#the mann act

[bruceandmary]

I think doing voice for animation is... is probably acting in its most purest and ancient form. It's a bit like... the Greek form of acting, in the ancient Greek. where they had masks on. In our case, the mask is the animator's drawings, you know.

The Making of the Lion King.

Rest in peace, James Earl Jones.

[shima-draws]

Recently just binge rewatched all of Spy X Family and UGHHH Damianya. God Damianya

[cosmccowboy]

Gordon is gonna see his tortoise daughter all grown up now I CAN'T

[skeletalheartattack]

Valve just published a blog post regarding plans for the first MVM update in twelve years for TF2 (to be released later this year, sometime after August), and it shaping up to be the first MVM update to involve community submissions (excluding Robotic Boogaloo).

[irgendwiepoetisch]

I know that rhun fully gave julia the zahnseide and in act 4 and 5 we see julia use it the way she wants to but I still like to imagine that she only has one end of it and rhun is on the other end so that when julia gets lost rhun just knots the zahnseide to her house so she always finds her way home

[luthientinuvielss]

i love actors so much

[doostyauditalkz]

I never thought id say this white boy but oh. Oh how i missed yuo

[mann-walter]

Partagaz is an evil but endearing character. He should die, but he shouldn’t.

[proadhog]

WHEN YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THE VOICE BUT CAN'T FUCKING FIGURE IT OUT...

Harry Lloyd

[themannfamily]

Hate Speech.

[historydailyfrancischappellblack]

Black boxer Jack Johnson was Arrested for Violating the Mann Act for “transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes” Due to His Relationship With White Woman Lucille Cameron, Who Was Allegedly a Prostitute. October 18, 1912.

Image: Jack Johnson in 1915. (Public Domain) On this day in history, October 18, 1912, Black boxer Jack Johnson was arrested for violating the Mann Act for “transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes” due to his relationship with white woman Lucille Cameron, who was allegedly a prostitute. He was later convicted by an all-white jury and sentenced to a year in prison for his…

[darklight-owl]

Oh wow so we skip right to the trial without finding out what's in the tower... I'm sure whatever's in there will definitely not be a game changing revelation that will cause Professor Layton to work against Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney in this wonderful game Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

[schreckensbleiches-nervenbuendel]

Ich hasse es, wenn die Leute von Internet- oder Stromanbietern bei mir klingeln. Für viele Leute ist es kein großes Ding, die Tür zu öffnen und ein normales Gespräch mit den Leuten zu führen.

Aber ich weiß nie, was die wollen. Plötzlich weiß ich nicht mehr, bei welchem Strom- oder Internetanbieter ich angemeldet bin oder seit wann ich in dieser Wohnung lebe.

Und die reden immer so schnell und im Flur hallt es so sehr, dass ich literally kein Wort verstehe. Das führt dann immer zu richtig unangenehmen Situationen.

Zum Glück kam mein Freund in dem Moment nach Hause. Er hat sich mit dem Typen in die Küche gesetzt und ich glaube, dass die sich kennen, was die Sache 1000x schlimmer macht.

Ich war nämlich vorhin so überfordert, dass ich an der Tür dissoziiert und dann stumm geworden bin. Ich konnte absolut nicht mehr reden - hab meine Lippen kaum auseinander gekriegt.

Kann dieser mentale Scheiß nicht endlich aufhören? Bitte, ich dreh durch.

[truegeorge]

Puff Daddy on Trial

It was quite an interesting week, as you know, or at least I hope you do know, that the historic trial of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs was taking place. The United States Government has charged Combs with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. The Racketeering Conspiracy aka RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) act charge alleges that…

[rhuns-zahnseide]

Xio Xio in "Der Mann im Mond - Akt 4"

[stellardeer]

I can't stop ruminating on the post I made yesterday where I mentioned not liking the way Drake talks about women in his songs, and I keep trying to justify myself to a fake person in my head, so I'm just gonna write it all down cause I'm on my vyvanse and It's Thoughts Time.

So yesterday I talked about how I haven't been a fan of Drake for a while, even before the incident with Millie Bobby Brown when everyone stopped trusting him, because of the way that he talks to/about women in his songs.

And one could argue that there are plenty of artists who say terrible sexist/misogynistic things about women in their songs, calling them "bitches" and "hoes", using them as props, what have you. Why single out Drake? Why do I say he seems like "the next R Kelly"?

Well, refer to Exhibit A, article detailing R. Kelly's "sex cult". I believe this was the exact article that I read when I first heard about the shady shit that R Kelly was getting up to. This was published in 2017, two years before the sex trafficking charges against him in 2019, at which time the focus was on his underage victims. But the TL;DR for the article above is that R Kelly had his own little sex cult going, consisting of adult women, most of whom he met because they wanted a career in music and they trusted him as an artist and he offered to mentor them. He ends up in an intimate relationship with them, and then they end up moving into a house of his, along with other women under the same circumstances, complete with an older "den mother" type who was there essentially to teach these girls how to please and serve Mr. Kelly.

When people talk about the nasty things that R. Kelly has done, nobody ever really brings this one up. I'm not sure if it's because they just don't know about it, but I would argue that the reason they don't know is because it is not as sensationalized, because this was happening to adult women, not minors. And the women didn't necessarily complain. In fact, they'd have told you they were happy and nothing was wrong and they were being treated well and WANTED to be there, despite having given up whatever passion it was they were pursuing that led them to this life in the first place, and now existing solely as R. Kelly's plaything. These were consenting adult women, so why should anyone care? (Though, surprise surprise, some of them came forward to disclose that everything was not actually fine.) Sadly, this is just how cults work though. I advise reading more on how cults recruit people in order to understand why the consent in these situations is dubious, NXIVM is one in particular that comes to mind if you want a place to start.

Honestly, I think that if I hadn't read the article above ("Exhibit A"), I wouldn't have even been put off by anything in Drake's lyrics. It's very subtle, though. It's the way that it seems like he wants all of the women in his life to stay loyal to him. It doesn't matter if they aren't officially "together" or if he hasn't seen them in months or if he doesn't even speak to them anymore. If they're one of his girls, they should always be one of his girls, ride or die. They aren't allowed to have relationships with other men, but he can have as many relationships with as many women as he wants and they need to just be fine with it. I hear it in "Hotline Bling". I hear it in "In My Feelings". There's probably more that I'm forgetting but it's been a while since I've listened to a song of his and those are two I remember. Just so I could have some credibility I did a search on his relationships and he even admits that he prefers to date 4 or 5 women at a time. He never degrades these women with sexist language in these songs, in fact "In My Feelings" could even be read as a wholesome song, but I couldn't help but feel the ick. I might even just be reading too much into it, but I couldn't ignore how uncomfortable it made me feel so I just stopped listening to his music.

Then the Millie Bobby Brown situation happened and it was like oh okay so I wasn't crazy, and now everybody else sees it too. It should be noted that nothing was ever confirmed as far as him having an inappropriate relationship with her, just that he was "texting her boy advice" and that she was reluctant to divulge details of the conversation because it was private. That alone is enough to raise red flags though, like how did you even come into contact with this 14 yo girl, what connection do you have to her? Why were you texting her privately and talking about dating? Too sus, sorry.

But I can't help but feel like, again, people only notice when it's happening with minors. I'm not sure how many people understand that "grooming" is not a synonym for "pedophilia". It's most often associated with children, especially teens, because teens are a little more savvy and may need extra steps to take advantage of, but even a fully confident grown ass adult can be groomed. Granted, the younger you are the more likely it is to work. I'm pretty sure all of the women in R. Kelly's sex cult were around 18-19 when he met them. There is no magical threshold of wisdom and maturity that you cross the second the clock strikes midnight on your 18th birthday. Predators target younger people because they know that they are more likely to be naive and to not know the signs of abuse or the signs of a cult or the signs of manipulation. But because the people involved are all technically adults, and seemingly consenting, nobody wants to assume anything nefarious is at play. It's only when they get bold and start going after younger and younger targets that it becomes a problem.

I absolutely believe that if Drake could have his own little harem of obedient women he probably would. And that, to me, is way more dangerous than someone just calling women "bitches" in a song.