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The Princess Diaries (2001) // The Kelly Clarkson Show (2024)

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Resources:

abortionfinder.org

abortionfunds.org

lifebeat.org

plannedparenthoodaction.org

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Does anyone have the Into the Woods audio boot from NY City Center they’d be willing to share?

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Julie Andrews burns the President of Warner Brothers during her Best Actress acceptance speech for Mary Poppins at the 1965 Golden Globes Perhaps one of the biggest scandals of Golden Age Hollywood was the decision by Jack Warner, president of Warner Brothers, to cast Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle in the movie adaptation of My Fair Lady instead of Julie Andrews. Julie originated the role of Eliza on Broadway and in London - which has been heralded as one of the most difficult Broadway characters of all time - for three straight years, stunning audiences around the world. To provide some modern perspective, My Fair Lady was the Hamilton of its time, selling millions of copies of the Broadway recording in a matter of months, every single Broadway and London show sold-out for its entire record-breaking run. To everyone at the time, Julie was Eliza Doolittle, so to see her passed up for the movie adaptaion sent shockwaves through Hollywood. However, because Jack passed on Julie for the role, Walt Disney was able to cast her in Mary Poppins, for which she won both a Golden Globe and an Oscar. Julie stated of the Golden Globes night: “I suddenly realized that if Jack Warner had asked me to do My Fair Lady, which I missed out on, I would never have been able to do Mary Poppins.” Her dig - deft, quick, and spoken in her classically sweet nature - took enormous courage, delivering it to the most powerful man in Hollywood in front of all his peers. A member of the audience stated: “Everybody screamed. It was like a thunderous scream, everyone was laughing [including Jack Warner, pictured above]. That was her little sweet revenge.”

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i can’t stop thinking about Hidilyn Diaz winning not only her country’s first ever Olympic Gold medal in any sport but also doing it in her FOURTH Olympics ‼️

she weighs 121 pounds (55kg weight class) and she lifted 493 pounds, setting an Olympic record in the process!!!

what a freakin superhero!! 🤩🤩

congratulations to the Philippines on hearing your national anthem on the podium for the first time!!! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

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Sneaky little cutie pies.

Owls are masters of disguise, blending seamlessly into their surroundings. 

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Girls5eva - Official Trailer

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What does “The Spectrum” mean? Do some people have “more Autism” than others?

I covered these topics in a comic to help explain the extremely individual and incomparable nature of the autism spectrum!

Instagram // Twitter

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Wanda + looks through the decades

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Wow wtf HIV/AIDS was discovered by Flossie Wong-Staal, an Chinese-American woman, and she’s the reason the HIV test even exists. AND THEN she invented the molecular knife that lead to treatments for HIV/AIDS. And she’s STILL ALIVE. We don’t hear about the contributions of Women of Color enough, my word. Madness.

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This. All of this.

ugh already ppl are complaining about the message in raya about how blindly trusting people who hurt you is a toxic message. but thats not the point. have some basic common sense because it’s not saying that. it shows many times that blindly trusting people leads to betrayal. it’s not that simple, that the message is just “inherently trust everyone and things will be all sunshine and rainbows.” its not. its about the power trusting in each other has. doesnt mean it’s always going to work, but it’s a powerful thing. spoilers here: like sisu said, having her siblings all have faith in her gave her the empowerment to do something she’d never be able to do without that trust. same with namaari in the end when the raya gang decided to give up everything to place their faith in her and it empowered namaari to do the same even in their absence. because having someone believe you could do good is such a powerful thing.

the message “trust each other” doesnt mean “trust everyone and no one will hurt you” (the movie proves over and over again that this message is false), it means “if you have faith in others then they’ll have faith in themselves and will return it, and an act of good faith has a lot of power in uniting people of different backgrounds, whereas if you inherently mistrust people they will have no reason to trust you back and nothing will ever change” but people read things as too black and white. An optimistic message that has a lot of truth to it becomes toxic for the people who poke holes in it for not being true all the time and that’s the problem. no good complex message like this film has is going to be true all the time.

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MADAM VICE PRESIDENT

KAMALA HARRIS THE 49TH VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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in light of this news, I do wanna say this for anyone who needs it: staying informed/in the loop and doomscrolling are two different things, and it's important for your mental health to know what that difference is for you.

it's essential now more than ever to make sure that we're in the loop with current events and politics. this post is absolutely not advocating for ignoring the news, especially considering factors such as privilege. if you're able to, please do try to stay informed. but there comes a point where information can become too much (particularly when you belong to a marginalized group), causing stress, anxiety, and burnout. being an informed citizen shouldn't come at the expense of your wellbeing.

right now, please ask yourself: am I checking the news to stay up to date, or am I checking it because I'm scared? am I following current events to enhance my understanding, or am I following it because I'm too anxious to tear away?

if you feel rising panic, dread, and anxiety that's spiraling, it's time to step back. being an informed citizen doesn't mean agonizing over things you can't control. when that happens, it's time to rein yourself back in.

consider this post a checkpoint, especially if you're an American, black/a person of color, a marginalized identity (be it religious, gender/sexuality, or disability), or any combination thereof. it's alright to step back and care for yourself.

allow yourself room to breathe. it'll be okay. you'll be able to step back in when you're ready.

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So an afternoon of procrastination led to this

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Let the whole world melt away...

EMMA & ALYSSA in THE PROM (2020)

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JOAN CHEN is Ellie’s mom 😩❤️😍