If you enjoyed Santa Olivia

[jesse_the_k]

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

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[jesse_the_k]

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?