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hella-amberpricefield

You touched this gem piece and it gave you powers. You know what this means right?

Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

killjo-qartz

Sisu would be their number one supporter

theexasperatedoptimist

cw // racism

A few days after BTS’ historical MTV Unplugged performance a German radio host compared the group to COVID-19 and stating that their cover of Coldplay’s Fix You was “blasphemy” and that they deserve to go to N. Korea for it.

Now, the station, Bayern3 has released a statement on this saying, “[the host] gave his personal opinion…” It’s long and I’ll include ss here. But, basically it was a non-apology apology.

Here’s what’s up. There is a broad line between a personal opinion and xenophobia/racism. What the asshole said, ISN’T, in any shape or form, an opinion. IT IS RACISM trying to mask itself as personal preference. I’m not talking about this because it’s BTS and that I’m a fan of their. I’m expressing my frustration and anger BECAUSE I’M AN ASIAN PERSON and this is a clear attack on our race. Hate crimes against Asians have increased because of COVID. An old man got stabbed in the face for being Asian. A white man downplaying his racism as an opinion puts a lot of Asian immigrants in danger. It validates the hate towards Asians living in non-Asian countries.

It’s not about BTS, or the fact that people keep invalidating their success because they’re a “boyband”. It’s about racists having a platform and using it to spew their xenophobic views to the public and then labeling it as their personal opinion. I am so fucking tired.

Here’s an opinion for you: Europe? Not a real continent.

Footage of the radio show: https://twitter.com/BTS_UPDATES_GER/status/1365026507014479876

News article: https://www.ansoko.info/bayern-3-moderator-matthias-matuschik-laestert-ueber-bts-ab/

theexasperatedoptimist

I’ll repeat this again. RACISM IS NOT AN OPINION

MATTHIAS MATUSCHIK NEEDS TO GET FIRED SO THAT BIGOTS LIKE HIM COULD NO LONGER HAVE A PLATFORM TO SPREAD THEIR XENOPHOBIC IDEAS.

BAYERN3 NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ISSUE AS IT IS - A RACIST ACT AGAINST ASIAN PEOPLE AND RELEASE A PROPER APOLOGY TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS BIGGER THAN BTS, THIS IS NOT ABOUT FANS BEING OFFENDED. THIS IS ABOUT FIGHTING AGAINST RACISM AN XENOPHOBIA IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. GERMANY DO BETTER.

#bts #bangtan sonyeondan #cw // racism #matthias matuschik #bayern3 #RACISM IS NOT AN OPINION

istg, i only come here on tumblr to scream into the void.

cw // racism

Now, the station, Bayern3 has released a statement on this saying, “[the host] gave his personal opinion...” It’s long and I’ll include ss here. But, basically it was a non-apology apology.

Here’s an opinion for you: Europe? Not a real continent.

Footage of the radio show: https://twitter.com/BTS_UPDATES_GER/status/1365026507014479876

News article: https://www.ansoko.info/bayern-3-moderator-matthias-matuschik-laestert-ueber-bts-ab/

bryankonietzko

Bryke is back at Nickelodeon in a big way.

⚡️💙⬇️💙⚡️

Mike and I are heading up a new studio dedicated to expanding the Avatarverse. Here’s our quote from EW.com (link for the full article):

“It’s hard to believe it’s been 19 years since we created Avatar: The Last Airbender. But even after all that time, there are still many stories and time periods in Aang’s world that we are eager to bring to life. We are fortunate to have an ever-growing community of passionate fans that enjoys exploring the Avatarverse as much as we do. And with this new Avatar Studios venture we have an unparalleled opportunity to develop our franchise and its storytelling on a vast scale, in myriad exciting ways and mediums. We are exceedingly grateful to Brian Robbins and Ramsey Naito for their enthusiasm and respect for the Avatar property and us as its stewards. From the start, they’ve supported our ambitious plans and created a positive, proactive environment for us. We’re excited to be back at Nickelodeon where Avatar began, doing what we do best in the biggest way possible. We can’t wait to build the great teams and productions to make all of this fantasy a reality.” – Bryan Konietzko & Michael DiMartino

#avatarstudios #nickelodeon #avatarthelastairbender #atla #thelegendofkorra #lok #bryke #michaeldimartino #bryankonietzko

taeyungie

they’re so chaotic kjsdfhksj

beggars-opera

Pride and Prejudice hot take: “Mrs. Bennett’s marriage obsession was her doing everything in her power to make sure that her daughters would not end up destitute after her husband’s death” and “Mrs. Bennett’s marriage obsession caused her to stop caring about her daughters’ feelings and emotionally manipulate them” are two ideas that can and should coexist

cumaeansibyl

Mr Bennet and Mrs Bennet did different things wrong which combined to produce a total lack of emotional or practical guidance and that’s why Lydia fell victim to a predator

emilysidhe

Someday, I will write the essay about how the unhappiness in the Bennet parent marriage exacerbated each of their most dysfunctional personality flaws in ways that compounded and left them helpless against any external problem the family had, and therefore Lizzie’s repeated refusals to marry a man she did not respect or think she could get along with are as much practical and reasoned responses to the situation as her mother pushing her to obtain financial security.

btsabs

Suga’s 수능 Story

Hello, it’s Suga~ Realizing that today is the day before the 2015 college exam makes me think about my last day before taking the college entrance exam. It has only been exactly a year since I came up (to Seoul) from Daegu and I took the exam a few days after. So there was no one to pack me lunch since I was living apart from my family hahaha

So I was going to sleep, thinking that I should buy some Kimbab before heading over to take the exam, but I couldn’t sleep. I thought that I was growing farther away from studying when I came up to Seoul, but I became a test-taker (because he came up to Seoul to do music, not take exams) hahahahaha I was tossing and turning for a few hours because I couldn’t sleep, but I heard noises outside. So I thought “Ah, they (members) must be packing lunch for me”. But I’m up, and I’ve been up for quite awhile, and am already aware that they’re packing lunch for me.

But I couldn’t go outside. I wanted to go to the bathroom but I just pretended I was sleeping. They checked up on me from time to time to see if I was sleeping. HAHA So I tried my best to pretend I was sound asleep. I was the first out of our members to take the college entrance exam, but they seemed more nervous than me keke Honestly, I was suffering because I really needed to go to the bathroom..and pretending I was asleep was even harder haha

Well, anyways, I took the lunch they packed for me and when I was about to leave, my dongsengs gave me a “Hwaiting”, telling me to do well on my exam. Since I was the eldest hyung at that time, everyone was younger than me. Sorry I made a typo..I’m writing this while I’m in the bathtub so please understand~

I was on my way to take the exam early in the morning and I was nervous for no reason. Fortunately, the place where I was gonna take the exam was next to the high school that I went to, so I just walked over there. I had my scarf warmly wrapped around my neck, the grey scarf I wore a lot during my early debut days. I remember that clearly. That was the scarf my mum bought me before I came up to Seoul yup yup. Mm anyways, so I cut through the alley and time felt like it was going by so slow like in slow motion. I was 17 and honestly, I had no interest in studying because I was hanging around my studio, but I was still nervous..

I was so nervous..I wonder how it would be like for you guys who are taking it (this year)..When you go in to take the exam, they give you green tea, chocolate, or some candy so I asked them if I could have one more and went in. Everyone, ask for one more and then go in.

My typos are no joke here..I have a waterproof pack on my phone but this steam on my screen is no joke..(can’t see anything) when I try to click something, it clicks something else.

Anyway, my dongsengs repeatedly told me to open my lunchbox AT lunch time so I waited until lunch time. And when I did, it was a chicken breast dish with rice, vienna sausages, and rolled up omelets. I mean we’re trainees; where would they get money from. They just made it with what we had in our dorm, but I ate it very deliciously by myself. It was hard to chew the chicken breast that became cold, but I still ate it with much delight. And next to my lunchbox was an A4 paper folded in there. I opened it, wondering what it was, and it was a letter. Because they didn’t have money, they wrote on this A4 paper that was rolling around our dorm. I was a bit touched. But I didn’t cry…really..

After taking that exam, I walked through the PE area and I took out the letter again to read it. That school had a huge PE area so I walked for a bit. I finished taking the test and when I came out, the ones who took the test like me, had their parents come pick them up, and some friends gathered together, talking about going somewhere to hang out. I had my grey scarf wrapped around my neck and walked back through the alley alone. At that time, I felt like I was the only thing that was in black and white. It felt like the road seemed longer going back home (than coming to take the exam).

When I was walking back home, thousands of emotions aroused within me. “Are my 12 years of school life finally over?” and “They’re lucky, to be able to hang out with their friends..I have to go practice..”, “Ah..I want to eat with my parents too”..thoughts like these were popping up in my head.

I walked to my dorm and when I arrived, my dongsengs asked me if I did well..do you THINK I did well..but I just said that I did well. I still couldn’t sleep on the day I took the test. I had this weird feeling inside me, this futile feeling..a lot of thoughts were roaming inside my head.

I was like that, just like you guys. So don’t be nervous. And just calmly take the exam. If you don’t know the answer, just choose the 3rd one. Honestly, if someone asked what I remember from my school life, I would say: nothing. When I turned 18, especially during my school life, I wasn’t in the second year or third year of high school; I was in my first year, second year as a trainee. Maybe I was actually more fluttered than nervous when I was on my way to take that exam..because after I turned 18, I couldn’t even go on my school field trip and even the picnic.

After you finish taking the exam tomorrow, play hard, whether you did well or not. You deserve to play because you were in a very tiresome battle for 12 years. But don’t drink alcohol, since you guys are still minors. Drink when you turn 20. I went straight to practice after the exam. And ate with my members at our dorm.

After blankly staring into space for a couple of days after taking the exam, I turned 20. My January 1st in my 20th year wasn’t drinking or clubbing, but going down to Busan with my family. It was a really weird place..there’s nothing but this deep blue sea. I felt like I was sent into exile..I thought that once I turned 20, my life will suddenly become *poof* spectacular.

But it wasn’t like that. I thought taking my college entrance exam and becoming 20 would all be something special, but there was really nothing much to it. So don’t be nervous about this exam because it’s really just nothing. If you don’t know the answers to the subjective question, it’s either 0 or 1. I think I did 0. I don’t remember if I even got that right or not.

It’s really nothing so don’t be nervous and get all worried for it. Just do the best you can and come out. If your parents want to drop you off then just say “Okay~” and let them. Don’t get all annoyed over it. You can not do well and that’s fine, so just do well and come out while you’re at it. I hope all of you who are taking the CSAT do well. Don’t cry because you’re behind on your answers. FOCUS and mark them down. Now, I should tell them to drink some milk and eat some lettuce. You’re probably gonna end up sleeping at around 11 or 12AM, so drink some milk, eat some lettuce, and sleep. Sleep well and do well on that exam tomorrow. HWAITING byebye

flxwerharry-deactivated20190309

Wow…,,,,,, you don’t like pop music??..,. Wow,… That really..,,,,,,.,, makes you so so very intelligent….. You are the elite individuals in our generation.,,,.,, you truly are unique.,,,,,

inahiddenplace

how we act alone when we don’t feel like we have witnesses.. that is the genuine self.. me walking around my room punching the air talking to myself in a bad southern accent, that’s ME baby. you’re never going to know me like i know me. haha.

billclintonwrotebackhewrotethej

vbartilucci

OK, just stop.

I’ll lay odds that a fair number of the people who decided to mock and pillory her “you can only have 30 books” idea (myself included) had no idea who she was, what nationality she was, or even what she looked like. Her name isn’t particularly obviously Asian, and it’s not like the various articles of comment specified her ethnicity in the headline, which let’s be honest, is all any of us read before w started crafting our comedy.

All I knew was there was another tidiness guru trying to tell us to simplify.

And Henry David Thoreau notwithstanding, the whole modern minimalist movement is aimed at the wealthy. They’re the ones who make claims like “You don’t need to have all these plates, just keep a few, and if you’re having a big party, buy more”. It all centers on the idea of you’re rich enough not to have to hang on to all this stuff till you need it, you can just buy more.

Well,no, sorry, that ain’t the case. And so us poor and middle class people hang on to that half a bottle of antibiotics we didn’t finish, cause they cost money, and maybe the next time we get sick we can take those and save the cost of going to the doctor.

And we keep all those books and DVDs because, again, they cost money, and maybe we won’t watch that movie again for a couple years, but we don’t have the money (or the interest to spend the money we have) to throw it out and buy it again when we want to have it, just so we can have room on our shelves for one more Longaberger basket filled with potpourri.

So put your faux offense away, stop trying to get us to apologize for things that weren’t even under consideration, and let us have our rage about one more person who telling us to get rid of our stuff.

She’s not out Mom, and neither are you.

thisloveforyourmom

You just admitted that you have no idea what her philosphy is.

First of all, she never said “you can only have 30 books.” She said that if having BOOKSHELVES UPON BOOKSHELVES of books sparks joy, leave it be. HER PERSONAL bookshelf has 30 books.

Secondly, Marie Kondo’s advice has NEVER been about getting rid of plates and dvds for the sake of having less. Plates have use. They spark joy by being there when you need them. A DVD or a book sparks joy for a poor person because it’s there, and you don’t have to spend any more money than you already did for a little R&R. Antibiotics, under her philosphy, would spark joy for you the same way as plates: by being there when you need them (even though your stance on antibiotics is medically unsafe and dangerous for both you and those you meet AT BEST).

You obviously don’t know shit about Marie Kondo because if you did, you would know that she literally isn’t anything you described. Her method is tailored to the person she’s helping. If you can find any reason an object is useful to you, including “it makes me feel secure to know its there” or “i cant afford another one so i need this one” you keep it. The fact that you hate her so much is a product of you buying into the media shitstorm that has surrounded her and distorted her message.

Kondo isn’t trying to tell poor people to eat off of one fucking plate and own one plant and thats it. She’s helping hoarders and people who feel guilty about getting rid of things. She’s helping people get rid of gifts they never used, shirts they never wore, and above all she is helping people who WANT to declutter. For fuck’s sake, she’s not holding a gun to your head and telling you to keep a single spaghetti noodle in your pantry.

All you’re “raging” at is a woman who genuinely wants people to feel less overwhelmed in their life and to develop healthy levels of attachment and inattachment. If you don’t feel overwhelmed or want to declutter, she’s not asking you to. The media is twisting her words so heavily as an act of racism, and decrying her cultural reasons behind her philsophy as “asian woo woo”. By mindlessly buying into her recharacterization as a stupid western minimalist, you’re buying into everything else as well.

She’s not your Mom? Then ignore her. She has 0 relevance to you. Stop contributing to the mob hatred of a woman who’s done literally nothing to deserve it besides say “Hey, if you want me to help you, I will.”

phoenixiancrystallist

So, in conclusion

fandomsandfeminism

It is so fascinating how people who have CLEARLY never read Kondo’s book or seen even a single episode of her show think they know enough about her to 1. Hate her 2. Give some kind of commentary on what she does.

Marie Kondo is straight up not a minimalist. She doesn’t focus on getting rid of stuff. She doesn’t focus on having particular numbers of books or plates.

She has a background as a Shinto shrine maiden, and her approach to objects is heavily informed by the animism of that background. She believes that any object you own should be cared for and respected. It should have a use, even if that use is just making you happy, and in return YOU treat it with care by having a place for it.

That’s it. She NEVER tells anyone how much or little they should keep, and she NEVER shames anyone for keeping a lot. She helps people look at the mountains of clutter and gives them the tools to make choices on whether or not those things are useful.

There’s one episode of her show with a husband who collects sneakers. Has collected sneakers since he was a little kid. He has literally HUNDREDS of pairs of them, some of them literally falling apart in their boxes and never worn. In the end, I think that guy still kept about 80 pairs. Got rid of a lot, yes, but 80 pairs. And Marie was happy for him, because he sat down and decided which ones he really wanted to keep and care for.

One episode is about a couple who’s kids are all in college. The husband has thousands of baseball cards. He collected them with their kids. They are on old, yellowing boxes, stacked to the ceiling in a side room. In the end? I think he kept ALL of them, but he got some nicer boxes for them to keep them from being damaged and found a better way to display them. They all sparked joy for him, so he found a way to care for them better. And Marie told him that she was happy and proud of him for that.

It’s not about what you get rid of. It’s about what objects you want in your life and treating them as such.

People need to not read 1 or 2 fucking headlines and just decide that they think they know all about this woman and her career. It’s not funny. It’s disrespectful.

littlewitchlingrowan

Also, I would like to point out that Marie has (iirc) a 0% return rate. Meaning none of her clients rehire her because they fell off the wagon and started collecting junk again. This is because she specifically tailors her approach to each client. This means that following the method she creates for them is easier because it’s not a “one size fits all” approach. She considers each clients needs and abilities and personal situations before applying her philosophy in a way that accommodates them.

For example, one woman was a widow and was having a hard time letting go of her husband’s things. So Marie switched up her whole method and did it out of order so this woman had more time to address other parts of her house before having to, first thing, go through her husband’s things to donate or throw away that obviously had deep emotional meaning to her. She knew this would be an emotional process for this women and decided to leave the harder part for last, even though it’s usually first in her methodology, because Marie understood going through other things would help this woman get comfortable with the philosophy and how to follow it in a way that worked for her so when she finally had to face her husband’s things, it would be a little easier because she already had experience in following Marie’s approach.

Does that sound like another “rich trendy minimalist” to you? Or someone who genuinely wants to help people and has the skills necessary to teach them how organize their lives in a manageable, easily followed way that doesn’t stress them out or force them to make rash decisions about their property. Tbh if you still think it’s the former then I’m sorry to break it to you but you’re just a flat out racist. 🙃