tuck him in Tuesday
tuck him in Tuesday once again
another tuck him in Tuesday is here
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“My privilege will try to make me complicit by default.”
This really hit home, so I’m posting it for others to see.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fukTk8gJ3M
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this is almost certainly a post ive made before but when a character's grief is so strong it fully alters the form of the narrative itself... moby dick being so much longer than strictly necessary because ishmael's grief made him stall for time in the telling of the tragedy... harrow the ninth being in second person because harrow was so grief-stricken that she herself was not capable of making narrative sense of the events of the novel and so someone else had to do it.... do u know what i mean
ok WAIT. SO TRUE
Good news for you, this August 23rd.
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oh? if i'm an *evil* wizard then why does the king let me skulk around the throne offering bad advice unimpeded?
you guys get it
you....
Been a rough couple days for one of our favorite cats, send Miette some good thoughts.
TREMENDOUS news
there are so many really great REALLY INFORMATIVE guides like this on Instagram.
here's one from @courtneyahndesign (on insta)
(Transcript requested by @crazydyslexicnerd )
A Guide to White Privilege
By @courtneyahndesign
1. White privilege doesn’t mean your life hasn’t been hard. It means your skin tone isn’t one of the things making it harder. There’s plenty of other privileges (socio-economic, male, heterosexual, cisgender, Christian, able-bodied) but white privilege is perhaps the most enduring throughout history.
2. White privilege exists as a direct result as both historic and enduring racism, biases, and practices to oppress people of color. [A scale is shown labeled “Burden Through History” with the heavier side being labeled “POC” and listing “Slavery, 3/5 person, segregation, redlining black codes, police brutality, racism” and the lighter side labeled “You (most likely)” and listing “Hardships”]
3. White privilege means you actively benefit from the oppression of POC. [Image shows drawings of assorted items, each having one of the following benefits written on them- “You are the dominant representation on all media. You don’t get harassed for existing in public locations. No one questions your citizenship. Products are designed for you first. People at work look like you. Your actions aren’t perceived those of all your race.”]
4. Systematic racism exists at every level of society. [Image shows more more drawings like before, this time with the following statistical data written on them- “The wealth gap: 90% white owned, 10% POC owned. Black students are three times more likely to be suspended. Black graduates are two times more likely to be unemployed. Black Americans are 30% more likely to be pulled over. Black Americans make up 40% of the prison population. Black Americans are shown 18% fewer homes. Black women are four times more likely to die from childbirth.”] And this is only a small part of the oppression!
5. What should I do with my white privilege?
* Teach other white folks the barriers to success for POC.
* Promise to listen and amplify the voices of POC.
* Be more than “not racist”, but actively anti-racist.
* Confront racial injustices even when it’s uncomfortable
So.
Another 751 unmarked graves were found at a Saskatchewan residential school.
Seven hundred fifty one.
This school, The Marieval Indian Residential School, operated from 1899 to 1997.
It was one of the last residential schools to close in Canada. One of more than 130.
In case you didn’t know, residential schools were created to “cleanse” the people of Canada. These schools operated from 1831, when the Mohawk Institute Residential School opened, to 1996, when residential schools were finally outlawed.
That is 166 years of cultural genocide.
These children were beaten, sexually abused, even experimented on. They were treated like prisoners, like they were sub-human.
I am not Indigenous. I cannot pretend to know how painful this may be. But what I can do is speak out. This inhumane treatment of citizens of Canada must be condemned.
The government of Canada, and The Catholic Church, must. make. reparations.
I simply cannot feel sorry for multi-millionaire Scarlett Johansson only earning $20 million instead of $30 million or what the fuck ever because Disney recognised that large parts of the world still can't safely go to the cinema on account of the deadly pandemic and released Black Widow on Disney+ at the same time as in theatres. But then I also support anyone suing Disney for any reason, so you see my dilemma
The case isn’t really about Scarlett Johansson. It’s about setting precedent for the way actors are paid when content is released on screening services going forward, and Scarlett Johansson is pretty unique in her position of both having a valid case for breach of contract and having a large enough platform, following and wealth that suing Disney won’t completely destroy her and her career.
She offered to renegotiate her contract at the point the decision to release on Disney+ was made, and Disney refused, that is what lead to the case.
The overwhelming majority of actors, even actor’s working for Disney are not millionaires, I know that because I am a jobbing actor, and I earn less in a year then either of my siblings, both of whom have office jobs.
When you get a film or television job, in addition to what you’re paid at the time you also get something that in the UK is called royalty fees, and in the US is called residuals. This occurs when the show or film is shown or licensed on another channel or network, almost always for a set period of time, although Netflix has started buying the rights to small indie films outright.
Royalty checks can be hilariously small. A friend I trained with once got one for £2.07 because their show had just been licensed to be shown on a Thai TV network, but more often they are a lifeline for actors. Most actors work minimum wage jobs in between acting gigs, and when you also have the cost of Headshots, Self Tape equipment, travel to auditions and lost wages whenever you have to take time off to prep and travel to auditions, you understand why equity wages are so high for individual jobs, because that one episode in a soap you got paid £800-£1200 for (minus 10-20% for your agent), could be your wage for 2 months and you would be considered a fairly successful working actor, even if it was your only acting job in that time period.
The case isn’t about a multimillionaire quibbling over how many millions she is being paid, although it’s likely that had Black Widow had a prepandemic release Scarlett Johansson would have been paid closer to 200 million than the 20 million she is being paid. Although Disney is pushing that angle hard so I fully understand why you’ve fallen into their propaganda trap. It is one of the very few opportunities for actors, screenwriters, cinematographers, directors, and all the other hundreds of creatives involved in the filmmaking process to challenge some of the status quo with streaming services and really ask questions about how royalties will work in the future.
There is a reason that the unions are backing the case and that’s because the other way around, breach of contract is a huge deal, there can be penalties of hundreds of thousands of dollars for contract breaches, often on jobs where you are paid a fraction of that, and believe me, Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Universal all persue those payments, and in certain circumstances even go out of their way to blacklist the artist.
If breach of contract is a big deal when actors and other creatives do it, it should be just as big a deal when studios do it, but it isn’t because Capitalism is rarely about rewarding artists and all about bottom line profit.
This case has the potential to really change things and help millions of ordinary, jobbing actors and creatives. I am 100% on Scarlett Johansson’s side with this and any reasonable person who cares about the well-being of artists should be too.
^^^^^^^^ this. this right here
