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feministscoundrel:
This photo means a lot to me. And I’ll tell you why. 
Natalie Portman, as we know, was shut out of Marvel. She chose not to sign any new contract not just because of the way her character was treated (though there is that) but because Thor: The Dark World was slated to be the first Marvel movie directed by a woman, her friend (and eventual Wonder Woman director) Patty Jenkins. Portman hadn’t planned on being in The Dark World, but lept at the chance to be a part of feminist history and to be directed in what would have beenJenkin’s first film since her 2003 Oscar-winning Monster. Portman signed a new contract with Marvel. They fired Jenkins soon after. Portman was crushed because she essentially had been duped into a contract for a film that would keep her away from her young son and force her back into a one-dimensional role under yet another male director. And we all remember how awful that movie was. 
When it came time for the third Thor movie, they tried to get Portman under contract again. And she said no. Marvel decided to spin the story to make it seem like it was all their idea. At first, they went for the lame and nonsensical: 
When Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige was asked about why she wouldn’t be in the third film, and said there were “many reasons, many of which are in the film, so you will see that” continuing with “There are only a couple of scenes on Earth in this movie. The majority, 95 percent of the movie, takes place in the cosmos.” (x)
Seeing as The Dark World also took place in space, this answer didn’t have a lot of credibility. When Portman said she was “done” with the Marvel Universe, Feige got vicious in interviews, telling reporters that Valkyrie was in Ragnorak to be better than Jane Foster and a better match for Thor. 
“We wanted Thor to encounter somebody that was near his equal and that his relationship with Jane may have evolved in unexpected ways in between The Dark World and Ragnarok, and we wanted to pit him against a character who was much more his equal and in many ways his superior.” (x)
Feige implies that A) Valkyrie was in Ragnorak to be a romantic interest for Thor, B) Valkyrie is better and more powerful than Jane Foster, and C) Jane Foster was always Thor’s inferior. 
What’s ridiculous is that Ragnorak had a “sorry Jane dumped you” throwaway line to explain Portman’s absence. And instead of saying that Jane and Thor broke up in interviews, a line that does not spoil literally anything about the film, Feige chose to attack Jane’s strength and capability, which would have been a very special dig at Portman. 
Do you want to know what none of this sounds like? Taika Waititi’s opinion. Waititi is a master storyteller who does not sacrifice his feminist views for laughs. You can bet that Feige’s ridiculous slams on Portman and her character Jane– disguised as “promotion” for WAITITI’S FILM– would have troubled him immensely. This is a man with a Māori father, who had to use his mother’s maiden name– Cohen– for earlier work because an indigenous last name kept him away from opportunity. This man does NOT fuck around with entertainment that gets its power off of sexism and inequality. He knows from experience just how infuriating it is when it comes to directors missing out on opportunities because they aren’t a white man. 
So how does he fix this? How does he fix the idea that Jane Foster can’t go to space, or that she’s not powerful enough for Thor, the god of thunder? 
He makes her Thor. 
Waititi saw Portman / Jane Foster’s name dragged through the mud by Kevin Feige in order to promote his movie, and when he got hired to direct again, he decided to right those wrongs. This picture means everything. He is on his knee, handing her Thor’s hammer, essentially saying, you will never have to go through that shit with me. With me, you’re a god. And the expression on her face, after Marvel attempted to break her, doesn’t need words. 
What a photo. What a film. What a man. 

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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feministscoundrel:
This photo means a lot to me. And I’ll tell you why. 
Natalie Portman, as we know, was shut out of Marvel. She chose not to sign any new contract not just because of the way her character was treated (though there is that) but because Thor: The Dark World was slated to be the first Marvel movie directed by a woman, her friend (and eventual Wonder Woman director) Patty Jenkins. Portman hadn’t planned on being in The Dark World, but lept at the chance to be a part of feminist history and to be directed in what would have beenJenkin’s first film since her 2003 Oscar-winning Monster. Portman signed a new contract with Marvel. They fired Jenkins soon after. Portman was crushed because she essentially had been duped into a contract for a film that would keep her away from her young son and force her back into a one-dimensional role under yet another male director. And we all remember how awful that movie was. 
When it came time for the third Thor movie, they tried to get Portman under contract again. And she said no. Marvel decided to spin the story to make it seem like it was all their idea. At first, they went for the lame and nonsensical: 
When Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige was asked about why she wouldn’t be in the third film, and said there were “many reasons, many of which are in the film, so you will see that” continuing with “There are only a couple of scenes on Earth in this movie. The majority, 95 percent of the movie, takes place in the cosmos.” (x)
Seeing as The Dark World also took place in space, this answer didn’t have a lot of credibility. When Portman said she was “done” with the Marvel Universe, Feige got vicious in interviews, telling reporters that Valkyrie was in Ragnorak to be better than Jane Foster and a better match for Thor. 
“We wanted Thor to encounter somebody that was near his equal and that his relationship with Jane may have evolved in unexpected ways in between The Dark World and Ragnarok, and we wanted to pit him against a character who was much more his equal and in many ways his superior.” (x)
Feige implies that A) Valkyrie was in Ragnorak to be a romantic interest for Thor, B) Valkyrie is better and more powerful than Jane Foster, and C) Jane Foster was always Thor’s inferior. 
What’s ridiculous is that Ragnorak had a “sorry Jane dumped you” throwaway line to explain Portman’s absence. And instead of saying that Jane and Thor broke up in interviews, a line that does not spoil literally anything about the film, Feige chose to attack Jane’s strength and capability, which would have been a very special dig at Portman. 
Do you want to know what none of this sounds like? Taika Waititi’s opinion. Waititi is a master storyteller who does not sacrifice his feminist views for laughs. You can bet that Feige’s ridiculous slams on Portman and her character Jane– disguised as “promotion” for WAITITI’S FILM– would have troubled him immensely. This is a man with a Māori father, who had to use his mother’s maiden name– Cohen– for earlier work because an indigenous last name kept him away from opportunity. This man does NOT fuck around with entertainment that gets its power off of sexism and inequality. He knows from experience just how infuriating it is when it comes to directors missing out on opportunities because they aren’t a white man. 
So how does he fix this? How does he fix the idea that Jane Foster can’t go to space, or that she’s not powerful enough for Thor, the god of thunder? 
He makes her Thor. 
Waititi saw Portman / Jane Foster’s name dragged through the mud by Kevin Feige in order to promote his movie, and when he got hired to direct again, he decided to right those wrongs. This picture means everything. He is on his knee, handing her Thor’s hammer, essentially saying, you will never have to go through that shit with me. With me, you’re a god. And the expression on her face, after Marvel attempted to break her, doesn’t need words. 
What a photo. What a film. What a man. 

                
            

            
            
feministscoundrel:
This photo means a lot to me. And I’ll tell you why. 
Natalie Portman, as we know, was shut out of Marvel. She chose not ...

            
            
        

    



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            




    Bitch, Cars, and Children: The DIS
 @TheDIS
 Follow
 DIS
 The Walt Disney Company Donates $5 Million
 to the Notre-Dame Cathedral Rebuild
 wdwinfo.com/news-stories/t
 ..
 The
 Company

 tea jay
 Follow
 @teejiay
 @teejiay
 11 % of Disneyland Resort cast members
 are homeless
 The DIS @TheDIS
 The
 The Walt Disney Company Donates $5 Million to the
 APISN Notre-Dame Cathedral Rebuild
 wdwinfo.com/news-stories/t

 Unmet Health Needs
 health care services.
 ge s adequate in
 Many Disneyland Re
 Even those who have
 erims of providing basi services
 Copy
 Select All
 The Walt Disney Company asks its employees to adhere to what it calls the "Four
 Keys" to good customer service. Among them are "smile" and "make eye
 contact." Many Disneyland Resort employees, however, need but cannot afford
 dental care, or glasses and contact lenses, making it harder to adhere to those
 guidelines
 For example, 43% of Disneyland Resort employees report that in the past year
 they needed, but could not afford, dental care, as shown in Exhibit 12. Among
 single parents, over half(56%) could not afford needed dental care
 Nearly a third (30%) report that in the past year they needed, but could not
 afford, glasses or contact lenses, as shown in Exhibit 1.3. Another quarter (24%) report
 that in the past year they needed, but could not afford, follow-up medical care. One
 fifth (21%) report that in the past year they needed, but could not afford,
 prescription medicines, while 16% report that in the past year they needed, but could
 Exhibit 12: Disneyland Workers Who Needed but Could Not Afford DENTAL CARE in
 the Past Year
 ALL WORKERS
 FULL-TIME/PART TIME STATUS
 Part-Time
 HDURLY WAGE
 $15+
 YEARS WORKING AT DISNEYLAND
 Less than 1 year
 1-3 years
 4-6 years
 7-10 years
 11-15 years
 More than 15 years
 GENDER
 Female
 Male
 PARENTS WITH CHILDREN 0-17 YEARS
 Sing

 Precariously Housed Workers
 Disneyland Resort employees have a hard time paying the rent. They devotea
 large part of their household incomes just to put a roof over their heads. Even so,
 many Disneyland Resort employees live in o
 place to live, many rent homes a great distance from Disneyland Resort and have
 long commutes to get to work. Disneyland Resort employees' wages do not align
 with southern California's high housing costs As a result, some Disneyland Resort
 employees find themselves in precarious circumstances. They fear getting evicted
 because they cant afford the rent. They move
 vercrowded conditions. To afford a
 Some Disneyland Resort employees find themselves on the brink of homelessness
 and some actually find themselves with no permanent place to live, making do by
 sleeping in their cars, "couch surfing" between friends and family, or ending up
 on the street or in a homeless shelter
 Even full-time Disneyland Resort workers confront the spectrum of precarious,
 uncertain, unstable, and insecure housing conditions which creates chaos and
 hardship for themselves and, in some cases, their families.
 Among Disneyland Resort employees, only 20% own their own houses or
 condominiums and 63% rent their houses or apartrnents. Another 18% live with
 family members or friends but do not pay rent or otherwise help with housing
 Exhibit 40: Homeownership Rates for California, Selected Counties and Disneyland
 Workers
 Occupy
 without
 ppying rent

 Seming Artist @ sewingartist 9h
 Replying to @teejiay LadyDamfino
 I was offered a position in the costume department at $10.56 an hour down in FL.
 I high tailed it out of there. I now make above $15 an hour at a similar position in
 Indiana. Disney is crap.
 244
 7
 Witch Bitch Jane Rayi @YandereJane 6h
 Replying to @teejiay @stormflowercos
 A cast member died in her car last year during winter; where she lived because
 the resort refused to pay a living wage despite her many years of service.
endangered-justice-seeker:
what a fucking hypocrisy
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Bitch, Cars, and Children: The DIS
 @TheDIS
 Follow
 DIS
 The Walt Disney Company Donates $5 Million
 to the Notre-Dame Cathedral Rebuild
 wdwinfo.com/news-stories/t
 ..
 The
 Company

 tea jay
 Follow
 @teejiay
 @teejiay
 11 % of Disneyland Resort cast members
 are homeless
 The DIS @TheDIS
 The
 The Walt Disney Company Donates $5 Million to the
 APISN Notre-Dame Cathedral Rebuild
 wdwinfo.com/news-stories/t

 Unmet Health Needs
 health care services.
 ge s adequate in
 Many Disneyland Re
 Even those who have
 erims of providing basi services
 Copy
 Select All
 The Walt Disney Company asks its employees to adhere to what it calls the "Four
 Keys" to good customer service. Among them are "smile" and "make eye
 contact." Many Disneyland Resort employees, however, need but cannot afford
 dental care, or glasses and contact lenses, making it harder to adhere to those
 guidelines
 For example, 43% of Disneyland Resort employees report that in the past year
 they needed, but could not afford, dental care, as shown in Exhibit 12. Among
 single parents, over half(56%) could not afford needed dental care
 Nearly a third (30%) report that in the past year they needed, but could not
 afford, glasses or contact lenses, as shown in Exhibit 1.3. Another quarter (24%) report
 that in the past year they needed, but could not afford, follow-up medical care. One
 fifth (21%) report that in the past year they needed, but could not afford,
 prescription medicines, while 16% report that in the past year they needed, but could
 Exhibit 12: Disneyland Workers Who Needed but Could Not Afford DENTAL CARE in
 the Past Year
 ALL WORKERS
 FULL-TIME/PART TIME STATUS
 Part-Time
 HDURLY WAGE
 $15+
 YEARS WORKING AT DISNEYLAND
 Less than 1 year
 1-3 years
 4-6 years
 7-10 years
 11-15 years
 More than 15 years
 GENDER
 Female
 Male
 PARENTS WITH CHILDREN 0-17 YEARS
 Sing

 Precariously Housed Workers
 Disneyland Resort employees have a hard time paying the rent. They devotea
 large part of their household incomes just to put a roof over their heads. Even so,
 many Disneyland Resort employees live in o
 place to live, many rent homes a great distance from Disneyland Resort and have
 long commutes to get to work. Disneyland Resort employees' wages do not align
 with southern California's high housing costs As a result, some Disneyland Resort
 employees find themselves in precarious circumstances. They fear getting evicted
 because they cant afford the rent. They move
 vercrowded conditions. To afford a
 Some Disneyland Resort employees find themselves on the brink of homelessness
 and some actually find themselves with no permanent place to live, making do by
 sleeping in their cars, "couch surfing" between friends and family, or ending up
 on the street or in a homeless shelter
 Even full-time Disneyland Resort workers confront the spectrum of precarious,
 uncertain, unstable, and insecure housing conditions which creates chaos and
 hardship for themselves and, in some cases, their families.
 Among Disneyland Resort employees, only 20% own their own houses or
 condominiums and 63% rent their houses or apartrnents. Another 18% live with
 family members or friends but do not pay rent or otherwise help with housing
 Exhibit 40: Homeownership Rates for California, Selected Counties and Disneyland
 Workers
 Occupy
 without
 ppying rent

 Seming Artist @ sewingartist 9h
 Replying to @teejiay LadyDamfino
 I was offered a position in the costume department at $10.56 an hour down in FL.
 I high tailed it out of there. I now make above $15 an hour at a similar position in
 Indiana. Disney is crap.
 244
 7
 Witch Bitch Jane Rayi @YandereJane 6h
 Replying to @teejiay @stormflowercos
 A cast member died in her car last year during winter; where she lived because
 the resort refused to pay a living wage despite her many years of service.
endangered-justice-seeker:
what a fucking hypocrisy
                
            

            
            
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    Tumblr, Blog, and Http: 70rgasm:Jane Birkin photographed by her brother Andrew, 1964


    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Tumblr, Blog, and Http: 70rgasm:Jane Birkin photographed by her brother Andrew, 1964


                
            

            
            
70rgasm:Jane Birkin photographed by her brother Andrew, 1964