#Anna Maguire

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I am starting a "Listen With Me" series of posts, while relistening to SCP: Find Us Alive, written by Anna Maguire, a podcast!

I'm doing this for fun, my therapist told me it would be good for me to journal more often (I might be cheating).

This will be more like a commentary, you could call it a review (5/5 for the record), but it will be completely filled with spoilers for each episode.

That's why you should listen with me.

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When a Movie Titled, “With Love and a Major Organ” is Constantly Beating, Who Can Stop Me Now?

Coming to theatres in #Canada this week is the wonderful #independentfilm With Love and a Major Organ. It's not just another #romcom #sciencefiction #drama. #moviereview at:

Playing at select movie theatres in Canada. When machines are being used to tell people how to manage the everyday in the the sublime and thoughtful science fiction drama With Love and a Major Organ, sometimes that individual can’t get to live the life the way they want. It’s a problem today’s society may well face if social media platforms and AI get their way. If there are issues to be found,…

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Fantasia Festival 2023 Movie Reviews -- With Love and a Major Organ, A Disturbance in the Force

With Love and a Major Organ and A Disturbance in the Force are screening as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival, which runs from July 20 to August 9. With Love and A Major Organ Annabelle (Anna Maguire) is an aspiring painter working at a customer service call center who avoids Continue reading Untitled

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find us alive fandom

yknow how like

malevolent has all those accounts like arthur-lesters-whateverthefuck?

can we do that with the fua cast maybe

like uh

edmund-harleys-shattered-shin or whatever got shot while he was like in the army or something

or something like orion-lancasters-caffeine-addiction if it fits

maybe we could shorten it to just their last names idk

i just wanna annoy people with their limbs

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I just finished watching Derry Girls and I can honestly say I think it's one of the greatest shows ever. No, fr. The jokes, the sad moments, the songs, the all the wonders of the teen show in the 90s and the overall vibe.. like it's just 20/10. I am literally so amazed. I cried my eyes out at the ending because it was so good and hopeful and happy and amazing and immaculate.

Erin, Orla, Clare, Michelle and James goodbye

I'll always love you.

[samasmith23]

Apparently Mystique in the comics was once given Rebecca Romijn's design from the live-action X-Men movies for only two issues...

While Marvel & DC Comics often try to emulate their respective live-action movie counterparts by making alterations to certain character's designs, powers and even personalities (such as Spidey briefly adopting organic webbing to reflect the Sam Rami Spider-Man trilogy, or Iron Man becoming more snarky and jokey to reflect Robert Downey Jr.'s performance in the MCU), sometimes said-alterations either end up not working or even lasting long...

Case in point to the latter... back in the early 2000s Marvel actually tried to have Mystique (aka, Raven Darkholme) in the X-Men comics emulate actress Rebecca Romijn's physical portrayal of the character from the live-action X-Men movies, but it quite literally only stuck around for just a single issue! Specifically in X-Men: Forever (2000) #6 by Fabian Nicieza & Kevin Maguire, both Mystique & Toad were exposed to some kind of radiation device while teaming-up with various X-Men members, and in the process had both their mutant powers and physical appearances significantly altered to more heavily resemble their live-action counter-parts. Toad was given his elongated tongue (which he originally lacked during the Silver Age and solely had the leaping abilities), whereas Mystique was obviously given her naked scaly reptilian appearance from the movies as her new "default" form.

This issue came out in April 2001.

However a little over one-year-later in July 2002 when Mystique appeared in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #405 by Joe Casey & Sean Phillips, Mystique was suddenly back in her normal comic book appearance without any explanation. In fact, the only other time the scaly-reptilian design reappeared in comics was in a nightmare sequence from X-Treme X-Men (2001) #33 by Chris Claremont & Igor Kordey from October 2003, wherein a villain named the Reverent caused Rogue to suffer a vision wherein she transforming into her adoptive mother in both appearance and personality and sadistically slaughtering her fellow-teammates Bishop, Storm & Gambit.

Aside from those two examples, Marvel has never had Mystique in the comics adopt her design from the live-action X-Men movies.

Heck, the only other time Marvel tried to have Mystique emulate Rebecca Romijn's portrayal was in Wolverine #64 & #65 from 2008 as the finale to Jason Aaron & Ron Garney's awesome "Get Mystique" storyline, when in preparation for her final confrontation with Wolverine in the story's climax, Mystique utilized her shapeshifting powers to erase her clothing, fighting Logan completely naked in order to demonstrate to him that she's not a coward nor is she ashamed of herself. And even then, this time Raven lacked the reptilian-scales of her live-action movie counterpart, instead maintaining to her classic comic book design just without the white dress or skull adornments.

But yeah... just a weird bit of obscure trivia concerning Marvel's iconic shapeshifting femme fatale.

I wonder why Marvel suddenly ditched the live-action movie design after only introducing it for a single issue and describing it as her new "default form." I know there was a year in-between the publishing of X-Men Forever #6 and Uncanny X-Men #405, but still...

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No depression lasts forever

Silver Screen magazine, April 1938

It's interesting that Carole Landis is spelled "Landes" here. Most of her roles are uncredited until 1939 and then bit parts until 1940, so it's also interesting she's already featured here, listed between Bonita Granville and Deanna Durbin, both of whom had many credits to their names at this point. She's only 19 years old here and had been a nightclub singer and dancer since she was 15, as well as later modelling and doing the aforementioned bit parts.

Also interesting is Lupe Maguire, sister of Mary Maguire with only one film appearance listed on imbd, in an uncredited role.

[from1837to1945]

<Frank Mayo's biography version 2> (written by me)

Frank Mayo's grandfather, Frank Mayo's father and Frank Mayo (Photoplay, May 1920)

Frank Mayo's grandfather Frank Maguire Mayo, one of the foremost American actors of a generation ago, is still remembered for his sterling characterizations in ''Davy Crockett" and "Puddin' Head Wilson." His son Edwin Frank Mayo also was a famous stage actor. In 12 September, 1888, he married an actress, Frances Graham. Her real name was Frances Johnstone. The daughter of George Lorimer Johnstone, Sr., and Frances Hoy.

Frank Mayo was born in 28 June, 1889. He was the only child. He had happened to be christened "Lorimer Frank." When he was young, he wanted his family to call him "Lorimer" instead of "Frank." So he was called "Lormy" when he was young. He was born in New York City, but during the years of his young boyhood home to him meant the little Pennsylvania town, Canton. He spent time there while his parents were "on tour."(*Motion Picture Magazine, Jan 1918)

His grandfather was died June 9, 1896. Lormy was on the train with him when he died.(*Moving Picture World, 1 Jan 1916) Lormy was placed in a military school in Peekskill, New York.(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920) Lormy remembered Belle Stoddard Johnston (wife of Frank Mayo's uncle, Paul Manifee Johnstone) as “like a mother to me than aunt.” He said, "At the time I was sent to school at Peekskill my mother and father were both on the road, while my aunt had married Manifee Johnstone and decided to retire from the stage for a while. So I was left in my aunt's care for many years. Whenever my parents played in any city near New York my aunt would take me to visit them, and always on Christmas and at Easter time we would join my father and mother wherever they happened to be."(*The Canaseraga Times, Canaseraga, New York, Oct 1, 1920) Decades later, Lormy wrote "Isabelle Johnstone(aunt)" on the space 'Name and address of person who will always know your address' on his WW2 draft registration, and here 'Isabelle Johnstone' may have meant Belle Stoddard.

Later, his father died February 19, 1900. He and his mother left United States and spent several years traveling thru Europe. Few years later, they were settled in Liverpool, England. He attended Bebington college there.(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920)

According to England and Wales, Census, 1911, his mother, Frances Johnstone, may have remarried in England to a man named Palmer and had a child named Spencer Palmer in 1907.

Lormy's uncle, George Lorimer Johnston, Jr., who worked as a producer at the Santa Barbara Film Company(=American Film Manufacturing Company=Flying “A” Studios), invited Frank Mayo to join him, so Frank Mayo left his mother in England for the United States to join his uncle.(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920)

In terms of his early career, Mayo worked first at American Film Manufacturing Company, then at Selig. And then, he was at Balboa during 1916-17. He was often co-starred with Ruth Roland at Balboa. Mr. Mayo was described as "a very quiet, unassuming young man."(*The Moving Picture World, 23 Jan 1915) During his early film career, Lormy, the sole survivor of the Mayo clan, unintentionally rode on his grandfather's coattails, being labeled "the grandson of theater actor Frank Mayo."

Lormy was likely signed with World in 1918. At World, Mr. Mayo was usually portrayed as villain characters and often co-starred with June Elvidge.

Since about 1919, Lormy started to work for Universal. But there wasn't enough insistent demand for Mayo to warrant owner of Universal Pictures, Carl Laemmle's giving him a raise and retaining his service.(*Screenland, Feb 1924) Anyway, Mayo reportedly worked at Universal Studios for three years. "Mayo is shaking the dust of Universal City from his feet forever."(*Photoplay, Jan 1923)

"Out of Universal, Mayo sold his services to Goldwyn for several times the amount he received at Universal City. But he didn't sign as a star; he signed as a supporting player. In other words, Goldwyn considers Frank Mayo several times more valuable to have around the studio than did Universal."(*Screenland, Feb 1924) His career took a downward spiral at least since 1925. "He's tall, dark, with grey eyes; has a most impressive manner, and looks just a wee bit bored with life in general," one person described him of the time.(*Screenland, May 1925)

<Mayo's complicated relationships with women version 2> (written by me)

His first wife was Joyce Eleanor Moore. They were married in England.(*Photoplay, Apr 1917)

Joyce Moore and Frank Mayo in a group photo of Balboa Players at a ball at the Hotel Virginia. (*The Moving Picture World, 4 March 1916)

Later, they moved to America and worked at Balboa Studios. One article describes Joyce Moore's conjugal pastime was throwing lamps at her husband.(*Motion Picture Magazine, January 1922) In 1919, they are separated. In 1920, Joyce Moore charged Dagmar Godowsky, a vamp-type actress and a daughter of famous pianist Leopold Godowsky, with being the home-breaker.(*Photoplay, May 1920) Frank Mayo married Dagmar Godowsky in Tia Juana three days after his interlocutory decree. In other words, Mayo has gone through the ceremony before his divorce decree became final. The wedding day was October 1, 1921.

Like Rudolph Valentino, Henry Walthall (When Mr. Walthall was enjoined from marrying in that state for a year after his divorce from his wife Isabelle in California, after 5~10 days later he fled to Indiana and married his mistress, Mary Charleson, who had given birth to his baby Mary Patricia eight months earlier and was raising her.), Mayo was investigated for bigamy and had the disgrace of having his photo published in the newspapers alongside those two people.

Frank Mayo was against Dagmar working. "I don't believe a woman should work after she is married.(*Photoplay, June 1922) I personally think that home life is happier for a woman's remaining in the home and making a career of domestic life; yet I sympathize with my wife's ambitions, and I know we shall continue to be happy no matter what happens,"(*Picture-Play, April 1922) Mr. Mayo said.

Lormy and Dagmar (Picture-Play, Jul 1923)

Lormy and Dagmar (Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1923)

In 1923, for some reason, Frank Mayo and Joyce Moore believed they were legally divorced. In the same year, Joyce attempted to have the decree of divorce set aside. Joyce Moore said that she was not notified of the divorce proceedings. Frank Mayo said that she was.(*Photoplay, January 1923)

Anna Luther (Motion Picture Magazine, Nov 1918)

Anna Luther (Motion Picture Magazine, Feb 1920)

In 1925, one article reported that "Here it is almost the season for brides and not a single film star has announced her engagement. More of them seem to be contemplating divorce. Dagmar Godowsky is getting one from Frank Mayo but it seems to be that the papers have been full of that for years."(*Picture-Play, Jun 1925) The event that cemented Dagmar Godowsky's decision to divorce was her husband's involvement with Anna Luther.

"Anna Luther was a Keystone-Triangle leading lady during 1915-16, who left for Foxfilm comedies and feature films in the 1920s."(*Brent E. Walker, Mack Sennett's Fun Factory, p.591) Dagmar Godowsky named Anna Luther as co-respondent in a suit brought against Frank Mayo in March 1925. Dagmar Godowsky discovered her husband with Anna Luther in his apartment. She claimed that her husband was wearing only a bathrobe and Anna Luther was trying to get dressed in a hurry. Meanwhile, Anna Luther claimed that she had been friends with Frank Mayo since the days when she was still at Keystone Studios and was merely comforting Mayo, who was suffering from a headache. "It looks pretty funny to me, Don't forget that Dagmar herself was the co-respondent in Frank Mayo's first divorce suit," unashamed and witty Anna Luther said.

In the same year, 1925, Frank Mayo applied for $2500 attorney fees to permit Joyce Moore to appear in connection with a suit between them over a property settlement that they had entered into in 1923. Joyce Moore was said to be in England and without means to come to America and appear in the suit over the contract under which Frank Mayo was to pay her $150 a week alimony. Joyce Moore also filed a motion after the interlocutory decree was entered, asking her default be set aside on the ground that she had been unable to come to America and fight the divorce suit. She was said to have been working at the time in Paris, France, as a chorus girl at a salary of $25 a week. During the arguments in the new case it developed that a final decree of divorce had never been entered.(*Photoplay, January 1925)

But it was much later that the marriage between Frank Mayo and Dagmar Godowsky was annulled.

In May 29, 1925, He is granted a final decree of divorce from Joyce Moore.

An article about the preview of the 1927 film Ragtime, directed by Scott Pembroke, reveals that the hostess of the preview was Joyce Moore. The article describes Joyce Moore as “Mrs. Frank Mayo” and “known in stage and screen circles as Joyce Mayo”.(*Moving Picture World, 27 Aug 1927)

Margaret Shorey (The Evening Independent, St. Petersburg, Florida, Dec 7, 1925)

Later, Frank Mayo married vaudeville actress Margaret Louise Shorey in August 25, 1928. They lived together according to United States Census, 1930 and United States Census in 1940.

Nevertheless, Lormy wrote "Isabelle Johnstone(aunt)" on the space 'Name and address of person who will always know your address' on his WW2 draft registration.

Lormy may have married English-born woman named Evelyn according to the United States Census, 1950.

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist 2000

"Frontier Psychiatrist" is a song by Australian electronic music group the Avalanches, that was released on 21 August 2000 as the second single from the group's debut album Since I Left You. It is built around several elements sampled from other music; Avalanches members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltman sampled music from several vinyl records in the production and creation of Since I Left You. The prominent orchestral sample heard throughout the track is sourced from a recording by the Enoch Light Singers of the 1968 composition "My Way of Life". The track also contains several vocal samples of Canadian comedy duo Wayne and Shuster, the most prominent of these samples taken from the duo's comedy routine "Frontier Psychiatrist", as well as the John Waters movie Polyester.

Only the aforementioned samples are credited in the liner notes of Since I Left You; various other uncredited samples are used in the track, with sources ranging from Harvey Mandel's 1968 cover of the spiritual "Wade in the Water", and comedy routines by Flip Wilson, sketches from Sesame Street, and Maurice Jarre's main theme from Lawrence of Arabia. The closing mariachi band plays "El Negro Zumbón", first performed by Flo Sandon's, who doubles Silvana Mangano in the 1951 movie Anna.

Upon release, it peaked at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart and number 49 in the group's native Australia, becoming their first single to enjoy commercial success. "Frontier Psychiatrist" was well received by music critics, who praised the Avalanches' use of samples.

The "Frontier Psychiatrist" music video, directed by Tom Kuntz and Mike Maguire, was the runner-up in the "Best Music Video" category at the 2002 Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival. Pitchfork Media placed the video at number 19 on their list of the "Top 50 Music Videos of the 2000s". An alternative video was made, featuring actors acting out the 'dialogue' of the track in various scenes, including a psychiatrist's office and "Dexter's" bedroom. In addition, Rorschach ink-blots are animated to reflect various samples in the track.

"Frontier Psychiatrist" received a total of 73,2% yes votes!

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Hi!! I absolutely LOVE your James Maguire series! We really don’t have enough James love on the internet. Is it ok if I request a James Maguire x reader oneshot set just after the camping trip episode? Where they still go to the caravan and all the teens have to put the beds together and squeeze in one room and no one wants to sleep next to James so reader ends up there and they wake up cuddling? The others probably make fun of them so bad lmao (Maybe like a little extra from the fella series??) 🥺thank you so much if you do, I had this idea and I just couldn’t stop thinking about it. If you don’t write it I understand thank you anyway xxxx

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Summary: A stolen tent means less room. But the Derry Girls make do.

A/N: I’m gonna be posting this as a stand alone (so not on the fella masterlist), but I’m gonna write it using the stuff from the fella part 5. So this can be read by itself or as like a lil extra thing from the fella

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It was a long while before the Derry Girls arrived in Portnoo. After hours of being squished in two cars, harboring what was most likely a fugitive, and getting Grandpa Joe’s friend’s second-best tent stolen, seeing the caravan felt like seeing Mother Mary herself. The only thing that stopped Y/n from rolling out of the car the second she spotted it was her baby sister, who had sat in her lap the entire journey.

“Oh, thank fuck.” Michelle almost yelled as everyone poured out of the cars. Erin gave her a remark about her crude language, in front of her family no less, but was ignored. “I’m allowed to be upset, Erin. I just lost the love of my life and was stuck in a car with you and your kookie aunt for God knows how long.”

“You didn’t even know him, Michelle. He was a criminal.”

Y/n handed her sister Anna off to James so she could get out of the car and stretch her stiff limbs. She tried to ignore the sight of James holding Anna because he seemed nervous to hold her but was still trying to entertain her while he waited for Y/n. It was just too cute.

“Okay, I can take her.” Y/n sighed, reaching out for her sister. James looked at her a little funny.

“Are you sure? You held her the entire trip up here; you don’t want a little break?” She supposed he was right, and she’d be lying if she said she didn’t like how he acted with her interest in mind.

“I mean if you don’t mind-”

“Of course not.” James smiled at her, and she would’ve been giddy if Erin and Michelle weren’t there. Anna babbled against James’ shoulder, grasping at his jacket. The two teens smiled at her, talking to each other while Erin eyed them, not that they noticed.

“No wonder Emmett thought she was their wain,” Erin muttered to herself as she grabbed her suitcase out of the car’s boot. She didn’t know whether to be disgusted or happy for her sister and the fact that she fancied their English friend.

***

“Jesus, it’s cramped in here.” Michelle groaned as she squeezed past the girls to throw her bag somewhere in the caravan the Quinn family had rented. They only rented one; they didn’t expect Erin and Y/n’s friends to accompany them on their annual holiday. Grandpa Joe, Gerry, and James were going to sleep in the tent that Joe’s friend had lent them, but those plans had gone south. But Joe insisted that they should still sleep outside.

“We’re men, aren’t we?” He had said. “We don’t need no damn tent.”

But one look at James, and the girls knew that wouldn’t work out well. He was already nervous around Joe and Gerry, mainly Joe, especially because he was the one who allowed Emmett to steal their tent. But living outdoors with them for who knows how long? No thanks.

The adults had gone to a close-by shop that sold camping gear to get another tent for them to sleep in. Grandpa Joe almost had a heart attack when the girls suggested that James sleep in the caravan with them, but then Mary calmed him down by saying that the girls would be fine because James was gay.

James was getting sick of correcting this assumption. But he didn’t want to sleep in a tent with the adults, so he let it slide.

“Okay, how are we doing this?” Y/n asked, looking at the somewhat cramped space. The girls’ things were either thrown somewhere in the caravan or clutched closely to try to create more room. Everyone looked around. “I know there’s a bed at the end.”

“I call it!” Michelle yelled, pushing past everyone to sit on the bed before anyone else could claim it. She looked smug, probably thinking that she wouldn’t have to share with anyone else.

“Fine.” Y/n sighed, moving Anna to her other hip. She was charged with looking after her while the adults were gone. James was going to offer to carry her, but then decided to take their luggage. “But you have to room with someone else in that bed.”

“What the fuck, Y/n?!” Michelle snarled.

“Look around you, Michelle.” James defended. “There’s six of us in here.” Michelle rolled her eyes at her cousin. Huffing in annoyance, she looked at everyone in the caravan.

“Fine. Clare, you’re with me, yeah?”

“Two down, four to go,” Y/n muttered, looking around. “There’s the two seats in the front, and then the sofa could probably fit two.”

“I’ll take the sofa.” James volunteered, moving to set his bag on it, but still holding Y/n’s for when she decided where to sleep. Erin smirked.

“Orla and I call the seats!” Y/n would’ve glared at Erin if she wasn’t in a room with James and Michelle. She had a sneaking suspicion of what Erin was planning. 

“Is that okay with you, Y/n?” James asked. He was still holding her bag, in case she had reservations about sharing a sleeping space with him and wanted to switch with someone else. 

“Yeah.” Y/n nodded, watching James smile as he dropped her bag next to his. “Fine with me, James.”

“Aye, James, it must be exciting to finally have a girl in your bed.”

“Shut up, Michelle!”

***

It was late at night when the girls finally decided to go to bed. They had spent most of their time talking about this and that or playing games. Everyone bid each other good night and went to their sleeping areas.

“So, how should we do this?” James asked Y/n quietly. Their gazes kept going between the sofa and each other, trying to figure out what to do. “I can sleep on the floor if you’d like. I’m fine with it.”

“No, James. Don’t be silly.” Y/n bit her lip, trying to figure out how to fit the two of them in this tiny space. “We could lay on our sides.”

It became awkward very fast. The two faced each other, noses almost bumping. They were stiff, trying not to disturb the other. Y/n tried to fix this by turning around so they wouldn’t face each other. She must’ve forgotten how small the sofa was because James reached an arm out to stop her from falling to the floor.

“Careful,” James said, arm wrapped around her waist to pull her further from the edge. Y/n couldn’t ignore the butterflies in her stomach, somewhat surprised that James had the strength to pull her. “You okay?”

“Yeah.” She replied meekly, grateful it was dark so James wouldn’t see the blush on her cheeks even though he was so close to her.

“Want me to let go?” His grip loosened slightly, but she caught his hand before it could leave her.

“No!” Y/n cringed at how loud she was. “I mean, uh, if you don’t mind.” James’ arm settled around her.

“Of course not.” He adjusted himself slightly before letting out a deep sigh. “Good night, Y/n.”

“Good night, James.”

***

“Why is he all over her like that?” Michelle grimaced, joining the crowd of her friends. They all stood before the small sofa, looking down at a sleeping Y/n and James. In his sleep, James had wrapped both arms around Y/n and kept her close to his chest. She didn’t seem to mind, holding her hands on his to prevent him from moving. “Fucking disgusting.”

“Quiet, Michelle,” Clare whispered as Y/n stirred. When she stopped her movements, the group let out a breath of relief they didn’t realize they were holding. “You know what we should do?” Seeming to read her mind, Erin slipped her shoes on.

“I’ll go get Mammy’s camera.”

[raddagher]

“Thank you Anna Maguire for inventing trans people!” We all say in unison

I did NOT invent trans people, but I DID invent autism. I hope that this clarification is helpful for your future endeavors

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Anna North at Vox:

The day after the presidential election, LaToya Bufford’s 16-year-old daughter got a text saying she had been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.” The text came from a number Bufford’s daughter didn’t recognize, but it addressed her by her full name. The teenager told her mom that some of her friends had gotten the message, too, but only those who, like her, are Black.

Bufford said her daughter didn’t have much visible reaction to the text. But Bufford herself was left frightened and on high alert. “I was just shocked and so angry,” Bufford, who lives in Sacramento, California, told me. “If this could happen to my 16-year-old child,” she said, “I’m just scared about what could also happen.” Bufford’s daughter was one of the middle school, high school, and college students in more than 20 states who received similar racist texts in the days following the election. The attacks have continued and broadened in the weeks since, with Latino and LGBTQ+ recipients getting messages threatening them with deportation or being sent to “reeducation camps,” according to the FBI. Some messages purported to be from “the Trump administration,” though the Trump campaign has said it had nothing to do with the messages. The FBI is still investigating the wave of harassment, leaving kids and families wondering who got their names and phone numbers and sent them terrifying, personalized messages.

Meanwhile, other children across the country encountered hate speech and harassment at school immediately following the election, from a racist note left in a Wyoming high school bathroom to a spate of anti-immigrant and other discriminatory incidents in a Vermont district. There’s not much comprehensive data yet on how many kids have been harassed in the wake of last month’s election, but experts and school officials say the incidents documented so far, like the texts Bufford’s daughter and others received, reflect a continuation of a disturbing pattern.

After the 2016 election, Donald Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric about immigrants and other groups made its way to high school, middle school, and even elementary school campuses, and children began shouting “build the wall” and threatening their classmates with deportation. News reports between 2016 and 2020 document more than 300 incidents of students or school staff using Trump’s words or name to harass children, according to a 2020 Washington Post analysis. I reported on hate crimes and harassment in 2016 and 2017. Schools, unfortunately, were a big part of the story, with swastikas and racist slogans defacing the places where children, one parent reminded me, are supposed to be safe. Kids, especially teenagers, don’t always open up to adults about how harassment makes them feel. But hate speech can cut deep, particularly when the target is a child whose brain and sense of self are still developing. Kids can experience physical symptoms like stomach pain and headaches; others can have panic attacks or insomnia.

Harassment can also deprive young people of their legal right to an education, making them too afraid to stay in class or even to come to school at all, said Erin Maguire, director of equity and inclusion for Vermont’s Essex Westford School District, which experienced a steep increase in harassment reports the week of the election. While complaints there have leveled off, some experts remain concerned about the impact a second Trump administration could have on kids across the country. Kids continued lobbing Trump-inspired insults at their peers throughout his first term, according to the Washington Post analysis. Schools can make a big difference in supporting students who have been targeted and creating environments free from discrimination, experts say. But they may face an uphill battle in an administration that’s already broadcast its opposition to equity and inclusion initiatives, as well as its intent to dismantle government education agencies that enforce civil rights. Now some parents are left preparing their children on their own for what they see as a new reality.

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How to help kids who have been harassed

Families shouldn’t be on their own to protect kids from hate speech; political leaders have an important role to play, experts say. “Any message that public officials send can trickle down to children,” Aziz said. “The more public officials that denounce hateful things,” she said, “the more examples our children have to look up to.” Educators, too, “are looked to across communities to really offer a way forward,” said Liz King, senior program director for education equity at the Leadership Conference. “It is meaningfully important when they get up and say, ‘This is awful.’” School leaders can also counter hate speech and discrimination by using curricula that are inclusive of all students, King said. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights also offers resources for preventing and responding to discrimination in schools. Trump has pledged to eliminate that department, but the laws that protect kids’ right to an education aren’t changing, King said. “These laws are not going anywhere, and so each of us has a responsibility to ensure that this administration meaningfully protects all of us from discrimination and enforces our civil rights laws.”

Children across America, especially if they are Black, Latino, and/or LGBTQ+, are the most vulnerable to being victims of post-election bullying in the wake of Donald Trump’s return to office.

[metamorphesque]

do you currently live in armenia? what is your favourite place in your city?

Yes, I do! I was born in Yerevan and have been living here since I took my very first breath.

When it comes to my favorite places, the first thing that comes to mind is Abovyan Street and everything around it. (fun fact: the street is named after Khachatur Abovyan, the father of modern Eastern Armenian literature.) I’ve always been enamored with its architecture and the atmosphere that the buildings compose. One notable spot is Moscow Cinema, a place I used to visit as a kid with my mom and older brother. If I’m not mistaken, the first movie I ever watched in a cinema was Spider-Man 2 (with Tobey Maguire). Moscow Cinema was built on the site of Saint Paul and Peter Church, which was demolished in the 1930s by Soviet authorities (what’s new huh?)

Another favorite spot, also on Abovyan Street, is Saint Anna Church—a sacred place I visit at least once a week. What I feel for this church cannot be explained in words, so I’ll just let those emotions remain in their purest form.

Then, there are two of my favorite parks: The Circular Park, which is home to many works of art, including statues of Vahan Teryan, Tigran Petrosian, Mikael Nalbandian, Avetik Isahakyan, Andranik Ozanian, Vardan Mamikonian and many more. And the New Arabkir Park, a 20–25 minute walk from my house. This park holds a special place in my heart because I remember having morning Taekwondo lessons there during the summer in my early teens.

Oh! How could I forget the place my thoughts always return to when I let go of their leashes—the Dramatic Theater named after Hrachya Ghaplanyan (which is also quite close to Circular Park). My love for this theater and its cast goes beyond boundaries and extends to the very building—its walls, its floor, its ceiling. This is where I met one of my heroes, and that memory will forever live within the theater.

Really, there are so many places I could name—streets, buildings and hidden corners. My advice to anyone reading this is to take a day each month to be a tourist in your own city. Walk around with a camera, look closely at everything and question every building—its history, its architecture, its colors—everything. There’s so much beauty that often goes unnoticed.

[teacup-captor]

Amber is connected to the secret fifth member.

They're janky about fey stuff, like... They were unaffected in the diner. That could possibly imply that someone only visible to fey/feytouched could sometimes be visible to them. In episode 5 the truck stop when everyone starts listing off what they need, Amber mentions that someone else said something- but they didn't remember what. Everyone else dismissed it like it was no biggie. In episode 7, they sit in the middle backseat instead of on the side, objectively more uncomfortable and less safe. Their excuse, "I dunno, there was so much stuff on the side". Weak argument. They sounded unsure. Besides, stuff can be moved. The secret 5th member was just too tired of sitting in the middle, being squashed by 2 people that doesn't know they're there.

Amber isn't powerless, they're partially immune to all fey spells and magics, and they don't knoe it, but they know the forgotten fifth member.

Anna Maguire, I'm onto you.