After reading your comment I actually went back to some clips of the film and turned off the sound so I could just pay attention to the camera work. You’re right. It’s brilliant. And sometimes the editing even works with it.

The fact that they cut Aunt Beast tells you a lot about the way they read the book: uncritically. Aunt Beast plays an important roll in several ways (besides moving the plot along). Most notably, she’s Meg’s first and only encounter with a version of femininity that isn’t based in the visual. Because she’s ugly. And…

“It was made for kids” just isn’t going to fly. Not in 2018, when people are watching Stranger Things with children in the target age range for this film. I haven’t seen the whole movie yet. But I’ve seen enough of it online to feel pretty insulted. Honestly, this isn’t acceptable:

Nope. Still not getting it. Can’t tell anything from this. Except that you don’t know how to use “explicitly” or “implicitly.” Your writing is gibberish.

What even is your question? Please tell me. I really want to know what goes through someone’s head when they pretend like they don’t know how being in porn is different for men and women. Like, why?

TRUTH! You speak truth. There is so much sick shit out there that doesn’t depend on the victimization of real human bodies. It’s almost like the people who watch porn kind of get off on knowing someone might really be being exploited/hurt.

You’re talking about the “harm” that generalizing does in the context of a conversation about violent misogyny? Get some perspective dude.

We’ve all been there. The last time I got the four pump treatment it was after he reneged on the condom agreement. (I know. I’m stupid. Hopefully less stupid than when this happened.) I got a yeast infection because we were a bad combo.

It’s almost like a metaphor for the way that the industry coerces female actors and female viewers’ enthusiasm all of the time.

Also know that you don’t know what you don’t know. These women spoke up. Most don’t. And you have no idea, when you’re looking at an image, what’s happening in that woman’s body and whether she is in pain.

If only porn would invest in automation.

I think what we need to underscore is that this IS THE GOOD PORN. Like, this isn’t even the bad stuff. These are women with a platform. Who were supposed to protected on set. Who were actually protected on set.

The reasons why violence and lack of consent wouldn’t be an essential ingredient are actually the same reasons they’re NOT an essential ingredient.

“No regulation. No prohibition. We need to change the culture.”

That’s some crazy freaking mental gymnastics.

Thank you. The stats regarding the length of female/male performers’ careers is so important. It underscores the fact that most female porn stars are disposable bodies on sets.

Most people who watch porn. Or were you under the impression that porn was all pizza delivery guys and naughty nurses? Most porn is anti-woman. The Jezebel commenters who put on a cool act, and claim to love porn don’t actually watch it and would be outraged if porn narratives appeared in non-porn films.

Creep-fucking-tackular. The dynamic reminds me of 7th Heaven (very popular at my very evangelical High School). The show runners punished Jessica Biel for not adhering to the whole purity ring teen pop idol aesthetic by shaming her character on the show. Her whole character became reduced to “slut/prodigal daughter”…

I love her so much. She’s so adorable and perfect. Sergio is a fucking idiot.

A drop in the ocean. Being a woman means being a political amnesiac. We’ll never know whose legacy we’re fighting for.