On the spectrum of fae traps meant to lure in the unwary and fool them into being stuck in the Courts, the “open box of raspberry Zingers in the bathroom at the 24 hour Starbucks” seems to have a very goblin energy to it.
why would i fuck a demon? simple, the status. imagine rolling up into hell already havin had ur back blown out by one of their own. imagine you and a gang of other losers standin at the gates of hell, they’re all crying, scared to death about having a pitchfork up their ass for eternity and you just walk into the arms of your sugar demon? legendary.
Today’s aesthetic: keeping the same tab open in your browser for three solid weeks because you’re definitely going to get around to reading and/or acting on whatever’s in it any minute now.
I know people are gonna get salty af about this but by God she’s RIGHT.
When Brad Pitt did Fight Club, he was cutting weight for every single scene to maintain his physique at 155. I’ve you’ve ever cut weight, you know how horrible that must have been. He did it because they needed a “look”.
Changing Tatum said his Magic Mike body doesn’t last for more than five days. He starved down and dehydrated his already fit physique for a “look”.
The male soldiers on Spartacus: Blood and Sand were eating pretty much chicken and veggies for every meal to maintain a “look”.
Why is this such a big deal? Because all these characters are considered physical goals for men. These are actual unobtainable physical standards for men. Male body image issues get swept under the rug so often that some people don’t even think they exist.
You want proof? Just check out that scene in Captain America: First Avenger where Cap just transformed into that beautiful beefcake of a man. Agent Carter’s actress just HAD to touch them muscles, it was completely unscripted.
I don’t have the energy to get deep into the specifics but I really would like to reblog this to make one necessary point.
While the strict beauty/body standards for male stars can be as brutal, difficult to maintain, and emotionally toxic as they are for women, this entire thread is built on a miscomprehension of the theory of objectification of women in media. By applying it too narrowly and only to the idea of weight, the speaker(s) float right past the deeper, broader, and more disturbing critique of objectification.
It’s not just about people needing to look attractive on screen. The historical, political, and artistic critique of media as a format for the objectification of women includes, by necessity, the ways women are depicted throughout the history of art, the artist(s) who do the depicting, the viewer paying for the depiction, the subject of the depiction, the power dynamics and genders of all those aforementioned roles through Western culture and tradition, and how our modern attitudes, biases, perceptions, and sexism both external and internal all interact with the financial forces that control the economy (currently and historically also predominantly one gender).
Like, yeah it sucks something awful to have to be fit for being on TV. And male actors can be demeaned or exploited as well. But take step back and try to actually learn what words like “objectification” mean okay because people have literally written BOOKS about it.
And yes, it is still worse for female actors. For every muscle man there will be 5 men hired who are normal looking, average of face, typical of size or even overweight of size on television. Even ugly or weird looking.
Women? Far, far less. An exception so notable someone will probably write a think piece on how brave their casting director was to hire them ‘against type’, or how brave they are for existing on camera as a ‘lesson" to us all.
