In memory of John Smith of tv western fame Laramie who passed away Jan. 25th 1995
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Please, don’t forget about the women in Afghanistan.
This image is not at all a commentary on Islam and/or of the different head-coverings that a woman may choose to wear while respecting her faith. Wearing a burqa/burka does not equate to an inherent lack of rights/freedom. This is also not a criticism of the Barbie movie. This is a statement about the brutal treatment of the women and girls in Afghanistan (as well as in Iran).
I loved the Barbie movie and think it’s a very important and empowering film. However, it is a bit jarring when I’m scrolling through my phone, listening to the Barbie soundtrack, and I come across an article detailing the mounting horrors these women face in these countries. There is so much happening in the world, and it all needs news time, but the virtual media silence on this topic is frightening.
Even though my country isn’t perfect (especially so after June of last year), it’s easy to lose perspective on how privileged I am.
The many different flavors of western feminism aren’t for everyone and every culture; to think so would be privileged and tone deaf. There is no "one-size-fits-all" kind of empowerment. But, objectively, what is happening to women and girls in Afghanistan and Iran is abhorrent and cannot be forgotten.
If Barbie can be anything, then Barbie can be an advocate and an activist. Do what you can, Barbies.
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” ― Audre Lorde
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Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars, William Shatner guest stars in "A Time to Kill," episode 18 of the first season of The Big Valley (original air date January 19, 1966). Nobody kills or gets killed in this episode, so I can only assume they picked the episode title by playing that game where you open the Bible to a random page and point to a line without looking.
Shatner plays Brett Schuyler, Jarrod Barkley's old law school roommate, who comes to visit with stories of having made his fortune in shipping and real estate. The truth, however, is that without family money or connections, and being unwilling to start at the bottom of a legitimate business, he has fallen in with a gang of counterfeiters and bank robbers. They're using the visit as a pretext to swindle the local bank, where Jarrod has vouched for Schuyler's good character and credit. In the end, he can't go through with betraying his old friend and attempts to put the bank's money back. But when the rest of the gang tries to stop him, he sounds the alarm so they'll all be caught. The episode ends with Jarrod agreeing to represent him at the the trial.
Other Trek connections: Bill Quinn, who played Dr. McCoy's dying father in one of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier's flashback sequences, plays a Secret Service agent pursuing Schuyler's counterfeiting ring.
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There are works which are not [genre] but works made that have read a lot of [genre]. YJ is not an anime but it is a cartoon that has watched a lot of anime. MTMTE is not a comedy but it is a space opera that has watched a lot of sitcoms. I’d like to learn the term for a work that is deep in conversation with a genre without belonging to that genre even as a hybrid. Specifically works that address, lampshade, satirize, employ genre signposts without obeying genre conventions.
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“average person goes on trial 3 times a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person faces 0 trials per year. Captain James Tiberius Kirk, who lives on the USS Enterprise & breaks the Prime Directive over 10,000 times each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
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