One of the most beautiful parts of Fleabag to me is that we have no concrete knowledge of Fleabag’s mom. Her mother is never once shown in the show because she dies before it starts, but she is brought up constantly. A large reason why Fleabag behaves the way she does is because she does not have her mom around anymore. But we don’t know if she is a good mom or a bad mom. We have no knowledge on how their relationship was, except for the fact that without her mom Fleabag does not understand how to navigate the world. And I love it because it raises the question does it matter?
I think regardless of our relationship, I’d also feel completely lost and out of place in the world without my mom. I also think the majority of people who have any sort of relationship with their mom would feel this way. Regardless if it’s bad or good.
So yeah it doesn’t matter how Fleabag and her mom’s relationship was. It could have been amazing. It could have been terrible. But at the end of the day, there is a part of Fleabag which is gone now that her mother is gone. I think the majority of us would feel the same in her shoes too.
reread tsoa and can't stop thinking about the fact they knew of achilles and patroclus.Everyone knew it, they must have seen: achilles falling to his knees in the middle of the agora cause patroclus has too much blood on his tunic from a rough day at medic, patroclus becoming the first soldier ever to return from battles without even a stracth bcz his feral dog can't stop doing laps around him, the way achilles doesn't attend any council meetings without him and doesn't make a single decision without eye contact with his philtatos, patroclus small talking with the camp and Achilles "I can't function without patroclus" pelides sulking,the fact that when patroclus ask someone if they slept well the other party can't do the same because everyone heard them last night.
boy that jaw
mike faist as jack twist and lucas hedges as ennis del mar in brokeback mountain
this exam is tearing my skin from my bones and still telling me to count all the muscle groups
I do these routine where I delete all my socials then one week later show up, spend 2 hours scrolling and then fuck off again to restart the cycle. is it normal? do you guys do it too or is this about my inconsistency only
WATCH THIS LIKE THIS RETWEET THIS MASTER ART
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mom made more than my father for my whole life.she worked an 8-4 in the weekdays while he took at least three 24 hour shifts in a week.mom is the sole reason I was a swimmer. she was the one who advocated for my language training so I could speak like a native at 13 years old. I love women who are like op''s and mine's. and if we are lucky one day we will be like this to our daughters too
Growing up with a gender non conforming mother literally saved me. She never wore makeup, she rarely shaved, she had short hair, she always put comfort first when choosing clothes, she never cared for skincare or anti-aging products in fact she’s proud of her wrinkles, she was a ‘these are signs of a fulfilling life’ mother not a retinol at 15 mother, she was a ‘eat whatever you want’ mother not a ‘are you gonna eat all that?’ mother, she was openly against plastic surgery, she stood up for her beliefs, she never let men talk down to her or belittle her, she was always down for a debate etc.
It didn't dawn on me until I got older that this wasn't 'normal'. That not everyone’s mother was like that. I rarely felt pressure to conform to patriarchal gender stereotypes because I didn’t grow up with one as a role model. In fact the only times I started to feel as though I should conform to ‘femininity’ was when I started integrating more into wider society and less in the comfort of my home. (Social media, friendships etc)
When I was a kid, I took it for granted, but now I see how blessed I was to be raised by a mother like that, and I see how much my friends and women online are struggling to accept themselves in totality, in their natural and unapologetic form. Since I was born, I thought it was totally normal for women to be like that … because it should be.
thinking about Aeron Bracken and Davos Blackwood's story being a tragedy in every route you take with a backstory. They laid together just to take out frustration at first and never made anything concrete bcz they were afraid? Perfectly devastating angst. They were lovers and fully knew the other is like a god for them but also know their place in this damned kingdom? crying on the bathroom floor. Two boys always finding each others eyes across a festive at the Harrenhall yet never having the courage to take one small step that would be considered treason by their families? gut wrenching potential wasting.
hi there I used to (still do) lurke so often but I'm trying to fuck that habit up like I did with all of my wasted potential soo.. I really would love it anyone voicing their interests with me, for me, around me if that's the case. hit me uppp anytime old chap💃
yesterday a new channel was reporting data about domestic violence scene against women in TV in our country. Average of 9 scene per episode on cable and a average of 7 in Internet series. NINE SCENES. WITH THE SCENE BEING AT LEAST 3 MINUTES. IN A 2 AND A HALF LONG EPISODE. And the winner(!) for most violence act committed against women in one episode went to Kızıl Goncalar(20 scenes), a show about an Islamic cult which was also the show with most views in TV this year... we need radical feminist revolution fast and now.(also the numbers reveal themselves to be more damning when you realize a Middle Eastern critic might not have picked on or categorize some psychological violence scenes) (note:some Internet series are shorter in a western format so 7 scenes in 45 minutes/1 hour is extremely worse than cable's with added advertising of them being "secular" and "modern" )
the relatively small-fry feminist issue that upsets me the most is that girls hardly use parks, and in every survey and study, they cite boys as the reason. skate parks, basketball courts, soccer fields, they’re overwhelmingly male dominated starting at a very young age. girls get less physical activity, get out of the house less, and participate in less play, because as soon as those spaces have boys in them, girls are either pushed out, or stop using them before they can be.
and it’s a minority of landscape architects who factor this in when designing new parks. are they well lit? are the bathrooms clean and in a busy space? do they have walking trails, roller skating loops, bike paths, rather than only organized courts? are those paths wide enough to accommodate groups? are there multiple courts/play areas, sectioned off from each other? are there lit, covered seating areas, especially picnic tables or other group seating?
in an ideal world, girls would feel just as welcome jumping into a pick-up game as boys, would be able to claim a soccer field with their friends and not worry it would be overtaken or they would be jeered at, would feel free to take up hobbies like skateboarding and go to the park on their own. but they don’t. we’re not in that world. claiming a mixed sex space is an equal one is a lie, for now. we have to meet girls where they are.
la tristesse durera toujours. being a fujoshi is payback for all of the sexualization our sisterhood faces daily
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