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greta was time's person of the year a few years ago. she was adored by all liberal world leaders and parties. and when she learnt about people's struggle under occupation and colonialism, she stood in solidarity with them . she now stands with palestine and armenia and kashmir and every oppressed person in the world. she could have been rich as fuck by simply remaining as a climate activist. yet she chose to do the right thing. i love her for her integrity.

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Undocumented immigration is not a violent crime. It is a misdemeanor.

Capitalism is the violent criminal.

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Thank you for the screams, Tony Todd. 😔 And the scares. 😏

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SINNERS (2025) dir. Ryan Coogler

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i may be the only one, but excited for opening weekend of both 28 Years Later and Bride Hard. Fuck Barbenheimer, 28 Bride Years is where it's at.

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stop being silly in front of me

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Buffy and Faith

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happy father’s day to dawn’s dad 🖤

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Buffy Summers and Cordelia Chase

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BTVS group rewatch: 1.03

as I mentioned previously, I'm looking for my favorite lines, possible parallels with future episodes, and proof of bisexual Buffy Summers. there will be spoilers for future episodes below!

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this was another OK episode for me. as a bit of catchup, I want to reco one movie or TV show ep for each BTVS ep. Here they are:

1.01 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie (1992) 1.02 The Craft (1996) 1.03 Freaky Friday (2003)

Bi rating: still 0

Still waiting for Buffy to let her bi flag fly! I'm not tracking Willow's queerness, but it has been funny to watch for glimpses. Here Willow brings up the semi-nude engravings in the witchcraft books, supposedly to tease Xander about them. But Willow you brought them up! I see you!!

RECYCLED IDEAS / FORESHADOWING / PARALLELS

eating chocolate is a sign you are a teenager -> 3x06 (Band Candy)

the switch -> 4x15 (Buffy and Faith switching) and to a lesser extent 3x16 (Doppelgangland with Willow and Vamp Willow)

the switch as possession -> ATS and the whole Cordelia - Jasmine mess

FAVORITE LINES

"it is funky, right?" - Buffy talking about the cheerleader catching on fire

"macho macho man" - Buffy singing (she's so happy!)

would you ask her out for me?" - Xander to Willow about Buffy

"oooh these grapes are SOUR" - Cordelia to Buffy and Amy

OTHER THOUGHTS

Giles says "as the watcher" not as YOUR watcher (!)

yay! it's Amy! semi-regular Amy appearance!!

during the pre-fire cheer routine Buffy just looks surprised that the cheering is so intense. no lusty thoughts detected.

Joyce doesn't know what Buffy is trying out for. the show is really hitting on some anti-Joyce notes for me.

the show hits another horror movie scene high note when it captures how creepy a (mostly) empty HS locker room can be

signs of the times: the corded (not cordless but not rotary either) phone in the Summers' kitchen, and posting the list of tryouts on a physical bulletin board for everyone to see.

i don't like the uncomfortable crochet-pattern pillows Buffy sleeps on

spellbound / drunk Buffy is so enthusiastic, implying Buffy is a happy overly friendly drunk

Giles and his grey British car!

really like the casting looks-wise for Amy and her mom Catherine

minor inconsistency 1: Cordelia crashes the drivers' ed car bc the instructor doesn't have brakes on his side, which is bonkers

minor inconsistency 2: Willow looks up the check out records in the library, which is a privacy violation. that should be impossible to do in today's US public libraries, but this ep was pre 9/11 and a school library, so maybe it's valid.

minor inconsistency 3: Giles says it's his "first casting" but pretty sure that ignores his Ripper days

a surprisingly Faith-free episode (for me). but I did think of Bring It On with all the cheerleading.

glad that Buffy is now friends with Amy and is going to be hanging out with her a lot more in future episodes (*sigh*) (sarcasm)

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it would have been really fun if in the later seasons we had gotten flashbacks to scenes from earlier seasons except instead of archive footage we get recreations of scenes we did see but this time with dawn there

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re Oceangate analysis - anyone who beats a drum about the "young engineers" who were working there is suspect in my mind. none of those young engineers (recent grads or similar) were the Director of Engineering, ever. and the last Director of Engineering was the oldest one that they had.

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NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE 2001, dir. Joel Gallen

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Freaky Friday (2003) — dir. Mark Waters

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this is the face of a woman who has fantasized about drag racing her beamer through the school 

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ELIZA DUSHKU as Pearl This Boy’s Life (1993) dir. Michael Caton-Jones

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It’s perfectly fine to tell your reps they’re going to hell and will go down in history as traitors who destroyed America if they’re even slightly reluctant to impeach Trump right now. Their staffers are also going to hell and will go down in history as traitors who destroyed America, if you’re concerned on their behalf.