Interesting Links for 01-12-2023

[andrewducker]

1. The Fairytale Of New York is over - Shane MacGowan dies

(tags:music ireland christmas newyork )

2. Britons support rejoining the single market, even if it means free movement

(tags:polls UK europe GoodNews )

3. 'Napoleon' & 'Flower Moon' Flopped Harder Than 'Marvels' — Why the Different Narrative?

(tags:movies patriarchy )

4. How do you weigh an octopus?

(tags:octopus video funny )

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

The octopus looks about as delighted as you'd expect.

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[danieldwilliam]

"I’d add that “The Marvels” also feeds into Disney+ and is going to sell a lot more branded content than “Flower Moon” or “Napoleon”. Its indirect profits will be exponentially greater."

I for one would pay good money for a Napoleon hat."

3 movies

[snippy]

It's long been observed that when a woman-prioritized thing fails (or even is less a success than predicted) it's because all women-prioritized things are doomed to be failures, while when a man-prioritized thing fails, it's just about that singular thing, not the class of man-prioritized things.

Re: 3 movies

[channelpenguin]

Yup. It's like if Bob is terrible at navigating, that's just Bob, get someone else to direct you on your road trip. If Jane is terrible at navigating, well that's because all women are, what did you expect? Don't ever let any women navigate.

The extra stress that comes with representing your entire gender every time you do anything probably doesn't make any task easier!

Re: 3 movies

[bens_dad]

Surely this is context dependent ?
I have little experience in woman-dominated contexts, but my impression is that it is the other way around in those.

Over the last hundred plus years, women have moved into contexts previously male-dominated far more than men have moved into female-dominated contexts, so one is much more visible than the other.

[ For an example of how gender has changed in specific contexts, in any hospital I see more nurses than doctors, but more women doctors than male nurses. ]