MadameChaos

August 3, 2023

2 minutes ago, hoggy said:

No but just like at least make it convincing enough that it contrasts with the unrealisticness of Barbieland

I just don't think it was that kind of film, it's all concept and japes and pink stuff really isn't it.

August 3, 2023

12 hours ago, hoggy said:

Wow! Thanks! I've seen half of those, some of my favourites in there - will add the others to my "watch these films" list!

Silence of the Lambs, mentioned in the timeout article is definitely making a point about how Clarice is treated as weak, disrespected and ogled derisively, in a way that feels way more authentic than the equivalent scene in Barbie, when she first comes to the real world, which feels more like a caricature, but I guess that might just be a difference of style

Yeah, they really needed a scene in Barbie where someone says "I can smell your c*nt!" and she shots a serial killer.

August 2, 2023

On 7/31/2023 at 3:59 PM, hoggy said:

I don't know if I ever watched another film so overtly about feminism - can you recommend any?

Yeah sure, it may be argued that these about about the female experience rather than being about feminism as such, but:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077613/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071115/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055852/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2347569/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4016934/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441909/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088939

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9100054/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300214/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397535/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9067182/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2326554/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101640/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3824458/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067961/

This list contains some really strong titles. https://www.timeout.com/film/best-feminist-movies-of-all-time

August 2, 2023

HAHAHA!! Not Specsavers, somewhere online but don't remember where now. Great minds eh?

August 2, 2023

August 2, 2023

Why won't bandcamp embed? How annoying.

https://kelpe.bandcamp.com/track/astrolomy-mike-slott-remix

August 1, 2023

July 31, 2023

On 7/29/2023 at 4:22 PM, ignatius said:

seems like maybe a lot of people already are dressing this way

Dude, this is from 2019.

July 31, 2023

I felt like it was a film about feminism for people who never watch films about feminism. Every little helps I guess.

July 31, 2023

toplel

July 31, 2023

July 31, 2023

https://ceephax.bandcamp.com/track/ventlaris

July 31, 2023

14 hours ago, hoggy said:

went to see Barbie - it was ok, couple original moments nothing wow, but had a laugh with my mates, so worth it, and we had reclining leather comfy seats and a little table for booze

I thought it was really funny, if a bit twee and corny.

July 31, 2023

July 30, 2023

The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests. The shutting down of the vital ocean currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) by scientists, would bring catastrophic climate impacts.

Amoc was already known to be at its weakest in 1,600 years owing to global heating and researchers spotted warning signs of a tipping point in 2021.

The new analysis estimates a timescale for the collapse of between 2025 and 2095, with a central estimate of 2050, if global carbon emissions are not reduced. Evidence from past collapses indicates changes of temperature of 10C in a few decades, although these occurred during ice ages.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/25/gulf-stream-could-collapse-as-early-as-2025-study-suggests