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the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"
just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible
#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order#at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers#90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies”#serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent#like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries#but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate#and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited...#i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something#cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare#and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest.#it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!'#'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members...#..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)'#anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language?#maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity#and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media#and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons#and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators#instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period#anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value”#and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives#so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs)#happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world#(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills)#and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on...#...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin#oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works?#beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value#and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the#important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)
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supporting communities & people impacted by the Southport attack and the far-right riots in the UK
here is a list of community fundraisers I found, starting with those aiming to support the Southport community after the appalling attack at a children dance party, to the fundraisers helping those affected by the subsequent racist and Islamophobic far-right/nazi riots
Edited on 5 August to include Middlesbrough fundraisers. Edited on 6 August to correct the link on the Books for Spellow Lane fundraiser, to adjust the name change for the Belfast fundraiser, and to adjust the wording in the second last paragraph.
Southport:
Southport Strong Together Appeal - organised by the community foundation for Merseyside, for those affected by the Southport knife attack
United for Southport families - the funds will be distributed among the nine families of the children who were at the party
Swifties for Southport - a fundraiser for the Alder Hey Children's charity, which supports the victims and the affected families, as well as first responders and clinicians. Extra funds will also support the wider Southport community
Fundraiser for the Southport Mosque - a fundraiser to aid rebuilding or possibly re-locating the Southport Mosque after the damages it suffered during the riots
Rebuilding Windsor Mini Mart - fundraiser to rebuild the locally-owned grocery store that was targeted during the attacks, broken into, and looted
Liverpool:
Fundraiser for the Spellow Hub - the Spellow Hub was broken into, looted and set on fire at night during the riots. The Spellow Hub is a newly created one-of-a-kind (in the UK) institution, which consists of a library as well as a community centre with a mission to help people get education and pathways to work
Books for Spellow Lane - another fundraiser for the library in the Spellow Hub, to replace the books and rebuild the library there edit: included the correct link
Hartlepool:
Fundraiser for the Nasir Mosque - the Nasir Mosque was attacked following Southport riots; this fundraiser is organised by Hartlepool citizens to help the mosque deal with the damages as well as to show appreciation for the role of the mosque in the community. edit: the funds will be also distributed to the local community!
Rebuilding the Farm Shop - the shop was targeted during the riots, and when the owner and his son tried to protect it, they were also violently attacked. The fundraiser is to help fix the damages to the store.
Sunderland:
help rebuild Citizens Advice Sunderland offices after arson - two of the Citizens Advice Sunderland offices were set on fire during the riots, and one of them is completely destroyed.
Hull:
Hull Help for Refugees - a local fundraiser to support the Hull Help for Refugees charity, the donated money will be re-distributed to community members affected by the riots
Fundraiser for Hull Help for Refugees and Welcome House in Hull - collected money will be donated to the two charities
Belfast:
help fix racially motivated damages - originally the fundraiser for the Sahara Shisha Cafe which was targeted by the far right in Belfast during the riots, now a fundraiser for all affected businesses in the area. edited to reflect the change of the name of the fundraiser to avoid any confusion
Middlesbrough:
Supporting residents after the riots - Middlesbrough has suffered so much during the riots, lots of businesses as well as just regular family homes were vandalised, had their windows smashed or even were broken into. This fundraiser wants to distribute the funds between affected people to help them fix the damages, and to generally support the local community. the newest fundraiser, imo potentially the most urgent one
Fundraiser for a Care worker's car which was set on fire - a car belonging to an employee of a care agency was set on fire during the riots while he was on shift at a care home.
If you want to donate locally but there is no fundraiser to support where you live, consider donating to your local charities oriented towards Muslim or PoC communities, or towards anti-racist and refugee organizations! And go support your local Muslim/Arab/Black/Asian/Refugee owned businesses!
If you have any information about other local fundraisers, feel free to add to the post or don't hesitate to let me know and I will add them here! We have seen so much hate in the past few days, we have to stay strong and keep supporting each other!
Stay safe everyone 💛
#uk riots community fundraising#there is a lot more fundraisers for Southport but these are the major ones#it's difficult to find more local riot damages fundraisers however because those tend to be shared locally only and it hasn't been long#since the riots so i assume more will be created in the next few days#so if you know about any and want to add them here please feel free to drop me a link! It'd be good to have them in one place#tumblr has a decently sized uk community so if this post finds at least one person who learns about a local fundraiser i'd be happy#not that you have to donate locally of course. i encourage eveyrone to donate. you dont even have to be british!#southport#uk#uk riots#england#uk far right#far right extremism#uk news#uk politics#ukpol#racism#islamophobia#nationalism#fundraisers#octarine talks#there are other ways you can support your community through all this and i highly encourage that. i thought about writing about that here#but ultimately this is a fundraiser post and you know your community best - just go talk to people and give your support#or help clean up#or attend the antifacist marches and demos and vigils
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Best British boxer of 2001 to 2010
Joe Calzaghe
Johnny Nelson
Lennox Lewis
Ricky Hatton
David Haye
Clinton Woods
Junior Witter
Carl Froch
Amir Khan
Alex Arthur
I locked out Nicky Cook and Enzo Maccarinelli.
#Boxing#ranking#british#rangliste#britisch#Boxen#Pound for pound#Decade#Jahrzehnt#Fighter#National best
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They don’t even attempt to assassinate US politicians anymore. You notice that? Not since the anthrax scare back for… who was it, Barack? And even that… pathetic. This new generation has no respect for an honest hitman. I’m not sure this new generation has any honest hitman - you see that shit with Boeing? Sloppy, fucking disgraceful - you kill the whistleblowers before they get halfway to a lawsuit. What kind of fucking amateur is doing faked suicides the night before testimony? Goddamn greenhorns. Back in my day someone tried to shoot Ronald Reagan in broad daylight. There used to be bomb threats to Congress. I took out a few union leaders in the utilities sector myself. Today’s generation? Won’t even threaten to throw a punch - not even over on that - what’s it now, ‘X’? They got no guts. None! And they don’t even have poor impulse control to boot! Too much of that - that panopticon anxiety bullshit. “Oh what if I get a called out post???” People used to send the president letters full of bioweapons. In the mail! Today’s generation? Not a chance. All because of woke.
#ra speaks#personal#JOKING.#this is a joke this is a parody of right wing rants regarding social phenomenon they believe to be oppressed by left leaning politics.#but within the perspective of an old fictional hitman.#this is a joke tangentially referencing my fictional hitmen from a fictional story in which no harm comes to career politicians#obviously but also if this gets me on a list o7#fbi agent in my phone I’m a disabled autistic dyke with zero engineering or chemistry background#my skills are best applied to…idk sabatoging national forest harvest regimes? but I’m not doing that they’re neglected enough as is.#edit: oops this is getting notes o/ hiiiii cia agent reading this post <3 a union leader my dad worked w got fucking assassinated#by Pinkertons and y’all didn’t do shit. I hope you have visions of hell and become a nomadic hermit self flagellating in the woods#edit 2: ooooooh there was a pres debate last night. that’s why people care about my two week old joke hitman post. was wondering why.
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sumeru golden trio
#genshin impact#alhaitham#cyno#dehya#why! don’t! they! hang out! anymore!#crime#they are literally the best and genshin just disbanded them for zero reason#you’ll always be famous to me national coup team#plus that funny npc rahman#maybe nilou and candace on the side
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shes in my home and im in the kitchen PROVIDING
#genshin impact#xilonen#genshin#someone said it best#in a nation of skips shes the only one im farming primos for lol
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I can do it with a broken heart 🌚❤️
#taylor swift#taylor nation#music#celebrities#tay tay#swifties#1989 taylor's version#streaming#taylor swift evermore#fearless taylor’s version#billboard charts#billboard hot 100#billboard#charts#spotify#itunes#appearances#the eras tour#i can do it i can do it#the tortured poets department#ttpd#new song#breaking news#photoshoots#celebs#favorite songs#fans#film#taylor is the best#icons taylor swift
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#cat#nap time#sleeping beauty#sleeping#bedtime#cat pictures#cat photos#cats of tumblr#kitties#cute cats#cats#kitten#kitty cat#kitty#bedroom#sleep#bed#cats are the best#national cat day
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#excuse me have u heard of national treasure also my best friend david tennant??#i thought this would be the only mention...what a fool i was#michael sheen#the assembly#my gifs
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Want to know what I believe, it's right here
Dig a little deeper and it's crystal clear.
Clear by Twenty One Pilots
#atla#avatar the last airbender#zuko#atla fanart#prince zuko#atla art#clear#twenty one pilots#azula art#azula fanart#atla azula#princess azula#atla zuko#zuko art#zuko fanart#Young Zuko#Young Azula#agni kai#fire hazard siblings#fire nation royal family#fire nation#atla iroh#uncle iroh#fire lord ozai#Thinking about the Agni Kai. About Zuko. About Azula. About what it meant for both of them.#What is the best option? The safest way to survive? The right way to live?#To shout and denounce the injustice of the world or to stand quiet in your mask of perfection.#The right way or the safest option. It doesn't matter.#They'll both hurt you in the end.#(They were children. Thirteen and eleven. It's easy to forget. But they were children.)
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Your f/o would never make you feel bad about your intelligence or the way your mind works. Even if you have a hard time understanding or processing, they'll never see you as dumb, stupid, or anything of that sort. They support you completely and the last thing they want is for you to feel insecure about it.
#if my posts have been lower quality forgive me triple c nation pals I fell and got an ouchie#SONIC 3 TRAILER CAME OUT BY THE WAY AS A PERSON WHO HAS SONIC F/OS I WAS SO EXCITED!!!#YEAR OF THE SHADOWEYEYEYEEHEHEEHEEEEE#forgive me I never post ab my f/os but yes#thank u all for the support and patience I am tryin my best <333#self ship#f/o community#f/o prompts#f/o imagines#f/o x s/i#imagine your fictional other#comfort character imagines#fictional other#f/o positivity#comfort character
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Today is National Best Friends Day! Celebrate with a pint of ale with our favorite hobbits!
#sean astin#samwise gamgee#elijah wood#lord of the rings#frodo baggins#billy boyd#dom monaghan#pippin took#merry brandybuck#lotr#National best friends day
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#hello winterfield nation i hope you're still alive...#winterfield#ethan winters#chris redfield#re#resident evil#rebhfun#my art#my animation#gif#doodle#they're SO SILLY..#SILLY SILLY..#chris is trying his best to take care of ethan...
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The Blue Spirit episode (ATLA) is just so funny to me, cuz we have:
Aang: running around to look for a cure for his sick friends -> running away from insanely talented archers -> getting the closest to being actually captured he has ever been up to this point -> somehow managing to escape from that with the help of a mysterious stranger
Zuko: is the mysterious stranger & probably having his first mini identity crisis after their "do you think we could have been friends?" talk
Katara: holding on to her conscious mind as best she can, cuz
Sokka: is Hallucinating™ the entire episode (for the first time) and only comes back to himself after sucking on a frozen frog
Momo: having the time of his life on little missions Katara keeps sending him to, for reasons he can't comprehend but hey, fun is fun
Miyuki, the cat: "allegedly" fugitive from the fire nation.
#atla#avatar the last airbender#atla aang#avatar aang#aang#atla zuko#prince zuko#zuko#sokka atla#sokka#katara atla#katara#momo atla#blue spirit#fire nation#atla best show#i love this show to pieces#i love them your honor
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The cast of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON arriving at the Paris Premiere (in order of arrival)
Source: me
#they are so freaking gorgeous :')#ewan mitchell#usermyfandomprompts#aemond targaryen#ewan nation#house of the dragon#alicent hightower#olivia cooke#critson cole#fabien frankel#steve toussaint#phia saban#look at Olivia#I said look#helaena targaryen#tom glynn carney#aegon ii targaryen#eve best#rhaenys velaryon#harry collett#jacaerys targaryen#jacaerys velaryon#house of the dragon cast
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Taylor won:
- Artist Of The Year
- Video Of The Year: Anti-Hero
- Song Of The Year: Anti-Hero
- Best Pop: Anti-Hero
- Best Direction: Anti-Hero
- Best Cinematography: Anti-Hero
- Best Visual Effects: Anti-Hero
- Album Of The Year: Midnights
- Show Of The Summer: Eras Tour
#taylor swift#taylor nation#music#celebrities#tay tay#swifties#1989 taylor's version#streaming#taylor swift evermore#fearless taylor’s version#billboard charts#billboard hot 100#billboard#charts#spotify#itunes#apple music#taylor is the best#icons taylor swift#lover taylor swift#red taylor’s version#new album#breaking news#mtv#mtv vmas#vmas#favorite songs#fans#photoshoots#popular
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