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[galadhir]

“Historically, whenever young women are interested in a form of media, we like to tell them it is bad for them and that they are bad for liking it — unless the media goes mainstream, in which case it becomes no longer feminine and hence okay. Novels are dangerous and cause insanity, until they become classics worthy of being studied in college. Beatlemania is the province of ‘the dull, the idle, the failures,’ until the Beatles become a band that everyone loves. Young women are so attacked for loving the media they love that it is a radical act for a young woman to love something unashamedly. And transformative fandom is the most radical act of all, because it reverses that ‘lady thing to respectable thing’ process. It takes a piece of media that may not have been designed for young women and makes it for young women.”

— Constance Grady, Why we’re terrified of fanfiction (via fluffycakesistainted)

[pharahsgf]

when parasite said the rich can afford to be kind, when parasite said global warming is most catastrophic for those least responsible, when parasite said the rich are the ones with access to sunlight, when parasite said the efforts of the working class are invisible to their exploiters, when parasite said water only ever flows from the rich down to the poor and never in reverse, when parasite said the rich are the real parasites for leeching off of their workers’ labour

[kxowledge]

Women in Restoration by Isabella De Maddalena

[lilnasxvevo]

I don’t have the Time to make an in-depth post about this but nobody’s accent or language actually sounds inherently cultured or stupid or beautiful or aggressive or grating, your perception of someone’s accent or language is deeply influenced by the culture you live in and how the culture you live in feels about the people who have that accent or speak that language

[spookybuttons-deactivated202101]

being from a poor country on the internet is always a frustrating experience because we feel all the time like second-class citizens of the world; we have struggles and problems and victories that people don’t usually care to listen and more than once I have had the experience of going like “Hey guys we just had a dam disaster that killed 300 people” or “guys look at the philippines there’s a typhoon happening on top of an active volcano while covid is spreading and the president told police to shoot the citizens”, only to have that immediately swallowed by people going “Did you guys see the new TRUMP TWEET??”

and that generally sucks and I’ve actually left online spaces/gradually withdrew from friends because of just how bad it makes me feel, but nothing makes this as clear as when the USA decides a cause is important and I am bombarded by news of issues that are just the norm to me, as if they were only recently discovered

people from third world countries have been dealing with police brutality for so long that it spans generations - my grandma protested and was violently repressed, my mother protested and was violently repressed, it has been no different with me, and I lack words to express how immensely frustrating it is to open social media every day to see people go

“hey did you know that THE GOVERNMENT can use THE POLICE to repress THE CITIZEN???”

yes. that is a thing. it is a thing the state does. it is a thing that is done by the state. I have noticed. we have been saying this for a while. we have been begging people to listen for a while, but when we say it what we usually get is ‘damn, look at those uncivilized places! fighting the police! how savage!’. yes, I know, it was the cops who started it. yes I know this is not how rubber bullets are meant to be used. yes I know that the tear gas - 

it’s exhausting. it’s exhausting to see people like greta thunberg become the voice of defending the amazon when we’ve had our own voices defending the amazon for years and actually dying from it. Nothing against her - she’s doing a good thing - but GOD do I wish people knew of Chico Mendes or even Marina Silva like they know of her. what we get instead is just “brazilians don’t care about the forest! good thing this european has shown up to save it!”

what it feels like is that a thing only matters if a rich country decides it does, and then swoops down to teach us savages about the importance of the cause. as if mexican students didn’t vanish from the face of the earth by daring to speak up against social injustice. as if the kids in hong kong weren’t resisting tooth-and-nail to keep their democracy while the state uses the police to repress them. as if this very same fight against racism and police brutality, in brazil, hadn’t cost marielle franco her life in an horrific way.

it just feels as if the USA is screaming “hey guys the room is on fire” and my charred skeleton is sitting there, staring at the charred skeletons of the venezuelans and chileans and argentineans and filipinos and mexicans and all other latinos and third worlders like is that so

[elysean]

it just feels as if the USA is screaming “hey guys the room is on fire” and my charred skeleton is sitting there, staring at the charred skeletons of the venezuelans and chileans and argentineans and filipinos and mexicans and all other latinos and third worlders like is that so

[roxelll213]

*HURRICANE ETA DISASTER RELIEF *

The US Elections are over now and there are other things in the world that have been going on that need our focus. Regions in Central America and South East Asia have recently been devastated by hurricanes and typhoons in the past weeks and there has been little to no coverage on this. @nikov has made a very comprehensive post for emergency aid in the Philippines. 

Hurricane Eta (category 4) hit the region of central America on 3 November and has brought severe destruction to the countries of Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala with powerful winds of up to 150 miles per hour, unleashing heavy rains, flooding, and landslides. It is the second-most intense November Atlantic hurricane on record!!! Most of these communities live in poverty and do not have the means or resources for recovery. INTERNATIONAL HELP IS NEEDED!! 

As if if this wasn’t enough another storm Hurricane Iota is due to make landfall this week! (15 Nov) and will bring even more damage to the already suffering communities left in the wake of the first tropical storm. 

It’s been so hard to find comprehensive posts highlighting the situation so I’ve included some links of resources you need to understand the situation and compiled a list of donation links!! 

Read up!! 

Worldvision 

Direct Relief 

Hurricane Eta (The Guardian)

Hurrican Iota (The Guardian) 

Sky news 

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˗ˏˋ Donation Links  ˊˎ˗

Hurricane Eta crisis caard 

Global Giving 

Hurricane Eta Relief: Feminine Hygiene Kits 

Worldvision Disaster Relief Fund

Support Utila, Honduras 

Rights Action 

Operacion Eta 

Bright Funds: Channels funds to 4 different organisations 

Fundacion Fondo Unido Honduras 

Fundraiser by Mauricio Dubon (professional baseball player)

Honduras Kitchen GFM 

Soto Cano Firefighters Association Toy Drive 

Direct Relief

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[donnariver]

~The Nightmares Linger~

[robertcarlyle-blog]

#I spend a long time thinking about how terrified River must be half the time #You can’t look away from the Silence or the Angels and that’s what I find scary about them #you just have to wait for what’s coming #you can’t run #that’s why I think River’s so brave #she literally can’t run from the things that scare her the most #Both the Angels and the Silence deprive River of a bond with her parents #one her past and the other her future (via religiousdevotion)

[wibblyrlin]

RTD: I’ve thought about this for years. When we were making Silence in the Library, you once told me the very last scene ever of doctor who. does it still stand?

MOFFAT: No memory of this. Went back through my emails and found it! This from when we were shooting those shows, I think: In my head (and ONLY in my head, this will probably never appear on screen, or be confirmed in any way) River’s not just his wife - she’s his widow. somewhere in the terrible future, on a battlefield, the 45th Doctor dies in her arms and makes her the same promise she once made him - it’s not over for you, you’ll see me again. So River buries her husband and off she goes to have lots of adventures with his younger selves and confuse the hell out of them. Until, of course, she ends up in the data core of the library planet, and realises she’ll never seem him again. And then she starts to wonder why anyone would call a moon “Doctor”. Ah… Yeah, some version of that could still work. The Doctor worrying that she’ll get lonely in the library, and popping his dying mind inside a moon. God, look at those words. I actually typed those words!!!

RTD: I can’t believe you didn’t remember! I’ve never forgotten that Doctor Moon thing, it’s so clever. Every time i watch that story, I think, it’s him, it’s The Doctor, and no one knows!.

DWM #551 (2020)

[hegaveallhecouldgiveher]

#like - this means the Doctor was always there. River just didn’t know it yet. she wasn’t alone.#Um.#Ok let me say this in a different way so y’all can understand why I’m emotional#The Doctor has always been in the Library.#waiting#all the way from his future for God knows how long.#so#it wasn’t River who waited#it was the Doctor#THE DOCTOR PULLED A RORY#waiting all those eons for his wife.#call the police there’s been a murder!#also can we just#like#this was Moffat’s final ending to all of Doctor Who#ALL OF WHO#this was it (via @riveralwaysknew)

[noahkhn]

If you love me in any way, you’ll come back. [Before the Flood, Doctor Who]

[river-in-the-library-deactivate]

professor river song ✨

[minimoefoe]

Doctor Who; Vincent and the Doctor (5.10)

[bisexualamy]

Moffat Era Meme → 10 episodes (4/10) ❝ It’s funny. I thought if you could hear me, I could hang on somehow. Silly me. Silly old Doctor. When you wake up, you’ll have a mum and dad, and you won’t even remember me. Well, you’ll remember me a little. I’ll be a story in your head. But that’s okay. We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? Because it was, you know. It was the best. The daft old man who stole a magic box and ran away.

Did I ever tell you that I stole it? Well, I borrowed it. I was always going to take it back. Oh, that box. Amy, you’ll dream about that box. It’ll never leave you. Big and little at the same time. Brand new and ancient, and the bluest blue ever. And the times we had, eh? Would have had. Never had. In your dreams, they’ll still be there. The Doctor and Amy Pond, and the days that never came. The cracks are closing. But they can’t close properly until I’m on the other side. I don’t belong here any more. I think I’ll skip the rest of the rewind. I hate repeats. Live well. Love Rory. Bye bye, Pond.

[titlecard]

“But now that I have to leave I finally remember… why I came down to this place… and why, in this strange land, I’d always known that song. ‘Birds, bugs, beasts’… That’s right, I was born to truly live! Just like the birds and the beasts. I don’t want to leave!”

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) dir. Isao Takahata

[thebookworminthetardis]

**clears throat**

S3 Ten leads Martha on

Exhibit A:

DOCTOR: Just one trip to say thanks. You get one trip, then back home. I'd rather be on my own. MARTHA: You're the one that kissed me. DOCTOR: That was a genetic transfer. MARTHA: And if you will wear a tight suit. DOCTOR: Now, don't! MARTHA: And then travel all the way across the universe just to ask me on a date. DOCTOR: Stop it.

(Smith and Jones)

Exhibit B: "We can all have a good flirt later" (The Shakespeare Code)

Exhibit C: "Yeah, well you can kiss me later" (Daleks in Manhattan)

These are just a few examples. But, what's a girl to think when he does and says things like this. The thing is, I'm not 100% sure the Doctor immediately realises the effect he has on his companions. He thinks his flirting is harmless but it means more to humans. Plus, he has chemistry with Martha and, subconsciously or not, recognises she is an attractive woman. In conclusion, GENETIC TRANSFER, MY FOOT!

[faithbreaker]

martha jones, you’re a ★ 

favorite relationships

[prydon]

Gomez!Master + Classic Master quotes (other way around is here)

[astrangergivingthestrangewelcome]

And another thing to get righteously angry on Martha Jones behalf for is some of the ridiculous shit she had to do during her series. I mean being a companion has risks, they all know this, but generally those risks are death, injury, capture, etc. Martha Jones had to buckle down TWICE for a couple of months at least and just work in menial service jobs (one of those times with the Doctor out of commission no less). Can you imagine, you think you're getting all of time and space and 3 months later there you are, scrubbing the floors for some racist asshole. No other companion had to deal with that crap, and honestly? What thanks does she get? She buckles down and she does the dirty work because that's what the situation calls for and is there any recognition? Thanks? Apology? Nope. Just more Rose Tyler worship. That girl did more for the Doctor than any of his other companions and she gets none of the praise.