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emmellas · 3 days

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emma stone (in promotion for 'the curse' ... did the second image give it away ?!) for the hollywood reporter

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emmellas · 3 days

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emma stone x bella baxter

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emmellas · 4 days

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emma stone on her involvement with yorgos lanthimos' 'dear god, the parthenon is still broken.'

you know, when you think about it, this whole peering behind someone, being intrigued by a systematic process, and wanting to learn to do it too thing is so bella-coded. emma really is thee living bella !!

#emma stone #film #poor things #yorgos lanthimos #bella baxter #emma stone edit #photography #emma stone quote #quote

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emmellas · 4 days

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emma stone as bella baxter for yorgos lanthimos' photographic vignette entitled 'dear god, the parthenon is still broken"

#emma stone #yorgos lanthimos #film #photography #bella baxter #poor things #vignette #emma stone edit

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emmellas · 4 days

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a ramble on the bella baxterification of emma stone (or in other words, how emma & her career trajectory, with one stigma-challenging, bold, and progressive project after another- including 'poor things' !!- embodies the same values and spirit of her beloved cinematic heroine)

emma using her well-earned acclaim, status, and star-power to make her foray from more mainstream projects that are "safe" and "comforting" to what's shaping up to be a formidable assemblage of more delightfully transgressive (which unfortunately does include TRULY progressive pieces that depict society honestly rather than romanticizing things to pander to audiences, which is sure to bring discomfort and even anger in those who do not want to see extant, unjust power dynamics and systems challenged) pieces that not only attest to her ever-growing prowess as an actress and producer but to boldly progressive views she's willing to (and has) risk her public image and good graces in the industry to stand tend toes behind sure has been beautiful to watch.

she's talked about how inspiring it is to have played a character who stood for justice no matter what society did and has expressed that she wants to live like bella and i just wonder if she realizes that this is exactly what she's doing right now.

i say this following rumblings about 'kinds of kindness' being another "divisive" piece sure to "piss people off." as i said, real progressivism is always guaranteed to piss people off and i LOVE to see it.

i've stated it in another post but people often confuse her lack of verbal statements on social issues as her being apolitical but she actually has severe GAD and talked about speaking on said subjects and mistakes she's made in the past related to them being a deeply engrained trigger that developed out of a fear of making further mistakes but it's obvious that her making such provocative (/POS !!) pieces like the curse that truly educate on and condemn myriad systems of oppression, even going so far as to insist her character, whitney, be characterized in the evil way we know her to be in spite of ramifications to her public image she was made aware of at the time, show her willingness to make sacrifices to her career in the name of doing what is right.

christopher nolan, in a panel he moderated about the curse, asked regarding emma's involvement in the polarizing and unprecedented show, "how on god's earth did you convince her to do that?" "that," of course, referring to her pander-free, harsh, and damning portrayal of whitney and all that she represents (performative white liberalism aka PWL), whom he described as "monstrous," knowing how such a character could be projected onto her as it and how such an unapologetic critique of performative white liberalism wouldn't bode well in an industry and society quite full of them. by the way, she firmly called the phenomenon of PWL a "modern affliction" during a panel she herself attended. anyway, nathan and benny replied that it was in fact her who "insisted" whitney be portrayed this way even after they'd offered/suggested she tone things down in the interest of her public image.

here's the link to the panel i refer to:

https://x.com/nafss_1998/status/1750957230399365225?s=46

in any case, i cannot wait for KOK and for everything else to come from the acting and producing phenom that is emma stone. she'll have her third oscar before she's 40 and if the academy can manage to look past the anthology format, what seems to be controversial subject matter, and whatever other factors that should have nothing to do with one's performance (again, emma's choices are showing she's not doing things for awards and popularity but because she has a passion for them), it just might happen next year as she also seems to follow a "let's outdo every prior performance" kind of trajectory with her work meaning bella baxter, inimitable and magnificent of a performance as it was that was more-than-deserving of the oscar, is sure to be outdone. in fact, i'd argue her turn as whitney siegel in the curse has already done so and i hope to see that recognized accordingly with her first emmy this year.

in conclusion, LET'S GO EMMA !!

#emma stone #film #tv #oscar #oscars #emma stone edit #kinds of kindness #performative activism #liberalism #yorgos lanthimos #christopher nolan #emmys #emmys 2024 #oscars 2024 #bella baxter #poor things #the curse #whitney siegel

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emmellas · 6 days

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emma stone, yorgos lanthimos, and mark ruffalo being peak chaos in the best way ... i'm going to miss the poor things era but emma and yorgos are starting what's already in the process of becoming a cinematic dynasty- they're the new director-actor power duo, after all- and i have a feeling mark will be back to join them soon enough :)

#emma stone #yorgos lanthimos #mark ruffalo #poor things #bella baxter #duncan wedderburn #emma stone edit

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emmellas · 23 days

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listen i'm just saying emma was born to wear that 40" buss down body wave style ... bc she ate DOWN.

#emma stone #film #poor things #yorgos lanthimos #bella baxter #emma stone edit #hairstyle #mark ruffalo #ramy youssef #screencap

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emmellas · 27 days

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the holy trinity of iconic, riveting, and delightfully bizarre emma stone dance sequences in their respective projects ... the icon that she is

#emma stone #film #poor things #yorgos lanthimos #bella baxter #emma stone edit #maniac #annie landsberg #tv #scene edit #kinds of kindness #dancing #dance scene

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emmellas · 1 month

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emma stone directed by yorgos lanthimos

#emma stone #emma stone edit #yorgos lanthimos #poor things #bleat #the favourite #kinds of kindness #film #film edit #scene edit #bella baxter

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emmellas · 1 month

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(more of) emma stone in kinds of kindness (2024) !!

#emma stone #film #poor things #yorgos lanthimos #bella baxter #emma stone edit #cruella #cinema #la la land #gwen stacy #kinds of kindness #the curse

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emmellas · 1 month

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emma stone in 'kinds of kindness' (2024)

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emmellas · 1 month

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bella baxter in cat form

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#emma stone #la la land #emma stone gif #emma stone edit #la la land gif #scene edit #damien chazelle #my gif #my gif edit #ryan gosling

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emma stone as cruella de vil in 'cruella' (2021). riveting, harrowing monologue i think about on the daily three years later ... be it not for the confines of disney (love cruella, love the themes, makeup, costume, and hair are everything, but the film as a whole is not oscar worthy, unfortunately) this performance could've and should've gotten her an oscar nomination.

#emma stone #cruella #cruella de vil #disney #live action #emma stone cruella #emma stone edit #scene edit #cruella 2021 #cruella movie

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emmellas · 2 months

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emma stone at the 2024 academy awards

#emma stone #poor things #bella baxter #yorgos lanthimos #2024 oscars #oscars #louis vuitton #mark ruffalo #ramy youssef #academy awards #2024 academy awards #emma stone oscars

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emmellas · 2 months

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my belated tribute to emma stone and bella baxter, two beacons of true (intersectional) feminism for international women's day <3

for the first time in cinematic history, a woman's story was told in an entirely liberating manner, with no societal stigmas imposed upon her: in a manner that inherently gave all the power, then, to bella. i call it "the bella gaze."

moreover, bella herself, a neurodivergent-coded woman whose differences are neither mocked or tokenized but rather embraced, is supported wholeheartedly by the film to be a "flawed, experimenting" person who forms her own identity with no regard to those societal stigmas, of her own volition deciding to educate herself every chance that she gets such that she can ("i know this to be true in me -[having a goal to "improve, progress, grow"]- help make the world a more just place: "contribute to the betterment of society." not just for white women. not just for rich women. not even just for women, though the critique against patriarchy is etched into the very soul of the film alongside all other systems of oppression and unjust treatment.

none of this, of course, would be possible without the indelible contributions of bella's animator, if you will: emma stone, whose love and passion for bella resonates in an unprecedented performance (that i hope will bring her a well-earned oscar) and approach to production. emma, a producer on poor things, as much as many try to erase it, was principal in bella's character development- it was she who first drafted it to 10 stages, which ultimately were condensed to 5 per advisement by - and has fiercely advocated for bella amidst a slew of the very stigmas her film critiques, asserting that bella's differences do not make her any less competent, intelligent, or wise, that bella has every right to enjoy sex and speak about it freely, so on and so forth.

emma, though limited by her severe diagnosed anxiety (she has spoken to a deeply engrained trigger regarding speaking on social matters that she's made mistakes on, fearing that she'll again, while good intentioned, will have a harmful impact on the world. mistakes are inevitable and she obviously knows this but as we know, mental illness is irrational), is a living bella regarding her worldview, values, etc. and a summative quote i think back to a lot regarding this is the following:

also figured i'd show an excerpt from a panel emma did on de-stigmatizing anxiety, with remarks that none of us who suffer from GAD are our disorders nor are we defined by them, analogizing it to an entity that sits on our shoulders- entirely separate FROM us but still with us- to further explain a prior remark of mine.

yorgos said it himself: there would be no bella without emma. it is the latter's inherent values of justice and inimitable talent in front of and behind the camera that allowed for bella to be portrayed and celebrated as she was.

these two women are my utmost inspirations.

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emmellas · 2 months

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a few points ...

1. 'poor things' is only "a porno" if your own patriarchal gaze inhibits and degrades her down to a sex object. bella views all experiences in her life as holding equal weight in that they are informative to her, whether good or bad, and she has an insatiable desire for knowledge. "if i know the world, i can improve it."

2. bella would fiercely resist her story being depicted in a way that censors anything as to her and any person who has the capacity to see her AS a person, sex is a part of her life, she has no shame about it, and would want it all shown honestly. you see, this film isn't told how you want it told, which is likely unfairly biased by social onuses. it's told how bella would want it told as telling a story about a woman in a way that ensnares her in the very confines she spends the entire time resisting wouldn't be very liberating, now would it?

3. the pearl clutching with the nudity is inherently sexist because you are blaming a woman- fictional and her real life counterpart, whose role and agency as a producer you insidiously deny- for a man's putrid views. you really think men (or anyone who harbors patriarchal views) viewing women as objects is going to change if they have clothing on or not? it's victim blaming.

i always am disheartened when i hear emma and yorgos, in poor things promotional content, talk about how society is a nasty place but they're hopeful the world is ready to see bella's story. unfortunately, it seems many weren't, but it was never about you, anyway. it was about removing the unjust societal conditioning that holds us- not just as women but as people- prisoner and allowing a woman to experience life on her own terms. i'd suggest asking yourself why this bothers you so much, if applicable. it would seem a little introspection could do you good.

it should be the goal of all to improve, progress, grow. perhaps the film can serve as impetus to those who desperately need to with regard to their own biases.

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