When the bum-grazing jeans first debuted in the Britney Era, the constant emphasis on ultra-thin bodies was at peak “yikes.” So was the now-cringe idea that looking “sexy” for men was actually “empowering” for women.
You know what's going to be really disempowering? When men as a whole finally stop treating women with kids gloves and hold them to the same standards as everyone else, and 90% of them find they can't keep up or compete on a level playing field. Then being cute and hot enough to get a free pass will suddenly become "empowering" all over again.
I was reminded of how different things have become last night. Watching Chinatown, a crime drama movie from 1974. At a certain point the main character slaps a woman across the face for lying, or hell I think maybe more suspecting a lie. Then continues to slap her until he gets the truth. It didn't feel like any big moment to the movie either. If that was in a movie now it would be the talk of urinalists. Another counter to the whole empathy argument that leftists use, just minutes later after getting the truth he feels bad for the woman's situation and helps her. It was never really anything more than quickly delivered message to quit slithering around like a snake and lets get to the facts so I can help you.
You know, those Y2K fashions we grew up with are coming back into style now, so this woman's feminist delusions come off as doubly dated. Personally, I'm glad; I always thought girls looked way better in Y2K style flares than twenty-teens skinny jeans. The latter's silhouette calls to mind a bowling pin...
To each his own. I think it actually is interesting that they went through the effort of getting vintage jeans that makes sense for the setting, rather then just buying modern stuff with an attitude of “who’s going to notice jeans when we have an important lesbians during the post apocalypse story to tell?”
The Last of Us is making a jagged little joke about Y2K trends and the brainwashing they caused about thinness, sexiness, and power. By forcing kickass characters like Ellie into the same style of pants, The Last of Us also subverts the silhouette of oversexed, underpowered teenage girls. These young women and their zombie counterparts don’t seduce men, they murder them. And they do it in the same thong-flashing jeans.
If they actually showed the reader Bella Ramsey in “sexy jeans,” it would be very difficult to say anything “sexy” is happening. The opposite, in fact, would be more accurate.
Keep in mind that the same article in 2012 would have been considered thought-provoking by most media hopefuls. Now it's considered as outdated as horn-rimmed glasses and the neurotic women are the cultural dinosaurs. It just doesn't seem like it yet because the industry turns at the speed of an oil tanker. Expect a few more hundred million dollar losses, but not many more.
All that effort on costumes and trying to make some statement, for a season where the show's interest literally fell off a cliff to become nothing but memes about potato face and being a cuck.
Its extra amusing because this was Druckmann's chance to revisit and improve his "magnum opus" to actually land instead of being a huge joke. But instead he refuses to let the chuds win by altering anything, and tossed a walking down syndrome case to make sure no one possible enjoyed it either.
This is a show set in a starving, zombie-infested post-apocalyptic wasteland where the female characters all go around looking like they spend an hour in front of a mirror with a fully-stocked makeup kit every morning, but we're going to talk about why the blue jeans totally make sense as if the producers are actually paying attention to that shit.
You know what's going to be really disempowering? When men as a whole finally stop treating women with kids gloves and hold them to the same standards as everyone else, and 90% of them find they can't keep up or compete on a level playing field. Then being cute and hot enough to get a free pass will suddenly become "empowering" all over again.
I was reminded of how different things have become last night. Watching Chinatown, a crime drama movie from 1974. At a certain point the main character slaps a woman across the face for lying, or hell I think maybe more suspecting a lie. Then continues to slap her until he gets the truth. It didn't feel like any big moment to the movie either. If that was in a movie now it would be the talk of urinalists. Another counter to the whole empathy argument that leftists use, just minutes later after getting the truth he feels bad for the woman's situation and helps her. It was never really anything more than quickly delivered message to quit slithering around like a snake and lets get to the facts so I can help you.
If you liked that consider watching Double Indemnity.
I'll put it on the list. I struggle a bit with the often slow burn of movies pre-90s but I'll keep watching.
Cool Hand Luke, Das Boot, The Sting. If you haven't seen these, please do.
Same but i wouldn't call that one slow.
remind me again which normal men control fashion?
You know, those Y2K fashions we grew up with are coming back into style now, so this woman's feminist delusions come off as doubly dated. Personally, I'm glad; I always thought girls looked way better in Y2K style flares than twenty-teens skinny jeans. The latter's silhouette calls to mind a bowling pin...
I just hope we can finally be rid of yoga pants in public.
It's amazing how they are form-fitting yet form-unflattering.
I think a lot of the women who wear them REALLY have no business wearing them.
Yup, it really is odd. In theory it should be kind of sexy, but it's just gross. Time and place, ladies, time and place.
To each his own. I think it actually is interesting that they went through the effort of getting vintage jeans that makes sense for the setting, rather then just buying modern stuff with an attitude of “who’s going to notice jeans when we have an important lesbians during the post apocalypse story to tell?”
Maybe they learned from The Walking Dead when people kept asking who was mowing all the grass in the backgrounds of residential areas.
From the article
It hurts to even read that.
>Article about thing
>No picture of thing
Duh. If they actually showed the reader thing, then all their creative writing classes would be pointless.
If they actually showed the reader Bella Ramsey in “sexy jeans,” it would be very difficult to say anything “sexy” is happening. The opposite, in fact, would be more accurate.
Somehow, by some byzantine administrative laundering, your tax dollars paid to write this tripe
Maybe it's a very subtle Civ 5 joke relating to the Culture Victory response.
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1119150-civilization
Aren't you the optimist
Keep in mind that the same article in 2012 would have been considered thought-provoking by most media hopefuls. Now it's considered as outdated as horn-rimmed glasses and the neurotic women are the cultural dinosaurs. It just doesn't seem like it yet because the industry turns at the speed of an oil tanker. Expect a few more hundred million dollar losses, but not many more.
All that effort on costumes and trying to make some statement, for a season where the show's interest literally fell off a cliff to become nothing but memes about potato face and being a cuck.
Its extra amusing because this was Druckmann's chance to revisit and improve his "magnum opus" to actually land instead of being a huge joke. But instead he refuses to let the chuds win by altering anything, and tossed a walking down syndrome case to make sure no one possible enjoyed it either.
He's altered a few things for the show, but it's not for the better.
This is a show set in a starving, zombie-infested post-apocalyptic wasteland where the female characters all go around looking like they spend an hour in front of a mirror with a fully-stocked makeup kit every morning, but we're going to talk about why the blue jeans totally make sense as if the producers are actually paying attention to that shit.