“My cousin Helen, who is in her 90s now, was in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. She and a bunch of the girls in the ghetto had to do sewing each day. And if you were found with a book, it was an automatic death penalty. She had gotten hold of a copy of ‘Gone With the Wind’, and she would take three or four hours out of her sleeping time each night to read. And then, during the hour or so when they were sewing the next day, she would tell them all the story. These girls were risking certain death for a story. And when she told me that story herself, it actually made what I do feel more important. Because giving people stories is not a luxury. It’s actually one of the things that you live and die for.” –Neil Gaiman
treasure that friend who’ll yell nonsense sounds at you until you’re both gibbering back and forth like ancient humanity at the tower of babel. love the friend u can make eye contact with before saying some absolute jackshit inside joke you share at the same time and collapsing in entirely unnecessary fits of laughter. acknowledge how lucky you are to have someone you can text at 3am in the morning when you’re on a tangent of a tangent on your bullshit and NEED to blabber incoherently about it to someone or you’ll explode. don’t take for granted the people you know you can talk to about literally anything without fear of judgement or disinterest. because people like that? they’re few and far between.
Seeing Sonam Kapoor, a big name Bollywood actress, starring in a movie centered around a wlw relationship is so incredible. You don’t see leading Bollywood actresses taking roles like these. So I truly do applaud her. It takes courage, especially since homophobia is still prevalent in the public masses in India. Unfortunately, there will be some backlash against the movie, but I truly hope it does well in the box office. This is a massive step forward for the lgbt community in India (and south Asia!). And this is the representation that was very much needed and I am so, so glad that it is finally here and is in mainstream Bollywood. Furthermore, I am so happy to see that her father, not only supports her choice for taking this role, but is also a part of the movie! Also, the title of the movie “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aida Laga” is so clever, especially since it references a very famous song starring Sonam Kapoor’s father, Anil Kapoor. Another thing that I already love about the movie, is that Sonam Kapoor’s character is from a small town and is not a big city girl. There is a misconception in India that lgbt folks are only found in big cities and are too ‘modernized’. So this movie taking place in a small town is excellent representation for the lgbt folks residing in small towns and showcases that lgbt folks can be found anywhere in India! So, please go watch the trailer! (it has english subtitles!) The movie comes out Feb 1st :)
