primalscene: First Name: Carmen(dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 1983)

primalscene:

First Name: Carmen(dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 1983)

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oldfilmsflicker:

Anne Bancroft on meeting Mel Brooks

bartleby-company: loverofbeauty:several somersaults

bartleby-company:

loverofbeauty:several somersaults

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commovente: Russian women place flowers by the bodies of four American soldiers slain by German officers, 1945.

commovente:

Russian women place flowers by the bodies of four American soldiers slain by German officers, 1945.

Shirin Neshat, stills from Rapture, 1999

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A catcall is entirely about reminding you that you are not yours. The purity myth is entirely about reminding you that you are not yours. The fetishization of female purity in a world where catcalls are an acceptable form of communication telegraphs one thing very clearly:

“Women, stop sexualizing yourselves—that’s our job, and you’re taking all the fun out of it.”

The sexualization of women is only appealing if it’s nonconsensual. Otherwise it’s “sluttiness,” and sluttiness is agency and agency is threatening.

“Female ‘Purity’ is Bullshit”, by Lindy West  (via ceedling)

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solo-vintage:

Teenage girl having nail polish touches added to her sunglasses, 1947 (photo by Nina Leen)

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