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Dead Poets Society (1989, Peter Weir)

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What About The Kens?

I'm already seeing guys complain about the Barbie movie end, how they wanted Kens to be equal in Barbieland but were only given a small part on the Cabinet.

That's the point.

You're meant to feel bad for the Kens. Believe me, women aren't partying over the 'Returns to Matriarch' ending. Some will be, but the ones who also clocked the meaning behind it won't. Most women will also feel bad for Kens. Because it's an exact parallel to how women are treated in reality.

Men, you're meant to be upset. You're meant to question it. Because you're meant to feel it, and feel what that is like, so you can finally understand women. You're upset at seeing it in a movie, now imagine living it in reality. That's being a woman.

Kens were shit on so you could feel what it was like for women this entire time. Kens were being used as a placement so you could see yourself in a woman's shoes. A world dominated by the opposite sex. When Ken leaves, and sees male presidents (All men) for the first time, men being doctors and lawyers, etc, realising he is more than just a prop for Barbie, that was on purpose. Because that is the feeling that Barbie gave to women. It's why you cheer for him at first before he goes a little overboard.

It's exactly why the real world was an exaggerated Partriarchy and Barbieland an exaggerated Matriarchy. Neither wins. Neither is equal. None of them change for the better. It's why you should want women in the real world to be respected, and Kens in Barbieland to be respected.

The thing is, women also didn't win. Not in the real world. In Barbieland, yes, but not anywhere else. The real world didn't change. But you didn't notice, did you? That Gloria (The mother that helped Barbie) also didn't get a position on the Mattel board? It was still all men? Her idea was ignored until it made a profit, and the men will likely get the credit? She'll still just be the receptionist? The women representing the real world didn't get anymore opportunities, neither did the men in Barbieland.

I was hoping that Gloria would be offered a position on the board, and that the Barbie Cabinet would introduce another entire Cabinet to represent the Kens, but neither happened. They're complete mirrors.

But which one did you actually notice? Which did you actually care about? Now tell me again the ending was unfair. Because it was. For both parties. That's the point.

The difference is, Barbieland is fictional. You will walk out of the theatre with the reassurance that at least it's not real. Women won't. Women can't. Companies not giving women equal opportunities or voices isn't fictional, and that was just one example. There are no women presidents (USA at least) for us to go look at in the real world. We don't have somewhere to go to realise it could be different for us like Ken did. Barbie and make believe is all we had when we were kids, or even now.

You're supposed to be mad, just not at the movie.

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daily reminder that at the age of thirteen ron weasley was dragged inside what he believed to be the most haunted place in the entire britain by somebody he believed to be a mass murderer on the loose and stood on a broken leg to shield harry from said murderer. he was thirteen absolutely terrified and injured and he stood up to a convicted murderer to protect harry. i have never in my life doubted why he was the person harry would miss most

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Distinct character development of Ron in all 7 BOOKS

He was shitty to Hermione in 4th year. He asked her to dance with him at Bill and Fleur's wedding in DH before anyone.

He was scared to werewolves in 3rd year. But He defended remus at the grimmauld place in DH.

He was scared of half giants. But it was him who defended Hagrid against luna when Luna called him a bad teacher.

He was against SPEW. But during the battle of Hogwarts  it was him who wanted to save the house elves when Hermione had forgotten about them.

He was rude to Luna initially. But in HBP he appreciated her Quidditch commentary when everyone else made fun of her. He also said she had got ten times her father's guts.

He was all about physical appearance in GOF. But it was him who gave Harry advice to date a more cheerful person in OOTP.

He was scared of uttering Voldemort's name throughout all 7 books. But it was him who yelled at voldy 'he beat you' in DH and broke the silencing charm.

He hates Crookshanks in 3rd year. Later he took Crookshanks' validation whether pig was good or not.

He bought Hermione a perfume in OOTP to make up for his atrocious behaviour in 4th year.

He thought he was least loved by everyone. But in the epilogue he joked about him being famous.

Not fanfics. He has such growth in canon books. Let that sink in

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The Crown, S04E08

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it's 2022. donald trump has died in disgrace days after being impeached and jailed. my chemical romance's new album is coming out the same day as the new spiderverse movie. the lizzo and janelle monaé collab song is blowing up the radio. lil nas x has a verse in it. you and your partner have time and energy for dates after work after jeff bezos' assets have been seized and distributed to the public in the wake of his arrest for keeping employees in unsafe working conditions.

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October 10 is Mental health day

#pascalcampion

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Say their name!

(A Brazilian thread)

Share, PLEASE!

I will reblog it with more photos since the limit is 10.

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And in the end, we were all just humans drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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Mr. Darcy really had some nerve accusing Jane Bennett of not adequately expressing her love for Bingley like he didn’t spend half the novel talking shit about Elizabeth to her damn face

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‘SIRIUS!’ he bellowed. ‘SIRIUS!’ ‘He can’t come back, Harry,’ said Lupin, his voice breaking as he struggled to contain Harry. ‘He can’t come back, because he’s d—’ ‘HE – IS – NOT – DEAD!’ roared Harry. ‘SIRIUS!’

But some part of him realised, even as he fought to break free from Lupin, that Sirius had never kept him waiting before… Sirius had risked everything, always, to see Harry, to help him… if Sirius was not reappearing out of that archway when Harry was yelling for him as though his life depended on it, the only possible explanation was that he could not come back… that he really was —

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Everyone is born, but not everyone is born the same. Some will grow to be butchers, or bakers, or candlestick makers. Some will only be really good at making Jell-O salad. One way or another, though, every human being is unique, for better or for worse.

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this image can only be shared on Thursday, Sept. 12

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the 1975 + lyrics that start with ‘she’ (part one)

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Game of Thrones + in memoriam: Daenerys Targaryen - I was born to rule the Seven Kingdoms, and I will!