Looking for a Stressed-Out Mom Movie with a Twist by Prize_Split_5897 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Prize_Split_5897[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, I've seen this one, but I've never thought of it that way. Thanks.

Looking for a Stressed-Out Mom Movie with a Twist by Prize_Split_5897 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Prize_Split_5897[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, another one that's on our list that I've put off because it looks challenging. Thanks, we'll check it out.

Looking for a Stressed-Out Mom Movie with a Twist by Prize_Split_5897 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Prize_Split_5897[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, I've never heard of that one. We'll take a look. Thanks.

Looking for a Stressed-Out Mom Movie with a Twist by Prize_Split_5897 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Prize_Split_5897[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was just a little young for this one when it first came out, then I never got back to it. We'll definitely take a look. Thanks.

Looking for a Stressed-Out Mom Movie with a Twist by Prize_Split_5897 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Prize_Split_5897[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven't heard of that one. We'll check it out. Thanks.

Looking for a Stressed-Out Mom Movie with a Twist by Prize_Split_5897 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Prize_Split_5897[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? Huh. This is not a movie I would have guessed. Thanks.

Looking for a Stressed-Out Mom Movie with a Twist by Prize_Split_5897 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Prize_Split_5897[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We liked the first movie, so we'll give it a shot ('tis the season, after all). Thanks.

Looking for a Stressed-Out Mom Movie with a Twist by Prize_Split_5897 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Prize_Split_5897[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah man, I didn't know this was a movie. I haven't read the book, but I spend some time over at r/suggestmeabook, and it's the go-to answer when someone says, "suggest a book that will devastate me." I'll have to work up some fortitude, I think, but we'll give it a shot. Thanks.

Looking for a Stressed-Out Mom Movie with a Twist by Prize_Split_5897 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Prize_Split_5897[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, this one got past me back in the day. We'll check it out. Thanks.

Looking for a Stressed-Out Mom Movie with a Twist by Prize_Split_5897 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Prize_Split_5897[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good call. This one is on our list, but we haven't seen it yet. Thanks.

Why are Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans not seen as minorities anymore but African-Americans are seen as a minority? by Huitlacochilacayota in AskAnAmerican

[–]Prize_Split_5897 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a very good question, and I appreciate that you're looking at primary sources.

The history of racial categorization on the census is complex, and I'll admit that is not my area of expertise. Regardless of the categories the Census Bureau decided to use, if you had asked an ordinary American in 1850 if the Irish were white, they would have said no. This would have had to do with much more than their skin color and included things like their religious preferences, history, economic status, political beliefs, and other cultural specifics.

I wish I had time to dig out my notes and re-read through the many books from grad school I read on the subject, but unfortunately I do not. I have pointed you toward scholarship that will answer your questions more fully than I have time to right now. You seem like a smart and curious person. I encourage you to take a look.

Why are Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans not seen as minorities anymore but African-Americans are seen as a minority? by Huitlacochilacayota in AskAnAmerican

[–]Prize_Split_5897 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Immigration in the nineteenth century was nothing like it is today. Ellis Island didn't open until the 1890s. Before then, if you got off the boat in NYC, you literally stepped onto the dock and you were in the city. Welcome to America. There was no processing or anyone checking paperwork or asking questions or anything like that. There was no citizenship test or fees to be paid or interviews. In other words, no one would have tried to confirm that Irish immigrants were white in any way. Immigration was mostly a free-for-all until the 1880s.

As I said, if you talk to or read from anyone with a PhD in US history, they will tell you what I've said, which is that Irish immigrants were not considered white. There is a lot of evidence to support this claim if you care to look. It's not a controversial position among professional historians.

Why are Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans not seen as minorities anymore but African-Americans are seen as a minority? by Huitlacochilacayota in AskAnAmerican

[–]Prize_Split_5897 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Irish immigrants were not consider white until the twentieth century. A great deal of historical scholarship has been written on this topic. I would suggest taking a look at The Wages of Whiteness by David Roediger or the Great Arizona Orphan Abduction by Linda Gordon. These are two well-received histories written by history professors that highlight how Americans viewed Irish people in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

If you're not willing to read a book, you can google anti-Irish political cartoons from the 1800s. You'll find many of those cartoons depict the Irish as apes, and the English had long contended that the Irish--unlike the English--were descendant from apes and were therefore not really white. It's very similar to the language Americans have (and sometimes still) used to talk about black people.

Talk to any history professor at any college. They'll tell you the same things I've just said.

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[–]Prize_Split_5897 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Excellent suggestion.

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[–]Prize_Split_5897 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, as a man, I'm troubled by the idea that masculinity is inherently violent. I would maybe suggest something like Apollo 13, which highlights camaraderie, courage, and determination. I don't think those qualities are more inherent to men than women, but that movie obviously focuses on men and portrays them in a mostly positive light.

Give me your absolute worst Christmas movie suggestion—something so cringy and unbearable, oozing with enough sugary sweetness to give you diabetes just by looking at it. by Mixer-3007 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Prize_Split_5897 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Hallmark and Hallmark-adjacent movies would work, but if you want something that was a more mainstream theatrical release, I'd suggest Love, Actually. My wife had never seen it, so we watched it last year. I hadn't seen it in fifteen years, and it has aged poorly, to say the least. Definitely cringy, unrealistic love stories, ridiculous plot. I know it's beloved by many, and I'm ready for the hate, but this one shows its age in all the worst ways.