it is what it is

Maniac (2018)

Annie, why are you here? Because I’m your friend and that’s what friends do.  Maniac (2018) dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga 

Sonoya Mizuno as Dr. Azumi Fujita in Maniac (2018)

Maniac (2018), 1x01: The Chosen One dir. Cary Fukunaga

Remember what you told me? The day that mom left?

This was such a great scene. I love PC so much.

Coming from the abortion storyline of Season 3, I think it’s extremely important that the writers included so much on Princess Carolyn’s miscarriages. The shame-free portrayal of Diane’s abortion directly contrasts with PC’s experience, especially as she struggles alone. I think it’s significant that everybody has an opinion in the abortion episode, everybody has some anecdote or comfort to give. Whereas PC is offered little to no direct support or acknowledgement. Her doctor treats her as callously and devoid of empathy as Diane’s did to her, except here we had no one speaking up, no one speaking back. She is given blame and no actual advice or help, emphasising the complete lack of support on offer for a lot of women who suffer miscarriages. Even well-meaning Todd is at a loss for words when trying to think what he should say to her at the apartment. Most heartbreaking of all perhaps, is that PC is well aware of the connotations of what has happened to her, she expects to be judged, she expects to be seen as weak and pitiful and incapable. PC’s storyline emphasises how far we still have to come in making a ‘miscarriage’ more than just some dirty word or something that women feel they have to hide.

this shit is so real

I got into this business because I love stories - they comfort us, they inspire us, they create a context for how we experience the world. But also, you have to be careful, because if you spend a lot of time with stories, you start to believe that life is just stories, and it’s not. Life is life, and that’s so sad, because there’s so little time and what are we doing with it?

BoJack Horseman Season 4

BoJack Horseman Season 4

THIS SHOW IS THE REALEST THING

Lady Bird (2017) dir. Greta Gerwig