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Tips for protesting. I hope you guys still stay safe.

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Don't turn a blind eye to the injustice #georgefloyd #icantbreathe #blacklivesmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CBJSHeCAIXC/?igshid=19e11p9mlaq46

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Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016) was an actress known for films such as Singin’ In the Rain or The Unsinkable Molly Brown. She was nominated and won numerous awards, such as Golden Globes and Academy Awards, throughout a career spanning 70 years.

In addition to her film and Broadway career, she was also involved with The Thalians, a mental health charity, for 56 years, serving as its President Emeritus.

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The Transgender Scientists That Changed the World of Science.

As this week is Transgender Week of Awareness (12th - 19th November) I felt it was a good time to bring awareness to some of the more well-known transgender scientists that changed science. Trans people have always been apart of scientific discovery but like most minorities within STEM have struggled to gain recognition for their contributions.  

Alan Hart (1890–1962) |  Epidemiology 

A Yale-trained epidemiologist, radiologist and physician, Hart one of the first trans men in the US to undergo a hysterectomy and live openly as a man, taking testosterone treatments when they became available after World War II. Hart also become a prominent figure in the fight against tuberculosis, which at the time was the leading cause of death in Europe and the US. He graduated with a medical degree in 1912 and later in 1928 received a master’s degree in radiology. He eventually became an expert on tubercular radiology and published several articles on X-ray medicine and its use in the detection of tuberculosis and went on to gain another master’s degree in public health in 1948. 

Hart then served as the director of hospitalization and rehabilitation at the Connecticut State Tuberculosis Commission and continued to dedicate his professional life to tuberculosis research. 

Ben Barres (1954 - 2017) | Neuroscience 

Barres was the first openly transgender scientist in the National Academy of Sciences in 2013 and talked openly about his experience of sexism pre-transition and advocated for better gender equality within science. Barres research focused on the interaction between neurons and glial cells in the nervous system. Barres showed that the gila, which at the time were often dismissed by neurologists as simple the support structure for the brain, had important functions in helping neurons to mature and producing connections between memory and learning functions. This discovery revolutionised neruobiologists understanding of the brain. 

Barres also went on to mentor many young scientists and repeatedly spoke about the systemic barriers and biases that kept marginalised groups such as women, poc and LGBT people, from succeeding or furthering their careers and research within science. 

Sophie Wilson |  Computer Science

Sophie Wilson is a British computer scientist who is known for designing the Acorn Micro-Computer, the first computer sold by Acorn Computers. She also designed the instruction set of ARM processor which is used in 21st-century smartphones and is considered one of the most important woman in tech history.  

Lynn Ann Conway | Computer Science

A pioneer of a number of technological advancements and inventions, Conway is an American computer scientist, electrical engineer and inventor. She first worked at IMB in the 1960′s designing a super computer and is credited with the invention of generalised dynamic instruction handling, now used by modern computer processors in order to improve performance. She was fired after she revealed her intention to transition and was denied access to her children. 

After she transitioned she restarted her career and authored the Mead & Conway revolution in VLSI design, that was considered groundbreaking work that quickly become a standard textbook in chip design. 

Joan Roughgarden | Biology 

known for her critical studies on Charles Darwin’s theory of sexual selection and LGBT biology, Roughgarden is an American ecologist and evolutionary biologist, having published over 180 scientific articles and books. Roughgarden has carried out ecological studies on barnacles, Caribbean lizards but is most known for her published book critiquing Darwin’s sexual selection theory based on the fact it fails to answer and consider animals which do not follow traditional sex roles of intrasexual and intersexual selection. She was met with bitter and  vitrioli criticism from other scientists for publishing such views, to which she was not surprised. 

Roughgarden went on to publish a second book further pointing out over 26 phenomena which the current sexual-selection theory does not explain, and instead suggests the social-selection theory. She continues to make analytical studies that social selection is a more credible explanation.

Honorable mentions to these transgender scientists: 

Audrey Tang

Angela Clayton

Kate Craig-Wood

Mary Ann Horton

Christa Muth

And to all the unseen and unnamed transgender scientists. 

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it’s NOT just white people being dangerously racist about the corona virus, all non-asian people of color should be held responsible for their actions against asians

non-asian poc can and should reblog this

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Stay proud! 🌈🔥✌

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I shrieked 🤩

eugene lee yang in brooklyn nine-nine

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Two kings reunite at the border

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Headcanon

When Viren was busy with Claudia, Soren often felt alone and neglected, and Harrow would let him join in on games he and Ezran would play. Because of this, Harrow was a father-like figure to Soren and this was part of Soren's motivation to join the Crown guard.

And ultimately part of his reason to betray his father.

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Sooo

The Dragon Prince season 3! Awesome and amazing in all ways!!! Do much love for that crew!! 👍👍👍👍😄❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

But!

As a extremely well written story with complex characters there are a bunch of moments that get my nit picky little brain a spinning. The thing it's latched onto (at the moment) is CLAUDIA!!

Our funky little Dark Sorceress..... Seeing her walk down the path of evil has been really, really hard. Mostly because at heart? She's just a little girl following after her Dad. Blind to the terrible things he's doing through shear force of will. She loves Viren, and seeking his approval and love is the one and only thing driving her.

I've seen a lot of people throwing out the idea that Claudia is going to wind up a bigger bad then dear old Lord Viagra. Honestly I think that they're right. Our girl is prooving to be a force to be reckoned with. She brought Viren. Back to life. After falling off an extremely tall mountain. That. Takes. POWER.

HOWEVER!

I don't see her staying that way. My personal theory is that at some point close to the end of the story Claudia is going to pull a Darth Vader. At some point, Viren (or Aavaros or some weird combo of the two) is going to mess up. He's going to do or say something that's going too far and she's going to turn on him. Because there's good in her. Buried under Dark Magic and a metric ton of Daddy issues, but it's there. How do I know?

The UNICORN.

Think about it! Viren said that he searched for years but could never find one. But Claudia did.

Unless our friends at WonderStorm are doing something very different with unicorns in this world, unicorns are attracted to pure souls. Viren is about as dark and twisted as they come so of course they never got within a hundred feet of the guy. Claudia found one.

Yes okay she wound up hacking it up for spell parts but still! A unicorn felt enough purity in her soul to show itself to her.

I personally think it's still in there somewhere.

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Reasons to watch The Dragon Prince

Made by one of the writers of Avatar: The Last Airbender, this show is a cross of Game of Thrones (not the S8 decay) - Lord of the Rings - Dungeons & Dragons - AT:LA. It is a wonderful and unique show with an ensemble setting and combines political, world-building, historical, mystical, and warfare aspects.

It tells a story of a magical world that is divided between the mystical creatures (led by elves and dragons) and humans due to the invention of dark magic. The animosity between the two factions rose and eventually the Dragon king was slayed and all war breaks loose. a rag-tag team of children finds out a conspiracy and tries to return the kidnapped dragon heir, the Dragon Prince, back to the mystical lands called Xadia, bit they need to face both humans and mystical creatures that are bent on destroying each other.

It is a good show and has large potential, but its only at its 2nd to 3rd season, with the potential of being cancelled because of Netflix’s strategy on cancelling shows early to initiate new shows to hook more views, before cancelling them again and starting the cycle of creative butchery (edit: as of right now, its not in a danger zone, but its not as secure as bigger shows like Stranger Things)

So here are the reasons to watch TDP. I’ve posted this in a reblog before but I’m putting this in a post for more exposure.

POC representation. The main human characters of this show are POC, Callum being of half-Asian heritage while Ezran being of Asian-African heritage. The universe is so diverse and it doesn’t hold back in integrating culture such as Asian, Arabic, etc to its lore. As a POC I really felt like this representation is necessary and TDP served it well. It’s good for a change to see someone like yourself on screen, and children around the world deserve that too.

Characters with accurately portrayed disabilities, yet they are still toe in toe with non-disabled characters. Amaya, a badass deaf Asian warrior aunt that uses ASL openly in the show is one of my most favorite characters. Disability in media has always been underrepresented and TDP presents it in a respectful manner.

Representation of female characters. This show has a lot of significant female characters and they are all diverse in roles. And all of them slay as well. From Rayla, assassin elf with a good heart, Sarai, wise warrior queen mom, Amaya, absolute badass, Claudia, a happy-go-lucky and kind dark mage, and Aanya, a child queen that is the Lyanna Mormont of this series that speaks her mind. Women are treated as equals in this show like it should be. I think that TDP’s representation of female characters could teach young children on gender equality from an early age, which is positive and much needed.

LGBTQ Representation. TDP has directly shown a wlw queen couple and hinted that a major character is bi. It might not be as blatant as Steven Universe or other shows in its later seasons, but I think that it has potential. Its creators are very open about their support of LGBTQ and willingness to include the community, and never backed away from thoroughly discussing it.

The ambiguity of morals and other complex topics. TDP shows that the protagonists are not top-notch perfect, they have flaws. Meanwhile the villains are dimensioned as well, heck sometimes I wonder if they are villains are not. Dark magic is treated bad in the start but soon layers appear because apparently it can be used for healing or saving people for the greater good. There’s more. The blunt concept of death and how children are faced with it, complicated parent-child relationships between stepson and stepfather or parental emotional abuse, political propaganda and racism, anxiety and panic attacks. it has it all. Plus the lore and story reference many historical events and as the story unfolds, everything becomes complicated. Who’s side is wrong after all? Are they both wrong? Were they both misunderstanding each other?

INTERESTING LORE AND WORLD BUILDING. DRAGONS, DRAGONS AND ELVES AND THEIR WONDERFUL BADASS DESIGNS. JUST LOOK AT THEM. Like AT:LA there are elements, and there are creatures or beings based on those elements. They have wonderful stylistic influences based on those elements, for instance: moon elves can turn invisible, sky dragons can breathe lightning, sun elves can go super saiyan magma mode. The world building and lore is impressive too, the creators have plotted out the history of the world and the events preceding the present, it is so well-thought out and intriguing.

INTENSE BATTLE SCENES. Love them all, they have great soundtrack accompanying it too. Epic fights like the volcano battle, full moon sword fight, or a mage vs a horde of soldiers.

MEMES. NARUTO RUNNING, THE MORDOR MEME, AARPODS

Lastly dedicated creators and creative team. @dragonprinceofficial is very active in Tumblr, engaging with fun Q&A and posting fun memes or posts. It's one of the best and communicative creative teams ever, and they listen and respond.

Give The Dragon Prince a thumbs up in Netflix, tell people who might be interested on world-building fantasy to watch this wonderful show. Save The Dragon Prince

Edit: The potential cancellation might be a misunderstanding, so for people worried so very much about it (like i was), right now we're not in a danger zone. But I still think it deserves more attention than it has, for a beautiful show with by dedicated content creators.

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THIS

IF THIS WASN'T ONE OF THE BIGGEST "FUCK YOU," THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS.

Viren made the soilders who decided not to march to Xadia wear this around as a symbol for their "cowardice". But Marcos and the rest of them chose not to fight along side him, because Viren is not their true king. They realize just how villianous he is. They were not deserters. These soldiers are brave and I love them. This will not be known as them being a "weak link," however, it will be known as them breaking away and believing that there can be an end to all of this war.