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RACHEL ZEGLER at the ‘Snow White’ press event in Tokyo, Japan, dressed in a custom Paolo Sebastian gown inspired by the daggered heart box motif from the original 1937 Disney film (5th March 2025)

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People straight up do not realize that part of the reason manufacturing is not returning to the United States in massive waves is because we have things like “OSHA” and “environmental laws” and “minimum wages.”

It’s not even just about fair wages. It’s literally about the fact that you can’t dump industrial waste in a river here anymore.

Our cheap goods are so cheap because South American and Asians environments are being destroyed so you can buy a $40 pair of shoes every 3 months.

Cutting granite countertops has lead to a rapid increase in silicosis in the lungs out in California. All the working men and women in my family have died from pulmonary fibrosis. They were carpet layers, Post office workers, floor tilers. Staying safe in manufacturing jobs is annoying but also very, very expensive. Real manufacturing factories belch smoke and dust and grime that causes asthma and birth defects in surrounding communities. Everyone wants their manufacturing jobs back until they realize their kids are living directly under the Asthma Plant.

There will come a time when the workers in these countries rise up and demand better and things will start to even out, but if you want to honestly “do your part,” you gotta stop buying cheap shit for no reason.

Not every event needs to be celebrate with a baseball cap or a coozie or a t shirt or a keychain. Not every wall in the house has to have a picture or a cute phrase on it. The knickknacks are killing people.

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This interaction is so fucking funny because superheroes by nature are like this and the people who started the stink up about Captain Marvel were currently far right grifter

So many male superheros are essentially 'boy power' fantasies and have no personality outside of that, but it's beyond to do the same for little girls ? The fact is she does have a personality and life outside her power.

I've watched the first Captain Marvel and being someone who doesn't watch Marvel too often, i can watch a Marvel movie and not feel bogged down the oversaturation of Marvel films. It felt pretty normal for a Marvel film, was enjoyable, and had a normal superhero story. Literally nothing about the film was like that. In what world is a superhero not fucking strong? Is that not the point ? Even in fantasty, women need to be weak. It's funny because she's not even perfect or overpowered in the movie. She had to do some self-discovery and then learned to handle her power plus learned the truth

This is tumblr and you lot hate women so fucking bad you need to be caged and poisoned. Who the fuck is still moaning about captain Marvel in 2025???!

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There are legends of people with the gift of making music so true, it can conjure spirits from the past…and the future. This gift can bring fame and fortune. But it also can pierce the veil between life and death.

SINNERS (2025): Trailer #2

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Okay but these fucking dudes are trying hard to reach an audience and I respect the fuck out of them for it. 12/10 sanitation department of New York City.

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One of the most effective ads for road safety | source                     

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The U-turn of public opinion towards Takia Watiti and the MCU in the wake of Thor: Love and Blunder has been glorious to witness 😂

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Another day of men trying to figure out how to use a vr headset while keeping their hats on.

No one can see your hair line in virtual reality

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nothing frustrates me more than when adults refuse to even slightly indulge the questions and thoughts of children. i remember one time when one of my younger cousins accidentally stumbled across the concept of purchasing power parity because she realised 10 rupees which bought her 10 candies in India only bought her ~3 candies when we went on holiday to Japan, and when she asked her mother about “why the same things cost different amounts in different places” my aunt had the audacity to call her spoiled for not understanding the “”worth” of money, that’s not what she was ASKING damn it!! your daughter just set up her own big mac index and realised a key metric of macroeconomics!!! how do you not find that utterly fascinating !! why don’t adults talk to children !!

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DISNEY IS FUNDING THE DON’T SAY GAY BILL

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Raikama and Seryu from Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

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Watched 'Question Time' a couple of days ago and I cannot get one particular audience member's questions out of my head...

Understandably, the discussion was about the invasion of Ukraine. This man - visibly moved by the plight of Ukrainians forced to flee their homes - asked if it wasn't 'dehumanising' to refer to them as 'refugees' (after all, they were just like him with families, communities, jobs, hopes etc).

To give him the benefit of the doubt, he was reflecting on how reductive it can be to just see a person (or group of people) as one thing, rather than as a whole, with complex lives etc

But, on the other hand, I know how much media in the UK (esp the daily fail, express, & telegraph) has reported on numerous refugee crises over the years. I know how the UK often views immigrants and their descendants.

The dehumanisation is palpable. It's why attempts to show the 'humanity' of refugees are often tactless and exploitative. It's why so many people apparently think it reasonable to question how desperate people are if they've got mobile phones/travelled with young children/paid off people smugglers. Refugees become 'non-people', rather than people seeking refuge

And then when someone says something like 'they're people, not just refugees', it's seen as completely wholesome

But if that's not an indictment of the sheer volume of anti refugee/asylum/migrant language we've been subjected to over decades of xenophobic and racist media bs, I don't know what is.

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