"Here’s the problem: today, the description of the world is always reduced to yes or no, black or white. Superficial stories. Superhero stories. One side is the good one. The other one is evil.
"But I’m not a moral lesson giver. It’s not for me to say what is right or wrong. I describe situations as honestly as possible. The way I saw it. That’s why I use my own life as material. I have seen these things myself, and now I’m telling it to you.
"Because the world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions."
~ Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026)
Rest in peace, Marjane Satrapi.
We've lost one of the world's greatest cartoonists.
It is gut wrenching to think how her story began with a homeland at war, and it ended with it at war still.
It’s funny watching people freak out over the word ‘Dad’ in the Odyssey trailer and going “DID ANYONE ELSE FIND THAT WEIRD?” as if the politics and poetics of translating The Odyssey isn’t a debate older than cinema itself lol
Selling two bronze balcony tickets for the Gianmarco Soresi: Drama King India Tour Mumbai on 13th February for Rs. 1421 each. DM for details.
Breaks my heart to do this, but I can’t travel to Mumbai at the time 😭
My dad has vitiligo all over his body. When he went on vacation to Hampi, the locals kept asking him for a photo. He pretended to be a British man named Michael.
Was procrastinating writing my paper on The Bell Jar when my mother walked into my room to show figs she found in the market.
I get it, universe. I’m going to go be useful now 😭