Tjejfilmer

Mellgren och jag pratade idag om filmer som handlar om kvinnlig vänskap. Först hade vi svårt att komma på fler än en handfull titlar, men sedan lade jag ut en efterlysning på en awesome fb-grupp jag är med i, och förslagen bara forsade in. Jag tänkte att jag skulle titta på alla de filmerna (eller iaf de jag har lust med och får tag på) och sen skriva lite om dem här, några åt gången så.

Filmer om kvinnlig vänskap ligger mig varmt om hjärtat och är en väldigt viktig del av filmutbudet tycker jag. Det blir en skön motpol mot all verklighetsfrånvänd macho action och stereotypa komedier som oftast utgår från heteromännens perspektiv, gärna på bekostnad av kvinnor dessutom.

De flesta som hänger med i svängarna har nog hört talas om Bechdeltestet, som är ett enkelt test för att se hur en film framställer kvinnor, kort sagt. Det finns tre kriterier en film ska uppnå om den ska klara testet:
1. Det måste finnas minst två namngivna kvinnliga karaktärer
2. De måste någon gång under filmen prata med varandra
3. ...om något annat än män.

Simple enough, eller hur? När det nu är så jävla enkelt kan man ju undra varför så sjuuuukt många filmer inte klarar testet. Men det är en diskussion för en annan gång. Här finns för övrigt en lista med ett gäng filmer som faktiskt klarar testet. Jag blev väldigt glad av att se att ett gäng av mina absoluta favvofilmer finns med på listan (typ Tjenare kungen, Tillsammans, Tangled och Vi är bäst)! Men å andra sidan kanske det är därför jag gillar dem så mycket? En del av de filmerna ingår i den fb-insamlade listan över kvinnovänskapsfilmer jag ska ta mig igenom här, men Bechdeltestet ligger egentligen inte till grund för denna, ska vi kalla det, följeton. Det är dock en viktig måttstock för jämställdhet i filmvärlden, och därför värt att nämnas. Plus, när man fått upp ögonen för testet kan man bli smått galen på könsfördelningen i de flesta av de filmer man ser efter det. Ilska och upprördhet kan leda till förändring, so here's hoping!

Jag skriver framförallt detta för att jag tycker att så kallade "tjejfilmer" har oförtjänt dåligt rykte. Män verkar överlag ha jääävligt svårt för att kolla på sådana filmer och även jag själv kan ibland skämmas lite (pga internaliserad sexism och allt det där mysiga, ni vet), men då tar jag mig i kragen och vrålar på mig själv: VAD FAN ÄR DET DU SITTER OCH TÄNKER?!?! TJEJER ÄR BÄST, INGEN PROTEST!!!

Är du man, läser detta och älskar tjejfilmer får du gärna kommentera så att vi ser att ni existerar! Är du kvinna, läser detta och älskar tjejfilmer får du ännu mer gärna kommentera så vi kan sprida peppen! Tips på filmer och tv-serier med mycket kvinnlig vänskap mottages tacksamt! :)
Då kör vi!

Some of my summer in pictures

Now that the power chord to my mac has undergone home reparation (don't worry, I didn't do it, I'm not insane) I thought I would post some pictures from my summer :)

Starting with:

Midsummer! I spent my midsummer with Vanessa, Magnus and Joakim in Kungsbacka and at Tjolöholm Castle. We had a barbecue, they danced around the pole, it rained, we took a walk around the castle grounds, we went home and barbecued some salmon, we ate strawberries...it was a nice day.

Tjolöholms slott!

I need these flowers in my future garden, but I have no idea what they're called.

Later in the summer, I spent a lot of time with my godson. We went to the playground, we went on bicycle trips to the countryside, we ate bananas, we threw pebbles in Rolfsån, and we napped. It is exhausting spending time with and taking care of a kid, phew. Kudos to all you parents out there, I have no idea how you manage!

One day Sandra and I took the ferry out to Vrångö. We love it there and spent a whole day sunbathing, reading, swimming and picknicking.

We love going by boat, wohoo!

I went back and forth to Kungsbacka in July, to babysit Joakim and help Vanessa with stuff. Joakim has a knack for falling asleep on the bike, it's actually pretty adorable.

One afternoon we went to Stensjön to swim, it was absolutely lovely! It's only the second time I've gone swimming this summer, I should feel bad about that...

One particularly warm and sweaty day I went on a picknick in Slottsskogen with Mellgren, Andreas and Dille! Apart from me almost dying (you know I can't handle the heat), we had a lovely day in the park, looking at all the animals, eating ice cream, enjoying the view of Gothenburg and just wandering about. I love my city (and my friends!) so much.

Another day Mellgren took Sandra and me to visit our soon-to-be kitten, Misha! Hopefully, he'll be coming home with us in two weeks, and we also have a surprise related to this, but you'll have to wait and see... ;)

Me holding Misha, and Sandra being all "I want to hold the kitten, gimme!"

A few weeks ago we puppysat these two fur balls. Nera is the black puppy and the golden one is Yozi. They are adorable and I love them, even though they peed and shat on my floor...

Baby Nera

Last week I finally got to spend some time with Elsa, my dear old friend who it has been very difficult to see for the last five years or so, since she doesn't live in Gothenburg anymore. It was her 25th birthday and we celebrated her with pannkakstårta (a cake made with Swedish pancakes, ice cream, whipped cream and berries). It is delicious. 

A few days later Elsa, Lina and I went for a fika in Trädgårdsföreningen, and we visited Palmhuset (first time for me!). It contains exotic flowers and plants and is a very nice place to stroll around for a while. The admission is free, so I highly recommend a visit there!

My darlings Elsa and Lina :)

Hej Lina!

Trip to Iceland, 14 April, Part: 2

Our trip to Iceland started early on a Sunday morning. My brother Robert picked Sandra and me up at about 7:30 am and drove us to the Nils Ericson terminal in Gothenburg, where we met up with Bea and Adam and took some early morning pictures and video before hopping on a bus headed to Kastrup, the airport in Copenhagen. 

Bea always looks happy, Adam "can only do indifferent", Sandra looks a bit tired, and I tried to show how happy I was, despite my being very tired, as usual.

We said goodbye to Gothenburg, and I waved as we drove past Liseberg (because once you've driven past Liseberg you're not in Gothenburg any longer, you're in Mölndal, which is pretty lame, everyone knows that :P).

Sandra and I sat in the front seats, because I usually suffer from motion sickness, and I much prefer NOT vomiting all over the place. I'm crazy like that. Since driving through Kungsbacka and such is pretty boring we took a lovely picture of ourselves instead. 

After Kungsbacka and the rest of Halland (snoooore!) comes Skåne. I have friends from Skåne, so I won't talk too ill about the place, but, although being green and nice, it is very flat and monotonous. I guess that's why Adam and Bea decided to just sleep instead of admiring the view... ;) (I think they look adorable!)

From Skåne you can drive over the Öresund bridge and just minutes later find yourself in Denmark. I took a couple of bye-bye Sweden pictures and one of the bridge, for those of you who find that sort of thing to be very exciting.

We decided to fly from Kastrup since there weren't any direct flights from Gothenburg and it was cheaper than flying via Stockholm. Saving money means losing time though, so the travelling took the better part of the day, leaving us stranded at the airport for about 5-6 hours. Fun was had by all, except us. We went outside to eat lunch, amidst all the stinky fumes, and tried to kill some time, since we couldn't even check our bags in until several hours later.

I always look super sexy, I know. We ate, we filmed, we smelled the fumes, perhaps got a little bit high off them, and we ate some chocolate. Chocolate is always the answer, the question is not very important.

(I think maybe I was under the influence of the fumes here...)

With several more hours to go until we could even check our bags in and go through security, we parked our behinds on some chairs, made ourselves as comfy as possible and played a kind of word association game. I'm sure you can tell we're extremely interesting and exciting people.

And finally, after so many and long hours, we went through security and did a bit of shopping. When I found this Smirnoff I couldn't help but remember two Christmases ago, when we had pudding with glitter on it and Julie wondered aloud if our poo would be sparkly the next day. (Note: The next day my poo WAS sparkly, in case you were wondering. I checked. I think it is important to conduct research when faced with questions like this. I am very scientific, you see.)

And so, after travelling and waiting an entire day, we finally boarded our flight! We were really excited (as you can tell if you watched the video I posted a few days ago) and even Adam managed something resembling a smile (he is a very happy chap though, make no mistake!).

I was very impressed with the TV screens in front of us, they made the three hour flight much more enjoyable! I watched The Hangover Part II and a couple of episodes of New Girl, and all of a sudden we were above Iceland!

My very first picture of Iceland!

This is basically what Iceland looks like (at least in the southwest part around the Reykjavik area), flat, muted colours, lava stone, seashores and long, mostly empty roads.

We landed as the sun set, and it was just beautiful.

Here are some funny-looking Icelandic words for you!

From the airport a bus picked us up and drove us to our apartment hotel. Easy and practical, I do recommend Flybus for anyone travelling to Iceland. Adam took a quick picture of me enjoying the view from the bus while the sun set completely, it was just vast and empty and harsh and lovely. Five minutes in the country and I already loved it.