The Misadventures of Pixiibells

Episode 101: Marie Antoinette (2006)

You are invited to our Quarantine Party! We will be coming at you every week with a period-drama-must-watch mini-episode during our quarantine. On this weeks podcast we discussed the 2006 biopic of Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola. Big hair, bold fashion looks and lots and lots of Champaign!

apparently we need new codes so here we go

Lieutenant : Lesbian

General : Gay

Brigadier : Bisexual

Technical Sergeant : Transgender

Quartermaster : Queer

Admiral : Asexual

Air Marshal : Aromantic

Air Admiral : AroAce

Private : Pansexual

Non-Commissioned Officer : Non-Binary

Division Officer : Demisexual

Officer : Omnisexual

Intiating Officer : Intersex

Group Captain : Genderqueer

Gunner Cadet : Demigirl

Bombardier Cadet : Demiboy

Field Marshal : Genderfluid

Air Commodore : Agender

And then there’s my own mother, who has never taken up smoking, but who grew up with two chain-smoking parents. My mom who has permanent lung and throat damage from a lifetime of breathing in smoke that she didn’t ask for. My mom who now takes daily medication so her throat doesn’t ache.

I’ve been totally blind in my left eye my entire life. My vision in my right eye as a child was so bad it was 20/200. That’s not a typo; what a normal human being could see at TWO HUNDRED FEET I had to be twenty feet away to see it. Most people don’t even realize vision that bad exists, although my vision has improved to 20/60 since then. Yet bc I have almost no depth perception, I’m unable to drive. It’s never been a reality for me and I’m 36 now. I also have ADHD from the nicotine exposure and they came with its own set of challenges.

All those things they warn you about on the side of a pack of cigarettes about what effect it has on unborn babies has happened to me.

I understand smoking is a physical, chemical and psychological addiction.

I acknowledge that addiction is a disease.

I know diseases need to be treated and not shamed, stigmatized or guilt-tripped.

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the first result isn’t always the one you’re looking for but when you press enter it’ll give you a ton of words related to your query that’ll probably have what you’re wanting, or something better

here’s some examples:

Pt. 2 of the backgrounds I made! Enjoy!

The gods haven’t left us, but some say they are forgotten

Zeus roars his battle cry as lightning strikes skyscrapers and thunder rolls over corn fields and grassy plains.

Hera sings a lullaby to the crying newborn babies every night and hold the hand of those born early, those fighting to survive.

Artemis screams her protest in the voices of every woman, young and old, as they raise their fists for equality.

Demeter whistles through the streets of cities, rustling the leaves of scarce trees, reminding the concrete jungle of the jungles around them.

Poseidon bellows through the foghorns of steam ships, cruise liners and cargo ships as they dock into the harbour.

Hephaestus hammers his forge’s red fires with the punch of a time-clock and in the muscles strains of the working man.

Apollo blasts his voice through every headphone, earbud and speaker turned way too loud.

Ares’ battle cry echoes through a stadium as the crowd cheers after a national anthem is played.

Aphrodite whispers in the giggles and “I love you"s said between lovers intimating.

Hermes laughs in the roar of every engine and the gurgle of gasoline through the pump.

Dionysus cheers in the spirit of every young person celebrating themselves and making their lives enjoyable.

Athena hums in the silence of a late night library visit, in the turn of a page and the scratch of a pen.

Hestia smiles in every host saying “come in”, in every oven’s beeping, and the sigh of relaxation in ones home.

Hades beams in every dark humoured joke, in every Halloween night, and in every morning after.

Small devotional acts.

 Leave flowers at empty graves

Wear that lacy/flowery dress and the leather jacket

Wear a flower crown or flower hair pin

POMEGRANATES

Find nature and gentleness in the harshest of places

Practice your “don’t mess with me” look and posture. Use it while walking through crowds

Paint your nails dark red or wear red lipstick

When you find a small animal that has died, honor its life and death. If you can, bury it or leave it someplace for the other creatures of the forest

Go barefoot more often

Buy yourself a houseplant/s

Build your night vision, know your way in the dark

Take time to enjoy the sun whenever it is out

Drink coffee sweetened with honey

Demand respect and a listening ear from all – especially men

Decorate your home with dried flowers in the winter

When people do the unforgivable, hold them to their actions – do not forgive easily

Grow a rosebush or buy yourself some roses

Visit an arboretum or large gardens

Burn a candle for those who died unjustly

Volunteer with organizations that clean and restore forgotten places – graveyards, empty plots of land, etc.

Go swimming in natural bodies of water at night (be safe)

Offer a few coins/dollars to those who need it

Wear floral or fruity scents

Spend time outside in the winter too

Stand up for the abused

Go dance in or enjoy the next rainstorm

Don’t be afraid to defy stereotypes -  if she can be the Spring Maiden and the Iron Queen, you can be anything

Add more flowers to your garden

Take a candlelit bath

Know how to win a fight in case you need to

Don’t let anyone tell you who you can and can’t love

PRACTICE LOVING YOURSELF

skin color ref because some of yall non-black poc and whites keep fucking up as if yall don’t know there’s other shades of brown when u racebend for woke points or something 

So I’ve been a fan of his since I was about five or six, and I just want to share some love for him because he’s awesome.

He’s British but can do a near-perfect American accent

Freddie worked twice with Johnny Depp, who he said was his favourite actor: the first time was in ‘Finding Neverland’ and then the second was ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’

Following on from that, Depp was the one who recommended Freddie to Tim Burton for ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, and he said he’s always been impressed by Freddie’s acting at such a young age

He was an adorable kid I mean:

I swear to God, he was that kid who was in EVERYTHING. If you look at his filmography between 2000-2010 (so when he was 8-18 years old), it’s amazing.

To add, even though he was in so many films, he still managed to ace all of his exams. He got 10 A*s in his GCSEs and 4 A* grades in his A-Levels - so he got TOP GRADES IN EVERYTHING HOLY FU-

He studied at Cambridge University

He played two roles in ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ - he played twins called Jared and Simon, acting opposite himself and creating two distinct characters so it was easy to tell who was who (even the voices sound a bit different!)

He speaks fluent French, Spanish and Arabic.

He’s barely aged a day - he’s 26 now and still looks like he could be a teenager tbh

A number of the films he was in had video-games, and he would reprise his roles in those video games every time: The Golden Compass, Spiderwick Chronicles (he did BOTH twins and still sounded different), Arthur and the Invisibles, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory etc.

His performance on ‘Bates Motel’ as Norman Bates was simply amazing; to this day, I think he’s the only person who’s done Anthony Perkins’ performance any justice. He also directed an episode of ‘Bates Motel’

Not only did he play Norman pre-”Psycho”, but he also had to play Norma (Norman Bates’ mother) because she’s Norman Bates’ split personality - and he was PERFECT. It’s obvious he studied Vera’s performance long and hard because the detail/little body language movements were spot on

He’s now on a show called “The Good Doctor” where he plays a surgeon with high functioning autism; I’ve seen so many people say that his performance is, for the most part, extremely accurate as to what having autism is like.

He’s close to ‘Bates Motel’ star, Vera Farmiga, and is even the godfather to her son Fynn. There was a cute video that Vera filmed a while ago of him and Fynn play-fighting with plastic swords.

Also, there’s a picture of him reading to Vera’s kids:

He’s friends with Skandar Keynes, who played Edmund in the Narnia films

His full name is Alfred Thomas Highmore though omg

Learned how to play a bit of guitar for his role in ‘August Rush’

If you watch him in any film, he’s so painfully talented

I mean, have you seen that scene in ‘Finding Neverland’ where he destroys the playhouse? They filmed that scene at the beginning of filming because the director wanted the older actors (Depp and Kate Winslet) to change their attitude towards working with him (i.e. Instead of “oh he’s a little kid” it was “holy crap he’s talented”) and treat him like an adult actor (bearing in mind he was about 12)

He wore a #TimesUp pin at an event (I think it was the Golden Globes) which I know doesn’t really count for anything but still

He has a sense of humour and is able to joke about himself (just search “Bates Motel Comic Con skit” - there’s two videos that will make your day, I promise)

Freddie is honestly such a lovely guy - not only is he handsome (imho) but he also comes across as very down-to-earth and grounded too. He’s even said multiple times that he had a rather normal childhood despite being in movies, and that could be because his mother was his agent (she’s also Daniel Radcliffe’s agent). But he’s honestly so sweet and not full of himself at all.