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mentalflossr

Your years spent playing the clarinet are about to pay off.

the-invisible-self

Source: https://instagram.com/p/BZE_Zz8HuxQ/

I legit screamed when I saw this, you guys!!!!!

politedemon

“ the biggest mistake i made was believing that if i cast a beautiful net, i’d catch only beautiful things. ”

theoanetflix

I love this shot after OA get’s caught in the house. It’s such a good way of showing how trapped she feels. Nancy’s controlling behaviour, leads to OA carrying that ‘captivity mindset’ she talks about, even though she’s no longer a captive in Hap’s basement. By showing her though a tiny gap surrounded by the walls, there’s that sense of her being confined even though the door is open.

And the way she’s only wearing her underwear shows how exposed she is. She’s just been caught in the middle of a really dramatic moment in the story she’s been telling, in private, to a select few people. And all of a sudden, everyone knows. What was private and personal to her is now out in the open, and her clothing reflects that.

theoanetflix

The OA said she was always the first one among the Russian children to get on the bus. She was also the first one among Hap’s captives to receive a movement. I’m pretty sure there’s a connection there.

Ohh yeahh!!And she’s also the ‘Original’ angel. Khatun tells her she’s the original. But I haven’t thought about this enough to have an actual theory. I’ll think about it!

societyneedstocrumble-deactivat

Let’s not forget 5 kids on the bus, 5 captives in the basement.

theoanetflix

👍👍👍 I knew you’d be able to add something

the-fifth-movement

How could she be the original if Evelyn got the fifth movement YEARS earlier? How did Evelyn know it was the fifth when OA didn’t even know it was a movement?

theoanetflix

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But Khatun says she’s the original and I trust Khatun

societyneedstocrumble-deactivat

Because Prairie was always destined for it. Everything that happened to her was (in the “it was real” camp) meant to happen.

the-invisible-self

Some narratives are beginning-middle-end. Especially western ones.

Some narratives are beginning-middle-beginning. Especially eastern ones.

There are many reasons why The OA narrative fits more as a beginning-middle-beginning narrative. This moment of shock with Evelyn, where the last angel is the first angel (& the first shall be last) is just one echo of this overall narrative device within the structure of the show.

theoanetflix

The OA and justgirlythings

Does anyone want this url?

#the oa #the oa netflix #prairie johnson #brit marling

shaycanslay

Katie at SDCC

wordsnquotes

There is a primal reassurance in being touched, in knowing that someone else, someone close to you, wants to be touching you. There is a bone-deep security that goes with the brush of a human hand, a silent, reflex-level affirmation that someone is near, that someone cares.

Jim Butcher, White Night (via wordsnquotes)

mckittenkat

This is 20 year old Rashan Charles. Rashan passed away on the 22 July 2017 after being rushed to hospital following an incident in a Hackney off-licence. Rashan walked into the off-licence, shortly after a uniformed police officer ran in to tackle Rashan to the ground. Cctv footage shows Rashan being thrown to the ground, and the police officer holding him down. Another uniformed officer joins this, and together they hold Rashan down for over a minute. Rashan became very unwell following this, and paramedics were called. Shortly after arriving at the hospital, Rashan, who was a young father, passed away. The media wants to focus on how Rashan supposedly swallowed something just before being detained, they want to paint him as a drug dealer. But, in the words of Pauline Pearce (known locally as the Hackney Heroine & Mama P after remonstrating with rioters in 2011): “despite the fact that they’re saying he was a drugs dealer - whatever the situation - he didn’t need to be a dead drugs dealer.” Rashan has been described as a “gentle and caring person,” by friends and family, who are demanding that the police officers responsible face consequences for the way they handled Rashan in the minutes before his death but are distancing themselves from any potential riots.

Do not let sleep on this. The UK likes to pretend our police aren’t “as bad as in America,” because they don’t have guns. This is the second death linked to police brutality in the last month, following the death of Edson Da Costa, who was also a young black father of 25 who died following police brutality and allegedly “swallowing small packages,”.

ithelpstodream

burntcoffeeandpercocetsss

I LOVE THIS IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A NB PARENTAL TITLE FOR YEARS

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this means the world to me

Sometimes you just need that one song to pull you back

#like #lovely by top is mine

mckittenkat

A collection of my totally harmless posts flagged as NSFW by @staff when there’s literal hetero porn that isn’t flagged 🙃🙃🙃.

mckittenkat

I NEED HELP

My baby niece (turned 2 recently) is a beautiful mixed baby, (mummy is Bajan & white British, daddy is black British of Jamaican decent but mummy is often mistaken as being white because she has auburn 3b hair and daddy isn’t around), so she has beautiful dark brown skin and has the cutest 4c hair ever and I want her to love both of those things about herself. But in our family, she only has one cousin who is also bajan/white/jamaican with afro texture hair who is male and a little lighter skin than her, and an aunt who is bajan/white with straight hair and an uncle who is bajan/white but both are much lighter skin than her. The rest of us are legit milk bottle white colour. So far I have found baby dolls online with her skin colour and natural hair (it took a while and they’re more expensive but worth every penny she loves hers its best thing I ever bought her) but as she’s getting older I’m looking for educational toys and books and things like that with decent representation! I keep finding great anatomy puzzles but they had 5 different white girls and not one girl of colour??!!! I’ve found a lot of kids books but they’re usually aimed at educating ~ probably white~ kids about different races which I have gotten her one of and also Ava Twist the Scientist (black girl scientist with supportive family 100% recommend) but I would love love love some suggestions with different topics. Like just kids books with poc characters.

Also, I want her to grow up seeing herself in characters in films etc. I’m white with naturally light blonde hair and blue eyes so growing up everything looked like me and I literally didn’t even realise that or how little poc representation there is. I cant believe how much disparity there is. I want her to have characters she loves and role models who she can see herself in. So far I’ve found Tip (from Disney’s Home) and my favourite Disney Princess Tiana, but I need to find some more. Cartoons, TV shows, films and comic books are all good. Anything illustrated. I just want to counter all the messages on TV with eurocentric beauty standards and all that shit. Especially because she might feel alone in our family because we’re mostly white or white passing. I need to build her up so when she encounters racism it won’t make her hate herself and I don’t know how yet but I will be trying for as long as I’m alive.

Also, she loves swimming and music and is so so smart (she can count to ten, knows the alphabet, all of her colours and a lot of shapes and animals (even like, camel and lizard) this girl is so clever) and she loves to draw so if you know of anything I should show her related to/based on that I would love to know!

Ps. I am always learning to be a better aunt and role model and ally, if there’s anything I should be aware of/change then please let me know if it isn’t too much trouble, I know its nobodys job to educate me but myself and I really appreciate any advice