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noise dept.
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@lashader08
Sooooo am I the only one that noticed this.
Janai looks a bit mad before but the second Amaya takes her hand she smiles. I mean das the good shit no?
Anyone also alo notice Gren's face in the background. We can go home he's the biggest shipper. He knows what's up.
I'm really gushing over my new otp. I'm not even sorry.
(Not my gif credit to the owner)
everyone always talks about the wendys twitter, but
let’s talk about moonpie’s twitter
Moon pie is so nice and responsible
He’s a very good boy
Ohhh my God
Link Pearl, inspired from this post by @pearl-likes-pi!
she knows something about sword!
#iconic
Yes, an opportunity to use this gif!
Animal Crossing GET OUT
Legend of Zelda GET A FAKE IDENTITY
Donkey Kong IT’S BEHIND YOU
Kirby WE WARNED YOU
Tried to take a picture of my Christmas tree, and my cat decided it’s the perfect time for a glamor shot
that cat is huge
the cat is sitting on a table not a rug
NICE FORCED PERSPECTIVE
PRETTY MUCH
UNMUTE THIS
THIS IS TOO PERFECT
@tickles73
at first i thought this was some homophobic shit but then..
Hillary Clinton calls out fake news in farewell address to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid
It’s time to bring an end to the Rape Anthem Masquerading As Christmas Carol
Hi there! Former English nerd/teacher here. Also a big fan of jazz of the 30s and 40s.
So. Here’s the thing. Given a cursory glance and applying today’s worldview to the song, yes, you’re right, it absolutely *sounds* like a rape anthem.
BUT! Let’s look closer!
“Hey what’s in this drink” was a stock joke at the time, and the punchline was invariably that there’s actually pretty much nothing in the drink, not even a significant amount of alcohol.
See, this woman is staying late, unchaperoned, at a dude’s house. In the 1940’s, that’s the kind of thing Good Girls aren’t supposed to do — and she wants people to think she’s a good girl. The woman in the song says outright, multiple times, that what other people will think of her staying is what she’s really concerned about: “the neighbors might think,” “my maiden aunt’s mind is vicious,” “there’s bound to be talk tomorrow.” But she’s having a really good time, and she wants to stay, and so she is excusing her uncharacteristically bold behavior (either to the guy or to herself) by blaming it on the drink — unaware that the drink is actually really weak, maybe not even alcoholic at all. That’s the joke. That is the standard joke that’s going on when a woman in media from the early-to-mid 20th century says “hey, what’s in this drink?” It is not a joke about how she’s drunk and about to be raped. It’s a joke about how she’s perfectly sober and about to have awesome consensual sex and use the drink for plausible deniability because she’s living in a society where women aren’t supposed to have sexual agency.
Basically, the song only makes sense in the context of a society in which women are expected to reject men’s advances whether they actually want to or not, and therefore it’s normal and expected for a lady’s gentleman companion to pressure her despite her protests, because he knows she would have to say that whether or not she meant it, and if she really wants to stay she won’t be able to justify doing so unless he offers her an excuse other than “I’m staying because I want to.” (That’s the main theme of the man’s lines in the song, suggesting excuses she can use when people ask later why she spent the night at his house: it was so cold out, there were no cabs available, he simply insisted because he was concerned about my safety in such awful weather, it was perfectly innocent and definitely not about sex at all!) In this particular case, he’s pretty clearly right, because the woman has a voice, and she’s using it to give all the culturally-understood signals that she actually does want to stay but can’t say so. She states explicitly that she’s resisting because she’s supposed to, not because she wants to: “I ought to say no no no…” She states explicitly that she’s just putting up a token resistance so she’ll be able to claim later that she did what’s expected of a decent woman in this situation: “at least I’m gonna say that I tried.” And at the end of the song they’re singing together, in harmony, because they’re both on the same page and they have been all along.
So it’s not actually a song about rape - in fact it’s a song about a woman finding a way to exercise sexual agency in a patriarchal society designed to stop her from doing so. But it’s also, at the same time, one of the best illustrations of rape culture that pop culture has ever produced. It’s a song about a society where women aren’t allowed to say yes…which happens to mean it’s also a society where women don’t have a clear and unambiguous way to say no.
Its my favorite christmas song and i’m not gonna let anyone take that away from me
I love this song- because of this explanation, because it’s sweet, and because it’s actually sang by a married couple.
thank fuck someone came along and took the time to type this shit out. i love this song.
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REBLOG THE CHRISTMAS OTTER IN 10 SECONDS FOR BOUNTIFUL GIFTS AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS
I would have reblogged this without the hope of bountiful gifts and a merry christmas
I’m stoked my picture is a “reblog for this” thing. And I’m probably yelling into a dark void here, but here is the original caption.
Shasta is comfortable with us putting clothing on him. This was a behavior that had to be trained over a few weeks. It makes for super cute pictures but it also can be useful for things like applying medication/ice on his body somewhere, or wearing a cast, or even covering his face from a visual stressor.
Zodiac Elements: The Real Deal
Water Signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces): may seem too touchy or full of emotions but they are the type of people who you don't want to mess with
Earth Signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn): always trying to figure out their next big move; they don't play when it comes to the hustle
Air Signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius): smarter than you can ever give them full credit for; they know how to play things out meticulously and to their advantage
Fire Signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius): total badasses and don't care what you have to say about it; comes off the toughest but are probably the most sensitive of the signs
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