On September 11th 1973, US-backed General Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected leader of Chile, Salvadore Allende. Pinochet ordered an air strike on the Presidential Palace, labor activists and famous folk guitarists were rounded up for torture, disappeared, and killed. Pinochet converted the national football stadium into a detention facility like Guantanamo Bay. Chile’s economy was turned into a plantation for the 1%, as inequality and poverty skyrocketed under the imposed Milton Friedman-style economic model. Over 40,000 Chileans became victims of Pinochet’s terror. In response, the Nixon administration committed more money, more training, more torture equipment. The world didn’t begin on September 11th, 2001. Rather, for the first time in modern history, Americans were visited by the same violence the US has imposed since its creation. In Chile, the US murdered tens of thousands and impoverished millions. This wasn’t America’s first foray in international terrorism, nor would it be the last. The United States security state is a terrorist and a plague on the people of the world.
1. So fucking glad that they are having GG be a group project and not one individual and even though i think adults preying on children's privacy is disgusting (as gossip itself always has been), it's at least an interesting set up. Interested to see how the teacher dynamics will change the GG account as it goes though
2. NATE ARCHIBALD AS AN EXAMPLE OF BEST STUDENT?? someone who wrote this loves @rainathorpe and I personally
3. Poly ship poly ship poly ship
"it's different with you and aki"
"in a good way?"
"in the best way"
AND THEN
"you know you can think of him"
4. Julien and Zoya were so cute at first, I wish they had paced out that friendship throughout the season, but I'm also SO glad they didn't pull a Julien/Obi/Zoya cheating arc
5. I love the sound of Kristen Bell's voice
6. Zoya's dad is cute and it's interesting that he also has a unresolved relationship with the UES like Rufus even if not romantic
7. Super glad the power balance of the main trio isn't minions. Luna is shown to be an actual stylist, Monet is the one bossing Julien half the time as an actual manager, and Julien might be the influence but she's also a face. Which, the whole influencer thing is interesting in its own right
8. Max and his family of gays!!
9. Monet sitting like a queen in front of her throne!
10. Aki and his references 👌 I love this kid even more than I thought i might
11. Obi is a little annoying, but that's bc i don't want a rich white savior kid moralizing out of guilt with my trashy teen soaps lol. I don't think they had to go quite that hard to connect him with Zoya but whatever lol it's only the pilot
12. Also very unhappy with how the teachers dubbed the darkest-skinned character Monet "the villain", like bitch please.
13. I'm looking forward to actually getting to see Audrey's relationship with Julien, it was definitely overshadowed by Audrey's sex scenes they needed the promos for apparently
((that being said, it was nice to see the gender reversal of the typical standing male gratification sex scene))
14. this is something so tiny only i will care but i do love that they finally addressed campus roaming privileges even if in one sentence
AND LAST but... the digs at headbands, at chuck/blair being pre-cancel culture, and the former student now teacher being accused of being gossip girl were great
WALL·E (2008), dir. Andrew Stanton
There was a zoo at my school and every student had to take care of the animals except the animals were gigantic freaking lions and alligators. I was assigned a baby alligator and the only task was "make sure it doesn't escape".
It escaped.
a message from Rahul Kohli
the queasy feeling when dylan and sadie start to kiss.... the growing panic when you realize they’re fully making out... that’s exactly how people should have reacted to seeing jake and taylor. people either ignored this gut feeling or completely didn’t have it, and that’s a problem. how blatantly the film cuts to the chase and doesnt beat around the bush isn’t just a perfect demonstration of how taylor is committed to allowing herself to fully present and process what she really went through, but of how committed she is to using her art to prevent other young women and vulnerable people from finding themselves in similar situations, whether it’s from their own heightened awareness or the awareness of people around them who can step in if need be
Girl the writers said “let’s put Cassie through the fckin ringer this episode” huh???
the new world awaits you
Could you maybe clarify what sort of clues we’re looking for here?
STRANGER THINGS 4 Creel House Teaser
i rest my case
soooo funny that marvel keeps completely fucking up Thor’s character and then being like “taika 🥺🥺 can you come fix him please 🥺🥺🥺” and he just does