#the way she told the story was funny

[pariaritzia]

Queerness in Indian Media

↳Film: MAJA MA (2022, Hindi) dir. ANAND TIWARI

Maja Ma follows Pallavi Patel (Madhuri Dixit), a closeted lesbian who gave up her beloved, Kanchan (Simone Singh), decades ago and has since become a devoted mother, housewife, and adored member of her community. While making preparations for her son's (Ritwik Bhowmik) wedding, however, Pallavi is outed to the entire town--and subsequently must deal with the consequences to herself, her former beloved, and her family.

Madhuri Dixit discusses her role in this movie, how movies like this are more possible now because of OTT streaming, and the "unexpected reactions" to the story here.

Madhuri Dixit discusses this movie coming from "a place of love", wanting the LGBTQ community to "feel seen", and "accepting people for who they are" here.

The actress Madhuri Dixit has been in multiple gay and gay-coded media, both as a supportive character and as the gay character herself. She has also been supportive in real life of the LGBTQ community.

#bollywood #maja ma #queerness in indian media #I love how in every interview they're like 'so was it difficult to accept? were you afraid? were you nervous? did you hesitate?' #and every time she INSTANTLY is like 'no not at all. I loved the script. it is a story that needs to be told.' #queen of the gays!! #also if I had a dollar for every time gajraj rao plays the confused husband/father in a movie with gay people I'd have two dollars #which isn't much but it's funny that it's happened twice #anyway I have mixed feelings about some of the side stuff in this movie and the ending felt incomplete and too safe #but I understand that they already took such a big risk with her saying 'lesbian' outright rather than just coding #and then kanchan being gender non conforming in the past #which by the way. that moment during the dance when pallavi accepts that part of her too...[lies down] #it's so rare to see gnc people even in gay media so it was good. #which is why I had to include it in the gifset

[rotisseries]

"she met a pinecone's fate" was hysterical the first time around and it's still funny but the longer I think about it the more unsure I actually am about the line

#it just feels so. callous. or like. it doesn't FEEL callous cause it's not portrayed that way and you laugh and I'm still laughing #but like. it's callous that is a callous thing to say and it's not like percy doesn't have dickishness to spare #but on this specific thing? really? he's not like that #like. this is after being told the full story so he knows what happened to thalia #and his response to effectively hearing about how this girl died for her friends and not just any friends but the people he's with rn #is “she met a pinecone's fate” a like. dismissive joke about what happened to her #like in the books percy empathizes with thalia's situation he feels for her it's tragic it's a somber moment😭😭 #she was a demigod more powerful than the others she was hunted even more than they usually are (percy relates) #and she died for her friends (definitely something percy relates to and would value lol) #and on TOP OF THAT. to say this in front of grover and annabeth? who clearly loved her a lot?? #like. percy doesn't like annabeth atp but he doesn’t hate her enough to be crossing those sorts of lines?? #and GROVER. is literally his best friend. can you not figure that thalia's death probably weighs on him #oh wait I just remembered at that point in the episode he doesn't know grover was with them lol sorry ignore that bit #anyway. like I get it it's funny and they have a lightly antagonistic relationship in ttc so it's funny!! #like haha he's ALREADY getting his digs in!! #but. idk. feels a bit mean :/ #pjo #pjo tv #dropping episode 3 thoughts mere hours before episode 4 lmao #I'm not gonna be able to watch 4 tonight though lol

[daz4i]

i expect “she was his queen, and god help anyone who dare disrespect his queen” fyolai memes on my desk by monday!!!!!!!!!!

#due to the fyodor being based on the joker reveal. ofc #the funny part to me is one time i described nikolai to a friend #and she hates the joker. so much. so telling her abt a murderous clown certainly didn't tickle her fancy #''oh so he's like the joker?'' ''kinda maybe yeah :)'' ''i see. get out of my car'' #(i feel like i told this story before but i couldn't find the post so you're gonna hear it again.) #anyway. it's funny that fyodor is based on the joker but his bf is the murder clown of the relationship. hm #but ig harley counts as a murder clown too in a way. so it all works out in the end

[puthyflapps]

Not them dying to bring Sarah back and absolutely hating their characters current plotlines 🫣🫢🤭

Carmen De La Pica Morales stans rise!

#marja Ryan Lewis and that writers room need to be cleared out #bring back Ilene chaiken and let her take a sledge hammer to this show because they’re ruining the shows legacy #was the original a little messy? Yeth but Ilene knew how to have a good time!! the show was funny and it was fun to watch and for the most #part the plot made sense AND MOST IMPORTANTLY we got to see women loving women on screen #I think MRL wanted a show where she got to write about all kinds of queer people but she couldn’t do it so she took TLW and basically piggy #backed off the name and legacy of the original show #obviously more queer stories should be told BUT TLW is supposed to be about lesbians and it’s like pulling teeth to get them to show 2 #ladies kissing like why can’t we have a sexy fun time???? #and not to sound like an old fart but showrunners and writers nowadays ig think that they have to inject politics into everything and I hate #when gen q tries to broach these topics because I’m not here to learn about theory bitch I’m here to see these gals get their puthies ate #the original definitely had moments that were a little political but it never tried to center that – they just wanted to show the lives of #lesbians the way that str8 shows depicted the lives of str8 people and I loved that #moral of the story: if they want a s4 they need to kick some people to the mf curb and get back to what made the original so fun and special #and obviously as I always say: BRING CARMEN BACK YOU COWARDS!!!! #the l word #the l word gen q #kate moennig #leisha hailey #sarah shahi #sharmen #shane x carmen #pants podcast

[sapphicautistic]

My gf was listening to "White Blank Page" by Mumford and Sons and I once again told her that song is SO much better if it's gay.

She doesn't listen to the lyrics of songs but she's extremely good at literary analysis and this time she actually looked up the lyrics and has now come to the following conclusion: "It makes no sense if it's not gay."

My (objectively best) reading is this:

The narrator was in love with a guy who strung him along, never willing to be in a committed (or public) relationship with him and maybe insisting that it's extremely heterosexual "helping a bro out" sex, except in more intimate moments. Finally out of nowhere guy is suddenly committed to a woman and when Narrator confronted him, guy spat out homophobic vitriol and claimed he's not gay like the Narrator.

(For extra flavor imagine them as closeted, straight passing Midwestern flannel wearing, love-bonfires-and-camping guys who sat next to each other at church and elbowed and annoyed each other like best friends do and were each other's go-to source of emotional support! And then to suddenly shut Narrator out for the first time ever, by abruptly marrying a woman and insisting that he's always been straight and their relationship meant nothing...)

Here are the lyrics:

Can you lie next to her And give her your heart, your heart As well as your body? And can you lie next to her And confess your love, your love As well as your folly? And can you kneel before the king And say, "I'm clean! I'm clean!" ? But tell me now, where was my fault In loving you with my whole heart? Oh, tell me now, where was my fault In loving you with my whole heart? A white blank page and a swelling rage, rage You did not think When you sent me to the brink, to the brink You desired my attention But denied my affections, my affections So tell me now, where was my fault In loving you with my whole heart? Oh, tell me now, where was my fault In loving you with my whole heart? Lead me to the truth and I Will follow you with my whole life Oh, lead me to the truth and I Will follow you with my whole life

Why call multiple people "you" in a totally unclear way? Why would you claim that your female ex's new man can't love her AT ALL (not just as much as you did, AT ALL)? And invoking the judgment of God is so fucking tedious if you're just shaming your female ex for moving on or even cheating/getting with your friend. Also you look like a creepy asshole if you think a girl broke up with you for "loving her too much".

This song is tepid, badly written, and makes the narrator look like an asshole if it's NOT gay.

The gay reading is the ONLY compelling one.

#i don't even care about m/m romances lmao i get bored when there's no women BUT #this is objectively the best reading #anyways my gf and I came up with the main beats for an entire romance story about these guys #as a dyke raised in the church i really like the religious midwestern reading here too #also there's SUCH a phenomenon of guys having secret sex out in these rural areas and insisting even to themselves it's not gay #so this reading is very compelling to me #i also like to think the woman is like fine. there's nothing wrong with her she's sweet and friends with both of them. #gf said what if she's Narrator's sister? #like i think it's better narrative wise if the woman has no idea and isn't trying to 'turn him straight' #bc the ex CHOSE this. he caved and all so he can stand before God and insist he's 'clean' #which to me... very very resonant #updates on my boring life #also I think the ex can be either bi or gay like it doesn't matter because either way Narrator is convinced ex loves HIM still n not wifey #god i could go line by line but no one wants that lmao it's extremely funny that i fixated on this #i did not even know it was a mumford and sons song or that they are british until gf told me both facts today #i am in no way a fan #im jsut a sucker for religion flavored gay angst i guess or at least this variety of it

[unknownarmageddon]

Sometime a couple months ago I was looking through a bookshelf with one of my friends and I found a book that was titled literally just “boy” and the situation went kinda like

Me, showing her the book: “This is my coming out.”

Her: “You’re boy?”

Before she could even do anything else she proceeded to put her weight on the shelf below her and that entire portion just came fucking crashing tumbling down and books went absolutely everywhere

#Best coming out experience I’ve had /silly #Sometime I wanna draw it I think it’d be infinitely funnier that way #Armageddon rambles woah #anyway. Story time /silly #It’s still so fucking funny I think about occasionally #later she told me she always kinda knew LMAO #And that she’d sometimes accidentally refer to me as a boy to herself and i thought that was neat also

[authoralexharvey]

I really should pull from my culture and my family's stories more there's some gold in there tbh

#Like the Time My Mothers Yaiyai Came All the Way From Greece to Do A Naming Ceremony #And Didnt Speak a Lick of English So My Mom Wanted to Thank Her for Coming #And an Aunt Decided to Pull a Prank On Them Both In the Process #Or How Same Yiayia Came to Canada for the Birth of Her Grandson And Ended Up Passing Out Donuts to Strangers on Street Corners #Cause She Had Been Told the More Donuts She Gave Out the Luckier Her Grandson Would Be #Or How My Mothers.... Mom? Was Sent All Across their Farms Looking for a Left Handed Screwdriver #A Lot of These Stories Are Both Funny and Sad #Want to Do Something About the Name Ceremony One Tho #alex has the floor

[soulphiav]

i dreamt of her again

#this is so weird #ok story now #i met her on the internet in some facebook grupo abt one direction or something lol and since the first time i interacted with her she #seemed to be a very beautiful person. she was (is) fascinating to me #we started talking and became really close #we used to watch movies together and talk about everything all the time and yes #it was like… since the begging i knew that i was going to start feeling something more for her. it was weird because obviously we don’t even #know each other like in real life lol but i felt like i did… and one day i remember it was Valentine’s Day #she told me that she was in love with me and she wanted to know if it was mutual #and i was like no way this is not happening i remember it took me HOURS to answer to her because in that time #i was very bad. there was a lot going on with me i had depression and i wasn’t eating well and etc and oh #it took me hours to think about it but i told her that it was indeed very mutual #and so she told me that if i wanted to be her girlfriend and i was so happy #but i don’t know. it didn’t worked and it was because of me #and i know that it probably meant nothing to her but it did to me because she was the first woman that i liked #she made me realize who i was. and she made me feel beautiful and seen and she taught me so many things #and i still feel things for her i guess. which is kinda funny cause i don’t really know her #not anymore. we stopped talking to each other (also because of me i stopped talking to her because i felt horrible because i couldn’t make #that happen) and i think that’s what hurts me the most. i will always love her #and i don’t know english btw this is redacted like shit

[overworked-bookworm]

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#my therapist told me to be friends with ONLY people who actually like me #and referenced my friends from HS I reconnected with and then had it blow up #and we traced it alllllll back to my complex trauma from my father and how I feel like I have to earn care #which was NOT a fun conversation #but had the byproduct of me realizing the emotion I’ve felt about Kit and Hailey and the other two is just PURE resentment #like how dare they treat me like that #how dare they handle me with anything other than care and affection and try to call themselves my friend #resentment is a whole lot easier for me to work with than any other emotion #everything else makes me feel like it’s my fault #but even though resentment is a poison it’s an easier one to swallow than self-blame #personal #anyway sometimes my Scorpio energy really comes through and every day I’m a little less clinically delusional #I’ve been talking to this guy who flirts in a very similar way that Kit did with me and it’s a lot easier for me to navigate when I’m not… #…fucking psychotic and hearing voices. imagine that. #also he’s nicer to me than Kit was sooooo he can go to hell #also I saw a tarot reader and I was asking about general life advice and she went ‘he’s coming back’ and I went ‘what’ #and she lifted up the emperor [which was Kit’s card] and said ‘whoever he was? he’s coming back’ and I SWEAR TO GOD if I hear from him again #Cole had the decency to disappear after he broke up with his girlfriend he ditched me for #Kit is like the mold that keeps getting worse the deeper you go #anyway his mom watches all of my stories which I do think is very funny #should I unfriend the entire family and not think about this anymore? yeah probs #but my therapist said not to unfriend anyone and just sort it out #I have 20 minutes every day to stew and the time is up now friends

[mazojo]

My villain origin story is every single Byler moment

#it has been like. a week. and I am still so 🥸🥸🥸 #well no not really more like 3 days but aha #starting from the scene where Mike tells him he is his best friend and that was the best day of his life basically #lol the way to iTs nOt mY fAuLt yOu dOnT likE gIrlS 💀💀💀 #to the entirety of season 4. whatever that was. that. that was my villain origin story #becauSE YOU ARE THE HEART MIKE AND I MADE THIS PAINTING BECAUSE IVE BEEN DROPPING HINTS ILY BUT YOU ARE DUMB AND AHA EL CARES SO MUCH MIKE #AND SHE LOVES YOU YEP EL DOES SHE TOLD ME IN CONFIDENCE HAHA AINT THAT FUNNY ANYWAYS HAHA PLEASE IGNORE MY TIERS #The whole spiel of not feeling normal not only because he is ostriched and pitied for the whole upside down situation but also his own #struggles with queerness and I- in this essay of why Will Byers is the only one ever #stranger things #Byler

[starstaiined]

sometimes, i look at him and all i can see is you. your favorite movie is his favorite movie, his favorite color was your favorite color, you have the same dark eyes glittering with wisdom beyond your years and framed with dark lashes. his voice pitches up, and for a moment of time, for a singular heartbeat, he is a ghost in your shape.

but then he laughs, and the illusion shatters. he is himself, and you are you. warm, and cold. present, and past. here, and long gone.

you would have loved him, i think. you would've been the favorite, i think. you never got the chance to meet, i think. two flickering halves of an always incomplete whole.

#ava speaks #just a ramble i needed to get out somewhere #isnt it funny how when you're haunted you can never escape the ghost? #she asked about his voice. she's been told stories but was too young to remember it herself #she's grasping at straws desperate for any connection #he never even met you #he talks about his cousin in the stars with casual ease that made my heart stop in the middle of a mall food court #they drop your name and it's edged in curiosity #dripping honey #not wreathed in thorns and dripping blood the way the rest of us do #i don't know #grief tw #loss tw

[silverselfshippingchaos]

I GOT MY COPY OF F.F16

#MUAHAHAHAHAHA DELUXE EDITION HERE I COME #I'M GONNA KISS V.IVIAN N.INETALES SO MUCH #(i do not have the console yet) #AHDKAHDKWB IM SO EXCITED #i havent opened it yet but it's sitting in my lap rn and ajshajdhwjeh #ash rambles 💚 #SUPER EXCITING!!!! #ive been the biggest f.f16 hype person for months LMAO #okay that aside. i made a really funny joke the other day but the guy i told it too didnt laugh so ill say it here #okay so im walking around with a guy. this dude and i go way back. he was in highschool orchestra and i was in choir. #he listens to symphonies and we were talking about that. but in the distance someone is blasting some cupcakke songs. so i have this huge #smirk on my face and talkinf about how shes a real good lyricist and a rap artist ive been listening to a lot. the guy laughs and goes #'is she? idk man i dont really listen to that much hiphop. you know what im into' #okay it's been like two days od this sitting in my drafts. ive opened the game now. lemme continue my story. #okay so then i look at him and i laugh #and i go 'really? i thought it was your favorite!' #AND THEN #AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN!! I deliver the punchline! #i say 'bars am i right?' #BAHAHAHAHAHA! #i crack myself up! #anyways. yeah. i got f.f16.. it's so beautiful... i hung the map up on my wall #when i get that ps5 im gonna kiss v.ivian so much-

[teledild0nix]

I grew up in LA but haven’t met thaaaat many famous ppl like I can count them on one hand. But my favorite celebrity proximity story for myself is that I met Phoebe Bridgers before she was famous because she used to busk at the farmer’s market in the town where we both lived. I tried to buy a CD from her and she said she didn’t have a CD and I should look her up on MySpace and I was like ugh as if

#I’ve also met Kristen Bell bc she volunteered at the nonprofit I worked for #John Lithgow because his wife and I worked for the same school #Snoop Dogg because he was friends with my uncle (that’s actually a funny story but I’ve told it on here a bunch of times) #I think that’s it I can’t think of anybody else rn #My brother has met way more famous ppl bc his high school was in that part of town #So they would send their kids there #Bobby Brady went to my school 🤷🏽‍♂️ #Obvs that was before I was there #But we had this anti drug presentation from this guy who was friends with him #Tho he made doing drugs sound like a lot of fun honestly #And he said he smoked weed with Bobby Brady on the baseball field and when he got high he was like #Whoa man I can’t believe I’m getting high with Bobby Brady and Bobby Brady was like shut the fuck up dude #My spouse’s cousin had thanksgiving dinner with Kristen Stewart for some reason #I asked him what they ate and he just laughed but I MEANT IT #What did she serve you?? #I never did find out 🥺

[l0std1adem]

*reads book*

hmm why is this author deliberately twisting parts of Hindu scripture to fit her narrative?

*checks early life section*

oh

#but jfc the way she told karna’s story made me sick to my stomach #it’s actually so funny because if she took 5 seconds to actually appreciate what was going on #she could realize that the nuances of the story would actually add a layer of depth to her half assed analogy #so like there’s no point to retelling it like she did #this book like so many books by Indian authors that are award winning is so blatantly meant for an audience abroad #there’s a reason why she has a lot of awards from other countries and none from her own #the book itself is a nice piece of literature #but it’s so easy to see through #I would eat this book up if I wasn’t Indian tho #naina.txt

[apocketfullofhobbits]

my new fucking coworker, a grown woman of 34 years just fucking said to me out loud 'do u also ship them??" abt our two very hetero married male coworkers RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM?? in russia. i was legit rendered speechless like what the hell.

#they are both middle aged married dudes who thankfully had no idea what that meant and were thankfully busy atm but! #this is just absolutely tactless. #like. i would love for her to try and explain to them what she meant by that #and the fact that she included me in this?? hello if u wanna be a creep do it alone #i am still in shock #like. wtf #it was so out of the left pocket #like she said it like it's a funny little joke and not smth that could get her outcasted #and again that's her life if she wants it that way she can have it but including me in this like i am in on the joke? #like. i was here for 6 years. nobody knows anything abt me. i have good relationships with everyone. nobody suspects anything abt me #and she comes with her stupid jokes and acts like we are besties! sometimes being carefully friendly and nonthreatening really backfires #told her off privately in dms. she hasn't responded yet #i feel like this could be my am i the asshole story

[rosecreates]

A funny(?) thing about Raven is the way she is an expert at manipulation and yet she is in fact one of the Companions manipulating you the least. She doesn't outright lie to you at any point, although she does hide her past, but most of the Companions do that.

And anyway, her past in her eyes isn't anyone's business considering she isn't hiding a huge secret that actually could affect everyone like Gale's orb or Wyll's Warlock Pact. Or well, in her mind it wouldn't affect anyone- sure, she's being hunted down by the Drow because she's wanted for murder and for desertion, but really, she isn't forcing anyone to fight for her, and if hey want to they can just abandon her, and she honestly would take no offense (so she claims anyway; it's more debatable in actuality). If she were left to fight the Drow off by herself it depends on which group is being fought.

In her Companion Quest I plan there would be three groups encountered during Act 1, each progressively larger than the last, and the third one Raven can't fight off by herself and even though she says otherwise, no matter how strong of a sorceress she is and how in-lore she's actually physically much tougher than you'd expect for a sorceress, this time? She's doomed if left by herself and you'd be able to tell how she actually knows deep down she can't handle this by herself this time.

Raven has a lot of trouble with asking for help though, partially due to pride (she's trying to shake it off, but three centuries of being subjected to indoctrination and being told the Drow are superior to all other races has given her a lot of pride and she'll probably always be a bit prideful as a result, but in fairness, it tends to be justified when it comes to her capabilities) and partially because she's just never had the option before. In the sense of showing weakness in Drow society was both a surefire way to either get killed or in general find yourself scorned.

Vulnerability had no place. She had to be strong, and she was! Raven was admired for her strength! And yet even as she basked in the admiration of her peers and reveled in the power she had, she's looking back now and wondering if she was really happy that way. If she was really happy being above so many people, unreachable, either admired or envied, and forbidden from "lowering" herself.

Power is great and all, but Raven is realizing perhaps having an actual equal is what she wants more.

#{oc ramblings} #{oc: raven} #the way this was gonna be about how raven is great at manipulation to a point where she usually can tell she's being manipulated instantly- #but she'll usually play along just for fun partially because of arrogance but also because she'll turn the tables when the person least- #expects her to do so because she knew all along what they were going to pull #but instead this turned into a post about raven's weird relationship with power dynamics GFBJKGFB #AND I THINK ITS FUNNY THAT SHES KIND OF A CONTRAST TO THE OTHER COMPANIONS #cause a lot of the companions have a thing where they're whether knowingly or unknowingly like. placed in a lower position of power? #if that makes sense. like a lot of them end up being powerless before their situations #raven though GAVE UP the power she had and i think its a fascinating contrast. cause she was of house baenre and a powerful sorceress #she still has her magical power sure but she gave up the majority of the power and status she had because she realized a lot of things #i need to get around to properly typing out everything but she left all of it behind for the surface so she could bask in the moon and star #so that she could go and experience what she was told for so long was a place so much worse than the underdark but she realized to be- #a beautiful and so much kinder place than the society she grew up in and spent three centuries at. in a high position yes but no less abuse #than everyone else there. with the only person there who could be said to have not been abused being lolth herself. everyone else? #all pawns. abused and manipulated and used. which perhaps suggests even raven was technically powerless in her situation #since lolth will play a factor in her story. however raven still gave up the power she had for a chance at a better life and i think its- #just so interesting