There’s a very simple rule when it comes to drafting the titles of movie sequels: Just put the number “2” at the end. That’s how all your Average Joes are going to refer to these movies anyway, so why not just keep things uncomplicated? No one is out here saying the complete title start to finish for movies like Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan when they’re just picking up a ticket at the box office or arguing with their friends about rankings. Spider-Man 2. Toy Story 2. Shrek 2. It’s clean.Then again, there are those sequels that…
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Aquamarine jewellery, reminiscent of serene ocean waters, has captured the imagination of cultures throughout history. Known for its symbolic associations with courage, youth, and harmony, this enchanting gemstone has been treasured not only for its beauty but also for its rich lore and spiritual significance. This blog takes you on a journey through aquamarine’s fascinating past, from ancient myths and cultural beliefs to its role in royal treasures and its modern resurgence in jewellery. Whether adorning engagement rings or statement pieces, aquamarine remains a timeless favourite, blending history and elegance seamlessly. Origins and Background Formation and Properties Aquamarine, a gemstone…
Thirty-four million one hundred eighty-six thousand six hundred ninety-eight minutes is another way of saying 65 years. Over that time span, Ae-sun and Gwan-sik find more than a million ways to express their adoration, but they rarely say the words. Instead, little by little, with acts of care, loyalty, and fierce protection, they weather all four seasons of their lives. Together. In the old world, a tangerine represented luck. To receive one conveyed a blessing of good fortune, but in the new Netflix drama, tangerines are synonymous with making lemonade. IU, the pop idol and leading actress here, says the…
Ever since Arnold Schwarzenegger donned a bulletproof vest and rifle to rescue his daughter in “Commando,” movies have been clamoring with men—each with their own Liam Neeson–esque “special set of skills”—whose paternal instinct has sent them on increasingly violent quests to protect young girls from the bad guys. The so-named Save the Girl subgenre’s problematic and inaccurate portrayals of immigrants and human trafficking aside (the controversy around last year’s “Sound of Freedom” is a case in point), these films are also usually guilty of stripping their female characters of agency. But Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” flips…
Cast your mind back to 2017. Following a decade of progress in the US, the first Trump administration had just begun, and the threats to women and Black and brown folks were, at the time, at an all-time high. Coming off the backs of the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, resistance was still heady in the air, as was fear. So, the first season of Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale debuting that April was unnervingly well-timed. The series continues to get more savage as it goes on, turning off many who believe the show now borders…
Today’s Jewelry Collection Story comes from Caitlin of @mama_melts_it She posts wonderful photos of her personal collection on Instagram and continually rotates the pieces she wears, so often times items that were once hers will be up for grabs. I love following her and I know you will too! Let’s get into her story: “I have been collecting jewelry, or at least trying to, for as long as I can remember. I have one very distinct early memory of a rhinestone necklace that my grandmother had and of me laying out a pretty darn clear, persuasive argument to her about…
New York is a pretty sick town. Not in the “bro, that’s sick” way. Morbid, ill, macabre. The sickness has a lot to do with how disastrously emphasized the “New” in “New York” is with each passing generation. Forget what came before you. Just accept that things change. Enjoy the present while it lasts. While eating at the new New York restaurant Manuela in SoHo, I had only one thought: Our present sucks. To be blunt: Manuela is quite nice. The food is obviously excellent; even better are the people who work there. It’s the streets around it that are…
It’s long been noted by feminist art historians: Women artists have been overlooked by the mainstream throughout history. As Linda Nochlin writes searingly in her iconic 1971 essay, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists,” “As we all know, things as they are and as they have been, in the arts as in a hundred other areas, are stultifying, oppressive and discouraging to all those, women among them, who did not have the good fortune to be born white, preferably middle class and, above all, male.”The definitive, if less-acknowledged, role women have played throughout art history has been brought…
Curious about who won The Traitors Season 3 finale? The final roundtable was filled with suspense as the last traitor fought to survive, but the faithfuls had the numbers on their side. In a shocking turn, a strategic betrayal sealed the fate of the final traitor, paving the way for the biggest group of winners in the show’s history. Let’s break down how the faithfuls exposed every traitor, the key moves behind the final vote, and the mind games that shaped the finale. List of everyone who won in The Traitors Season 3 finale Gabby Windey, Dylan Efron, Dolores Catania,…
The absurdist drama “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” begins with one of the most indelible images to grace the silver screen in recent memory: a young woman, Shula (Susan Chardy, in a star-making debut performance), donning Missy Elliott’s iconic bejeweled mask and oversized inflatable black suit from her music video for “The Rain,” driving alone down dark, desert road suddenly finds a dead body. She is shaken to her core, but in a way that implies it’s caused by more than her reaction to the finding of just any dead body. Soon, we learn it’s her Uncle Fred. His death,…
