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1. We decided Emma is old enough to watch Deadpool. She loved it, naturally. I had forgotten how hard this movie hits me in the feels; for what is ostensibly a couple of hours of crude humor, it makes me sniffle an awful lot.

2. ( Luke Cage )

3. ( Westworld )

4. Emma and I went to see Love, Simon. We both loved it. It was a very sweet movie. There was an obligatory "this is a film about teenagers, so we must include one scene with alcohol" moment, but I really liked that it wasn't about teens being rebellious or getting into trouble.

The author of the book it's based on is apparently from Atlanta, so a couple of days before we saw the movie, I listened to an interview she gave on a Georgia Public Broadcasting program (On Second Thought) that bothered me. The host asked her a question that I think was about how she might change the book or something, and she answered that she probably wouldn't have written it at all because she's been listening and learning and devoting herself to supporting voices from within the community. Which, I mean, I haven't read the book; I know that when people from outside write about a group, they often fuck shit up. And maybe she did. Maybe the book is offensive in some way (if it is, it doesn't show up in the movie). But her response made me think she's been dogpiled on the internet about this book, and it made me sad that now she thinks she shouldn't have even written it. Also, if she mentioned once that she knows that everyone doesn't have a positive coming out experience, she mentioned it at least four times in a fairly short interview. So clearly, she's been criticized that Simon's parents and friends are accepting which blows my mind. While clearly not everyone's experience, many people do have positive coming out experiences. IDK It bothered me.