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The word homosexual was never in the bible.

The word didn't appear till 1946.

The word it replaced translated into pedophile.

I wonder why that happened, it's a real mystery.

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Tumblr's block interface is so weird. My primary blog which is not this one has this random ass dude reblogging with the most inane and just straight up dumb comments and thoughts, but I've struggled to block them because it blocks from this account and not the blog.

And so I think I've figured it out - I needed to go to the settings of the blog and add them manually. I hope this works, because I don't want to see their stupid ass comments.

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The leading cause of death for K-9 units are cops.

#ACAB #all cops are buttholes #1312

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I don’t understand how people can have impostor syndrome when Elon Musk and George Santos exist.

#imposter syndrome #elon musk #george santos

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#music #touch & go #i find you very attractive #Spotify

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The Batman would have been a better, if they had made it not be a Batman movie, and made it longer, and turned it into True Detective Season 2.

This is also your regular reminder that Batman's super power is white privilege.

#the batman #white privilege #this was not a good movie

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Hey osha! I have a quick question about work safety.

is there any violations for ripping open a hole in spacetime?

Ripping hole? 🤨

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Bond girls are out. Blanc girls (underprivileged women who screw over rich assholes with the help of this silly detective) are in.

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There is exquisite lightness in waking each morning with the knowledge that the worst has already happened.

The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel

#the glass hotel #writing #quote #emily st john mandel

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I am not going to lie to you, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish went much harder than it had any right to. Go watch it.

#shrek #puss in boots #puss in boots the last wish #dreamworks #movie #animation

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I'm a little bit of the neurospicy, and I think that like many others, I don't like it when my food touches. And so we have this two sided problem. I am now at a point in my career where I make good money and in addition to now planning for retirement and saving money properly, I want to upgrade how I'm living, and one of those things is getting myself nicer plates and things.

And so I'm looking at stuff from small batch local artisanal shops. And then I saw someone on TikTok saying that being an adult means you can get sectioned plates.

But here's the thing, I bought some sectioned plates on Amazon, and they're CHEAP. Like plastic. I've been searching for NICE sectioned plates and it does not appear as if anyone makes them.

So here's my plea - if you see anyone making high quality sectioned plates, PLEASE let me know.

#sectioned plates #neurospicy #asd #mental wellness

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I have not listened to Fugazi in such a long time.

#fugazi #waiting room #music #spotify #now listening #Spotify

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Current obsession.

#stacey ryan #fall in love alone #spotify #music #obsession #now playing #Spotify

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The reason why there's no third Kingkiller book is because Patrick Rothfuss' ghost writer died.

#the name of the wind #the kingkiller chronicle #the wise man's fear #rothfuss #patrick rothfuss #name of the wind #kingkiller chronicle #scam #ghost writer #kvothe

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There being two movies now in the Benoit Blanc world, and both movies sharing some recognizable tropes and archetypes to build its flavor, there’s a specific type of character that I’m struck by, particularly as a white woman, in both Knives Out and Glass Onion:

The Sympathetic White Woman.

In KO it’s Meg. In GO it’s Whiskey. They both bond with the (WOC, very important to emphasize) protagonist by being less crappy to her than the rest of the cast, and both signal to the audience that they’re trustworthy as far as the protagonist goes. They tell the protagonist that they’re on her side. They try to be supportive. They’re sympathetic to the audience.

Then comes the moment when the Sympathetic White Woman’s security is threatened.

For Meg, it’s her mom telling her she has to drop out of school if they don’t get the inheritance money. For Whiskey, it’s Duke dying. In both cases, the protagonist reaches out—Marta tells Meg she won’t let that happen, she’ll support Meg with whatever money she needs; Helen tries to soothe a hysteric Whiskey by telling her she doesn’t need Duke and he deserved what he got (not realizing Duke is dead, of course). It’s a slightly different moment in each movie, but the basic framework is the same: the woman of color protagonist reaches back to the Sympathetic White Woman, and notably, reaches DOWN, offering the support the Sympathetic White Woman offered earlier.

Only…the Sympathetic White Woman was never intending to be the one the protagonist had to reach down to. So she snaps. Meg tells her family about Marta’s mother and they use it to threaten her. Whiskey latches onto the belief that Helen killed Duke and tries to kill her with a spear gun in what she thinks is self-defense. The Sympathetic White Woman Heel-Turn.

Meg and Whiskey both also sort of try to make amends after their Heel-Turn moments, but…the trust is already broken. The protagonist knows better now. The Sympathetic White Woman is not to be trusted.

Why this sticks out to me personally is the very obvious callout that feminists of color have been making about white feminists for literal decades: that white feminism lacks any true support or compassion for non-white people, that it’s empty promises of support and when the chips are down, white feminism upholds whiteness over feminism in an act to protect itself. And whiteness…is a damn difficult thing to even see when you’re white and raised in an overwhelmingly white community, let alone begin to pick apart and unlearn. It’s reactionary, how Meg and Whiskey turn on Marta and Helen to protect themselves.

It would make Meg incredibly vulnerable to support Marta fully, the way she promised to back when she thought she had the resources for it, but Marta is that vulnerable every day just existing as a Latina woman in America. Whiskey’s Heel-Turn moment is a little more immediate trauma based, but when looking for someone to blame, she doesn’t hesitate to blame Andi (Helen), scrapping together the few pieces of information she has—Andi hates all of the Disruptors, Andi got screwed over by them, Andi fought with Duke just minutes before he died, Andi was in their shared room tearing it apart when Whiskey came in distraught. She’s looking for an outlet. There’s Helen red-handed and in view. Boom. Whiskey grabs the spear gun instead of talking it out with the person she admitted just hours ago to feeling sympathy for.

Growing up white and steeped in whiteness causes defensive reactions when that whiteness is brought up, or, god forbid, challenged. It’s a knee-jerk thing for people who haven’t begun to deconstruct it for themselves; even for people who have, to see just how far and deep in American society that reaches is troubling. Humbling. Enraging. The Sympathetic White Woman archetype is, to me, a warning to not let whiteness overrule sense and morals. To be smart about it. And, crucially, to check myself for condescension, especially when interacting with non-white folks in any capacity.

(Also why the presence of Benoit Blanc is so important. He is also sympathetic, he also offers his own support, but crucially, he just uses his whiteness to clear a path for the WOC protagonist to take her place and do what she needs to do. He doesn’t speak over her, he doesn’t turn on her, he just listens, and presents the truth for her to do with it what she will. Or, in one case, hands her highly volatile crystal hydrogen for when she’s really ready to tear the Murderer’s crap down.)

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I got an ad for a “video book” and I commented, “…you mean a movie?”

#videobook #video book #movie #ad

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My least favorite thing on social media right now are all of the boring white dudes thinking that can do a Benoit Blanc accent.

My dude, you cannot.

#benoit blanc #glass onion #knives out #daniel craig