the truman show (1998) frankenstein (2025) et the extra terrestrial (1982) melancholia (2011) dick tracy (1990) moonstruck (1987) addams family values (1993) moon garden (2022) the nightmare before christmas (1993) stardust (2007) the brothers grimm (2005) blood tea and red string (2006) practical magic (1998) the adventures of mark twain (1985) sinners (2025) voyage to the moon (1902) one from the heart (1981) the notebook (2004) august in the water (1995) nightcrawler (2014) coraline (2007) corpse bride (2005) a midsummer night’s dream (1996) train dreams (2025) harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban (2004) my neighbor totoro (1988) the fabulous baron munchausen (1962) vampire hunter d (1985) the last unicorn (1982) ponyo (2007)
my favorite part about x files is how mulder is always like ‘bigfoot has been riding thru the town on a skateboard’ and scully is like ‘that’s ridiculous’ and the second her back is turned bigfoot skates by
Van Helsing (2004); The Howling (1981); Bad Moon (1996); The Wolf Man (1941); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Penny Dreadful (2014-2016); Underworld (2003); Skinwalkers (2006); The Wolfman (2010); Dog Soldiers (2002)
“Women are warm and nurturing and they have powerful intuitions!” is benevolent sexism. Benevolent sexism upholds misogyny by praising women for things women are “supposed” to be good at and romanticizing roles women are “supposed” to play under a patriarchal system.
Also, like, benevolent sexist stereotypes are definitely used to make those who don’t fit them feel like failures as women (especially queer women/trans women/woc/neurodivergent women/etc).
And on the flip side, they’re also used to deny women who are skilled at those things credit for their accomplishments. It’s easy for people to dismiss an excellent childcare worker when her “~magical gender intuition makes her naturally good at it~”.
it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
when the clock is at :45 it’s like. oh i have a whole quarter of the hour left i have so much time this is great and then it hits :47 and you’re like it’s basically :50 which is basically the top of the hour and all my time is wasted forever and ever
