Super underrated Barbie Movie moment is when Barbie, on her way to see Weird Barbie for the first time, says high heels are super uncomfortable and if her feet were human-shaped she would never wear them.
Okay yeah I wanna talk about the old lady on the bench bc I can’t stop thinking about that scene. When Barbie sees this older woman sitting alone reading on the bench, her first thought is that she’s beautiful, but of course, she’s not just a person, she’s Barbie, and Barbie has a purpose. As a toy, Barbie existed for the purpose of inspiring confidence in girls, and telling them that they can be anything. When she tells the woman “you’re so beautiful” she’s telling her, partially bc she knows it to be true, but partially bc that’s her job as Barbie, to make the woman with her feel good about herself.
This is why it’s so freeing to her when the woman replies “I know it” with a laugh. Barbie’s job is to inspire girls, but this is a woman who’s lived her life and shaped her identity almost completely divorced from Barbie’s influence. She doesn’t need Barbie to tell her she’s beautiful, she knows. But unlike Sasha, who’s still v young and feels the need to actively reject Barbie’s influence, the woman on the bench is content to share space and time with Barbie; she just doesn’t need anything from her. This moment is one of the first times that Barbie is allowed to experience existence & connection for their own sake and not as a conduit for her own commodification and that is why it’s the most important part of the movie
would love to see more non-sexualized nudity like this in art. this, right here? this is every woman: just at home relaxing with her tits out. she doesn’t have her tits out to please anybody but herself–she’s lounging around, she’s hanging out with her cat, she has her tits out just because. that’s a whole mood. that’s relatable, realistic, and very human. and it’s so superior to the massive amount of art we have of women frolicking around with their backs arched to appeal to the male gaze. lady just doesn’t wanna wear a bra. just wants to lounge around with a book and a cat and her tits just hanging. respect
So I was trying to figure out what the artist was portraying here or what was going on and I couldn’t find a lot of info but I did find More
Naked ladies vibing with books and food seems to be her thing and I’m here for it.
This makes an incredible and resounding amount of sense
“My main theme is, without a doubt, that intimacy and peace which women know when they are alone, when they enjoy such simple pleasures as reading during breakfast, or losing themselves staring into the eyes of a cat, or just sleeping.” -
Francine Van Hove
official boob post
I just wanna know if these paintings are actually nonsexual or if perhaps there’s a different reason this 81 year old woman painter never had a husband
😍 He left her a jar of violets so she didn’t wake up thinking he ran. Find a man who makes you custom knives and a saddle to ride your dragon; a man who stands next to you and not in front of you and still remembers to give you your namesake flowers.
We all need a friend like Rhiannon who not only is supportive but who will also cover the three stars, wingleader tag, fourth wing emblem on the shoulder of a jacket belonging to your ‘enemy’ in front of your ‘childhood best friend’.
Just thinking about the fact that Brennan’s met Tairn before and probably told him all about his little sister Violet. So Tairn very much does know exactly who and what she is.
Alicents plan with rhaenys was really “let’s bond over the fact that you were fucking robbed of the throne because of your gender and then you can help me steal the throne from another woman on account of her gender”
