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Darci  | 26 | Pan | Australia | I can't wait for Wonder Woman to hold me in her big strong arms
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Reblogged status-quo-hater
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like I'm sorry but I will keep posting about this until people stop being cunts and shitheads so I think we'll be here a good while. every time I talk about the colonial framing of australia and how colonialism is at work in modern day understandings of this country I only need to count to ten before every european and usamerican in sight starts spouting complete bullshit. why don't you all take a deep breath and examine why the fuck you're so wedded to the idea of australia you have in your head

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"suggesting that Australia has uniquely hostile flora and fauna isn't wrong" FACT CHECK:

"aboriginal tribes" FUCK OFF!

  • if you can capitalise Australia you know how to capitalise Aboriginal
  • "tribes" is not the right word here even remotely. try again next time. "Aboriginal people" would be a great start. being able to name even one country or language group would shock me to death. give it a go though

"marsupials reign supreme" don't make me laugh

  • CHECK: why are you using language that inherently ascribes a particular morality to animals? what motivates you to frame Australia as uniquely 'ruled by animals'? what else might this imply and where might this framing have come from?

"most venomous and hostile" why are you putting those adjectives together?

  • Australia's most venomous snake (the inland taipan) has not killed a single person in recorded history because of how rare it is for that snake to come anywhere near humans. again, refer to the stats above
  • "hostility" is another example of ascribing negative moral values to an animal where it is not at all appropriate

"one of the less hospitable places on earth" colonialism check!

  • hospitable to whom?
  • you mean that pre-colonial Australia didn't follow western ideals of housing and agriculture don't you? (<- there very much was agricultural practices in First Nations groups for the record)
  • you're implying that the land had to be tamed by colonisers, aren't you?
  • come on. be so for real right now
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Reblogged alivehouse
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I’m watching Splash (1984) which is a romcom about a guy who falls in love with a mermaid, and when she chooses a human name she chooses Madison and guy says “that’s not a real name, but alright” which seems to imply that Madison was not a name until at least the 80’s and all girls named Madison are actually named after the mermaid. thought you should know

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I think...you might be right

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what the fuck

#the contemporary 'Wendy'
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chilling inside while mum watches her procedurals and low and behold my beloved Rob Collins is on screen as a suspect of the week on NCIS Australia!

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Reblogged sydneysageivashkov
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civilization is coming and it means to exterminate us. if we are to survive we must unite behind our own king. we have no kings here. I am your king.

#blacksailsweek25:

DAY 3 — FAVORITE CHARACTER.

#black sails
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Reblogged spockvarietyhour
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And I get a little bit Genghis Kahnghis I don’t want you to get it onghis Nobody else but me (ooooh) With nobody else but MeeeeMe
I get a little bit Danghis Dahn Don’t want you to Genghis on with Nobody else but Mingus Nobody else but Mingus Kingus
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dreamrats

mingus kingus saturday

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