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Based on a real conversation I had
#actually how likely is it that a french teenager in this day and age has even heard of hannah montana#especially considering the person i had this conversation with reasoned that she'd never heard of hannah montana the show bc she did not#grow up in america#doctor give it to me straight. am i not down with the kidz anymore :(#ml#miraculous ladybug#miraculous#мой рисунок#мой пост
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I don't know if you're American or not but in my experience as a person who is not American, American events and media are so incredibly loud and visible that they tend to leech into everything.
Like I'm Canadian born and raised and can name more American presidents than I can Canadian Prime Ministers. I have Canadian friends from Canada who can accurately describe themselves as Liberals but are still sorta foggy on NDP policies. Do you know what day Canada Day is? It's July 1st. Do you know what's on my dashboard on July 1st? Early posts about July 4th.
And if you're an American reading this: Or, hell, anyone else reading this: We all know George Washington was the first American President. Do you know who the first Prime Minister of Canada was? Can you name two British political parties? What are two countries that have Monarchies, not Democracies? What was the most recent political scandal you can think of that took place outside the US? What's your favourite TV show that takes place anywhere outside of America? What are your top three favourite non-american musicians? If English is your first language, how many foreign countries can you go to where you don't speak the language, but don't have to worry about it?
I said "International America Day" as a joke, but there is a very real phenomenon in countries outside of the US where the general population becomes Americanized through the prevalent American media.
We know American current events, we know American scandals, we know about American cops and American movies and American accents and American fast food chains. We have serious opinions on the American legal system and we talk about American law and American policy and American celebrities, and many of us don't know Jack Shit about what's going on where we live.
I'm Canadian. I've heard all about 'building the wall' and ICE and Jan 6th, the intentional government distribution of narcotics in Black communities and the use of Marijuana Illegalization to persecute Black and Mexican people under the Nixon administration.
Do you know what Canada did to Chinese immigrants to build the Canadian railroad? What about the Sterilization Act? Residential Schools? Do you know what a Status Card is? Does it, or does it not cost money to ride in an ambulance? Can people with breasts legally walk around topless? What's the legal drinking age? What are our biggest cities? Who was our least-popular PM? What are our allied nations? Where does the Canadian military get deployed?
"International America Day" was a goof. But Jesus, it's a little bit serious
*edit: yeah I wrote June instead of Jan my bad
#Politics#America#Canada#History#Idk boys I m growing up and learning what I don't know and it's scary#America just Does This
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The Enchanted Horse (1992) written by Magdalen Nabb, illustrated by Julek Heller
For @horsefigureoftheday
#this book was so fucking creepy#i think forth grade me would have eaten that shit up#i skimmed the story while looking for the illustrations#and yes i understand its a metaphor for growing up#and it has “values” and “empathy” and such#but the blind man who runs the junk shop has deff killed someone#i say this with love and affection#i do love an impromptu book selection on my part#real tunnel vision after finding it on the#internet archive#and cleaning it up with#photopea#anyways#the enchanted horse#magdalen nabb#Julek Heller#1992#horses#horse art#horse#equids#illustration#1990s#nineties#90s#juvenile fiction#christmas#rural gothic#rural america#rural decay
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this is from sept. 2022.
anyway don’t watch captain america: brave new world (previously titled new world order, which is gross). it doesn’t matter that they’re reimagining the character’s origins as a result of the backlash over the past few years, the actress is still a zionist who supports israel even while they commit a genocide against the palestinians, and the character is still zionist propaganda that fuels pro-israel and anti-palestinian/arab/muslim sentiment.
don’t give that shit your money. give it to the palestinian families in gaza and those who are trying to help them. don’t continue to normalize the violence against palestinians and israeli proganda.
EDIT: BDS has asked people to boycott this movie
#if u don’t think media is influenced by and influences real life.. grow up#and look more into this character’s backstory bc it’s crazy racist#captain america: brave new world#marvel#free palestine
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Jesus is queer and lives in Los Angeles
Footnote to Howl by Allen Ginsberg / Christ Displaying His Wounds by Giacomo Galli / 9-1-1 s2e16 "Bobby Begins Again" / 'stigmata' definition from Britannica / rumors about jesus by Keaton St. James
9-1-1 s2e12 "Chimney Begins" / The Entombment by Peter Paul Rubens (fragment) / trans jesus by Keaton St. James
9-1-1 s8e03 "Capsized" / a sticker I got with socio-cultural queer magazine in Poland / Bible / The Passion of the Christ (2004)
9-1-1 s7e03 "Capsized" / Jesus at the Gay Bar by Jay Humle
Hannibal s3e03 "Secondo" script / 9-1-1 s7e04 "Buck, Bothered and Bewildered" / The Light of the World (St Paul's Cathedral version) by William Holman Hunt (fragment) + its Wikipedia
9-1-1 s7e05 "You Don't Know Me" / the cover of Berek by Marcin Szczygielski / Angels in America by Tony Kushner / Most Sacred Heart of Jesus / Oh My Heart by R.E.M. / Pygmy Love Song by Francis Bebey
Christ in Gethsemane by Heinrich Hofmann / Goodtime Jesus by James Tate / 9-1-1 s7e05 "You Don't Know Me" / Gethsemane by Dry the River
9-1-1 s7e04 "Buck, Bothered and Bewildered" / Cristo de la Concordia (Christ of Peace) in Cochabamba, Bolivia / Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode / 9-1-1 s7e06 "There Goes the Groom" + Christ the Comforter by Carl Heinrich Bloch / God in Jeans by Ryan Beatty
9-1-1 s7e06 "There Goes the Groom" / Christ the Consoler by Kateryna Kariukova / Deathbed by Relient K
Hammer by Dry the River / 9-1-1 s7e04 "Buck, Bothered and Bewildered" / Bible / 9-1-1 s7e06 "There Goes the Groom" / November by Keaton St. James
Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel Mallory Ortberg / 9-1-1 s7e05 "You Don't Know Me" / 9-1-1 s7e10 "All Fall Down" / Making Pies by Patty Griffin / Touch Me from Spring Awakening (with a comment from Genius.com) / Footnote to Howl by Allen Ginsberg
#tommy kinard#bucktommy#evan buck buckley#lou ferrigno jr#web weaving#parallels#keaton st james#bible#dry the river#angels in america#queer jesus#spring awakening#depeche mode#patty griffin#allen ginsberg#911 abc#hannibal#edit#(my stuff)#me: growing up in a very religious country didn't really affect me all that much#also me once i love a character: THIS BABY CAN FIT SO MUCH RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM
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I think they’re crushing on each other your honor
#localgardenweed#the weed is rambling#hetalia#hws#hetalia america#hetalia russia#hws america#hws russia#rusame#amerus#hetalia england#hetalia france#hws england#hws france#fruk#ukfr#hetalia x codename: kids next door#hws x cknd#hetalia au#they’re way too silly i needed to let it out okay#Alfred doesn’t wanna admit he kinda likes Ivan just a teeny weeny bit#Ivan is all over him he wants him to like him even just as friends#Francis and Arthur are totally like dating or smth but they dont know it yet#on and off relationship and they’re like barely in the 5th grade or smth dawg#they grow up to be that couple in school who’ve been dating for like years and air their laundry in the hallway#Alfred has internal homophobia he’s going thru it#WHY WAS THIS ON MATURE HELLO????#SORRY ABOUT THAT
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You just made me connect so many dots. Ranma was yuri all along. . . . That's why it's compelled me all these years. . . . Thank you for your service.
ranma may look overwhelmingly straight at first but you just need the eyes To See
#im so happy ppl like my ranma art...i love ranma so much#its like from where in standing at least way more popular in latin america(where im from)#and the discussions around it while i was growing up were mostly men having waifu wars and bad opinions about akane#i was so OLONE
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i feel bad for people who didn't grow up in small rural towns. what do you mean you didn't grow up shouting "cows!" every time you passed a pasture. what do you mean you never ran around in a field playing with a hose. what do you mean you've never had to pick hay out of your pockets for weeks. what do you mean you didn't catch cicadas and chase your friends with them. what do you mean you've never had a farm dog playfully chase you. like what
#i couldn't imagine growing up any other way#rural living#rural life#ruralcore#small town#rural aesthetic#rural america#southern#southern states#small town life#small town aesthetic#nostalgia#growing up#nostalgic#farm life#farm living
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honestly total drama introducing international contestants in later seasons with not much explanation (alejandro, anne maria, sugar, jasmine) was so funny like yeah none of these guys are canadian but we're letting this guy compete because he's pretty, this girl because we need that jersey shore rep, this girl because this show is lacking in southern charm and this girl because canada just LOVES australia
#australia and canada are so tethered though like our cartoon children's shows are so goated compared to american and british counterparts...#on a side note as an australian growing up I literally thought Stoked was an australian tv show set on the sunshine coast or something#only to get older and realise its set in CANADA#what business does a tv show about surfing have being set in canada#do you guys even have waves like that#and then the whole character of bridgette and geoff??? is surfer culture really a big thing in canada?? this has always confused me#I thought it would be too cold. or at least too cold compared to america and australia
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I love that nations just inherently have nostalgia for things from their country.
Like America has no reason to be nostalgic about Bill Nye the Science Guy because he wasn't a kid then. But he just KNOWS it and remembers it as if he was a fifth grade science student in 90s/2000s.
#hetalia#hetalia headcanons#nation lore#aph america#hws america#hetalia america#alfred f jones#just imagine him going “bill bill bill!”#and then someone points out that he didn't actually grow up with that#and he just blue screens because he vividly remembers seeing it but he's just absorbing the nostalgia of his people
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imagine that, in the first avenger, before pre-serum steve's training montage, we get a flashback with sarah rogers to explain his perseverance. imagine that when he goes to save bucky and after losing him, we get flashbacks to them as kids.
imagine that, in civil war, instead of (or along with if that's what it takes) more of tony's daddy issues we also get to see little steve with sarah to also understand him better.
imagine we get more of steve's backstory.
#steve rogers#captain america#i'm tired so i don’t know if this makes sense#i'm just sad and frustrated#we deserved to meet sarah rogers#and steve growing up a poor disabled immigrant during the great depression#that feels like key formattive parts of his character yk#that got fucking barely mentioned#fuck mcu#ca:cw#team cap#anti tony stark#that wasn't supposed to be here but now i'm mad about that too#“look at this billionare with daddy issues and feel sorry for him!”#is what that scene gives me#putting sarah somewhere in there would make it almost feel balanced#but nooo#all we get is her first name
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Steve Rogers & Tony Stark in Avengers Assemble 1.25 "The Final Showdown"
#marveledit#steverogersedit#captainamericaedit#tonystarkedit#ironmanedit#stevetonyedit#stevetony#superhusbands#stony#steve rogers#captain america#tony stark#iron man#marvel#avengers assemble#type: gifs#universe: aa#episode: 1.25 the final showdown pt. 1#&#original: gifs#original: aa#it's actually super interesting how much the aa (and emh) writers believe in tony as a character#like the absolute blatant difference when a writer genuinely understands and sees his value#vs comic writers who just get handed iron man runs on a silver platter#tony carries the burden of being The Leader of the avengers in aa more than he does in most universes#where even steve frequently defers to him which i think is quite unique to aa#and it's wholesome Because steve also believes in him so much#every time tony wants to give up or back down or take himself out of the equation steve is standing there going “no WE NEED YOU i NEED YOU”#the BACKBONE of the avengers and also tony's ability to grow and flourish as a team leader
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messy dirty messy scribbles from late night last night
#total drama#total drama reboot#total drama presents: the ridonculous race#still blows my mind that alberta is rat free#like do you grow up thinking rats aren’t real like the tooth fairy#albertans please explain. i grew up in america so idk#also i’m a xra fan zee truther
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You still can’t convince me that the whole ‘Steve abandons everyone in the present to go back to Peggy’ thing was a well thought out/well developed ending for his character that made any sense for his post-catfa character arc (let alone all the time travel stuff) bc wdym none of the people who made the movie can figure out the logistics of it??
#quite frankly I think it’s insulting to both of their characters#steve rogers deserved better#peggy carter deserved better#all of the filmmakers getting asked about this when the movie came out#and all of them coming up with different explanations#like did you guys not talk about this at all#just pulled it out of your asses and went with it I guess??#like hmm how do we retire this character after like 6 movies#hmm I guess we’ll just have him go back in time and marry his love interest from his first movie#we’ll just disregard his whole moving on and growing arc it’ll be fine#like all the sudden in endgame he’s suddenly clinging to the compass again and calling Peggy the love of his life#like did he not get over her years ago??#idk make it make sense to me#steve rogers#captain america#peggy carter#avengers endgame#mcu#marvel
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#ch.txt#idk what to tag this as for the sake of exposure#i’ll start so no one’s embarrassed: i was literally never taught about anything more recent than WW2#BUT I moved around a lot and different schools have different curriculums#so that resulted in things like. me learning about the revolutionary war like 8 separate times#I learned about WW2 about 6 separate times and the teacher who did the best job was an english teacher not history#and all he did was make us read/talk about Night by Elie Wiesel. the only reason I think I have a decent grasp#on the subject of the holocaust itself is bc that’s kind of just an unavoidable part of growing up Jewish#and bc I read Maus#if you’re curious abt which teacher covered WW2 the worst btw it was the US hist teacher that spent half the unit JUST talking about D-Day#in the most ‘yeah America! we saved the day and we’re heroes’ way possible#i actually used to hate history as a kid bc of it. now I’m majoring in it
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gonna start a schoolhouse rock review blog in which i rate individual songs on a scale of "incredibly catchy and would show to the children currently in my life and those to come" to "this song actively erases the genocide of indigenous americans"
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