#God Save the Queen 1997

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE LIME GREEN REALLY BRINGS OUT THE PIECE – ONE OF MY RECENT FAVORITES FROM MR. REID.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 3949×2880 – Spotlight on “God Save The Queen,” screen-print/artwork by Jamie Reid (British, born 1947): "God Save The Queen,“ c. 1997.

PIC #2: Resolution at 1080×775 -- The same screen-print, but with more muted colors.

EXTRA INFO: No. 76/20, screen-print, blue and green variant, designed by Jamie Reid, signed and numbered by the artist in pencil to the lower edge, with original Artificial blind stamp and Polygram/SEX PISTOLS stamp to verso, 29in x 40in (74cm x 101.5cm).

Sources: www.bonhams.com/auction/28539/lot/260/jamie-reid-british-born-1947-god-save-the-queen-1997, various, etc...

[dynamoe]

Boy Genius wrapped up Feb 2023, but I got this nice review 10 days ago.

Maybe it was someone from Tumblr? If so and you're reading this, it has been the one light in a deeply hopeless two weeks— sincerely, thank you.

As I responded on AO3, I promise I will attempt to make all future backstory adventures more Eurocentric.

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Now, me, as a vulgar Ugly American— what do I know about European pop culture in the 1990s? What would have broken through to unambitious, uncultured suburban American teens?

Hmmmm... Barcelona '92 Olympics? The mascot was a scribbly dog thing. That's all I remember.

Ace of Base (Swedish) dominated 1994 with The Sign. They had another hit with All That She Wants (Is Another Baby) from the same year. Urban legends immediately started that they were Nazis and "the sign" was a swastika (an Ankh in the music video). Various levels of confirmation on that.

Do we count Björk as European?

I'm trying to think of European movies that broke through— the 1990s is the era of independent film but that was mostly focused on American auteurs. The big international hits were for an older audience— teens weren't into Lars von Trier or Three Colors Trilogy.

La Femme Nikita and Léon: The Professional (French-Italian) appealed big-time to the guys already into Tarantino and Hong Kong Action. At the end of the decade you get Run Lola Run (German), very big with teens and college students.

Billy and his date go see Jeunet-et-Caro's Delicatessen (French) in Tomorrow's Just Another Day. (Their City of Lost Children already referenced in VB for the design of Watch and Ward.)

Note, I'm excluding British pop culture, which I've already included a lot of in the fiction. The UK is still in the EU in the mid-90s, obvs, but American pop culture has a far different relationship with the British than with the rest of Europe. Even before the Beatles. "Cool Britannia" had a major hold in the US after 1997. A Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Tony Blair was on The Simpsons, before he became a war criminal. Trainspotting, Britpop and Elisabeth Hurley— God Save the Queen. As a British Comedy obsessive, I can write endlessly about the UK in the '90s—music, politics, TV, actors, comedians etc. Ask me anything about Spitting Image or all the stock jokes associated with Deputy PM John Prescott from Have I Got News for You. Except you shouldn't, it will be very boring for you.

Now the big European backstory story I have notes for would be a 1990-1991-set road trip through the Eastern Bloc and newly independent ex-Soviet Commonwealth of Independent States as Billy and White try to pick up abandoned super-science research from former state-sponsored labs for pennies on the dollar.

Starting in East Berlin, they stumble through Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia into the Federation of Former Soviet States, heading east. White tries to trade Levis blue jeans for death ray plans. Billy mangles translating a dozen languages he barely understands (he's only 16).

They cause international incidents and nearly get killed over and over, running away to the next country. They are tailed by EuroPol, accidentally become oligarchs and have to be airlifted out of the US Embassy in Tashkent.

Tetris would be key. A Trojan Horse— it was actually a coded super-weapon meant to destabilize the west. Billy and White somehow figure it out and neuter its power while fucking everything else up.

I dunno. I might never write it but it's fun to think about.

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[simplegenius042]

Fallout Casting for Ryomen Sukuna Matata for Jujutsu Kaisen Abridged react fic

"Fuck school! Be crime! Do gay!" - Ryomen Sukuna, Episode 2 JJK Abridged (by the Schmuck Squad).

Reasons To Why I Believe These Characters Should Be Casted listed below the cut:

Richard Grey/The Master (the leader of the Super Mutant Army and the main antagonist of Fallout (1997), seeking to evolve humanity into super mutants with the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV), however, is stopped by the Vault Dweller, Elrand Brandt, and his companions via the power of persuasion) -> Mostly the grotesque way his body is morphed and stuff, but you can imagine his mouth opening on Ryder's body like Sukuna does on Itadori's body.

Sulik (a tribal looking to save his sister in Fallout 2, was saved by the Chosen One, Finidy Mona, and joined her as a companion to find the GECK, while she also helps him save his sister from slavers) -> It's mostly his tattoos that got me to choose him as a potential candidate.

Stanislaus Braun (the Overseer of Vault 112 in Fallout 3, Braun is a sadistic old man who regularly tortures his captives in a world of virtual reality, but had known the location and use of the GECK, which lead James Dolen to seek him out (only to be transformed into a dog), but was later outwitted by Alph inside the VR world and Amata from within Vault 112) -> Evil for the sake of being evil? Hates a kid for no reason? Would definitely take over somebody's body if given the chance? Sukuna candidate.

Yes Man (a securitron Benny had tampered with to help him overthrow House, is key to the Independent Vegas ending of Fallout New Vegas. Courier Six, aka Ryder, finds him in Benny's penthouse, and teams up with the securitron to save Benny from Caesar and overthrow House together) -> Listen he's too cheery for his own good. And sarcastic too. Like Abridged Sukuna.

DiMA (the synth co-leader of Acadia in Fallout 4 Far Harbor DLC. He is also the "brother" of Nick Valentine, the person who gets the Sole Survivor, Nate, to admit that he's likely a synth himself and has been involved in the sketchy shit around Far Harbor) -> Though the least potent candidate, what cannot be denied is that DiMA disregards everything about morality when it comes to doing what he thinks is the ways things should be.

The Scorchbeast Queen (the motherfucking progenitor of the Scorched disease and the final boss of Fallout 76 (if players nuke her nest at Fissure Site Prime). The Resident, Vega, only survives her encounter with the Scorchbeast Queen because of the FEV that had partly transformed her) -> She looks as ugly as Sukuna's fingers.

John Henry Eden (the President who runs the Enclave in Fallout 3, has all the personalities of the past presidents copied and downloaded into his A.I. He intended to use the water purifier to release a modified FEV into the water to kill anyone with a trace of radiation in them. He attempted to get Amata onboard with this plan, but since it would technically kill Alph, Amata convinced the president to give her the virus to "use" and tricked Eden into self-destructing and run like hell while Raven Rock fell down around her, towards Alph and his companions who were fighting outside trying to get to her inside) -> Eden and Sukuna are all aboard the murder express.

Dean Domino (one of Ryder's temporary companions in Fallout New Vegas Dead Money DLC. He was friends with Frederick Sinclair and had used Vera Keyes to get him one step closer to the Sierra Madre vault, however America being nuked interrupted this heist and lead him to being ghoulified, and while trying to get into the Sierra Madre, had been forced by Father Elijah to help him get into the resort. Dean eventually betrays Ryder inside the Sierra Madre, having been unable to comprehend someone could be as smart as him, which leads to him getting filled with lead) -> Dean Domino is a selfish bastard, Ryomen Sukuna is a selfish bastard.

Dr Klein (a brain apart of the Think Tank in Fallout New Vegas Old World Blues DLC, he was the director of the Big MT. His speakers are set on a loud volume and he is quite an arrogant punk. Klein and the rest of the Think Tank had vivisected Ryder, taking her heart and spine (and losing her brain to Dr. Mobius) and would only allow her to leave if she dealt with Mobius and gave them the resources to explore the Mojave from the safety of Big MT) -> As loud as Abridged Sukuna is.

Ishmael Ashur (the leader of the Pitt in Fallout 3 The Pitt DLC, though he is the big boss of slavers and raiders, Ashur is trying to humanely find a cure for the Trog which his daughter Marie seems to be immune to. However, the Lone Wanderer, Alph's appearance in the Pitt shakes things up) -> If Ashur just lost his benevolent intentions behind his actions and was doing things for the evils, he could be a lot like Sukuna.

God (the alter who acts as the "conscience" to a nightkin called Dog in Fallout New Vegas Dead Money DLC, he looks out for Dog and wants to kill Father Elijah so badly. Ryder helps both Dog and God make peace with each other and merge them both into a new personality) -> God is the voice in Dog's head, and his voice is quite menacing. Like Sukuna, though Sukuna is more malevolent than God.

Remember, for the alternative option, REBLOG and put in the tags WHO else from the Fallout franchise should be Abridged!Megumi and WHY you think they'd better suit the role. Also if there is a tie, then a repost will be made with only the tied candidates, and you'd have to pick from them.

I've also created and will continue to update (until the polling is done) a Master List for the poll results of the casted winners. You can find it right here.

You can find my Fallout OC profiles Master List right here, which also includes a link to the original post where I pitched my react fic idea. Anyway, hope you enjoyed, chow!

[indie-queer-movie-tournament]

Entries List (which I will keep updated)

Anything in bold has propaganda

Alex Strangelove (2018)

Alice Junior (Alice Júnior) (2019)

A Moment in the Reeds (Tämä hetki kaislikossa) (2017)

A Single Man (2009)

And Then We Danced (და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ) (2019)

Beach Rats (2017)

Big Eden (2000)

BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017)

Blue is the Warmest Colour (La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2) (2013)

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

Booksmart (2019)

Bottoms (2023)

Bound (1996)

Boys (Jongens) (2014)

Boys Don’t Cry (1999)

Breakfast with Scot (2007)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)

Camp (2003)

Can You Ever Forgive Me (2018)

Carol (2015)

Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Center of My World (Die Mitte der Welt) (2016)

Chasing Amy (1997)

Closet Monster (2015)

Cloudburst (2011)

Colette (2018)

Crash (1996)

Crush (2022)

Dating Amber (2020)

D.E.B.S. (2004)

Desert Hearts (1984)

Disobedience (2017)

Duck Butter (2018)

Edge of Seventeen (1998)

Elephant (Słoń) (2022)

Esteros (2016)

Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

Fire Island (2022)

Freak Show (2017)

Funeral Parade of Roses (薔薇の葬列) (1969)

Get Real (1998)

God’s Own Country (2017)

Grandma (2015)

Handsome Devil (2016)

Happiest Season (2020)

Happy Together (春光乍洩) (1997)

Hearts Beat Loud (2018)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

I Can't Think Straight (2008)

I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en otro idioma) (2017)

I Killed My Mother (2009)

I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)

In & Out (1997)

Jenny's Wedding (2015)

Je Tu Il Elle (1974)

Kajillionaire (2020)

Kill Your Darlings (2013)

Kinky Boots (2005)

Latter Days (2003)

Longtime Companion (1989)

Mario (2018)

Maurice (1987)

Milk (2008)

Moonlight (2016)

Mosquita Y Mari (2012)

Mulholland Drive (2001)

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Mysterious Skin (2004)

Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)

North Sea Texas (Noordzee, Texas) (2011)

Operation Hyacinth (Hiacynt) (2021)

Pariah (2011)

Patrik Age 1.5 (Patrik 1,5) (2008)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) (2019)

Princess Cyd (2017)

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)

Rafiki (2018)

Rūrangi (2020)

Saving Face (2005)

Selah and the Spades (2019)

Shiva Baby (2020)

Sorry Angel (Plaire, Aimer et Courir Vite) (2018)

Straight Up (2019)

Swan Song (2021)

Tangerine (2015)

Tár (2022)

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Die Bitteren Tränen Der Petra Von Kant) (1972)

The Bubble (הבועה) (2006)

The Conformist (Il conformista) (1970)

The Feels (2017)

The Half of It (2020)

The Handmaiden (아가씨) (2016)

The Kids Are All Right (2010)

The Lost Boys (Le Paradis) (2023)

The Meetings of Anna (Les Rendez-vous d'Anna) (1978)

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

The Power of the Dog (2021)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

The Strong Ones (Los fuertes) (2019)

The Watermelon Woman (1996)

The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho) (2014)

The 10 Year Plan (2014)

Tomboy (2011)

Totally Fucked Up (1993)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

Transamerica (2005)

Water Lillies (Naissance des Pieuvres) (2007)

Yossi & Jagger (יוסי וג'אגר) (2002)

You, Me and Him (2017)

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

The story of Globe Theatre started with William Shakespeare's acting company, Lord Chamberlain's Men.

William Shakespeare (baptized 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was a part-owner or sharer in the company, as well as an actor and resident playwright.

From its inception in 1594 AD, Lord Chamberlain's Men performed at Theatre, a playhouse located in Shoreditch.

However, by 1598, their patrons, including Earl of Southampton, had fallen out of favour with the Queen.

Theatre's landlord, Giles Alleyn, had intentions to cancel the company's lease and tear the building down.

While Alleyn did own the land, he did not own the materials with which the theatre had been built.

So, on 28 December 1598, after leasing a new site in Southwark, Cuthbert and Richard Burbage led the rest of the company of actors, sharers, and volunteers in taking the building down, timber by timber, loading it on to barges, and making their way across Thames.

Working together, the actors built the new theatre as quickly as they could.

The ground on the new site was marshy and prone to flooding, but foundations were built by digging trenches, filling them with limestone, constructing brick walls above stone, and then raising wooden beams on top of that.

A funnel caught rainwater and drained it into ditch surrounding the theatre and down into Thames.

The theatre was 30m in diameter and had 20 sides, giving it its perceived circular shape. 

Structure was similar to that of their old theatre, as well as that of the neighbouring bear garden.

The rectangular stage, at 5ft high, projected halfway into the yard and circular galleries.

Pillars were painted to look like Italian marble, sky painted midnight blue, and images of gods overlooked balcony. It could hold up to 3,000 people.

By May 1599, the new theatre was ready to be opened.

Burbage named it Globe after the figure of Hercules carrying the globe on his back — for in like manner, the actors carried Globe's framework on their backs across Thames.

A flag of Hercules with globe was raised above theatre with Latin motto: 'totus mundus agit histrionem' ('all the world's a playhouse'). 

Shakespeare's plays that were performed there early on included: 

Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra.

Here, the Lord Chamberlain's Men enjoyed much success and gained the patronage of King James I in 1603, subsequently becoming The King's Men.

During a fateful performance of Henry VIII on 29 June 1613, a cannon announcing the unexpected arrival of the king at the end of Act 1 set fire to the thatched roof, and within an hour, the Globe burned to ground.

Everyone escaped safely, save for one man whose breeches reportedly caught fire. Two different songs had been written about it by the next day.

Globe was rebuilt by February 1614. The company could then afford to decorate it extravagantly, and it had a tiled roof instead of thatched.

However, by this point, Shakespeare's influence had lessened. He was spending more and more time back in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Disaster struck again in 1642 when the Parliament ordered the closure of London theatres.

In 1644-45, Globe was destroyed and the land sold for building.

In 1970, American actor and director, Samuel Wanamaker CBE (born Wattenmacker; 14 June 1919 – 18 December 1993), set up the Shakespeare's Globe Trust to pursue his dream of reconstructing the original Globe Theatre.

For what would be almost the next 30 years, he and his team worked and fought to obtain the permissions, funds, and research necessary for a project of this scope. 

Historians, scholars and architects all worked together in their efforts to build the Globe in the same way Lord Chamberlain's Men did, down to the green oak pillars and thatched roof.

Their work and dreams were fulfilled when the new Globe Theatre opened in 1997, one street away from where original stood.

Globe stands today as a living monument to Shakespeare, greatest English playwright, home to productions of his plays and many other new ones every season.

[myhumaninteractionsafterall]

Jan-Sep in Film

76 and 96 both grew on me and got better as they went to become standouts here.

80 for Brady (2023)

About My Father (2023)

The Addams Family (2019)

Air (2023)

Alice Darling (2022)

Any (2015)

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)

Assholes: A Theory (2019)

Bachelorette (2012)

Barbie (2023)

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023)

Belfast (2021)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Blonde (2022)

Blue Beetle (2023)

Borrowed Future (2021)

Butcher's Crossing (2022)

California Split (1974)

Clerks III (2022)

Cut Bank (2014)

Dear White People (2014)

Don't Worry Darling (2022)

The Exception (2016)

The Fabelmans (2022)

Family (2018)

Fast X (2023)

The Flash (2023)

The Ghost Writer (2010)

Ginger & Rosa (2012)

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)

Gloria Bell (2018)

Going in Style (2017)

A Good Person (2023)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

Here Today (2021)

The Hermit of Treig (2022)

High Flying Bird (2019)

Holidays (2016)

Hypnotic (2023)

Infinity Pool (2023)

Instinct (2019)

The Jesus Rolls (2019)

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

The King's Man (2021)

The Laundromat (2019)

Lean on Pete (2017)

M3gan (2022)

The Machine (2023)

Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023)

A Man Called Otto (2022)

The Menu (2022)

Mississippi Grind (2015)

Mojave (2015)

Murder Mystery 2 (2023)

Never Goin' Back (2018)

The Object of My Affection (1998)

Obvious Child (2014)

October Sky (1999)

The Old Way (2023)

The Pale Blue Eye (2022)

The Perfection (2018)

Personality Crisis: One Night Only (2022)

Peter Pan and Wendy (2023)

Picture Perfect (1997)

The Pope's Exorcist (2023)

The Post (2017)

Proof (2005)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

Remember (2015)

Renfield (2023)

Reptile (2023)

The Retirement Plan (2023)

Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014)

Scream VI (2023)

Seneca: On the Creation of Earthquakes (2023)

Sharky's Machine (1981)

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

Shotgun Wedding (2022)

Somewhere in Queens (2022)

Song of the Sea (2014)

Stars at Noon (2022)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Swiss Army Man (2016)

Sympathy for the Devil (2023)

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Unicorn Store (2017)

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)

Wanderlust (2012)

West Side Story (2021)

When You Finish Saving the World (2022)

While We're Young (2014)

White Noise (2022)

Who Took Johnny (2014)

WUSA (1970)

You Hurt My Feelings (2023)

You People (2023)

I have two jobs now. Everything else is pretty much the same. Just checking in now.

[hussyknee]

Hi so because this post is ten years old none of the links work except the Hula Hands article. So I tracked them down and added them to my gdrive of decolonial academia.

The following are available in the Red Power folder:

Daniel M. Cobb (2016) Native Peoples of North America, The Teaching Company

Dina Gilio-Whitaker (2020) As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, Beacon Press

Glen Sean Coulthard (2014) Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition, University of Minnesota Press

Jessica Hernandez (2022) Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science, North Atlantic Books

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (2017) As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance, University of Minnesota Press

Leonard Peltier (1999) Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance, St. Martin's Publishing Group

Linda Tuhiwai Smith (2012) Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, Zed Books

Mary Crow Dog (1991) Lakota Woman, Harper Perennial

Nancy J. Turner (2014) Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples, McGill-Queen's University Press

Nick Estes (2019) Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance, Verso Books

Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013) Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Milkweed Editions

Robin Wall Kimmerer (2001) Gathering Moss; A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, Milkweed Editions

The Red Nation (2021) The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth, Common Notions

Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Sanna and Jarno Valkonen (eds) (2018) Knowing from the Indigenous North: Sámi Approaches to History, Politics and Belonging, Routledge

Vine Deloria Jr. (1988) Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, University of Oklahoma Press

Vine Deloria Jr. (1973) God Is Red: A Native View Of Religion, Fulcrum Publishing

Vine Deloria Jr. (1997) Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact, Fulcrum Publishing

Winona LaDuke (1999) All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life, South End Press

Sub-folder Red History:

Troy R. Johnson, (2007) Red Power: The Native American Civil Rights Movement (Landmark Events in Native American History), Chelsea House Pub

David Treuer (2019) The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, Little, Brown Book Group

Dee Brown (2017) The Native American Experience (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; Fetterman Massacre; Creek Mary’s Blood), Open Road Media

Dennis Banks, Richard Erdoes (2005) Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks And The Rise Of The American Indian Movement, University of Oklahoma Press

K. Tsianina Lomawaima (1995) They Called It Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School, University of Nebraska Press

Patrick Wolfe (1999) Settler Colonialism and the Transformation of Anthropology; The Politics and Poetics of an Ethnographic Event, Cassell

Peter Matthiessen (1992) In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and FBI's War on the American Indian Movement, Penguin Books

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (2014) An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States, Beacon Press

Sarah Alisabeth Fox (2014) Downwind: A Peoples History of the Nuclear West, University of Nebraska Press

Ward Churchill (1997) A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas 1492 to the Present, City Lights Books

Ward Churchill, Jim Vander Wall (1988) Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement, South End Press

Articles and Zines:

Colonization and Decolonization: A Manual for Indigenous Liberation in the 21st Century, Warrior Publications (zine)

Headdress (2010) (zine)

Sherman Alexie (1993) Indian Education (short story)

Native American Struggles: Leonard Peltier and Norma Jean Croy, Social Justice Vol. 20, No. 1-2, Rethinking Race (Spring-Summer 1993), pp 172–175

Conger Beasley Jr. (1998) Looking for Leonard Peltier, North American Review, Vol. 283, pg 64–71

Andrea Smith (2003) Not an Indian Tradition: The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples, Hypatia, Vol. 18, No. 2, Indigenous Women in the Americas, pp 70–85

Patrick Wolfe (2006) Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native, Journal of Genocide Research, 8:4, 387–409

Troy R. Johnson (2009) Red Power and the American Indian Movement: Different Times, Different Places, Reviews in American History, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp 420–425

Danielle Endres (2011) American Indian Activism and Audience: Rhetorical Analysis of Leonard Peltier's Response to Denial of Clemency, Communication Reports, 24:1, pg 1–11

There are essential decolonial texts in the Decolonization folder, so look through them as well. I haven't read Guillaume Blanc and Hamza Hamouchene's books on Green Colonialism myself but the subject is a fascinating look at the ties between environmentalism and white supremacy and how Landback is tied to climate justice.

You can find The Schumacher Lectures here and buy The Ice Is Melting by Oren Lyons for USD 0.99.

As always, do try and support the authors if you have the resources to do so.

NATIVES READ TOO

NATIVES READ TOO

Browsing the internet, found some free PDFs to read:

Not an Indian Tradition: The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples by Andrea Smith (article)«li

All Our Relations Native Struggles: Land and Life by Winona LaDuke

Lakote Woman by Mary Crow Dog

Lovely Hula Hands by Haunani Kay-Trask

Custer Died for Your Sins- An Indian Manifesto by Vine Deloria, Jr.

God Is Red: A Native View of Religion by Vine Deloria, Jr.

The Case of Leonard Peltier by Arthur J. Miller and Pio Celestino (zine)

Cultural Appropriation or Cultural Appreciation? (zine) 

Headdress (a small zine on native appropriation)

Colonization and Decolonization: A Manual for Indigenous Liberation in the 21st Century (zine)

Indian Education by Sherman Alexie

You have here, writings that detail Indigenous topics covering or in the style of: manifestos, creative writings, political, cultural, “feminist”, environment/ecosystems, and Natural Law. 

Enjoy the readings!

[despiite]

Bellatrix Black // Yellowjackets AU — there is no hunting like the hunting of man.

TW FOR VIOLENCE, BRIEF CSA MENTION, MURDER, CANNIBALISM, GORE, KNIVES, CULT BEHAVIOR, ETC.

PRE-CRASH ( 1995-1996 )

Bellatrix Black transferred to Wiskayok High from a private boarding school in the UK for her final year of secondary education. Several rumors circulated her transfer - namely, that she had killed someone (whether that be a fellow student, a teacher, a headmaster, etc. depended entirely on who you were asking) and had to escape the country - that weren't too far from the truth. Prone to fighting, she had caused the hospitalization of one of her peers due to broken bones and internal bleeding sustained in a schoolyard brawl (and, as noted by the emergency doctor, several minor lacerations to the skin - the intent of which did not appear to be lethal so much as pain inducing and disfiguring). The matter was handled privately between the school, families, and various lawyers, and settled out of court with no charges pressed contingent upon Bellatrix's expulsion and the Black family's payment of medical expenses incurred along with a healthy amount of hush money and a large donation to the school. To save face, the family decided it best that Bellatrix be sent to live stateside with a distant and elder aunt to complete the following school term.

Wiskayok was, understandably, hesitant to accept her as a transfer, but with the aid of yet another donation and several private conversations regarding her football ability, the matter was settled and Bellatrix was enrolled.

While at Wiskayok, Bellatrix continued her reputation as a schoolyard bully, but her scraps were notably minor and far less frequent. She threw herself particularly hard into varsity football and, in spite of being standoffish and, frankly, an asshole, she was undoubtedly and unusually dedicated to the team. She developed a reputation as a particularly intense and brutal defender, often going so far as to tail the most capable forward of the opposing team for the entirety of a given match.

NOTE: The events outlined in Bella's bio regarding her abuse by Cygnus remain as canon to this verse preceding her move to America, and can be considered a direct explanation for the incident that necessitated the transfer and for her overall temperament and mental state.

IN THE WILDERNESS (1996-1997)

Following the plane crash, Bellatrix was among the first few girls to start the descent into madness. She was useful enough as general muscle and for the small dagger she had kept permanently on her person since before her transfer, but her behavior became increasingly erratic and volatile with her often lashing out and acting strangely. She would frequently slip into mild dissociative episodes, seeming to run on autopilot without being altogether present. She was one of Lottie's earliest and rabid supporters as her mind struggled to make sense of the world through the lens of a lifetime of rapidly compounding trauma. It was a short and slippery slope down which she slid into the group's evolving cult behavior, and it was with complete fervor and dedication that she fell into veneration of the gods of the wilderness and of the antler queen and prophet. Ritual behaviors came naturally to her obsessive mind, and she did not shy away from the group's later implementation of The Hunt.

Regarding the hunt... Bellatrix, at that stage, had fallen completely into a more long-term state of dissociation that was more often her reality than not. In this state, she became entirely unmoored and especially vicious. She participated in their pursuit of game with only her dagger and, on the singular occasion that she caught up with their sacrifice first, she had to be pulled off the poor girl by the others and rendered unconscious so that the victim could be put out of her misery. Bellatrix had begun to dismember and mutilate her while she had still been alive.

Sacrifices, from then on, had two goals: first, outrun the pack as a whole; failing that, outrun Bellatrix.

POST-RESCUE TO PRESENT DAY

Following the events of their rescue, Bellatrix seemed to vanish entirely for a period. Neither her family nor the other survivors heard a word from her after the girls were all sent their separate ways. She bounced primarily between the UK and New England, playing piano/keyboard in dive bars and for various 'undiscovered' bands and living off of her settlement money. It wasn't until after Cygnus' death a few years later (deemed a brutal mugging; quite tragic, but with interesting lacerations...) that she took up a relatively permanent residence in NYC. She rose to mild prominence in the musical community there for her innovative and often avant-garde piano compositions, reaching some relative fame and success amongst the artistic class. It wasn't until an anonymous correspondence led her to Lottie's compound that she found her way back in direct contact with the other Yellowjackets survivors.

[college-girl199328]

Though the royal spotlight shines brightly, it does not reveal every aspect of King Charles. For 45 years, he was a royal photographer for The Sun, accompanying the British royals on 200 tours in over 120 countries and photographing seven royal weddings, five funerals, and seven births. Edwards, 82, exclusively spoke with PEOPLE about his new photo book, Behind the Crown: My Life Photographing the Royal Family, and what the public doesn't know about the King and Queen Consort.

Describing the death of Queen Elizabeth as "the end of an era," Edwards said he felt compelled to put pen to paper. The photographer awarded a Member of the British Empire for his services to newspapers in 2003, has been a click away from Charles, 74, since 1977.

"I saw this make these statements about architecture and organic food and saving the sea from plastic and realized he was just trying to help," Edwards says. "As he said, 'Not for me, but for my children and grandchildren," I felt he was a lovely person to work with and wanted to put it all down."

The veteran cameraman says this drive to make a difference is what people don't know about his 70-year reign as king, but he wasn't going to sort of just sit there and play backgammon and shoot champagne. He was going to make a difference, and he did. He's a pioneer for the underdog. "If a big supermarket was coming to a village where all the local shops would be destroyed, he'd fight for the townlet," he says.

"He's just a genuinely nice man, and so he's off to a great start as king, and I believe the public is now on his side." I went to Bolton, a northern English town, about three weeks ago and saw crowds of 30 people because "Prince of Wales," Edwards, has become a megastar, similar to a rock star, and everyone wants to see him. It's strange now to sing "God Save the King" instead of "God Save the Queen, things have changed."

The royal photographer reported in November that Charles gets up to "do his best and tell PEOPLE he thinks the royal will continue to lead from the heart as monarch."

"This monarchy's been going since William the Conqueror, over a thousand years, and it's a tough job to keep it going. And only there because of what he says. "But so far, the people are supporting him want him to succeed, and I think he's going to. He's got his son William and his wonderful wife, Catherine. They're following on lovely children, George and Louis. So the royal family's in pretty good shape."

"One of the main roles Charles had in his life was to make William into a good King, and William's job now is to make George a good King, because so he's still enjoying going to school and playing with his friends," Edwards says of the destinies ahead for Prince William, 41, and Prince George, 9, given their positions in the line of succession.

"But one day am going to have to assume this job. And it's a terrible thing to do. You're in this electronic goldfish bowl all the time and dissect it. There's always somewhere ready to snipe then that.

Reflecting on how Princess Diana changed the royal family forever, Edwards says he "stuck" with Charles in the years after her death in 1997.

"I was often only the one person on the plane going out there with him or Saudi Arabia. People weren't bothering. They 'Diana's gone, that's it, over.' But it wasn't over because he was doing some amazing work. And I was getting pictures," he says.

When Camilla stepped more formally into the spotlight around 2004, Edwards says she brought fresh new energy tour the United States to eat it, which no royal would do! But she did. She really enjoyed it," he says. "And I remember saying, 'Diana would never do that.' But she was different. And she brought a whole new meaning to Prince Charles. He's now a much happier person. He's contented. And he always refers to her as 'my darling wife.' "

The couple is set to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary in April, and Edwards agrees that Queen Camilla, 75, brings out the best in King Charles. In Behind the Crown, he writes that she "has such a wonderful sense of fun" and "has brought a spring to Charles' step."

"The thing about Camilla, which is her strongest point, is she never lost the common touch makes him laugh. I've got pictures of them in the book just laughing together," Edwards says. "She's just always there to support him, and that's her way," he adds, explaining that this makes her a "great asset" to the nation.

As Buckingham Palace prepares for the historic coronation in May, Edwards, as ever, will be on the ground taking pictures going to be a great day, and then we've got the big concert the next day and street parties. We do know how to have a good party here," he says of the festivities. "I hope the weather's nice for him, but the crowds will be huge. It's something to look forward to."

[mcgnagallsarmy]

Spuffy style Reading Challenge - #7: Decades

1910s:

Proud Trophies Won in Foreign Fight by Baphrosia [NC-17]

Instead of sending Buffy on to her well-deserved reward, Glory's portal spits Buffy out into Spike's evil past.

1920s:

Hear Them Roar by kats_meow [R]

All's swell here in Sunnydale, CA. Ragtime plays. Hotsy-totsy flapper Buffy Summers slays. The bootleg giggle waters flow, and what happens in the military "internment camp" known as Hellville only the HSTs really know. But there’s some kind of phonus balonus on the Hellmouth that’s making the Slayer feel screwy. Not that Buffy wants to be a wet blanket or cast a kitten, but she’s no chump and she’s about to get sore. She can’t toot the wrong ringer, so she’ll have to put the screws on that grifter, Spike - Hostile #17 himself. He’ll either give her the rap, or earn another poke right in the kisser. Savvy? That’s the crop!

1940s:

We Will Remember Them... by Lilachigh [NC-17]

In 1943, to save Dru, Spike agrees to go to France to save the Slayer who is held captive by the Germans. In 2000 Sunnydale, Buffy - newly returned from the grave and in a relationship with Spike - agrees to time travel back to France to save a Slayer and kill a vampire.

1950s:

Milkshakes & Motorcycles by Grief Counseling [NC-17]

Buffy Summers, one heck of a gal, lives in a perfect 1950s All-American suburb of Sunnydale, California. She's a sophomore in college but she lives at home, she’s the neighborhood sweetheart, and loves cherry lollipops, bubblegum, making milkshakes at the diner, and dancing her god-fearing heart out. But what happens when a total dreamboat greaser from across the pond comes a-rumblin’ on his motorcycle to Sunnydale? He turns her pearl-clutching town upside down, that’s what!

1960s:

Bleeding Poetry by Dusty [NC-17]

All his life, the words just bled out.

1970s:

The Darkling by OffYourBird [NC-17]

When Buffy’s quest to get Spike returned to her is fulfilled in an unexpected way, she finds herself in a complicated relationship with an intrigued master vampire who isn’t the man she loves, but who might be someday… if she can convince him to step out of the dark.

1980s:

A Different Kind of Hell by OffYourBird [NC-17] - there is like 1 chapter that takes place in the 80s but this is the most I could find for this decade

Jumping through Glory's tower portal, Buffy and Spike find themselves in a hell dimension they never expected. One that looks suspiciously like 1880's London. Will they find a way back home? Will the truth behind William the Bloody at last make itself known? Will Buffy ever stop butchering the Queen's English? Join them and find out. Starts off at the end of "The Gift."

1990s:

The Butterfly Effect by cousinjean [NC-17]

Five months after the events of "Chosen," a still grieving Buffy must follow a time-travelling demon back to 1997 (circa Season 2) Sunnydale to prevent him from destroying the timeline--and try not to destroy it herself in the process.

2000s:

My Life Closed Twice by anaross [R]

Post-Not Fade Away. Buffy seeks Spike's remains, but then finds him in the most unusal place.

2010s:

Lost & Found by bramcrackers [NC-17]

Set in 2019. 17-year-old Buffy runs from an abusive home and happens to meet a grieving Spike in L.A. Time goes wonky and Buffy ends up back in Sunnydale, trying to navigate the life of a Potential and hold onto her fledgling relationship with Spike.

Fic spanning multiple decades:

A Different Kind of Christmas by OffYourBird [NC-17]

Inconvenient demons, ripped fishnets, and a harried Giles abound. It must be Christmastime with Liz and Elly. Join them for a century and a half of holidays in this special Jumpverse one-shot. (Fair warning: if you haven’t read the previous installments of the Jumpverse, this will likely not make very much sense.)

[anolyso]

Utena thoughts...about 2 weeks later

I've been putting it off for way too long and so most of my thoughts stopped being fresh. On top of watching way too many analysis vids post-watch, but still I do at least want to put my 2cents of Revolutionary Girl Utena out there for the world.

Utena is perhaps one of the most famous "magical girl"/shoujo action shows out there for not only it's transgressive themes of relationship abuse and low-key pretty much being the poster girl for like actual feminist perspective on/in anime...but also just doing it all in both a heavily allegorical and understated, yet super over-the-top stylish fashion

But that's it's reputation preceding itself, is Utena worth while all these years? The answer is Yes, but it also really shows it's age and budget in pacing and repetition, tho as an appreciator for "behind the scenes" compromises in art, it's more showcasing Ikuhara's talent in working around both taboo and long-form budget constraints with just well-thought out and iconic imagery that - while episodic and formulaic - is just very good at filling the 39 eps with feasts for the eyes.

Utena broadly is about tomboy Utena with memories long ago after her parents died being "saved" by a princely figure like a princess...except she's so enthralled by the nostalgia that instead she becomes a full on Prince herself and receives a dueling ring to fight in the Ohtori Acadamy secret duels for "engagement" to Rose Bride Himemiya Anthy.

Utena is divided between 4 arcs, only the first and last being Manga adapted from hearsay:

1: Student Council Saga

2: Black Rose Saga

3: Akio Ohtori Saga

4: Apocalypse

From back to forth I'd say that Akio + Apoc is more just escalation into the finale while Black Rose being anime original comes off as a glorified side-character study which while complementing the secondary cast, feels like one of those Anime movies that has to say "but if you don't watch this part, it's pretty much optional for the main plot" despite it also actually introducing the most important antagonist within it's margins.

More importantly, it's the Student Council (arc and the actual people) that lay the foundation but also a large part of the show's focus which ironically puts Utena in the background until like almost the finale and some in-between developments, so it's less "Utena (and Anthy Himemiya)'s story" until the very end, but more like a showcase of how fucked up the system at large is (pin in that).

By the Council themselves is:

Kyouichi Saionji: The biggest jobber, like actually introduced as the most despicable loser ep 1 and proceeds to be a complete arrogant joke for the rest of the show. Honestly in another shojo "love" story, they'd find some way to redeem him but semi-compellingly they turn him into like an Aqua-lad type pathetic brat with an inferiority complex to the actual Student head

Miki Kaoru: the naive "nice, non-threatening soft boy" that also just never actually listens to the girls around him. Probably adds more complexity to the whole patriarchal idea on analytic reflection since yeah, the whole "nice guy finishes last" plays up better when the kid comes off as that "ally" energy of wanting to save Himemiya from being the Rose Bride but also low-key won't actually not just do the duels and win her cuz he's that sorta wishy-washy hypocrite. Arguably the least hateable guy in the cast (minus mascot Chu-Chu)

Juri Arisugawa: TRAGIC LESBIAN TRIANGLE LOVE. Probably the biggest point to of both "not-explicitly homosexual" but also really freaking obvious since her entire story is her girlfriend stealing her "boy crush" when actually she was crushing on her and being pretty much frustrated throughout her story as pining most of it. It's quaint by today's standards but also like damn girl, get over her she was like the worst back stabbing bitch (literally if Black Rose counts)

Nanami Kiryuu: SPEAKING OF QUEEN BITCH, it's been a long time since I've watched a High School girl bully and honestly it's kinda refreshing. If Miki is "soft-boy uwu" Nanami is a brat that gets her come-uppance often, featured prominently as an anime only with the MOST filler/comedic episodes but also not low-key, being the most out-spoken actual brother complex ironically spins perhaps the biggest twist and ironic relationships of "I love my brother but not-like-that but also like-that" by the end. Mostly comedic relief but I find her inclusion to actually add a lot more to juxtapose...

Touga Kiryuu: Big Student Council Prez himself, the first arc antagonist and also a strong foil to Saionji and later a stepping stone for Akio. Touga is THE image of a Princely Playboy Heart-Throb that in any other Shoujo romance would have the main girl win him over from all those "other girls" despite him being apathetic if not outright manipulative of them. Good thing Utena is better than that and really puts a spotlight on just not-actually-ok his power hunger for "the power to bring the world revolution" that leads him to heavily objectify Anthy, arguably even more than Misogynist Trophy Girlfriend beater Saionji, since he doesn't even see her as more than a means to an end despite professing and looking the Prince part but lacking all the actual virtues.

The Student council matters more since they're characters and subsequent tragic flaws are the ACTUAL meat of the show and on second rumination actual shows more how fucked up the system/gender dynamic/power hierarchy is since - while it blatantly fucks over Juri who can't just outright say who she likes - also show almost it's own sub-text of Masculine failings: Saionji desperately clinging to being TOXIC MASCULINE™ and completely falling short underneath Touga; Miki's "nice boy" act belying him trying to replace his low-key nostalgia for his sister (also a bitch, but apparently was more like Nanami in the manga); and best yet Touga being the quintessential "Prince in all but actual behavior" by emulating a cutthroat and Machiavellian world view but coming up empty because well, he's just an illusion of a prince...but that leads in way more to the big finale piece where I'll reintroduce the actual story's main trio

Utena Tenjou: Tomboy Prince with brain empty except for lesbian thoughts. Honestly probably what every western "STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMAN" archetype wishes they were since while having very tomboyish personality in athletics, blunt speaking and also VERY oblivious to the actual plot for REAL DRAMATIC IRONY, but also never actually demeaning her being feminine partially due to her love of an childhood prince and how she maintains her relationship with both her friend Wakaba and later Anthy. Honestly mostly a plot device after S1 until she gets ACTUAL development by the very end and instead kinda bumbles her way into undoing the entire REVOLUTION OF THE WORLD. I kinda wish she felt either more cognizant or at least felt like she was developing/properly rebuking the rest of the cast's power obsessions but I guess that's for the movie.

Anthy Himemiya: Actual Trophy Wife with a dark secret (darker than ski- wait no that's terrible scratch that). Set-up very much as an immediate princess in distress while also being the most femme Yamato Nadeshiko, Anthy being the Rose Bride as a literal prize who acts and behaves as whom she's "engaged" with desires while otherwise being quiet, wry, mysterious and noticably submissive, by the end it actually plays up into THE BIG REVEALS of just how abused she's been into a hopeless acceptance...like y'know actual abuse victims.

Akio Ohtori: Grade A Antagonist, probably the most insidious I've seen a villain in a while, Akio is notable for, back in 1997, being perhaps the big go-to of actual deconstructing the facade of a whole shoujo genre's "hots for a teacher/sexy man putting the moves" and highlighting how actually exploitative and abusive a person like that really is. Being Himemiya's brother (somewhat justified in the manga by both being a weird Sailor Moon-esque reincarnation of gods/godesses of Dios), despite how much of his motives are runing the background and how the entire back story is  uh...brought up in like barely in the last arc with little lead up (some scenes feel like they'd be a full melodrama season and they just have like 1 scene in the final arc episodes) he manages to one-up Touga (in the plot as well) by instead of "just" objectifying girls, not-just-flat out saying Utena looks best as a princess, but y'know the fact that he is implicitly yet constantly exploiting and victim-blaming Anthy for her own suffering for "the power of Dios/Revolution of the world" turns it on its head

I've spent all this time on characters but in truth a lot of the meat of the show relies again on the Council Members fleshing out the issues of system leading to outright divorcing "being a Prince" (heroic altruistic virtues) and "being a man" (considering like all but maybe the comedic relief have some deliberately misogynistic behavior) and beyond just the plot (or rather character) synopsis, the talent goes far more in how it's framed, the symbolic/allegorical shots, the repetition adding a good episode formula flow to character showcases, probably the most "tasteful" allusion to uh...*ahem* sexual abuse that so many other edgier/prentious shows fumble. Both in how intimidating yet understated it's foreshadowing is until they hard-reveal it despite never explicitly naming it even tho it sends Nanami into hysterics

Really it's both a massive blessing and reason for it's cult beloved status for it's aesthetics but also it's burden, for being a full 39 episodic season by season character development study of everyone BUT the main trio except for snippets and the very end that makes it greatly appreciable as a legitimate work of art.

What I wanted more to say however (long overdue) is that a large part of following is, visibly at least, western feminist critiques and yes while it almost seems like Utena fits the "deconstructing patriarchy" story like a glove...it's weird how almost none of them actually can give a good historical account of actual Japanese female/gender/sexuality norms nor Anime contemporaries actually were. Like Tenchi Muyo and Berserk came out the same year (Cardcaptor Sakura the next) and despite how you can "feel" the influence in lots of modern shows like SHAFT's signature visual imagery cuts or many WESETERN shows having straight scene references to Utena....almost no one has a similar feel to Utena until like Princess Tutu comes out.

Really tho probably should've watched Utena and then Tutu because while it's undeniable that Utena is a major pillar of shoujo re-codification - what with everyone before Utena was saying they thought it'd be like a Rose of Versaille or Lady Knight rip-off...whose laughing now? - it's almost like there's a missing link between it and it's major western fanbase (probably with what few anime did get overseas, this one probably rose to the top), or how very noticeable there IS an influence on it's genre in Japan

Almost none of the big analyst fans actually know A) it's not "a deconstruction of Magical Girls" since despite Ikuhara working on Sailor Moon just before this, almost none of the tropes line up and instead more with Shoujo genre as a whole. or  one of the major inspirations was Takarazuka theater.

And this is not to dismiss how inspirational it is to it's western fandom, but while I am notably cynical towards placing things on pedestals, there's probably something about cultivating the whole pop-culture feminist reading commune with people making weird time-loop theories while kinda most of it is just filling in a mad-lib mostly thanks to Ikuhara just keeping things on the vague and letting the audience take away their own perspective.

Again, most of the show is completely sub-textual or visually/symbolically depicted and never stated nor properly defines it's weird key words (End of the World, Revolutionize the World, Power of Dios, Rose Bride, all things said constantly but never really said what they "mean". But that's also perhaps its charm, in it's allegory and very Death of the Author approach, it has definitely allowed it's fan theorizing and appreciation to flourish so there's something there for that.

Ultimately I'd say Utena the TV series is great more so for what it isn't...or rather I should say it's great for not just subverting Shoujo tropes and archetypes for the Japanese audience but also that despite dealing with some very serious and heavy subjects in obtuse and perhaps understated ways for the time, people have allowed it to be put on it's pedestal because they can easily fit it in themselves.

Honestly though, not that a more "straight forward" approach wouldn't detract from Utena but I will say that the movie, Adolescence of Utena, is very much the best encapsulation of what Utena strives to be (for another big blog post) and while the TV series has plenty of time and flexes it's directorial muscles with budget constraints and season pacing UNrestrained, the movie will trim a lot of the fat

[night-is-a-feeling]

Top 5 fashion design house founders :)

ahhh wtf this is such a fun question for me!!! thank you anon ✨ also anon, who are you?? please come say hi! i wanna talk fashion with you 🥺

1. Vivienne Westwood (Vivienne Westwood): i’m a bit biased about her as i wrote a fashion history treatise on her career. it’s hard to really state how much of an impact she’s had on how we dress, because she is so varied as a designer. she’s someone who started out with a small shop called “Let it Rock” who was initially just interested in creating a space where she and other “misfits” could celebrate the intersections of music and clothing. and somehow made it to be titled as the “grandmother of punk rock” this is because she was tapped to create merchandise for The Sex Pistols, more specifically the “God Save the Queen” merchandise. she was scandalous for most of her career, and yet, she’s traversed so many different styles and concepts. from her smaller beginnings as a designer of punk rock fashions made for punk rock kids, to 18th century inspired pirate clothing, not to mention the countless humorous collections she’s made poking fun of the monarchy (not subtly, in the late 80s early 90s) anyways sozzz, i’m rambling 😂 but yeah i love her. forever a rebel and an activist. still to this day.

2. Gianni Versace (Versace): okay these will be quicker now, promise 😂 gianni grew up watching his mother (a dressmaker) work and immediately fell in love with the intricate beauty of it. he worked for several italian ateliers before starting his own company alongside his brother as CEO and his sister donatella as vice president. his fashion empire was built on sensuality and sexuality. a designer who on the surface may look like they are creating for the male gaze, but in reality was creating for women who wanted to reclaim their sensuality and feel powerful within it. sadly he was shot and killed in 1997 by a serial killer, his fashion house has been continued by his sister donatella.

3. Yves Saint Laurent (Yves Saint Laurent): yves my darling! i love him so much. the design house is now called Saint Laurent Paris, but i refuse to call it that (fuck your hedi 🖕🏼) YSL initially got a job working under Christian Dior when he was 17, he got the job because he won a fashion illustration competition for the position. when dior passed away from a heart attack in 1957, yves was thrust into the helm of this pervasive design house. he was forced into the army in 1960, and suffered a nervous collapse because of it. the scandal of him being unfit to serve in the army was enough for dior to remove him from the helm of the house. in 1962 he finally was able to open his own company. where he continued to revolutionize fashion year after year, most notably his popularization of trousers for women. and of course “le smoking” the ICONIC women’s suit. he retired in 2002, and we owe so much of modern fashion to his eye.

4. Rei Kawakubo (Comme Des Garçons): ahhh this queen is basically the antithesis of all the above designers!! a self taught clothing designer who studied fine arts in Tokyo. she opened her CDG label in 1969, and the first shop in 1973. her entire concept was built on her distaste for western definitions of sexiness, whose focus was on revealing the body in some way, whether that was close form, cutouts, short hems, etc. she on the other hand found this movement completely boring. so she built a name for herself creating avant-garde clothing made with mobility and comfort in mind. or an offering that was “like the boys”. her work has often been called “anti-fashion”, but i disagree i would instead like to label her work as “hyper-fashion” just like hyper pop, i feel that she works with fashion rules, but hyper extends them past what might be pleasant for us to look at. it doesn’t make sense, and is often ugly in so many ways, and yet? utterly fascinating and captivating. her refusal to conform to the lines of the human body plus intersecting art in her fashion, is what has kept her just as influential and interesting today as she was during her first collection.

5. Alexander McQueen (Alexander McQueen): “lee” as his friends called him, dropped out of school when he was 16. he dropped out to pursue his hungry desire to work in fashion. he quickly got work at a tailor shop, but was far too theatrical for the elegance of tailoring. he worked under italian designer romeo gigli for a time who allowed him to be theatrical. he eventually went to school for fashion, and immediately had eyes on him. he quickly rose to fame through his bizarre fashions, many seeming unfinished or torn apart. his raw take on fashion was something that could apparently be felt as an energy surrounding the rooms he worked in. he worked briefly as the head designer for givenchy, but hated his time there as he felt he was being constrained creatively (something he HATED). he revolutionized what we see as fashion, he used his tailoring knowledge to create the most intricate, stunningly crafted sculpture like pieces, and then he’d tear them apart, like an animal broke into his work room. but somehow that raw emotion plus his raw skill, was something to behold. i still get chills thinking about his “joan of arc” collection or “VOSS”

honorary shoutout: Patrick Kelly, i just love him so so much, and he absolutely would have gotten one of these spots, but his brand did not continue after his death. so he’s not technically a “fashion house”

ask me my top 5 or top 10 anything

[ladychandraofthemoone]

Encanto Engines AU: Mirabel and the Magic Rail

Hello, thought I share some of my ideas 💡 of a Encanto/ sentiment vehicles think Ttte, I’m not sure if those characters would appear but more of a expy versions of them. Basically there are many thoughts on how this would act:

1. Mirabel gets a gift that results in her making all vehicles like trains, locomotives, buses, cars, boats/ships come to life, wether it be like Casita or non faceless plus her connection with the mystical engine of a expy Lady who she protects and takes care alongside other magical engines like entities (Proteus, Stepney, a diesel oc called Chamomile who’s gothic, deadpan  and acts as a guide to lost souls, both vehicle and human) while at the same time helping vehicles who are at risk at becoming scarp in the “Mainland” outside at the Encanto , the versions of Sodor, which now has rails and is considered to be a safe haven rumors with Mirabel being like a savior towards the vehicles who tries her utter hardest to give them rights and protect them to giving them a good life

2. The Madrigals are conductors think like Mr.conductor and Mirabel is still given the gift of having Lady as her chosen heir with everything coming to life but she is also the guardian and protector of the Gold Dust as it turns out that’s keeps them alive instead of Mirabel bringing them to life as it’s Lady and her fellow entities who she then protects despite the D10 expy destroying them and Lady being forced to flee into the Encanto Mountains to recover with only Mirabel and Antonio be allowed there as everyone else would get lost forever but are still trying to help give non faceless vehicles a better life while restoring the gods (Antonio ends up saving Stepney as it;s his first time out of the Encanto and ends up becoming quite fond of him, plus realizing how horrible their lives are outside and wanting to help Mirabel with her outings

3. Third would be that once having a gift they would then be connected to a vechile with Antonio being connected to a expy Rusty the little Diesel engine and gets a lot of distrust from the steamies but all in all they become a big railway family that even if Mirabel didn’t;t receive a gift since the sentinel machines were already alive in the first place and the family tries to give them better lives and keep adopting them, plus the part where they can turn into humanoid like beings like those ttte humanizations with grey skin, wheels, being more strong but still non human like, plus they are given the golden whistles at the age of 5 to have gold dust like the second option

Each Family member with a machine, whether alive or not: maybe I’ll do another post on which engine would fit which

Isabela: 

A Fairy Queen which is in the East Indian Railway Nr. 22,[1] is a steam locomotive built in 1855, restored by Loco Works Perambur, Chennai in 1997, would fit as it is technically one of the most lovely locomotives and is a luxury railway with many decorative designs akin to Isabela’s dress before and after

There would be versions of the Skarloey, Ardesdale, Culdee railways as the Encanto becomes bigger and installed with railway with Mirabel having the most knowledge as she would be an avid railway enthusiast  and most of the them being large engines that identify as feminine while many having trucks being masculines and coaches and that the engines will say something in other people’s or machines defense or fall in love with a Edward/Boco expy being married as trains rules don’t apply to human things and because not of them are straight and they can’t have children as they’re sterile but they can adopt many younger vehicles  or many trains ocs,

 i’m not sure if Lady expy would be with Bruno and Mirabel with a Duncan expy who absolutely love his tall gf and would die for her via attacking anyone with his wheels, Lady being calm and understanding around Bruno as she understands the feeling of not being useful as she feels protectiveness as her magic constantly brings machines to life and magical powers that drained her so much that it felt her weak during the d10 attack since she’s felt the need to help others with her being rare and that if they can turn into humanoid like, Lady would state that he looks lovely and compliments everyone, plus the vehicles would be helping with many things, if they needs someone to listen to or they want advice or more personal questions with Camilo with their gender identity alongside their family (I hc them as genderfluid) Antonio questioning if boys can marry each other as he has a crush on his new best friend Ivo hugh/Luke expy as he gets older but due to him being a machine wonders if that relationship is forbidden or how he cried that Stepney would retire and be scrapped

Their relationship: Lady would be Pansexual , Bruno be Demi ace and Lady would be like “a”My 3.5000 children even though some that they are older than me, have seen you as a father-uncle honorary figure and have adopted you 🥰

[antiloreolympus]

7 Anti LO Asks

1. ok, tell me if im wrong here, but i physically cannot find lo hades attractive because he just looks like a tumblr sexy man version of snow miser from those old stop animated christmas movies. like theyre literally the same 😭

2. I absolutely hate how everyone is making Persephone to be this bubbly little girl who is way too nice, and in LO’s case it’s the worst. Sure Persephone is associated with spring, but spring isn’t only flowers and happiness. Spring brings aprils rain, burning sun, in some places it’s hunting season, and animals which were hibernating wake up and go and hunt other animals and you know, kill them and eat them. Spring is uncontrollable weather, one moment it’s warm a couple of minutes later it’s cold again. Today is sunny tomorrow there’s a storm. Associating Persephone only with the good parts of spring makes her a weak and one dimensional character, especially since she is also knows as queen of the underworld. Spring brings as much death as it brings life. It is not a cutesy season and associating Persephone with it and just making it this cartoonish is a dumb move. In some panels Hades talks about how there were some moments where spring seemed much more wild and uncontrollable, since Persephone was the one doing the work. Why can’t we see that in LO? If Persephone is spring why isn’t she wild and uncontrollable as well? This part of Persephone should have been written from the beginning, instead of seeing a little melancholic girl who can’t say no to people.

3. LO could have beee more creative with the modern timeline tbh. Poseidon could have been like a Steve Irwin type with a sea-life tv show. Zeus could have been a fantasy version of a Prime Minister. Hera could be a socialite. Apollo could have been the leader of a band (the muses are his background sisters/musicians), i could go on. LO just went "uh, they all have vague businesses and cell phones" and that's it. Oh also they video tapes, you know a thing no one has used since 1997.

4. I just remembered that in a chapter when Hades and Persephone were talking, Hades told her how she seemed sad at the olympus party? And it doesn’t really make sense bc why would she be sad? She got the freedom she wanted, she’s going to a party without her overbearing mother, she’s with a friend? And since she’s so friendly and bubbly wouldn’t she be able to make friends straight away? She knew Artemis, Hera and i’m guessing Hestia and Athena must have been there as well. Was it so hard for her to just move around and see who she knew? And then we have creepy Hades who is like “you seemed sad, like me, at that party 🥰🥰” like??? Just bc you are sad and don’t like your life why the hell do you think other people are too?

5. I don’t understand why every sheltered character (usually if not always female) is always like “uwu I’m innocent and don’t know about the bad things in the world! I act shy at first but in reality I’m open and extroverted!” I mean some people who were sheltered are like that and and there’s nothing wrong with it but it’s never deconstructed or seen as creepy in stories like LO (i.e. naive young person x powerful older person power imbalance) why can’t we have a “I struggle to properly communicate informally with people my age and it affects me deeply, I’m cold and distant but I feel lonely at the same time, I’m outcasted for my interests because I‘ve been closed off from the world” type? A story about them developing relationships and getting some character development whilst still being introverted would be interesting, but I guess when you have female characters like that they can’t be sympathetic /s

6. I think Rachel shot herself in the foot when it comes to Persephone's act of wrath and the stans are basically fixing her mistake in their mind. If stans really wanted to pull the "she's a god, gods just do those kinds of things nbd"-card, Rachel should've actually made it no big deal. Instead, she put in place that gods cannot just kill mortals willy-nilly. Eros was going to be reprimanded for his Heartbreak Act of Wrath, but basically got saved by Zeus' General Horniness because, well... Zeus I guess? 🤷‍♀️ But the rules are there. If it's not okay for Eros, why would it be okay for Persephone? I low-key hate that I'm agreeing with Zeus the hypocrite here, but he is right: Hades (and the stans) are biased.

7. I'm only partially sarcastic when I say that I am low-key jealous of Rachel. I don't think I would be getting away with such an inconsistent art style- and I do mean in every way possible, she literally admitted on Twitter and I quote: "my drawing style is inconsistent, but I think that's part of the charm? Being flexible is what allows me to stay engaged with projects I've been doing for years now".

Don't get me wrong, there's an art style improving over time, heck there is a creator realizing a certain art style just doesn't work well on the long run and -TELLING THEIR FANS- it will change from the pilot chapter on, but then there's.... whatever Rachel is doing. Seeing how much the crew of Steven Universe got shat on for having inconsistencies while two animation studios were working on it just makes me wonder why Rachel doesn't seem to get that bs from her stans. At least Steven Universe has character sheets....

[tomcriuse]

any good gay movie/tv show recommendations

ok this was largely compiled with everyone over at @romancegifs and also @victoria-pedretti​ queen AND ALSO if anyone has any other recommendations feel free to add them <3

mlm movies (theres also a SUPER comprehensive list here by @santiagonex)

Maurice (1987) dir. James Ivory

The Broken Hearts Club (2000) dir. Greg Berlanti

God’s Own Country (2017) dir. Francis Lee

Alex Strangelove (2018) dir. Craig Johnson

Love, Simon (2018) dir. Greg Berlanti

Brokeback Mountain (2005) dir. Ang Lee

Milk (2008) dir. Gus Van Sant

Moonlight (2016) dir. Barry Jenkins

Y tu mamá también (2001) dir. Alfonso Cuarón

Velvet Goldmine (1998) dir. Todd Haynes

Happy Together (1997) dir. Wong Kar-wai

My Own Private Idaho (1991) dir. Gus Van Sant

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) dir. Stephen Frears

mlm tv shows

Schitt’s Creek

Sense8 (also on the wlw tv show list)

Shameless

Queer as Folk

Oz

London Spy

wlw movies

But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) dir. Jamie Babbit

The Handmaiden (2016) dir. Park Chan-wook

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma

Entre Nous (1983) dir. Diane Kurys

Booksmart (2018) dir. Olivia Wilde

Colette (2018) dir. Wash Westmoreland

Carol (2015) dir. Todd Haynes

Imagine Me & You (2005) dir. Ol Parker

Rafiki (2018) dir. Wanuri Kahiu

Saving Face (2004) dir. Alice Wu

Two of Us (2019) dir. Filippo Meneghetti

Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) (2020) dir. Monica Zanetti

Happiest Season (2020) dir. Clea DuVall

Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) dir. Abdelatif Kechiche

The Favourite (2018) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

Summerland (2020) dir. Jessica Swale

wlw tv shows

Black Mirror S03E04 “San Junipero”

The Wilds

Gentleman Jack

Grey’s Anatomy

Sense8

Dickinson

Vida

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From Man of Steel to Zack Snyder’s Justice League: A Complete DCEU Timeline

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This article contains spoilers for Zack Snyder’s Justice League and other DC movies.

The timeline of the DC Extended Universe began in a fairly clear manner, with most of the events of Man of Steel set in 2013. As more films were released, containing flashbacks, or lacking a clear chronological setting, things became increasingly complicated. And by the time we got to Birds of Prey film, its precise placement in the DCEU is downright murky. But there are contextual in-universe clues in the form of media, gravestones, mugshot photos, or throwaway lines of dialogue that provide some clarity. 

With the long-awaited release of the Snyder Cut of Justice League hitting HBO Max, it’s a good time to break down what we know so far about when some significant moments in DCEU history took place.

100,000 B.C.

The Kryptonian Expansion: Krypton begins interstellar exploration and launches scout ships into the void of space. They colonize and flourish for 100 thousand years until artificial population control is introduced. (Man of Steel)

18,000 B.C.

A Kryptonian scout ship crash lands on Earth; one Kryptonian escapes the craft, leaving behind an empty pod. (Man of Steel) According to a Man of Steel prequel comic that may may not still be canon, her name was Kara Zor-El.

Thousands of Years Ago

Darkseid seeks to conquer Earth, but is foiled by the combined forces of man, Atlanteans, Themyscirans, Olympian gods, and at least one member of the Green Lantern Corps, Yalan Gur. Three Mother Boxes are hidden across the planet: in Atlantis, on Themyscira, and with mankind. (Zack Snyder’s Justice League)

Millennia after the Amazons are created, Ares goes to war with the Olympian gods, and kills all of them, including Zeus. Themyscira is created with Zeus’ remaining power. Somewhere during this period, Atlantis sinks beneath the waves. (Wonder Woman)

The ancient wizard Shazam imbues a champion with the powers of six mythological figures, only for him to become corrupted by the power. (Shazam!)

Diana of Themyscira, daughter of Queen Hippolyta, grows up on the hidden island, and trains to become a warrior under General Antiope. (Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984)

1918

Diana saves Steve Trevor who has crashed on Themyscira. He warns her of the great war, World War I, raging across the globe. She joins him in the world of man, and together they seek to stop the evil Dr. Maru and General Ludendorff (who Diana incorrectly believes is the God of War, Ares). Steve Trevor dies. (Wonder Woman)

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1974

Thaddeus Sivana is magically transported to the Rock of Eternity and fails the test of worthiness conducted by the wizard Shazam. (Shazam!)

1980

After the explosion of his homeworld, Kal-El of Krypton crash lands on Earth, and is taken in by Jonathan and Martha Kent of Smallville, Kansas. This date is approximate, but while being interrogated in Man of Steel, Superman says he’s been on the planet for 33 years. (Man of Steel)

1981

Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered in Gotham City, leaving their young song Bruce an orphan with a serious grudge against criminals. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)

1984

Diana Prince operates in secret as the heroine Wonder Woman, while also working by day at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. After unwittingly using the Dreamstone, she resurrects Steve Trevor (who inhabits another man’s body). Barbara Ann Minerva, also through the use of the Dreamstone, gains superpowers and is ultimately transformed into Cheetah. Businessman Max Lord wishes to become the stone itself, and uses his powers to create global chaos. (Wonder Woman 1984)

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1985

Lighthouse keeper Thomas Curry rescues and falls in love with Atlantean queen Atlanna; Arthur Curry, aka, Aquaman is born shortly thereafter. (Aquaman)

Circa 1995

Bruce Wayne begins operating in Gotham as the vigilante Batman.

1997

Jonathan Kent dies in a tornado after discouraging Clark from using his powers to save him. (Man of Steel)

2013

This is a bat-signal in the dark, but this is a reasonable estimate on when both Dr. Harlene Quinzel becomes Harley Quinn, and when Dick Grayson, Batman’s partner Robin, is murdered. Suicide Squad lists Quinzel’s date of birth as July 1990. It seems unlikely she would have become a psychiatrist, and assigned to the Joker in Arkham before age 23. Still, Robin is dead by October 2014 (and presumably dead by the Black Zero Event in late 2013, as shown in Man of Steel). This allows for about a year for Harleen to help Joker escape Arkham, take a transformational acid bath, and help the Clown Prince kill Grayson.

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Batman apprehends Floyd Lawton, aka the hitman known as Deadshot, while he’s Christmas shopping with his daughter. (Suicide Squad)

General Zod invades Earth, and Superman reveals himself to the world. Bruce Wayne witnesses the battle between the two, and sees the Wayne Financial Building in Metropolis collapse. (Man of Steel)

2014

Harley Quinn is captured by Batman after Joker drives their car into the harbor, and abandons her. When she is introduced in Suicide Squad, she is listed as an accomplice to Robin’s murder, which is what leads to her arrival at Belle Reve prison. (Suicide Squad)

2015

Victor Stone and his mother are in a car accident which kills her, and puts him on death’s door. Victor’s father uses Mother Box technology to keep him alive and transform him into an incredibly powerful cyborg. (Justice League)

2016

The holy trinity of DC meet! Batman and Superman duke it out before joining forces against Lex Luthor’s Doomsday creature. Meanwhile, Diana joins the action, and dons her Wonder Woman suit in battle. Sadly, Superman dies, but Bruce and Diana decide to form a league of heroes. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)

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Amanda Waller establishes the government sanctioned Task Force X, also known as the Suicide Squade, to respond to metahuman threats (and following the death of Superman). Enchantress enslaves Midway City, but is ultimately thwarted by the squad. (Suicide Squad)

2017

Bruce Wayne and Diana assemble a team including Barry Allen, Vic Stone, and Arthur Curry to battle Steppenwolf, who has returned to Earth. Superman is resurrected, and ultimately joins the fight. Shortly after Superman’s return, Lex Luthor breaks out of Arkham and reveals Batman’s secret identity to Slade Wilson, aka Deathstroke. (Justice League)

2018

After defeating his half-brother Orm and stopping a war between the underwater kingdoms and the surface world, Arthur Curry ascends the throne as king of Atlantis, wielder of the Trident of Atlan, and ruler of the seven seas. (Aquaman)

2019

Billy Batson is granted the powers of Shazam, and thwarts Dr. Sivana’s evil plans. While this could take place a little earlier, it is pretty well established within the film the events occur after those of Justice League, so we’ll just default to year of release here. (Shazam!)

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Barry Allen encounters a parallel universe version of himself in STAR Labs. Though it is unclear when in his timeline the encounter occurs, it is before he has adopted the moniker of The Flash — which is given to him by the Arrowverse’s Barry. Based on his reaction to the meeting, it can be assumed this takes place before Barry has explored other realities via the Speed Force. (Crisis on Infinite Earths)

2020

Harley Quinn and Joker break up, and she establishes a new life in Gotham. She goes to war with Roman Sionis, and the Birds of Prey are formed. The events of Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) take place after both Suicide Squad and Justice League — and at a time when Batman has gone missing.  (Birds of Prey)

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As seen in the epilogue of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, in a potential future, Superman has succumbed to Darkseid’s anti-life equation following the death of Lois Lane. As a result, he becomes a powerful weapon wielded against humanity, and his former teammates, including Batman and Flash, as well as Mera, Slade Wilson, and Joker. Many heroes of the past, meanwhile, have perished. (Zack Snyder’s Justice League)  

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