anyone who actually paid attention: the Barbie movie is about how both matriarchy and patriarchy are damaging to people and that no one will be happy as long as people feel unequal and you shouldn’t base your happiness on once person and you shouldn’t force your feelings on another person, especially if they’ve told you that they’re not interested in you. In this essay I will
“I am tired of the cult of youth. The cultural rejection of old age, the stigmatization of wrinkles, grey hair, of bodies furrowed by the years. I am fascinated by Diana Vreeland, Georgia O’Keeffe and Louise Bourgeois, women who have let time embrace them without ever cheating. Society today condemns this, me, I celebrate it. For this session of fine jewelry, I imagined a man and a woman who had been together for a long time, faithful to each other and always incandescent with desire.”
You should be angry, you should demand change, you are completely correct to be angry about how you are denied access to a livable and cheaper life because your representatives, local government and Senators sold you out to the automobile lobby. We need to fight to change our cities for the better and you can’t fight without any anger.
Ellie hasn’t been able to draw Joel’s eyes ever since she watched him die because suddenly all her memories of him were the way he was looking at her when he was dying, not being able to open his eyes properly before the last hit.
This final drawing of Joel shows that Ellie’s ending is more positive than most people think. She’s finally able to draw his eyes again; draw him as she truly saw him before his death. She’s coming to terms with what happened and she’s moving forward.
I love that he’s on the porch, playing his guitar, wearing his watch; three things that hold so much significance for Joel as a character.
My grandfather used to grow watermelons, among other things, and he told me about most of this, especially the orange spot. Those are the absolute best!
Sharing the secrets of your hearth with strangers who will never be able to meet or thank you. Honoring the dead through learning their traditions of the home; emulation and exaltation. A good carrot cake.
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