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mcgeevictoria

I’m craving a sci-fi story that truly blows my mind 🚀

(Like...spiritually.) I really love science fiction. (Even though I probably read more thrillers, lol.) But there's just something about that mind-bending, fourth-dimensional, space-time-shattering imagination that gets me every single time. Yes, I've seen the classics: Interstellar, Arrival, Gravity, Inception, Contact, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Martian, Memento... and I loved them. But they still don’t quite hit that deep craving I have for a fully fleshed-out future. I want details. I want to feel like I’ve walked inside a future city — ☁️ where buildings are grown like forests 📱 where clothes are digital 🚀 where space travel is daily life Not just metaphor — but full-on immersive world-building. I think that obsession started when I was a kid, reading about "virtual classrooms" and hearing adults say we’d be living on the moon by 2020. (Spoiler: that didn’t happen.) But the hope stuck with me. And now I just want a story that dares to imagine more. So — what sci-fi books or films truly made you believe in the future? Bonus points if it made your brain hurt (in a good way). #Entertainment #Books #SciFiDreams #SpeculativeFiction

I’m craving a sci-fi story that truly blows my mind 🚀
fdunn

growing up “the good girl”: reflections after reading The Second Sex

Growing up, I was taught to be “the good girl.” Quiet, polite, unambitious. To smile when uncomfortable, to avoid rocking the boat. Reading Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex made me realize these lessons weren’t just about manners — they were rules designed to shape and control women’s lives. De Beauvoir wrote, “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” That hit me deeply. It’s not biology but the social expectations that mold us into who we are — or who we are allowed to be. I remember countless times being told to soften my voice, to “not be too much,” as if my natural self was a problem. It wasn’t just family — schools, media, even friends played their part. This book helped me see those invisible chains and question the roles I’d unconsciously accepted. It’s a reminder that personal freedom begins by recognizing the societal scripts we’ve been handed — and then deciding which ones to rewrite. #Entertainment #Books #FeministPages #TheSecondSex

growing up “the good girl”: reflections after reading The Second Sex
ian15

Films That Held Me While I Fell Apart

Quitting my job without a plan was terrifying. These films became my therapies, my pep talks, my reminders that women have always been figuring it out as they go. "The Glassblower" taught me that wanting something isn't enough—you have to take it. Watching her refuse to be broken while literally shaping glass felt like watching myself learn to rebuild. "Brooklyn" understood homesickness in a way that made my chest ache. "One day the sun will rise and you won't even notice because it's so weak, then you'll start caring about people and things unrelated to your past." Sometimes healing happens so quietly you almost miss it. "The Bookshop" reminded me that courage looks like opening a bookstore in a town that doesn't want you. "In bookshops, people are never alone." I spent entire afternoons in cafes just to remember this feeling. "The Tailor" showed me that creativity is power. "You learned to create, you can change people—that's very powerful." Making something beautiful from nothing felt revolutionary. "The Color Purple" broke me open: "Everything want to be loved." Even my messy, unemployed, uncertain self. These films didn't fix me. They sat with me while I fixed myself. #entertainment #movie #womencinema

Films That Held Me While I Fell Apart
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