A bell is a cup until it is struck

Acrylic on linen

Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt

I find it strange how this shows reputation among more general audiences is “sword lesbian show” when in actuality it’s “allegorical deconstruction of patriarchy, gender roles, sexual violence, and incestuous abuse show also featuring sword lesbians”. Like when I watched it I sort of knew what was coming, but I was still completely caught off guard by how much it got under my skin. It’s strange that this show doesn’t really have a reputation for being super fucked up when other shows like Madoka Magica do have that reputation but are significantly less disturbing.

Patricia Arquette in Lost Highway (1997)

Lil Nas X gives a life update.

barbra streisand photographed by cecil beaton, 1970

Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt. Zeichenraume Nr. 23, 1979

« Signe des temps, temps du signe » par Hanne Darboven et Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt

And like. Allowing for the fact that there absolutely are adults who think every distressing topic ever should be banned from children's literature - they're children's books. You were allowed to read them when you were a kid because they were written for kids. Bridge to Terabithia is also a children's book. So is Where the Red Fern Grows and Old Yeller and Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry and The Giver and loads of other books that deal with heavy, difficult topics. It is appropriate and good for children to have books about these things that are tailored to their reading levels and it genuinely really bugs me when people act like they're somehow not really for kids because bad things happen in them or they end tragically.

AAAAH WHAT THE FUCK TEAM CHERRY

Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt. Komposition: concrete figure, 1978

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