It really hits you reading old books as well where being skinny is presented as undesirable. I was rereading Anne of Green Gables recently for a nostalgia hit and Anne is forever complaining that she’s ugly because she’s too skinny and she’s jealous of how ‘plump’ Diana is…
That’s helpful, thank you! I think I was getting confused because I was translating directly to English and ‘I have a grocery store’ sounds a bit odd. But thinking of it more as ‘I run a grocery store’ in this context makes sense. And I can see how ‘mulla on’ could roll together into ‘mullon’ quite easily as well.
Yeah I feel like his line of reasoning is kinda flawed.
When we showed “300” at the Berlin Film Festival this exact same thing happened. There was immediate discourse around the movie, and everyone booed and walked out. It was our first time showing the movie and we were like, “What the fuck.” They were saying it was “a disaster,” “the worst movie ever” and a “fascist” movie. Then we had a press conference where they were asking me all these questions, like, “Are you a fascist filmmaker?” “300” is one of the gayest movies ever made. I always go, “Look, there are few movies where people come in straight and come out gay, and ‘300’ is one of them.”
Like beyond individual fascists/Republicans/whoever being gay, homoeroticism can be very entangled with fascism, there’s a lot of emphasis placed on ideal male bodies both in the US at the moment and historically. I couldn’t find the exact article I was thinking of, but I think this essay goes into the history quite a bit:
[gay men’s] collaboration with Nazism presented a paradox: while Nazism exterminated gay people, it also glorified men and masculinity. Even among those with only a superficial knowledge of history, Nazism — also known as German fascism — is associated with male power. The Nazi soldier, the elite of a totalitarian society, embodies performative masculinity in a literal sense. His actions and image convey a specific cultural understanding of masculinity: machismo, militarism, heroism, and whiteness. He is both cruel and unapproachable, yet he can also evoke unbridled sexual desire — as if he has just stepped off the set of an erotic photo shoot or gay pornography film.
Thanks, that makes sense! It was just a full sentence on its own which seemed a bit odd to me, especially with no context of being the owner.
Thanks, I thought so, just figured I’d make sure!
Ooh that looks good, I’ll have to try the vegetarian version she has.
Leaving this bannock recipe that I often make with soups or stews - super easy and you end up with fresh warm bread in under 20 minutes!
I havn’t used Amazon for a few years and honestly, it just takes discounting it as a possibility. There’s no one website equivalent but the more you search for places to buy things, the more you build up a repertoire of sites for specific things.
I recommend Ethical Book Search for finding cheap second-hand books. Bookshop.org for new books.
Argos can be good if you need an assortment of random things, although it doesn’t always have everything.
Cass Art for art supplies and Love Crafts for knitting and sewing.
B&Q and Screwfix for DIY and home stuff.
There’s probably more places I use semi-regularly that I can’t think of right now. You often end up paying slightly more but I think it’s worth it to not support Bezos and I buy less stuff than I would otherwise which is good in the end anyway.
That’s devastating. I hadn’t heard of the Arran whitebeam before, I’ll have to look out for it when on Arran next.
Arran whitebeam is one of the rarest and most endangered trees in the world. It is a hybrid of rowan and rock whitebeam which has stayed on the Isle of Arran since the last glaciers were formed.
The experiences trans men and women have with misogyny will never not be fascinating to me. Like, for the first time ever we have this huge sample size of people who have experienced how their gender presentation affects how people interact with them, giving tangible proof of misogyny in action. And it can’t just be swept aside with ‘MaYbE tHe wOmEn JuSt miSuNDerStOoD’ or ‘mAYbe tHe mAN diDN’t MeAn iT LiKE tHaT’. I mean idiots will still make idiot arguments but at least it chips away at them a little bit.
You’re welcome! Glad it was useful :)
I don’t have time to translate right now but here’s an article from Deutsche Welle that goes into some detail on the (alleged) property damage. Essentially it’s tied in with the attempted occupation of the FU university in Berlin. Hope that helps!
I’ve started seeing a few more comics/memes which have women as the representative of a universal experience (rather than, as you say, representing a sexist trope) and it’s absurd how happy it makes me.
The actual article, in case anyone’s interested: https://archive.is/qfunJ
People can argue all day long that we should be responsible for our own pads/tampons etc. but ultimately these arguments of where the responsibility lies miss the point. It’s just nice, it’s such a relief when you get caught out and have an emergency and you know you don’t have to worry about making something makeshift or finding a shop or having some change to use one of the crappy vending machines in the bathroom. I was ambivalent about free period products before moving to Scotland last year but just having them available when you need them is fantastic. Like the state doesn’t need to provide them but god does it make such a difference when they do.
Intentional: pack of tissues, lip balm, tampons, pen, packet of oatcakes, Loop earbuds, headphones, purse, keys, hair ties
Unintentional: old receipts, old tissues, oatcake crumbs
Occasional: notebook, book to read, shopping bag
Tbh it just feels like another way to administer the same drugs. I wish there was more focus on actually developing birth control that didn’t have the wealth of side effects.
I stopped taking BC a few years ago because it had such an effect on my mood but I’ve sort of resigned myself to starting up with it again.
I have anxiety around things in my body that I can’t control so the implant is off the table for me anyway and to me this just feels like an implant but worse.
They’re definitely worth a revisit! They still hold up imo. I actually started off listening to a bit with my grandma and she really loved hearing the stories again - they’re the sort of books that span the generations