#your fave is problematic for violating CITES

[everyfrankenstein]

#your fave is problematic for violating CITES #franken stein #soul eater #ch3

[murderer-tournament]

War Criminal Tournament

We all have a beloved blorbo who has committed atrocities, right? Want the chance to prove that yours is the best?

Yeah, I thought so. Welcome to the war criminal bracket.

Submit your war criminal through THIS FORM HERE

Here are some ground rules:

- I really shouldn’t have to say this, but real people are not allowed. Fictional characters only.

- The intention of this poll is not to condone or condemn the morality of these crimes, but to debate the compelling qualities of their vibes. I don’t want to hear anything about a character being problematic (yeah, we know. that’s the point).

- Propaganda for your fave is welcome, send me an ask or tag me so I can reblog it. Don’t put other meowmeows down to lift yours up.

- Regular acts of barbarity are all well and good but we’re specifically looking for those who have done gruesome acts of malfeasance in their capacity as a member of a military during armed conflict. There is a difference between a war crime and a regular every day crime, you feel me? You don’t need to cite me the specific clause in the geneva or hague conventions that they violated but there has to be a war for them to be a war criminal, capisce?

That’s about it. I have no idea how many entries I’m going to get so I make no promises as to how many entries I will accept or when I’ll post the brackets, but I will send out a notice when entries are about to close.

[black-academia]

re-reading Aristophanes's Lysistrata for the book club... and don't get me wrong, I ✨appreciate✨ "the classics" and I'm enjoying doing further research & the annotation process, but...

most of my notes are me shit-talking lol...

...and i know the whole spiel of "we need to put writers/works in their historical and cultural context yadda yadda he's a product of his time etc.," ... and i'm still cussing out this doomi haraam and his portrayal of women :) xo

and don't even get me started on people who cite this particular play as some kind of feminist manifesto ahead of its time and/or A Thing We Might As Well Try In Exchange For Rights. Pls, no... I cringe, I cry, I die... (😫😭💀).

However!!! this translation is really accessible (and freely available online & there's also a greek/english version), and the play is funny at times, even if the jokes are a bit... let's say unsubtle. Still better than reading Ovid...

...and before y'all come for my throat in protection of your problematic fave... I just get tired of women jumping into the sea, or turning into trees, to escape the constant threat/aftermath of their violation by mortal men, Gods and demi-Gods, or The Big Horny Lightning Guy and his Madame of Misdirected Revenge (idek i'm agnostic, but i still refuse to invoke their names while I diss them).

Anyway! Back to Lysistrata; not to project modern conceptions of race onto this period or anything... but I truly envy Lysistrata in the ease at which she mediates an inter-national/inter-ethnic/inter-racial(?) solidarity with her fellow women... including women whose nations/states are literally at war with each other.

I mean, she convened a morning meeting in the village square or whatever, and half these women took the first boat over. Sis didn't even have to offer snacks?! (But tbh if my worst enemy told me that I looked ravishing and had thighs that could throttle a bull, I would probably help them secure world peace, too.)

Srsly, though, like... as a black woman in America, when I think of what it takes to foster genuine, respectful, and informed solidarity with WW (and too often even other women of color) across the boundaries and intersections of race, ethnicity, class, queerness, disability, etc.? oof. yeah... I am suddenly too tired to continue this bullet train of thought... at least tonight.

I may give an unabridged rant (yes, this was the short version) during the book club meeting this Saturday 🖤

#book rant #feminism rant? #black academia #dark academia #lysistrata #aristophanes #tw: sa mention