Female gaze...

[elisi]

I wasn't familiar with Elle King before seeing her on Graham Norton, and thought I'd look her up on youtube. And just look what I found:

Which is a nice anti-dote to stuff like this.

(Not that Elle King isn't gorgeous of course.) (ETA: ISN'T! Dammit, why can't I type?)

Or this, which I had to walk past every day for weeks on my way to work. I can't think of another movie poster I have loathed quite so much. Somehow 'objectification' takes on a whole other level.

Comments

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

That music video was great :D

[elisi]

Great song + gorgeous vid = winner :)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

It's the push back, methinks. And Hollywood has jumped on it, alas. UGH.

*HUGS*

Rather love that vid. Caliper on the other foot, methinks, lol!!

[elisi]

It's the push back, methinks. And Hollywood has jumped on it, alas. UGH.
Hollywood has always been thus, I think. it's gonna take a looooong time for that to change. :(

Rather love that vid. Caliper on the other foot, methinks, lol!!
There is a delightful feeling oh, 'ah, so that's what it feels like'. :)

[sea_thoughts]

Dirty Grandpa is everything I hate about movies summed up in one poster.

Have you seen this video?

[elisi]

Dirty Grandpa is everything I hate about movies summed up in one poster.
Every morning I'd look at it and go 'Really? Really?'

Ugh.

Have you seen this video?
No, but I'd heard of it! Thanks for the link. :)

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

I'm not seeing what's so wrong with the "Love" shot.

Stacey

[elisi]

I think it's the whole 'very average looking nerd and drop-dead gorgeous girl'. You rarely see the opposite.

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

Oh, that. I love movies like "Revenge of the Nerds" so that particular trope doesn't bother me. I know you rarely see the opposite, but that actually feels fairly realistic, since you don't see it as often in the real world either.

Stacey

[elisi]

I could write an essay on this, but I won't! :)

[double_dutchess]

That's great! (I mean the Elle King song and vid)

[elisi]

I thought it'd appeal... ;)

[urb-banal.livejournal.com]

I've seen this video. Lots of fun!

I have been wondering about whether a man can ever be a feminist. MY youngest son is a feminist but he is also young. I am hoping there are good influences out there.
But sometimes I think the adage "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of needle than for a rich man to enter heaven" is also true for rich men ever being feminists.

Human nature; ALL humans, cling to advantage.

[elisi]

Human nature; ALL humans, cling to advantage.
*nods* And I think a lot of the time they [men] are just blind to the issues - not on purpose, but they literally can't see them. So it requires an awful lot of work to understand the issues...