Nasty Natalie

she’s just perfect.

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:04 -0400

she’s just perfect.

tildaswintonwearsasuit: Tilda Swinton by Karl Lagerfeld for...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:05:36 -0400

tildaswintonwearsasuit:

Tilda Swinton by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Paris-Edinbourg Pre-Fall 2013

ooo this looks awesome. i need to buy a red tartan scarf and some fabric to add some trim to a black blazer come fall.

What I Wore: Parrots and Pineapple

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:49:33 -0400

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desperately want this dress!

Pansy Print (by Natalie Ast)This look was inspired by spring and...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:42:17 -0400

Pansy Print (by Natalie Ast)

This look was inspired by spring and one of my favourite spring flowers… pansies! Read more on my blog - http://natalieast.com/pansy-print/

Loving margarita night! Even have margarita chips from #loblaws...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:38 -0400

Loving margarita night! Even have margarita chips from #loblaws #margarita #lime #drinks #may24 #longweekend #chips #potatochips #instafood #foodie #foodporn

Today I want to be like a cat and lie in a sunbeam all day....

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:01:34 -0400

Today I want to be like a cat and lie in a sunbeam all day. #cats #catsofinstagram #instacats #meow #orange #orangetabby #Garfield #Stella #cute #purr #kitten #fluffy #insta #potd

thecoveteur: So right meow. Cc @brianlichtenberg #regram #bltee...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:28:22 -0400

thecoveteur:

So right meow. Cc @brianlichtenberg #regram #bltee #instagood #photooftheday

I want this shirt. So unwilling to spend $150 for it.

Blue Ocean Floor (by Natalie Ast)A look that’s perfect...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:22:00 -0400

Blue Ocean Floor (by Natalie Ast)

A look that’s perfect for prom, graduation or a summer wedding! (Maybe just swap out the killer heels). Read more on my blog - http://natalieast.com/greylin-blue-silk-dress/

Gorgeous pink tulips near the waterfront. More photos on...

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:37:04 -0400

Gorgeous pink tulips near the waterfront. More photos on natalieast.com #tulips #tulip #flowers #pink #hotpink #flower #waterfront #nature #Toronto #instagarden #insta #potd #instagood

"She lives the poetry she cannot write"

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:46:20 -0400

““She lives the poetry she cannot write””

- Oscar Wilde

getfitmadison: So one of my biggest problems with Luhrmann’s The...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:13:19 -0400

getfitmadison:

So one of my biggest problems with Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby (and I had so many big problems with the movie) was Myrtle Wilson. I think Isla Fisher did a great job, don’t get me wrong, but she was not the right person to play Myrtle.

Descriptions of Myrtle from the book:

“the thickish figure of a women blocked out the light…she was in the middle thirties, and faintly stout. Her face…contained no facet or gleam of beauty but there was an immediately perceptible vitality…”

“She had changed her dress to a brown muslin which stretched tight over her rather wide hips.”

Myrtle is not supposed to be thin or pretty (we can even go into talks about how she foils the “slender” and gorgeous Daisy but that’s not explicitly in the text) but here is Isla, definitely skinny and conventionally attractive.

This is a problem not because I need the move to exactly follow the book (although it would’ve been nice if the themes of the movie matched the themes of the book…or if the movie didn’t make the whole story into just some goddamn love story OR IF EVERY REVIEW DIDN’T CALL THEM “STARCROSSED LOVERS), but because *almost* every important female role is given to a (white) thin beautiful woman EVEN WHEN THE ROLE SPECIFICALLY CALLS FOR SOMEONE ELSE. There is not room in the “important” American stories for any other women besides skinny and gorgeous women (who are white and cis.)

Or, if we go the other route, this is supposed to be a chunky/fat/voluptuous woman (I mean she is bigger than Daisy, kinda, right?) aka the acceptable version of a thick, stout, wide hipped woman…which is another way of telling loads of women that they are too big.

When I heard they were making a move, I was excited about the casting of Myrtle, and was super disappointed when, yet again, the roles are homogenized.

There’s also a (more important) conversation that needs to be have about how Black people were used as props in the movie, the portrayal of Meyer Wolfsheim, and the use of the k-word but a) that deserves more than the footnotes of a small rant on bodies and b) it’s not exactly my place.

I’m trying to hold back from writing several long posts explaining everything that was wrong with the movie from both the lens of the book and the sociocultural perspective. It just…was so bad. SO BAD.

LIKE REALLY THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK MAKING NICK AN ALCOHOLIC WHO IS WRITING THE BOOK WHILE IN A “SANITORIUM” WAS A GOOD IDEA…ARE YOU KIDDING? Nick /=/ Fitzgerald and Nick was not a fucking writer aka why are we still having the conversation where people think that the narrator of a book and author are the same thing. IT IS NOT AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY the narrator is a tool and IS NOT A FUCKING REAL PERSON.

tl;dr The Great Gatsby movie sucked and no one should like it.

One of my biggest complaints about the movie… and the fact that she was only in two scenes… it felt like a Sparks Notes version of the book. They definitely should have recast Myrtle with someone more fitting with the physical description to the role. I thought the movie skimmed over a lot of character development, and besides Gatsby, the characters were flat. Maybe that was Luhrmann’s intention (a reflection on the superficial society), but there are so many themes in each character’s profile that could have been expanded upon.

Yoga with cats. Amazing, but I would get scratched by mine.

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:49:25 -0400

Yoga with cats. Amazing, but I would get scratched by mine.

There’s a horse I this nightclub. #Toronto #nightlife...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:50:26 -0400

There’s a horse I this nightclub. #Toronto #nightlife @urban_Toronto #fictionnightclub #tgif @beautifulhorses13 #Swedish #design #decor #bar #surreal #odd #potd

Kimchi stew at @momolongplay yum #momofuku #kimchi #stew #Korean...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:57:45 -0400

Kimchi stew at @momolongplay yum #momofuku #kimchi #stew #Korean #foodie #foodporn

New on the blog: red white and blue at Toronto’s...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:03:39 -0400

New on the blog: red white and blue at Toronto’s waterfront. Wearing @ferragamoofficial vara bow flats and red floral jeans

bree’s dark time bahaha i miss this show when it was still...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:57:40 -0400

bree’s dark time

bahaha i miss this show when it was still good

love the dress and the bikeRide in style (by Natasha K)

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:53:55 -0400

love the dress and the bike

Ride in style (by Natasha K)

Look what came in the mail today! I did it! #grad #graduation...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:29:53 -0400

Look what came in the mail today! I did it! #grad #graduation #convocation #classof2013 #ryerson #jschool #funtimesatjschool #ryehigh #classof13

Red White & Blue (by Natalie Ast)What I wore to...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:27:15 -0400

Red White & Blue (by Natalie Ast)

What I wore to Toronto’s Harbourfront. Read more at my blog - http://natalieast.com/toronto-harbourfront-wearing-red-white-blue/

New to my @marcjacobsintl tech family: hot pink iPad case :)...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:13:18 -0400

New to my @marcjacobsintl tech family: hot pink iPad case :) #marcjacobs #marcbymarcjacobs #iPad #tech #cute #blogger #matching #pink #hotpink #pink #cute #case #potd #wishlist #designer