What you should read since I’m not writing:
- This Man Thinks You’re Fat – Profile of a “fitness” “guru” who might beat Dov Charney in the dept. of misogynist trendy business owners.
- The gender of abortion – Men claiming that “we had” an abortion are gaining support — and support groups. (Article republished in full.)
- Privilege! The Milton Bradley game –
- Star Wars: Kids’ Halloween Masks –
- Juno Makes Teen Pregnancy Absurdly Simple – Another funny pan of Juno
- La Chola — But why mustn’t we tear down that dirty little house? – “The Market” is not For Everybody. It, just like the slave master’s house, is built on the fundamental principle that some people are meant to have access to the benefits of it’s existence, and other people are meant to *service* those who are benefiting from its existence.
So what do cramps feel like… because I am afraid I may need to run out to buy tampons.
Seriously, that article was on the front page of a newspaper?
Another funny pan of Juno? Was that a funny pan?
While I agree that the movie perhaps glossed over some of the minutiae of pregnancy, I didn’t get impression that the pregnancy was easy or went without a hitch. Um, did anyone notice the movie was shorter than nine months? Perhaps there is an audience for a movie that simply focuses on every unpleasant aspect of pregnancy in excruciating detail. By all means, please make the film. I guarantee I’ll watch it at least once. I doubt it will be as enjoyable.
I felt the movie examined some issues from an interesting new perspective, the least of which I think is that fact that Juno shouldn’t be ashamed of the fact that she is pregnant, despite everyone trying to make her feel that way. It didn’t show every visit to the doctor but there were many clues in the film to let us know she was getting more than adequate pre-natal care. It didn’t show every pitfall, but I got the impression that Juno was lucky to have friends and family that supported her and helped make the best of what is often a difficult situation.
I loved the film. And the soundtrack. I can’t help but cry every time I here the Moldy Peaches’ “Any One But You.” I am and admitted hopeless romantic. But perhaps all this really just comes from my privileged white background. You know, the one where my childhood was filled with alcoholism and skating the poverty line and where everything I have I worked my ass off for and then some. What do I know?
That linked “panning” sounded like, “There wasn’t enough focus on vomiting and bloating, some people were of color but not the right ones, and I don’t like lo-fi indie folk.” I think the viewer simply missed the whole point of the film. And I think that the point is that we may – neigh, will likely – find ourselves in a difficult situation. And when that time comes, hopefully we will be able to find a way to work through it the best we can, and hopefully with the help of friends and/or family that love us.
I think the real tragedy of teen pregnancy isn’t you people having babies. That’s been happening for centuries. It’s being ostracized by peers, friends, and even family and made to feel ashamed for something that is not only not that uncommon but natural. Juno found herself pregnant, uncomfortable with getting an abortion, and did the next best thing she thought she could: offered the baby for adoption. Again, my privileged white maleness fails to see what’s so bad about this.
Well, for a start, there’s the way you bitch about all this to the white woman, instead of to the author of the review you’re so incensed by. Last I looked, Sylvia had comments same as Lauren does.
Oh, wait–you meant what was so bad about the movie. Sorry.
Damn.
@ilyka:
I guess I was just really curious why Lauren thought it was a funny pan, funny enought to link to. I’m curious because I think Lauren would have a perspective on Juno’s character and the movie’s content since she was a white pregnant teen trying to make her way the best she could.
And I had been working for 20 hours straight. I just never got around to posting to the linked blog.
Maybe I’ll get around to it on Friday if I get a break.