ok im going to #seriouspost for a second here. I don't think Harry Potter is a manifesto. I think it was a flawed passion project that millennials latched onto because of the fantasy of sticking it to their mean teachers and arbitrarily categorizing themselves (hogwarts houses; it's the thinking millennial's astrology). I think the fact that the series got popular when and how it did was very much a product of its time.
I don't think Harry Potter is the biggest symbol of JKR's bigotry. I think the most flagrant sign of that was how she responded to critics. I watched her become radicalized in real time. I watched how she doubled down on her racism when she was called out for the ways she promoted her tragically mid fantastic beasts movies. I watched her chase marginalized teenagers with a double digit follower count off of twitter for daring to criticize her thought process, and no one with any kind of power standing against her because she was the one who was paying them. This isn't to say Harry Potter is without flaws. This is to say she really didn't give a shit about that. Getting rich and powerful is a hell of a drug, and she had enough sycophants that she had no reason to care about what her critics were saying.
She was convinced that she was a martyr; a voice for the unheard; a leader for the ages, so of course her detractors were the bad guys. And I think we should take this to heart. We should see this as an example of how easy it is to get radicalized; if you think of yourself as a paragon of virtue, you are going to think that whatever you see as good and right is an objective fact. Most people don't know this, but the majority of terfs start out as trans allies. You are not immune to propaganda! You are not immune to falling into dangerous ideologies!!!
This is why the most important thing you can do as an activist is to listen. Do NOT think you're above being wrong; do NOT develop a god complex; do NOT form an identity out of being right all the time. Involve yourselves in the groups you claim to speak for. Listen to trans women; share resources that help trans women; familiarize yourself with the diversity of experiences that trans people have and the struggles they face.
No, none of you are as bad as JKR because you don't have her money or her power. You will likely never have the capacity for harm she does. But check yourselves. Do not affirm yourselves into thinking you always have the moral high ground. Watch yourselves; humble yourselves; check yourselves for signs of cult behavior and internalized prejudice. You are always learning. You will always be learning. Do not allow yourselves to get a power trip from brushing off marginalized voices.
Včera jsem byla svědkem kratičké, ale krásné konverzace, která ve mně zanechala dojem alternativního vesmíru.
*maminka a chlapeček před pekařstvím*
maminka: "Tak si něco koupíme, ne?"
chlapeček: "Ne, já nic nechci!"
maminka: "Já myslela něco sladkého, víš?"
chlapeček: "Ne, nechci nic koupit."
maminka: "Nechceš koláček?"
chlapeček (už nasupeně): "Máme jablíčka!"
Za císaře pána, neboli Hercegovinu, mám spojenou s asi nejsilnější vzpomínkou na mého dědu, se kterým se písnička vždycky zpívala na chalupě u krbu. Děda byl úžasné zapálený do každého vstávání (rozhodně se muselo vstávat na císaře pána zvlášť a na jeho rodinu zvlášť) a jeho entusiasmus následovalo vždy aspoň sedm vnoučat za mohutných záchvatů smíchu.
A ano, naše verze je jediná správná, škoda že ji má zbytek světa tak nejak pomotanou... :)
1.v táborákovém provedení to zní líp, věřte mi, melancholické pocítěníčko, nemám co dodat
2. xxxxx
3. (tohle je nejbližsí text, co jsem našla tomu, co zpíváme - aneb když člověk zistí, že jeho verze písničky očividně neexistuje, protože ta originální písnička začíná jinde, má víc slok a některé ty sloky prostě neodpovídají, ehm). každopádně tohle si, dle mého názoru, zaslouží tu být už jen kvůli tomu vstávání a salutování, které člověk musí asi 6x podstoupit
I don't think I understand dwarves. I get that Khazad-dûm is their main, greatest and most beautiful city, a cultural treasure, but some pretty terrible things did happened there. And yet all they want is to reclaim it again and actually live there. It's like if elves were trying to restore the ruins of Gondolin (were it possible). "Sure, it was our most beautiful stronghold once, but on the other hand thousands of our people died here horribly... which doesn't give me nightmares at all..." I mean, the dwarves deserve our respect.
You are amazing. Seriously, amazing...
posting this very late but i voted for maedhros today at 12 AND i had this sign with me
(sadly i was too scared to take a photo at the polling place) (i had to give up the sign before entering the building, i handed it to someone in the queue and got it back later)
This really just shows that more than 70 % percent of earth surface is covered by water.
That being said : Cambodia, between Sesan and Mekong river.
go to this random coordinates generator and say in the tags how you would fare if you were dropped where it generates without warning. i’ll go first i’d be dropped in the middle of the fucking south atlantic ocean and perish
Feanor was the first, who predicted the end of Infinity War.
I have a feeling this won’t get a lot of notes, as the majority of people only know characters from the movies (which is totally fine) but I just wanted to see.
“There Grímhild dwelt,
guileful in counsel,
grimhearted queen
grey with wisdom,
with lore of leechcraft,
lore of poison,
with chill enchantment
and with changing spells.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien: Völsungakviða en nýja
Not gonna lie, Grímhild sounds cool.
Bunch of pictures I made for pallette meme using this palette:
Fingon
Galadriel, Eol and Aredhel, Maglor
Celegorm
Tolkien, Czech Republic, mythology, anything I like
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