theoisjonesing:

i seriously have not been this excited for a foreign film in awhile. this just looks good. like Diving Bell & The Butterfly caught me off guard, but this just simply looks incredible.

This does look good, very good. I always love a good foreign film. And is it bad that my interest in the movie was piqued with the use of “Deceptacon” in the trailer? Probably. Do I care? No.

Reprise trailer.

More details:

Erik and Phillip are trying to make it as writers. Erik is rejected by publishers as lacking in talent, while Phillip’s manuscript is accepted and the young man becomes a major name on the Norwegian cultural scene practically overnight. Six months later, Erik and his friends come to visit Phillip at a psychiatric hospital to bring him home after long-term treatment. Writing is the last thing on Phillip’s mind, but Erik is continuing his literary attempts and tries to convince his friend to go back to writing. This film could be seen as a subtle reflection on youth as a time of promise, plans and hopes which gradually dissolve under the impact of life experiences. If the style of the narration is reminiscent of the poetic works of the French New Wave, it’s no coincidence: the director admits to the influence of François Truffaut, in particular, the latter’s Jules and Jim, in which fundamental themes are treated with an enchantingly light touch.

jessicagoldharalson:

Jezebel.com’s description of the video above:

“A video created by a 16-year-old girl named Crystal, who says, “I need some help. I didn’t want to do it this way, but it’s the only way I know that’s going to work, that someone out there in the world is gonna listen to me.” Crystal explains that a 23-year-old man has raped and drugged her and the Florida State attorney won’t prosecute him.”

My description:

According to this CNN story, the Florida State attorney refuses to prosecute the rapist because she was “one month shy of turning sixteen”, the age in Florida when she could consent to sex.

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

Since WHEN does the law refuse to respect age limits? If this young woman was drinking one month shy of 21, would prosecuters say it was OK because she’s “close enough to 21 anyway?”

The fact that this young girl feels her only possibe outlet is strangers on Youtube is a damning indictment of the few, few resources our society makes available to young rape victims.

Obviously, rape is a serious allegation. Of course, it is possible that we do not know all of the facts of Crystal’s case. If we assume that Crystal was raped, however, then the justice system has failed this young woman

Shame, shame, shame, America.

So stabby. Feeling so stabby.

“Everybody Nose” by N.E.R.D.

Gotta admit it:

I kinda love this video. And, I’m pretty obsessed with this song. It’s a good club jam.

All the girls standing in the line for the bathroom.