there's like a specific kind of misogyny in media that really grates on me almost more than anything else. its when a male character is overtly misogynistic and the narrative frames this as a bad quality, but the presence of misogyny + any female characters in the cast only exist to provide characterization and depth for the man. its like a sleight of hand trick where you pretend to be Commenting on gender relations without ever actually having to do something icky like flesh out the interiority of a complex female character. or god forbid make a female character the protagonist/pov.

ok one part of monkey man thats really sticking with me is when sita fucking brains queenie with the tray like a badass and it does in fact rule. and its far from the most brutal thing shown in that movie or even that scene alone like its a damn bloodbath in there holy SHIT the fight scenes are so visceral i love it. anyway. i love the moment after that. a lesser movie wouldve let sita have her badass revenge and then shed stand there all bloodied like a vengeful badass and her and the kid would have a moment of badass to badass communication and then he would move on, the whole thing would take 15 seconds tops. but they stop for a full. like a minute i think. as shes suddenly a murderer, and realizing shes a murderer, and him completely understanding what that moment feels like, and her understanding that he understands, and then he slowly, gently, takes the murder weapon away from her and. augh. after all the blood and death in the whole thing and before the final confrontations (before the whole "noooo the cycle of violence dont kill meeee" thing) they take this minute of trauma and empathy to acknowledge that yes, sometimes violence is justified and necessary, but you cant do these things and walk away from it okay. thats something that tends to get lost in a lot of action movies, and it adds a lot more weight to all the brutal fucking violence throughout the movie. great character moment for the kid too. christ

seeing this image in 2026 is like seeing an old friend who I've dearly missed

every single time people are like "you can read this ancient or classical piece of lit for free on project gutenberg!" and then link to the worlds most dogshit and sexist translation it makes me insane. don't do that.