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“Tiarah was pursuing a dual degree B.S./M.S. program in the Peter J. Tobin College of Business where she recently completed her undergraduate degree in accounting in May 2016, and had just begun graduate work toward her Masters degree in taxation. She had a bright future ahead of her and was taken much too soon. The entire University community sends our thoughts and prayers to the Poyau family during this difficult time.” ~
St. John’s University President Conrado Gempesaw
This young black woman was killed because she refused to dance with a man at Juve…
Process this. Lay it out. Woman went to festival. Woman was dancing. Man said nothing, just started dancing on her. Woman said no. Woman literally got her head blown off. The man was so bothered by the idea that he was not wanted or needed in her space, so he killed her. If you move around these facts at all to try and justify her death….You’re a part of the problem. But you don’t have to be.
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It’s lovely and peaceful here at the moment… I imagine it’ll be a little busier next week… on Flickr.
It’s lovely and peaceful here at the moment… I imagine it’ll be a little busier next week…
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I have long said that in order for any comedy to truly succeed as a story, there has to be meat beneath the jokes. There has to be that moment when it is not funny any more.
This. This is that moment.
#honestly even though this is one of the best scripts there ever has been #that is the greatest line #it’s /groundbreaking/ in terms of how it frames vengeance quests; temptation beats; inigo as a comedic figure throughout the movie #you know because this is a happy book (film) that inigo will get his revenge #but will he get JUSTICE #will he get ABSOLUTION #will he get CATHARSIS #those are the things we don’t know #and that line sells it more than any of the previous scene (x)
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Here’s the advertisement I was talking about that tumblr constantly auto plays on the dash.
If anyone watches this and goes “idk what’s wrong with it” then you really have a bad mental image of trans women, not to mention you think it’s a-ok for youtube to use naked trans women to sell a product.
This video promotes the idea that trans women are just men who like to play dress up.
And no, this is not about cis cross dressers or cis drag performers or anything like that, neither of them stare at their naked bodies longingly in the mirror as is depicted in the video.
This is nothing more than a cis persons fantasy about what trans women are like.
Also, compare the clothing choices of the supposed trans woman to the cis woman in the video (you know, the one Alex was chatting up after work just like any other Joe Shmo!)
You’ll find a disparaging difference, almost as if the designers of this ad don’t even care to know that most trans women dress just like cis women do.
Oh, and we NEVER dress in such flashy, attention-grabbing clothes in public, like what an utter fantasy. Trans women are often scared out of their mind to be noticed in public.
Please, reblog this if you want to and are able. If you’re not trans, you may reblog, but this is a time to listen and attempt to understand, and not the time to interrupt, derail, and speak over.
Otherwise, especially other trans women, feel free to add more to this as I am too tired to keep thinking about it.
This ad plays on my dash all the time as well, and it always really upsets me. I know the feeling of having to dress up as a boy, coming home and putting on clothes that I feel good in, and admiring myself in a mirror, longing for things to be different. I promise you Its not some cute trendy thing that has a totally rad super trendy soundtrack. For me it was a time of shitty emotions mixed with just a sprinkle of optimism, not some dance party for YouTube to make money off of.
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Also (not a trans woman here so correct me if I’m wrong!) the taking off of the slinky robe and the pose the actor takes while gazing in the mirror is pretty clearly a visual homage to Buffalo Bill’s big reveal in The Silence of the Lambs, which has got to be one of the most transmisogynistic characters in film history (which is really saying something).
Holy fuck, it absolutely is an allusion to that scene, fuck youtube.
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Projeto Identidade is a Brazilian project idealized by Noemia Oliveira and Orlando Caldeira. The project
raises the question of the black representation in pop culture.
BEAUTIFUL!!!
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won’t somebody please think of the cismen?! mark ruffalo: cancelled
When at least one trans woman auditioned AND tried to explain why they shouldn’t consider cis men for the part. Where was the compassion for her?
depicting trans womanhood isnt a fucking catalyst for your personal growth as cis men jesus christ. try learning BEFORE you do something seriously impactful
So, no compassion for the trans women who are murdered by the dozens and can’t find work or housing and are still misgendered in life and death because of depictions of them as nothing more than “men in dresses” but yeah, let’s be compassionate for the millionaires who will literally never be affected by it. Fuck @markruffalo.
“but we already spent money on our bigotry, you can’t expect us to be out of pocket just to do no further harm”
^ this.
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On 18 August 1955 Pete Seeger testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
Seeger refused to take the Fifth Amendment, but also refused to acknowledge the right of the Committee to ask him questions about his political affiliations, or the names of other people.
“I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my
philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I
voted in any election, or any of these private affairs. I think these
are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially
under such compulsion as this. I would be very glad to tell you my life
if you want to hear of it,” Seeger said.“I feel that in my whole life I have never done anything of any
conspiratorial nature and I resent very much and very deeply the
implication of being called before this Committee that in some way
because my opinions may be different from yours, or yours, Mr. Willis [D-LA],
or yours, Mr. Scherer [R-OH], that I am any less of an American than anybody
else. I love my country very deeply, sir.CHAIRMAN FRANCIS E. WALTER [D-PA]: Why don’t you make a little contribution toward preserving its institutions?
MR. SEEGER: I feel that my whole life is a contribution. That is why I would like to tell you about it.
CHAIRMAN WALTER: I don’t want to hear about it.
The committee then tried to question Seeger about where he performed, and if he ever performed, citing Elia Kazan’s testimony regarding the Communist Party’s wish to have American entertainers perform for them. Seeger replied, “I feel these questions are improper, sir, and I feel they are immoral to ask any American this kind of question… . I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud
that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or
color of their skin, or situation in life. I have sung in hobo jungles,
and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never
refused to sing for anybody. That is the only answer I can give along
that line.Pete Seeger found guilty of contempt of Congress (and faced 10 years in prison) but
successfully appealed his case, which was overturned in 1962. Seeger was also blacklisted – his songs not played on the radio and he could not appear on TV – for 17 years.If you read the whole transcript, he also offered several times to sing for them, saying they could then judge for themselves whether his songs were political. They refused, which was probably sensible of them, because I will bet my car that he was trying to get them to join in a sing-along about peace and love. In the universe where that happened, I’m convinced it went absolutely viral and changed the course of Cold War history.
…god, I love this man. ^_^ I named myself after him, you know.
