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sweden's host: hello lena!

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:09:21 -0400

sweden's host: hello lena! graham norton: UGH graham norton: i thought i'd see one eurovision...

europeans: OH SNAP AMERICA NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU HAHA THIS IS OUR SPECIAL DAY YOU GUYS ARE LEFT OUT YOU'RE MISSING OUT OOOO

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:05:47 -0400

europeans: OH SNAP AMERICA NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU HAHA THIS IS OUR SPECIAL DAY YOU GUYS ARE LEFT OUT...

"Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:05:12 -0400

“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you...

hasta la vista ima gonna say goodbye to you whatever happens we’ll always be true send me ya...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:50:48 -0400

hasta la vista ima gonna say goodbye to you whatever happens we’ll always be true send me ya...

milaellen: <3

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:49:31 -0400

milaellen:

<3

kitchenelves: Mini Tortilla-Crust Pizza

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:47:53 -0400

kitchenelves:

Mini Tortilla-Crust Pizza

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Sat, 18 May 2013 10:43:33 -0400

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Sat, 18 May 2013 10:42:09 -0400

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Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:52 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts: nelkhael: Throne of Games.

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:39:23 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

nelkhael:

Throne of Games.

reallyfoxnews: Fox News headlines v. real headlines, part...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:39:15 -0400

reallyfoxnews:

Fox News headlines v. real headlines, part 2425183.

The brunette part is really important.

mahkitten: g-iggle: do you ever get like that mini exorcism spazz shiver shit and be all yuuup

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:37:43 -0400

mahkitten: g-iggle: do you ever get like that mini exorcism spazz shiver shit and be all yuuup

LGBT Laughs: How Not to be Predatory: A Guide for Lesbian/Bi/Queer Women

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:37:33 -0400

LGBT Laughs: How Not to be Predatory: A Guide for Lesbian/Bi/Queer Women: gaymakeouts: Don’t ask a...

awesomephilia: shawna-marie: Supposedly there is a new study...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:36:22 -0400

awesomephilia:

shawna-marie:

Supposedly there is a new study that says when a woman sits on a guy’s hips when he is doing a chest press, his testosterone rises up to about 97.9% which promotes strength and muscle growth.

Probably not the only thing that rises up to about 97.9%

imalmostoutofminutesdean: sweettoothwanderlust: i tried to...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:01:48 -0400

imalmostoutofminutesdean:

sweettoothwanderlust:

i tried to scroll past it

ikenbot: arachnis-deathicus: Gonna quickly throw in an epic...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:38 -0400

ikenbot:

arachnis-deathicus:

Gonna quickly throw in an epic quote I found on this article.

KJKJ: Gene Roddenberry, with balls of brass, got up on national tv and said, “hey people, if a geneticist took all the best DNA from planet Earth and put it together to make the best human the world has ever seen - he wouldn’t be a white guy.”

This is why I find the casting of a white actor in this role to be so repugnant. They are not whitewashing an Asian role, they are saying that the best genetic material that the entirety of this world and it’s diversity has to offer….still comes from a white guy.

As much as I love scifi and in that, star trek, I’m going to have to exercise my right as a moviegoer not to see this film and support it with my money for this very reason. This is coming from a J.J. Abrams fanboy who’s been on the ‘Bad Robot’ bandwagon since its inception, since lost, fringe, super 8, and anything scifi related touched by Abrams.

But I feel like if I do go I’d be the biggest fucking hypocrite to call out white washing while watching an evidently white washed film. I can’t deal with seeing Hollywood continuously cast us people of color as background and supporting characters or automatically assign roles to white people where a person of color would be a likelier fit. It makes no real sense to the authenticity of the story you’re trying to tell to use some white guy, you essentially say that was your best pick of all the actors both white and colored available, and that’s bullshit. Even when it would make more sense to make it genuinely diverse, not half-ass it.

I know you’ve seen me promote the film on here but that was before it was officially confirmed who would be playing Kahn, since Abrams was coy enough to keep that under wraps until the movie was released. Such a potentially great film ruined by shitty casting and typical white wash. Maybe this may not mean much to white people since it just further promotes the idea that they’re the best example of a human whether dealing with intelligent and valiant heroes or intelligent, multidimensional and valiant villains. But to me, I’m pretty sick and tired of that bullshit and obviously intentional white washing of the real diversity we’re a part of. It shouldn’t be this disproportiate and we have to speak out on bullshit like this even when our favorite directors are doing it.

So as much as it pains my little scifi driven heart, Star Trek: Into Whiteness, I pass.

like okay this makes more sense than when my sister was original trying to explain it to me, but here’s just like,w hat i was thinking about it, being someone who went into this movie not knowing any of this backstory/controversy/issues whatever. i had zero context outside of the film itself.

maybe i wasn’t listening as closely as i should’ve been but it didn’t come across as kahn was like the ultimate combo of all human dna? like, all i got from it was “genetic modifications”->”super human peeps” and kahn is one of these super human peeps. he was shown to be a bad guy right from the start, so at no point was i thinking “this is an exemplary specimen the best of humanity combined so obvs white” i was thinking “this is an engineered super smart super evil dude” who just happens to be more dangerous because he’s so smart. so like, again maybe i just missed a critical line in the film, but to me Kahn wasn’t a combo of awesome human dna, he was more than, he was engineered to be other than a natural person could be. so the idea that the best combo of human dna would produce notawhiteperson wasn’t even a thing (to me).

considering what i just said, i’d also like to point out that when i was watching it my initial reaction was ‘yay they didn’t make the bad guy an evil arab terrorist yet again’. like i was glad they didn’t do that like every other action film seems to~

so yeah, i definitely understand now why people would be upset that Kahn was white. i’m just saying that the issue it has raised for me while watching the movie was a non issue because apparently i didn’t fully understand his creation story as well as i should’ve, and i dunno if that is the movie’s fault for not explaining fully or mine for not listening.?.

…at this point i’ve definitely blabbed on way too much and someone is probably going to just tear this to pieces in a minute but honestly i would fully welcome that because tumblr tends to do this amazing thing where they make me see angles to issues that i never did before and bring it on~

[P.S.-aside from this all i’d just like to raise a tiny hand and say that i thought benedict was amazing in his role truly the tops and he’s probably one of the best actors of his generation]

Headcanon accepted

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:22:56 -0400

Headcanon accepted

went to see star trek with my seesta and it was reallyreallyreally good aces ten high would...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:55:00 -0400

went to see star trek with my seesta and it was reallyreallyreally good aces ten high would...

my panorwhatthefuck?

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:53:47 -0400

my panorwhatthefuck?

theluckyfinn replied to your post: omg watching the season finale of the office and… I don’t...

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:18:22 -0400

theluckyfinn replied to your post: omg watching the season finale of the office and… I don’t...