A Guide

Me:

we’re crashing this site..

Okay, 2016, you’ve outdone yourself. Because for all the weirdness in the world, it’s hard to top what’s going on in the presidential scandal engulfing South Korea right now.

“But, BuzzFeed,” you ask, “how can a year in which Trump is a thing possibly be topped anywhere in the world?”

OH JUST YOU WAIT.

THIS SCANDAL HAS EVERYTHING:

— Anger over shadowy ties between corporations and the state — Rampant misogyny — Millions of dollars’ worth of nepotism — Dancing horses — Painful memories of a former dictator whose daughter is currently in office — And a religious cult leader known as “South Korea’s Rasputin”

HOLY FUCK THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED

the only way obama could have ordered a full investigation is if they already found considerable evidence that it did happen

like holy shit this is insane

‘KUBO’ FLOPS AT BOX OFFICE, SOARS WITH CRITICS

Kubo and the Two Strings was off to a good start when the reviews began to pour in. The stop motion feature achieved a solid 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, becoming one of the best reviews animated films on the site, and beating out all the other films from the studio so far. It achieved a rating of “universal acclaim” on MetaCritic, and just below a 9/10 IMDB score. People had a lot of good things to say. The box office numbers, however, weren’t as stellar.

‘Kubo’ had the worst opening of any Laika film so far, pulling a little over 12 million over the weekend. It came in fourth place, with DC movie Suicide Squad getting its third week at first place. Seth Rogen’s R-rated animated venture, Sausage Party, made 15 million over the weekend in its second week, hopping two spots ahead of Kubo. 

‘Kubo’ tells the story of a young Japanese boy at odds with his grandfather, the unfeeling Moon King, and trying to learn about his warrior father, Hanzo. The film pushed the studio. Among their efforts included simulating a woman dragging herself in the sand, and building a nearly 20-foot-tall stop motion puppet for just one scene. 

But, Laika’s not exactly in this for the money. None of the studio’s releases have been major animated blockbusters in the way that Disney and Dreamworks have. The studio has yet to win a Best Animated Feature oscar–something that there has been buzz about since Kubo’s release. But, in a summer noted for its underperforming films from all genres and studios, Kubo’s numbers aren’t entirely surprising.

as someone who went to women’s college for a bit, women’s college is where you go to became a radical feminist fighter who will literally never put up with patriarchal bullshit ✌️

Why men think women in mass will organize to just hold on to antiquated feminine standards mostly perpetuated by men will never cease to anger me. Hell, even organizations run by nuns have been cited as hotbeds of lesbian relationships and intense feminist thoughts

ORGANIZED WOMEN DO NOT GET TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF MEN. THEY ORGANIZE TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WAYS TO FIGHT THE PATRIARCHY