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Tat Shops in Paris?

Can anybody recommend me any good tattoo places that are relatively cheap in Paris?

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woahhh

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Tusk

has anybody seen a24's Tusk and actually enjoyed it?

genuine question.

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What Makes Something Scary?

this is a shit post but I just wanted to get my thoughts out about it.

I have always been fascinated with what makes something scary in film. I have seen my fair share of horror media and I have come to the conclusion that the answer is very simple. however, so many writers and directors seem to still be getting it wrong.

jumpscares or startling someone is not what makes a film scary.

look at Skinamarink, for example. a film that has stirred lots of controversy because of its nature. I have heard people say that it's not even a film.

Skinamarink has to be one of the most chilling movies I have ever seen. and don't think of me as someone who is only scared of analog horror or first-person horror games, because I am not. I am an avid enjoyer of Hereditary and other mainstream horror films.

but they all have something in common.

suspence. I know you've heard this before, that suspense is the most powerful weapon when curating a jumpscare, which is likely true. but what if there were no jumpscares at all? this is what Skinamarink explores.

and I urge you all to watch Matpat's video on Skinamarink if you haven't already because his analysis of the film really puts it into a different, even scarier light.

the suspense and darkness of Skinamarink, along with excellent audio design, create a horrifying movie that just makes you want to cover your eyes. Even if you have read the reviews and you know nothing is going to jump out at you, the movie still manages to make you feel terror.

on a different branch, hereditary is one of my favorite movies ever. not just horror movies, but movies in general. hereditary gets its scares from the same place as Skinamarink, but this film has the extra level of fantastic acting.

the performances in Hereditary are second to none and really make the audience feel the terror. especially after Charlie's death following the party. if you have not seen Hereditary, please go watch it. it will change your life.

alex wolff, who plays Peter in the film, delivers a fantastic performance of true fear following his sister's death. his performance goes hand-in-hand with Ari Aster's incredible direction. this scene in the car and following the accident is a stroke of genius on Aster's part.

the things that I tend to find in all scary movies or media are the suspense, and performances of the actors. of course, content and scripting play a part in this. but assume that you had the best concept for a horror movie you have ever seen and gave it to a director and a group of actors who just butchered it. if those two elements are not in check,

it becomes a parody. something making fun of brilliant movies like Skinamarink and Hereditary.

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Chivalry, Homosexuality, and the Bible: my Medieval Feminist Literature Class

For my final paper for my Medieval Feminist Literature class, I am writing a take on how the Bible influenced the chivalric standards of Arthur's court while also infiltrating the minds of the knights and their homosexual tendencies.

Tell me everything you think.

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and the fact that this is just "the way its always been" and "you all have been fine up to this point" when in reality, women have never been "fine". men have always been disgusting towards women and have never seen us as anything more than a vagina to fuck.

reblog with what you think is the worst term men use to say they'd have sex with a woman/they find a woman attractive.

ill start by proposing "id hit that"

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Greta Gerwig's Filmmaking Has Become Anti-Feminist: My Predictions for "Feminist" Film in the Near Future

Greta Gerwig has created an image of feminism for herself. With Lady Bird subverting expectations and becoming an icon of feminist filmmaking. Once she took on the challenge of little women, she set herself up for failure.

Little Women is a beloved but outdated depiction of a group of sisters living through the Civil War. Gerwig mentions the expectation for women to end up in a romantic relationship at the end of classic stories, yet she gives us this ending anyway. At this moment, Gerwig is a subject of the creation before her. Little Women is a story that everyone knows. She is involved in a system that expects her to write a story that has been written for her. She tries her best to include feminist themes in the classic story but it ends up coming across as disingenuous. It feels like an attempt to dodge potential feminist commentary on the film before the film is ever released.

This is not entirely her fault, as she becomes involved with projects that are recreating a classic story or telling the story of a beloved doll, she puts herself in a box and becomes the system she fights against.

As Gerwig grows in popularity as a director and writer, she finds herself more and more in the political spotlight. She is expected to take on projects that have feminist themes, like Barbie. Mattel has been criticized for the sexualization of Barbie and the singularity of her body image for decades. Only recently, in 2016, did Mattel release more body types for the popular doll. This change was only implemented after a major profit crash for the toy company because of the criticism of Barbie.

Gerwig has become involved in an inescapable industry where profit is the main priority. The Barbie Movie has been criticized for its "half-baked feminism" before. But this is not what I seek to achieve. Barbie is another story that has been told time and time again. Gerwig has involved herself in a narrative that already exists. Like in Little Women, she attempts to avoid commentary by throwing in lines like "Margot Robbie is too pretty to say that she's not beautiful." This does not make the audience feel better about themselves, it does the opposite.

The Barbie Movie has victimized Barbie. Creating a "real girl" that feels the impact of misogyny. In the movie, Barbie is a victim of Mattel and their agenda. When in reality, Barbie is the product of Matel and their agenda. When their agenda is profit. all the while, Mattel is portrayed in the movie as silly little men who can't tell the difference between two blonde women. The true driver for the company has been hidden behind pretty colors and Will Farrel. It sounds silly because it is supposed to.

Greta Gerwig has dug herself into a system that by definition uses feminism as a veil to generate profit. Barbie as a company is too far gone to be truly feminist. Gerwig's involvement in the film is the only thing that keeps me believing that the film is feminist. But the more I think about it, the more I believe that Gerwig is veering further away from feminist ideas with every film she puts out.

The goal is not to "have it all" (the saying being misogynistic altogether) yet there are still the narratives that movies like Barbie are pushing out. To create truly feminist media, directors like Gerwig need to abandon the big-money deals that keep pulling them in.

Barbie was destined for failure since its conception as a film. The goal of feminism is not to make life as bearable as possible under the patriarchy but to dismantle it altogether. Yes, I am using Barbie as a brand as a metaphor for the patriarchy. Let me live. By becoming involved in films like Barbie, Gerwig is participating in the system that is capitalism. Capitalism is inherently anti-feminist. Barbie's image has always been about buying. Barbie is not all of the careers that she claims to be, she has all of the clothes for them. Since the beginning, Barbie has been about consumption. Mattel sells the idea that to be like Barbie, you should buy all of the outfits and accessories that go with whatever career you want! Because girls can do anything boys can do!

Barbie was never about encouraging girls to be whoever they want to be. It has always been about pushing out more Mattel products to children. The movie falls victim to this narrative too. The matriarchy of Barbieland is a mirror image of the patriarchy, just with women in the leading roles. This is a perfect illustration of my criticisms of the movie. Instead of breaking out of the cage, Gerwig contributes to it. A true matriarchy looks nothing like our current society. The way our society is designed is created for men.

Here comes the parallel: the way Barbie has been designed by Mattel is created for our current, patriarchal society of consumerism and capitalism. The movie is a victim of this too. As long as we create media within the confines of previous narratives and under larger institutions, the media will be inherently anti-feminist. No matter how "feminist" the director may be. No matter how many random lines they add to the subtext to avoid feminist attacks on their film. The film was never feminist. Once the idea was conceived, it mirrored the ideas of a patriarchal society; a cage that can be criticized from the inside, but not broken out of.

AN: hey! thanks so much for reading! this post was originally a twitter thread on my account @/dyke5ever if you'd like to check it out.

this post was kind of half-assed, i didnt really dive into my arguments as much as i would have liked to but i plan on writing a take on allan and why women love him as a character so much later, so i will jump into more feminist themes in that post.