ahrjay's Journal

A personal blog of a 20-something dabbler, who lives somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.A fan of a lot of things. But also not a fan of a lot of things, especially racism and sexism. Constantly learning. Constantly trying to better oneself.You have been...

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[tsukiyamas]

why does this have 32k notes? it’s just a picture of a knife in a ranch bottle, is there some unspoken joke that 32 thousand people share? what is going on here, i dont get it. it’s just a fucking picture of a knife in a ranch bottle. is there some spiritual connection people have to this picture? is there some ominous and mystical reasoning that this has 32 thousand notes? do people reblog this because it makes them look like some indie blogger? or is there just something funny to this? someone please explain

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no one tell him

[analyticalsenshi]

Scheduling this to post on March 15 because it needs to happen.

[toomanyfandomstocountcx]

The ides of March have come

[eeyore9990]

Beware the ides of March.

[littlestpersimmon]

Pre-colonial Philippines traditional wear :)

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[thewordriven]

While this is for wine tasting… aromas can be an important part of writing a description and setting a scene… Here is an aroma chart to help you with your descriptive smells…

[tastefullyoffensive]

[drowningpoetry]

tELL PEOPLE HOW YOU FEEL BEFORE ITS TOO LATE I AM BEGGING YOU. UNSAID FEELINGS ARE THE FUCKIN WORST AND THEY WILL KILL YOU, COMPLETELY EAT YOU UP INSIDE AND MAKE YOU ROT AWAY. YOU GOTTA TELL PEOPLE HOW YOU FEEL, RIGHT NOW, RIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENS. TELL THEM YOU LOVE THEM, TELL THEM YOU WANNA MAKE THEM HAPPY, TELL THEM YOU MISS THEM, TELL THEM YOU DONT LIKE HOW THEY TREAT YOU, TELL THEM YOU FEEL SAD AND NEED HELP. PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU SAY EVEN IF IT HURTS A LITTLE AT FIRST. HONESTY IS REAL AND BEAUTIFUL AND FEELINGS THAT ARE SAID AND ACKNOWLEDGED EVEN IF THEYRE UNREQUITED ARE FUCKING RAW AND BEAUTIFUL AND HEY, AT LEAST YOU GOT IT OFF YOUR CHEST. SO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BE HONEST WITH HOW YOU FEEL. LIFE IS FAR TOO SHORT TO HIDE BEHIND THE FEAR OF SOMEONE BEING MAD OR NOT FEELING THE SAME WAY. I PROMISE YOU. LIFE IS NOTHING WITHOUT THE SMALL RISKS OF SAYING HOW YOU FEEL. SO GO DO IT. SAY IT. I PROMISE ITLL BE WORTH IT. YOULL SEE.

[micdotcom]

Watch: George Takei has a vital message for those misusing and misremembering Japanese internment.

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[taviacw]

“Do you have to scream?” “Yes. Because I’m mad.” 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[be-blackstar]

This hurts.

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

Anyway, if the new Harry Potter movie that is set in NEW YORK IN THE 1920s doesn’t have any black people in it (like the trailer suggests) I am legit going to throw my Harry Potter books in the trash and never look back.

I don’t care whose fault it is. The casting directors, the producers, j.k. herself. I don’t care. That level of disrespect, historical revisionism via white supremacist fantasy is not to be tolerated.

The Jazz Age.

With no black people.

The JAZZ AGE.

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

Do they have ANY idea how creepy it is that every single fantasy is a world without brown people?

That every magical wondrous place they can imagine, a dominant feature is that we have been scrubbed from every corner?

And where did we go? We’re we driven out? Did they kill us all? When one type of person is overwhelmingly missing there is always a reason.

And what reason will small children of color make up in their heads to answer such a question?

What little cloud will enter their mental sky?

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

@oneknightincamelot I promise I’m not dragging you, but I’m actually not talking about leads, I’m talking about environmental black people. Like black people in the background of that world. 

This is what Harlem looked like in the 1920s. 

This is what harlem was portrayed as in Fantastic Beasts

And I specifically looked for scenes with concentrated groups of background people. 

Its not the starring cast that was “whitewashed” its the ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT that was historically revised. Which is a much more dangerous lie. 

Also, this is specific to black people. While I am constantly hungry for more Asian representation and am happy anywhere I see it, Harlem and the Harlem Renaissance was a specifically an area and era infused with black people and black art.

Here is a documentary about it if you’re curious.

 Anyway even The Great Gatsby did a better job of quickly portraying our importance and style in the Jazz era, and it wasnt even a movie about black people– it was specifically about rich white people.

[deathandamoth-deactivated202011]

Honestly between this and the trash JK created based on Native American culture without actually talking with Native Americans to make sure it wasn’t offensive that will be used in the movie, I have zero interest in seeing it. It’s too white, too misinformed, and they’re putting fucking Johnny Depp, a known abuser in it. I have zero interest in supporting any of that.

That and Eddie seems to be portraying a Hufflepuff stereotype that looks as well written as Bella Swan from Twilight. It’s one thing when it was kids acting, but this guy has been nominated for a million awards and the trailers are just gross.

I prefer what fans wrote for an idea, that Newt is a black man coming to america, faces the shit show of racism compared to England, and goes on amazing adventures. THAT I’d watch. 

[ummzaksbest-deactivated20210928]

Newt in a historically accurate Harlem would have approached some of the depth of the original series, because that would provide the opportunities to explore deeper issues of who we consider human and what rights that entails. It would also depict a world that one group creates and calls home, with one group visiting– sometimes for entertainment, sometimes for gain, sometimes for violence– which could describe 1920s Harlem or the fictional wizarding community in Harry Potter. It would look less like a lazy cash grab at any rate. 

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

^^^^^

[helloitsbees]

What the fuck, that’s supposed to be fucking HARLEM????? 

Forget not doing research, I’m convinced they did negative research. As in they Obliviated any and all memory of historical reference from their minds.

[thecheshirecass-deactivated2018]

Holy shit. I didn’t want to see this movie and now I’m actively angry about it. Harlem in the 20s WAS blackness. It just… like…

FUCK JK Rowling, fuck the people who made this movie, and fuck every person in it. Honestly just fuck Hollywood in general. You are going BACKWARDS in representation, just like our fucking government.

[avannak]

You can’t train a drago—

Hiccup:

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[refinery29]

What’s wrong with Tim Burton’s terrible explanation for why he excludes people of color from his movies? Oh, let us count the ways

“Nowadays, people are talking about [on-screen diversity] more,” Burton told the site. “Things either call for things, or they don’t.” So, a movie either calls for diversity in its casting or it doesn’t? How does one decide when a film calls for casting nonwhite people?

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[rockthrowingbutch]

Patronize these kids at your own risk.