#the joy luck club

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#quotes #feelings #thoughts #emotions #girlhood #womanhood #coming of age #writing #sylvia plath #amy tan #the joy luck club #the unabridged journals of sylvia plath #web weavings #web weaving #web weave #hell is a teenage girl #on loneliness #on growing up #on longing #cinnamon girl #this is what makes us girls #literature #books and literature #poetry fragments #parallels #literary parallels #artistic parallels #excerpts #words #sadgirl

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Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn / The Lion In Winter - James Goldman / The Last Days of Judas Iscariot - Guirgis / Hemlock Grove / Thirteen / Succession / Mayans MC / In The Blood - John Mayer / The Joy Luck Club / Gretel & Hansel (2020) / Succession x / Ordinary People / Easier Than Lying - Halsey / Playing God - Paramore / Killing Eve 3x05 / Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

#parallels #sharp objects #gillian flynn #judas iscariot #hemlock grove #bill skarsgård #bill skarsgard #roman godfrey #famke janssen #thirteen #evan rachel wood #mayans mc #the joy luck club #halsey #frankenstein #mary shelley #daddy issues #mommy issues #gretel and hansel #ordinary people

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My mother died four months ago. I realized, for the first time, that they wanted me to take my mother's place. So I sat down on the East, where things begin, with my mother's best friends. THE JOY LUCK CLUB (1993) | dir. Wayne Wang

#the joy luck club #filmedit #filmgifs #moviegifs #userfilm #fyeahmovies #doyouevenfilm #dailyflicks #userstream #cinemapix #f: the joy luck club #cat: mgif

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mother/daughter relationships portrayed in film :

white oleander ( 2002 ) / little women ( 1994 ) / ladybird ( 2017 ) / beyond the lights ( 2014 ) / the joy luck club ( 1993 ) / the parent trap ( 1998 ) / mermaids ( 1990 ) / love & basketball ( 2000 ) / divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood ( 2002 ) / mamma mia! ( 2008 )

#films #the parent trap #mamma Mia #white oleander #the joy luck club #love & basketball #ladybird #little women #beyond the lights #gina prince bythewood #mermaids #mothers #mother/daughter #🩶🦋💫

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if you told child-me that asians were in big, oscar-winning movies, and that they were the main characters, and they weren't ridiculed or sexualized or looked down on, i would be... well, a little confused because it sucks that this has to be a big deal in the first place, but overall really, really excited. my parents had jackie chan and the joy luck club, while i really only had mulan. but now we all have eeaao. aside from the deeper meanings and immigrant story we relate to, it was simply very cool for my parents to go, "is that the little boy from indiana jones? OMG THAT'S THE LITTLE ASIAN BOY FROM INDIANA JONES!"

it's great to have things come full circle :)

#asian representation #asian #asian american #text post #eeaao #everything everywhere all at once #ke huy quan #michelle yeoh #jackie chan #the joy luck club #mulan

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Group A Round 1

[image ID: the first image is of the book cover of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. the stylized art on it is colorful, with flowers, yellow and red Chinese dragons, clouds, and rainbow colored stripes. the second image is of Seijyu, a young blond boy, with purple eyes, a blue and white outfit, and a yellow scarf with a clip holding it together. he has a thin, sheathed sword. end ID]

Rose Hsu Jordan

The book as a whole is about generational trauma among Chinese immigrants. Rose specifically struggles with indecisiveness and blames herself for her brother's death. this causes her husband to take advantage of her, but her mom helps her stand up for herself. I love her because she has struggled so much but in the end is able to take back her life

Seijyu

A doll given life by his owner and sent to protect said owners best friend. He has no memories and the only purpose in life he was given was doing that job, his story is about self discovery and learning what it means to be human and to love. (he also has a transgender boyfriend). (when you google him the first result is a wiki page all written by me💛)

#obscurecharactershowdown #group a round 1 #obscure poll #rose hsu jordan #the joy luck club #amy tan #seijyu #mashin eiyuuden wataru #mashin hero wataru

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You must peel off your skin, and that of your mother, and her mother before her.

Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

#amy tan #the joy luck club #quote #words #books

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The Ultimate Chick Flick Movie Night (not the usual suspects)

I love a chick flick, I have so many great memories of watching them with my girlfriends till 3 in the morning! And as much as I love Mean Girls, Cinderella Story, and What a Girl Wants, I love the Chick Flicks that aren’t usual “go to’s”. Here are some of my favs!

“Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion”

This one is a classic! Two women who were “nobodies” in high school make up new lives when they go to their high school reunion. It’s in my opinion one of the best Chick Flicks because at its core it is a film about female friendships. Also the costuming is FABULOUS!

“Saved!”

Not your usual plot for a chick flick, Saved! is about a teen girl at a Christian School who sleeps with her gay boyfriend to help “make him straight again.” She becomes pregnant and with the help of the school misfits (who she once looked down on) hides it from everyone. A great movie about friendship but also as someone who grew up in the church it’s a refreshing take on “Gods love.” Also hilarious, Mandy Moore plays the Evangelical Villain very well!

“Sugar and Spice”

If you love a campy Chick Flick, look no further than Sugar and Spice. A cheer squad turns grocery store robbers to help financially support their pregnant cheer captain. Now this is not a necessarily a good movie, but it sure as hell is a good time!

“Whip It”

Directed by Drew Barrymore and starring Elliot Page, this film is about Bliss who joins a roller derby team behind her parents back and just really finds herself! Such a good film, and made me think I could do Roller Derby 😬… I can’t.

“Bride and Prejudice”

Ahhhhhhh I love this movie so much! Now 2005 P&P has a had a death grip on me for over 15 years but this is one of my fav Pride and Prejudice adaptations! The music, the dancing, the camp! This Bollywood version of P&P is just filled with so much joy and life, I cannot recommend enough!

“The Joy Luck Club”

This film isn’t probably what first pops into peoples heads when they think of Chick Flicks, but hear me out. Based off of Amy Tam’s novel, this film is about 4 Chinese American women and their mothers who immigrated from China. This movie has so much heart, its focus is on the complications of mother-daughter relationships but also on the experiences of Chinese Immigrants and children of immigrants. If you watch have a box of tissues close by…

“Waiting to Exhale”

I have very distinct memory of wanting to watch this movie so bad as a child but not being able to because it’s rated R. But I’m old enough now and wow! So fantastic! This film is about four women, their struggles and how they overcome them. And hot damn this cast is stacked! Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett to name a few, it’s a must watch!

“Jawbreaker”

Jawbreaker was Mean Girls before Mean Girls! Also if the Mean Girls accidentally killed one of their own and were forced to try and hide it from the police. A little bit of a darker chick flick, I would definitely recommend this one to anyone who is a horror camp fan. It’s fun but also a little fucked up!

Tell me your “unusual” go to chick flick!

#romy and michele's high school reunion #mira sorvino #lisa kudrow #saved! #mandy moore #jenna malone #sugar and spice #marley shelton #whip it #elliot page #drew barrymore #kristen wiig #alia shawkat #bride and prejudice #aishwarya rai #naveen andrews #martin henderson #the joy luck club #tamlyn tomita #tsai chin #waiting to exhale #whitney houston #angela bassett #loretta devine #film #movies #watchlist #chick flick #cinema #jawbreaker

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#tumblr polls #movie polls #film poll #ming na wen #alec baldwin #donald sutherland #ving rhames #steve buscemi #street fighter #the joy luck club #one night stand #prom night #ralph breaks the internet #the darkness #push 2009 #pulp fiction #con air #final fantasy the spirits within #i now pronounce you Chuck and Larry #be cool #movie stuff

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“My mom always does this.”

The Joy Luck Club (1993) Directed by Wayne Wang Cinematography by Amir Mokri

#film stills #the joy luck club #wayne wang #amir mokri #kieu chinh #tsai chin #france nuyen #lisa lu #ming na wen #tamlyn tomita #lauren tom #rosalind chao

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Devil In Me - Halsey / Down In a Hole - Alice In Chains / R.I.P. 2 My Youth - The Neighbourhood / Guts Over Fear - Eminem, Sia / The Joy Luck Club / William Chapman / “Mama”, Home Is Not A Country - Sofia Elhillo / Let You Down - NF / Numb - Linkin Park / Now You Know - Will Paquin / Pig Charmer - Jerry Cantrell / To The Bone / Perfect - Simple Plan / Second Chance - Shinedown / Sanctified - Nine Inch Nails / 31/32 - Jerry Cantrell / When You Finish Saving The World / A Cut Rose In Tap Water - Mackenzie Nicole / Flying Dutchman - Tori Amos / please put me in a medically induced coma - carolesdaughter / Euphoria / Maia Baia / Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper / Geloy Conception / Crying For No Reason - Katy B / Grit: Poems, "Twenty" - Silas Denver Melvin / Survival - Adult Mom

#parallels #web weaving #web weave #comparatives #comparisons #compilation #halsey #alice in chains #the neighbourhood #eminem #the joy luck club #william chapman #linkin park #to the bone #simple plan #nine inch nails #when you finish saving the world #tori amos #carolesdaughter #euphoria

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27-05-2023: Mini Break

#books #booklr #book photography #book photos #the joy luck club #amy tan #bookworm #booklovers #bookblog #anne reads books

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mother / daughter relationships portrayed in film :

little women (2019) / terms of endearment (1983) / girl in progress (2012) / carrie (2013) / anywhere but here (1999) / the joy luck club (1993) / the hunger games : mockingjay part one (2014) / room (2015) / thirteen (2003) / 13 going on 30 (2004)

#hunger games #thg #the joy luck club #little women #anywhere but here #thirteen #room 2015 #Carrie #Carrie remake #13 going on 30 #terms of endearment #mother/daughter #mommy issues #🩶🦋💫

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"THE JOY LUCK CLUB - I'm listening, Rose" Nov. 2023 mixed media collage

a re-creation of my favourite scene from The Joy Luck Club. Made for a moving images class, it is one half of a pair of collages.

#the joy luck club #my art #collage #acrylic #ink

[fiction-quotes]

I think this to myself even though I love my daughter. She and I have shared the same body. There is a part of her mind that is part of mine. But when she was born, she sprang from me like a slippery fish, and has been swimming away ever since. All her life, I have watched her as though from another shore. And now I must tell her everything about my past. It is the only way to penetrate her skin and pull her to where she can be saved.

  —  The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)

#book quotes #historical fiction #amy tan #the joy luck club #family #mothers #daughters #pregnancy #childbirth #relationships #confession #generations #generational trauma #birth #loss

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We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing, unheard and not hearing, unknown by others.

Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

#amy tan #the joy luck club #quote #words #books #literature