i cannot emphasize how much it sucks that people in movies don’t look real anymore. like conventionally attractive people have always been cast more as leads but up until like a decade ago they had visible age lines and textured skin and double chins and imperfect teeth. like whenever i’m feeling insecure i just have to watch a regular movie from the 70s and remind myself that im actually not unhygienic and disgusting for having teeth that are a little yellow and visible pores

Still thinking about this version of Beauty and the Beast I saw (but didn’t buy) at a thrift shop. The illustrations by Hillary Knight were to die for.

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every forest is enchanted btw. stop being stupid and look with your eyes

128/365 Sarah

I do fully respect folks who can’t cover certain dark topics, and I have many of those myself. But I do also think being able to talk fully and upfront about topics like incest, rape, abuse, etc. is important. Be it in media or in fiction, the urge to hide things and decry them as evils that should never be spoken of only harms victims, prevents people from being able to talk about their experiences and pasts, and makes conversations around complicated nuances extremely difficult.

Especially now, when so much is censored while actual harm goes unaddressed and unspoken, having these conversations matters. Whether blunt and straightforward or more metaphorical, openness is important.

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Im sorry but I had to share this little animation

When I criticize jk Rowling do not assume I always hated Harry Potter. I knitted hogwarts house scarves. I got my first binder to dress as Draco Malfoy for Halloween. I reread the books multiple times. I read probably every pottermore article there was at the time.

I’m not here to validate your smug feelings about not liking a children’s book series 20 years ago. I’m here to discourage others from spending money on it and to give myself and others words and space to work through some feelings. I’m a trans person that made Harry Potter one of my cornerstone interests. One of my favorite things. I’m not some cis person doing cope.

Harry Potter was a big thing. Like. Big in a way that’s difficult to fully understand. It still is. If you were caught up in it during your formative years it’s normal to need to process all of the horrid things now associated with it.

Having to burn down the house you grew up in is going to be hard even if it turns out that the house was always rotten from the inside out. Even if it turns out that the foundation was made of straw. But the destruction and deconstruction must happen if one hopes to move on and move forward. That’s why I talk about it at all.

why is the hill silent. it's supposed to be alive with the sound of music

from the bottom of my heart: just because something makes you uncomfortable doesn't mean it shouldn't be allowed to exist

A black and gold silk brocade gown

late 1880s

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