You know the “fortnite dances” as people are referring to are like, all popular dances from hip hop artists that were taken without credit, acknowledgement, or royalties right?
Black artists specifically
Almost every single one of them were thought of by black people and artists, then fortnite trademarked then without credit. This is literally cultural appropriation.
I dunno if they trademarked them but they ABSOLUTELY monetized them with no royalties paid out. Like I still don’t support bothering little kids over Fortnite dances or whatever the fuck but check this out:
Even the dance that is often classified as THE Fortnite dance was straight up stolen from black actor and performer, Donald Faison. He improvised the dance for an episode of Scrubs in 2006.
Rose Mallinger, who was killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue yesterday, was 97 years old. 97 years. She lived through the Holocaust, was on this earth, a young woman as 6 million Jewish people were killed for being Jewish. Spent her whole life surrounded by people who looked at the atrocities of the Holocaust and said “never again.” Lived 97 years and died at the hands of a gunman who killed her for being Jewish.
Out of all the comics to address discrimination within the LGBT community, The Flintstones wasn’t what I expected. But here we are.
Issue #4.
Fred and Wilma are facing discrimination from the people of Bedrock for their monogamous lifestyle, which goes against the free-for-all fuckfest that is the norm in the prehistoric society. A clear metaphor for same-sex couples.
They go on a getaway trip with a bunch of other married couples. But on the trip, they discover the trip leader, despite preaching acceptance for married couples and being a trailblazer of social reform, has his own prejudices. Specifically against same-sex couples.
In the next two pages, Fred explains why they’re ought to care about more than just themselves when it comes to preaching tolerance and rights.
isn’t this the same comic where fred and barney committed a genocide
The very next issue to the marriage one is the genocide issue.
The way Leverage handled Gina Bellman’s maternity leave was so beautiful
they gave her a whole character arc that was kind and gentle and introspective that led Sophie to wanting time to herself
I didn’t even realize it was a maternity leave until I read old interviews after I’d finished the show
they gave her characterdevelopment so she could leave the show for most of a season and come back brighter and better and stronger
Sophie’s time off was so good. It was good in-show, and after discovering the out of show reasons for it’s even better
Attn: Joss Whedon.
There was also commentary by the show runners that they had to cut certain storylines short and not do what they wanted because Gina needed that. And while there was an indication of regret that X storyline couldn’t be followed, both Rogers and Downey were very clear that Gina’s health and well-being during her pregnancy was 100% the priority. Basically, yeah, it was sad they didn’t get to do the thing because of reality, but they got to do these other things instead AND Gina got to be happy and healthy and near/around people to support her during her pregnancy.
Again, Leverage and it’s show runners aren’t perfect bastions of inclusivity and narrative execution, but they actively try to do their best. They make thoughtful and proactive choices and are protective and supportive of the people they work with to the best of their ability. Not just to the edge of their willingness to do something, but to the best of their ability.
That thing where you happen upon a challenge and you roll with it and work it into things to the best of your ability and you wind up with something really excellent because of it that you wouldn’t’ve had otherwise.
“But Maria explained and painted their life cycle. Their metamorphosis from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. She not only explained that process, she showed which plant species each butterfly species was dependent upon. This book revolutionised the study of insects in Europe. But it also helped Maria raise the funds to embark upon a journey to study the more exotic creatures that she knew she would find in the tropical regions of the Dutch empire.”
David Olusoga, Civilisations, ep. 6 ‘First Contact’ (BBC 2018)
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