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Does this self respect and empathy make me look feminist?

I don't consider myself a feminist only because I like having only one label: Christian, that trumps everything else about me, what God says is above all other opinions and causes of man... and I don't agree with everything all feminists say all the time, but I'm not dissing them, because mostly they make good points... however some might see me as a feminist simply because I have these crazy opinions that women are and should be treated equal to men, and that rape is bad... that's not me being PC, that's me being a human being if you see disagree with that I don't think I'm the one with the issue it just blows my mind the amount of people who see you as a "man hating feminist" just because you're against rape... umm I'm against rape that happens to men too... it's not my fault that 99% of rapists are male... I didn't cause that, feminists didn't brainwash those men into doing that... most feminists don't hate men at...

people having an emotional response to Art (specifically tv & movies) is good for society

Let's start this off by me explaining what triggered my writing this. A lot of the time I tend to talk about tv shows in a different way than most people, this is because I think differently than most people and therefore, watch things differently. Some things are mindless fluff, of course, but mainly I watch things with about a million things going through my mind at once. The psychology behind the character's behavior, memories of past behaviors of said character, relationships between characters, what they are feeling at any given moment, people they remind me of in real life, and is this an example of something that could influence my christian life, or how christianity is viewed in general. And that's just to name a few... Part of this comes from the fact that I am a writer, but that's not to say I do it on purpose to learn about writing. It's just that being a writer and having a "writer's brain" is what causes this. I made no decision to be...

art influences everyone

I get really frustrated when people tell me things like "it's just a song/tv show/book/etc." or "you care too much about that" or "you're obsessed" ... for one thing, I'm not sure what most people do, I do know most of the time people are consuming some sort of art (mostly tv) and they think if they don't care much and just watch it casually that it isn't affecting them, which isn't true... I guess I'll use a metaphor, when you consume art in a casual manner you become a mirror for those things being portrayed, you aren't aware or doing it on purpose, but over time, what you see or hear does start being reflected... when you do care about the content and contexts, and analyze what you consume (like I do) you are more like a microscope, you will take what you see or hear and analyze every aspect... (should this character have done this? is this realistic? am I like this person? should I be nicer? what does this song mean? is ...

Alison Dilaurentis

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Okay I have to talk about this some more, because I just can't stand it. Look, it's alright if you don't like Alison, everyone has a right to their opinions, plus Ali has done some awful things. All I'm asking is for people to step back and ask themselves why they hate Alison. Did you ever ask yourself? At first I wasn't even sure this that this is a feminist thing, because people don't hate Mona the way they hate Alison and Mona is also a girl. Then I thought about it and I thought; okay so maybe it's sort of a feminist thing after all. Let's compare Mona and Alison for a minute. At a very young age both of these girls realized what most girls don't realize until they are in their 20's. Some don't ever realize it at all. At around 13 years old Mona and Alison not only realized that women and girls are treated unfairly and judged based on what they can do for men, they both mastered manipulating this fact as if it were a game of Mario. No ma...

PLL; the real "dollhouse", plus a social commentary

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I'm someone that loves to find the deeper meaning in things, and I usually can catch on pretty quickly. What I didn't realize until Heather Hogan pointed it out in a recap was that on "pretty little liars" there is something going on. I posted what she said on my facebook and I'll summarize it, the dollhouse was doing to the girls, what rosewood had already been doing to them, and what in real life, our life, society does to us. A lot of the subtle commentaries I picked up on, because it's not that hard. In season 1 we get that even the best of mom's (ashley marin) says to her daughter "you CAN'T mess up... in this town, what people think of you matters" that sets the stage for the entire show. I love Ashley but she sleeps with a cop so he will drop shoplifting charges against hanna, setting the example that it doesn't matter if you actually do the right thing. It only matters if people don't find out about your mistakes. People say t...

Breakfast at Tiffany's

there are 2 common interpretations of holly golightly. Men tend to think of her as a "gold-digging social climber" who is mean to the poor guys that buy her things.  And then females tend to see her beauty and cute outfits and admire her for her independence, and laugh because she is a "cool man-eater". They like the character as a trend, as a way to seem glamorous in their own taste in literature or movies.  After watching it myself, I'd have to say that neither of these are correct at all. These reviews, and general opinions, were the reason I didn't want to watch it to begin with. I should have just ignored those because they are inaccurate.  I cried for half of the movie, because she was a broken girl, and a survivor. Yet, she was unable to let herself love truly until she had nothing to lose. She is a very realistic character and very complex but likable in my opinion, she didn't simply love glamour and money, she wanted an interesting life and t...

venting a little

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read this picture post first:   Let me tell you about what girls know about things that hurt Most guys don't turn a girl down that they don't want a relationship with, you know what they do? They pretend like they do want one, they know they don't. but tell you they do, they lie and say they love you and after doing everything they can to get a girl to fall in love with them, all at once they get sick of sleeping with you,  they stop answering texts and calls, but girls have to be "chill" and "cool"; after not hearing from the guy for a week, the guy that told you last week that he could see buying a house with you, you start to get frustrated and confused and angry but you try to fight it, and wait for a response, but none comes, so eventually you get sick of waiting and you don’t even care if he ends things, you just want him to tell you something so you have some closure, so you send a text telling him how you feel an...