divorced parents BITCH i cannot think of one person in second grade whose parents were still together. he really generated the flops that propelled this era forward

picture this you're in Rc Willey with your mom to furnish her new house during on of those miscellaneous american holidays that they use as an excuse to sell sell sell whatever they got. I think of this time I smell bath and body works candles and think open houses, joint custody, feeding the kids sugar to buy their love, lol the child exchanges … my dad would dead ass tell my mom to drop us off front of the pub next to a Cheesecake Factory and he was totally drinking when we got there. but yea packing shit up to go back and forth from one house to another one being a significantly better experience…. the parent you favored most you would most likely have a better living environment and nicer room setup, probably eat better. if you would have friends over there was always a preference on who you wanted to go with. things were ghetto fab dysfunctional but a somewhat working system that if you were really clever you could really take advantage of.

[maryrouille]

It's Amy Winehouse, but with female rage. About Back to Black (dir. Sam Taylor-Johnson) 2024

Recently, a film telling the life story of the British singer Amy Winehouse was released. I came here to talk a little about the aesthetics of this film, which, by the way, cannot be accused of poor music (Marisa Abela sings Amy's songs in her own voice and she does it brilliantly!) or ugly shots.

In the film we see the transformation from a rebellious teenager with a guitar into an emotionally and behaviorally unstable woman (without a guitar). Of course, this turn of events could have been reflected in Amy's real life, but one gets the impression that the film is set in a different time. It feels like the 2000s have been filtered, sugar-coated, and embedded somewhere in the 2024 aesthetic of angry girlbloggers on Tumblr.

Romanticizing drinking alcohol and mental instability

You probably know the tendencies related to #just girly things and the explanation of all depressive states and tantrums by just being a girl. It is a kind of expression of the life and consciousness of today's young girls living in the rather unoptimistic times of social media and consumerism. But is this aesthetic good for Amy's story? It seems to me that romanticizing alcohol, drugs and blind love leading to complete self-loss and ultimately death is a poor approach.

And while watching the film you definitely feel that something is wrong, but at the same time you fall into this beautified world. Amy's life was darker and more brutal, and her problems were not only limited to matters of the heart, glass and flashbulbs of cameras. Unfortunately, living with addictions is dirty and disgusting. And you can't put a bow on it. But it seems to be a sign of our times.

You Know I'm No Good (song)

Adding the ending to this song title: but I'm not going to rehab. And here we should ask the question about the level of public awareness in 2008 (the year when Amy received five Grammy Awards) and today. In 2024, acceptance and knowledge about all behavioral therapies, addiction treatment and toxic relationships is much greater. And Back to Black, under the guise of nice outfits, make-up and a few minor falls, gives the impression of being up-to-date.

Will someone watch this movie and say they want to live like Amy (just like it was with Coppola's Priscilla)? This is quite possible, because in the end we get the image of a slightly rebellious femme fatale and a slightly weak girl who is harmed by others. And many of us would fit this description.

Live fast, die young, be wild and have fun (song)

Finally, I have to quote Lana del Rey, because today's girl blogging draws from her in handfuls. Is joining the 27 Club really that romantic? The departure of such young people from the world is primarily a tragedy, which later becomes a beautiful myth. That's why it's worth mentioning Lana's example here. She uses aesthetics very well and, above all, separates moving around motifs and drawing visual inspiration from them from real life.

To sum up, movie Back to Black is really worth seeing. However, it is also worth being aware that this is a colorful fiction for 2024 built around the true story of Amy Winehouse.

Edit 24/04/24: I have to mention the update here. I just came across an article from British Vogue that confirms my thesis about drawing inspiration from image of Amy (also Kate Moss, so heroin chic is back in fashion?) Quoting a fragment of the article:

The legacy of Winehouse also lives on in Back to Black, due for release on 12 April. (...) While we’re in no way condoning or glorifying the hobbies of Winehouse and her erstwhile friend Doherty, there was a scene during that time and a smudgy, smeary aesthetic that somehow worked.

[cherryredmistakes]

Me and who

[qwe0na]

Princesa para kiss

[madeinheaven2008]

barely

[cuntyko]

i think 2008 was the worst year of my life and that i have the right to blame all of my misery pain and misfortune on George w Bush

these two angels died and i barely just got here like huh bitch no i didn’t sign up for this wtf,,, i blame george w everything wrong w the world is his fault he game bernie mac high blood pressure w all his bs totally understandable idk how nobody got up at the time and really whooped the presidents ass. i will gladly be the one secret service this is a joke (it’s really not)

man i can’t believe this was the dude in charge of the future of the country at the start of the millennium HIS ASS…

he dyslexic

he was coked the fuck up

HE COULDNT MFIN READ Bro

fr ? 2 terms ??!?!?