Why is it always ‘queer people are projecting their identities onto characters’ and never ‘straight people are presuming that their identity is the default’?
something about roman being the only one of the big three roy kids who is unable to give a speech at their father’s funeral, at the cost of his reputation
something about cordelia being the only one of king lear’s three children who can’t give her father a public declaration of love, even in exchange for power
something about roman and cordelia both being cut out because their love runs too deep for words and that is considered an unforgivable weakness
something about cordelia ultimately dying a martyrs death,,,,,,,,,,, but I’m sure roman roy is going to be alright,,,,,,,, right?
Me: I just think that if Leigh wanted to write a cautionary tale about a manipulative man who is beautiful but not as he seems, she should have made him a non-grisha prince like Nikolai. Because then you have someone who pretends to sympathize with the oppressed Grisha but is actually just exploiting them for his own gain which is a much more interesting commentary on society. And then Alina could have been the revolutionary trying to overthrow the system and help change things for the Grisha, opposed by a non-grisha who wants to control them.
Instead, she makes the villain the one person actively fighting to improve things for the Grisha and ultimately gives Alina very little interest in the cause and makes the non-grisha characters nice and understanding and gives us a message of ‘you just need the nice people to be on the throne and then it will be fine’ which is a naive point of view. Its not about whether or not the Darkling is good, its about where she ultimately decided to place the villain in the story/world that bothers me.
Therapist: Can we please get back to your trauma.
WHITE PEOPLE PLEASE READ
YOU NEED TO REPEAT THIS TO YOURSELF EVERYDAY FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES UNTIL RACISM IS DESTROYED
ASIANS, LATINX/HISPANICS, AND OTHER NON-WHITES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REBLOG AS WELL
NO ONE IS FREE FROM ANTI-BLACKNESS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
Said Gay Rights:
Ended Homophobically:
we’re doing marx next week in intro to philosophy and i for one can not wait to hear the takes from some great classmates such as
dude who sits in front of an NRA flag every week and talks about Liberty and how proud he was to serve in the army. (he’s the one who for some reason thought socrates was christian. guaranteed to voice his opinion at length about how evil communism is)
girl who wears a MAGA hat every week despite being indoors and on a zoom call. likes to chime in at least once to bring up jesus. i will acknowledge that she does make decent connections between what we’re discussing and the bible and she’s definitely getting participation credit in, but really you dont need to say “Jesus said that God loves us and we should be nice :)” every time. we get it. (honestly i think she might agree with the passages we’ve been assigned so im interested to see that happen)
guy who just fucking vapes the entire time and offers takes so nonsensical that the professor has to take a moment to consider what the fuck he just heard. (really just hoping to hear him go on about what he thinks aliens will be like. has happened before. very slight but exciting chance that he unironically supports posadism)
They said you might come.
hey there LGBTQ kids who are also Christian/Jewish! If you feel like you’re disobeying God, questioning your faith, or feel wrong and dirty for loving who you love, there’s this fantastic site I found today called hoperemains that accurately and thoroughly combs through scripture and its (many) mistranslations, validates your orientation, and basically let’s you know that you’re not pissing off God. It’s insanely thorough and after reading through every page on the entire site it’s super helpful. Go check it out!
We are an opportunistic bunch but only because 1)we have dealt with badly written shows before and know the pain 2) we want everyone to experience the catharsis & euphoria of your favourite (queer) characters being treated right 3) Black Sails really is the best thing out there and we are bitter it never got the exposure it deserved Tldr: Please watch the show to have outdone all shows & ended homophobia ☠️🏳️🌈
Someone put red paint on the "Serve and Protect" sculpture at the Salt Lake City police building and it is such a powerful statement.
"Good art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed." -C.A.C.