jesse_the_k: Underwater picture of chubby woman stroking and blowing bubbles with a grin (lynne cox swimming)
Jesse the K ([personal profile] jesse_the_k) wrote in [community profile] beer_marmalade2011-11-15 04:32 pm
  • Add Memory
  • Share This Entry
Entry tags:

If you enjoyed Santa Olivia

as much as I did, you may be interested in a 2000 indie movie called GIRLFIGHT. You can watch it free online. The lead, Michelle Rodriguez, is outstanding. No SFnal elements, but there's plenty of chewy boxing scenes (but not brutality for its own sake), class, race & ethnicity issues, and a love-hate relationship with greater NY city.

also posted to LJ comm
Flat | Top-Level Comments Only
jesse_the_k: Woman holds camera overhead, captioned "capturing the stars" (photographer at work)

[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2011-11-16 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
It is problematic. When the object of my -ification is a shiny, pretty celebrity — JFlan, Rachel Luttrel — then it's easier to whistle without feeling their pain. Yet for someone who is as solid and human a presence as M.R., I can just relate to how she might move through the world more slowly because of the sticky mantle of objectified attention weighing her shoulders.

If I never heard ze's hot again, it would be OK. I want easy answers! I want empty headed admiration of pretty people!

Maybe this is what drives nature photography?
Flat | Top-Level Comments Only