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remmick and the vampires present a false dichotomy

Hogwood (the man who sold the twins the mill) and the KKK are very obviously bad, they are outright malicious bigotry, they use the n-word and plan to lynch the moore's and their community, they are so blatantly racist and hateful it's unavoidably obvious

remmick and the vampires however say that they believe in equality, say that they want to create a community, and yet remmick's goal throught the movie is to both metaphorically and literally steal sammie's ability for his own goal of reconnecting with his irish ancestors, a white man wants to harm a young and upcoming black man and use talents for his own goals without giving any regard to said black man's autonomy or agency

when sammie sings 'I lied to you' in the juke joint and calls forth the spirits from the past and future, it's a blend of cultures; west african, east asian, native american, and african american song and dance blend together across time and space to tell the stories of blues; where it takes its inspiration from, the music genres it then inspired, the complex history of black american culture and its intersections with other peoples of colour in the USA

when remmick and the vampires kill and turn the people in the juke joint, and then perform rocky road to dublin, only remmick's irish culture is on display, there is no influence from the black and asian people he has forcibly assimilated into his song, it's juxtaposition with the earlier scene is blatant, remmick is more than happy to assimilate people of colour into his 'community' of 'equals', and yet its only whiteness that is celebrated, that is normative

remmick claims that he's doing people a favour by turning them immortal, conviently ignoring that he literally has to suck the life out of them to do so, trapping their spirits on earth, he claims that he's the good guy, that the KKK were gonna come and lynch everyone at the joint in the morning anyways, conviently ignoring that he's doing the exact same thing; a white man leading a mob to kill a bunch of black people

in the final confrontation with sammie remmick repeatedly dunks him into the river, a forceful baptism. both the celtic irish and enslaved west africans had their religions suppressed and destroyed by colonialsm, had christianity forced upon them by the british empire, and in that scene we see remmick repeating that cycle, using christianity to inflict harm, and sammie reclaiming christianity, despite all the complex emotions he has arround it, as many colonised peoples have and still do, when he recites the lord's prayer

remmick and the vampires are no less racist than hogwood and the KKK, are no less predatory or evil, they're just less blantant about their bigotry, they represent the system, the normalised white supremacy that is seeped into the very foundation of culture in america, the point isnt that remmick would call any of the black characters in the movie the n-word, i dont think he would, the point is that his exploitation and desacration and inserting-himself-into-when-he-wasn't-invited of the juke joint is a microcosm of what white people have done to black american arts and culture since ever since there have been black and white people in america, and even before that

theres a reason vultures are shown early on in this movie

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😂😂😂😂😂

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and i know people mean well when they give employment advice but god damn some of them its like "did you try submitting your resume to a place that is hiring" fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck no kidding. shit. ive just been printing them out and eating them. yeah thanks i'll try that

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Not only did Wilmon break tradition but also this queen ended Hillerska 👑

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A little Felice doodle for @youngroyals-events characters' week !

She is on her way to solve mysteries !!!

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braiding hair with hairpin by 禾禾编发

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YOUNG ROYALS 2.01

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sound off everyone what’s the worst texture. just in anything. for me it’s ground beef not even a question

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Hummus is a food I can’t eat a normal amount of

Every so often I get a thing of hummus and I’m like oh this fucks most verily and I eat a whole bunch of it, and then I eat a whole bunch of it every day, until it’s like a switch flips and I’m sick of it and I don’t want it at all

It’s like when Orsino in 12th Night says “Give me excess of it, that surfeiting, the appetite may sicken and so die” only instead of music being the food of love, it’s hummus being the food of me

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With summer here and the heat rising, cnetizens with long hair are looking for hairstyle tutorials that keep them cool while still looking good

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Cannot emphasize this enough, do not sign for a loan with someone you're dating. That shit is already used for so much abuse within marriages but to be financially attached to someone you're not even married to will cause you nothing but problems. Don't do it

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every year gmmtv should put popular couples in a version of only friends like some sort of gay hunger games

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QL Emoji Guessing Game

Taking @ginnymoonbeam’s “And anyone else who wants to play” tag to heart!

The Rules: Use 3 emoji to describe 5 of your favorite QLs

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Tagging @phneltwrites @ghost--houses @fanonplussed @kinnbig and whoever else wants to play!

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I heard “New Rules” by Dua Lipa on the radio today and was instantly transported back into the world of the New Rules-themed Jack Zimmermann/Kent Parson fic I never wrote

The WiPs in our heads are never truly abandoned

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Having friends who are in fandom but in different fandoms than yours is so fun

This weekend I was talking to a friend and found myself inquiring after Stray Kids the way older women ask about each other’s grandkids