Jfc it’s not like JKR came out of the womb clutching the first draft of Harry Potter, have people forgotten that she’s not always been rich and that she was actually pretty fucking poor not so very long ago and remembers what it’s like?
Have we forgotten this is the woman who took herself off the Forbes list because she gave away so much money?
Can we please all remember that rich people can
sympathize
and support poor people too and there is nothing wrong with that.
For spring 2016 FTL Moda teamed up with Global Disability Inclusion and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to raise money and showcase #FashionFreeFromConfines. The runway show featured supermodels Adriana Lima and Toni Garrn alongside models with disabilities including Leslie Irby, Rebekah Marine, Shaholly Ayers and 18 year old Australian model Madeline Stuart who has down syndrome.
I just read this super sad post about this girl who’s asexual and married and everyone is basically telling her that she doesn’t deserve her husband/she’s just a prude/she should just do it anyway.
So I want to tell you all right now that if people tell you this, or if they tell you you’ll never have a relationship, it is BULLSHIT.
My husband is asexual and I’m not. He’s sex repulsed, we don’t have sex, we never have.
And it doesn’t matter to me. You know what does? He does. His mental health and wellbeing matter to me. Because he is my best friend and he’s one of the smartest, kindest, funniest people I’ve ever met. And he’s had people tel him that he’s broken and it makes me SO ANGRY because they are WRONG.
Being different doesnt mean you’re broken.
If you don’t like sex/don’t want it/etc. Do not let anyone tell you that you’re inferior because you’re not.
Do not let anyone convice you that you’ll never have a relationship because they’re wrong(if you want one).
You are not broken, and it will be okay.
This made me feel really good. Remember this, for all my ace spectrum friends out there
dude, he also kept turning around to wave at us, the poor assholes who waited two hours in line to be seated in the back, just so that we didn’t feel as left out.
he hugged a Muslim student who was getting rather emotional asking him a question about how he planned to fight Islamophobia
and he hugged and personally thanked every student who came up to speak for him
student, I might add, that he brought up to speak so that they could share their experiences
and can i just say, what politician would ask students to speak to other students? is this man not the truest advocate of democracy and free speech and government by the people? he took students, people who were “one of us” and let them introduce him so that that their voices could be heard and of COURSE they would support a man who would do that
and we all know that he was arrested for protesting segregation
this man might not be the greatest politician or speaker, but we value charisma far too much over quality nowadays
we value donald trump’s angry, passionate racist rhetoric over the words of a kind, compassionate old man who has experience and knowledge with policy in Congress simply because he’s a professional who DOESN’T talk shit about other people and cares so genuinely about us, the American citizens, that he wants us to speak through him.
isn’t that what we want?
even if you don’t agree with all of the things he’s says, he’s been amazingly receptive to the opinions and stances of people who’ve talked to him
he doesn’t believe in partisan politics and will work with republicans, whereas hillary apparently just wants to fight them (which will probably shut down the government again)
so bernie2016
i didn’t agree with everything he had to say, but i was damn well sure that he will hear us loud and clear
There is a community on Facebook called ‘Deaf People For Bernie Sanders” that is posting videos and news specifically pertaining to this.
even media that is SUPPOSEDLY “” “” “”””” “” “””” “ “’ proggressive””” “”””” “””” has no fucking clue how to write asian people
steven universe? fucking tiger mom stereotype whose shy daughter wants to BREAK FREE!!!! from ((also i get a real weebish vibe from this show which is partially why i couldn’t get into it…. like connie isn’t even japanese and yet she says “itadakimasu” before a meal??? not cute.))
how to get away with murder? yah oliver’s a little cinnamon roll but why is he the hacker genius.
brooklyn 99? again, hacker genius asian episode (and there was one that had a “filipino bieber” joke like ?? ????? ok??)
orange is the new black? this is the show that had an episode titled “ching chong chang” i don’t think i have to explain any further (there’s also numerous articles about its anti asian racism but you get the idea)
i’ve explained the issues with mulan and bh6 more times than i can count like i honestly should be compensated for this.
i mean it’s really fucking annoying how deep rooted in anti asian racism a lot of media is even the ones tumblr loves to hail as progressive, the pinnacle of DIVERSITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !!!!!!! and people just ignore it. even asian-americans for whom it’s IMPOSSIBLE to even be visible. like we literally cannot find asian characters that don’t have some glaring stereotype attached to them and i’m done with it.
Sense8 even. Sun is a Korean martial artist suffering at the hands of patriarchy. Very stereotypical
Should I even mention Dong’s role in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt?
a lot of people have added comments like this to my post or left me asks like “oh man i didn’t realize” and it’s kind of jarring how obviously racist things to us didn’t occur to others until they read this
like this isn’t me being mad (because i definitely don’t recognize a lot of stereotypes from other groups im not a part of) but it’s super telling how prevalent this kind of racism is
i thought oliver was filipino tho
yes
now if you look closely at a world map, on what continent would you find the philippines?
I’m re-reading Order of the Phoenix at the moment, and can we just take a minute to appreciate Fleur Delacour?
> 17 year old Fleur hears about a dangerous contest which will threaten her life and involve her having to leave her home country, alongside her beloved little sister, for a year. Her response is “sign me the fuck up”, but in French.
> 18 year old Fleur spots handsome 25 year old redhead talking to Harry Potter, decides she’s having that one, files this information away for later.
> 18 year old Fleur survives the tournament and returns home to France. Less than four weeks after graduating school, still 18 year old Fleur is back in Britain, taking a job in a bank to improve her English, where she is reacquainted with the aforementioned 25 year old redhead.
> 18 year old Fleur wastes no time in securing ‘private lessons’ with Bill Weasley.
> 19 year old Fleur visits her now-fiancé’s family for the summer, putting up with their blatant dislike of her because this is about Bill.
> 20 year old Fleur is disgusted at the idea that she’d love her fiancé any less for a few scars.
> 20 year old Fleur risks her life to get Harry Potter the heck outta Dodge.
> 20 year old Fleur marries that still-hot redhead, dammit, and fuck Voldemort for trying to interfere.
> 21 year old Fleur distracts Harry and Remus so that the Weasleys may reunite privately.
> 21 year old Fleur survives the Battle of Hogwarts
We all need to appreciate Fleur a little more, is what I’m saying. She got shit done.
