This is why I got so mad at them last week. I dont care if they're adults, or if its "none of my business what they do". Some fans dont care at all as long as they get any sort of content, but come ON. Read up on your plague histories - because this virus *is* a deadly contagious disease to part of the population - this thing might last a year or two with varying degrees of restrictions on our lives! Being so flippant about a beach holiday right now makes my blood boil.
Me, too. And I will be the first to admit that I’m still learning to balance disappointment in my fave with the enjoyment his existence brings. I still believe that Rami Malek Is Sunshine . . . I’m just disappointed in some of his recent actions.
As long as that lil bean still sparks my joy and my muse, I’ll be here ☀️ This blog has been the best way I’ve found to manage my real-life stress, and most of that management is credited to the amazing souls in this fandom. Even if we don’t talk much or at all, I LOVE the creative spirit that possesses all of Rami’s fans. I adore you all so much, and I still think Rami would be tickled to know how his artistry sparks so much creativity in others.
Back to the real-life horror show of the virus, do you know what is actually the scariest to me? I cannot stop seeing the parallels between the botched handling of the AIDS crisis and the Coronavirus. This article from Vox came out in MARCH. Imagine if it were updated after we learned about Trump’s intentional downplaying of the virus’s threat?
We absolutely, positively MUST vote that man out of office.
* * * Updated for the Anon who did not agree with the parallel being drawn between AIDS and the Coronavirus. Activists often try to wake people up by using past events to say, “HEY--we already went down this road once. Let’s not do it again.” However, I don’t think the current parallels are intended to diminish the horror of the AIDS crisis and its intentional stigmatization of gay folks. Remember the controversy surrounding the parallels drawn between the AIDS crisis and the Holocaust? The comparisons are inevitable, and I look at it as a way to draw attention to the horrors of the past, not as a way to diminish any atrocity. We should have learned from these events, yet . . . here we are.
But it is my opinion that there are parallels between the handling of the AIDS crisis and the handling of the Coronovirus. I am not drawing parallels between groups affected or mortality rates, just between the government’s handling of each crisis.
This article in the NY Times speaks to what I meant, and I think this excerpt sums up the article well:
When I read about how one of the early obstacles to manufacturing tests for the coronavirus was that drug companies feared there was no money in it, I remembered the many Act Up demonstrations demanding drug companies expand their research and make new drugs accessible, as their executives had feared there was no money in producing AIDS drugs.
And so I asked myself: Were these parallels in the nature of the viruses, or just an old story about America that had never changed?
Since this is such a heavy topic, I’d be happy to have a dialogue off of Anon.
