My Secondhand Wardrobe

A rather nice dinosaur head mug. Unused. I think the original owner decided (like I did) that this would be a Bit Too Much Work to wash up carefully after each use (it’s a very long way down to the nose inside that mug).

you people will just. say anything

here is the original comic strip:

what the bechdel-wallace test is not:

an academic analysis of media

a bar that determines whether or not a movie is “bad” or “good” (by which i mean if a movie doesn’t pass the bechdel-wallace test that doesn’t make it bad, and if a movie passes the test the movie is not automatically good)

supposed to be taken seriously

what the bechdel-wallace test is:

a personal litmus test created by a lesbian who was, presumably, frustrated with the fact that women could not exist in the movie without a relationship to a man

it is not a way to “police what women speak about” because it does not apply to real people. it applies to fictional characters. also, the bechdel-wallace test does not stipulate that there can be no conversation about a male love interest. the women just have to talk about something other than a male love interest.

the reason the male love interest stipulation is there is because like… this test was created by a butch lesbian woman to determine whether or not she wanted to watch a movie. removing that part of the test violates the spirit of the test. it’s silly because it’s not supposed to be serious.

"The charity said that at the time Ms Moshiri was accepted on its mentoring scheme, its remit was to support young journalists and that it changed its “focus” to become a “social mobility charity” a year later in 2019"

This headline is just the telegraph printing outrage bait to bash the BBC.

People from her background walk into industries talented or not, they don't need schemes

I am not surprised that the billionaire daughter of a journalist got a place on a journalism mentorship scheme.

Mentorships schemes within industries are usually given to people who already work in those industries, unless the scheme is an "entrance" or "access" scheme.

This means its going to be picking from a pool that has already got their foot in the door - which is much easier if you already have the connections and background that she does.

I am glad that the charity changed their focus to being about social mobility, TV production and journalism in particular is filled with privately educated tories.

"The charity said that at the time Ms Moshiri was accepted on its mentoring scheme, its remit was to support young journalists and that it changed its “focus” to become a “social mobility charity” a year later in 2019"

This headline is just the telegraph printing outrage bait to bash the BBC.