⭒˖·̊. ݁mi vida va prohibida ݁·̊ .˖⭒

my blog is a safe space for me. the rest of you are in danger i think

mike flanagan’s hill house could have been the best show in the world and it would still be a profoundly misogynistic reimagining of its source. the process of adaptation simply cannot be ignored, regardless of the adaptation’s quality as a standalone work; to adapt anything is to converse with it, and mike flanagan’s conversation with shirley jackson looks like reminding her that her place is in the family. the show is not propaganda, but it is inarguable that as a man and a patriarch, mike flanagan does socially benefit from absolving the gendered family structure of its place in the horror. likewise, he benefits from a telling of carrie where margaret white is ultimately benevolent, if misguided, and any trauma she may have experienced has simply made her wiser about “this world and the dangers” of which her naïve young daughter lacks awareness. i am not suggesting consciously conservative beliefs; i am acknowledging that he is likely unconsciously drawn to “fix” stories in this way because it further reifies his social position.

tomorrow i fix my life #fixmylife #tomorrow

admittedly i know little of the subject but one would think, at 45 years of age, he would be a ryan goose by now

when James Baldwin said I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive

when James Baldwin said to be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive whatever we must survive.

i love the world so much. why do i often forget this