Rachel Wiley, from Nothing Is Okay (2017)
I SPENT YEARS NOT WEARING RED BECAUSE BOLD COLORS ON BIG GIRLS DRAW ATTENTION AND GOOD GIRLS DO NOT WANT ATTENTION BUT ANYWAY I AM FAT AND THEREFORE INCAPABLE OF GOODNESS
So the dress will be red
like the first time you bleed thru the back of your skirt, red fabric,
spun from the cling of an unashamed lover on a crowded street and
just as soft as their lips there are pockets made of the attic crawl
spaces of old homes for your brass knuckles and your lipstick and
photos of your grandmother feeling bold in her bikini in 1964
and it is strapless
and it can be strapless because the bust line is made from the branches
of pomegranate trees and the backbone of Atlas but with an underwire
made of the weightlessness felt in water the dress flares at the bottom
like a mermaid tail
made of fireworks
and wish-headed dandelions. The whole thing stitched with string
lights pulled straight from a Christmas tree holding
everything you ever coveted
but were denied for not being deemed worthy piled underneath
because we are worthy of wanting this dress doesn’t ask for
attention
it takes
it.
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Hey "coconut-pilled" people!
Did you know?
If Kamala Harris (and Joe Biden) actually cared about Palestinians and truly wanted a ceasefire, did you know the easiest way to achieve that ...
.... Is to literally halt all US Weapons shipments and halt all the billions of dollars in Military Aid the USA has been sending Israel for months and years?
Did you know if Democrats were actually serious about stopping Israel's crimes against humanity, they could simply stop sending billions and billions of dollars in illegal weapons that are banned as being war crimes?
Did you know if Democrats were actually serious about stopping Israel's crimes against humanity, they wouldn't have troops on the ground participating in massacres?
Did you know if Democrats were actually serious about stopping Israel's crimes against humanity, we wouldn't be indiscriminately bombing the countries who set up blockedes to stop Israel from receiving more weapons shipments?
Did you know if Democrats were actually serious about stopping Israel's crimes against humanity, they could have arrested Netanyahu as a war criminal the second he landed on US soil?
Did you know if Democrats were actually serious about stopping Israel's crimes against humanity, they wouldn't have given him a standing ovation as they allowed him to speak to one of the highest authorities in the US in a place of honor?
Did you know if Democrats were actually serious about stopping Israel's crimes against humanity, they wouldn't demonize protestors against genocide by calling them "pro-terrorists"?
Did you know if Democrats were actually serious about stopping Israel's crimes against humanity, they wouldn't have invited Netanyahu to do a PR campaign here to begin with?
Did you know if Democrats were actually serious about stopping Israel's crimes against humanity, we wouldn't be consistently vetoing every single motion the UN and ICJ put forward to make any kind of effort to end the suffering of Palestinians?
Did you know if Democrats were actually serious about stopping Israel's crimes against humanity, they would do LITERALLY ANYTHING OTHER THAN CONTINUE TO GLEEFULLY CONDONE AND SUPPORT ISRAEL'S CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY????
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So uh
The Power of the Doctor surely was one of the episodes of all time
Where do I even fucking start
Let's cut to the chase, narratively it was all over the place in a "let's throw everything at the wall to see what sticks" kind of way. The thing is, it was fun. It made no sense but it was still enjoyable. Why was the Master cosplaying Rasputin? Why 1916? What was the point of the Dalek traitor? Why the paintings? Who cares, I'm having the time of my life watching all this shit 7,5/10
Why Tegan and Ace, for that matter? Because it's fun to see them again, that's why. I'll take it. Tegan was especially great. Also Ace wasn't a CEO so bonus points for that
Why was Graham even here
Why the train
Why the Qurunx
Why the uh everything about the Daleks and the Cybermen and no-one getting betrayed or in-fighting in the process
Why do I care
Dan's arc started with him having no money and ends with him having no house. That's kinda bleak for a comic relief companion
I don't know how to feel about Tennant being the Doctor again? It's weird and interesting and I can't wait to see what they do with this, and I find it supremely ironic that the Doctor who was the most terrified of death is the one who will get to die THREE TIMES in this series - but at the same time, I really wanted to see Ncuti Gatwa and I feel like he's been robbed of his thunder, kind of? I don't know, it feels weird
Considering Chibnall's focus isn't usually on character arcs I wasn't expecting Thirteen's ending to have any kind of dramatic irony, but having very low expectations for this specific era was a blessing, because one of the things I desesperately wanted to see was this control freak of a Doctor, who never explains anything to her friends, being forced to rely entirely on her friends, and also completely losing control. And that's exactly what I got here. Yes. Very good
The Qurunx assuming the form of a child because it wants to be protected. The parallels with the Timeless Child. Exquisite
And that bit where she's hit by a deadly energy blast and she's carried back to the TARDIS like this?? Complete inversion of the trope of the Doctor carrying a companion and I loved it
Oh god look at Yaz. Yeah that's right, you can only hold her while she's literally dying! That's the only time she'll be in your arms! And she's DYING!! And then you have to say goodbye!! I'm feeling normal about this
I've already seen quite a few Thasmin fans screaming bloody murder and to be honest I get it but like. I'm also digging how tragic this is
I wasn't asking for a kiss but like. When they were on the TARDIS' roof. I wanted one of them to put her head on the other's shoulder. Was that too much to ask
Pretty fitting that Yaz joins the circle of Recovering Doctor Addicts at the end after that and oh god don't get me started
The empty chair for Sarah Jane?? Don't talk to me
Is Ian even aware that regeneration exists or was he just like "wait so the Doctor is trans? Good for her"
WHAT WAS THE "POWER" OF THE DOCTOR WAS IS TO LEAVE A SHIT TON OF TRAUMATISED PEOPLE IN THEIR WAKE BECAUSE IF THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANT I'M HOWLING
Here's the Doctor's power! You all need therapy now!!
"How many Doctors are there" GOOD QUESTION NOBODY KNOWS
SPEAKING OF WHICH
FIVE SIX SEVEN AND EIGHT ON SCREEN. I FUCKING SCREAMED
BANTER BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT ABOUT CLOTHES?? HELLO??? THE SURREAL LANDSCAPE?? ADRIC'S DEATH BEING MENTIONED IN NEW WHO?? HELLO????
Why is Ace apologizing to Seven when he should be apologizing to HER and why am I even asking. Who cares that was so cool
Eight on screen EIGHT ON S C R E E N how am I supposed to feel NORMAL ABOUT THIS I WANT TO SCREAM I WANT TO CRY
OH SPEAKING OF WANTING TO CRY
TIME TO GET EMOTIONAL AND CRINGE ON MAIN ABOUT A FUCKING IDIOT WHO SPENT HALF THE EPISODE COSPLAYING RASPUTIN FOR NO REASON AT ALL AND MENTIONING HE USED TO BE A FURRY IN THE EIGHTIES
I turned off Anon asks so if any of you want to send me a new round of hate regarding the fact I love that Master which apparently makes me a fake fan or a Missy hater or something, you'll have to use your actual usernames, cowards. You know who you are
"Johannes shut up about that Master's supposed self-loathing that's not in the text that's just your headcanon to make him more interesting" OH YEAH YEAH CLEARLY I'M MAKING THINGS UP UH CLEARLY THIS IS NOT IN THE TEXT UH
THIS MF'S ENTIRE BULLSHIT PLAN WAS JUST AN EXCUSE TO STOP BEING HIMSELF FOR A MINUTE AND BECOME THE DOCTOR HI HELLO YES I'M FEELING NORMAL ABOUT THIS
"DON'T LET ME GO BACK TO BEING ME"
"DON'T LET ME GO BACK TO BEING ME"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUCK FUCK FUCK
I'm not making sense right now I'm sorry
"IF I CAN'T BE THE DOCTOR NEITHER CAN YOU" I want to scream I want to punch a fucking wall why are you like this why. are you. like THIS
The feelings are indescribable and I can't put them into words right now and I will have to make some art to make them go away, I don't make the rules I don't even have a choice at this point
TLDR this episode was a badly written narrative mess and full of fanwank and Doctor Who is terrible and I love Doctor Who with all my heart and I feel more alive than ever right now
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I’m rereading the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C Wrede because I loved them as a kid and there’s this part where a princess is lamenting that she’s not a very good princess because princess things never happen right for her (she has a wicket fairy at her christening but the fairy has a great time so she doesn’t get cursed, she gets a spinning wheel and doesn’t prick her finger, she spins straw into linen but not gold, etc.) and one of the things she mentions is being sent into the forest with bread and told to give some to anyone who asks. The second person she gives it to is a fairy in disguise but her ‘reward’ for being kind isn’t the usual “diamonds and roses fall from her lips when she speaks” but “you will never have any problems with your teeth” and as an adult reading that I’m like GIRL YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT A GIFT THAT IS ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME I WOULD KILL FOR PERFECT TEETH THAT DIDN’T HURT ALL THE FREAKING TIME WHAT HTE HECK
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