So when in doubt, you kiss Craig?!

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) dir. Blake Edwards

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Begging swifties to understand that Taylor didn’t write reputation and Lover with the knowledge of how the relationship was going to end and that trying to “excavate” those albums for evidence to prove a specific theory as to why it ended is not how they should be viewed. Taylor wrote those songs feeling a very specific way because that’s what she was experiencing and she is now reflecting on them with hindsight and relates to them differently than when she first created them. These conflicting emotions can exist; how she views it now doesn’t diminish how she felt about it when she first released it.

me at every single mutual <3

No no no, it's hot. When are you ever going to learn?

ANYONE BUT YOU (2023) dir. Will Gluck

My favorite part of listening to a podcast is skipping the ads. Lol you're not telling me about that

Know what? We all need some pure innocence combined with satisfying accomplishment.

ANYONE BUT YOU (2023)

girl almighty by 1D is the ultimate proof that when you’re choosing an approach to pop song lyricism just making up any old shit that scans decently and vaguely slaps at a vibe in the broadest strokes possible will ALWAYSSSS beat out extremely specific grounded factual and literal lyrics. “her light is as loud as as many ambulances as it takes to save a saviour” is the most ridiculous nonsense lyric ever written but i still understand and feel it far more than whatever tiktok artist du jour doing verbatim theatre with their therapy notes over a logic pro live loops beat

PRETTY WOMAN (1990) dir. Garry Marshall

RYAN GOSLING performing "I'm Just Ken" at the 96th Annual Academy Awards  (March 10, 2024)

SOFIA WYLIE via Robert Bryan's Instagram Stories

we are in a media literacy crisis

friendly reminder that characters don't need to be saints to be entertaining. and telling a story does not mean endorsement. art does not need to be all about morally good people.

IDK if this was meant as hyperbole but it's literally true:

Adult literacy is low.

Child literacy is low.

Information literacy has shifted dramatically in the last decade, but reputable information sources like research journals and factual news reporting have been unable to keep pace.

We are genuinely in a crisis of media literacy, with ever fewer genuinely factual resources available in the style and language used by contemporary audiences.

It may sound condescending, but we genuinely need to remind people, or worse, explain to them for the first time that art is not evidence of real world behaviour.

So, thank you, for this reminder. Genuinely.

You're correct:

Art does not need to feature exclusively morally pure characters. Art is not proof of the creator's secret, violent desires.

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