Carrie Rickey
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“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying to force us to look away from a scene that shows a woman in a sexual scenario which is both complicit and complex. It’s misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman’s sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than this film.”
-Ryan Gosling on the controversy around the rating of his film ‘Blue Valentine’
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Ernest made it safely through his surgery and all he has to show for it is this #adorable cone. #dog #puppy
Hmm
I’ve wondered for a while why life seems so effortless and unconscious to most but is laborious to me. I think I just gained a bit of understanding while sitting here with my window open and maybe it’s because every moment is so vibrant and busy. It’s a lot to have to take in and it never stops—there’s never a moment’s peace from the Universe:
I just heard a car honk:
A person just honked a car:
That person has emotions and feelings.
That person has a history.
That person has a life.
That person honked his or her horn and now I’m wondering about this person
and I can’t stop thinking how free must be those
who can hear a horn honk
without disappearing.
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Her wonderful 1993 children’s verses, illustrated by Jean-Michel Basquiat: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/03/life-doesnt-frighten-me-maya-angelou-basquiat/
