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If you are girl or girl adjacent this movie is the movie. featuring emma stone with black hair, a very cute steampunk atmosphere, TONS of mutton sleeves, and surprisingly tenderhearted depictions of sex work. It is supposed to be a fantasy/comedy movie but let me tell you I cried a LOT. 10/10 I will defend this movie with my life
Jan 31, 2024
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my profound attachment to this movie is probably something i should unpack with a therapist... nonetheless, it is absolutely nasty, creepy, and reminiscent of all the aspects of girlhood i struggled with the most. u should definitely check it out :)
May 14, 2024
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* Tiny Furniture (2010), dir. Lena Dunham — Girls before Girls!!!
“After graduating from film school, Aura (Lena Dunham) returns to New York to live with her photographer mother, Siri (Laurie Simmons), and her sister, Nadine (Grace Dunham), who has just finished high school. Aura is directionless and wonders where to go next in her career and her life. She takes a job in a restaurant and tries unsuccessfully to develop relationships with men, including Keith (David Call), a chef where she works, and cult Internet star Jed (Alex Karpovsky).”
* Young Adult (2011), dir. Diablo Cody — one of my favorites…
“Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) is a successful writer of teen literature who returns to her hometown with a dual mission: to relive her glory days and steal away her now-married high-school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). However, her mission does not go exactly to plan, and she finds her homecoming more problematic than she expected. Instead, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate (Patton Oswalt), who has also found it difficult to move past high school.”
* Frances Ha (2012), dir. Noah Baumbach — the dinner party scene especially is so real
“A story that follows a New York woman, who doesn't really have an apartment. She apprentices for a dance company although she's not really a dancer, and throws herself headlong into her dreams.”
Oct 7, 2024
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🎞Petit Maman is maybe my favourite film about girlhood; it’s spare and soft and ruminative. Miyazaki movies are also often centered on girlhood, and feminine adolescence— Kiki’s delivery service, and the Secret World of Arriety, are two that I would recommend.
Extended (nonexhaustive) list: Catharine Called Birdy, Dirty Dancing, Turning Red, The Quiet Girl, Eighth Grade, Frances Ha.
Extended (nonexhaustive) list: Catharine Called Birdy, Dirty Dancing, Turning Red, The Quiet Girl, Eighth Grade, Frances Ha.
Jul 8, 2024
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I got these really tiny accordion books last year and I’ve been using them for super long form exquisite corpses- this one has been going since April and just finished today! Friends and strangers all worked on it with me, and now they are all trapped in my little book :-3
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🍅Gazpacho only in the late summer, persimmons only in the winter, etc. just because we can import anything from anywhere anytime doesn’t mean we should. Nothing is special if you can have it whenever you want it.