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The Spock x Uhura relationship is so damn important, but fandom likes to dismiss it because it's het, or had no basis in canon, or no fandom history.

Even though it's het, the fact that it's interracial and interspecies makes it an integral piece of diversity.

It had basis in canon, as seen in episodes of TOS.

It has fandom history, with fanfics of its own.

That pairing was around before the reboot, my guy. It just wasn't as prevalent in fandom spaces as another pairing.

And it's disheartening and infuriating when fandom dismisses it.

Mainly I don't like it because it overrules the beautiful friendship they had in canon. In canon, she tried to flirt with him once, he had no interest....and they went on to support each other in tiny ways throughout the show. Playing music together and fixing her comm array and teasing.

I feel like making her just his love interest reduces her character, and making their relationship consist of nothing but kissing reduces it.

It's not the end of the world or anything, and it definitely doesn't suck the way spapel in SNW does, but I do find it sad when every queer relationship is turned into friendship, and every m/f friendship is turned into romance. Those are different kinds of relationship, and both are valuable.

"I feel like making her just his love interest reduces her character, and making their relationship consist of nothing but kissing reduces it."

That right there is diving into misogynoir. Black feminism is different from white feminism. AOS Uhura is so much more, but it's the fandom that reduces her by disregarding everything she does.

Also, there are at least two deleted scenes from TOS that show her flirting: one in which Uhura sings about "doing it" with Spock, another in which she's affected by his harp playing (which he states was originally used by Vulcans for mating).

Then there's the infamous rec room scene in which she sings about him, and how charming he is...to which he cracks a devious smirk.

There's even a TOS novel in which he reminisces about her flirtations.

I find it sad that fandom sees canon interracial pairings and downplayed them as just friendships.

I get that you have a different opinion, but it's a tired trope that fandom has played against Uhura for years. If you don't like it, fine; but don't downplay it.

Sometimes I wish…*sigh*

I wish non-Black people would just…not talk about Kelvin!Uhura and Spock/Uhura until they get a clue.

##Uhura is not a white female character.stop talking about her like she is.

THIS. Fans love pushing their white feminism onto Uhura, and it’s so tiresome.

there is violence against ethnic groups happening all across the world, and while it is so important to focus on the palestinian genocide because awareness and liberation for one group opens avenues for other groups, it is also inexcusable, in an era of endless information accessible at our fingertips, in machines that we hold 8+ hours a day to be silent or uneducated on oppression simply because it is not covered in mainstream media, bottom line. that said, every day is an opportunity to learn and to do better, so i have compiled this information for those wishing to widen their lens outside of what is being widely covered, and for those wishing to help. sudan:

yemen:

dr congo:

tigray:

haiti:

gaza:

general resources:

this is a non exhaustive resource. violence, oppression and genocide towards minority groups is widespread and ongoing, and not limited to these groups or resources. remaining uneducated is a choice, and an inexcusable one to make. the same systems used to oppress and kill ethnic groups across the world can be used on you, too.

if i have misspoken or added something that should not be here or is problematic, please let me know in the notes. please also feel free to make your own additions to this post.

nobody is free until we all are.

when you feel like you have no time and are incredibly overwhelmed it’s important to scroll for hours

My personal theory about Nosferatu (2024) is that the publicity characterized it as a dark romance about sexual repression (as opposed to an upsetting, not fully allegorical story about sexual abuse) because that is the more palatable option for a lot of people. It was a choice made out of timidity and marketability concerns.

Happy fall 🍁🎃🐈‍⬛

It’s his apartment

Mothers carrying their babies in their bilums, Papua New Guinea.

There's no way I wouldn't use these skills to just CRIME.

how do people live like this

there is an absurd collection of people making fun of this in the notes before immediately saying “but a little life is the exception.” at what point exactly do we cross the trauma porn barrier? when do bad things happening in fiction become unacceptable? is it when the wikipedia page rather than the work of art upsets you? is it when the overwritten piece of criticism allows you to feel smug in your judgment of a work of art you haven’t read? why is hanya yanagihara not considered a real human being communicating pain and humanity through her work? why does everyone presume to so clearly see her intentions when they don’t even know what she wrote?

the "funny" thing is that this tweet is literally about A Little Life

makes one wonder if that were more obvious from the get-go how many people would be going "well, this snakesoil saleswoman/religious lifestyle coach is RIGHT, that book is evil because [insert white noise]"

I have been obsessed with this girl for weeks. Just. Tryin it around my room. 😅

In general, Sinners has great cinematography, but I think this tracking shot that follows Lisa Chow across the street from her parent's Black storefront to their White storefront is one of my favorites:

Look at how it immediately establishes the rules of the movie's setting.

This is Jim Crow Mississippi where Black and White residents essentially live in different worlds. The continuous take forces us (the audience) to experience that segregation in real time as we walk behind Lisa crossing the street. There are no cuts or edits to interrupt the discomfort of having to witness all those visual reminders of racism against Black Americans.

I think it's also significant that it's Lisa, an Asian American woman, who the camera follows. As someone who exists outside the Black-White racial binary, she’s able to traverse these two worlds but the bright red of her shirt still demarcates her as a conspicuous outsider amidst all the blue and brown on both sides, representing the uniquely precarious position of Asians in the U.S.’s racial hierarchy.

It also establishes the long history between Asians and Black Americans, both in solidarity under white supremacy, and wholly apart from one another in the racial hierarchy. Asian-owned storefronts are a huge part of Black American history and this shot encapsulates that part of our intertwined Diasporic cultures eloquently.