Category: Creative Musings
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When Love Looks Suspiciously Like a Power Struggle Some films are comfort watches. Some films age like milk. And then there’s The Proposal—a chaotic, sharp-edged rom-com that somehow turns immigration fraud into emotional excavation. On the surface, it’s simple: Margaret Tate, a high-powered editor facing deportation, forces her assistant Andrew to marry her. Fake relationship,…
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The Gap No One Sees There is a very specific kind of frustration that comes from being fully aware of what needs to be done and still not being able to initiate it. The list exists. It is clear. It is reasonable. Dishes need to be done. Laundry needs to be folded. Messages need responses.…
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The history, the misunderstanding, and the quiet power of boudoir photography Few things reveal people’s assumptions about women faster than mentioning a boudoir photoshoot. The reactions are usually immediate and surprisingly telling. Some people interpret it as provocative or attention-seeking. Others assume it must be intended for a romantic partner. Occasionally someone will label it…
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Senior pictures of my dad’s ex-girlfriend’s daughter — a sentence that feels like it needs a family tree diagram, but the photos came out gorgeous so we’re rolling with it. She had that effortless, autumn-witch energy going on, the kind of glow only teenagers and people with fully functioning sleep schedules seem to have. I…
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“We accept the love we think we deserve.” Some movie quotes echo for a few minutes after the credits roll. And then there are the ones that quietly follow you for years. The Perks of Being a Wallflower came out in 2012 and quickly found its way into that strange category of films that feel…
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“Welcome to Costco, I love you.” There are movies that age like fine wine. And then there are movies that age like a prophecy. Idiocracy came out in 2006 and was treated like a goofy, low-budget satire. Fast forward a couple decades and suddenly it feels less like fiction and more like a documentary filmed…
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The Question I Was Never Meant to Answer Honestly I used to dread that assignment. It sounded harmless. Inspirational, even. But it carried invisible boundaries. We were meant to choose figures already approved by history—polished, simplified, agreed upon. Heroes who fit neatly into margins. The women who held my attention did not fit neatly anywhere.…
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When the Multiverse Looks Suspiciously Like Motherhood Some films entertain you. Some films gently ruin you. And then there’s Everything Everywhere All at Once—a chaotic, tender, existential circus that looks like an identity crisis wearing googly eyes.It follows Evelyn Wang, an overworked laundromat owner who discovers she is the worst version of herself in the…