#let alone colonize it

[twigbrained]

GO TEAM SEAFOAM!!!

[navree]

"i'm making a thread comparing daenerys targaryen and cleopatra to show how amazing dany is" well which is it, do you wanna show how amazing she is or compare her to cleopatra, because doing the latter is not the slay you think it is

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

trying to talk about What's Happening and hearing "b-but israel is one of the only other DEMOCRACIES!!!!!" and having to restrain yourself because you're thinking. Who The Fuck Cares

[fina1chase]

GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[hussyknee]

KJ Charles, absolutely nobody was going around calling Black and brown people "people of colour" in the 1800s. They were called and called themselves "coloured people". It's relevant that the only terminology they had was subtly Othering and coined by whites. Nobody is going to go into vapours if 19th century characters use it. Stop jolting me out of your otherwise very good stories with self-conscious rummage for modern PC terms.

Also for the love of God just say "black" instead of pussy-footing around going "dark skinned". I can't tell who's Indian, Black or Portuguese with this shit. It's a racial and political identity, not a dirty word.

[swagging-back-to]

the most unrealistic part of steven universe is that the zoomans speak and understand modernized english.

[throwbacktears]

when liv captioned her post in spanish i just KNEW people were going to comment that shes proud to be latina

and they did not disappoint .. !

she is literally half asian. filipino, specifically. and it makes me so, so sad that thats not more known about her.

[ironmanstan]

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[biprotagz]

ive gotta read more Black thought books bc. my brain won't stop thinking about the cultural condition (detachment, alienation) of the african american.

[unpredictablestuff]

Because calling Kool-Aid a soft drink has understandably upset a lot of people, a quick search for their ads from the 1980s turned this up:

[rodeodeparis]

sorry if this isn't that deep but could you clarify what you meant on your last post? i'm just not sure if you're saying these people would've fallen for zionism or if i'm misunderstanding you really badly

that is exactly what i'm saying

[glittertimes]

Everyone thinks I’m just this little nice girl like my ancestors aren’t from Mexico City!?

[antlermoss]

Grandmother Spider,

who carried the sun in your bowl

Did it burn, despite the clay you spun

to carry that great ember?

Grandmother Spider,

Did you mourn the buzzard,

the opossum, the chipmunk?

Did you cry as you dressed their wounds?

Grandmother Spider,

did you hate the fiery men

Who hoarded every warm spark

while you sat freezing in the dark?

Do you cry for me now?

To not know the songs of our people

To sit beneath your creation

and feel 93 million miles away.

[kanvria]

congo, sudan and palestine are going trough genocides and they need our support, please continue to share as much as you can

here are more information about what’s happening in congo and sudan and palestinestudies is a great resource to continue to keep up with what’s happening in palestine

if you have more credible ressources feel free to share

let’s celebrate the citizens of palestine, congo and sudan and remember the silent heroes who are fighting alone for their rights, to preserve their lives and their culture

what's history has shown is that no matter how armed colonizers and governments are, people coming together and fighting for what's right - our rights will always be more powerful than any army can ever be

the people from sudan to congo to palestine will be free

more information about congo and this great documentary about the danger of cobalt mining, more about sudan and what’s happening in tigray, some pages to follow for palestine: eye.on.palestine, and timesofgaza

[fuckyeahisawthat]

Controversial opinion among Dune book fans maybe, but I loved the changes they made to Chani's character. Making her a fedaykin who is already an experienced fighter before Paul arrives was a brilliant choice. Dune Part Two is a war movie, and this puts her at the center of the action, side by side with Paul, and gives her a much more active role than she has in the book.

We got a hint of where things were going in the beginning of Dune Part One. The first thing we ever know about movie Chani is that she's a fighter. She serves as a voice for the Fremen, telling us the story of their struggle from her point of view. I wrote here about the difference this change makes compared to other adaptations of Dune, what a perspective shift it is to have the world of Arrakis introduced not by an outsider, describing it as a dangerous but valuable colonial prize, but by one of its native inhabitants, who tells us before all else that it's beautiful, her home that she's fighting to liberate. I am so, so glad that the second movie followed up on this characterization.

I never found Chani and Paul's love story in the book particularly convincing, because why would this woman, who already has a prominent and respected place in Fremen society, even give the time of day to her deposed would-be colonizer, let alone fall in love and have children with him? Without a compelling reason for Chani to love Paul, she ends up feeling like a prize to be won, and "indigenous culture personified as a woman to be wooed (or conquered) by the colonizing man" is a trope we've seen and don't need to repeat.

But as soon as you tell me it's a barricade romance I get it. Cool cool cool, I know exactly what this relationship is now and it makes sense. Movie Chani doesn't respect or even particularly like Paul when she first meets him, and she doesn't think he's the fulfillment of any prophecy. She comes to respect him, and eventually love him, through his actions. He's brave--sometimes recklessly so. He fights well. He's willing to stick his neck out on the front lines with the other Fremen fighters. He can (after a little help) hack surviving in the harsh desert environment. He's not too proud to learn from others. He seems to genuinely want to be her equal in a common political struggle. All these qualities make sense as things she values.

Fighting side by side as equals is just about the only way I can see movie Chani falling for Paul. And it fits perfectly with the film's pattern of reversals that Paul's capacity for violence would initially be one of the things Chani likes about him, only for her to be repelled later when she sees what he becomes.

And as for Paul, well, he's had people deferring to him his entire life. Someone who doesn't take any shit from him is probably refreshing. He seems to like people (Duncan, Gurney) who challenge him and engage in a little friendly teasing--and aren't afraid to go a few rounds in the sparring ring.

It's easy to speedrun a romance when you're spending all your time together in mortal danger fighting for a shared political cause. Especially if you then start winning in a war your people have been fighting for decades. Are you kidding me? That is the perfect environment for intense battle camaraderie to turn into romantic love, and lust.

It makes sense that this version of Chani never believes Paul is any kind of messiah. Of course a character like movie Chani wouldn't believe in or trust some outside savior to liberate them. She's been working to liberate her own people for years. The more Paul invokes the messianic myth, the more he starts sounding once again like someone who plans to rule over them, and the more uncomfortable Chani becomes. In this way she becomes a foil to Jessica, the two of them representing the choices Paul is pulled between. It's a great way of externalizing the political and philosophical debates that often happen within characters' heads in the book.

And of course this version of Chani would leave Paul at the end of the film. It's not just the personal, emotional betrayal--although that stings. What common cause does she have with someone who just declared himself emperor and is sending her own people off in a war of conquest against others? Given the important role she plays in Dune Messiah, I am super curious to see how they get her back into the story, but girl was so valid for being willing to just gtfo. Given that she has the last shot of the whole movie, I'm sure she'll be back somehow, and I can't wait to see what they do with her character in any future installments.