{"id":184839,"date":"2023-01-22T21:42:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T02:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184839"},"modified":"2024-03-22T08:48:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:48:37","slug":"the-male-gaze-literally-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184839","title":{"rendered":"Mirrors #12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso-e1674441395166.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"507\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso-e1674441395166.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso-e1674441395166-200x145.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso-e1674441395166-400x290.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso-e1674441395166-100x72.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso1-e1674441386421.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"513\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso1-e1674441386421.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso1-e1674441386421-200x147.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso1-e1674441386421-400x293.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso1-e1674441386421-100x73.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"551\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso2.jpeg 761w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso2-200x145.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso2-400x290.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/senso2-100x72.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nI have a lot to say about movie scenes where <a href=\"https:\/\/musings.oscilloscope.net\/post\/184761732911\/mirror-mirror-when-movie-characters-look-back-at\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">men look at themselves in the mirror<\/a>. And I keep babbling about it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?tag=mirrors\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tagging posts with &#8220;mirrors&#8221; just for fun<\/a>. Women sometimes have similar scenes in films &#8211; and I take note of them when I see them &#8211; but I&#8217;m mostly interested in the men. <\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s great to trip over a scene that states my thesis for me. (This is from the great <i>Senso<\/i>, directed by Luchino Visconti)<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<small><em>Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I do, and if you feel inclined to support my work, here&#8217;s a link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venmo.com\/u\/Sheila-OMalley-3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">my Venmo account<\/a>. And I&#8217;ve launched a Substack, <a href=\"https:\/\/sheilaomalley.substack.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheila Variations 2.0<\/a>, if you&#8217;d like to subscribe.<\/em> <\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a lot to say about movie scenes where men look at themselves in the mirror. And I keep babbling about it, tagging posts with &#8220;mirrors&#8221; just for fun. Women sometimes have similar scenes in films &#8211; and I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184839\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[2215,2646],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184839"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190979,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184839\/revisions\/190979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}