#performative outrage

[icedsodapop]

I'm seeing White liberals/leftists getting angry at Oprah over the situation at Maui and I just want to say this real quick:

Again, I want to preface this by saying that I'm not defending Oprah Winfrey for owning Hawaiian land, because she shouldn't. But I also want to point out that the White pple getting angry at Oprah specifically is problematic becos:

1) it individualizes the problem and does not allow for further interrogation of US colonization of Hawaii and how the US goverment created the very conditions that allowed wealthy Americans to own Hawaiian land in the first place.

2) of the fact that Black women, will face harsher scrutiny than their White counterparts for every action they do, and Oprah is a hypervisible wealthy Black woman. I don't see the same vitriol targeted towards White wealthy celebrities who own property in Hawaii like Jeff Bezos or Owen Wilson or Woody Harrelson or Willie Nelson or Jim Carrey, and so many more if you do a quick google of "celebrities who own Hawaii property".

That is why I get wary when I see White and non-Black pple criticize Black public figures, simply because a lot of them, even if they are left-leaning, don't examine their antiblack bias and hence, don't question why they react so excessively vitriolic towards Black women. And sometimes, the criticism devolves into microaggressions, like it did with Lizzo and Carlee Russell.

[news4dzhozhar]

The situation is anything but funny but sometimes a bit of sarcasm is needed to keep from going crazy. 🖤💚❤️

[bugsbenefit]

forever annoyed by the wannabe activism that got so much worse during the pandemic that so many younger people seem to primarily abide by now. where almost all their "action" is online-based and heavily focused on media consumption and "problematic people". it drives me so crazy. i don't know how to tell you that going after a musician or actor or comedian because of their views or statements is the least productive form of activism and i honestly wouldn't even count it as such. if you want to call yourself an activist you actually need to ACT. not just talk online about how person xyz is evil and be done for the day, or say book/movie xyz is problematic and then log off, that's not enough, that doesn't actually DO anything

call local officials, go to protests, talk to people at your uni/school, boycott brands. hell, even talk to your parents about what's going on in Palestine, or other current events, many older people have conservative views, not because of inherent bigotry, but because they don't have enough information and grew up in a media propaganda bubble. or just talk about ongoing events online, keep the pressure on the public and don't let people lean back and forget. all that are actual forms of activism

i'll never stop being mad at the new wave social media wannabe activism that lets people think they're done with their Activism Activity of the day if they called timothee chalamet or noah schnapp a bad person. girl, yeah they are, but actually do Anything else too, that's not the activism you apparently think it is😭

[phoenixcatch7]

The One Fact Pact

I want to see a fic where the chain is rigorously keeping their secrets and stories hidden, but they've all learned to trust one another. Like, it's past time they should probably be sharing things because it's beginning to get annoying, they all agree, but it's sorta become a habit by now? They kept those secrets and now no one really wants to share first?

So, to keep things interesting and get some momentum going, they make a deal.

Whenever they come across something that reminds them of their travels, their quest - be it an item, a familiar name, a location - they've got to share ONE fact or story about it.

But only! When they're in other people's time, because otherwise it'll just be a staged tour and one person infodumping and that's exactly what they're trying to avoid (and it won't be a fun competition they can make bets about).

And then either they go through worlds slowly building trust and understanding of each other through a long drawn out and incidental series of tidbits....

Or they immediately get stuck in wild's hyrule for ages.

Everyone's arguing over who the latest ruin belongs to. Time and wind are getting into an argument about the kokiri. No one can agree on the zonai. Wars is taking immense pleasure in pointing out anything someone else might have missed. Legend is resolutely ignoring eventide. Twilight claims the entire faron woods until they step into the hot and humid jungle for the first time.

Wild thinks he's immune because it's his world so he legally can't answer questions, but everywhere they visit there's a piece of his own story in the rubble or on the wind.

Wild: *happily making tea and checking his slate with the other hand* okay, looks like tomorrow we can reach the breach of demise and to new serenne stable. Just past that- Sky: *choking on his drink* the what?? Wild: the breach? Sky, weakly: Why's it uh, called that? Wild: oh, it's an old story. Apparently eons ago it's where a demon godking came up from underground to the surface world... *suspiciously* Why? Sky: gimme the slate. *squinting at the shape on the map*... I can neither confirm nor deny. Wild:... What do you mean? Sky, remembering the One Fact Pact: I can neither confirm nor deny. What's important is that I killed him. The entire chain, variously: YOU KILLED A DEMON GOD?!!? Sky *recalling the hardest fight of his life*: what, like it's hard?

And then he just refuses to elaborate.

[thankstothe]

:o

[thelastdayalive]

herald of darkness "radio edit" ??? in this house we only listen the full 13 minutes and 35 seconds long original version or else

[odinsblog]

Schumer and Arquette act as though these are discrete category checkboxes that have no overlap (“you may only pick one” white feminism)

Remember kids, people actually dO exist who are simultaneously more than one of the following identities: Black + woman + Jewish + Palestinian + LGBTQ

Arquette and Schumer’s transactional, conditional allyship, and their focus on one singular identity at the expense of the others, is the polar opposite of intersectional feminism

[crowthis]

'i don't dance' buck not only danced with meatball, he kissed him. a dance and a kiss that were meant for john. by the way.

[chaiaurchaandni]

[tea-earl-grey]

i used to be of the opinion that actors (particularly in scifi/fantasy media) tend to give better and more memorable performances when they understand the story and genre and feel somewhat passionately about it. and then i remembered Catherine Tate giving some of the best performances on Doctor Who, helping to make one of the most memorable characters, and she still doesn't really know what a Dalek is. and that really makes me rethink my former opinion.

[good-beans]

I know most of our focus goes (rightfully) to the trial songs, but I genuinely believe Baptism of Fire is equally a masterpiece of meaningful writing and intense vocal acting

Incoming tag rant because I need to yell about this, feel free to yell back

[graveltrip]

Calling out Bustamente is important, but it would be nice, if it was paired with some self reflection and soul searching on some fans part, because those tweets weren't written by her and she wasn't the only one who liked them, or expressed similar sentiments.

Like it's great that everyone is a Lance Warrior now and deeply cares about ableism, but the sentiment rings hollow and hypocratical, when I know, quite a few of those people, who are incredibly loud about how this wasn't the first time Bustamente has liked hateful tweets about Lance, demanded Stroll's head after the Qatar Quali Incident or regularly talk about how he is a piece of shit pay driver, that any random junior driver would easily beat in the same car, just like those tweets said. Also some of these fans have easily forgiven similar mistakes for their faves and don't seem to have any qualms about using discriminatory language towards drivers they hate, which makes me question, if their outrage is genuine or just about being bored during the winter break and finally having an opportunity to have a go at a driver.

Don't get me wrong this is not me excusing Bianca's ableism or trying to shift the blame, I just wish some people would look in the mirror sometimes and practice what they preach, rather than do this weird posturing, whenever a driver fucks up.

[leothil]

Some of you motherfuckers need to leave the fandom and just the internet in general, because clearly you are unable to handle normal human interactions. "Boo hoo a fan project was made that took inspiration from another fan project" get a fucking grip. Is this your first time in fandom. Events and projects get reused and repurposed all the time, that's the fucking point of fandom, but no, this just out, nobody except the fandom that originated big bang events are allowed to organize big bangs anymore! Nobody can arrange lightshows at concerts anymore except the one band/artist whose concert it first originated at! Nobody except the Supernatural fandom are allowed to write omegaverse anymore! Get the fuck out of here.

[elias-magnussy]

Ohhh Eliiiaaassss~!

That's a lot of vowels you got there. I'm sure I don't know what they mean...

[misclogarts]

shuffle unit m

[tottymatsuno]

his lesbian ass is not coming across as a cishet

WAIT A SECOND NOT TOTTY TAKING A CREEP SHOT TRYING TO GET THEIR WHILE HW WAS ACTING LIKE WAIT

POST CANCELED THIS MAN WAS TRYING TO GET PANTIES ON CAMERA WHILE PRETENDING TO TAKE A SELFIE WHILE TJEY FELL IM CALLING THE AUTHORITIES NOW!! ITS HIS FAULT THEY WERE FALLING AND THEN HIS ASS- WHERES THE POLICE