#ed rooney imagines

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requests info/intro!

hi, everyone!

i thought i'd take a quick second to introduce myself and to also formally open up requests. i'm already working on a few things, but requests really do always help and feel free to submit them at any point--but, we'll get to all of that in a moment!

my name is lavinia, and i am a uni student studying both theatre (dramaturgy specifically) and creative writing! i love to sing, act, write (obviously haha), read (i am a huge fan of classic literature, as well as donna tartt, mona awad, sally rooney, elif bautman, and ottessa moshfegh's works), go to concerts, go to the movies, style/design clothing, paint, collect records/cds, and so much more! this barely scratches the surface really but, if any of you share these interests, always feel free to reach out!

anyhow, as i said, i will officially be opening requests, and at the moment here is the media and the characters i will write for:

Our Flag Means Death

Izzy Hands (my BELOVED)

Ed Teach

Stede Bonnet

Lucius Spriggs

Jim Jimenez

Oluwande

Mary Bonnet

(more available upon request! these were just sort of my first instincts.)

Gilmore Girls

honestly, i'm pretty open to anything unless it's dean. just request and i'll see what i can do!

Gossip Girl

Blair Waldorf

Serena Van der Woodsen

Dan Humphrey

Nate Archibald

Chuck Bass (like sometimes)

Rufus Humphrey

more available upon request.

The Fosters/The Good Trouble

Callie Adams Foster

Mariana Adams Foster

Brandon Foster

Jamie Hunter

Gael Martinez

Dennis Cooper

Malika Williams

more available upon request.

Select Wes Anderson and Tim Burton characters. just ask!

Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes

Tewkesbury

Sherlock Holmes

Little Women (2019)

Jo March

Amy March

Beth March

Meg March

Laurie

Friedrich Bhaer

Star Wars

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Anakin Skywalker

Padmé Amidala

Luke Skywalker

Han Solo

Leia Organa

Kylo Ren

Finn

Poe Dameron

Ahsoka Tano

more available upon request!

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Basically me just saying I'll write Mr. Darcy. but more characters available upon request, of course.

Community

Abed Nadir

Troy Barnes

Annie Edison

Jeff and Britta I'm a little iffy on but with the right request, maybe. don't hesitate to ask!

The OC

Seth Cohen

Ryan Atwood

Summer Roberts

Marissa Cooper

The Umbrella Academy

Klaus

Viktor

Ben

Five

Diego

Allison

Luther is like, not preferred for me but if you feel strongly about him and have a good request, i’ll consider it but don’t get your hopes up too high!

Once Upon a Time

Emma Swan

Regina Mills

Killian Jones

Neal Cassidy

August Booth

Jefferson (The Mad Hatter)

Mulan

Ruby Lucas (Red Riding Hood)

Belle French

Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White)

David Nolan (Prince Charming)

Peter Pan

Robin Hood

Any others, feel free to ask! I know I left Mr. Gold (Rumple) off, but that's only because it depends with each request. Also, please specify if you want it to take place in Storybrooke pre or post curse, or in The Enchanted Forest.

Merlin

Merlin

Arthur

Gwen

Morgana

Nimueh

Lancelot

any others, feel free to ask. i am just starting S2, keep that in mind.

The Holdovers

Angus Tully

Dead Poets Society

Todd Anderson

Neil Perry

Knox Overstreet

Charlie Dalton

Steven Meeks

Love Lies Bleeding

Lou Langston

Jackie Cleaver

i'll just start there for now, as honestly it's been a bit since i've written an x reader and i don't want to overwhelm myself much! but please, feel free to request at any time! I will update this frequently, as I am always either getting into new things or remembering things I already love. I am mostly dedicated to OFMD right now, but you may also leave requests for other fandoms and I will keep them on file, or who knows, perhaps even get to them sooner than you may imagine! Have a wonderful day (or night!), and don't forget to request!

yours truly,

lavinia

me filing through all of your requests (hopefully!)

[denimbex1986]

'Critics have given positive reviews to Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's sweeping new biographical thriller about the "father of the atomic bomb".

The film features an all-star ensemble cast led by Cillian Murphy as the US physicist, J Robert Oppenheimer.

The Independent called the "clever, imaginative" film Nolan "at his best", while the Telegraph said actor Murphy "dazzles as the destroyer of worlds".

The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw deemed the movie "flawed, but extraordinary".

Inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J Robert Oppenheimer, the film tells the story of the enigmatic Manhattan Project scientist, who had a leading role in developing the atomic bomb, changing the course of World War II.

He "gave us the power to destroy ourselves and that had never happened before", director Nolan told BBC Culture editor Katie Razzall.

Commissioned by the US Government, who saw themselves in a nuclear race with the Nazis, in 1945 scientists in New Mexico detonated a test bomb, codenamed Trinity.

Their invention was later used, controversially, to end the war, when an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to devastating effect.

The Telegraph's Robbie Collin awarded five stars, saying: "Nolan's portrait of the father of the nuclear bomb is a triumph, like witnessing history itself being split open."

"Oppenheimer is a film that works simultaneously on the most intimate and cosmic scales," he wrote.

"It's at once a speeding rollercoaster and a skin-tingling spiritual portrait; an often, classically-minded period piece that only Nolan could have made, and only now, after a quarter-century's run-up."

He added: "Playing Oppenheimer from his early 20s to late 50s, the 47-year-old Murphy gives the performance of his life, imbuing Oppenheimer's body with an enthralling nervous eroticism and his voice with a noirish musicality that reminds you of [Humphrey] Bogart."

In another five-star review, Empire Magazine's Dan Jolin called Murphy "compelling throughout".

"A masterfully constructed character study from a great director operating on a whole new level. A film that you don't merely watch, but must reckon with."

In a four-star review in the Guardian, Bradshaw said the film "captures the most agonising of success stories".

"This is the big bang, and no one could have made it bigger or more overwhelming than Nolan," he wrote.

"He does this without simply turning it into an action stunt - although this movie, for all its audacity and ambition, never quite solves the problem of its own obtuseness: filling the drama at such length with the torment of genius-functionary Oppenheimer at the expense of showing the Japanese experience and the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

He described Murphy as "an eerily close lookalike for Oppenheimer… very good at capturing his sense of solitude and emotional imprisonment".

Writing in the Times, critic Ed Potton, who also awarded the film four stars, hailed Murphy's performance as "explosive in a breathtaking movie".

The Evening Standard's Charlotte Sullivan agreed that the "dark, immersive epic gives Cillian Murphy the role of his career".

Speaking ahead of the film's release, the Irish star told journalists the role had taken "a toll" on him "but in a brilliant way".

"It was the biggest, most exhilarating challenge," he said.

Co-star Matt Damon revealed he had told his wife he would take a break from acting, unless "Chris Nolan called".

Nolan is best known for his Dark Knight trilogy, as well as films including Inception, Dunkirk and Tenet. He makes history with Oppenheimer - which also features Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh and Robert Downey Jr - as the first film with sequences shot on black and white IMAX film.

The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney called the movie a "scorching depiction of America's ability to create and destroy its heroes."

While the four-act structure "asks a lot of the film's audience", he commented "our patience and concentration are amply rewarded".

Handing the film four stars, the Independent's Clarisse Loughrey called Oppenheimer "Nolan's best and most revealing work".

"It's a profoundly unnerving story told with a traditionalist's eye towards craftsmanship and muscular, cinematic imagination."

She praised its non-linear structure - a common feature of Nolan films - and its "beautifully lensed" cinematography, but added: "It's a little too conscious of itself, and the ways cinema crafts its own reality."

Christopher Nolan's other films include the Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception and Dunkirk Rolling Stone reviewer David Fear said the movie is "big, loud, and a must-see", describing it as "thrilling and wonky, brilliant and overstuffed, too much and not enough".

Speaking after this week's New York premiere, Paul Schrader, who wrote the Martin Scorsese-directed Taxi Driver, hailed Oppenheimer as "the best, most important film of this century".

"If you see one film in cinemas this year it should be Oppenheimer", Schrader wrote on Facebook, making his views on the Barbenheimer battle clear.

"I'm not a Nolan groupie but this one blows the door off the hinges."

Oppenheimer is in cinemas from Friday 21 July.'

[classic80sand90smovieloves2]

 Meeting and Dating Ed Rooney

(Not my gif)(Requested by anonymous)

(I forgot how much the boys in this movie own my ass)

- You and Rooney met when your friend first took you to Dani’s shop after school. You were sitting at one of the tables, trying your best to study/look over some work when Ed came over and began to talk; and not so subtly flirt, with you.

- The two of you are interrupted by your friend who tells him to buzz off as she returns with your drinks. She tells you a bit about him once he’s gone but her words don’t fully deter you, not when he’s smiling so handsomely and winking at you from across the room.

- Ed is sort of a dork so he strategically places himself where he knows you’ll be just so he can “coincidentally” bump into you. He’s never been to a single library in his entire life but the minute he hears you’re going to be there? Do do do do do. Don’t mind him, he’s just looking for LITERATURE. Oh hey y/n.

- If you happen to pass his school on your way home, rest assured, he’s gonna be waiting there to meet up with you; usually with his friends.

- Occasionally, you’d stop by his school yourself and talk to him for a few minutes after/before his track and field practice which absolutely made his day.

- While most of Rooney’s flirtation methods leave much to be desired, there is; if you actually consider it, an obvious underlying interest/love for you. He may act like a bit of a sleaze; especially in the eyes of a Christian school girl, but he’ll probably ditch his dirtier advances if you show interest in him from the start; he won’t feel like he has to be gross to impress anyone.

- That being said, your interest in him somewhat dwindled after one of his “tough guy Rooney” displays. He’d probably spotted another boy talking to you and immediately crossed the street to join you, aggressively telling the “*insert f word*” to “get out of here”, leaving you a bit startled at his change of behavior.

- After that, you’d probably try to distance yourself a bit because, well, who wouldn’t? Wouldn’t anyone be a bit put off by that sort of thing if they’d just assumed their crush was a handsome guy with a love for dirty jokes? It probably also didn’t help that your less than supportive friend was breathing down your neck, saying “see!”.

- That being said, your behavior doesn’t deter him, purely because he really likes you and is incredibly persistent.

- And he gets all the more reason to approach you after he’s kicked off the track and field team. You couldn’t help but fall into an “oh you poor boy” sort of role; especially since he probably played up his disappointment a bit more than what he was actually feeling.

- While you’re in the midst of comforting him, he “offhandedly” mentions that now he’ll really fail since his grades will have to be about his actual grades. So; like the nice girl that you are, you’ll offer to help him with his work and he’ll say “great!” with a smile as though he wasn’t just depressed.

- As promised, you began to tutor him, trying your best to bring his grades up while he struggled to focus on anything besides how pretty you look when you’re reading. The two of you bicker like an old married couple but he makes you laugh so you really don’t mind; plus it’s obvious that he really needs your help.

- He hesitated for a few days, wondering whether or not he actually had a chance with you. Due to his insecurities and his attempts at not seeming like a you-know-what, he usually attempts to ask you out in a sexual manner which is why you’d give him a soft rejection.

- Finally, one day he just couldn’t help it and swooped down while you were walking, kissing you and successfully stopping you in your tracks.

- If it had been anyone else, it would have probably made you angry but it was Rooney, and if you were being honest with yourself: you did like him back. He pulls away with a smile, wrapping an arm around your shoulder and continuing to walk you home as you try your best not to seem too giddy.

- When you get to your front door, he asks if you’ll go see a movie with him and you finally agree. A bit tentatively, he leans down and chastely kisses you once more before saying goodbye and walking off, leaving you looking forward to seeing him again.

- Congratulations, you’ve made the towns resident bully absolutely smitten with you.

- Lots of Pda, regardless of where the two of you are. He likes affection in general but he also likes the fact that everyone in town can see that the two of you are an item.

- Anytime he’s walking or standing with you, his arm is going to be around your shoulder whether you like it or not.

- Close; oftentimes tight, hugs.

- Pecks; both on the lips and just about everywhere else.

- Passionate kisses. Oftentimes, they’re a bit rough and somewhat sloppy.

- Neck kisses.

- Hickeys; if you’ll let him give you them.

- He likes cuddling on top of you, burying his face in your neck and snuggling close. He’s not so secretly a big softie when he’s with you.

- He likes lounging back and laying his head in your lap. He feels badass when everyone can see him not giving a shit about anything while being with a pretty girl.

- Sometimes, he’ll just want to lay his head on/in between your boobs. It doesn’t even have to be a sexual thing for him, you could be fully clothed and it wouldn’t make a difference, he just finds it comforting and cathartic.

- As handsome as he is, not many girls have given Rooney the time of day so he’s sort of starved for female attention and affection. Because of this, he’s incredibly invested in you and somewhat addicted to having you give him said things.

- Slow dancing together. He’ll lean down and sing in your ear as you do and you think it’s adorable; even if he’s just being stupid.

- He likes to just call you by your name because in his eyes, he can call anyone doll or sweetheart but only you are his y/n.

- Oftentimes, he doesn’t have a whole lot of money so most of your dates are cheap or things that don’t cost anything to do.

- Sitting together in secluded areas. Whenever you’re alone, he tends to drop his tough guy persona and be more sweet with you since no ones around to call him out on it.

- Buying him baseball cards. 

- His parents aren’t home a lot so you can usually chill at his house and listen to records or just talk, etc. It’s either his parents aren’t home or just don’t pay much attention to him so either way, you’re in the clear.

- Double dates. You’re the girlfriend who is supportive and friendly towards whatever poor girl got stuck going out with one of his friends.

- Going to Dani’s shop after school.

- Actually getting that Coke from him; when he has the money that is.

- He will force people to move so that he can sit down next to you. At this point, people just know to get out of the way.

- Pranks. He may or may not like to spook you a little.

- He tricks people into saying that you’re cute or giving you similar compliments. He likes to tease you but he also likes the pride he gets when they agree that his girl is beautiful; and then he roughs them up for hitting on his girlfriend.

- Stopping him from being a jerk to everyone. You’ll usually arrive just in time to pardon some guy from his punishment for being nerdy.

- Dirty jokes. If you say anything that sounds suggestive in any way, you’ll have to warn him not to say anything as he tries his best to contain the smile he wants to make.

- While some of his jokes definitely don’t land; either because they’re filth or just plain rude, he definitely has the ability to make you laugh; most likely or especially when he doesn’t mean to.

- Quickly; and secretly, visiting him when he’s serving his punishments and spending a ton of time with him during his suspension.

- If you go to a Christian school, then he’ll perfect; and tease you about, your confessions. He wants to spend as much time with you as he can so he’ll get you as little of a “punishment” as he can.

- Sneaking some of his dads liquor. He likes when you get all giggly; he thinks it’s cute if you get tipsy after only a few swigs since he’s got a pretty high tolerance.

- Always having a cigarette ready for you if you want it.

- You’re always allowed to just take his stuff, whether it be food, supplies, clothing, etc. He’s not a very uptight person in general so it just doesn’t bother him.

- Helping him with; or just doing some of, his homework and work.

- You’re the only one he really trusts and lets himself admit to not knowing things. If it were anyone else, he’d feel as though he’d have to pretend to know something as to not look like a complete fool.

- He likes being able to tell you things since you’re only hearing his side, meaning you’ll usually assure him that he was in the right whenever he’s ranting to you; even if he wasn’t in real life.

- He has like no sense of privacy. If you keep a diary, he’s going to read it and you’ll probably find him doing so. He’ll merely smile innocently like he did nothing wrong and say “so you really like me?” whenever you catch him.

- Have a problem? Don’t you worry! He’ll solve it! Him getting revenge for you is just the way that he shows he cares.

- He’ll never let you take the fall for anything but he rarely takes the fall himself which means someone innocent is getting blamed. You always feel bad when he succeeds but secretly sort of thankful.

- He’s not the greatest at comforting people but he certainly tries. He doesn’t like seeing you upset so he’ll do whatever he can to cheer you up; while trying to make himself not look like a complete sap.

- Jealous boy. I can see Ed being sort of insecure so that, doubled with how much he loves you and the fact that he doesn’t get to see you a ton, leaves you with a guy who doesn’t like other guys hanging around you. He’ll just plainly tell them to go away without any hesitation, giving a “what?” whenever you smack his arm or give him a look.

- No one; but him, is allowed to mess with you in anyway and since his father is a shithead, he knows how crappy people can be and is determined to prevent you from encountering said crappiness.

- With Ed being Ed, one can correctly assume that the two of you fight fairly often, though not always seriously. When you are being serious, he’ll raise his voice, insult you a little; and say goddamn a whole lot. He may cry a bit when you leave if things were really rough so rest assured he does really care about you.

- He doesn’t stay mad for long, he likes you too much to and usually finds that he’s the one who was in the wrong anyway. He tries to just smooth things over and pretend like nothing happened, usually saying a “c’mon, you’re not really upset are you” when you give him the silent treatment. Unless you really upset him, he doesn’t expect you to formally apologize either so it’s fair enough.

- He doesn’t tell you that he loves you constantly but he’ll give you a “god I love you” every now and again and that’s a whole lot better, now isn’t it?

- He likes to joke about marriage with you; usually blanketing it with a sexual joke, but he’s somewhat being serious and trying to gauge your reaction to the idea since he does actually want to marry you.

[221brownstone]

Washington Post Opinion by Lucy Liu: My success has helped move the needle. But it’ll take more to end 200 years of Asian stereotypes.

Lucy Liu is an award-winning actress, director and visual artist.

When I was growing up, no one on television, in movies, or on magazine covers looked like me or my family. The closest I got was Jack Soo from “Barney Miller,” George Takei of “Star Trek” fame, and most especially the actress Anne Miyamoto from the Calgon fabric softener commercial. Here was a woman who had a sense of humor, seemed strong and real, and had no discernible accent. She was my kid hero, even if she only popped up on TV for 30 seconds at random times.

As a child, my playground consisted of an alleyway and a demolition site, but even still, my friends and I jumped rope, played handball and, of course, reenacted our own version of “Charlie’s Angels”; never dreaming that some day I would actually become one of those Angels.

I feel fortunate to have “moved the needle” a little with some mainstream success, but it is circumscribed, and there is still much further to go. Progress in advancing perceptions on race in this country is not linear; it’s not easy to shake off nearly 200 years of reductive images and condescension.

In 1834, Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman known to have immigrated to the United States, became a one-person traveling sideshow. She was put on display in traditional dress, with tiny bound feet “the size of an infant’s,” and asked to sing traditional Chinese songs in a box-like display. In Europe, the popularity of chinoiserie and toile fabrics depicting scenes of Asian domesticity, literally turned Chinese people into decorative objects. As far back as I can see in the Western canon, Chinese women have been depicted as either the submissive lotus blossom or the aggressive dragon lady.

Today, the cultural box Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders find themselves in is more figurative than the box Afong Moy performed in, but it is every bit as real and confining.

Recently, a Teen Vogue op-ed examining how Hollywood cinema perpetuates Asian stereotypes highlighted O-Ren Ishii, a character I portrayed in “Kill Bill,” as an example of a dragon lady: an Asian woman who is “cunning and deceitful ... [who] uses her sexuality as a powerful tool of manipulation, but often is emotionally and sexually cold and threatens masculinity.”

“Kill Bill” features three other female professional killers in addition to Ishii. Why not call Uma Thurman, Vivica A. Fox or Daryl Hannah a dragon lady? I can only conclude that it’s because they are not Asian. I could have been wearing a tuxedo and a blond wig, but I still would have been labeled a dragon lady because of my ethnicity. If I can’t play certain roles because mainstream Americans still see me as Other, and I don’t want to be cast only in “typically Asian” roles because they reinforce stereotypes, I start to feel the walls of the metaphorical box we AAPI women stand in.

Anna May Wong, my predecessor and neighbor on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, lost important roles to White stars in “yellowface,” or was not allowed to perform with White stars due to restrictive anti-miscegenation laws. When Wong died in 1961, her early demise spared her from seeing Mickey Rooney in yellowface and wearing a bucktooth prosthetic as Mr. Yunioshi in the wildly popular “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

Hollywood frequently imagines a more progressive world than our reality; it’s one of the reasons “Charlie’s Angels” was so important to me. As part of something so iconic, my character Alex Munday normalized Asian identity for a mainstream audience and made a piece of Americana a little more inclusive.

Asians in America have made incredible contributions, yet we’re still thought of as Other. We are still categorized and viewed as dragon ladies or new iterations of delicate, domestic geishas — modern toile. These stereotypes can be not only constricting but also deadly.

The man who killed eight spa workers in Atlanta, six of them Asian, claimed he is not racist. Yet he targeted venues staffed predominantly by Asian workers and said he wanted to eliminate a source of sexual temptation he felt he could not control. This warped justification both relies on and perpetuates tropes of Asian women as sexual objects.

This doesn’t speak well for AAPIs’ chances to break through the filters of preconceived stereotypes, much less the possibility of overcoming the insidious and systemic racism we face daily. How can we grow as a society unless we take a brutal and honest look at our collective history of discrimination in America? It’s time to Exit the Dragon.

[liunaticfringe]

Opinion by Lucy Liu April 29, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. EDT Add to list

Lucy Liu is an award-winning actress, director and visual artist.

When I was growing up, no one on television, in movies, or on magazine covers looked like me or my family. The closest I got was Jack Soo from “Barney Miller,” George Takei of “Star Trek” fame, and most especially the actress Anne Miyamoto from the Calgon fabric softener commercial. Here was a woman who had a sense of humor, seemed strong and real, and had no discernible accent. She was my kid hero, even if she only popped up on TV for 30 seconds at random times. As a child, my playground consisted of an alleyway and a demolition site, but even still, my friends and I jumped rope, played handball and, of course, reenacted our own version of “Charlie’s Angels”; never dreaming that some day I would actually become one of those Angels. I feel fortunate to have “moved the needle” a little with some mainstream success, but it is circumscribed, and there is still much further to go. Progress in advancing perceptions on race in this country is not linear; it’s not easy to shake off nearly 200 years of reductive images and condescension. In 1834, Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman known to have immigrated to the United States, became a one-person traveling sideshow. She was put on display in traditional dress, with tiny bound feet “the size of an infant’s,” and asked to sing traditional Chinese songs in a box-like display. In Europe, the popularity of chinoiserie and toile fabrics depicting scenes of Asian domesticity, literally turned Chinese people into decorative objects. As far back as I can see in the Western canon, Chinese women have been depicted as either the submissive lotus blossom or the aggressive dragon lady. Today, the cultural box Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders find themselves in is more figurative than the box Afong Moy performed in, but it is every bit as real and confining. Recently, a Teen Vogue op-ed examining how Hollywood cinema perpetuates Asian stereotypes highlighted O-Ren Ishii, a character I portrayed in “Kill Bill,” as an example of a dragon lady: an Asian woman who is “cunning and deceitful ... [who] uses her sexuality as a powerful tool of manipulation, but often is emotionally and sexually cold and threatens masculinity.” “Kill Bill” features three other female professional killers in addition to Ishii. Why not call Uma Thurman, Vivica A. Fox or Daryl Hannah a dragon lady? I can only conclude that it’s because they are not Asian. I could have been wearing a tuxedo and a blond wig, but I still would have been labeled a dragon lady because of my ethnicity. If I can’t play certain roles because mainstream Americans still see me as Other, and I don’t want to be cast only in “typically Asian” roles because they reinforce stereotypes, I start to feel the walls of the metaphorical box we AAPI women stand in.

Anna May Wong, my predecessor and neighbor on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, lost important roles to White stars in “yellowface,” or was not allowed to perform with White stars due to restrictive anti-miscegenation laws. When Wong died in 1961, her early demise spared her from seeing Mickey Rooney in yellowface and wearing a bucktooth prosthetic as Mr. Yunioshi in the wildly popular “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Hollywood frequently imagines a more progressive world than our reality; it’s one of the reasons “Charlie’s Angels” was so important to me. As part of something so iconic, my character Alex Munday normalized Asian identity for a mainstream audience and made a piece of Americana a little more inclusive. Asians in America have made incredible contributions, yet we’re still thought of as Other. We are still categorized and viewed as dragon ladies or new iterations of delicate, domestic geishas — modern toile. These stereotypes can be not only constricting but also deadly. The man who killed eight spa workers in Atlanta, six of them Asian, claimed he is not racist. Yet he targeted venues staffed predominantly by Asian workers and said he wanted to eliminate a source of sexual temptation he felt he could not control. This warped justification both relies on and perpetuates tropes of Asian women as sexual objects. This doesn’t speak well for AAPIs’ chances to break through the filters of preconceived stereotypes, much less the possibility of overcoming the insidious and systemic racism we face daily. How can we grow as a society unless we take a brutal and honest look at our collective history of discrimination in America? It’s time to Exit the Dragon.

[joaquinphoenixupdates]

Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara address the Migrant Children Crisis mentioning their son, River. In an exclusive op-ed with ‘People’.

“How will it feel to explain to our son ... how we treated scared, defenseless children, some of whom may never see their parents again?

As new parents, it's unbearable to imagine what it would feel like to have our child taken away from us for a day, let alone years. As Americans, it's our responsibility to continue paying attention to the plight of these families and get answers for why they still have not been located.” - [Via: @peoplemag]

[starinfinitysblog]

The Playlist of My Heart:

I Want You to Want Me - Damhnait Doyle

Summer of Love - Shawn Mendes

Just A Mess - Tones and I

Jenny - Walk The Moon

Black Hole - Griff

Lovefool - twocolors

When Did Your Heart Go Missing? - Rooney

Wrecked - Imagine Dragons

Die For You - The Weeknd

I Feel It Coming - The Weeknd

In Your Eyes - The Weeknd

Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran

Following The Sun - SUPER-Hi

Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen

Endlich angekommen - Casper

Mach die Augen zu - Die Ärzte

Unscharf - Farin Urlaub

[onelittlebookgeek]

Book Challenge 2020 (100 books!!) (I did it!!)

After forgetting to track my reading for three years, I started recording my reading on Tumblr last year again, and I’m committed to continuing that this year!

This year is my final year of my Bachelor’s Degrees (I’m finishing English in June) and I’m planning to do a gap year from September on, so now more university after June (at least as far as 2020 is concerned).

I do not really foresee any issues or obstacles to reading this year, except of course finishing my thesis which will probably take quite some time, so I do expect a decline around April until early June. Although I do have a lot more time off in my gap year, I used to read a lot of mandatory books for my studies, so I don’t know whether having a gap year will mean reading more books. Since I’m not doing any university studying, I am interested in reading academic books by myself, studying by myself. Those books are often longer, denser and just take more time to get through; consequently, I might read fewer books in the same amount of energy and time spent reading.

To make a (somewhat) long story short: my expectations are in line with the amount of books I’ve read in the last years, so I’m expecting to read 75 books this year!

Update: it’s mid-October and I’ve already read 99 books this year, so I’ve finished my original goal of 75 books! Now I’m going for 100 books (which should be easy to do, and after that we’ll just see how it goes!).

The crossed book is the one I’m currently reading, I’ve written reviews for books that have a (x) behind them, with the (x) being a link to my Goodreads review!

Update: Today (November 23) I’ve read 114 books so I’ve finished my challenge of 100 books! Right now, I’m still 25 books ahead schedule! Let’s see if I can keep that energy up!

January

The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin (5/5) (x)

Serpent and Dove (Serpent and Dove #1) - Shelby Mahurin (4/5) (x)

Lethal White (Cormoran Strike #4) - Robert Galbraith (4/5)

Weirdos from Another Planet (Calvin and Hobbes #4) - Bill Watterson) (5/5)

Selected Poems - E.E. Cummings (5/5) (x)

Niets zal ons redden maar een beetje liefde is oké - Henk van Straten (Dutch) (4/5) (x)

, said the shotgun to the head. - Saul Williams (4/5)

Loud and Yellow Laughter - Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese (3/5)

Fireborn (The Aurelian Cycle #1) - Rosaria Munda (4/5)

Sylvia Plath Poems Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy - Sylvia Plath (4/5) (x)

The Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare (3/5) (x)

Nieuwe Herinneringen - Remco Campert (Dutch) (2/5)

Dido, Queen of Carthage - Christopher Marlowe (3/5)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (4/5)

Alles wat er was - Stine Jensen (Dutch) (3/5)

Zij in de geschiedenis - Alies Pegtel (Dutch) (4/5) (x)

Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (reread) (5/5)

February

Prometheus Bound - Aeschylus (3/5)

The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus #1) - Rick Riordan (reread) (4/5)

The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus #2) - Rick Riordan (reread) (4/5)

So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo (4/5)

The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus #3) - Rick Riordan (reread) (4/5)

Educated - Tara Westover (3/5)

Prometheus on Caucasus - Lucian of Samosata (3/5)

March

Reading Old English: A Primer and First Reader - Robert Hasenfratz (4/5) (x)

Still Foolin’ ‘Em: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? - Billy Crystal (3/5)

The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus #4) - Rick Riordan (reread) (4/5)

Quick Question: New Poems - John Ashberry (1/5) (x)

Exploring the Language of Poems, Plays and Prose - Michael H. Short (3/5) (x)

The Call of the Wild - Jack London (2/5) (x)

The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus #5) - Rick Riordan (reread) (4/5)

April

The Waste Land - T.S. Eliot (reread) (5/5)

And Still I Rise - Maya Angelou (4/5)

Poëzie in Utrechtse Muren - Ingmar Heytze (Dutch) (5/5) (x)

To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf (4/5)

Mijn dood en ik - Remco Campert (4/5)

Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster - Mike Davis (3/5)

Native Son - Richard Wright (2/5)

Dido, Queen of Carthage - Christopher Marlowe (reread) (4/5)

May

The Plague - Albert Camus (4/5)

Absalom! Absalom! - William Faulkner (4/5)

Modernism’s Mythic Pose: Gender, Genre, Solo Performance - Carrie J. Preston (2/5)

James Joyce and Sexuality - Richard Brown (3/5)

June

Daisy Jones & the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid (4/5) (x)

Modernism, Sex and Gender - Alison Pease and Celia Marshik (3/5)

The Burial at Thebes: Sophocles’ Antigone - Seamus Heaney (4/5)

The Host - Stephanie Meyer (reread) (4/5)

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) - Suzanne Collins (reread) (4/5)

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) - Suzanne Collins (reread) (4/5) (x)

A Terrible Beauty is Born - W.B. Yeats (4/5)

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) - Suzanne Collins (reread) (4/5)

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Robin DiAngelo (4/5)

Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Y. Davis (4/5)

The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) - Brandon Sanderson (4/5)

Everything Leads to You - Nina LaCour (2/5) (x)

The Tempest - William Shakespeare (reread) (3/5)

July

Hag-Seed - Margaret Atwood (4/5) (x)

American Slavery (A Very Short Introduction) - Andrea Heather William (reread) (3/5)

Angels & Demons (Robert Langdom #1) - Dan Brown (4/5) (x)

Mythos: A Retelling of Myths of Ancient Greece - Stephen Fry (4/5) (x)

Mean Time - Carol Ann Duffy (3/5)

Lijfrente - Vrouwkje Tuinman (Dutch) (4/5)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games #0) - Suzanne Collins (3/5) (x)

Sonnets from the Portuguese - Elizabeth Barrett Browning (3/5)

A Room of One’s Own - Virginia Woolf (reread) (5/5)

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (4/5)

Onbreekbaar - Hans Hagen (Dutch) (1/5) (x)

The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwoord (reread) (4/5)

The Importance of Being Ernest - Oscar Wilde (5/5)

Het goede leven: een briefwisseling - Piet Gerbrandy & Andreas Kinneging (Dutch) (2/5) (x)

Constructions of the Classical Body - James Porter (3/5)

August

The Complete Poems - Anne Sexton (4/5)

The Kissing Booth (The Kissing Booth #1) - Beth Reekles (2/5) (x)

The Daily Show: The Book - Chris Smith (4/5) (x)

The Duchess Deal (Girl meets Duke #1) - Tessa Dare (3/5)

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehesi Coates (4/5)

Fragments - Heraclitus (transl. by Brooks Haxton) (2/5) (x)

Animal Farm - George Orwell (reread) (5/5)

The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo #1) - Rick Riordan (reread) (4/5)

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings #1) - Mackenzi Lee (reread) (4/5)

Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto (4/5)

Catilina’s Riddle (Roma sub Rosa #3) - Steven Saylor (2/5) (x)

When Dimple met Rishi (Dimple and Rishi #1) - Sandhya Memon (1/5) (x)

Adulthood is a Myth (Sarah’s Scribbles #1) - Sarah Andersen (4/5)

September

Normal People - Sally Rooney (3/5) (x)

Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age - Donna Zuckerberg (4/5)

Sadie: A Novel - Courtney Summers (4/5)

The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus (4/5)

Vloedlijnen - Piet Gerbrandy (Dutch) (4/5)

Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston (reread) (4/5)

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor - Adam Kay (4/5)

Envelope Poems - Emily Dickinson (4/5) (x)

A Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #10) - Agatha Christie (3/5) (x)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce (4/5)

October

Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare (4/5) (x)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1) - Agatha Christie (4/5) (x)

Het verhaal van Aeneas - Vergilius (trans. to Dutch) (reread) (4/5)

If Beale Street Could Talk - James Baldwin (2/5)

Lesbia, Verzen van Liefde en Spot - Catullus (Dutch) (transl. by Paul Claes) (4/5) (x)

The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah (4/5) (x)

The Cat Inside - William S. Burroughs (reread) (5/5)

The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot #2) - Agatha Christie (3/5)

November

Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid (3/5) (x)

Narratology and Classics: a Practical Guide - Irene de Jong (3/5) (x)

The Murder of Roger Akroyd (Hercule Poirot #4) - Agatha Christie (4/5) (x)

The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot #11) - Agatha Christie (4/5)

The Great Cat (Poetry Collection) - ed. by Emily Fragos (3/5) (x)

Weapons of Math Destruction - Cathy O’Neil (4/5)

The Northern Lights (His Dark Materials #1) - Philip Pullman (4/5)

Vincent van Gogh en zijn brieven - Leo Jansen (Dutch) (3/5)

My Dark Vanessa - Kate Elizabeth Russell (4/5)

The Fill-In Boyfriend - Kasie West (reread) (4/5)

Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot #3) - Agatha Christie (1/5)

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[accidentalajumma]

Possible spoiler warning for Sally Rooney's Normal People.

A year or two ago I wrote a post about how I had expected to come up against a generation gap at some point but was kind of horrified that the gap I had so far found was the popularity of pap like Ed Sheeran. Well, I am chastened because I have definitely found a gap less pappy now. I just finished reading Normal People and I found it very unsettling. Trying to get a handle on the women suggesting they want hook up situations or open relationships (well you are into what you are into, but are you actually into it or does it just suit the man?) and abused women getting off on sado masochism and yet somehow there still being an element of the good man 'saves' her after all(!?! ... ffs). Did I just happen to get the 20 years in human history when I could grow up thinking that men were not all feral fucks and I could imagine most of them that I met were thinking of me as someone potentially equal to them and were people potentially looking for relationships rather than fucks or was I just wearing the rose tinted glasses of youth (and also maybe women really do only want hook ups. But I didn't)?? I do realise that a) there were always plenty of people not thinking my way, but I didn't have to think it was all, especially my friends, and b) this is me clutching my pearls. That is kind of the point... Maybe I have just lost the rose tinted spectacles and that is the generational gap thing that I face.

I find the lyrics to Billie Eilish's Bad Guy very unsettling for the same reasons. It's just so 'men want to be feral and I have to put up a front meeting that'. Ugh.

[tepkunset]

The thing that bothers me the most about this casting business is that if it were any other superhero of another race ppl would be angry. Imagine if for Black Panther they cast a man who claimed African ancestry. People would be FURIOUS. But when it comes to roles meant for Natives suddenly having a standard tan and claiming Cherokee ancestry gets you the job

Fuck forget a tan even, they can just literally paint themselves and call it a day. And it’s not like no one says anything, it’s just rather that what we have to say is not deemed important enough to listen to.I remember reading how Rooney Mara “felt bad” about her role in Peter Pan after she got called out. Bitch you sure didn’t feel bad enough to not take the role in the first place! It’s not that fucking complicated! It’s not a “grey” issue! Just don’t do it! And if somehow you actually do accidentally fall into something, you back out of it like Ed Skrein did with Hellboy!

[gorgeousshutin]

What if Revolutionary Girl Utena was an old Hollywood movie?

This is like the geekiest post ever I’m sure.  

Okay, imagine the impossible: what if Revolutionary Girl Utena was an old Hollywood movie made during the late 40s aka Golden Age of the Studio Era?  Which classic screen icon would get to star as whom?

My dream cast list would be as follows:

The Leads

Utena: Audrey Hepburn Reason: Being lean and long-waisted, AH is maybe the only “boyish” actress of Old Hollywood.  And her turn in War and Peace displayed a range showing she could handle both the spirited tomboy and the seduced adulteress at once, both crucial to playing Utena. Like in Roman Holiday, she could have to be discovered as an unknown for this work in the late 40s.

Anthy: Jean Simmons Reason: She has this soulful suffering look to her eyes that would be ideal for the Rose Bride side of Anthy.

Akio: Tony Curtis Reason: Handsome in this pretty devilish way that is almost openly amorous and bi.  You know he’s kinda bad just looking at him.  Definitely Ends of the World material.  

The Student Council

Touga: Roger Moore Reason: Young pre-Bond RM plays gigolo roles to perfection.  Campus Dandy incarnate.  

Saionji: James Dean Reason: Has brooding quality that mirrors Saionji.  Can do explosive violence too.

Juri: Lauren Bacall Reason:  This style icon can do cool poised assured and strong just like Juri!

Miki: Elvis Presley Reason: Young teenage pre-fame EP has Miki’s angelic wistful innocence.  That and he looks the twin to my pick for Kozue (see below)

Nanami: Anita Ekberg Reason:  On top of being extremely pretty in her youth, AE does energized “minxes” -- the ones who harp on other female characters -- very well.  

Ruka: Paul Newman Reason: Beautiful icy and curt, he can deliver that stinging love/hate thing to his romantic interest like no other.  Anyone who’ve seen Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will know what I mean.

The Black Rose Society

Mikage: Robert Mitchum Reason: Classic anti-hero with this laid back quality to his badass-edness.  

Anthy!Mamiya:  Jean Simmons cross-dressing as a boy Reason: It’s what Old Hollywood would have done for the role, I’m sure.

Kanae: Marilyn Monroe Reason: Yes, Kanae is a lady.  But lets not forget how her first scene involves making out passionately with Akio.  That and the “nothing bad ever happens at Ohtori” line, delivered straight, is the most ditzy thing ever.  On top of the dumb blonde thing, MM can sort of also do psychologically broken female.  She should have no problem with the elevator and apple fed scenes.

Kozue: Elizabeth Taylor Reason:  ET excels at playing spoiled, romantically adventurous rich girls who have this wild animal ferociousness to them.  See a Date with Judy/ Place in the Sun/ Girl Who Had Everything etc.  Plus she looks like Elvis’ sister.

Shiori: Ann Blyth Reason: Watch Mildred Pierce.  Petty poisonous and spiteful beneath a seemingly demure front.  And so destructive to the one who gives love to her. She’s basically Shiori in that film.

Mitsuru:  Sal Mineo Reason: SM plays the naive, hero worshiping young boy so well.  See Rebel without a Cause.

Wakaba: Debbie Reynolds Reason: Who else can do both Wakaba’s cheery side and angsty side well? If you’ve seen Unsinkable Molly Brown you’d know what I mean.

Tatsuya: Roddy Mcdowall Reason: Boy next door looks and screen personality.  A perfect match for DR’s Wakaba.  Can do both easy go lucky and dark and almost creepy.  Watch Lassie and contrast with Cleopatra  Definitely can do that elevator scene.  

Keiko: Louise Fletcher Reason: Can play villain.  She even looks like a real-life version of Keiko in the early 50s.

Tokiko: guest starring Eva Marie Saint Reason: Has a wistful, still presence with gravity.

Real!Mamiya: some cameo child actor

Background Characters

Guidance Councilor: guest starring Betty Davis Reason: BD using that riding crop to troll Utena and other students would be so campy and classic!

Vice Principal: guest starring Oliver Hardy Reason: Classic comedian.  Can do the nasty little man character well.

Mrs. Ohtori: guest starring Joan Crawford Reason: Who else can demand sex from Akio without irony?  Will definitely make for a classic camp moment.

Yuuko /Aiko/Three Stooges/ Shadow Girls: unknowns

Chu-Chu: Micky Rooney in monkey mouse costume XD

[classic80sand90smovieloves2]

NSFW Headcanons~ Ed Rooney

(Not my gif)(Requested by anonymous)

- Considering the time period, the way he was raised, and his less than desirable attempts at flirting, I’d say that it isn’t too unlikely that Ed would be a virgin; as much as he likes to act like he’s made it with tons of chicks. He seems like more of a thoughts rather than actions sort of guy; though probably not for a lack of trying. 

- If he wasn’t whipped for you before, he sure will be after you give him a blowjob for the first time. Mix his lack of experience with your mouth and all his years of repressed Christian lust and you’ve got a boy who will just about never turn down a blowjob. 

- Surprisingly enough, Ed is actually really good at going down on you; perhaps due to his sheer eagerness and determination to pleasure you. He likes it too: hearing all your moans and seeing that blown out, loving look in your eyes. 

- Although he gets a rush of satisfaction from seeing you breathless and quivering, he sort of gets a little shy after he makes you come, giving you a quiet “hey” when he comes up again; usually before pressing a soft kiss to your lips. 

- There isn’t a lot of foreplay at the beginning of your sexual relationship purely because he’s sort of insecure and a bit scared that you’ll “come to your senses” and not want to go through with it/won’t want him. That being said, all you have to do is stop him, slow things down yourself and assure him that you’re not going anywhere and he’ll start to relax and take his time with you. 

- Though, with that in mind, sometimes Ed just has to push you against a wall and kiss the hell out of you while trying to get your clothes off; at least the ones in his way, as quickly as possible. 

- He like really likes hearing you talk about your fantasies. There’s just something about you talking dirty and admitting that you’ve had sexual thoughts; particularly ones about him, that really gets him going. 

- He loves undressing you for himself but at the same time, he likes watching you undress for him so it’s really just a toss up on whether he’ll be fumbling with your buttons that day or not.

- Naturally, Ed likes being in charge and knowing that he’s the one making you feel good. He gets satisfaction from giving you orders and watching you follow them, but; at the same time, his preference isn’t as white and black as you’d think. 

- While Ed is definitely more of a dom, I can see him having a submissive side for the right person; you in particular. The first time you’re more assertive/aggressive with him; it doesn't even have to be in a sexual scenario, his mouth goes dry and his heart starts beating like crazy …and hey, he kinda likes that flustered, nervous feeling....

- Roleplay, well, kinda. If you want to explore that less dominant side of him, then you’ll soon find out that he likes when you act like an authoritative figure. It may be a teacher/principal, it may just be him referring to you as ma’am and you acting far more outgoing than you usually are, either way, he likes it. 

- Ed being touch starved? It’s more likely than you think. The sheer passion of his slow dancing speech makes me come to the conclusion that he really just craves being intimate and close with you. 

- On that note: he touches you as much as he can, hugging you close and running his hands along every bit of skin he can reach. If he’s acting this way with you then just know that you’re special because, as much as he may not act like it, he wouldn’t just let himself be vulnerable with any old broad. 

- He’s a boob guy ...obviously. He likes burying his face in your chest, kissing, groping, licking, etc. Honestly, his love for your boobs isn’t even always sexual, sometimes he just genuinely finds it comforting to faceplant into your chest. Rest assured, no matter how big or how small, he will happily have his face pressed between them. 

- He sort of likes tying your wrists to the headboard, especially with his tie; he’s happy to finally have a genuinely valuable use for it. 

- He tends to get a little rougher, faster, and more passionate when he’s jealous or in a bad mood; or just when he’s feeling particularly dominant.

- Teasing. He likes hearing you whine and beg for him to do something; it gives him a bit of a god complex. He’ll probably say a rosary for that thought. 

- Okay ...so you know the confessional...? It may it may not be a bit of a kink for him; kink as in he frequently imagines “being with you” in one or a sort of gloryhole situation. He’s a sick, sick man. 

- I’m torn between Ed being a glutton for punishment; since he seems to always just get himself into it, or not liking it at all; since it would potentially remind him of his father or the school. Perhaps, he just wouldn’t be into punching/harsh hits but other, somewhat softer things: hair grabbing, scratching, your fingers digging into his face, light choking, etc.

- Praise. Since he’s secretly a bit insecure and sort of contemplates whether or not you really want to be with him; in more ways than one, he really likes hearing you assure him about things with your own words. 

- He likes missionary position purely because it allows him to do everything that he likes best in the bedroom.

- I’m not gonna lie, Rooney probably has a big dick. And if not just big in general, than thick in particular. 

- Cockwarming; there’s two sides of it when it comes to him. There’s those moments where he just likes to stay inside of you and be relaxed and close, and then there’s those moments where he just likes smugly watching you try to control yourself. 

- He likes finishing on your stomach or boobs, maybe in your mouth if you’ll let him. He doesn’t really care where; he just likes when its outside of you for some reason. 

- The first time the two of you have sex, he may act all tough and try to ask if you need anything like a cool guy while the two of you get dressed; skipping out on aftercare, but after that he just can’t help it. He’ll slowly cuddle into you, hesitantly trying to gauge if you’ll let him. And if you do, then that boy can and will stay like that for hours. 

[junker-town]

Women were playing football in the 1930s — then came the backlash

Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

How the growing popularity of women’s football in the 1930s was met with widespread efforts to keep girls off the gridiron

“A fortnight ago in Los Angeles, those romantics who still believe in nursery rhymes and the dignity of womanhood got a rude shock,” LIFE Magazine brayed in a November 1939 issue. The shock in question came from a new Southern Californian league of what papers around the country had taken to calling “girl gridders”: women playing tackle football, apparently without sugar, spice and everything nice. In the case of the Stars, the Amazons and the Rinky Dinks (really), they were playing in front of thousands.

Take halfback Shirley Payne of the Stars, who had made her name outrunning Mickey Rooney (yes, that Mickey Rooney) during a 1938 halftime exhibition game against his team, the MGM Wildcats; that co-ed matchup was billed as groundbreaking. Or the Amazons’ Lois Roberts, who punted 50 yards barefoot.

“Strangely enough, they played good football,” wrote a man (probably) in the same spread, still concluding that “it would be better for girls to stick to swimming, tennis and softball.”

Photo by Peter Stackpole/Life Magazine/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images

From a 1939 spread in LIFE magazine on women playing football in Southern California

Members of that league, which also became the topic of a widely distributed newsreel, were just the most visible members of a rapidly growing class of girl and women football players.

Alabama’s Luverne Wise got an honorable mention for the all-state team for her performance at kicker and quarterback; her senior year, she said her dream was to “get a job coaching a girls’ football team.” Esther Burnham, a 14-year-old, played center for her Connecticut high school team — when a local paper asked why, she explained that she did it “for excitement.” Seventeen-year-old Texan Juanita McCrury was kicking extra points for her high school. Sacramento’s junior college organized a women’s team. 1938 John Barrymore vehicle Hold That Coed even featured a “girl gridder” played by comedian Joan Davis. Her punchline? “Let me take the ball — no Southern gentleman would think of tackling a lady!”

Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

A pair of defenders tackle the ballcarrier during a game of women’s football circa 1940.

Judging by the breathless coverage around these examples (examples that almost certainly represent only a fraction of the total number of girls and women playing), girls’ enthusiasm for football was still clearly deemed unusual. But it was also having enough of an impact that institutions around the country were taking measures to keep girls off the gridiron — or at least from playing the same game the boys were.

Spalding tried to divert the interest of potential women football players (and open up a new revenue stream) by distributing a pamphlet of rules for “American Football For Women” in late 1939, “a safe game for all classes of women to play because there is no tackling or blocking or any other feature permitted that would be injurious to them.”

It was essentially two-hand touch, the kind had already been adapted for “powderpuff” games around the country (like one 1940 matchup at the University of South Carolina for which each participating co-ed’s phone number was listed in the program). If you made intentional contact, there was a 25 yard penalty; there were no kick-offs, and you weren’t allowed to catch punts. Each drive automatically started on the 40 yard line — a bigger handicap than was included in the touch rules Spalding released simultaneously as a safer alternative for young boys. Be sure to buy those “official women’s football breast protectors,” though!

Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Players gather on the sidelines for a game of women’s football circa 1940.

Despite the fact that this version of football was about as innocuous as a game of badminton, the editors of Youth Leaders Digest — an industry publication that counted executives from parks departments, Boys and Girls Clubs, the YMCA, Boy Scouts and more among its contributing editors — were concerned. (Perhaps they hadn’t read the rules themselves.) “Do you think ‘a kick in the stomach’ or a ‘blow on the breasts’ or maybe a short journey into the unconscious carries with it any type of character building our high school or college girls need?” they asked, quoting the LIFE feature.

It seemed like a rhetorical question, but apparently the editorial garnered an immediate and unusual response — mostly in staunch agreement with its disbelief that any girl or woman would ever even imagine playing football.

“Girls’ football is here — whether as a passing fad or permanent exploitation, no one yet knows,” wrote University of Michigan professor Elmer D. Mitchell in the Journal of Health and Physical Education. “But even if girls’ football is a passing fad, this editorial will have served some usefulness if it can hurry the idea along to a quick end...stop women’s football in every way you can! Do not give it a chance to grow!” His reasoning: if football is hard for men, it will be impossible for women; women don’t actually want to play; oh, and — they’re ugly when they do.

From the director of health education for the YWCA: “We urge each one of you to protest in your communities the spread of such an insidious thing as this.” From the supervisor of P.E. in New Jersey public schools: “‘Ridiculous’ is the word for it.” A New York doctor compared the LIFE spread to the fall of the Roman Empire. OSU coach Francis Schmidt: “No one in his right mind would propose such a thing.” The superintendent of the Los Angeles parks and recreation department — so, in the same city where women playing football were attracting massive publicity and thousands of fans — announced that they would no longer permit the use of their facilities for girls’ football: “It is quite obvious that football (regardless of rules) is wholly unsuited to the physiological and anatomical limitations of girls.”

The head of the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania parks & recreation department might have come the closest to getting the point, while also missing it completely: “I think the typical American girl today is a girl who is quite feminine, who has charm and poise and is really a woman. A mannish tomboy type of girl should not be set up as an example of American womanhood; and I do think that if our girls started playing football, there would probably be created a new type of women for our girls to emulate.”

Naturally, Spalding responded with what might have been the equivalent of “...did you click the link?” “Under no circumstances would A.G. Spalding & Bros lower themselves in allowing...rules that even verged on the type of football that has had so much publicity,” replied a Spalding staffer. “We most heartily agree with your attitude in connection with a football game where women would have the clothes torn off of them [Ed. Note: ???], or would be subjected to various forms of injury; even the viewing of such a game would be unsightly.”

But it was too late: Spalding’s rules, as combined with the images presented in the LIFE spread, provoked vehement rejection of the mere idea of women playing football, and subsequent bans for girls in football across the country — many by statewide school athletic associations. Pennsylvania and Texas were among the first to legislate girls’ participation; as girls kept trying to play — despite the renewed resistance they faced as a result of gaining the tiniest foothold in the sport — new mandates kept being put in place to stop them.

Photo by Peter Stackpole/Life Magazine/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images

From a 1939 LIFE magazine spread about women playing football in Southern California

A Massachusetts girl named Myrtle Chick kept showing up to her high school football team’s practice, only to get turned away despite universal acknowledgement that she was one of the school’s best athletes, according to a 1941 Boston Globe feature. “The girls among Myrtle’s senior classmates are her staunchest supporters,” wrote the Globe. “‘She’ll show them if they’ll only give her a chance,’ say the young women.”

There had been women football players prior to those who rose to minor acclaim in the late 1930s, and there would be more after them. But the institutional rejection of women’s participation in football at this particular juncture illustrates an important point: women have only ever gotten banned from sports after first playing them. The idea that women are incapable of equal participation is only ever made explicit after they have….equally participated.

Even more stark is the fundamental contradiction of conventional narratives around women’s participation in sports, particularly the idea that as women play, they “open doors” for those who might come next — that all it takes is one brave soul to go “first,” and then the systemic sexism is cured. The relatively insignificant amount of success and visibility the women football players of the 1930s had earned actually provoked a stifling reaction and explicit mandates banning them from the sport — just about the furthest thing from a clear path for the next generation.

Obviously, not a great deal has changed for women in football since: players are still covered as local novelties in the exact same ways, and all-women teams are mostly ignored. Despite that, many women still channel the audacious spirit of early players like Chick. She told the Globe that since they wouldn’t let her play, she was going to try to form a girls’ team — and if she succeeded, had no qualms about “trying to book a game against those stuck-up boys.”

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Our Foreign Policy Nightmare: Vice President Susan Rice

Susan Rice, former national security advisor to President Obama, is reportedly under consideration for the vice presidential slot in presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s administration. Biden is currently considering four black women to be his vice president, among them Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Rep. Val Demings of Florida, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Rep. Karen Bass of California, and Rice. 

Biden said he will make his final decision in early August ahead of the Democratic National Convention which will take place in Milwaukee from Aug. 17 to 20.

All the women Biden is considering have had “some exposure to foreign policy and national defense issues,” Biden has said, and he wants someone who can serve as president at a “moment’s notice” and with whom he is “simpatico.”

Rice, whose office was next door to Biden’s during Obama’s second term, checks all those boxes.

“The most important attribute that I have is almost two decades of experience in senior ranks of the executive branch,” Rice told the Washington Post.

While VP contender Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) has been accused of planting negative stories about potential rivals in the media, Rice has been keeping her name in the news by writing regular op-eds in the New York Times and appearing on a spate of TV shows.

In The New York Times, Rice wrote that Trump “is utterly derelict in his duties, presiding over a dangerously dysfunctional national security process that is putting our country and those who wear its uniform at great risk. At worst, the White House is being run by liars and wimps catering to a tyrannical president who is actively advancing our arch adversary’s nefarious interests.”

On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rice accused Trump of “doing nothing” about Russian bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. On the “Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” she trashed Trump’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Obama administration gave the Trump administration a playbook for a possible pandemic, Rice said, and she personally participated in a tabletop exercise with the incoming Trump cabinet where they discussed the possibility of “a novel SARS-like virus emerging from China,” said Rice.

All that preparation, she said, “seemed to be for naught, because a couple of years into office, President Trump dismantled the office that I set up on global health security; they trashed that playbook or stuck it in some drawer, some shelf and never pulled it out. For two months, January, February and part of March, [Trump] really denied the reality of this virus, equated it to the seasonal flu … and by that time, it was already well-embedded in our country.”

Whether it’s due to her strengths as a potential VP candidate or her criticism, Rice’s reappearance on the national stage earned the Trump administration’s ire, and senior Trump officials have returned fire. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed Rice on Fox News for what he called her “history of going on Sunday shows and lying;” this week, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Rice had issued a “stand down” order on Russian cyber attacks and did nothing to combat Russian election meddling.

Rice may be about to reprise her role as “the right’s favorite chew toy,” as one commentator dubbed her back in 2012.

Following the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Rice appeared on the Sunday morning talk shows and recited CIA talking points. Those points, which were based on intelligence assessments at the time, turned out to be incomplete and misleading, and Rice was accused of being “incompetent,” “untrustworthy,” and soft-pedaling terrorism. She has also been criticized for her decision to unmask the identities of senior Trump officials, which President Trump called a crime.

Rice, who was Obama’s national security advisor at the time, told House investigators that she asked for the unmasking in order to understand why the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates was in New York late in 2016. Her explanation satisfied influential Republicans on the House committee that investigated.

“I didn’t hear anything to believe that she did anything illegal,” Florida Republican Rep. Tom Rooney told CNN of Rice’s testimony, which is classified.

Although it was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, not Rice, who played the lead role in the decisions that led to the Benghazi attacks, Rice has been widely panned in conservative media as responsible for the embassy attack. A Biden selection would give Republicans an opportunity to resurrect Rice as their bogey-woman. But with Democrat voters, there’s a possibility those attacks could backfire, and the left could spin them as Fox News baselessly attacking a blameless black woman.

Whether Rice is chosen as Biden’s vice presidential pick or not, she will likely have a great deal of influence within a Biden administration, particularly on foreign policy. She had a seat at the table during some of the Obama administration’s most momentous decisions. She was Obama’s ambassador to the UN during his first term; during his second, she served as national security adviser. What, if any, lessons did she learn?

What would U.S. foreign policy look like with Biden and Rice working in the West Wing again?

“Even if she is not chosen as Biden’s VP, Rice would be in line for Secretary of State, or another position of that elevated nature. I’m aghast at the thought of her becoming president, because she’s such a hawk,” said historian and investigative journalist Gareth Porter, in an interview with The American Conservative. Porter pointed to Rice’s influence on the Obama administration decision to bomb Libya and Syria, as well as her push for escalation in Afghanistan and her support of aid to the Syrian rebels. “In each case I would argue she was coming out either against Obama’s clear-cut instincts or preferences in White House meetings or in a situation where he was hesitant,” and that she was part of the pressure he received from “a coalition of hawks” in the administration.

Obama ultimately overruled Rice on Syria, a decision that she says was the right call.

Here’s how she describes it:

“Ultimately, we would fail to garner the necessary support for a congressional authorization to use force. Republicans and Democrats had acted precisely as I predicted. Ironically, it turns out, I was right about the politics; but President Obama was right about the policy. Without the use of force, we ultimately achieved a better outcome than I had imagined.”

It is difficult to imagine a situation worse than Syria, where nearly half a million have died in a civil war that has been ongoing since 2011.

This incident is illustrative; has Rice learned from her mistakes?

Her nearly 500 page memoir Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For, published in 2019, meticulously documents a great deal. Rice is careful to thank nearly everyone she ever worked with, including the White House chef!

Unfortunately, she studiously avoids drawing overarching policy conclusions. Rice, a Stanford graduate and Rhodes scholar with a Ph.D. in international relations, is simply too smart to jeopardize her future Washington career ambitions by offending or criticizing anyone she might have to work with again. Her book is, therefore, a typical one by someone hoping for a position in a future president’s administration.

“Susan Rice is right in the middle of the road, when you think about foreign policy hands in DC,” said John Glaser, director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, in an interview with The American Conservative. “She has a lot of high level experience in foreign policy, but I’ve never been able to detect a way she stands out as a unique thinker, in that she had something to say about the way she’d prefer the U.S. to go. She says things that are plastic, packaged to be right in the center of the foreign policy consensus in D.C. That’s how I see her: run of the mill, not an extraordinary pick … If she were VP, our foreign policy would not be different than what we’ve seen the past 30 years.”

Given that Biden is campaigning on a “return to normalcy,” the foreign policy of the last 30 years isn’t necessarily something that Biden views negatively.

A Biden-Rice presidency would seek a return to the Paris climate accords, the JCPOA Iran deal negotiated during Obama’s second term, and would expand and strengthen NATO. They would likely avoid engaging in any new ground wars like Libya or Syria. Biden and Rice would be more hawkish on Russia, and if Rice’s latest op-eds are any measure, they would likely be more assertive with China as well.

“But, I worry that at the end of a Biden administration, we will still be arguing about getting out of Afghanistan, and (about) stopping the bombing of places like Iraq,” Glaser said.

The post Our Foreign Policy Nightmare: Vice President Susan Rice appeared first on The American Conservative.

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DANNY MURPHY: Five players United need to challenge City and Liverpool

Buy buy or see you soon! Here are five players who have prompted Ole Gunnar Solskjaer & Manchester United to challenge Man City and Liverpool

If I were Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, I would ask Ed Woodward for five to make signatures

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| If I was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, I asked Ed Woodward to make five

Manchester United can't cure their problems in one transfer window, but they have to think strategically to get even close to Manchester City and Liverpool.

Their transfer policy should be a mix of ready-made purchases and the best young players in the world

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If I were Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, I would ask Ed Woodward to make five signing sessions this summer

Let's start at the back When Toby Alderweireld a buyout clause of £ 25 million from Tottenham has as reported, go him d pick up.

He will bring experience and know-how, a 30-year-old at the height of his powers who can lead United as Virgil van Dijk Liverpool has done or Vincent Kompany has been giving in City for years.

United should not only think here and now. They have to pay a lot of money for players who can deliver their backbone in the coming decade.

If Matthijs de Ligt of Ajax, 19, has not yet drawn on the dotted line for Barcelona, ​​try to intercept him and take him to Old Trafford. United needs world class quality. Or Ligt is not the finished article, but in two or three years he will be the best.

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If I couldn't find a match, I regularly read about United & # 39; s mid field. I noticed that they were missing when they were outclassed by Paris Saint-Germain in Old Trafford and nothing changed.

They have no one who can be position-disciplined and dictate the game from the central area as Michael Carrick used to.

If you are United, who consider themselves one of the largest clubs in the world, test the courage of your rivals. You should have the financial power to seduce someone.

Ajax & Frenkie van Jong would have been ideal, but it seems that Barca has already closed the deal.

I am not sure that N & Golo Kante can be happy when he is out of position at Chelsea, although he does not seem to be doing a kid who makes a fuss. Do what you can to see if Chelsea would be tempted by a £ 80 million fee.

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Try to find out if Kante has any wants to play for 76,000 fans as the undisputed number 1 midfielder.

Carrick had the quality to keep the ball and deliver ammunition for Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez.

Marco Verratti, 26, fulfilled that role well for PSG and gave Kylian Mbappe the freedom to express himself in the field

Verratti would be a good buy for United. This also applies to Andre Gomes, who is exceptionally successful on loan to Everton from Barcelona.

I linked Arsenal to Gomes, but United's need is just as good.

When you remember how well Pogba played at the world championship with Kante, imagine how they could join Old Trafford, especially if Verratti or Gomes also participate.

I have not selected any attackers, because if they retain Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez and Juan Mata, they have enough firepower there alongside Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial.

United & # 39; s priority is the heart of defense and midfield. The signing of Alderweireld, De Ligt, Gomes, Verratti and especially Kante would make a big difference.

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