ok something about pen15 that they did really fantastically and I've never seen done before is how it showed young girl's first sexual experiences, even first kisses, as like.... upsetting. Like Anna has her first kiss and comes back to the room with her friends and starts tearing up and I found that soooo true to my own experience.
But especially the way Maya's first sexual experience is framed almost as a horror movie, and its something she just does.... and then feels shit about it.
And its the idea, and the reality, that young girls are just kind of carried along into sexual situations by boys (and men 🤢) who take advantage of their indecisiveness or unsureness, and the pressure that is on young girls and the idea that young girls don't even enjoy their sexual experiences is so fucked up!!! But it's true!! And it was brutal to watch this reflection back as an adult woman
PEN15 is such a brilliant show and the way that they were able to accurately depict a friendship between two preadolescent girls is so bizarre but also kind of sad because growing up i didn’t have that close of a relationship with any of the girls in my grade and i barely remember middle or high school and now I’m an adult wondering why i can’t foster a tight relationship with other women like did i do something wrong growing up? Time is scary, one day you’re sharing snacks during recess and then the next you’re finding out they got married through a week old Facebook post and you always thought that you’d be there for moments like that because you promised each other you would be when you were younger.
midsommar
tfw the tarot cards predict the worst possible outcome so i have to pretend i dont believe in that shit and that i actually touch grass or else i will faint
i <3 when buster keaton plays real lovers
the finale of pen15 was so hard to watch but i did cry after all of that trauma when shuji showed up for maya and anna and carried all their earthly belongings as he skateboarded them home.Â
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