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Reblogged indikos
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In 2017, American film researchers recovered “Something Good – Negro Kiss,” a short film depicting a playful kiss between a Black couple which had not seen the light of day for more than a century. A long-forgotten artifact from the earliest years of American film, the sweet, humanizing vignette, produced by the Selig Polyscope Company, makes a startling contrast to the overwhelmingly racist and blackface-ridden contempory portrayals of African Americans. Four years later in 2021, archivists in Norway, halfway across the world, identified a sister short in their collections—an extended alternate cut which reveals more of Chicago stage performers Gertie Brown and Saint Suttle’s vaudeville-like routine, a theatrical, hot-and-cold romantic dynamic between two lovers which parodies the popular and controversial short “The Kiss” (1896). Both films, which had previously been lost, were known from entries in old motion picture catalogs but had been assumed to be era-typical, anti-Black “race films” until their rediscovery in the 21st century. Together with its more famous sibling, which has since been inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, this alternate version of “Something Good” represents the first-known instance of Black intimacy ever captured on-screen.

SOMETHING GOOD [Alternate Version] (1898) Directed by William Selig

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Reblogged isagrimorie
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seeing straight men be disgusted by booktok smut recommenders has actually radicalized me to the side of booktok smut recommenders. girls your taste may be atrocious but i will never disparage you for exposing mainstream discourse to the concept of soaking through your underwear. spent my whole life listening to men talk about penises it’s about time they get jumpscared by women talking about pussy in crude detail on social media. go forth and goon my warriors

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I work at a bookstore and hearing one of my male coworkers call smutty romantasy "the downfall of society" because it's "literally just porn" radicalized me

Men have an entire industry. Entire industries dedicated to their sexualities. Let women have fantasy sex. there's not even a camera crew involved.

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Left this in the notes

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😂

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Reblogged indikos
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listen this isn’t rat related but I’m going off the walls right now this is literally so fucking funny

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mangomangos

orange bear puppet: i think tutter’s looking a little tired, don’t you?

tutter (mouse puppet): [panting and screaming]

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Reblogged into-the-weeds
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I must explain to my American followers. Follow me on this thought experiment.

Read these questions. You do not need to answer, just read them.

  1. Who is the current head of government of Ethiopia?
  2. Are they a king, queen, president, prime minister, dictator, or tsar?
  3. Are they generally liked or generally disliked by their people? Why?
  4. Are they seen as conventionally attractive?
  5. What was their most recent scandal?
  6. What’s a weird outfit they’ve worn while in office?
  7. What are their interior design preferences?
  8. Has anyone tried to assassinate them? How many times?
  9. What’s their favourite food?
  10. Does Ethiopia have a national anthem?
  11. What are the top 3 most iconic symbols of Ethiopia?
  12. What’s the most prevalent religion in Ethiopia?
  13. What are 5 Ethiopian TV series?
  14. What languages are spoken in Ethiopia?
  15. What are 5 Ethiopian celebrities?
  16. Can you draw the Ethiopian flag?
  17. What are 5 rights or privileges granted to citizens of Ethiopia?
  18. What structure do Ethiopian school systems follow?
  19. What are 5 Ethiopian foods?
  20. What are 5 Ethiopian exports?
  21. What countries are allied with Ethiopia?
  22. What is one topic in Ethiopia that you are more educated on than in America?
  23. What are 3 Ethiopian stereotypes?
  24. Does Ethiopia have States, Provinces, or neither?
  25. Where is Ethiopia’s government capital?
  26. What currency is used in Ethiopia?
  27. What animal is the Ethiopian symbol? Do they have one?
  28. What is Ethiopia’s ethnic majority?
  29. Who was their first government leader of Ethiopia? What is an interesting fact about them?
  30. Who has Ethiopia gone to war against? Why?
  31. Can you name 3 wars Ethiopia was involved in?
  32. Can you name 3 Ethiopian women famous for their beauty?
  33. What is the current Ethiopian political climate?
  34. What areas of Ethiopia are considered rural or urban?
  35. Can you name 3 major Ethiopian landmarks?
  36. Can you name 3 Ethiopian amusement parks?
  37. Can you name 3 Ethiopian national parks?
  38. Can a civilian openly carry a gun in Ethiopia?
  39. At what age can a person begin drinking Alcohol in Ethiopia?
  40. What is the age of consent in Ethiopia?
  41. Can you name 3 infamous Ethiopian criminals?
  42. Can you name 3 Ethiopian comedians?
  43. What was the most recent major natural disaster to hit Ethiopia?
  44. Is Ethiopian culture as a whole generally considered more conservative or more progressive than your own?
  45. Roughly how much money goes into the Ethiopian military budget? Millions or billions?
  46. What are the staple crops in Ethiopia?
  47. What is something that was invented in Ethiopia?
  48. Who are 3 famous Ethiopian businessmen?
  49. What are 5 wildly popular Ethiopian musicians?
  50. What was one viral fashion trend among Ethiopian youth?

If you could correctly answer around 40 of these, then congratulations! That is what every other English speaker feels like living in proximity to America

That is the extent to which American media leeches into everything

Yes, it is weird

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And like. Imagine you just KNEW all this stuff. Passively, without looking it up, just from going about your life listening to music and watching TV and talking to strangers and scrolling through your blog

To be as clear as possible: I’m not telling anyone to shut up, or calling anyone annoying, or making any kind of statement at all really

I’m just saying. It feels super weird

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Reblogged godmodebeginswithlesbians
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if were all catpeople there would be trans catboy forums devoted to how to dye over calico markings so you can pass better and another group of trans catboys who insisted that the only way to deal with it is to normalize catboys having calico markings. the discourse would be insane

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meanwhile all the far right commentary catboy youtube channels would have videos titled ‘HAS “MALE CALICO” ACCEPTANCE GONE TOO FAR?’ with the thumbnail of some random calico catboy who was shown in 0.001 second of a popular clothing brand’s pride month ad

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there would be a whole other discourse over why we should stop talking about calico catboys when no one knows the struggle of transitioning from a girl orange cat (cute) to a male orange cat (stupid)

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Reblogged godmodebeginswithlesbians
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It’s crazy and fucked up that being yourself is actually the solution.

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It’s like. When I was told to “just be yourself” as a kid I thought it was a passive thing. Like oh easy I just have to sit here and be myself. but the reason so many people think that “being yourself” is bullshit advice is because you actually have to make active choices to do this and it WILL make your life way more fun. You have to wear t-shirts of bands that were popular ten years ago because you like them. You have to do your hair in a way that you find cute or comfortable even if it’s “so nineties”. If your friend says a food you enjoy is gross to them, you can’t be afraid to admit you casually disagree. You have to do hobbies that you’re interested in even if you’re bad at them and you cant feel like you have to get good at something before you tell people it’s an activity you do. You have to read manga and comic books in public and get piercings your relatives think are unattractive. You don’t have to tell people you dislike that you dislike them, but you don’t have to give them your time and attention either. You have to rewatch that kids show you’re nostalgic for even if you’re in your 30s. You have to change your name if you hate it, even if only a few close friends can know. You have to get fun girly drinks at the bar. You have to order hot chocolate when you don’t like coffee and black coffee when you don’t like sweet things. I am still bad at practicing this but it is the only way to make it all tolerable.

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First you have to realize that "yourself" is a construct built by the decisions you make. Then it becomes clear that being yourself is a deliberate and intentional practice, not a passive state of existence.

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