I DIE.
(Source: manarchistryangosling)
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Wellesley Underground: Don't Kill Him Cause C Lo Said So -
Apart from the profanity and calling me an embarrassment, I agree with you. Vengeance is not Justice. Amen.
Here’s my point: The way people in America deal with moral, social, and political issues in the public arena has turned into such a farce that it is disconcerting. Of course C Lo Green is…
I mean- one reason C Lo Green’s opinion matters more than yours is because he is a black man in America, which ostensibly you’re not.
And, okay, I get your point that our culture’s celebrity fascination comes off as very cloying in social justice arenas, but entertainers of color have a long history of being involved in civil rights movements. C Lo Green (or Big Boi) advocating for Troy Davis/the end of the death penalty is less annoying to me than, say, Lady GaGa calling for the criminalization of bullying.
Fuck Yeah, Tattoos!: I hate dream catcher tattoos -
I hate them so much that I rarely publish any of them, and I delete some I see approved by the other mods. I do the same with tattoos of women and skulls in headdresses. I’ve ranted about all this before, but I’ve never really calmly explained it, so I’m going to try to today.
I find it…
Love this. And as a tattooed Asian person, I hate seeing Asian character tattoos or generic “Oriental” tattoos on non-Asian individuals.
I actually decided to get my (Chinese mythology inspired) tattoos because of cultural appropriation in the body mod world- my own small act of reclaiming.
vee: Non Game of Thrones people! Get with the program! -
Peter Dinklage is on this show and he is amazing! I keep seeing people blogging photos of him in surprise that he is on the show and he won an Emmy.
No excuses people! Watch Game of Thrones!
So I’m de-lurking to ask you a question. I love your tumblr and I really…
I think GRRM’s portrayal of the Dothraki and the minimal POC in the book series is problematic.
However, in terms of degree, I think HBO really fucked up with the Dothraki. Dothraki in GRRM are (in my opinion and others please feel free to disagree) are given power, lives, motivations, interests. Not so in the HBO series where they are basically “those weird brown people lol.”
That’s not to say GRRM doesn’t fuck up on race, he does. But I feel like the difference in degree is notable.
Man you are making a compelling argument to continue not watching! Ugh it’s frustrating being on the outside of a really vibrant fandom like this and half-knowing that I’d feel alienated if I decided to get into it.
Thanks for your thoughts, though.
Peter Dinklage is on this show and he is amazing! I keep seeing people blogging photos of him in surprise that he is on the show and he won an Emmy.
No excuses people! Watch Game of Thrones!
So I’m de-lurking to ask you a question. I love your tumblr and I really appreciate a lot of the anti-racist and feminist sentiments that you feature in your posts. As someone who comes off as being pretty critical (in a good way) and progressive, I wanted to ask you why you like Game of Thrones so much. Racialicious did a post about the “usual amount of racism” it features that has basically convinced me to stay away despite all the hype I’ve been hearing both in real-life and on tumblr.
TL;DR: I’m worried that the Dothraki are going to totally ruin any enjoyment I have of this show.
I used to be such a Sailor Moon fan, as were most teenage girls my generation with regular access to Cartoon Network, I suspect.
OFC Sailor Mars was my favorite.
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"A Message From a TSA Full-Body Scanner" -
I’d like to take the opportunity of this writing to allay these and other misgivings. Please know: I’m just here to measure your penises. And I’m very, very good at it.
Pie had been lurking below the radar in recent years: taking cover during the ice cream trend, perhaps waiting to see which way the macaron tide would turn.
When I eat out, the only baked goods I ever get are pies or donuts. It’s a product of the fact that I bake; why should I spend $3-5 on a passable cupcake when I can make my own at home and whip the frosting to the exact consistency I prefer?
I buy donuts because I can’t make them (still too scared of frying). I buy pie because I love pie.
“Taste is not stable and peaceful, but a means of strategy and competition. Those superior in wealth use it to pretend they are superior in spirit. Groups closer in social class who yet draw their status from different sources use taste and its attainments to disdain one another and get a leg up. These conflicts for social dominance through culture are exactly what drive the dynamics within communities whose members are regarded as hipsters.”