Martha Jones video is finally up on YT (link in next tweet because of weird algorithm reasons)
It’s pretty goooddddd … I would say sorry to 10/Rose fans … but I said what I said
This is such bullshit. Mel Gibson literally got to be the lead of a John Wick spin off despite being a massive racist and making antisemitic statements but Melissa gets fired for supporting Palestine in a mild way. Completely disgraceful
People are so weird. John Wayne had to be help back from attacking a Native woman activist as the Oscars for accepting an away for Marlon Brando and using the moment to be political. I’m not mad at Will Smith for smacking an equal grown man for dissing his wife.
I’m so tired. Not simply because of this but because history has actively taught us that backlashes like this comes in waves. I am tired of having people throw male survivors up like a shield.
Kevin Spacey is literally about to go to trial where is the support for his victims?
Wait … one of the villains in this HP game is a goblin rebel who hates wizard kind because of the discrimination his people have faced due to the systematic magical hierarchy that legally prohibits them from owning wand?
Sounds about right
This fucking franchise
‘THE LITTLE MERMAID LIVE!’ with Auli’i Cravalho as Ariel, Queen Latifah as Ursula, and Shaggy as Sebastian will air Nov 5 on ABC to mark the movie’s 30th anniversary. (Source: )
I’m gonna solidly say SVU because more than any other kind of copaganda, this one very much has been most uplifted due to Olivia Bensen being a “feminist icon” while the show never actually has to deal with the history of anti Blackness and civil liberties they stomp on
Nyota Uhura is one of the most important Sci-Fi characters of all time and Nichelle Nichols is the reason my mother was a Trekkie <3 RIP to a legend by every meaning
The Constance Wu stuff is just a reminder that most women who are labeled as “difficult” are being gaslit in Hollywood. And we need to be better about believing that real women are (in general) characters in a Gillian Flynn novel
Soooo, I thought Thor 4 was amazing. Marvel finally made a romcom that works. It was like a perfect successor to the Mummy and Mummy Returns. Silly, sexy, very bisexual and fun for a kid and an adult.
@TaikaWaititi
you are being wasted on franchises just bring back romcoms!
Where is the support for Brendan Fraser outside of the value he has done for entertainment? But as a survivor? Where is it for trans men, men of color/gay men?
On the first day of pride month we saw a bisexual woman get told to be silent about her documented abuse and experience
This year has really highlighted to me how bisexual people, especially bisexual women are viewed. There is so much biphobia that people don’t want to deal with and deflect for the sake of Oppression Olympics discourse TM rather than lived and statical backed realities.
As someone whose body has changed a lot since getting on anti anxiety meds it’s exhausting how people are so casual about telling you about your weight.
Please stop telling Black fans how to feel when white creators fuck up. I understand full context and even within the full context for a show that is so progressive it was a comment and visual that showed a lack of thought and the whiteness of that room. Period.
@thelindsayellis
I would not be where I am without you. You have always believed in me and been a friend when I needed one. I regret not doing more for you when I should have. But I am forever grateful for you being in my life. Always ♥️
This is wayyy too vulnerable for Twitter, but sometimes I think about why I let this case get to me so badly. Why it has made me so sad and distraught, but it is because I just feel so helpless and afraid. I already am afraid of being imperfect in the public eye and the stakes
This video is one of the best things I've ever done and I'm so nervous because it's so long, the topic will bring in trolls, and I wrote it/filmed it before so many things happened, but I hope it'll ... at least get people to ask good questions
People have learned nothing and survivors shouldn’t have to wait a decade for critical thinking to catch up with the population. It’s exhausting.
I’m glad I stayed mostly silent about my abuse and I’m going to continue to do so. There is no point.
Sigh.
Taking a break. ❤️
I love the young OG cast of H***y Potter despite it all. They are collectively good folks and that’s really good to see knowing how terrible this industry treats young people.
It is so telling that in the second episode of True Blood, Tara asks Bill if he owned slaves and she is made to feel like the antagonist in the conversation
There is a deep lack of empathy for characters, but especially female characters who don’t wear grief and trauma in the way you want them to. People be using social justice language to talk about shipping and their favs, but show an inability to understand emotions
I started on YT at 15/16 so I could be a not like other girls person about Twilight. I never wanted it to be a job because I am a people pleaser and I want to be liked. Having my words misinterpreted or accidentally hurting someone truly scares me beyond words. Constantly.
What happened? The job market sucks. Capitalism. Stagnating wages. Scarcity. Forced to be in certain locations. Harassment if you work in entertainment journalism of any kind and are a marginalized person/gender. Burnout. And many more. Sincerely, an English Major.
We are allowed to have different feelings about how feminism is incorporated into a movie that is both fun and charming but also a huge promo for an IP.
I enjoyed Barbie, but I’m also a Black woman in my 30s who does feminism discourse. America’s speech is like intro & that’s ok
New video: I know that this a topic that can get messy and intense. But among the snark, I did take a lot of time to be fair to the reasons these things happen while calling out that if the goal is to protect Queer BIPOC both sides are failing.
Known transphobe J.K. Rowling is now reported to be an active exec producer on the ‘HARRY POTTER’ series where she will be involved in the show’s decision-making.
(Source: Deadline)
#AcrossTheSpiderVerse
also really got me emotionally because some folks simple don’t remember (or want to remember) how hostile people were to Miles as a character for just being Afro Latino and “replacing” Spider-Man. It took us a lot time to get to a place where he is this big
I ... made 100k after like so many years doing this and I Kissed A Girl is doing so well (even though it’s still technically in ESCROW) but my heart feels so full. Thank you everyone I’m gonna go cry now
Considering the harassment toward BIPOC folks and the constant misinformation and reaching to make targets of prominent online women—it deeply amuses me when people treat shipping, pro and anti, with so much political importance when they literally apply that to nothing else
@RottenInDenmark
The amount of misinformation not just about details of the case, but of the nature of IPV/DV has been so staggering. Its a backlash to hashtags, not actual progress
The best part of this birthday was that it was my first fully out of the closet and I got to introduce my parents officially to my girlfriend!!! It was awesome and fun and my heart is so full
Every time I reread that ATLA comic the promise I just can’t believe that they really thought they were doing something with this… It’s so pro settler colonialism
Every new detail of the Ezra Miller case is terrifying. They are engaging in deeply fucked up behavior and WB is just sitting on their hands? What are they waiting for? The worst? Idk. Worst fucking timeline
.. and to know that even someone with privilege can be torn apart even when there is evidence, patterns, and just so much expert research that supports one side, but people can so easily decide that someone is to blame because they don't like them ... it makes me scared.
@RottenInDenmark
“Claimed the jury dismissed witnesses on both sides who were employees, paid experts, friends or family from either side”
This part just made me have flames on the side of my face. Why even tell anyone about abuse if it won’t even matter in a legal setting?
Am I likable? Am I someone who could be seen as a victim? Do people call me crazy and that will be the narrative that would define me?
I'm Black, I'm ugly, I'm a woman and I'm here ... what world is trying to love and see me as vulnerable?
In the end, it comes down to seeming authentic and when the jury said that D***'s emotional state seemed very "stable" throughout ... I really almost cried. It is the same tired, tired, tired tropes again and again.
Folks expecting
#CastlevaniaNocturne
to be “historically accurate” depiction of the French Revolution becuz “there were no Black/POC in France during the French Revolution”
1. It’s sad how y’all school systems failed y’all.
2. It is a show about VAMPIRES you dumb racists!
One of the difficult things about twitter discourse about anything is people putting accusations in your mouth and thoughts about things. Since I have made off the cuff comments about the CR/WS slap–I guess I will make this one well-thought-out tweet.
I have been very nervous about this video, mostly because I feel like it has become hard to just enjoy criticism and conversations online.
Especially for marginalized creators.
💌
I’m honestly furious that D**p fans are running a woman and survivor off this platform and yet all the influencers who profited off of turning DV into clickbait are just twiddling there thumbs. It’s disgusting
I really really enjoyed this video and I feel like so much of what was said is applicable in so many areas. Especially in how femininity is handled in spaces. Thanks for making something meaningful out of the mess gorg.
The lack of knowledge about Black people’s existence in history is just so … overwhelming bad.
All these dudes think about the Roman Empire but ignore there were BIPOC Romans …
I would prefer we annotate and put essays in books with problematic content made in the past than pretend it didn’t exist. Whitewashing history and literature isn’t the way to teach and educate people about the past or prepare them for the future. Better lit analysis is key.
Hermione Granger is an annoying character
Sincerely, a know it all who has had to self reflect on this and also dealt with the uncomfortable way Hermione became a full blown yt feminist about the House Elves and it was cringe af