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[nellerie]

btw, I just started watching The Good Place and it's so forking good??? OMG please talk to me about it 

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[yalumesse]

IT'S FORKING FANTASTIC. I laughed so hard at the first few episodes I binged the rest. Just watched the newest one AND I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW. Won't say why for spoilers.

But I'm AMAZED they made an entire show about moral philosophy and it's not just good but fricking popular as hell. I didn't realise till I read it somewhere that every episode (mostly) asks a specific moral/ethical question as part of the plot and then answers it. I mean. Like. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. It makes people think without shoving it down our throats.

Plus Tehani is hot as hell and I'm thrilled that Jameela Jamil insists on not letting them hide her stretch marks. I actually literally hit pause the first time I realised and just marvelled because idk it made me feel like I'm not alone, and if someone that stunning has stretch marks, it maybe really doesn't matter so much? too much information there, sorry. I love Jameela, so much.

[nellerie]

I loved the fact that it's about morals! But they also show the back story of the characters so it's not just "hey this person sucks duh" - you get to know why they are that way. and they all have their own problems, even the perfect ones. it's awesome and just tackles so many important things without being in your face about it

[cathyw]

She's talked a bit lately about how it causes... she didn't use the word "dysphoria" but that seemed to be what she was describing... to see her image everywhere airbrushed into perfection and not see that in the mirror. She is absolutely my new fave.

[yalumesse]

I've read it, sounds like dysphoria to me. I had a pic of myself airbrushed once just to see and it was horrifying, I had trouble looking in the mirror for weeks.

[nellerie]

this is awesome!! I love that... I fucking hate photoshopping the "wrong" parts of your body. and I guess you can totally call it dysphoria. I think I've read somewhere that when they were dressing people up as their opposite gender (with convincing make up and hair do and such) they were also really uncomfortable. It works with cis people too just .. the other way round I guess ^^