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magical-gifts · 1 month

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me: I don’t feel good. lemme watch my comfort movie

me: *plays* The Mummy (1999)

#HEY BENNY LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU’RE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE RIVER #this movie is so special to me #the mummy #brendan fraser #rachel weisz

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murderballadeer · 2 months

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justin townes earle - harlem river blues//townes van zandt - rex's blues

#this isn't even web weaving it's just that benny submitted harlem river blues for music league #and i noticed the similarity in the lyrics of that part. anyway.#soapbox

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thebraxiatelcollection · 6 months

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I know River Song hasn't been people's favourites, but I've always had a soft spot and fascination for River Song. Listening to the Diary of River Song series this year has been a joy, and I've just finished listening to the last River Song boxset: Friend of the Family is just so beautifully written and essentially human.

No scary monsters, just time travel, and tragic humans, and for the first time in a long time, it feels like River Song actually found a family of her own.

Even if it was her own doing and setting a trap for herself.

The way she treats little Tommy with kindness and gentleness after her own horrible, traumatic childhood speaks volumes about her own character and her own personal growth after everything River Song has been through with Madame Kovarian.

I'm generally sad I won't get any more box sets from River Song. Alex Kingston excels every time.

I also love Hugo / The Cook.

#april listens to big finish #river song #the diary of river song #i need more river song please #i need her and benny boxset #theres that one story with them but its not enough #doctor who

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filmap · 1 month

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Frogman Anthony Cousins. 2023

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eightdoctor · 6 months

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reading through the edas is like an ispy for ideas that steven moffat stole and made worse

#cite your sources king #like it just cheeses me off that they Will Not put any eu references or characters in the show but will still steal the ideas from them #like fuck off #doctor who #edas #not even mentioning what he did with the benny summerfield rip off i mean river song

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edge-oftheworld · 6 days

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i'll make a moodboard of the winning option out of my own original photos!! so choose wisely or you might wait like 2yrs til i travel there to get your moodboard

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four-of-cups · 2 years

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Thinking about the way Jensen Ackles continues to characterise Cas as Dean’s ‘brother-in-arms’ and how it ties deeply into both the homoeroticism and the misogyny of spn.

I love season 8 and I’m rewatching it right now and it just seems like such A Choice to not have introduced any female characters in purgatory. And then to characterise it as a ‘pure’ place.

They really just made purgatory into a homosocial space where violent contests of strength and will determine survival. This is...textbook hegemonic masculinity?

In this context, of course Benny is the companion they come up with. (No shade - I adore Benny.) He's an exemplary brother-in-arms. The wartime allegory isn't exactly subtle and it's clear that the writers and actors are very interested in exploring this space.

But in doing so they end up queering the narrative again because hey - their audience is savvy enough to understand that these cis-male-only hyper-masculine mythologies are closer to propaganda than vehicles for good story-telling.

And we know that excluding other genders from a narrative doesn't inherently diminish a male character’s capacity for love or tenderness or desire.

And so we end up with a driving narrative that feels deeply romantic: the single most important person in this world to Dean is Cas. It could not be more overt in the text that Dean's primary motivation is not getting back to the world or Sam - it's finding and saving his angel.

We’ve seen Cas as the object of Dean’s motivation before and we’ll see it again. But it does feel singleminded in purgatory in a way that I think the show only ever permits in this hyper-masculine space.

Marylin Frye puts it best: "To say that straight men are heterosexual is only to say that they engage in sex exclusively with women. All or almost all of that which pertains to love, most straight men reserve exclusively for other men [...] Heterosexual male culture is homoerotic; it is man-loving."

Purgatory is the stage on which Dean's performance of masculine heterosexuality is most visibly entwined with the show's misogyny and the result is deeply homoerotic.

And it explains, to me at least, why Jensen’s characterisation of Cas as a brother-in-arms feels both romantic and dismissive: it’s true even while it refuses to look at deeper truths.

It describes a love so deeply overshadowed by a fear of femininity that the shadows of violence and death and sacrifice end up being its only ‘pure’ place of expression. And even there, it remains unnamed.

#I gotta stop I could write this forever #didn’t even land that bosie reference #misogyny is the river that runs through supernatural #spn #destiel #dean winchester #dean studies #supernatural #spn meta #text post #dean.txt #jensen says things #purgatory #supernatural season 8 #benny lafitte #brothers in arms #metanatural #cups text post #spn purgatory

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jazzdailyblog · 4 months

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Jonah Jones: Jazz Trumpeter Extraordinaire

Introduction: Jonah Jones, born Robert Elliott Jones one hundred and fourteen years ago today on December 31, 1909, in Louisville, Kentucky, left an indelible mark on the jazz landscape as a trumpeter, arranger, and bandleader. Known for creating concise yet powerful versions of jazz and swing standards, Jones became a household name, earning acclaim for his versatile style that appealed to a…

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fuckyeahilike · 10 months

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OAKLAND — A well-known transgender activist was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering three family members in a brutal and frenzied attack that the judge said was the worst he’d seen in three decades.

Dana Rivers, 68, of San Jose, was found guilty last year of murdering Oakland resident Charlotte Reed, 56, her wife Patricia Wright, 57, and Wright’s 19-year-old son, Benny Toto Diambu-Wright, in an attack inside the victims’ home. Prosecutors say she used a handgun equipped with a silencer to shoot the victims, stabbed Reed 47 times as the couple slept in their bedroom and then set the garage on fire in an attempt to cover her tracks.

“It is a horrible thing to sentence someone to die in prison, and I don’t take that lightly,” Judge Scott Patton said in a Wednesday court hearing. “But this is the most depraved crime I ever handled in the criminal justice system in 33 years. Frankly, you deserve to spend the rest of your life in prison.”

Rivers, who first claimed self-defense during the guilt phase of her trial, then argued she was legally insane at the time, did not speak during sentencing. Wright’s brother submitted a letter to the court, in which he recounted the stress of going through the crime scene and how Rivers’ turned his sister’s warm and welcoming home into a blood bath.

Richard Wright said his sister was the “rubber band” that held their family together. She was an artist, a “peacemaker,” and “really wanted to be a parent.”

“When Dana Rivers killed my sister, she broke that rubber band,” his letter says. “What held my family together was gone.”

Rivers has been in jail since Nov. 11, 2016, the same day the murders were committed. She was arrested as she left the victims’ home, covered in their blood and headed toward a motorcycle that was parked nearby. The motive, according to prosecutors, was a mix of personal animus and anger at Reed for leaving an all-women biker gang.

Reed and Rivers met at the Menlo Park Veterans Affairs Center in Palo Alto, where they formed a friendship that included Rivers recruiting Reed into the motorcycle club known as the Deviants MC. They became estranged after Reed left the club, but Rivers methodically convinced her to restart their friendship to give herself an opportunity to commit the murders, Deputy District Attorney Abigail Mulvihill argued at trial.

Before her arrest, Rivers was best known as a schoolteacher who became an international news story when she came out as transgender to her students in a high school in Antelope, California. She was subsequently fired for sharing details of her transition, then sued the district and received $150,000 in a settlement. In the aftermath, she became an activist for transgender rights, and ultimately moved to the Bay Area to restart her life as an educator.

Patton denied a motion for a new trial filed by Rivers’ attorney, which argued that prosecutors committed misconduct and that the judge prevented relevant exculpatory evidence from being heard. Patton said the issues raised ranged from “trivial” to “frankly quite ridiculous,” and called the evidence of Rivers’ guilt “overwhelming.”

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LGB Alliance USA - Justice Served: Murderer Finally Sentenced After Six Long Years of Legal Maneuvering.

#lgb alliance #femicide #videos #misogyny #feminism #transgenderism #dana rivers #woc #lesbians #homophobia #patricia wright #benny toto diambu wright #charlotte reed

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pers-books · 1 year

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[ID Cover of The Legacy of Time featuring Doctors Three to Eight, also Kate Stewart, Jo Jones, Osgood, Jenny (the Doctor’s Daughter), Benny Summerfield, Professor River Song, Charley Pollard, Leela, Ace, Romana, Group Captain Gilmore, Rachel Jensen and Allison Williams.]

And for the twenty third day of WHOvember (and Doctor Who Day!) Big Finish are giving you The Legacy of Time for £23 (Download only)

An epic six-part adventure celebrating 20 years of Doctor Who at Big Finish!

Time is collapsing. Incidents of chaos and devastation are appearing throughout the lives of one Time Lord and his many friends - all fallout from one terrible disaster. From Earth’s past and present to timeless alien worlds, from the cloisters of Gallifrey into the Vortex itself... The Doctor must save universal history - and he needs all the help he can get.

1. Lies in Ruins by James Goss

On a strange ruined world, a renowned archaeologist opens an ancient tomb. Only to find another archaeologist got there first. Professors Summerfield and Song unite to solve a mystery. Then the Eighth Doctor arrives, and things really become dangerous. Because their best friend isn’t quite the man River and Benny remember…

2. The Split Infinitive by John Dorney

A criminal gang appears to have recruited a member with time-bending powers. It’s a case for the Counter-Measures team – in the 1960s and the 1970s! The Seventh Doctor and Ace have their work cut out to save the day twice over, and make sure Gilmore, Rachel and Allison don’t collide with their past, or their future.

3. The Sacrifice of Jo Grant by Guy Adams

When pockets of temporal instability appear in a Dorset village, UNIT are called in. Soon, Kate Stewart and Jo Jones find themselves working alongside the Third Doctor, while Osgood battles to get them home. But this isn’t the first time UNIT has faced this threat. Only before, it seems that Jo Grant didn’t survive...

4. Relative Time by Matt Fitton

Disaster strikes inside the Time Vortex, and the Fifth Doctor is thrown together with someone from his future... someone claiming to be his daughter! Kleptomaniac Time Lord, the Nine, believes it’s his chance to steal something huge. But Jenny just wants her dad to believe in her.

5. The Avenues of Possibility by Jonathan Morris

DI Patricia Menzies is used to the strange, but even she is surprised when the eighteenth century itself falls onto her patch. Fortunately, she has the founders of modern policing to help with her enquiries. And when the Sixth Doctor and Charley arrive, they find armed and hostile forces trying to change Earth history forever.

6. Collision Course by Guy Adams

Fallout from the temporal distortions has now reached Gallifrey. To find the cause, Leela and Romana remember travels with the Fourth Doctor to the same world, at different times. The enemy is revealed, and it may take more than one Doctor to prevent the destruction of everything!

(For the record, I bloody love The Sacrifice of Jo Grant, Relative Time and Collision Course - which features some extra special guests!)

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coochiequeens · 1 year

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Trigger Warning: Discussion of a triple murder

A prominent trans activist has been convicted in a 2016 triple homicide involving a lesbian couple and their son. Dana Rivers, 67, born David Chester Warfield, was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the killings of Charlotte Reed, Patricia Wright, and Benny Diambu-Wright.

Police were called on the night of November 11, 2016, in response to the sound of gunshots being fired outside the home of Wright and Reed in Oakland, California. When authorities arrived, they found Rivers covered in blood and gasoline and fleeing from the house, which had been set ablaze. When officers searched Rivers, they found a bloody screwdriver, a knife, brass knuckles, bullets, pepper spray and Benny Diambu-Wright’s iPod, according to court documents.

When discovered by police, Rivers had been heading towards his black Harley Davidson motorcycle, which was parked outside of the home with the keys left in the ignition. When police searched the Harley, they found blood on the bike, and a bloody knife in its saddlebag.

Examiners found that Charlotte Reed had been stabbed and bludgeoned dozens of times in addition to having gunshot wounds. Her partner, Patricia Wright, had been shot twice, and her son, Benny Diambu-Wright, who had just graduated from Berkeley High School, had been shot in the heart. The bodies of Wright, Reed, and Diambu-Wright were found inside the burning wreckage. Rivers was quickly taken into custody and booked at an Alameda County jail.

According to police reports, Rivers “began to make spontaneous statements about [his] involvement in the murders” while being arrested. Rivers ultimately confessed to killing the two women and their son, but entered a plea of not guilty on charges of triple homicide in 2017.

The case had first been set for trial in 2019, but was repeatedly delayed in order to accommodate an investigation into Rivers’ mental health. The trial finally began on October 31.

Prosecutor Abigail Mulvihill of the Alameda County district attorney’s office wrote in a trial brief that Reed had first met Rivers at the Veterans Affairs Center in Menlo Park in 2016. The year before, Rivers had joined an “all-female” motorcycle gang called The Deviants, which had ties to Hell’s Angels, according to court testimony. Rivers was referred to as the “enforcer” of the gang, and he was using the pseudonym “Edge.”

In February 2016, Charlotte Reed started spending time with The Deviants, but she decided to leave after three months because it “became too political for her,” according to court records.

After she left the club, Reed began to experience threats. The trial brief presented by Mulvihill claims that “there was backlash from the club for her departure,” and a friend of Reed’s recalled seeing Rivers “just sitting and staring at Ms. Reed” on one occasion at the Menlo Park.

Mulvihill’s trial brief also states that Reed’s daughter told police that she had become afraid that Rivers “wanted to hurt her mother.”

Rivers’ multiple tattoos were mentioned on several occasions during the trial. Of particular note is a tattoo of a gun on his leg with a message reading, “Do not lie to me, fucker.” A depiction of empty rounds of ammunition are scattered beneath the weapon.

Former president of The Deviants motorcycle club, Sandra Carranza, confirmed during court testimony that Rivers held the position of “Sergeant in Arms,” and stated that the role required him to “keep order” if there was ever a dispute among members of the club.

Defense attorney Melissa Adams had requested that Rivers “be referred to only as Ms. Rivers, or Dana Rivers, or Dana” rather than “the defendant” in an effort to reduce bias against him.

“In addition, Ms. Rivers uses female pronouns such as she, her and hers. The court shall order all person [sic] involved in this case to use these pronouns as well,” wrote Adams in court documents.

Prior to the slayings, Rivers was a prominent trans activist known for fighting against “gender discrimination.”

Rivers became known in 1999 after he was fired from Center High School in Sacramento County, California, for openly discussing his “sexuality and the importance of gender self-determination” in class with students.

Members of the Center Unified School Board who voted for Rivers’ dismissal argued that the decision had nothing to do with his gender identity, but rather due to concern for the rights of parents, some of whom had complained to the school administrators that Rivers had been discussing inappropriate and sexual aspects of his ‘transition’ with students.

According to a 1999 article in The New York Times, one parent stated that “[Rivers] said he had been sodomized as a youth and that he always felt he was a woman trapped in a man’s body and that he was going to be changing into a woman in the fall. He should have gotten permission from the parents to say this.”

Following the administration’s decision not to renew his employment, Rivers subsequently initiated a widely-publicized discrimination lawsuit that launched his career as a trans activist and resulted in a compensatory award of $150,000. He appeared on the Today Show and Good Morning America, and had even been profiled in the New York Times, quickly elevating his profile as a respected LGBT advocate.

Rivers was a keynote speaker for the National Center for Lesbian Rights as well as for The Tiffany Club, an organization founded to promote the political interests of those with “gender confusion.”

Prior to the murders, Rivers also spoke as a guest lecturer at several universities, including Stanford and UC Davis, and served as a Board Member for the International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE).

Feminist activist Kara Dansky was present as Rivers’ verdict was read, and expressed a cautious skepticism for what is coming next.

“The case is not ready to proceed to sentencing. Rivers has been found guilty, and, to the best of my understanding, the jury will be reconvened on December 5 to consider his insanity claim,” Dansky told Reduxx. She explained that Rivers’ sentencing is largely contingent on the consideration of his claim.

“If he prevails on the insanity claim, he won’t go to prison at all. Instead, he will go to a mental facility,” she said, continuing that if Rivers is sent to prison it is unclear “whether he will be placed in a women’s prison. We know that he has the right to make that application under state law.”

Under current California law, Rivers, if sent to a prison, would likely find his way into a women’s correctional institution, if not accommodated immediately due to his legal sex being “female.” California has one of the most liberal prisons self-identification policies in the country, something that has become a point of contention for women’s rights advocates.

S.B-132, also known as the Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act, was signed into effect in January of 2021 by California Governor Gavin Newsom. The law provides inmates housing based on their self-declared gender identity status.

Almost immediately after the legal guideline went into effect, California correctional centers were hit with hundreds of transfer requests from male inmates seeking movement into women’s facilities.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has previously confirmed to Reduxx that prison transfer requests are based entirely off of a Gender Identity Questionnaire that could be issued during reception or requested by the inmate at any time during their incarceration.

The Questionnaire is form with a short series of questions in which inmates can declare their pronouns, honorifics, and gender identity.

Male inmates do not need to identify as transgender to request transfer, and can simply identify gender non-conforming, or non-binary.

Earlier this year, Reduxx reported that a pedophile who had molested a 4-year-old girl had been moved to the California Institution for Women despite having been denied a gender and name change, and still legally being a male.

By Genevieve Gluck Genevieve is the Co-Founder of Reduxx, and the outlet's Chief Investigative Journalist with a focused interest in pornography, sexual predators, and fetish subcultures. She is the creator of the podcast Women's Voices, which features news commentary and interviews regarding women's rights.

#Dana Rivers is David Chester Warfield #Rest In Peace Charlotte Reed #Rest In Peace Patricia Wright #Rest In Peace Benny Diambu-Wright #Oakland #california #The Deviants #Another trans identified male convicted of violent crimes #The Tiffany Club #Transgender Respect #Agency #and Dignity Act #Keep Prisons Single Sex

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c0rrupt3dsp1r1t · 2 years

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BStober days 16-18: AU

The Conductor!verse, a collaborative roleswap AU between DWEU and NuWho characters that actually started out as a different moodboard by @waltbraxiatel. Of the prompts, I actually did this one first.

#a list of the main switches:#braxiatel/12th doctor #become 'the conductor'/walter lungbarrow #bernice summerfield/river song #become benny fallwood/melody pond #pandora/rassilon #and this is the fallwood family #since the doctor and river are married now it's benny and the conductor #the kid in the middle is margarita claire fallwood-lungbarrow #BStober #bernice summerfield #irving braxiatel #moodboard #prompt catchup

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jesterjamz · 1 year

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the neutral killings

#jesters art lmao #jjcu #stranded in salem #oc: trix rivers #oc: bennie kaiser

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thebraxiatelcollection · 1 year

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"One of my best friends is an archaeologist, I think."

Seventh Doctor talking about Profesor Bernice Summerfield to River Song in the Unknown

#april listens to big finish #you think doctor? you think? lol #benny will not be impressed #seventh doctor #river song #big finish

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natequarter · 1 year

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any doctor/river song

at time of writing (the intensity of my feelings varies wildly), i love them. they're both such unique characters, and they play off each other really nicely. this is specific to the matt smith era, but it's really cool to see an older woman and a younger man (even if that's not related to their canon ages) who are allowed to flirt with each other and love each other, and just generally i love alex kingston's acting and i love that an older woman gets to be sexy and intelligent and have emotional depth and, most importantly, scam people. there certainly are flaws to river's writing and the portrayal of her relationship with the doctor, but i like it nonetheless. it's so very beautiful and tragic; the tragedy of their relationship, particularly as shown in silence in the library/forest of the dead and the novelisation of the day of the doctor (tenriver is so good), breaks my heart in a good way.

that was a lot of text, but basically: i love them.

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#asks #doctor who #river's similarities with benny are like. passing lol #ok they're both archaeologists. martha and grace are both doctors #who kissed the doctor. next

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someotherthingsanstuff · 1 year

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Well here it is the Up Dated and Doctor Who family tree. A mess of clones, time, death, biology, androids an even trying to keep clear just who's who.

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