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Back early this summer the trailer for Ghoul hit and it was very exciting for me. It is an Indian production based on Arabic legends and was made by Netflix. I know for some people that doesn’t sound like the greatest thing ever but as a horror fan I am lucky to realize the wider the range of voices in your media the better. Horror as a genre is our most primal and has always been a mirror to the society that makes it. Usually without realizing it, horror trends tell us what a society really fears and what it values. Individual horror movies make excellent vehicles for getting across a message. So horror movies from other countries are always rich in both a way to gain insight to another place and also because it can be unsettling in surprising ways because you see things you didn’t know were coming because they come from such a different place. There’s a reason once Asian horror hit our shores 20 years ago it was suddenly everywhere. People couldn’t get enough of it because it was so fresh. And I was hoping for the same from this. I mean, not to spark a revolution but I have seen very, very few Indian horror movies because horror movies were always rare in Bollywood cinema and still are pretty uncommon and my knowledge of Indian cinema does not extend past Bollywood. So a miniseries horror show from India? Awesome. Tapping into an under used legend? Awesome. And the verdict? Well, it’s not bad. I dug it and I dug it for a lot of the reasons above. I am not an expert on Indian society but this seemed to have strong things to say about the government crack down on free speech that has been going on (the phrase “It can be hard to make an intellectual a good citizen” was scary and scary in a way that crosses cultures). On top of that it is creepy and unsettling at times and really ends well. Add in that it introduced me to Radhika Apte who fucking rules. I am completely unfamiliar with her and her work because she isn’t a Bollywood actress I guess? She’s a Kollywood actress. And my knowledge of Bollywood is pretty spotty, you get to other language families and regional cinemas and it’s really not much at all. My whole association wiht Tamil has to do with politics in Sri Lanka, so that’s basically nothing. No, that is nothing. So I have no knowledge of her other work but she’s cool as fuck here. It seems like a hard role, or at least a hard role for me as an outsider to connect with maybe. There is not a lot in my experience that should connect with her character, she feels very alien to me. But I did. I cared a lot. I liked her a lot. So I am posting her. Today I want to fuck Radhika Apte.

Here is Nicki Minaj cause it’s about time. Or maybe I’ve already posted her once recently. I don’t know. I just know that she has a dedication to fashion week most years and i appreciate it. This has not been her best year, which is no comment on what she wore but rather that the standards she has set in the past are so high that if I am not blown away I don’t even feel like it’s worth mentioning. That said, a couple of her looks I do like a lot this year. And she’s in Milan now because she has a line coming out and I keep waiting to see more of it. Not that I would wear it but that I like pictures. But I am still waiting. I guess this stuff will have to tide me over. Today I want to fuck Nicki Minaj.

A Simple Favor just keeps paying dividends. First of all, it’s getting really good reviews and I am looking forward to seeing it. This is good because I have mentioned before I was hungry for a good Anna Kendrick film. It feels like it’s been a while and that’s a shame because she’s a really good actress. I hate seeing people wasted on just not good stuff. So that’s a nice win. On top of that it’s just premier after premier and press thing after press thing. We’ve gotten so much Anna Kendrick (and Blake Lively) that it feels like a real win for all of us as far as I am concerned. Today I want to fuck Anna Kendrick.

Because I have my finger on the pulse of what is hip and cool and I live on the bleeding edge of cool I spent this week playing Tomb Raider. No, not the one that came out this week, the one before that that came out in 2015. I just got around to it. Probably as a result of all the commercials for the new one. Anyway, among my many super cool traits that have always made me the apotheosis of cool is my intense attraction to a couple of video game characters, in this case Lara Croft. I mean, so was the rest of the world in the 90’s but it is the reboot that really brought me on board. I mean, yeah, they did a good job of making her beautiful but I have really enjoyed her character arc. I quite enjoyed where she started and look forward to where she is going but man, she could be in a better spot for the middle chapter of this story. But that’s kind of why I dig it, they have made her so human. She still has her heroic tenancies and will do the right thing but seems thus far kind of blind to the consequences of her actions. Like, I am not an expert in archeology but I bet that most digs don’t lead to thousands of deaths. I could be wrong. Maybe I am wrong. Because I knew one guy once who was an archeology major and he never mentioned any classes in murder, so I just assume it’s not part of the curriculum but Lara Croft was either born with the ability to creatively break a man’s neck or someone taught her that. I guess I could be showing my ignorance here, I have no idea what is standard in an English education. Maybe “Stealth Kills” is an elective UK kids take when they’re 13. It’s like Home Ec, Shop, or how to fashion your own weapons at a campfire and silently kill a man with them. It doesn’t seem like a very British thing to me but those sneaky Brits hide a lot from us, Celebrity Juice doesn’t seem very British either but someone over there is watching it because it’s been on for like 100 years is my understanding. Anyway, my point is that Lara’s true calling is unstoppable murderer and I saw criticism back when the game came out that the game didn’t address it. She was torn apart by killing in the first game and seems mostly ok with it here. I would say it’s character growth that does it. Or maybe part of her fall. Either way it seems like a natural progression as she advances as a person but fails to see all the consequences of her action. Which makes me excited for the next game but also I think is why I am into her. It’s the reason I think so many people get crushes on fictional characters. Because we know them better than real people. I spent like 16 hours with Lara Croft and know her very well. And she’s well fleshed out. So she’s interesting. Also she can jump from platforms and use a bow and arrow to shoot out a rope to swing across a chasm and then use an ax to climb a rock face. She’s a badass. Who wouldn’t be attracted to that? Today I want to fuck Lara Croft.

Olivia Munn is showing up for the second time this week because The Predator premier was last night. Or I guess the LA premier. The global nature of the world these days makes these things very confusing. Anyway, she looked great and it was a dress that was so for me that it would have felt like a deep betrayal of my core being to not post her. Well cut, shiny, silver. She looked fantastic. Today I want to fuck Olivia Munn.

Here is Victoria Justice who looks so good so often it can be boring. I know that sounds like an insult but it’s more like… I don’t know, an explanation. She is just one of those people who always looks so good I find myself going, oh, yeah, she looks good again, and then moving on. I guess as far as curses go it’s not the worst one. Either way, the result is she has shown up here for years but never that often. It’s Fashion Week though and she always attends and I bet if I looked back she always gets posted at some point because it is a guarantee she’ll wear at least one thing I love. She did that yesterday at the Alice + Olivia show. I don’t know if all that teal and sparkles is fro anyone else but it’s definitely for me. I love it. So I am posting her. Today I want to fuck Victoria Justice.

I was torn today between posting Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively because I thought both looked fantastic at the premier of A Simple Favor. I guess I eventually settled on Anna cause I liked her red dress a little more? It’s hard to say though, Blake looked fantastic. I mean, it’s not hard to say, clearly I have made my choice. And I stand by it. I am just saying the competition was fierce. I realize I haven’t actually read any reviews about the movie, just that Anna Kendrick apparently has a crush on Blake Lively. I dunno if that’s a bad sign or not. I hope the movie is good. Today I want to fuck Anna Kendrick.

Olivia Munn had a bit of a rough weekend and I guess that had me thinking about her and I want to show my support? I mean, I don’t post people here to show support but I can’t post her without mentioning it. Some people seem genuinely confused and I get why. I am a person who believes in forgiveness and I believe in second chances. That should be said. So I understand the impulse that I keep seeing from men which is essentially, “Well, there has to be a route back from a mistake”. Or some version of that. I get the impulse. I think if you are one of those people it is likely even coming from a good place. But the problem here is that it seems all your empathy is only going towards men. And you might not think so because I don’t think anyone sets out to do that. I don’t think you are sitting down and saying I only care about men but it is how it appears if you step back and look objectively. Because women were victims of these men and women have suffered and yet somehow the conversation is about what can we do for these men. I don’t like revenge. And eye for an eye is never actually justice. So understand that I am not calling fro the victimizer to suffer the same as the victim or anything like that but it can be important to think for a moment. Women have had lives and careers ruined. Black balled, forced out of the industry. Forever. So when I hear the argument that a guy has a right to a living it rings hollow. Not because I think he should suffer as much as his victims in some tit for tat sense but because no one is saying he can’t work. They are saying maybe he can’t work in this job. And it’s hard to both feel bad for him but also it’s hard to see how the concern is about his livelihood. I don’t see the same people saying people need to let the victims who have been cost work to be given jobs. So if you are someone who doesn’t get why people aren’t seeming forgiveness try to look at it from that angle. I think it would be helpful. Also it can be important to remember that forgiveness and redemption are different things. Forgiveness is personal and I don’t think it can or should be earned. You don’t make someone earn your forgiveness. It’s a gift you give them because they need it to be whole again. You are helping that person move forward. And that is between you and another person. Redemption is public and it is earned. And it’s ok to make someone earn that. That is not a cruelty, that is a matter of assurance that this person really is contrite and really has grown. The thing to remember here regardless is that Olivia Munn is a woman who indeed faced sexual harassment in her career and was not comfortable working with a child predator. So she said something. To make her a villain is shocking to me. I am not sure why she would be expected to swallow her tongue when the whole lesson we should have learned here is that we need to stop expecting people without the power to just take it for the sake of those with power. The biggest industry criticism seems to be she shouldn’t have made this public and gone thought he ‘proper’ channels. Which is how we got to the shit point. It’s ridiculous. So I guess I wanted to say that, which is unrelated to why I am posting her but needs to be said because I am posting her. I am posting her because I think she is very funny and very beautiful. Today I want to fuck Olivia Munn.

Here is Katherine Langford who I think is exceptionally pretty. Always kind of have since she first showed up in that show that frankly wasn’t great but I get why it caught fire. She was great in it. And she occasionally shows up on red carpets (yet somehow not on my screen, why isn’t she getting more work). She was at the Ralph Lauren show for Fashion Week this weekend and I took that as an excuse to post her. She looked good. Today I want to fuck Katherine Langford.

Barbara Palvin was at a thing for Victoria’s Secret. I guess it has to do with the Fashion Show and who will get to be in it. Exciting we might get to see Barbara in it again. But really she just looked ridiculously good arriving for it. Like, unnaturally good for arriving at a building. It’s like shes’ a model or something. SO here she is. Today I want to fuck Barbara Palvin.