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I’m not a guy who wakes up early (maybe because I go to bed late), but the sunrise here gives to me a strong feeling.
hope your days get softer from here on out. hope the hurt lessens and the dark turns to light. you deserve gentleness and good love. I hope it finds you soon.
Nothing says fake woke like a show writer choosing to address a real world problem by graphically depicting a death of a well loved black character.
Look. If you want to do a nod to BLM, there was a way to do it. Beyoncé did it. She focused on hurt and pain, but did not recreate the deaths that occurred. We knew immediately but we also saw black women happy and smiling, healing and angry and hurt but still going forward all the same.
And this recent death of Poussey Washington, a BLACK LESBIAN, so soon after the Pulse shooting and tailored to be an “homage” to BLM and “I can’t breathe” is so fucking insulting. Why is it that when media and content creators want to show their “woke” mindsets, they choose to focus on pain and fucking suffering? There is nothing progressive about depicting the intersection of violence that occurs against black people with respect to their race and sexuality. We have a FUCKTON of articles and research that shows us the horrid truth. We do not need to see that reflected in television.
Being woke doesn’t mean falling into those same stereotypes and gross tropes that constantly reinforce death upon black gay characters. Being woke means recognizing these issues and making a conscious choice to do something about them. And even worse in this situation, these show writers honestly thought they were doing something, starting a conversation.
Here’s the thing: police brutality is not a new conversation. Excessive force and the disproportionate number of black people being victimized by the police are not new subjects. This conversation has been around since before most of us were born. Black people know it from front to back, some of us have even experienced it firsthand. It isn’t a dramatic effect nor does it captivate an audience. It’s terrifying and traumatic, and to see it depicted on television has the exact same effect. We all felt that despair when Mike’s killer walked free. We all felt that rage when Trayvon’s killer walked free. We all cried when Eric and Tamir’s killers were not even charged. And we all still desperately repeat Sandra and Rekia’s names, hoping that folks will remember they were victims too.
There is nothing progressive about reinforcing death and pain as a reality. There is nothing moving about seeing a well loved black lesbian being murdered yet again. There is nothing respectful about digging up the bones of our dead and defiling their bodies and names for the sake of shock value. Poussey Washington did not deserve that. We did not deserve that. And for this egregious act of violence, yes ACT OF VIOLENCE, I hope this show tanks.
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but why is it bad if the UK leaves the EU? I’m not from UK and don’t understand the implications…
Okay, so first of all I have to say that I’m neither a Brit nor particularly knowledgeable about foreign affairs, so don’t hesitate to correct me if I’m wrong. I’d be much more comfortable with explaining the fuckboys hobbies of the Romantics, you know.
The way I see it, the implications for the UK and for the EU are financial, administrative, of course political, and potentially psychological. What you have to know is that the EU is an open zone in terms of market, trading, traveling, etc. There are agreements between all EU countries to facilitate the economy both inside and outside of Europe. Also, there are a lot of subventions in place to balance the weakest economies in our midst and thus build a strong economical power.
I’m not going to enter into economy details because I will make a fool of myself. Let’s just list what I actually understand:
• all financial help and subventions going towards the UK from the EU, but also fueled by the UK towards the EU will stop.
• all prior trade agreements passed between the UK and the EU will be void and thus reworked. This means that the UK’s economy will most likely suffer from a loss of a lot of advantages (monetary and political) in terms of free market and all that stuff I can’t define well for the life of me; for example, the UK will lose its influence on economical decisions inside of the EU and on its closest market (EU territories). The uncertainty triggered by Brexit will most likely affect businesses in the UK, import and export prices, etc. The pound has already plummeted.
• Economically, the UK will not gain a lot more independance and freedom in the process, either. The EU economy will be impacted as well, but I’m not sure how yet.
• Politically, the balance of power will be shattered inside of the EU : France, Germany and the UK were the self-proclaimed “forces” (and pioneers, more or less) of the EU, and the UK leaving means that a new balance of power will have to be tested between France and Germany (two countries who already share a tense diplomatic relationship and have strong, regularly opposite opinions).
• Worldwide, this means that the UK will lose its huge impact on foreign policies, as being part of the EU.
• The UK leaving sparked once again the anger of Scotland, who will most likely try to regain their independance and apply for EU membership - thus being part of the EU, but not of the UK anymore.
• For the students traveling abroad, or really anyone traveling abroad, this means that all UK residents will have to ask for a VISA just to get out of the country. People wanting to come to the UK will have to ask for a VISA as well. This complicates a lot the administrative details of traveling.
• This also means that all preferential EU universities fees will be annulled and European students will have to pay the international universities fees to study in the UK (and vice-versa, UK students will have to pay international fees in the EU); and let me tell you, those fees are outrageous.
• Immigration will be super tightened. France wants to stop controlling immigration to the UK at Calais, but the UK wants to enter a more forceful and more radical plan when it comes to immigration.
• Psychologically, a taboo is lifted. The UK is the first country to leave the EU and they left an open door behind them. Who knows which country will want to follow them? The problem is, the UK was the most independent country in the EU and although the whole process of their leaving will be chaos, it’s still child play compared to other countries who are drowned in EU details, subventions and agreements. Hopefully, this comes to nothing more, but who knows?
Here are a few extensive articles and documents on the subject :
Impact of Brexit
Economic Impact : Brexit report
Brexit : quelles conséquences ?
Brexit it is : 10 major implications
How Brexit could impact the EU economy
“u shouldn’t use ur phone while it’s charging” and Napoleon shouldn’t have tried to invade Russia during its frigid winter ok but we’re all hellbent on digging our own private graves here
i’m all for encouraging girls to pursue STEM fields but can we stop acting like talent/passion for the arts is inherently less valuable than talent/passion for maths and science thanks
