The Birdcage (1996)

the ways patriarchy hurts men are not separable from the ways it hurts women. it's all one thing. saying you don't care about the ways patriarchy harms men because the harms to women are more important is like okay whatever but it does not matter which one you care about because you cannot fix one without fixing the other. if you want a world where women aren't at constant risk of sexual violence it is also going to have to be a world where men aren't shamed for feminine behavior. there are no other options. either you want to get rid of patriarchy or you don't. it is all one thing.

Riz Ahmed giving Edmund’s ‘Stand up for bastards’ speech from King Lear (Act I, Scene II)

The thing about Jack in OFMD is a) he's such a good character, and b) I want to lock him in the trunk of my car because fuck that guy. There's nothing contradictory about these statements

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/africa/renfrew-christie-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElA.AvFM._M__UqbkrJxL&smid=url-share

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Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa’s secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities.

... After 48 hours of torture, Dr. Christie wrote a forced confession — “the best thing I ever wrote,” he later told the BBC, noting that he had made sure the confession included “all my recommendations to the African National Congress” about the best way to sabotage Koeberg and other facilities.

“And, gloriously, the judge read it out in court,” Dr. Christie added. “So my recommendations went from the judge’s mouth” straight to the A.N.C.

Two years later, in December 1982, Koeberg was bombed by white A.N.C. operatives who had gotten jobs at the facility. They followed Dr. Christie’s instructions to the letter.

i don't like people being snobs about media and i think it's basically fine to mostly or exclusively read comics or YA novels or only watch all-ages cartoons. but every once in a while around tumblr i will run into an opinion that's stated like a universal truth about narrative in general where you can tell nobody who says that has ever once thought about any story written before 1945

"killing off a character is always the least satisfying narrative option." gilgamesh the iliad antigone king lear. least satisfying narrative option

there's ways to engage with fiction that's not about picking a character to stan. there's ways to love a character that's not about wanting to see them get a happy ending. there's ways to want a character to get a happy ending and then still enjoy not getting what you wanted because you care about the whole story more than about did my blorbo get validated by the narrative. the way tumblr always relates to stories is fun and there's nothing wrong with it but there's just so many other ways to engage with different kinds of fiction you guys

eartha kitt photographed by carl van vechten, 1954

begging fic writers to learn the difference between "taut" and "taught."

"taught ass" what is that ass learning. is it at ass school. why are we teaching it.

literally what the fuck do you mean its still january. how is that remotely possible. its been six months minimum

can non natives stop acting surprised and performatively jokey "uhh what lol!" about ice going after native americans. theyve been doing this for years and it ramped up last year and i had to hear all the stupid "uhhhh where will u deport them to 😜 silly republicans!" comments as if its not always been about detaining torturing murdering using as slave labor scattering communities through fear and intimidation etc. be an adult and act with maturity please. its not quirky or confusing its directly in line with americas racism and white supremacy to make sure native americans are eradicated

I think it's notable also particularly in the Minneapolis context that of the 6 or so (US) Native people I have heard of being detained in the past few days there, at least half were unhoused. This context is important esp given the recent history (I can't remember the year but starting sometime when I lived there from 2016-2020) of police violently dismantling encampments of Native unhoused people. the Native population in Minneapolis is like 5% but Native people make up almost half the unsheltered homeless population, iirc. the ICE harassment of tribal citizens is not of course limited to unhoused Natives but I think it's important to see the connections of how these developments are connected to previous and ongoing violence against unhoused people

WHAT. THE. FUCK. STEDE.

the fundraiser for Renée Macklin Good’s family has well surpassed its goal and is now closed — if you want to help Minneapolis residents as the city is terrorized by ICE raids, please turn your attention toward this fundraiser for local families, as well as Adelina Olivarez Cardona and Arturo Sanchez Chinos, both of whom are currently being detained.

additionally, you can support the family of keith porter jr, who was shot and killed by an off duty ICE agent on new years

Yes ‘I lied to You’ from Sinners shoulve Won over ‘Golden’ from Kpop Demon Hunters. (It’s not even the best song on KDH’s soundtrack, that would be This Is What it Sounds Like).

The reasons y’all support it “it has more streams” and “I Lied to You doesn’t connect with everyone.” It’s not a popularity contest, if you wanted the Billboard awards go watch that. I don’t think we should be basing songs winning on if it’s a group project everyone can be included in.

And then people are diminishing Sinners to directing and cinematography like it didn’t have amazing acting and music that was an ode to Blues music and its predecessors. KDH had the opportunity to tell the story of Korean history and about Korean Kpop culture and it’s now a movie for everyone. Sinners tells the story of black Americans, our struggle and creating happy moments through said struggle but that’s not for everyone. (Like sure Sinners isn’t for kids, I get that, I need everyone to look at the grand scheme of things tho).

I have an important announcement: there is a post on here that annoys me.