formerly herfleur

[optical-trapping]

[catsrlovelysmil]

[optical-trapping]

You have to be joking. You cannot be seriously saying shit like ‘Chinese infiltration and cyber propaganda’ on a post that is literally about how sinophobic white people are. You cannot be doing the classic white person confessional ‘I’m white but I’m actually not racist’ move. I posted this video because I thought it was an articulate explanation of exactly why the shift towards Chinese fetishization is nowhere near as positive as it looks to some and instead is another form of racism. And you think the flaw is that actually the fetishization isn’t true? That’s the problem? Did you watch the video? Do you genuinely think that the Chinese government has a vested interest in promoting the shallow 2D memification of our culture? Actual Chinese government funded media asks the foreigner to genuinely engage with our culture, because that’s how you sway people. This is just the objectification of my country for the service of western entertainment. I’m genuinely so baffled. I don’t know how that’s what you took away from this, and with such righteous confidence. You are being so incredibly sinophobic with exactly zero awareness.

[iridessence]

*ragtime plays in the distance *

[justryingtovibe69]

[ruesdeluxe]

[omegasmileyface]

Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling

The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.

HOLY SHIT

[definite-human]

"The Montana court separately declared that transgender people constitute a suspect class under the state's equal protection clause. In legal terms, a suspect class is a group that has historically faced such severe discrimination that any law targeting them must meet the highest level of judicial scrutiny to survive—the same standard applied to laws that discriminate on the basis of race. [...] The practical effect is sweeping: any Montana law that singles out transgender people will now face strict scrutiny, meaning the state must prove the law serves a compelling interest and is narrowly tailored to achieve it—a standard that laws almost never survive.

"Because the decision rests entirely on the Montana Constitution, it is insulated from the U.S. Supreme Court. Under the principle of adequate and independent state grounds, the federal Supreme Court cannot review a state court's interpretation of its own constitution, so long as that constitution provides more protection than the federal one. [...] What this means in practice is that Montana's transgender residents now have a constitutional shield completely independent of the Supreme Court of the United State’s decisions."

(emphases mine)

[emziess]

Though my days before were sorrowful……I fared well enough. Perhaps the life of a… of a childless woman without a husband, it is… it is… It is one I could…I could come to bear...Enj… Enjoy! Enjoy the role…

Widow's Bay, S01E06

[blaqueonblck]

[concentrator]

Aweng Chuol by Tanya Posternack for Double Magazine Issue 42

[sweeetestcurse]

Jayme Lawson as Pearline in Sinners

[reticent-vampire]

Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac The Vampire Lestat 3.01

[lovestereo]

Visit Original Link

[velvetys]

[papayajuan2019]

must feel so good to be soil absorbing rain

[pluminosity]

That is simply what we are meant to do

[comocomfarinha]

Ancient Sudanese acrobatic dancer from Omdurman, Sudan, photo by H. A. Bernateil, 1930. Source from Melaneted Facts.

Erykah Badu for GQ Germany, photo by Sean+Seng, 2023.

[cyberglittter]

cherry.entao

[fascinationstreetmp3]

Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy Interview with the Vampire — 3.01

[artmagine]

The beautiful art of Thomas Blackshear II

[kingfucko]

i went to his website and saw even more great art! sharing some more which i particularly appreciated

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

"lupita nyong'o can't be helen of troy because helen was greek and there weren't black people in ancient greece"

DO YOU THINK THESE MOTHERFUCKERS DIDNT HAVE BOATS. THIS ENTIRE MOVIE IS ABOUT ONE OF THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS AND HIS BOAT

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

do you think these people can read

[phoenix]

Best comment I just saw "Helen of Troy was perfectly cast, because all these men are fighting about her."

[trans-harpie-lady]

also you want to talk about beautiful women???? like she is QUALIFIED

[tuulikki]

Yes, she’s described as “white-armed Helen” in the actual text, but surely it matters more for a modern adaptation that Helen meets the criteria for “face that could launch a thousand ships”?

[galactic-mayhem]

saw this on pinterest but i think it belongs here too

[vinnie-vindictive]

this will never not be important