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denish basumatary

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Sorry, guys. I didn’t bring a sword.

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If you can't cope with the reality of having been wrong, done something wrong, or hurt someone without melting down or having a crisis, you're not safe for anyone to be around, btw. Fucking up is an inevitability of being alive. You literally need need to learn to handle situations in which your actions caused someone else to be hurt, because this is never going to be a thing that just stops happening. Being able to just be wrong, or misinformed, or ignorant, or straight up the one who committed an unforced error to others' detriment while maintaining at least a thin veneer of decorum and reasonability is not optional.

You're not owed forgiveness by others, but you need to learn how to forgive yourself for running afoul of your own value system, otherwise you will render yourself incapable of internalizing when you actually have, thus rendering the value system itself utterly useless at guiding your behaviors, and rendering you effectively devoid of one, besides "I'm never wrong, I'm never the bad guy," I guess. And I'm sure you don't need me to explain how that can only go horrifically, catastrophically wrong.

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Joshua Jackson As Dr. Max Bankman - 1x8

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Just a reminder that just SURVIVING is an act of rebellion and utmost courage in the face of this dictatorship. Survive and, that in itself, is what they don’t want you to do. Survive. I know you can.

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Margaret Atwood, from True Stories: Poems; "Postcard," originally published in 1981

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finding out there's a frankenstein ballet and that it was in october of last year…DEVASTATING

look at this. look at these. im foaming at the mouth

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Queer Film recs

Im sick of dated lists that feature depressing as fuck films, are super porn-y or are just old films with queer undertones. So here is my list of Queer Films (that I have personally watched) that span across decades, mainstream, indie, Netflix, romantic, friendship, gay, bi, poly, and a wide variety of genres. (also no one asked for this list but here u fuckin go. buckle up buttercups) 

Call Me By Your Name (2017) do i even need to say anything about it? An absolute must see!!!!

Moonlight (2016) love love love Oscar winner 2017

Carol (2015) y’all already know about my 1950′s lesbians 

4th Man Out (2014)  Such a good light-hearted comedy. A car mechanic in a small town comes out to his group of best friends. !Guys supporting guys! and being loving and tactile and supporting eachother. 

Maurice (1987) okay this one really gets me riled up because it took so long for me to hear about it?? IT. Is. A GAY. PERIOD. DRAMA. FROM 1987. This film was years ahead of its time??!. Also?? It started HUGH GRANT’S CAREER??. (side note: the director was the screenplay writer for Call Me By Your Name) (2nd side note: there are zero undertones. its all shown)

Shelter (2007): my two surfer dudes. Zach’s college dreams get sidelined by family obligations (he is helping raise his sister’s son) and he falls in love with his best friend’s brother. HAPPY ENDING. Movie budget is zero dollars. Acting = cheesy. But I love this film and it’s ending.  can watch on loop

As You Are (2016). A complex relationship between three teenagers. Stars Charlie Heaton, Amandla Stenberg and Owen Campbell. (gay/bi/poly). I cried at the end sorry. (such a gorgeous movie trailer too X)

Jongens {Boys} (2014, Dutch film). About two gay teen athletes. its super cute okay. 10/10

Kyss Mig {Kiss Me} (2011, Swedish film). A woman engaged to be married has an affair with her soon-to-be stepmother’s lesbian daughter. (i bet you pulled a face after reading that) 

Heavenly Creatures (1994). OKAY SETTLE DOWN KIDS. Where do I start. DIRECTED BY PETER JACKSON (pre LOTR) Staring Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey THEIR FIRST EVER FILM ROLE. Its about two girls who form an obsessive (and loving) relationship and share a passion of fantasy, imagination, and literature. They then set out for revenge when their parents try to separate them. BASED ON A MOTHERFUCKING TRUE STORY. (fun fact: Kate Winslets first on-screen kiss) This film had me hooked from start to finish.

The Handmaiden (2016) {Korean/Japanese film}. A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her. This is a super intense film. Very graphic sex scenes to say the least. But an absolutely stunning piece of cinema to watch. Plot twists!!

Handsome Devil (2016) An irish boarding school film. The Out loner and the star athlete form an unlikely friendship. This is a beautiful film all about friendship and being true to yourself, acceptance etc. No romance!.

Alexander (2004) Okay so technically this is just an average History/Action film. However if you watch the extended cut you will get all the scenes. Alexander the Great WAS BISEXUAL. And 100% in love with his best friend. Basically Colin Farrell and Jared Leto making heart eyes and declaring their love for eachother. Also chronicles his other affairs with both men and women.

Threesome (1994) Title really says it all. In University, two dudes share a 3 room dorm, and due to a bureaucratic error, a woman gets added to their room. Follows one year and the development of their relationship.

Brokeback Mountain (2005) You all know what this is. PAIN. AND SUFFERING. For my two bisexual sheep herders. 10/10 for crying

Design for Living (1933). I can hear all of you now. but Bella. A queer film in 1933? Are you sure?. Plot: “a woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship” .    a little bit of read between the lines but wow poly in 1933. 

Pride (2014) based on the true story of how U.K gay activists worked to help coal miners during their lengthy strike in the summer of 1984. A comedy/drama. Gay solidarity!! Has a very well known cast.

Atomic Blonde (2017) female bisexual james bond. the spy plot is a bit boring.

Closet Monster (2015) a creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood. Note: some graphic imagery that some might find distressing. Trailer (x)

Hurricane Bianca (2016) A comedy staring famous drag queen Bianca Del Rio! (and others).  A New York teacher, who moves to small town Texas where he’s fired for being gay, returns disguised as a mean lady to get revenge on the nasty town.

I Love You Phillip Morris (2009) Starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor. A cop turns into a con man once he comes out of the closet. He leads an extravagant lifestyle. In prison he meets the love of his life, and will stop at nothing to be with him. It’s a quirky outrageous comedy with lots of breaking in and out of prison. BASED ON A REAL STORY.

Mystère à la Tour Eiffel (2015) French tv movie. You might have seen the hugely famous tumblr post about it. Daughter of one of the architects who built the Eiffel Tower gets framed for a murder and so her and her girlfriend embark on a quest across Paris. HAPPY ENDINGGGG.

Jenny’s Wedding (2015) Katherine Heigl and Alexis Bledel. Jenny is openly gay to everyone except her family. It mostly follows the family and their dealing with their daughter coming out. Average film. Doesn’t really have anything to do with romance EVEN THO SHE IS GETTING MArRIED.

////Dishonourable Mentions////

Naked as we Came (2012)  this film goes nowhere and is stupid

My Own Private Idaho (1991) definitely understand the importance of the film at the time. Didn’t like it tho

Spa Night (2016) excellent directorial debut. Not really the queer film I thought it was going to be.

First Girl I Loved (2016) Some people may like it. I thought each character was unlikeable. It was too highschool bitch drama for me.

Savages (2012) Definitely a wild ride of a film.

////Films I hope to see soon////

Princess Cyd (2017)  Eager to escape life with her depressive single father, 16-year-old athlete Cyd Loughlin visits her novelist aunt in Chicago over the summer. While there, she falls for a girl…..

God’s Own Country (2017)  Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.

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Le Wang, from "prologue"

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Celebrating Black History Month First Black Women to win an Emmy in that Category

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The script needs to change and that change has to start with us.

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The FDA has approved a twice yearly injection to prevent HIV!!

Let's hear it for some GOOD news!!

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H.A.M.M.E.R.O.K

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Billy Bragg - Rich Men Earning North of a Million, 2023