Niche fashion style brand / release archive. Short for "lolita fashion." Nothing to do with the Nabokov novel or the "other" thing. Just frilly shit I enjoy.
"Porco Rosso" is a about an ex-military seaplane pilot who battles air pirates. He also, incidentally, has been turned into a pig. It's both fantastically funny and very occasionally heart-breaking.
It also has one of the best lines in cinema: "I'd rather be a pig than a fascist."
Ghibli movies always appealed to me growing up because their female protagonists were very grounded, weren't hyper-feminine to a comical degree, and actually did interesting things, like go on adventures. Their stories also did not focus solely on falling in love with a male character, and focused a lot on their unique internal struggles.
I would strongly suggest that anyone with a daughter give them the opportunity to see Ghibli movies. "Howl's Moving Castle", "Kiki's Delivery Service", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Porco Rosso", "Whisper of the Heart", "The Cat Returns", and "Castle in the Sky" were important to me in my formative years. Boys may like them, too! My son particularly loves "Porco Rosso", "Ponyo", and "Spirited Away."
My son gets nervous every time we play chess, wondering what clever ploy his parent is planning. Always seems shocked at my moves and contemplates them heavily before taking his turn.
My former best friend was "fiscally conservative". What that actually meant was that he hated poor people and wanted cuts & heavier restrictions on government programs for them.
He was raised on food stamps his whole life, but oh well.
"Dang. This is, like.. the never-ending soda."