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gael-garcia

Salt of the Earth (1954), dir. Herbert J. Biberman

thecringeandwincefactory-deacti

Damn, son.

kommunistika

EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH SALT OF THE EARTH

em578

Salt of the Earth actually has a crazy interesting history- OP already said it was made in 1954, but that was in the middle of the Red Scare (communism scary cold war hysteria)

Congress’s anti-communism target fell hard on Hollywood, and those in the industry who were suspected of communism at all were blacklisted from all jobs, because studio’s didn’t want to face backlash from Congress

Salt of the Earth was made nearly 100% with blacklisted crew members from Hollywood, and had such difficulty finding actors that they hired local citizens and miners from the actual strike the plot is based on. There were only 5 trained actors involved, and one of them (Rosaura Revueltas, the woman in the gif) was deported to Mexico before they finished filming on accusations of communism, with no proof and no substance. The filming was plagued with police harassment and threats (according to my professor they were shot at more than once), and the local union hall was burned down.

The movie itself not only covers a real 1950′s labor strike demanding safer and more equal labor conditions for Mexican-American employees, but after the miners were facing arrest, their wives and children took up the strike in their place. The movie’s combination of blacklisted crew, civil rights and feminist message, and pro-union plot (during the red scare) got the movie blacklisted and only 12 theaters in the entire United States would show the movie- it was successful in Europe, but didn’t actually achieve viewership in the US until the 60′s

gael-garcia

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/10/salt-of-the-earth-labour-workers-blacklisted-filmmakers

#salt of the earth #the hollywood blacklist #movie tag #politics tag

laundryandtaxes

I can kind of understand people’s inherent shock at the (growing, and increasingly difficult to ignore) existence of detransitioned people given the prevalence of the notion that transition is The Treatment for gender dysphoria and the prevalence of the notion that gender dysphoria is not at all like other forms of psychological distress- depression, anxiety, etc- but functionally a soul level characteristic that does not abate until treated with The Treatment. But I have to say that their shock at the fact that lots of detransitioned people come out of detransition with very different ideas about gender than they had when they went in really highlights how little thought most people have given to any of the relevant questions around what transition is, around what gender dysphoria is, around what transition can do for someone vs what it cannot do, etc. If someone went into a process being told (including by medical professionals) that something called a gender identity made them more or less inherently a person destined for cross sex hormones in order to actualize that identity, that their distress (dysphoria) was being caused by living out of alignment with that soul level characteristic, that this treatment would not only alleviate their gender dysphoria but would even alleviate the other mental health problems that many many people bring with them into transition, that this treatment would make their life better in immeasurable ways that would make it worth all of the downsides, only to find out that literally none of that ended up being true for them, it is absolutely not even slightly surprising that they might come away from the process not just feeling that they “made a mistake” facilitated repeatedly by mental health and medical professionals that they trusted to do right by them and to not cause them harm. It is not at all surprising that they might come away from the process with an entirely different understanding of what the process itself is. It is not at all surprising that someone who’s taken cross sex hormones for a length of time might eventually come to realize that cross sex hormones are not in fact magic, they’re just hormones, and that leaning on magical thinking (having been born in the wrong body, etc) to source their psychological distress and then on cross sex hormones to fix something that was not a medical problem to begin with, is an approach to this problem that they’ve personally tried and found to be fundamentally lacking. If you dislike the criticisms that many detrans people make of transition as a process, that’s one thing, but it’s another to act shocked about how and why that happened simply reveals that you haven’t even allowed yourself to ask some very fundamental questions about what kinds of decisions people are making and what factors are driving those decisions.

#feminism tag

tejuina

I know I can’t single-handedly stop it from happening but I hope detransitioned women prioritize our own healing over “visibility” as our community grows

weary4u

it worries me bc as our numbers grow, it gets easier and easier for journalists, youtubers, opportunistic therapists, etc to find the women who aren’t on firm ground yet. for a minute there, they wanted the interviews badly enough and there was few enough of us talking about it that it was a little easier to negotiate boundaries (if the woman doing so was ready to set them at least)... even then it was easy to get screwed over but that minimal amount of potential leverage seems like it’s basically gone already and is just gonna diminish more and more

like I notice as a detransitioned woman who has talked to the media, nobody comes back to me a second time- it was treated as a major nuisance when I refused to work with a male photographer even after the editor and art director contacted me directly to whine about it (btw, the Atlantic apparently had so few connections to female photographers they had to just buy the photo from my economist interview!), and the two times I’ve declined to go into detail about my body (once with Julie bindel and once with BBC radio) my interview didn’t get used at all. In general, people in the media already know what story they want to tell, and your boundaries are just an obstacle to overcome. Someone who doesn’t have boundaries is always going to be their first choice. You’re a character in their story, they already know what they want you to say

#feminism tag

mamagump

⚠️ Ladies and Gentlemen, I need your attention for two seconds. ⚠️

I went to Barnes & Noble today and I found this booklet called "Gender Detransition: A Path Towards Self-Acceptance" tucked on one of the shelves where the Trauma books were. I searched everywhere and didn't find a single price tag or barcode. I'm assuming this is not something sold here, but rather something important that someone left here specifically for others to find.

Out of curiosity, I looked through the booklet and found explanations of what detransitioning and desisting is, there are stories from detransitioned people, and it talks about what happens when you medically detransition. There's also a section about dealing with dysphoria and advice from detrans folks to people going through it (or considering it).

Please, I beg of you, if you know of anyone who is considering detransitioning or desisting, I implore you to consider getting this book. I looked it up and you download a copy at the Post Trans Website. Languages available for this booklet include English, German, French, and Dutch. They also have a link for if you want to assist with distributing physical copies of the booklet.

As always, I love you all. Please take care of yourselves and know that you are beautiful and wonderful just the way you are. ❤️

Sincerely,

A desister who's been there

{Everyone is welcome to reblog this post. Do not slander this topic or derail. Certain tags have been used simply for ease of access}

#feminism tag #pride tag

manufactoriel

Arbat, Sudan (2005) by Susan Meiselas

#sudan #africa

macadamianutmilk

finally: samosas fried in ghee with cilantro chili chutney (samosa recipe by cooking with manali)

#food

macadamianutmilk

the most beautiful pink oyster mushrooms i grew myself!!!!

#!!!#food

gallusrostromegalus

Canon is but the polite suggestion made by an impotent mall cop as we wade into the public fountain of creativity and scoop up the tossed coins of inspiration as the overfed koi of “Employment” and “Needing to sleep” gum uselessly at our ankles.

#fandom #laugh tag

givemearmstopraywith

the last two years has turned into young people coming up with completely arbitrary markers of morality based off unverified pop psychology distilled to you by white women on tiktok and then carrying out witch hunts whenever they perceive that someone has arbitrarily not met that standard. i am begging you to go outside read a book at a reading level higher than sixth grade develop some empathy and talk to a real person for five minutes

#fandom

powerfulwizard

One great thing about lesbianism I think is kissing and fucking women

#intro post #lesbian #pride tag

givemearmstopraywith

unpopular opinion but we need to end cancel culture and callouts right now. right fucking now. and we need to replace it with critical engagement. the minute your “movement” starts going after innocent people and causing harm in their lives you need to stop. you are not getting a nyt feature for telling people on tumblr to go kill themselves because you saw a post you didn’t like. you are in fact just an asshole.

#fandom