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Alright guys it is time to vote for our next movie for Movie Night! As always you guys had a bunch of great suggestions, and we hope everyone likes the ones we picked out!

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EKJ

Whiplash🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Giorgia M

Went whiplash even though eternal sunshine is one of my favourite films, I just don’t think I’d class that’s as a drama. I’ve heard great things about Whiplash also!!

sara

whiplash is amazing but you’ll love beautiful boy

Tabitha V

beautiful boy is a tear jerker for sure but it’s also a really good movie! it hits close to home for me but even if it doesn’t I think you guys will still like it!

Anonymous

Having to choose between Whiplash and Eternal Sunshine was TOUGH

k

BEAUTIFUL BOYYYT

k

i also wish they could do whiplash too tho💔💔

qq

beautiful boy LETS GO

lilly

I'm ready to watch them cry to beautiful boy

Ari

I missed the poll but I am happy Beautiful Boy won! I came across these books(Beautiful Boy written by the real life father and Tweak written by the son) when I was in highschool and they changed my life. Such a raw portrayal of addiction through the eyes of the addict and their families.

Briana J

I'd watch Timothee Chalamet in anything because he's bae but this one is gonna be a tough one.

Meg

Pls don't support the whale 0/10 fatphobic as hell

Meg

This is an extremely tone deaf response. I’m glad that was your experience, but it’s had an overwhelmingly negative impact on larger people. Your comment just shows your ignorance of the issue at hand, and I’m not sure why you added to the conversation just to what? Rub dirt in it? “I think this movie was great so it doesn’t matter that it’s fatphobic”. C’mon, let’s do better.

Dead Set On Dreams

While I understand your need to slap a label on it and call it Fatphobic, people are throwing that term around to describe everything lately. I found out that larger people are even being called Fatphobic. Larger people who have started trying to lose weight due to health complications are being labeled Fatphobic. When the term is being thrown at everything, it starts to make it lose all sense of actual meaning. Yes, we shouldn't care about standards of beauty and who is larger, skinnier, pear-shaped, etc. But our own personal health should matter and be important to us. You can be absolutely stunningly beautiful at any size. But it is a proven fact that being larger isn't healthy, every pound of weight adds several extra pounds of pressure to your limbs. It is factually proven that the larger people are, the more health complications they tend to have. It's the exact same for those who are skinnier as well. If you are too skinny your body struggles to function properly as well. Your organs have to work harder to compensate for the lack of nutrition it is not receiving from food. Organs start failing, your body tries to take its nutrients from your bones, etc. Everyone should be happy with how they look because typical standards of beauty aren't attainable or even healthy. But that shouldn't be used as an excuse to shame those who want to become healthier for medical reasons and not even for the looks aspect of losing weight. Of course, I mean that in general terms and I'm not saying you specifically have done that. Whether it is someone larger wanting to lose weight or someone skinnier wanting to gain weight. There is a healthy median for everyone and it's personal to each individual person. Just because someone wants to start losing weight because they aren't feeling healthy that doesn't make them Fatphobic. It is their own journey and they realized that their size was making life difficult for them. And people calling everything Fatphobic, because it has someone bigger in it, isn't helping. The film showcases larger people's struggles and was not making fun of them in any way. The point of it was to follow someone's journey who happened to be larger. People's weight fluctuates due to many factors including stress, medications, drugs, alcohol, etc. and his lifestyle and environment shaped his physical appearance into what it was in the film. His mental health was struggling and therefore he let his weight go too. When you are battling mental illnesses, taking care of yourself tends to fall by the waist side. Everything becomes a struggle from your relationships with others to your health and happiness. The film however was giving a voice to some of the struggles they go through. It was trying to make people empathize and realize they can come to an understanding with people no matter what size they happen to be. It also was a story questioning people's redemption, if they can truly change their way of thinking or not. Not showcasing his weight as a way to make him into the punchline of a joke. There is a difference between mocking someone and sharing their journey; which is what the film was doing. I highly recommend researching the films themes and diving deeper into the meaning of it because it was in no way created to be Fatphobic propaganda. When it featured "Fatphobic" content it was to create awareness of how people respond to those who are bigger in size. Not to encourage others to take part in such behaviors.

Meg

I get where you’re coming from, but fatphobia applies here, I’m not just throwing it out as a trigger term. My opinion was formed by listening to ppl with fat bodies and understanding their feedback on the film, which was overwhelmingly negative. If the goal was to counteract fatphobia, why didn’t they use a fat actor? Why did we get another skinny actor putting on a fat suit body and playing that role? That speaks a lot about ppl w actual fat bodies not being taken into account. To build this whole film/world without seeming to full comprehend or care how your portrayal contributes to and perpetuates fatphobia is a misstep. Fat people aren’t looking for a “here’s why fat people are sad” film. I haven’t seen the film myself and won’t watch it. I’m listening to my peers and choosing not to support the thing in its entirety. You’re allowed to do something different, but I’m not down for people being used as entertainment without their stories being told *by* them. Also, larger ppl can be fatphobic, fatphobia exists across all types.

Meg

https://twitter.com/merrywyns/status/1635302685598711817?s=46&amp;t=FLE2tMqbDOs_wsNZmq3DxQ https://twitter.com/artists_ali/status/1635253407723442180?s=46&amp;t=FLE2tMqbDOs_wsNZmq3DxQ https://twitter.com/gothicpluto/status/1635469369042976768?s=46&amp;t=FLE2tMqbDOs_wsNZmq3DxQ A few examples of takes that inform my view. I think listening to the community that is being portrayed is more important than trying to debate the “okayness” of the film.

Dead Set On Dreams

Just because they are not films you particularly enjoy does not mean they suck. Others are allowed to like films that vary from the films you typically like. But that doesn't mean you can insult films that others like and that others worked hard to create. Simply stating, "these suck." Does not bring anything constructive to the table.

Emily

Watched Beautiful Boy yesterday for the first time and it was so good! Really excited to see you guys reaction to it.