#helen phillips

[katrinahood]

Meet Helen Phillips. She's a manager of a daycare center, and she's got quite a strict demeanor. She's also in her eighties.

#criminal case #criminal case travel in time #criminal case oc #helen phillips #helen phillips criminal case #my art

[shortstorytournament]

Short Story Tournament

THE MESSY JOY OF THE FINAL THROES OF THE DINNER PARTY by Helen Phillips (2016) (link)

What an odd, odd joke for them to play on her - all seven of them frozen in place, the host half-standing to pour cream into coffee, forks held in various positions between apple pie and mouth, a hand thrown upward in emphasis, a head thrown backward in laughter, fingers wrapped fervently around wineglasses: a flawless tableau of the messy joy of the final throes of the dinner party.

AT NIGHTFALL, THE GOLDFISH by Melody Mou (2021) (link) - tw: death

My flowers asked me to leave the fact behind and give myself roses.

#short story tournament #melody mou #helen phillips #the messy joy of the final throes of the dinner party #at nightfall the goldfish #polls

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

#the beautiful bureaucrat #helen phillips #dystopian #title with biggest vowel to letters ratio? #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

[phaedraismyusername]

name the books! give me dat trauma

Ask and you shall receive!

Inferno : A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho

A non-fiction recounting of post partum psychosis after a lifetime of undealt with trauma. There's a particularly rough description of a C-section where a nurse warns her it'll feel a bit like someone's rooting around for something in a purse and I had to put the book down and walkway for a while lol

The Need by Helen Phillips

A dual timeline trippy domestic horror about a sleep deprived mother home alone with her two young children when she believes there to be an intruder in the house, and the day leading up to the event where she's unearthing possibly other dimensional relics from an archaeology dig, including a bible with a reference to God being a 'She' and dealing with the kind of people that attracts. The imagery fucked me up in this one, I also find that implied doubt of woman's sanity exhausting to read lol. Don't read if you can't tolerate ambiguity mind lol, it gets weird.

The Push by Ashley Audrain

Psychological drama about a woman who has never been able to connect with her eldest child, believing that her daughter might be evil, and how the family falls apart when tragedy strikes their youngest child and she believes her daughter had something to do with it. Basically hundreds of pages of how many ways a woman can be seen and treated as a failure/pariah if they don't fulfil their roles easily and without complaint.

And lastly

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

An unnamed woman trying to balance her career ambitions with motherhood notices changes in her body that lead her to believe she's turning into a dog. I can't really say more than that without spoilers lol. It's very fairytale-ish, it's not a werewolf story, and it probably hits harder if you're actually a mother lol.

#book recs #inferno #catherine cho #the need #helen phillips #the push #ashley audrain #nightbitch #rachel yoder #yeah so thatll be a no thanks on the motherhood thing for me lol #i aint here for it

[book0ftheday]

The Beautiful Bureaucrat by Helen Phillips, designed by Meryl Sussman Levavi, printed 2015.

#gothic horror #marketed as suspense fiction i guess it is that #the beautiful bureacrat #helen phillips #meryl sussman levavi #book covers #horror book covers #new fiction

[night-eyes1]

#glass onion #I am talking about his clothes #But also his personality too #In the first film he was like calm and cool detective #In the second movie hes much more like a adorable sunshine #benoit blanc #daniel craig #hugh grant #knives out #glass onion a knives out mystery #edward norton #janelle monae #phillip blanc #miles bron #helen brand #cassandra brand #rian johnson

[dingustripas]

Let Daniel Craig kiss Hugh Grant in the next Knives out Movie, pretty please. Let Phillip call Blanc “My darling” or “My dear” and let Blanc call Phillip “My sweetheart” or “my good husband”.

(TLDR: Let Phillip and Blanc be gay together, thanks)

#gay #daniel craig #hugh grant #knives out #glass onion #janelle monae #helen brand #andi brand #marta cabrera #ransom thrombrey #miles bron #mona lisa #*dying* #big fucking mood #movies #murder mystery #detective au #benoit blanc #phillip blanc #benoit x phillip #fibonnaci

[60zcowboy]

I LOVE THIS FUCKING MOVIE

#70zcowboyposting #twister 1996 #twister #bill paxton #helen hunt #phillip seymour hoffman #cary elwes #bill harding #jonas miller #jo harding #alan ruck

[casasupernovas]

ANYWAY

Happy Birthday to the wonderful actress who brought Martha Jones to our screens!!!

Happy Birthday Freema Agyeman!

#freema agyeman #doctor who #martha jones #tenth doctor #10th doctor #tenmartha #new amsterdam #helen sharpe #sense 8 #amanita caplan #law and order uk #alicia phillips #dreamland #shes 45 can you believe it?!

[foeofcolor]

Knives Out 3 : Helen and Marta kiss and go on a double date with Benoit Blanc and Phillip.

#knives out 2 #glass onion #helen brand #marta cabrera #benoit blanc #phillip blanc #ko2 go #benlip #personal shit tm

[glass-onion-incorrect-quotes]

Blanc: Phillip and I are having a baby.

Helen: That's grea-

Blanc, slamming adoption papers onto the table: It's you, sign here.

#OK BUT THIS IS SO ACCURATE OH MY GOD #glass onion incorrect quotes #glass onion #incorrect quotes #incorrect quote #knives out #knives out incorrect quotes #glass onion: a knives out mystery #benoit blanc #blanc #benoit #silly little gay detective #phillip's weird husband #daniel craig #phillip #phillip blanc #helen #helen brand #they adopted her ok #as well as marta ofc

[the-almighty-pen]

If you haven’t put it together yet. Knives out / Glass Onion franchise is simply about Benoit Blanc finding children for him and his husband to adopt.

#knives out #benoit blanc #phillip blanc #glass onion #helen brand #marta cabrera #and Marta is the anxious first born #Helen is the second child that is fearless but swear to go do not mess with her sisters

[sassysnowperson]

I desperately wish for an after-credits scene for Glass Onion where Marta scolds Benoit Blanc for trusting a billionaires weird shady COVID-B-Gone gun. There's no way that thing actually works, and also then I would get to see Marta.

#yes I also want Marta and Helen to meet #and have a long talk about white men on a power trip fucking up their lives #and Helen to have a good cry #and Marta to sniff a little in return #because he used her as a pawn in his family's game but Harlan was her friend and he didnt need to die #but it's complicated because she still has her sister and also millions of dollars #and...a lot of lawyers #Helen #would you like help with a legal case to clear your sisters name publicly #and then maybe eventually they kiss #as Benoit and Phillip brunches in the background with Harlan's mom #glass onion spoilers #knives out spoilers

[moose-posts]

my absolutely spoiler-filled thoughts on Glass Onion are:

1. Benoit Blanc is the gayest detective I have ever seen and I am in love with him (Phillip is his husband and I am in love with him too)

2. When it was revealed how Miles had access to Duke’s gun all I could do was laugh at this very literal meaning of Chekhov’s Gun (Johnson really Hansel and Gretled the shit out of this movie)

3. We love an old white gay using his privilege to help women of colour destroy oppressive systems and get revenge (his outfits…I just-)

4. The reveal of background info in the middle of the movie was so damn satisfying to watch (and Chekhov’s Hot Sauce to fake Helen’s death)

5. I need about 3 more of these, two being a spring and winter setting as others have rightfully suggested and one prequel where we get Benoit and Phillip’s romance which just so happens to take place as Blanc is solving a crime (because of course he is)

Thank you for your attention

#glass onion #glass onion: a knives out mystery #benoit blanc #phillip blanc #chekhov's gun #chekhov’s hot sauce lmao #helen brand #this movie is so fucking good #and I say this as someone who watches crime series every weekday #with my mom

[phaedraismyusername]

I'm not gonna lie this imagery in The Need has fucked me up lads

#a dear headed man emerging from the fucking coffee table #absolute nightmare scenario lol #the need #helen phillips #books

[book0ftheday]

The Need by Helen Phillips, cover design by David Litman, cover photos by Max Labeille. Paperback edition published 2020.

#helen phillips #the need #david litman #max labielle #contemporary fiction #magical realism #gothic realism #poetic prose