Love Lies Bleeding is everything I’ve ever wanted in a film, at least from what I can see in its first trailer. It has the excellent Kristen Stewart with a mullet, a queer (and extremely jacked!) bodybuilder played by Katy O’Brian, dead bodies, plenty of secrets, and a delicious touch of surreality and abstractio𓆏n. It’s also directed by Rose Glass, who debuted with the harrowing, skilfully made Saint Maud in 2019 – that film’s terrifyi💫ng last smash cut still haunts me.

Some people might find it strange that Glass has gone froꦏm sober, creep🎃y horror to a raunchy, gay thriller, but it’s not really that big of a jump. Without revealing too much in the interest of avoiding spoilers, Saint Maud, while being a horror movie about mental illness and religion, dabbled in queer themes and the different kinds of fixations people have with each other. Horror to thriller isn’t that big of a jump either, so a lesbian thriller with clear horror influence being Glass’ next film seems perfectly logical.

But what I’m most excited about here is the different body types being portrayed in this film. One character is a bodybuilder, whose body we see literally swelling, rippling and growing before our eyes at times – whether she’s secretly She-Hulk or this is a visual metaphor for the character’s steroid abuse is yet to be seen. But she is big. Her size is the 🙈whole point. Of course, people are already saying online that actress Katy O’Brien used steroids and her physique can’t be natural, because apparently women can’t just be big.

Abby Anderson, Gaming’s Most Debated Strong Woman

Being a gamer, I immediately thought of Abby Anderson from The Last of Us Part 2, and the backlash against her larger, more buff body type. Abby was much bigger and stronger than Ellie, who’s skinny in comparison – just like O’Brien and Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding. People were bending over backwards, almost twisting themselves into pretꦑzels trying to argue that women just don’t exist like that in the wild, and that it’s impossible for them to be jacked in a zombie apocalypse - even though Abby was based on an actual female weightlifter, Colleen Fotsch.

I’ve already explained why her being ripped is consistent with the story here, and it’s a particularly interesting topic to me because I also lift weights. I know many women who bodybuild, and it’s shocking to me that people ⛦don’t believe women can be born preꦑdisposed to athleticism and buffness.

Abby and O’Brien’s body types aren’t all that different, though O’Brien is certainly leaner and has more muscle definition in keeping with her being a bodybuilder focused on aesthetics. But this body type is absolutely achievable in women without steroids. O’Brien’s 🌼wife has said on Twitter that O’Brien did not take steroids for the role, and a quick search of the actress’ name on Google will show that she’s been a life-long martial arts practitioner, is a certified personal trainer, and has competed in figure bodybuilding competitions. To be fair, I haven’t been able to verify if these were drug-tested 𒁏federations, and celebrities lie about steroid use all the time, but her physique for that movie is achievable without doping, especially considering her long training history.

In turn, I can’t help but think about how these pieces of media both 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:refute the male gaze in different ways. Certain kinds of men have visceral reactions to physically imposing, strong women. But these characters don’t exist to please men, or to impress men. Love Lies Bleeding portrays🧔 two women in an intimate relationship, probably a romantic one. The Last of Us Part 2 portrays two women who circle around each other in perpetuity, trying to hurt each other. Love Lies Bleeding features queer women. So does TLOU 2, in the form of Ellie. Both have women who bend the boundaries of what the average man might find attractive. Neither are about men, or focus on men, or cater to men.

I love seeing big women on the screen, and not only for personal (read: gay) reasons. Because of the overwhelming prevalence of certain, smaller body types in Hollywood, there are people out there w𒊎ho have a completely warped idea of what the average woman looks like. Having more types of bodies in media is a good thing, and I especially love that thi𝄹s particular buff body is a queer one as well. Let buff women be buff.

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