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The Newsboys Rally of 1899!

The New York Sun

July 25, 1899 - Page 2

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GREAT MEET OF NEWSBOYS

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5,000 STRIKERS SWARM IN AND AROUND NEW IRVING HALL

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No More Violence, Their Orators Tell Them, and a Voice Responds, “Oh, Soytenly Not!”—East Side Politicians Catch On and Boom the Strike—It’s Broadening Out

The striking newsboys wound up a day of hard campaigning in their fight against the evening editions of the World and the Journal with a meeting last night in New Irving Hall, at Broome and Norfolk streets, which was a remarkable gathering. A citizen unused to the ways of the New York newsboy might have thought it was a riot. Kid Blink and his Strike Committee had sent the call for the meeting from the Bronx to the Battery, and from Brooklyn to Jersey City, and the arriving delegations choked Broome street from Essex to Norfolk and drove the neighborhood indoors. By 8 o’clock there were 5,000 boys on the block. Two thousand came from Broooklyn, led by Racetrack Higgins, and carrying with them a huge floral horseshoe, the gift of the Brooklyn Eagle. Jersey City sent a hundred boys, and the rest came mostly from Manhattan and the Bronx.

Five policemen and rounds man undertook to keep the boys in check until the hall opened, but in fifteen minutes the rounds man had sent for help. Fifteen policemen responded, but they were as helpless as the five had been. It was utterly impossible to handle the boys. They were a shrieking mob, and when the proprietor of the hall refused to open up at 8 because the meeting wasn’t to begin until 8:30 o'clock, they charged on the door and smashed it open.

Two thousand managed to get in, and there wasn’t an inch of room unoccupied in the hall. The outsiders were good-natured and yelled their approval every time the sounds of applause came to them through the open windows.

Nick Meyers of the Mail and Express was Chairman of the meeting, and he struggled for fifteen minutes before he could make himself heard. When the boys quoted down he stayed the object of the meeting, and called on Mr. Joe Bernstein, the pugilist, who used to sell papers himself, and Reiss, the yellow-barrel lemonade man of Printing House Square, to keep order. Messrs. Bernstein and Reiss armed themselves with far-reaching switches and took up positions. They had their hands full for the rest of the evening.

The first speaker of the evening was Leonard A. Suitkin, who was introduced as “a lawyer feller what’s got a message for us.”

Mr. Suitkin stated that he came as the representative of Assemblyman Charley Adler; that Mr. Adler was with the boys heart and soul, and that he sent them his best wishes.

“You’ve made a firm stand, boys,” he said, “and have made a better showing than the motormen either here or in Brooklyn. Hang together and you’ll win”

There was a yell of applause, and then—after Bernstein and Reiss had done some switching—Frank B. Wood, who used to send chills up people’s backs with his “Well, well, well!” at the Polo Grounds, was introduced.

Hooray for the strike!” began Mr. Wood in G below. “You boys have been successful so far, and you must stick it out to the end now.”

Ex-Assemblyman Phil Wissig, The next speaker, said that he was a newsboy himself in 1880 and that he was heart and soul with the newsboys in their strike.

“What right have these fellows got to hold out 10 cents on you?” he said. “Not a bit, and don’t you stand for it. Keep the law, boys, and don’t let me hear of you using an dynamite. You can win peacefully. Just try it and see.”

A large floral horseshoe came into the hall at this juncture, and Nick Meyers announced that a florist had sent it around to be given to the newsboy that made the best speech. There were roars of applause, and in boosting the chances of their favorites about a score of the boys fell to fighting. There was some lively punching among the little fellows, but the larger boys banged a few heads together, and then Dave Simons, the President of the Newsboys’ Union, read a set of resolutions. The last paragraph of the resolutions was addressed to the public and read:

“Please don’t buy the World or Journal, because we refuse to sell these papers until some satisfactory terms can be reached. The World and the Journal demand arbitration for the striking railroad men, but why don’t they arbitrate with the newsboys? If you have any sympathy with us help us boycott these advertisements: as no one sells these papers no one will be able to see them. * * * Youwill find all the news in THE EVENING SUN, Telegram and Daily News. They give us a chance to make a living. Buy them and help us, and we will thank you very kindly. We remain yours humbly, THE NEWSBOYS’ UNION.”

The resolutions were adopted with shouts that could be heard over on the Bowery. When the ardor of the boys had been suppressed by the keepers of the peace, Simons continued:

“We’re goin’ to win this fight, boys, only we must stick together and hold firm. The Journal and World has got the money, but we got the situation in our hands, and they know it. Now, I’m goin’ to ask you not to use no more violence. Let up on the scabs.”

“Oh, soytenly,” came a voice from the rear of the hall.

“Now, I mean it,” continued Simons. “We can’t gain nothing by banging these fellers around. Let’s fight on the level, and see if we can’t win out that way.”

“Who’s been a-talkin’ to yet like that, Dave?” inquired a shock-headed boy about 11 years old.

“It goes, Shorty,” replied the speaker. “an’ you kids are to remember it, see?”

Shorty and the kids around him had a great laugh over the “no-violence” attitude of the leaders, and because orderly again only when they were threatened with instant expulsion. Warhorse Brennan, who had been selling papers at West Broadway and Chambers street for twenty years, and Jack Tietjen, who had a stand at Church street and Park place, reported that the strike was going well n finely in their localities, and that the scabs were getting it in the neck.

Bob the Indian, whose surname is Stone, then rose to make a few remarks. Bob’s friends greeted him effusively.

“Whatcher goin’ ter says Bob?” queried one, and other remarks hurled at him were:

“Speak up, Bob.” “Hello, cigar sign.” “Don’t take no bluffs, Bob, but say what yer wanter.”

“I’m here fer union and nothin’ else,” said Bob. “I want this strike to keep agoin’ until we get these fellers what’s chockin’ us down. Say, what d’yer think Hearst says to-day? He says he can’t afford to sell two fer a cent. Now did yer ever? Say, he says he might cave if the World would give in, but he can’t sink first. Honest, ain’t that sickening? Now, I’m going to tell yer that yer not to soak the drivers any more.”

“Oh, no! soytenly not!” from the rear ranks.

“No, you’re not to soak ‘em. We’re a-goin’ to try to square this thing without violence: so keep cool. I think we’ll win in a walk-on the level I do.”

“Mr. Kid Blink, our master workman, will now address the meeting.” announced the Chairman. Kid Blink buttoned his shirt, brushed back his hair and walked forward, to be greeted by a storm of applause and a thousand friendly remarks.

“Yer know me, boys!” began the Kid, and there were cries of “yer bet we do.” “Well, I’m here to say if we are goin’ the win this strike we must stick like glue and never give in. Am I right?” Cries of “Yes! yes!”

“Ain’t that 10 cents worth as much to us as it is to Hearst and Pulitzer, who are millionaires? Well, I guess it is. If they can’t spare it, how can we?”

“Soak ’em, Blink,” yelled an enthusiast.

“Soak nothin’,” remarked the Kid. “I’m tellin’ the truth. I’m tryin’ to figure out how 10 cents on a hundred papers can mean more to a millionaire than it does to a newsboy, an’ I can’t see it. No, boys, I’m goin’ ter say like the rest: No more violence. Let up on the drivers. No more rackets like that one the other night where a Journal and a World wagon was tuned over in Madison street. Say, to tell the truth, I was there myself.”

“You bet yer was, Blink, an’ a-leadin’, too,” came a voice.

“Well, never mind, we’re goin’ to let up on the scabs now and with the strike on the square. Kid Blink’s a talkin’ to yer now. Do yer know him? We won in 1893 and will win in 1899, but stick together like plaster.”

“Boys, the next speaker is one of our old friends,” said the Chairman. “I won’t introduce him, because you all know Crazy Aborn.”

Crazy Aborn related an incident of the day. He said he had run across two tramps hired by the World at $2 a day to sell papers. They were hiding their papers in a dark hallway, he said, and looked so ashamed when he came up that he really felt sorry for them. They both promised not to take papers out again, and showed that they meant it by tearing up the papers they had.

Mr. Fitzgibbons, a delegate from the Tenderloin, was introduced, and was about to begin an eloquent address when there was a tumult in the back of the room. The commotion kept increasing, and those on the platform couldn’t understand it until a shrill young voice yollerd:

“Hey, Annie! Hey, Annie! Hooray for Annie!”

Annie’s arrival was really the event of the evening. Outside the hall and inside the boys cheered her, and it wasn’t until she went up on the platform and bowed three times that the boys consented to allow Mr. Fitzgibbons to resume. The Tenderloin delegate reported all well up his way, and wound up by saying:

“But you all know what you’re up against, and there ain’t no use my knocking the realization of it into your nuts.”

Mr. Fitzgibbons sat down and there were yells for a speech from Annie. Annie blushed and shook her head, but the Chairman went ahead, and after a glowing introduction, in the course of which he referred to the next speaker as the brick of all women and the most faithful of the strikers, called on Annie for a speech. Annie was really rattled. She had to be poked with the gavel before she’d get up, and then she only said:

“Well, boys, you know I’m with yer through thick and thin. Stick together and we’ll win.”

Annie sat down again and it was several minutes before the applause subsided. Racetrack Higgins of Brooklyn was then called upon.

“There’s 2,000 of us here from Brooklyn to-night,” he said, “but I think most of the gang got shut out. Never mind, though: we’re with the New York boys and we’re going to stick with them to the end. We took up a collection last night and got enough money to hire a band to lead us over here. I went up to Chief Devery today to get a permit, and what dy’er think he said? He says: ‘Git out, yer slobs.’ I told him we wasn’t slobs, but honest boys trying to make an honest living, but he wouldn’t give up the permit, so we had to leave the band home. I can only say to you, boys, to stand firm, and I bet we’ll win before Dewey comes home. Say, we struck six of those $2-a-day World and Journal fellers in front of Dennett’s in Brooklyn this afternoon—you know Sinker Dennett’s place—and we shamed them into giving up their jobs. They took their Journals back to Barber Clark and said they wasn’t going to help any paper do up a lot of boys. Now, wasn’t that square? [Applause.] I think we’ll win this fight all right. I ain’t made 20 cents this week, but I can stand a heap of that and so can all the Brooklyn boys. Don’t you touch Worlds or Journals until they give us a decent deal. We’re putting them out of business fast and they know it.”

Hungry Joe Kernan, the newsboy mascot, sang a patheic song about a one-legged newsboy, and then Mickey Myers and one or two others made brief speeches. Then the boys left the hall, yelling like demons, and spent the rest of the evening celebrating the successful strike and their great meeting.

The boys regard yesterday as the most successful day they have had since the strike began, because the boycotted newspapers went to the expense of paying men $2 a day to sell papers, only to have 75 percent of the men quit before they had sold a single paper. The boys had little trouble persuading the Bowervites to join them. The few dozen that remained loyal to their employers sold few papers, and the strikers think they enemy will soon tire of waging this kind of a warfare against them.

The Arbitration Committee, which was to meet Mr. Hearst yesterday to get his answer to the proposition that he reduce the price of Evening Journals from 60 to 50 cents a hundred, went to the Journal office in the afternoon, but say they were “chased out” and that the editor refused to see them. They got no answer, and so decided to keep up the fight and make no more advances to the Journal folks.

The parade that had been planned for yesterday morning had to be given up because Chief Devery refused to issue a permit to the boys. Two World drivers and one Journal driver quit work yesterday, according to the strike leaders, because they didn’t care to combat the boys any longer.

William Reese, a negro, was arrested while distributing circulars for the striking newsboys at Third avenue and Forty-second street yesterday. The negro had a bundle of the circulars under his arm and was handing them to passerby. An agent of the World called upon Policeman Phelan to arrest Reese.

“What for?” asked the policeman.

“Why, don’t you see what he’s doing?”rejoined the World man. “They’re advertisements about the World advising people not to buy the paper. The office sent me out to have any one giving out such things arrested.”

The policeman haled the negro to the Yorkville Police Court, and there the World man wanted to make a charge of conspiracy against the prisoner. The policeman finally made a charge of violating a corporation ordinance. Reese said he was a newsboy and distributed the circulars to help along the other boys who were on strike. He did not think he was breaking any law. Magistrate Zeller warned him not to do it again and discharged him.

At noon 300 of the striking newsboys swooped down on five men who were selling the forbidden papers at 125th street and Third avenue. The boys seized the papers and tore them up, filling the streets with the fragments. They chased the men into trolley cars and the the platforms of the elevated roads. At 125th street and Eighth avenue they chased away six men and destroyed their stock. They found eight men at 116th street and Eighth avenue, tore their papers and chased them off the corner. One of the boys, Edward Rowland, was arrested.

Mikki Fischler, 12 years old, and a crowd of other boys were casually clubbing some non-union boys who were selling the boycotted papers at Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street. A policeman caught Mikki and Magistrate Crane fined him $1. Mikki paid the dollar and retired weeping. John Falk, a negro newsboy, was caught belaboring with a club two men who were selling the papers on the Rialto. Magistrate Crane fined him $3.

One of a crowd of parading newsboys jumped on a Third avenue car at Fifth street and snatched a paper from the hand of an old man. The old man grabbed the boy. The boy explained. The old man apologized and contributed a dime to the strike fund.

A crowd of several hundred striking newsboys and their sympathizers discovered two piles of Worlds and Journals on a newsstand at the northeast corner of Second avenue and Forty-second street yesterday afternoon. They charged on the stand, tipped it over, grabbed the papers and had reduced them to strips before the newsdealer knew it. Then they went parading through the streets, yelling in triumph and threatening to to do up anybody they found either selling or buying Worlds and Journals. Policeman Zuck of the East Fifty-first street station attempted to disperse the boys. They attacked Zuck, hurling sticks, stones and old cans at him. Zuck stood it as long as he could and then retired to a nearby store. Among the things hurled at him was a bar of iron six inches long.

The Staten Island newsboys refused yesterday to buy the boycotted papers, and in Tompkinsville, Stapleton and Clifton, they held up the newspaper delivery wagons, pelted the drivers and discouraged would-be customers.

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y., July 24—Two hundred newsboys of this city, who decided to join the strike against the evening editions of the World and Journal, went out to-day. This morning the strikers assembled early at the railroad stations. Nearly every one of them carried a club of some description. At the Harlem station a mob surrounded Walter Gulliver, a dealer, who was on hand to sell the Worlds, and by threats of violence compelled him to join their ranks. The boy afterward became one of the most enthusiastic strikers, proving his fealty to the union by getting arrested for assaulting another agent of the World. A large crowd of strikers gathered at the New Haven Railroad station to await the earlier editions of the World and Journal. They had made all arrangements when the first train pulled in to seize the papers and tear them up, but the police drove the boys away. Later they attacked Arthur and Solomon Loevine, the World wholesale agents, and tore up their papers. P. T. Barguet, the wholesale agent for the Journal, armed a boy with a club and put him out on the corner of the leading business street to take the trade of the strikers. They boy had been on the street only a few minutes when a mob of strikers surrounded him and snatched his papers. Mr. Barguet, who had been watching the proceedings from his store, ran after the boys. Just as he was about to close in on them and recapture his property an outside stepped between him and the fugitives and shut off further pursuit. Barguet returned to his store and made no further attempt to sell Journals.

In the afternoon nearly fifty newsboys surrounded the Loevine brothers, and, after giving them a terrible beating, demolished their wagon and sent the horse off at a dead gallop down the street. About twenty boys threw the Loevines into the gutter and hammered and kicked them, while others broke the wagon into splinters and tore up the papers. The horse was beaten until he tore loose from the wagon and ran off down the street. The police arrested Thomas Madden, an outsider, and John Charge, a newsboy, and took them to the police station, followed by a crowd of about 1,000 people.

To-morrow, it is said, strikes will be declared by the newsboys in Yonkers, New Rochelle, and other towns in Westchester county.

PLAINSFIELD, N.J., July 24.—The strike among the local newsboys against handling or selling evening editions of the World and Journal reached an exciting point this afternoon. The boys gathered at the North avenue railroad station and met the various New York trains that carried the papers. In every instance they successfully prevented the sale of the papers, and in most cases they secured the package of papers and destroyed them. Philip Vanarsdale, the local agent for the Journal, was riding from the station on his wheel, carrying about eighty papers. The boys succeeded in knocking the papers from under his arm, and before he could do anything had them completely destroyed. Thomas Timbo, the agent for the World, did not send any papers on the streets. The police seemed inclined to favor the newsboys. During the afternoon and evening it was almost impossible to purchase a copy of either of the boycotted papers. There are about fifty boys on strike, and they declare they will neither sell nor handle the two papers until the publishers return to the former price.

TRENTON, N.J., July 24.—The newsboys of Trenton, about a hundred in number, who sell the evening editions of the World and Journal, held a meeting to-day and decided not to handle those papers again until their price is reduced from 60 cents to 50 cents a hundred. Tob Duck is the leader of the movement. he, Johnny Driscoll, Scadsy McGuidre and Joh Lipman called at the local newspaper offices to-night to say the strike would begin to-morrow and that any boy found selling the papers would get a slugging and maybe something worse. They declared further that the agents from whom they get their supply of Worlds and Journals would be rotten-egged on their wagons if they made any attempt to distribute the red-headed extras. The leading newsdealers declare that the boys have their sympathy and that they also will refrain from handling the papers while the strike lasts.

ELIZABETH, N.J., July 24.—The strike of the newsboys against the Evening World and Journal has spread to this city, and to-day the papers were handled by only a few newsdealers. The newsboys organized on Saturday night and they refused to take copies of the boycotted journals. Agents of the yellow journals distributed papers free, but the few “scabs” who accepted them were help up by the other boys and forced off the streets.

NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 24.—The newsboys of this city have joined in the strike against the evening editions of the World and Journal and to-day they asked Mayor Driscoll for permission to hold a massmeeting on the New Haven Green on Saturday night next to protest against their treatment by these two papers. They have decided that they will no longer pay war prices for these papers. Their leader is named McCarthy, and he went to New York on Saturday night to confer with the leaders of the newsboys’ strike there.

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TROY NEWSBOYS IN THE FIGHT

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They Boycott the World and Journal, and Try to Prevent Others from Selling Them.

TROY, July 24–The newsboys of this city have caught the strike fever. This afternoon, upon the arrival of the New York papers, nearly every newsboy in town declared his intention to boycott the World and Journal, and accordingly arranged to prevent the sale of these papers by other boys. Dealers who have been accustomed to handling the papers found that none of the boys would accept them.

A meeting of the newsboys has been called for to-morrow night, when plans will be arranged whereby all boys will be prevented from handling the boycotted papers.

Several fights occurred between newsboys this afternoon, and in one of them a boy named Perry was struck on the head with a stone, rendering him unconscious. Several agents for the boycotted papers have been threatened, and according to a sta’ement of one of the aggrieved newsboys the newsstands selling the boycotted papers will be stormed. The newsboys made a demonstration this afternoon, parading the principal streets of the city with banners inscribed: “Boycott the World and Journal.”

#newsies #newsies 1992 #newsies live #historical #newsboys strike of 1899 #the newsies rally #newspapers #i was informed this was all online when i was already a column through #and just kept with it #tw racial slurs #because 1899

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artificiallyimplantedmemories · 4 years ago

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[ ooc: ep 4 liveblog & opinions under the cut! this one got long winded because I had a lot that I was thinking about (and it took me twice the length of the episode to actually watch through it because I kept pausing to type oops) ]

yeeeesh that’s one way to start. thank you for letting bucky cry.

but also the look of pride on her face when she says “you are free” they’ve been working so hard and she’s so happy with the progress bucky has made ;_;

and now she’s so betrayed :(

but I’m also so glad Bucky learned xhosa that’s super important! <3 part of decolonization of the past involves respecting and learning and propagating languages and cultures that have been trodden over. Wakanda has been something of a safe place in that regard, and are now doing the outreach to help their continent and the world, but it takes the world of people within the majority putting in the effort and learning and embracing those cultures and languages (without appropriation, which I know is a fine line to walk sometimes) in order to really make progress. once it is no longer alien, it is also no longer scary, and can be held in proper esteem.

“sweet of you” shut your mouth Zemo xD

“she’s just a kid” thank you for your compassion Sam. and while she’s an extremist, I’m not sure whether Karli counts as a supremacist or just a terrorist? maybe she counts as genocidal if she’s truly trying to restore things to Blip conditions but it’s kind of unclear.

“the serum never corrupted Steve” “touché” YO EVEN HE ADMITS IT

Sam’s understanding of cultural habits (and there are many overlaps between various cultures and the ways they mourn) is such an asset here, and I’m glad that they’re pulling a contrast between the tech-driven, cold, calculating predictions made by certain people and organizations in other parts of Marvel and the general sort of soulful and instinctive approach here

Turkish delight. Excuse me but Narnia cemented the idea in so many people’s heads that it is this magical thing but it’s like superglue in your mouth. It is not irresistible, Zemo.

Legislation and social change as a result of violent action is nothing new. Every peaceful protest has been backed up by some kind of harm, whether it be economic, like a boycott, or physical, either damage to property or lives. I think instinctively people understand this, but it’s good to see it put in the spotlight.

Sam is “stranger danger” to these kids :/

“I know what happens when people say they’re going to help out... nothing.” Ouch.

The way Sam’s gaze falls at that too, because he knows theoretically that a lot of these injustices are happening and can empathize, but practically hearing it hurts. He doesn’t like not being trusted either, but I think he can probably understand why.

Zemo playing that psychology game! Kids love food and the idea that he must be a good person just for having a kid is dumb as hell but something that kids would gravitate towards. Smart man. Doubly smart for not telling them, Nat would approve if she didn’t hate him :P

Sam de-escalating is gonna be a trend I can just see it.

Cherry blossom tea? Interesting choice.

SHARON HI

Nat vc: gosh it’s nice to see someone competent around here.

ooooh they’re really reinforcing the idea of Captain America being a figurehead that inspires people

“heroes these days don’t have the luxury of keeping their hands clean” yeah well it’s because Steve had people like Bucky and Nat do do his dirty work, but sure

“all the people history just left out” OW

okay first of all Sam being the one who is insisting on reasoning with them because he knows what it’s like to come from an oppressed people !!! he knows grief and trauma !!! he can do this !!!!! I just know Walker is gonna fuck it up for them :P

second, Walker trying to emotionally manipulate Bucky? it’s a testament to how far he’s come that he doesn’t punch the guy immediately lol

Hoskins being the voice of reason as a foil for Walker again what?! this version of Lamar isn’t nearly as terrible as I expected.

Zemo calling that itty bitty girl his associate xD He really does understand the people here though... aaaand he’s getting handcuffed. Totally didn’t see that coming (he’ll probably break free anyway)

The conversation between Karli & Sam ;_;

“you’re either brilliant or hopelessly optimistic” “por quo no los dos.gif”

Walker trying to guilt Bucky again god he’s so dumb. I appreciate the fact that he’s ruthless but he’s so narrow minded in how he approaches problems. oh no I have an issue let’s punch it until it dies! come on man.

Karli is so heartbreakingly naive and that’s becoming more and more obvious. I love Sam opening her up like this wow.

WALKER FUCKING IT UP AS ALWAYS

and the cuffs empty WHAT DID I TELL YOU

god we were getting somewhere ;____;

oh good just what we need, serum in Walker’s hands. he was already awful he doesn’t need to be more awful gdi

“we separate them and then we kill Captain America” ...yes, we’re listening xD

I know crazy because I am crazy... oh boy we got some internalized stuff, but let’s play it off

still a little blame game going in terms of where the shield ended up I see

THE DORA MILAJE ARE HERE -swoon-

pOINTY STICKS I cackled oh boy he gonna get his ass WHOOPED

Sam is enjoying the hell out of this

Zemo watching and drinking

“Looking strong, John!” “Bucky”

oooh dear they tangling and Zemo’s getting away.

your arm’s off! no it’s not

WAIT WHAT DID AYO SAY BEFORE SHE SAID JAMES

they all got their asses kicked ah well. also the look on Walker’s face says he gonna serum himself up, the lil fucker. oh no someone’s better than you how will your ego ever survive.

a lil Battlestar logo!!! shut up that’s cute. they’re really making him halfway likeable here.

“power just makes a person more of themselves”

ohhhh okay time to unlock Walker’s traumatic backstory. at least he feels bad about the things he did. at least he knows that those medals of honor are covered in blood. people are at least partly made by their circumstances, and I wonder what he was like before the war. the only indication we have of it is him being a football star, and while I may not have had the best track record with those in my youth, that doesn’t mean there aren’t decent ones out there...

Sarah’s “my world doesn’t matter to America, so why should I care about its mascot?” Oh, we’re speaking to the disenfranchisement of marginalized people hardcore today okay. if anyone’s gotten this far in my overly long commentary I want you to know that this is the realest alright? it’s hard to be proud of a country and its symbols when it doesn’t do right by you, when the majority doesn’t do right by you. am I glad I was born here? sure. are there worse places to be? sure. am I proud to be an american? oof, man, don’t ask me that.

Karli is not pulling her punches, she’s threatening the whole fam. Sam isn’t gonna like that... He sounds like he’s trying to suppress panic instead of being angry on the phone call with Sarah. I think he understands what Karli is trying to do, even though he hates how. And he’s worried, because he’s always gonna be worried. Poor guy. And there’s the confrontation.

Sharon got their backs!

Oof, seeing the gun with the shield.

Gunshot, run, oh, listening, he’s already got the serum, maybe? Given how deeply that shield is embedded in the wall I’m gonna say yes. YUP I WAS RIGHT.

Something about the water dripping and Lemar’s face makes me think he may have been waterboarded at some point :( but maybe he’s just in a lot of pain.

THE KNIFE CATCH. YES YES YES. THE KNIFE FLIP. Nat is so hearteyes.

Ooh, we gotta upgrade that wingpack with Stark repulsors pls go Sam go

oh no. Lemar. fuck. FUCK.

oh good now you’ve done it. killing a guy as Captain America. fuck.

the blood on the shield as the last shot! ~cinematography~

hoooo I’m chilled. I knew something along these lines was coming but oof.

#onyx watches fatws #out of the red;#fatws spoilers #cw: death #cw: blood #cw: racism #cw: ptsd #cw: torture

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toomuchbroadwayquotes · 5 years ago

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This might be ignored,its a long read, but if you want to have your forces restored on feminism my dead feminists i really wanted to share something that is making me tear up every 5 seconds.

As some of you might now, in my country (Brasil) we currently have a situation where our "president" is a misogynist (said he had a bunch of boys, they he went weak and have a daughter that's a "small" example for yall), homophobic ( said he would beat the gay out of his son if he ever "got it"), racist ( talking about killing native Indians and saying slaverism was a choice yadayada) anyways, just a piece of crap, we call him Bozo, like the clown. Well ever since his election we have been feeling so down (I'm sure my American friends can share the feeling). We are the country that kills more transexual people on the world. And it's not even illegal here, that would put into perspective. So, all this are real, serious problems, but bear with me as I get I little... naive maybe?. Well we had 20 seasons of BigBrother over here (Or BBB, Adding the Brasil at the end) and the show is on "the liberals tv channel, all the conservatives try to boycott it yadda yadda ") . But this season is just a gem. I feel like a revolution is happening and (I'm crying rn) I can't even put into words. Its gonna sound ridiculous, but you have to understand that 1) TV is a huge part of our culture, and is 100% connected with politics for us. 2)This show has been silencing woman, making men do anything they want without consequences and put woman as simple objects for their enjoyment. And somehow every year we wouldcomplain about how that was the reflection of our country. Something like this year edition NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

Our LGBT movies, Theather and books are being censoreds right now. Our country is on the verge of becoming a conservative doom.

The secretary of health system said :abstinence of sex is the best way to avoid DSTs and pregnancies. THATS HOW DEEP IN SHIT WE ARE. And we feel voiceless. Is like they are the majority you know?

Is like, you know when Katniss made every distric rebel by leading an example on the hunger games? Is THAT KIND OF SHIT. So, firsts things first:

I will introduce you the leaders of our current feminist movement

First, Thelma, she is not just ya regular powerful black queen. She is a doctor, with a bunch of degrees on stuff I can't even pronounce,she is specialized on anesthesia and she is a resident like those bad ass ones in grey's anatomy. She she is A BOSS. She is strong, and even though she is not 100% familiar with the feminism in "theory" she lives it in practice with out even knowing it ( now she knows, cause the other two are teaching her!) I want to make clear that on this reality show, the majority of the public has always been racist, and black people normally are eliminated first, yes it sucks and is one of the reasons I stopped watching a long time ago, as most of us millenials, but thank God we came back. She isn't going ANYWHERE CUZ WE ARE NOT LETTING THAT HAPPEN.

The second one is Marcela, every since the first we saw her she said loud and clear:I AM A FEMINIST, she is also a Doctor. She calls her self doctor unicorn, she is an OB/GYN and choose her career because she wanted to fully support her transexual brother /yess/, she is also expert on female sexuality and give classes about it, think Carina Deluca. She also takes care of sexual abuse victims. Oh yeah, she is bisexual as well. And everyone is shipping her with the next one btw.

Now our last warrior: Gizelly, She is a Lawyer, and she advocates for woman, she has suffered all the types of abuse from her ex husband and after all the trauma, she decided no one would do that to her again. Feminist, we call her the hurricane, she just shoots fire and defends any woman that is being belittled.

What happened was, some guys decided they would "seduce"any woman who was in a relationship outside the reality show, so they would look bad, and be eliminated easily. Wellx those 3 heard that, and they just couldn't get quiet. They went and tell all the girls about it. Some of them didn't believe them, the guys said they were CRAZY, and were LYING (what a shock)

The confrontation scene:

So one of them said: If I am lying, I will be eliminated this round. If I'm back, then you are the lier. So, regular reality show stuff right?

Here are some things you should know: Marcela, the leader ( as she was the one with the initiatives) was anonymous when she first got on the show, and 13 days later, she had 2 MILLION FOLLOWERS. Every feminist, every LGBT+ and ally on this country just woke up ya know?. We were all mad as hell that they were being treated as liars, but, and that's a HUGE but, the guy mentioned earlier was against one that was even worse. He was touching inappropriately the girls while they were completely DRUNK at the parties ( they wouldn't remember later), he was the one who actually made said plan mentioned before, but they didn't knew at the house because he was a completely different person when he was alone with the guys. A complete scumbag, he mocked and made fun of every woman on the house because of their looks etc. Sooo, all those millions of feminists watching were like : "do we take the biggest jerk and make the girls think we think they are lying or ?" Well, we decided to take the bigger toxic monster first, and left the other one for the next. But we had a special card. Every year, after the show starts, they put a glass house in the middle of a mall, with 4 candidates inside, we vote for 2 of them to be on the actual show yada yada. What happened was:people started showing off by the mall, with posters, begging for whomever got in the house to :"PLEASE TELL THE GIRLS EVERYONE BELIEVE THEM. THAT THEY ARE NOT LYING. THAT THEY HAVE MILLIONS OF SUPPORTERS. THAT HE ONLY CAME BACK BECAUSE THE OTHER WAS WORSE ETC"

So, last night was elimination day, the worst one got out with 80% elimination A victory for us (there were 4 people on this run, and one of them is a Black guy, fat, older than everyone else, and by history, he would obviously be the first eliminated but he was the one with LESS VOTES. AGAIN THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN OUR COUNTRY SPECIALLY SINC THE FOURTH PERSON COMPETING IS A CARISMATIC YOUNG KOREAN MAGICIAN YOUTUBER WITH A NETWORTH OF MILLIONS, BUT THE BLACK GUY WAS LESS VOTED THAN HIM, GUYS I CAN'T STOP WRITING IN CAPS.The second worst one tho, comeback celebrating, saying he knew he was right. Singing victory. The girls were crashed. No one understood and they all started crying and talking about how it was a reflection of our country, but that they wouldn't change their ideals etc. (Again, they didn't knew everything trash bag number one did, cuz he did it in secret so they thought it was an answer)... well, 2am, the couple from the glass house got in. And they told them. They said everything. How the public loves them, and the why the other one got out first, and how we knew they were saying the truth. This part is just a sweet ending for y'all. They then proceeded to get all the woman in one bedroom and talked and talked, they even explained to the ones who had some deep patriarchal mindset and were believing the boys up until that point, they had conversations about feminism, about not accepting to be treated that way, they cried, they were so relieved, it's silly because is a reality show, but last night everyone felt like we were supported. Like, people got our backs! People agree that we wont take that bullshit anymore. In other editions those guys would be the handsome guys that all the girls would die to be with, you know? But know they are the villains. It happened. The girls are not the crazy ones. They are not the powerless wones. They were the STRONG ONES forming OPINIONS, moving the big pieces on the board.

I can't even talk about how this will impact on many young girls, especially with all those girls having such strong stories you know? Today is a reality show but whatch us on the booting vote! Watch us at the March's. Just watch us. I'm telling y'all. Brasil is gonna turn this shit upside down.

Anyways here is a little clip of when our guardian Angel Dan, told the girls that they should trust Marcela's word

The relief the felt, we all felt. Having your word taken seriously after being called crazy and lier...

( even the production of the show tryied to deny the guys plan was real before the videos started pouring up, and they had to take back after saying on national television that Marcela was lying. Because that was the standard)

#big brother #BBB #Big Brother Brazil #big brother brasil #marcela mc gowan #Feminism #third wave feminism #inclusive feminism #liberal feminism #lgbt+

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killian-whump · 5 years ago

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(I wanna preface this with a trigger warning for mentions of rape) Hey, I was scrolling through my twitter feed and saw some people being nasty about season 7 (and the cast) but something that stood out to me was the fact that there's a couple of people who are accusing Wish!Hook/Rogers of being a r*pist and accusing him of admitting to it. I'm currently rewatching s7 and was wondering if there was something I missed, either explicitly or implicitly stated 😅

OH MY GOD, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

Are these people STILL going on about that shit???

I’m going to fucking rant about this for a bit, so hit the jump. Or don’t.

Okay, refresher for Nonny and those who are new to this ShitShow:

A bunch of people decided to opt out of S7, because Emma Swan was no longer going to be on the show. Now, not watching a show after your fave character/actor leaves it is absolutely understandable. There’s nothing wrong with it. However, hate-watching that show, campaigning for it to be cancelled, attacking the actors, writers, show-runners and crew who are continuing to work on that show or join the show after your fave’s departure... That’s all completely shitty (and absolutely batshit CRAZY) behavior. There is NO excuse for it. Ever.

And that segment of batshit crazy assholes is who we’re talking about here.

Now, most of these motherfuckers haven’t even watched S7. They base their crazy-ass opinions on synopses of the episodes, and heresay from their similarly sanity-impaired friends. So most of the time, it’s useless to counter their rantings with facts and canon interpretations. They’ll simply repeat, “Well, my friend Janet said it, and I believe her.” or some other nonsense.

So. With all of that in mind, Episode 2 of Season 7 re-introduced Wish Hook to viewers and revealed that he was Detective Rogers, set up Emma as his “savior” as a respectful nod to the idea of every Hook being “destined” to be saved by Emma Swan, and also established his primary and singular drive as a character - reuniting with his daughter. THOSE were the main points of the episode.

However, the fuckwits I spoke about above decided to focus, not on any of the important aspects of the episode, but on his cockamamie plot to score a True Love’s Kiss from Emma in order to cure his poisoned heart. The plot entailed using magic to de-age himself, returning to Storybrooke with Regina, getting a kiss from Emma to cure said heart, then returning to his own Enchanted Forest to reunite with Alice. It is this last part that the nutters refuse to believe. They prefer to believe that Hook intended to stay in Storybrooke, take over OG Hook’s entire life, and in so doing - engage in sex with Emma under the pretense that he is “her” Killian. And that is where the rape claim comes in.

Now, for those of us who actually watched the show, it’s painfully (and embarrassingly, for those nutters) obvious that Wish Hook would never have stayed in Storybrooke for even a second longer than necessary after curing his heart (or finding that his plot didn’t work). His entire impetus as a character was to reunite with Alice, his daughter. Remaining in Storybrooke, a realm far away from where his daughter even IS, and maintaining the charade of being someone else, someone without said daughter, and bothering to keep up that pretense... doesn’t suit his character’s main goals whatsoever. It’s ludicrous to think he would. It’s literally insane and one has to be awfully dedicated to besmirching the show and the character to even maintain it.

And yet, they do. Their ONE “ace in the hole” is that they managed to get one of the writers (Adam Horowitz, I believe) to answer a question about what Wish Hook intended to do with his plan with an admission that Wish Hook intended to take over Hook’s life. Now, I’m gonna come right out and say it: That answer, regardless of who it came from, also doesn’t fit the narrative of S7 or Wish Hook’s main drives as a character. And I’m also gonna say that sometimes even the people who should know best about a show don’t... and also, sometimes people mis-speak or are trying to emphasize one thing (in this case, how “bad” Hook was going to be to get what he wanted, and how “in need” he was of Emma’s saving him and setting him right) instead of the more important thing (that these fuckers had no interest in Wish Hook’s redemption and only wanted to bait Adam into saying something they could use as “proof” of their claims).

But regardless, it’s the ONE thing they have to “back up” their insanity, and they use the fuck out of it. Mind you, these same people will summarily throw out any and all claims that there wasn’t rape involved or intended there as factually incorrect, regardless of where they come from. Instead, they will simply trot out that ONE well-worn screencap yet again and insist, as always, that they are right and Everyone Else is wrong.

So... Long story short, it’s absolute apeshit, and the people who argue it’s true are so asinine and obsessive that they’re not worth arguing with. You can’t change their minds or make them see sense, because they desperately want to cling to their belief that S7 Is Bad and Wish Hook Is Bad and that they were/are right to boycott, campaign against the show, and attack those who took part in creating it, because it is clearly Bad and does Bad Things. This is also the entire basis of their claims that Wish Hook, Rogers, and S7 itself are “triggering” to them and deeply disturbing. They use this claim to try to essentially erase S7 from existence by complaining whenever the S7 exclusive actors are involved in “Once” events, or whenever S7+ actors refer to S7 events or Wish Hook, himself. Colin has even been directly accused by these assholes of “approving” of rape and being “insensitive” to his fans by wearing clothing he got from Rogers’ wardrobe to conventions. It’s absolutely batshit, toxic, and rude.

I suspect this is all rearing its ugly head yet again because Jen is scheduled to appear at Enchanted 3, and some of these crazies (who are all Jen fans, incidentally) are already trying to get Starfury to not invite anyone who exclusively starred in S7. Which, considering the only other announced star is Tiera Skovbye, I sincerely wish them all the luck in the world with XD But regardless, the SANE fans are all pretty much telling them, “Hey, what? That’s rude? Why are you being a dick?” and I’m assuming the jerks quickly resorted to “but rape is bad!” arguments to derail all the legit complaints about their shitty-ass behavior.

SO! My advice to you, Nonny, and to everyone else... is to mute those assholes and not engage with them in any way, shape or form. Like the comments of those poor fools who try, because their hearts are in the right place, even if their brains are doomed to be scrambled by the illogical reaches they’re about to be subjected to. It’s good to show support for the sensible people in our fandom(s). But I don’t recommend actually engaging with them, yourself. They’re hateful, toxic people... and your entire life will be better off for steering clear of them. Also, there’s only about 10-20 of them in their entirety, so once you weed them out and mute them, it’s like they don’t even exist.

And, hopefully, if they’re ignored by enough people for a long enough time, they’ll move on to something else. I guess that hasn’t happened yet, but here’s hoping it happens eventually. If not for our sake, then for Jen’s. I can’t imagine getting a reputation for having fans who literally harass and stalk her co-stars, employers and even people who simply continue to work on a project after she voluntarily leaves it will actually help her career at all.

Don’t get me wrong here, working with Jen on Once was a huge step up for Colin’s career... but the crazies in her fandom are literally following him into his next projects, naysaying them, criticizing and insulting him, attacking his fans for supporting him and his projects, and insisting that nothing Colin does will ever be as good as the work he did with Jen... and that’s just fucking NUTS. And it’s not limited to Colin. Remember the fervor when Josh Dallas dared to call another actress his “Tv Daughter”? Yeah, that was charming. If this keeps up, it won’t be long before Jen’s earning herself a reputation for being “lovely to work with, but comes with a cloud of toxic fans who will make her co-stars sorry they worked with her for YEARS afterwards.” And, I mean, color me weird if you want to, but I think that’s generally NOT a good plan.

#fandom drama #this shit again #are you serious #wtf guys #anonymous #kw ask box

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hadnothing · 5 years ago

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OKAY, SO — QUICK TALKS ABOUT THE SHANG-CHI MOVIE AND IMPLICATIONS OF IT.

as a reasonably vocal asian american i’ve been having this conversation with friends and family a few times since the movie was announced. people have a lot of different thoughts about a lot of different things and so i’m gonna break down mine here so that i can point to this post instead of rehashing it all for the umpteenth time ‘cause i’m a lazy bastard.

i absolutely think that marvel is continuing a trend of picking somewhat well-known but not too beloved characters to bring to the big screen, yeah. it allows them to rework a lot of the material and not have too many comic buffs pissed when they inevitably change too much or ‘get something wrong.’ shang-chi is a pretty good choice for that imo; he’s been around a long time and he’s been reworked in comics as well because of the whole fu manchu debacle and it’s a chance to consolidate a nicer background for him yet again. it’s also about time for the representation, and yes, i do think this is an extremely marketable move for them as far as an asian american audience goes and most of their american fanbase in general.

i do not think it is a marketable move for them with asian audiences in asia, but absolutely it is for asian audiences in the west. you have to understand that representation is only a big deal for people like me, who are used to not seeing people like myself on screen in major roles. in a similar way to the way that crazy rich asians was seen as a step back and totally flunked in china, etc., i would predict that shang-chi won’t meet a ton of success outside of the north american fanbase because guess what? representation isn’t an issue in that market, and to be bringing a character with this kind of really questionable background up is definitely a more lousy move and comes across as kind of an insult tbh. it comes across as a sellout move, because in a way it is even though it’s probably meant somewhat genuinely as representation is overdue, and i get that. but also, it’s representation that comes at a time when suddenly it’s going to make them a lot of money to put it out there. it’s not like there weren’t resources before. it’s because people yell about wanting this more now. and that goes for a lot of things now, but it doesn’t make that faint sour taste go away, y’know? i think that because i’ve been able to live back and forth with my family in taiwan and america, it gives me a lot of perspective i wouldn’t have otherwise, and like, dude. seriously, it’s a step back for sure for me. i think they would’ve done a lot better to work with an asian american character, because that’s a way more accessible and understandable experience for the western audience and would mean even more to see, and it’s additionally something that the eastern audience wouldn’t begrudge nearly as much and would be more likely to celebrate. i’d be personally mortified to try and see that movie with my fave cousin or something, he’s like, what is this? this is some crazy silly caricature! this so old, wow, i don’t get it! i would rather see something about somebody like you! and i kind of have to agree. whether or not i actually go to see the movie at all on my own, i’m undecided about as well, just because it’s an emotional mix-up for me personally. it’s also worth noting that while liu is chinese, he’s a canadian citizen, and it would have been entirely possible to cast a chinese citizen. and yes, leung is chinese, and guess what? my cousin told me there’s calls to boycott him for signing into this. so that says something.

i would have preferred to see a different asian hero (even though i have a lot of nostalgia for mokf) - however, you also have to take into account that good representation in comics is a much newer thing, and marvel does like to pull more established characters for films. shang-chi has been around a hell of a lot longer than, like, amadeus cho or kamala khan, or any of the newer generation folks (which, we also don’t know if or how they’re going to be worked into the current mcu). why this is, idk, i don’t think it’s a source material thing given how much they like to change things, i think it may fr be solely a whole ass thing about getting the chance to improve on what they’ve made mistakes with and revive their marketability. they’ve been working shang-chi into a lot of stuff lately like domino’s solo series and appealing to asian americans in general with amadeus, and new agents of atlas, and things like this.

i do have a lotta concerns with possible fetishization. i think everyone can acknowledge that marvel sells you heroes on a lot of sex appeal, and simu liu’s hot. fair enough! but like, consider the kind of sometimes rabid adoration people have over rdj, and hiddleston, in their mcu roles. blind stanning and drooling. now consider that with an asian man, from a whole bunch of white people who aren’t really aware of a lot of chinese culture except for this COMIC BASED movie that they watched, or maybe the k- and c-pop idols they already uwu over to a terrifying and often-ignorant degree, and wince with me. and dude, yes, i know not everyone is like that. i have tons of wonderful friends who make efforts to connect with me and like, surprise me with culturally appropriate gifts on holidays i celebrate, and cool things like that. but i’ve personally been fetishized by people i was dating, or people that were into me, and been subjected to so many stupid-ass questions more than i can count, and i’m only half taiwanese and white-passing a fair enough percentage of the time. this is going to open up some floodgates for dumb movie-linked jokes and assumptions. there’s always people that just don’t make an effort and don’t think that they’re ignorant and say what they want. and there’s enough asian fetishization in the world. i mean, fuck, lmao, just think of bts fangirls or whatever, right? it’s that line between enjoyment and total manic adulation that’s so dangerous.

i do not approve of shang-chi’s comic origins. if anyone has read the original master of kung-fu series, you are probably super aware that a - there’s a lot of white savior connotations, b - fu manchu is the most hideous, stereotypical, racially villainizing bullcrap, and c - it just wasn’t that good, period. there were a lot of issues with the series and if it weren’t for the fact that i read it as a kid and was excited over seeing media in comics about people like me, i would absolutely fucking hate it as a new reader today. but i can acknowledge that marvel did try to give him a new background later, even if it still wasn’t exactly stellar imo, and appreciate it for what it meant to me when i was too young to understand the problems in the writing, and that’s ok too. there’s definitely reasons i have a heavy preference for one of the lesser-seen villains over the titular character and have a whole ass blog for him where i’ve canon diverged heavily.

all that said, i do think that reworking shang-chi is a pretty decent idea. if it wasn’t, i wouldn’t have him here. there’s a lot that can be done with what is, more or less, a really cool idea that can be done better and i can at least hope that the movie is just that. a good movie that hopefully nods to old kung-fu tradition. idk if i’ll care for it. for now i’m going to do my thing with writing him how i wish he was, that’s it, and keep my eye on things as they go.

#OOC.#OPINIONS.#FETISHIZATION MENTION CW.#RACISM MENTION CW.#LONG POST.#opinions are welcome but pls be polite about them yanno? everyone has a voice #and i'm interested in like...other people's thoughts about the movie #bc i know that a lot of people don't have the same concerns as me #does it just look like a cool movie? or boring? or what

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thegreatmercutio · 5 years ago

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...huh...ScarJo sounding like Straight...White Privilege...huh?

She isn’t a struggling actress...she is one of the highest paying actress out there, she is literally in every Marvel films....and is getting her own Black Widow film (which is a Marvel that I will not support...not sorry, there’s plenty of amazing Female Marvel characters that deserves their own movie than ScarJo’ Black Widow)...and now, she still believes she has the RIGHT TO PLAY ANY CHARACTERS THAT SHE IS GIVEN...she has learned fucking nothing...look, this isn’t like the Little Mermaid casting...NOOOOO...because for decades Disney lacked diversity and is known for their racist and whitewashing past...they had a character named Jim Crow and casted Steve from Full House to play Aladdin!!...and the Little Mermaid is open for interpretations (it’s a Mermaid!!)...but when it comes to ScarJo...she isn’t a starving actress that physically appearance and heritage background hasn’t been represented...in the media...SHE NOT UNDERREPRESENTED...SHE FUCKING PRIVILEGED!!

I don’t understand why people keep defending her...DO YOU REALLY NEED HER MOVIES TO SURVIVE?? I have been spacing her out in every Marvel films...and found her character...to me...not important...yeah, I said it! She is a hypocrite and problematic...and gets away with it every time...she openly and proudly defends Woody Allen...the director who is under investigation for raping his own daughter when she was a child at the time! ScarJo is one of the strongest defender of Allen. Oh yeah, just to remind people...Woody Allen is also married to his own adopted daughter...who he raised as a child...and then he left his wife and married her...his own daughter...and yet when his own biological daughter told people...he raped her...she is a liar!! Yes, blaming the victim. Yet ScarJo defends him, then goes all #MeToo when it’s trending, telling James Franco to give back his pin...then she goes stealing opportunities from WOC in films...then she defended her rights to plan a Tran character...then...she finally withdraw from the very role...because of she getting BLACKLASH...SHE NEVER GAVE A FUCK UNTIL PEOPLE STARTED TO BOYCOTT THE FILM AND SHAMING HER FOR HER INSENSITIVITY...AND NOW SHE TAKING IT ALL BACK SAYING SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO PLAY ANY ROLE...I read this interview once related to Ghost in Shell (which fucking flopped in theaters)...of her stating how she will never steal roles from POC...then right in the interview she changes the subject and talks about how important to play a female lead...it’s like WHAT THE FUCK?? YOU...KNOW WHAT...GO PLAY A FUCKING TREE!!

Yeah...I am not a fan. I apologize to my followers...I really hate using my blog to rant this kind energy...but I am BIG in representations...I believe that stories...need to open and honest, because it reflects humanity...both fictional and non-fictional...and just to remind you...that POC and LGBTQA are poorly underrepresented in films and shows for centuries. Often, used as tokens and overly stereotyped...for example Asians in Western films...is only 1%...and Tran roles played by Tran Actors is really really rare! Look, I believe Art in all its forms...reflects and teaches generations of people about each other and self identity...if you have no idea how important Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians was for the underrepresented audience...then you are living in rose colored privilege world...I am sorry for you...that the industry has conditioned you in believing that actresses and actors like ScarJo has the right to play any roles. Don’t come at me...saying there’s isn’t any big names of POC and LGBTQA out there to be casted...bullshit...there’s plenty of actresses and actors out there...Tom Hanks was an unknown once too...you got to give the right people...the right chances. It is so important to allow people to be represented in stories that embraces their world. There’s is so many wonderful and beautiful stories out there that will never get to see its truths...because of the way we are conditioned.

Link: https://www.polygon.com/2017/2/9/14559866/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-whitewashing

Update: according to new...news...she stated that article was taking her words out of contents...here is updated information...if anyone cares... link: https://ew.com/movies/2019/07/14/scarlett-johansson-trans-rub-and-tug-statement/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

However, she still signed up the role in Ghost in the Shell...and “Rub & Tug” and only withdraw from ”Rub & Tug” because of backlash. She say it now that she is self aware of underrepresented of POC and LGBTQA...but still it’s the 21st centuries...and yet in past years...we have seen Whitewashing of Asian, Africans, Latinos, Black...etc (Ghost in the Shell, Exodus, Aloha, Dragon Ball Z, Argo, Stonewall, Wanted, 21,...almost Hellboy and Rub & Tug...)...and she and many others are grown adults who are acting like they just learned the word...and I don’t just blame her...or other actors...I blame everyone involved...casting directors, directors, producers, studio...and even the audience...but sometimes it takes individuals to make a change...and she...like many others...are so late to the change...but hey at least they’re trying now...you know after they get hate for it...honestly, I just don’t care...it’s really hard to trust this industry...she...like many...is a part of it...after all the backlash...it wouldn’t matter in a few days...she will still be wealthy and famous...and she will continue to get roles...at the end of the day...these people don’t care. They say things just to save their image and career...even though...it was taken out of content...that quote...she still said it.

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screwloosestudios · 6 years ago

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SMASH 150 - 171 - DARK SAMUS

I didn't expect to get back to this so soon, but I decided I wanted to get the next set out before the game is released so that I can talk about the last few things that were revealed recently.

So let's start with Dark Samus itself. As a "Dark Character" I don't really care for Dark Samus but I do rate it lower than Dark Pit in terrible-ness and it's a reasonable way to boost the number of Metroid characters. Would you believe that I almost added this character to my very first Smash project!? Some people were rather upset that Samus would transform after user her Final Smash in Brawl (I recall one fellow on some message board saying he was going to boycott the game and possibly never play another Smash game again...I wonder if he ever followed through on that? I'm going to guess.......no) so I was going to suggest this character as a version of Samus who does not go into a Zero Suit form after the Final Smash. The thing is, I wanted to call it "Metroid Prime" and change it's design to look more Metroid-y which I ultimately felt was too many liberties so I scrapped the character. I do hope to do a small series about dark characters in the future so I'm not going to go into detail about what I don't like Dark Samus right now BUT once again the Smash team take a boring character and do something interesting with it. I'm talking about the character animation. Dark Samus doesn't move like an evil version of Samus, it moves like an alien creature attempting to look human and doing a pretty poor job of it - and that gives it quite a notable 'personality,' something I can certainly respect! ***** Okay now let's talk about Spirits I am very much looking forward to trying out the Spirit mode! When I first saw them as power boosting customisation tools I wasn't that interested. The last couple of Smash games (and Kid Icarus Uprising) suggest that Sakurai has some great love of overly complicated, number heavy customisation modes, and they're things I didn't like using too much in their respective games, but now I can see that Spirits are a bit more streamlined than I first thought does make them more appealing to me. I also understand those that are upset that trophies have not returned, but think of it like this: First, how many times did you really look at the trophies? Once or twice each? We've now had four Smash games (remember Wii U/3DS had some different lineups) with trophies, and what would they put in a new game? Three or four hundred of them would probably be the same characters and items we've already seen and 3D models (and textures, don't forget) take quite a lot of space in a game, much more so that static 2D images. It's possible that not having trophies was part of the reason why they could have so many fighters! So spirits seems to take aspects of trophies and stickers, but also seem very reminiscent of Event Matches and Master/Crazy Orders. Events were one of my favourite modes in Smash and this new concept basically gives us hundreds of them! I think there's one very important thing to consider about spirit battles - each and every one has been personally curated. They didn't say "Here's a picture of Guts Man, let's add it to the pile," they said "Here's Guts Man, how can we create a reasonable facsimile of this character using the fighters, items, stages, statuses we already have access to?" Every single character has been individually considered and represented as accurately as possible, and some of them are really inventive! There are a lot of people out there saying their favourite character has been forsaken for only being an assist trophy or they've been 'forgotten' or don't receive 'enough love' and I strongly disagree! I think more characters than ever are being given a huge amount of love, as much as they can in a game of such huge scope, so personally I'm going to be grateful for it!

#Super Smash Bros #Super Smash Bros Ultimate #Dark Samus #Metroid #Samus #SMASH 150

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thebachelordiaries · 7 years ago

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Jocks And Finance Bros: Bachelorette First Impressions

Becca, I hope you like jocks and finance bros.

If not, you’re shit out of luck.

Becca dates one athlete and they beat that one dating preference of her’s to death by casting 18 or so former athletes. Kind of like how they beat “Let’s Do The Damn Thing” tagline to death.

I shouldn’t be surprised, but I am.

A letter to the men on this season of The Bachelorette:

Do you think you deserve this goddess of a woman, Becca Kufrin? You probably don’t. You probably think too highly of yourself to know this.

Maybe two of you will be good enough for her. Five of you may turn out to be decent people, but that’s me being generous. If it’s anything like JoJo’s season, we will have just one or two decent men. ABC producers, please don’t let me down. Oh wait, you already did with the super-short bios.

This season we have 25 28 men vying for Becca’s heart, or at least a blue checkmark on their Instagram page. At least one of you will get fake engaged on Paradise and six of you will move from middle-of-nowhere USA to Los Angeles and move back home within a year. I’m not sure which guys will do that yet, but it’s always fun to guess!

Anyway, good luck with your 15 minutes of fame!

Signed,

The Bachelor Diaries.

WTF: No Q&A?

ABC did not include the usual Q&A in this year’s cast bios. I’m so offended. How will I truly understand these men if I don’t know what kind of fruit they’d be or what kind of superpower they’d want?

I would boycott this season because of this, but I have literally nothing better to do on Monday nights, or any night for that matter. I’m still going to try my best to roast these men, of course. It shouldn’t be that hard.

Despite no Q&A’s, I will still form my own opinions on these guys. I, like Kanye West, am a free thinker. Go poopidy-scoop yourself, ABC.

Ok, now let’s get to know these men:

Alex, 31, Construction Manager

Alex is the male equivalent of the basic white girl. He likes country music, his dog, the beach and skiing. He probably has “Let’s go on a hike together!” on his Bumble profile and regularly wears a Patagonia dad hat.

Blake, 28, Sales Rep

We already met horse boy Blake on After The Final Rose. He either played baseball or football in college. Thanks for being so concise, ABC. However, he looks like a baseball player to me. While originally from a small town in Colorado, he definitley lives in LA now. He also believes “two people need to be independent in order to truly love each other” so I think that means he’s into open relationships and or will cheat on you.

Chase, 27, Advertising VP

Chase, unlike Blake, was definitley a college baseball player who was apparently good enough to be in the College Wold Series but evidently not good enough to go pro— at least longterm. We also met Chase on ATFR and I don’t remember much about him. He likes “adventure” and the “outdoors” so he’s quite the special snowflake.

Chris, 30, Sales Trainer

What even is a sales trainer? Chris hopes to retire by 40. In this economy? Good luck with that. He is passionate about “fitness” and “health” which is so unique and different. I feel like I really got to know him through that piece of information.

Christian, 28, Banker

Christian is a former semi-pro soccer player who moved to the US from Mexico when he was three. I feel like his picture makes him look like he has a little head, but other than that he seems alright.

Christon, 31, Former Harlem Globetrotter/ Professional Dunker

I spent a good 30 seconds wondering why two guys with the same name didn’t have their last name initials included in their bios. It took another 30 seconds to notice that Christon was spelled differently than Christian. So this dude is a professional dunker in LA. My first thought is that he’d have a pretty good intro video package for The Bachelorette. Anyone want to put money down that he gets one?

Clay, 30, Pro Football Player

Clay was on his way to the poetry slam but somehow got lost and ended up on the Bachelorette. He allegedly doesn’t curse but is a fan of hip-hop music. I think he is the “famous” football player who was in talks to be on this season. Apparently I should care. Never heard of him.

Colton, 26, Former Pro Football Player

“Hi, my name is Colt and welcome to my Youtube Channel!” That’s the vibe I’m getting from this picture. I’m also getting Blake Griffin vibes. He just looks strangely tan here. Colton may have a job at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. I’m curious to know if he has a story as to WHY he is involved with CF. He also lives in Denver and has a dog named Sniper, which is awkward because the neighboring city of Boulder just banned assault weapons.

EDIT: He was the guy who asked out Aly Raisman via public video and they briefly dated. I shipped them so hard. I AM SHOOKETH.

Connor, 25, Fitness Coach

I feel like I’m going to be sick if I hear one more guy talk about how they were “almost” a professional athlete and how much they lo0o0o0ove working out. I’m sadly only at the beginning of this cast list. Someone pray for me. And someone pray that Connor’s eyebrows grow back after that terrible wax job.

Darius, 26, Pharmaceutical Sales Rep

Darius works for big pharma yet claims to be dedicating his life to helping others. Err, okay. He likes to dance and travels a lot so my guess is he’s probably not ready to settle down at age 26 despite his 36-year-old hairline.

David, 25, Venture Capitalist

David looks like every finance bro who lives in West Village and only dates 22-year-old Instagram models. The only difference is that he lives in Denver instead of Manhattan, which by society’s standards makes him more wholesome. He also loves guacamole, but dislikes avocado, which roughly translates to: I don’t cook and eat Chipotle for dinner every night.

Grant, 27, Electrician

The only way Grant is making it past night one is if he shows up fully dressed as a member of the Village People or as Bob The Builder. If not, he has no chance.

Garrett, 29, Medical Sales Rep

Pro tip to ABC: The letter A comes before the letter R in the alphabet. These names are out of order.

Anyway, Garret reminds me of Ben Afleck in that his face just makes me want to punch him..in the face. Besides the fact that he also works for big pharma, he actually has outdoor hobbies besides “I enjoy fresh air and walking in the woods” like fly fishing and showshoeing. I’m hoping he isn’t a giant jerk because I kind of like him.

Jake, 29, Marketing Consultant

I thought his name was “Joke” at first because I am a terrible person. I think Joke...I mean Jake...is from the same city as Becca. (I’m assuming Minnesota only has one city) I feel like all hot people in cities have this inner-circle where they know of each other, so maybe they’ve crossed paths before.

Jason, 29, Sr. Corporate Banker

Andrew Keegan? I love your work. “Jason” likes sports and singing along to Disney movies. He contains multitudes.

Jean Blanc, 31, Colognoisseur

I love that ABC took a smart, educated, immigrant with a successful job and gave him a fake occupation on television. Jean Blanc is a cologne connoisseur. I feel like he would smell good. 10/10 would smell him.

Joe, 31, Grocery Store Owner

I feel like a lot of these bios are the equivalent to what it’s like to drive in an Uber. The driver is always explaining to you how successful they are and where they traveled as a way to prove they aren’t some loser driving you around. Joe’s bio screams “Yeah I own a grocery store but also worked in finance before I burnt myself out, so don’t judge me.” Nobody was judging you, but now I am.

John, 28, Software Engineer

John hopes to be the first Asian male to make it out of night one on The Bachelorette. I can already tell he’s better than most of these guys: he works at a start-up in Silicon Valley, likes wine, plays guitar and bakes banana bread. He deserves a rose, dammit!

Jordan, 26, Male Model

Robert Mills, who is like an important ABC guy or something, called Jordan the “greatest Bachelorette contestant of all time.” Clearly he’s trying to make us forget about Chad. Good luck with that, Robert. Definitley not happening.

So Jordan is probably this season’s villain. Whatever, I don’t care. I DO care, however, that his bio is bragging about a mediocre 4:24 mile time and “sprinting to the finish line.” The time was written as “4.24″ by ABC and a comma is also missing from that sentence. ABC, let me know if you want to hire me as an editor. Back to the mile comment: A mile is an endurance mid-distance race. Nobody is technically sprinting in it, unless it’s a tactical race. Puns don’t work if they’re factually incorrect.

Kamil, 30, Social Media Participant

Kamil works in real estate and is a part-time model, but ABC decided to call him a “social media participant.” He’s originally from Poland but lives in Upstate New York, which is evident based on the fact he’s wearing a denim button-up shirt.

Leo, 31, Stuntman

It’s crazy how fast Alex Bordy grew his hair in a year. “Not Alex Bordy” is a stuntman in LA, which I heard is a pretty sick job. I am personally a fan of his hair. He knows how to tame those curls and probably rocks a great man bun. I would love to know what products he uses.

Lincoln, 26, Account Executive

Lincoln has a lot of things going on in his bio. He moved to Boston from Nigeria as a teenager, went to college in Kentucky and moved to Santa Monica for work. We met him on ATFR and he was super nervous, cute and had an accent to make most girls swoon. I’d say make him The Bachelor but 26 is too young in my opinion.

Mike, 27, Sports Analyst

How come every Ohio sports fan names their dog Riggins? Based on his hair, I’m assuming Mike is a radio sports analyst. That hair on television? No thank you. Hopefully Leo can give him some tips to make his hair look decent. Did you know: Becca’s psycho ex Ross used to have long hair? It was not cute. But I don’t think Becca is going to send the long-haired guys home immediately a la the notoriously shallow Andi Dorfman.

Nick, 27, Attorney

I’m excited for Nick to be on the show because I know him by association. Let me explain: A friend of mine went to school with one of his friends and periodically stalks her social media. The friend is a girl, so I think he’s friends with mostly girls, which may explain why he loves to “brunch.” He looks terrible in this photo. Nick gives me polished, sexually ambiguous vibes based on how he appears on Insta. I also knew he was going to be on the show before R*ality St*ve, which made me feel powerful. It was a rush.

Rickey, 27, IT Consultant

I know of Rickey too. He was a Bodybuilding.com Spokesmodel Search finalist in 2017. Hashtag #rightreasons. I’m not sure how “online personal trainer” translates to IT consultant, but ok. Side note: I don’t think bodybuilders look good in suits so he might go home night one.

Ryan, 26, Banjoist

Before the “Yanny or Laurel” debate there was the “Ryan or Brian” debate on After The Final Rose. Evidently the answer is Ryan. He’s the new Wells and I could not be more excited to watch this babe on my television screen. He plays at least four instruments and loves to sail. He also screams “family money” but it’s ok, we can mooch off his parents together.

Trent, 28, Realtor

Can you imagine having a child and naming it Trent? This guy never had a chance. He is a realtor and a part-time model (I swear I wrote the same thing a few contestants up) and has appeared on covers of romance novels, but I certainly wouldn’t call him the next Fabio.

Wills, 29, Graphic Designer

Wills is a graphic designer who loves Harry Potter. I see no problem here. Except for maybe his porno-stache.

Prediction corner:

Welcome to the prediction corner where I never get anything right. Oh, you know what happens because you read spoilers? Please keep that information to yourself. I like to find out what happens on my own.

Without further ado, here are my baseless predictions:

First Impression Rose: The guys who got the First Impression Rose on the last three seasons became engaged to The Bachelorette. If that happens this year I demand a scientific case study to explain the power of first impressions on women. Anyway, I think Ryan gets it.

Season Villain: Jordan (that was easy)

Next Bachelor: Blake (don’t ask me why)

Winner: Garrett (I like him)

Comment below to let me know your early favorites!

#The Bachelorette #Becca Kufrin #abc #Arie Luyendyk #chris harrison #photo credit ABC

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marriagemyth · 3 years ago

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How To Act When A Man Walks Away From You

Individual connections are complex as well as when love assumptions come into play it is possible to experience the complication of not recognizing the other's behavior. In particular scenarios, there is a risk of falling into the mental block effect walking around as well as around a problem without locating a clear-cut solution. What to do when a man leaves you? Why does a man leave without stating anything? This is among those circumstances that can produce dissatisfaction if the expectations that you had placed because individual made you believe in a reciprocated passion.

What to do when a man suddenly leaves

Some individuals wonder what they can do to change his perspective, however, what is really important in this scenario is to keep internal peace and harmony. Real learning of psychological knowledge lies in finding out to live these sorts of situations approving that, sometimes, these points happen. However, if you feed ideas that do not lead you to a concrete reaction, however just lead you to the point of pitying yourself, after that you feed the mental hook. Where did I fail? Why is he acting to me by doing this? Does a guy in love leave? What can I do to make this adjustment? Why does a man stay away from a lady he likes? Why does the very same point always occur to me? If you understand this kind of assuming or with other comparable ideas, it is convenient that you break with this inertia to generate a brand-new type of different thoughts. As an example, if that man has relocated away from you, check out that situation from a positive point of view. Via his activities, he offers you clear information regarding him in relation to you Do not come under the self-deception of believing that this distance really conceals the shyness of a person crazy. There are several feasible analyses of a situation, nonetheless, in this sort of case, do not obtain carried away by the subjectivity of exactly how you would certainly like points to be. Make a loyal analysis of the facts. That guy has averted from you. This is truth information. What to do when a guy ignores you. If you are experiencing this scenario, you may be questioning: when a guy leaves, what should I do? If a man walks away from you, you can provide on your own some time to keep attempting to get his attention. Right here are 4 tips to follow if you do not understand exactly how to act when a man relocates far from you: 1. Recognizing that this is a time that you are offering yourself the margin to attempt to conquer that individual, make a decision with which you are mosting likely to feel good and calm not just in this present moment, however likewise, when six months have passed. Act in the method you see fit, focusing on the heart and factor. Discover the balance between both planes. 2. Take the initiative. By doing this, based upon the action of the various other person, you can declare a lot more in the idea that he has relocated away or, as a matter of fact, you might observe a various reaction. When doubtful, taking the campaign is a good idea since it helps you clarify yourself with visible data. 3. Dose your messages. If that individual intends to contact you, they will certainly do so by themselves effort. The persistence can create the contrary effect to the wanted one, better distancing the various other person yet, mostly, the insistence is unfavorable since it fuels your very own anxiousness for the response. As well as the psychological discomfort because of the number of unanswered messages rises since the indifference in this instance is a lot more noticeable. 4. If you have any inquiries that you would like to make clear with him, after that deal with the discussion. For instance, if both of you were already more certain, nonetheless, there has actually been an unanticipated spin in the script of this story, a spin that you don't comprehend, then encounter this pending conversation if you assume this will certainly give you satisfaction. The suggestions in what to do if a connection goes cold can likewise aid you.

What not to do when a guy is walking away

It is just as crucial to understand exactly how to act when a guy leaves you, as what not to do. en Sometimes it is challenging to recognize specifically how to act in this kind of scenario. Because instance, you can begin by bearing in mind what you need to stay clear of: 1. Remaining at home watching the hrs go by awaiting the phone to ring. Immobilize your social life, stop your friendship plans and also your dedications due to this mindset that raises your sadness, your feeling of failing and your pain. 2. Believe that you have lost the love of your life. In the world, there are various people and even if you feel by doing this currently, after a while, you will look at the scenario from a various perspective. 3. Live pending your social networks. Knowing information of his present life does not enable you to shut this stage due to the fact that you are continuously in contact with facets of his life, based upon hypotheses that you make about his magazines. This is a great time to break the web link online. 4. Escape yourself. The worst thing you can do when a guy bows out you is to do the same to on your own. That is, boycott your well-being through a lack of confidence. 5. Deceiving yourself right into believing that you can be her buddy as if that is not mosting likely to influence you in an unfavorable means. Discover reasons to communicate. 6. Feed an animosity as well as animosity towards that individual. Perhaps you, too, can keep in mind a moment in your biography in which you distanced yourself from a person you had an interest in initially. The wish for retribution is damaging in this kind of scenario, regardless of how unfair you think about the suffering endured. What to do when a man leaves you? Keep composing one of the most gorgeous romance: your life.

Why does a guy leave?

Why do men leave? There are lots of reasons individuals distance themselves from each various other. A few of the most common causes are: - Lack of interest. - Unresolved anger or conflict. - Transforming top priorities. - Anxiety of commitment. Nevertheless, each person and each partnership is unique and also to understand the true reason a man is away from you, you need to ask him.

Why does a man walk away without saying anything?

Individuals can walk away for lots of factors, however why do not they claim anything? Sometimes men leave without claiming anything. This circumstance can take place for numerous factors: He has doubts: it may be that the man is not clear about what he wants or what he really feels and also does not know exactly how to share his uncertainty to you. Not prepared: the man may not prepare to have a discussion about the relationship, possibly he does not have the experience or the capability to feel safe having individual and psychological discussions, probably it is tough for him to discuss his feelings. He does not know exactly how to handle the circumstance: it may likewise be that the man does not wish to create you emotional damage and does not know how to reveal his thoughts without that occurring. Does not give importance: another factor might be that the man does not give the very same value as you to the relationship. You have not analyzed the circumstance appropriately: ultimately, it ought to be mentioned that there is an opportunity that the man has clarified in his very own way his purpose to escape you and also you have not interpreted the message appropriately.

Does a male in love leave?

The state of infatuation generates the sensation of emotion as well as wellness, prompting a great wish for the business of the person with whom one has actually fallen in love. An individual in love, as a whole, would certainly not bow out the person with whom he is in love. Nonetheless, there may be stronger reasons to leave than the infatuation itself. Everyone is various and also each scenario is distinct.

Why does a male seek you and after that vanish?

When a male seeks your business for certain periods of time and after that leaves, he may not ensure what he desires, he may not look for to preserve the sort of connection that you anticipate.

Why does a male leave after having sex

Each person is different as well as can additionally alter their perspective on partnerships depending on the life period in which they are. There is the possibility of running into individuals that do not pursue the same objective as us.

Why does a male leave after making love? Possibly you have met a male whose rate of interest is to delight in a sex-related encounter without ultimately keeping a psychological connection. If that's additionally your interest, fantastic! If it is not what you are searching for, you ought to examine the connection of the relationship. The important point in these situations is to be clear and also subject the assumptions we have around the partnership to check that they work with those of the other person. You have to be clear as well as explain what you are looking for currently. It can additionally be a man who leaves after making love due to the fact that said sex-related encounter has not been adequate for multiple reasons. It is essential to recognize that it does not need to be your fault or your duty. Also understand that we can not alter the means others act, if they do rule out transforming it. One more important facet to recognize is that an individual is not a bad person for not seeking a loving connection. It is feasible to enjoy sexual encounters as long as they are enjoyed by the people who take part in them, in addition to the reality that genuineness and also regard are the basis of these.

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stringsofstarlight · 4 years ago

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Gosh, doesn’t sb understand how toxic he looks to everyone or even care, which is worse. People do remember things, now I understand the guard outside 16th st., they are afraid of karma. Funny because karma has a way of finding its way to one no matter what you do to hide from it.

I was on twitter when sara bareilles called him out something fierce, which made me smile so very big and wide. I have come to love the live Manderley version of the song, now after reading the book and watching the movie I have a multi dimensional connection to it. I hope that you are doing as well as possible with everything, as you have known this was coming for a bit. May the arrows of Cupid fill your heart with love and serenity in these days of full on crazy. It doesn’t make it any easier in real time I am sure, the outcry across the fandom is/was quite sensational and powerful to watch. I, we, do so love you and are willing to stand to fight for you every moment. It wouldn’t surprise me if some people start a boycott of Disney because of the family connection(last check 3-4% ownership for the Disney family stock). The fandom detectives are fast and super efficient, I am always amazed at the info that appears in a blink of an eye. One would really have to be playing a long, long game to hope to recoup anything with the fact of the re recording happening. Do they think the Swifties are going to wake up one day and go “aww, shucks let’s stream the old ones Taylor doesn’t own?” Even if you figure the number of videos, random plays via radio, spotify streams from folks who don’t know, and the other little bits--it doesn’t make sense in a world where touring are the means to get paid for most artists. The one third to half a cent per stream would take lifetimes to recoup. It sucks that your lovely body of work is being traded without giving you the rights to purchase out of spite and sb’s unmet needs. This is shitty, plain and simple, pardon my french. The only reason they can be buying is to potentially sell for more money in the future, it is gross to watch and I am so tired of watching this movie happen over and over. The feelings of loss and disappointment have been immensely felt today, once you clarified what was really happening. You know that I do my best to hold out for the best outlook in situations, this makes me wonder if capitalism in this form is really a sick kind of parasite eating away at the souls of all of us. I was praying that you were holding out some cool purchase info for later in the day. Which I kept wondering why this didn’t come through the other night, because that is the kind of random things that come into my understanding during that kind of deep dive.

The timing after the RS cover and then the ballots ending for the AMA’s just all is a little too convenient for me. Plus, the way so many of the big accounts were suspended on twitter only a week before to be in JB’s favor. Honestly, jb looks much better these days with his health and I don’t want to throw him under the train with sb, just to be clear. So that big rainstorm in TN was right on the heels of all this happening, crazy how it all comes together. There are so many times when you have so many forces that aligning away from your favor and I end up telling all of these stories about myself--my apologies. Working on opening to the bigger picture and the forces that are at play in whom greed, selfishness, and narcissism are the common currency. Sometimes being here in this town blinds me to how crappy people can be when it comes to power and money. It always impresses me that you stand in the honorable position willing to give up both of those to be in the right place to make a stand to such neglectful people. “The right side of history” becomes very apt when this whole story is told so many years form now, when sb’s infidelities, lack of soul, and sucky way of treating people comes out through the years. Right now and even more in those days you will always hold the moral high ground because you have earned and live it as a daily practice. Damn my dearest, you do handle the hornet’s nest with such grace, and the way you worded the message plus the letter were just iconic and empathetic. I will write more in a bit in this vein and a little about the book + this weekend. Gosh, so much has happened since last week, it is like the RS cover with Paul is years ago already.

eternal love,

james ;)

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the-brave-and-the-dumb · 4 years ago

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Uhhhh we cannot do anything. It's up to the parliament. Generally this woman is above the law and tbh I'm just going to rant here:

Kaja Godek, just like many people on polish political scene, is like a horse on the roof. You see it and you ask yourself "how the fuck did it get there?"

Since 17th century Poland has a huge problem of taking into consideration voices that should be ignored. Let me explain without my historical details because who has time for that, and that's not even a point: one time during, let's say, parliament session, one dude said "Liberum Veto" ("free to disagree" or something along the line, it just rhymes that's why I chose it 🤷‍♀️) and walked out. Instead of ignoring him, folks went crazy "what did he say? What? What a madlad! Let's ask him what's it about!" but they couldn't ask him anything because dude disappeared and THEY WERE LOOKING FOR HIM FOR AROUND 2 YEARS (if I remember correctly). Well, big mood but fuck this walnut very much because almost every session since was teared down by someone screaming "Liberum Veto". Since this incident the country was embodiment of CHAOS (and that's why Shakespeare named the most annoying obnoxious character Polonius btw. Billy Shakes said fuck Poland lol).

Back to the modern times: Polish people lack critical thinking whatsoever. Basically everything here is called "a political view". The idea of sexism, racism or homophobia not being a political view is considered weird and outrageous because "NOT EVERYONE HAVE TO BE A LEFTIE YOU FUCKING COMMIE" [insert Mean Girls meme: so you agree? That right-wing views have nothing to do with respect and are based on human rights violation?]

I partially understand that after years of stalinism (I won't call that abomination communism lol), where everything was censored, people are afraid of falling into censorship again – at the same time since, well, ever, Polish people were all about freedom but consequences? Nah. Responsibility? Nah.

Instead of ignoring Kaja Godek, who is not a political figure at all (tho she tried to get into europarliament), she is given time in parliament sessions, she is invited by journalists to talk about such subjects as abortion, LGBT etc. Why? Because it's controversial and drama-starved-people will watch it anyway and therefore put money in their pockets 🤷‍♀️

If a politician (yeah, you Polish fuckers know who I have in mind right now) says something sexist, racist, LGBTphobic, there is no national reaction. No one is suspended, not to mention fired from their position. Through the centuries, decades and years, Polish people were not only stripped of their class consciousness but also of political consciousness: they don't know what power do they have as citizens and are not using it, are not even asking for suspension of politicians, are not striking (not a lot at least and it's rarely effective), don't participate in boycotts, don't hold anyone accountable, workers unions here are a joke. People eventually forget about the case and go back to calling each other commies and f*gs all over again.

Changes are difficult to make in this country. We will do it, I'm sure, but when? That's impossible to say. We are fighting for human rights since we can remember, maybe we just don't know how it is to have them and are afraid of a reality where we don't have to fight for anything?

All we can do for now is to observe and educate whoever we can and however we can.

(please, ignore any mistakes of grammar or spelling. I am not sleeping well since elementary school and am always writing my posts at ungodly hours lmfao)

Ah, btw in case you forgot LGBT people don't have any rights in Poland:

Kaja Godek, a person behind the abortion ban, a member of Ordo Iuris – a Christian organisation that is probably funded by cult, Russia or, depending on how much into conspiracy theories you're, mysterious The Fellowship – collected 200,000 signs under her project to make Prides illegal in Poland. Parliament will have to read it and vote.

#poland #polska #poland lgbt+#polska lgbt+#lgbt activism

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delightful-mystery · 5 years ago

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Why I Boycotted Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

Before I begin, I want to start by saying that the word “boycott” obviously means that I haven’t seen the film. It’s kind of unusual for me to argue about something without fully informing myself of the facts first, but this is something I had to write about.

(and I will watch Once Upon a Time in Hollywood once I can source it for free…)

Okay, so now that we have the disclaimer out of the way, I want to begin by saying I used to be a massive Tarantino fan. I still am, to some extent. I love violent films and gore, and I am never one to shy away from anything because it is too weird or too violent (I’m not saying I class Tarantino as particularly weird, but I think he wants to be, and for mainstream films, he’s not the most basic).

But, looking back on his films now from the perspective of someone who knows a little bit more about the world than the 15-year-old girl who persuaded her dad to watch Pulp Fiction with her, I feel uncomfortable. Not about the violence inherently, not even about the violence against women inherently, but about the fact that every punch in the face that a pregnant Uma Therman received was directed by a man.

Obviously, feeling uncomfortable is kind of Tarantino’s end game here. But how much power over our emotions should be demanded by a white man who has never come up against societal oppression in his life? It’s weird. And that’s even before you start thinking about how many N-words you hear in his films. He does pay homage to the blaxploitation film trend with Jackie Brown, but… he’s not black? So is it his trend to reclaim?

Moving on from Tarantino himself, I next wanted to talk about why it was Once Upon A Time in Hollywood which particularly spiked my annoyance. And this is where I get to nerd out about one of my favourite true crime stories of all time – the Manson Murders. In a way similar to Tarantino reclaiming a narrative which is not his to reclaim, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the true crime story of the Manson Murders is a story which, I believe, should be reclaimed by women.

The Manson Murders are one of the most widely talked about true crime stories out there. It’s also my personal favourite, another reason why I got so annoyed about this film being made. Charles Manson was a very troubled man who wanted to be a rockstar. Towards the end of the sixties, after a troubled childhood and adolescent spent in and out of prison, he began to gather a cult around him, known as “The Family”, convincing vulnerable young women who had run away from home that he was the messiah and would save them from the imminent apocalypse. What he really wanted was to record and release an album in response to the Beatles’ White Album, which he believed held the secret to surviving the apocalypse and was calling for him, in secret messages, to respond with his own music. When his demos were rejected by the music moguls of Hollywood, Manson told his followers that they had to enact revenge on those who wronged him, leading some of his right-hand women to kill an 8-month pregnant Sharon Tate and some of her friends who were in the house with her.

[This is a very condensed version of what happened. For an in-depth version, I recommend the podcast ‘You Must Remember This’ and its series named ‘Manson’s Hollywood’.]

Creepy Manson is creepy.

Manson used a variety of methods to ensure that, once in the cult, the members were not able to leave. They felt they depended on him, and he constantly fed them lies about being the chosen one, how special they were to him, as well as giving them tabs of acid and talking to them whilst they were tripping. This sort of tactic obviously includes a lot of manipulating, brainwashing, gaslighting and more, even before we get to the illegal drugs. This sort of operation could only have happened on this scale at this time – i.e. the late sixties, where it was commonplace to “turn on, tune in, drop out” (a.k.a. running away from home to practice free love and take lots of acid) – meaning that there were plenty of young women and men roaming the streets. Manson’s “commune” on his ranch must have seemed like the perfect opportunity for them to find like-minded people who also believed in a new world. Charles Manson gathered followers over the years and told them of ‘Helter Skelter’ (so named after the Beatles’ song) – the apocalypse led by black people who would kill all the whites. This obviously sounds crazy written on paper, but after leaving their whole lives behind and being brainwashed instead by a guy who had smooth-talked his way into living in one of the Beach Boy’s homes (seriously, he did that), his followers were primed to believe anything.

The Manson Murders are a gendered issue. And this is where I have a problem. It’s literally a tale of how one man manipulated a bunch of women. Vulnerable women, at the hands of one man who, after years of coercion and brainwashing, were manipulated into carrying out one of the most bizarre and bloodthirsty crimes that the States have ever seen.

“Hold up now, weren’t there men in Charlie’s cult as well?”

Well yes, anonymous keyboard-owner, there were. And I’m glad you asked. There were indeed men involved in Charles Manson’s cult, but it was only the women who were subjected to the sexual manipulations, coercion and rape which Manson inflicted on his followers. He also predominantly targeted women to join The Family. Men were collateral damage in this instance, people he just picked up along the way. His main priority was finding women to follow him, and for him to have sex with.

The crime itself was carried out by Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Kenwinkle and Linda Kasabian. It was predominantly women who committed the best-known act of Tate’s murder (and the murder of the LaBiancas which I’m going to guess isn’t given as much screen time in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood because by this point Margot Robbie isn’t around?) and the murder of Tate’s unborn child in a perversion of motherhood which many see as a complete rejection of her femininity. Again, this story is a gendered crime. The manipulation which led up to it was gendered. It’s an extreme case of gaslighting and manipulation, sure, but it wouldn’t be the first time a woman has been manipulated by a narcissistic man.

And somehow, I don’t think Tarantino would take all of this into account when directing his film.

I have yet to watch it, of course (and I will post a follow-up review once I have and we can see if any of these predictions were right). But what I have done is read The Girls by Emma Cline. One of the best books I have ever read, The Girls is an occasionally overwritten but nonetheless a beautifully hazy and melancholic look at the end of the sixties, and loosely based on Charles Manson and The Family. It’s such a good read, whether you know about the Manson Murders or not (I have read it once before, and once after, becoming a nerd about this subject matter). What it’s especially good at, however, is bringing in the context of being a woman in this society. I have a few passages highlighted in this book. One of them is as follows; “All that time I had spent readying myself, the articles that taught me life was really just a waiting room until someone noticed you – the boys had spent that time becoming themselves.” She recognises that the fiendish acts of Manson would not have been able to occur had patriarchal inequality not existed. There are other examples of this being recognised, Charlie Says being one of them – a slightly underwhelming film by Guinevere Turner and directed by Mary Harron, the team behind American Psycho. This film uses the art-rehabilitation program in the Santa Cruz Prison Project – aimed to rehabilitate female inmates with feminist praxis and reading, and other art-based creative projects designed to give them more of a sense of self, independent from Manson – to frame the narrative and explore deeper the characters of the Mason murderesses. Unfortunately, it’s a great idea carried off without much success, but this is only one drop in the ocean of Manson-related media.

Matt Smith, Marian Rendon, Kayli Carter and Merritt Weaver in the sadly lacklustre feminist take on the Manson murders, Charlie Says.

We as a culture are obsessed with him. There’s countless films about this guy – Helter Skelter, The Manson Family, Summer of Love (which was never actually finished). He has almost 40,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. I see Once Upon as a film which panders more towards the status of Manson and examines his crimes in the way that Tarantino tends to look at violence – with curiosity, and without moral judgement. I’m not saying you can’t make a fun film about the late sixties but I guess I would feel more comfortable if it was guaranteed that these issues would be explored sensitively by someone who understands them.

But hey, I guess I could be wrong. I haven’t seen it after all. The film, from what I can tell, does not focus so much on “The Family” and instead chooses to follow at Leo and Brad as a failing actor and his stunt double. Does that make it better or worse? Does Margo Robbie get the well-rounded character development she deserves before Tate is brutally murdered by the women of The Family? And that’s another thing – Tarantino’s history of woman-on-woman action and fighting is not the most reassuring thing for me to base this essay on. It’s fetishistic and bloody – take again the scene of pregnant Uma Therman being beaten up by her co-workers in Kill Bill. It’s not to say his scenes in which he depicts violence against men are not completely horrible as well (the rape in Pulp Fiction, for example), but – as far as I’m aware – that scene was not based on a true story.

Tarantino has also, in his personal life, defended both Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski (also weirdly caught up in the story of the Manson Murders as he was married to Sharon Tate at the time). He has also caused Uma Therman permanent injuries of her neck and knees due to what she describes as “criminal negligence” during a dangerous driving scene in Kill Bill, which he insisted she did, instead of a stuntwoman. I’m just saying, he may not have the best understanding of how violence against women, and women’s issues in general, should be portrayed onscreen.

Then again, I haven’t watched the film. But after reading this piece, I would hope that you understand why I chose not to.

from Why I Boycotted Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

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