Very different links

[elisi]

CONNOR (to Faith) So, vampire slayers. I was told about them. How come you're always girls?
FAITH I dunno. Better at it, I guess.

Would you know, Faith was right! ^_^

The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong
The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidence

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No One Doling Out Award Nominations for 'Poor Things' Talks About Its Ick Factor

(Sorry, I forget who linked to this!) ETA: It was mecurtin!(Post here.)

ETA: And via sea_thoughts:

Poor Things is one of the most misogynistic films I’ve seen

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Also realised I never posted the link to the newest chapter of 'Breakages':

Chapter 14: The Butterfly People

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And via jerusha:

We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage
Very very VERY long and incredibly upsetting buzzfeed article about the abuse that went on at Catholic orphanages in USA (and Canada).

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[shadowkat]

It's subjective, I think? Or depends on the person?

My friends Wales, didn't play with Barbies at all. Her sister did, she didn't. She hated the Barbie movie - which is amusing, considering she "really" wanted to see it in the movie theater. Had it planned out and everything - but it fell through. And she's an activist - a big-time feminist. Also she loves Greta Gerwig and Noah Bumbauch films and their writing. But she hated that movie. (I watched it with her over Christmas at my place.)

I liked it better than she did. (I went in with very low expectations, but I also had seen the trailers - so knew it would bug me in places and was prepared.) And I played with Barbie and Ken dolls as a kid - used them to tell myself stories, usually adventure stories. Lost at sea. Survival.
Godzilla. Stuff like that. Although my best friend at the time - had the dream house and was into fashion Barbie. So I knew about all of it - and caught all the inside jokes and references (there are a lot of them). But they went over her head.

Legos? We didn't play with. They weren't really that big a deal in the early 1970s. I don't think legos really took off until the late 1970s or 80s? And by that time I was kind of past all of that?
I don't have kids - and my niece did not play with legos. (My brother is against anything that is heavily branded due to his background in marketing.) And my cousin well, she worked for Lego for a bit (it was not a pleasant experience). So we really aren't a lego family. I'm not even sure I owned them? I have no memory of playing with them. We built stuff - just not with legos. And I can't watch that movie - it irritates me. Although the song was engaging.

[elisi]

It's subjective, I think? Or depends on the person?
Yeah. There is also the fact of 'Your friends are not watching the same show you are' (this was an online essay that has now vanished, alas) - that is, we all come to the table with different things and are engaged by different aspects of stories/media.

And since nothing can be everything to everyone, we just have to enjoy what we can, and let the rest go. :)

[shadowkat]

Yeah, we all see things differently. It makes sense. I mean - it's actually weird that we agree as much as we do on things. Or see them similarly. It's not strange that we see them differently - that's a given, but that we ever agree...miraculous connection.

[elisi]

♥ ♥ ♥ This was a lovely comment to wake up to.