omg
i caN’T BREATHE
one time in 8th grade this guy was being a huge jerk to me so i pulled a pad out of my purse and handed it to him and said HERE YOU OBVIOUSLY NEED THIS MORE THAN I DO and then he ran away crying with a pad in his hand and the teacher came back into the classroom and no one told her what happened
The movies are not safe for rape survivors.
In fact, they are overwhelmingly hostile, especially towards a particular group of survivors who are constantly overlooked: males.
I’m not even talking about a full movie, here, I’m talking about the trailer for a movie called Hit & Run. A trailer which presumably will be shown on TV. A trailer shown before a PG-13 movie. (Apparently rape jokes are PG-13 fare these days.) I’m talking about a joke where the punchline is rape. There is literally no other joke.
The movie is about an ex-getaway driver who was placed in witness protection and is now on the run from his former friends who ended up in prison and want revenge. At one point, the main character’s ex-friend says to him, “You owe me. I was in jail for eight months… I got [bleep]ed in prison because of you.” In the trailer I saw, this moment is played as humorously “awkward.” There is a silence for about ten seconds as we see all of the characters react to this “awkward” information. (Yes, people laughed in my theater.) In this trailer, the main character responds with, “Was it a black guy?” and continues to guess the race of the rapist. I really can’t decide which is worse.
In both trailers, this is the penultimate joke, the joke that comes right before the film’s title. It’s the joke you’re supposed to remember, the one that’s supposed to make you want to see the movie. In other words, male prison rape is the biggest joke of all. The implication, of course, is that rape with a male victim is not “real” rape. This rape is something to mocked, to be joked about, to be brought up to torment its victim— all in good fun, of course.
Immediately, watching the trailer, I thought of how it would feel to be a male survivor of rape (whether in prison or not) who is just fucking trying to watch Snow White. Suddenly, a situation parallel to his own is brought up on the screen. The audience behind him is in stitches at the mere suggestion of a man being raped. He takes in the message. It is imperative that he keep his trauma to himself. People will laugh at him. He wouldn’t want to make things “awkward.”
I’d like to encourage some sort of protest against this film, but I’m not sure where to start in all honesty. It’s distributed by Open Road Films, which I believe can be contacted at inquiries@openroadfilms.com. And here’s their Facebook page.
In any case, absolutely don’t go and see the movie. If anybody else has any suggestions, thoughts, please feel free to add them on/send me an ask!
I was just thinking…
what if because I have “zombies” in my tumblr savior
what if a zombie apocalypse happened
and I never knew because I had it blocked from showing up
For those who are wondering how they can help outdoor cats in bad weather if they truly can’t take them in (even just for overnight), check out this pic on how to create simple shelters from storage bins
YES, EXCELLENT. Reblog everywhere.
This is great to put out to help strays and ferals and also the outdoor cats of irresponsible pet owners who opt to leave them out in the cold.
This would be perfect for the cats we have outside.
Oooh this is greaaaat
((This would be nice for the cat that like to stay in the backyard, I think she’s going to have kittens soon 0u0))
Always reblog.
Fire is a film by Deepa Mehta that was one of the first mainstream films in India to explicitly show same sex relations. It stars Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das. The film is about two characters, Radha and Sita, who are married and eventually fall in love with each other. Radha, the older woman, remains bound by tradition while Sita refuses to accept misfortune and wishes to break free. After being shunned by their husbands, Radha and Sita seek comfort in each other. Overjoyed at finding satisfaction in this unusual manner, they resolve to continue it in secret. They are eventually caught by Radha’s husband and she decides to move out and move in with Sita. (via Wikipedia and imdb)
For the trailer, click here.
Fire:
Everyone ever should watch this movie. Yes.
yessssssssssssss
