Kamusha

Up until this fiasco I don't think the average Floridian was even aware that Don't Say Gay/Trans had been expanded to all grade levels. It was easier to sell the public on not teaching younger children about sexuality but most people would find banning any mention of sexuality and gender in even a senior level class to be way too extreme.

This is the strangest poem I’ve ever read.

Calling empathy arrogance has to be the most male opinion I have ever read Like it’s so unintentionally satirical that it sounds like something Ken would say in the Barbie movie.

'I can't die like this': Video shows trans man beaten by deputy during stop WWW.LATIMES.COM The incident in Whittier is the latest in a string of controversial force incidents involving Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies.

For what it’s worth the charges against him were dropped.

Hollywood’s Slo-Mo Self-Sabotage | The New Yorker WWW.NEWYORKER.COM Since the streaming era, movies and television feel less special, labor conditions have plummeted, and turbulent mergers and layoffs call into question which legendary... An excellent but very depressing read. Hollywood execs need this strike so that they can be stopped from making such unsustainable decisions. The studios won’t survive if they continue down this route.

I know a lot of women who cried during this movie, myself included.

I’ve never seen The Goonies. I feel like I missed my chance with that one.

And of course I 100% expected that there was gonna those who try to downplay the success of a movie that features a trans Barbie. The backlash was inevitable, sadly.

Not surprised, both movies have a great word of mouth.

Also when it says women from marginalized groups are critical of the movie are they intentionally leaving out queer and trans women because queer and trans women are in love with this movie.

Yeah it’s not really newsworthy that some liked it but not loved it like everyone else. Not everyone loved Last Jedi either but it still earned an A cinamacore which is the same as Barbie. Why hold a comedy based on a toy to a higher standard than a Star Wars movie?

Tim Scott rebukes Ron DeSantis over Florida Black history standards about slavery WWW.NBCNEWS.COM The GOP presidential candidate told reporters that, despite new language in Florida public schools, "there is no silver lining" in slavery.

I love that Greta Gerwig is unapologetically a millennial. There’s a Mathbox 20 singalong and a Pavement joke. She doesn’t give a fuck.

Well I just turned 35

By the way, people are totally allowed to not like camp, it’s not for everyone. I think this movie has more of a gay sensibility than mainstream audiences are used to so those who’ve never been to a screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show may not be on its wavelength. I saw this movie this movie in two theaters in two parts of town. First was in the suburbs outside the city area of Jax, and second was in a more hip and queer friendly district. It received good reactions from both screenings, but it absolutely slayed in the second theater. People every clapped and cheered after the monologue.

Camp is intentionally not subtle but can be off-putting to those who haven’t acquired the taste yet. All my queer girl friends loved it. At the same time, there seems to be a lot going over people’s heads. People are making complaints about Barbieland being “too *fill in the blank*”, but that’s the whole point of the movie. For example there are no elderly in Barbieland because Matel would never sign off on an elderly Barbie doll. The diversity in Barbieland is as diverse as the type of dolls that Matel is willing to sign off on. When Barbie goes to the real world she sits on a park bench as she looks around and sees people that are not represented in Barbieland, including a gay couple of color. She smiles as realizes the beauty that is found in real, actual people. She then turns to an elderly woman and tells her she’s beautiful. It’s not just a moving scene, it’s also criticizing Matel by showing all the diversity in the real world that Barbieland could never contain. Again, depiction is not endorsement, and the movie is never a full endorsement of Barbieland. It does recognize the superficial appeal of this fantasy, but at the end of the day sides with reality.

I’ve never seen that monologue before but that was awkward. Even though the audience seemed to agree with him you could tell near the end they were like, “move on already, jeez”.

It’s very campy and very gay in both its influences and aesthetic. The first time I saw it was with a large group of queer people and we were all laughing hard. This is destined to be a LGBT classic I can already tell based on other reactions I’ve heard from the local queer community here. I’m glad we have a movie that felt made for us, at least. The movie also has so much to say I’m still processing everything I took away from it. Will post my full thoughts soon.

Don’t give Florida any more ideas, please.

I know men who love the movie but this movie just hits harder if you’re a woman. The America Ferrara monologue in the movie is so such a powerful moment. Second time I saw it was with a nearly full theater with mostly women and everyone cheered and clapped after her monologue. I’m still getting chills thinking about it. And it was so wonderful seeing a trans actor play a Barbie and not once is she made the butt of a trans joke or even treated any differently. This is how trans women want to be treated, just like you would treat any other woman. Seeing this depicted in a mainstream movie is so beautiful and means a lot to me with all the hateful rhetoric floating around. I adore this movie so much and I’m thankful it exists.

Call Me Maybe tho

Camp is intentionally not subtle.

We really do need to crack down on major studios urinating in public.