This is the sixth instalment in a series now known as Link About It, previously called My Favourite Internet Things, in which I compile interesting/amusing things I've seen on the internet this week.
So once again, I have skipped a week of these Link About It posts. I'll admit I'm kind of defeating their whole purpose by doing this, as the aim of creating a "weekly" blog series was that it would compel me to post something at least once a week - alas, it seems that not even this promise to myself was enough to overcome my own laziness when it comes to writing. Plus, at the moment all of my free time is being sucked up by this great book called The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman (you may have heard of him). Anyway, before I digress further, let's get on to the links:
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
I'm currently ambivalent about giving any attention (even if it's only social media clicks) to Tarantino at the moment, since I learned about his history of mistreating women, but I have found the following analyses of his new film quite interesting:
- Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee's daughter, was apparently not happy with the portrayal of her father in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, according to The Wrap. This article says that Lee feels the film downplayed the difficulties her father experienced as an Asian-American actor in Hollywood and makes him into "an arrogant punching bag".
- At Jezebel, Rich Juzwiak writes about the poor representation of the film's female characters - many of whom, it's worth noting, are based on real life women. While some degree of misogyny being present in a Tarantino film would not surprise me, the level of what Juzwiak refers to as "shittiness towards women" in this latest movie is pretty damning.
Fashion and minimalism
- Justine Leconte is a French fashion designer and YouTuber who makes brilliant videos on all aspects of clothing and style, including this excellent series on how to create a capsule wardrobe. She's also funny, charming, and straight to the point, so there's really no reason not to love her. At the moment I am obsessed with her videos, so much so that I am considering starting a capsule wardrobe myself.
On a related note, Molly Osberg at Jezebel details her experience of wearing variations on the same thing for a year and a half. It's even more extreme a method than a capsule wardrobe, but Osberg makes a pretty good case for only having one outfit.- If you're thinking all of this sounds worryingly like a certain trend for spartan aesthetics and bare-essentials living, Chelsea Fagan is here to tell you why minimalism is terrible. I still like the idea of having slightly less stuff than I have at the moment, but I agree with Fagan that minimalism as a movement is awfully wealth-dependent and generally cringey.
Miscellaneous words and (moving) pictures
- The end of the headphone jack is nigh! At least according to this article from the New York Times, anyway. Apparently we as a society have been hurtling towards a headphone-jack-less world for some time now, but being the obvious Luddite that I am, this is the first I've heard of it.
- Naomi Campbell has an incredibly detailed travel routine that has somehow made me both excited for and terrified of the next time I have to get on a plane. Mostly terrified, to be honest.
- Finally, this Tom Scott video will introduce you to the concept of "phatic expressions", which you've most likely heard of before but just don't know the name. The video also includes a dig at Gandalf from Lord of the Rings, which I enjoyed (the dig, not the books/films).
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