Harbinger Company London: Les Enfants Terribles casting -
Les Enfants Terribles by Jean Cocteau, by courtesy of Mr Bergé, President of the Comité Jean Cocteau
Adapted for the stage by Helen Shutt
This classic of French literature, Jean Cocteau’s masterwork, is being adapted for the English stage for the first time. It is the story of siblings…
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“Bruce is great… If you don’t agree with that you’re a pretentious Martian from Venus.”
The great Joe Strummer on the great Bruce Springsteen.
“Raise a glass to Saint Joe Strummer, I think he might have been our only decent teacher”
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words & turds: karnythia: nickgonzo answered your question: So, I keep seeing these... -
nickgonzo answered your question: So, I keep seeing these random posts in various fandoms about how “unrealistic” it is that there black people present in the fantasy equivalent of the Middle Ages or the Renaissance or whatever. Um, I know history isn’t the…
So, a character for whom there is scant historical evidence - Arthur - cannot be married to a character for whom there is no historical evidence - Guinevere - if she’s black, because that would be unrealistic? It’s interesting to note the point at which some people start to take issue with the historical accuracy of a TV show.
words & turds: this one's for all you straight white boys -
I have tears in my eyes after reading this.
who are jealous of the colored revolution,
because for you, the rainbow has never been enuf,
this is for all you hurt straight white boys, so clenched straining
struggling for potency, oh all you straight white boys
i hear how hard it is for you.
i’ve heard all…
“And frankly, getting so incredibly butthurt about something so benign is causing more problems than it’s helping. We’re all more than aware by now that whitey (especially male whitey) has miles of eggshells to walk on when it comes to being respectful of other cultures and not accidentally offending or “erasing” anyone when they put their four-year-old son in a ninja costume because he thinks ninjas are super cool. But if we treat everything like it’s a four-alarm, racist fire, we’re going to lose focus on the things that actuallly need to be dealt with. Every culture, tradition, etc—of EVERY color and part of the world—should be fair game for Halloween. It’s not just caucasian traditions and cultures that are ok for parody or emulation, it’s everyone’s. So we once again go back to my general, all-encompassing theme of picking your battles.” —
Chelsea Fagan’s Blog: Got Another Question That I Felt Deserved A Legitimate Answer (via desalmada)
LOL this is an entirely too wordy post of a white girl telling you what you should and shouldn’t be offended by. yawn and yawn. and not well-argued. and derailing and privileged as balls, of course.
“STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO ALL THE RACIST WHITES’ INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS, CUZ THEN YOU’RE LOSING SIGHT OF THE REAL PROBLEM.” ha. ha. NO. cause racism is the problem. and the way it manifests is in these so-called “benign” actions. when you address the problem, you are addressing both the symptom AND the cause—the douche-bag, his/her entitlement, and the history that makes it offensive in the first place.
YOU SHOULD NOT FEEL PRESSURED to limit how many times you get offended or upset by something. you should be paying attention and examining things closely—if you care about eradicating racism, and therefore analyze everything in a racist context, talk about it. because talking about these “benign” (but actually racist) things fosters thinking about privilege, history, entitlement, and oppression. and if you can bring up a new perspective to someone who was blinded by their privilege, then it’s a good thing. avoiding your feelings and staying silent gives the privileged oppressor the power and confirms that their RACIST ASS ACTIONS will go unchallenged because they have white might and can go around doing whatever the fuck they want.
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She does have a point though, when she says that there are bigger battles to pick than a white person dressing up as a geisha for Halloween (without intent to offend, of course). She’s not dismissing the idea of white people being culturally insensitive or racist, because they can be, but choosing to fight racism by yelling at people with geisha costumes is a bad focus of efforts. I’d be more pressed to fight racism by advocating for a more diverse workplace, or that sort of thing. It’s like anything that white people do, even when doesn’t come with the intention to offend, ruffles everyone else’s feathers. Let’s pick a fight with those who do use our culture to deliberately offend us— leave the 4-year-old kid dressed up as a ninja alone.
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nope. telling people what parts of racism they should pay attention to is privileged dictation in itself. AND JUST BECAUSE I AM TELLING SOME GIRL THAT HER NATIVE AMERICAN COSTUME IS OFFENSIVE, DOES NOT MEAN I AM NOT AN ACTIVIST FOR ANTI-RACIST POLICIES ON MY CAMPUS AND COMMUNITIES. smaller & bigger scales are appropriate for all—whatever access someone has to fight racism, they can and should take it.
THIS IS THE ULTIMATE POSITION OF PRIVILEGE—whites telling people of color that there is a “right” and “wrong” way to fight racism.
and it’s fucking ridiculous.
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Ditto what Sara said. I’d also add that the available options of the white-defined ‘reasons to be offended’ are unbelievably inconsistent. If I, a white person, dressed as, for example, a Zulu, other white people would instantly defend the right of a person of colour (being English, I’m not terribly au fait with preferred terms of reference in America. Apologies if this is not an appropriate term and please correct me!) to be offended by my costume. However, if I pop a sombrero on my head, a fake moustache on my upper lip and some fake tan on my skin, suddenly white people don’t bat an eyelash at my equally offensive costume. Or, to take Sara’s example, a feather in my leather headband, some turquoise jewelry, suede fringing and moccasins.
Also, I’m disappointed Chelsea chooses to engage with the ninja as a cultural reference. Having spent time in Japan, with Japanese people, and studied Japanese culture - as a hobby, rather than in an academic context - it’s pretty clear to me that the modern image of the ‘ninja’ is almost entirely pop-culture, both here and in Japan, and bears almost to resemblance in either semiotic stature or image to its origins. But perhaps that’s by the by.
Also, I found the term ‘butthurt’ deeply irritating.
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words & turds: can i be a good girlfriend even though i feel so many feelings? -
Yet another insightful perspective on the lasting effects of a fundamentally racist, misogynistic culture. Having just written that sentence, I was struck by how painfully reductive it is. Sara is a woman I don’t know, but I have been following on the internet for some time now and is a woman whom I find fiercely intelligent, funny and beautiful. Therefore, my appreciation of the perceptiveness of this piece of writing runs alongside my desire to hug a woman I don’t know because she is struggling with an issue that has been foisted upon her by men who look, speak and quite possibly act a lot like me.
When I went to reblog this post I wasn’t even going to put anything before it. Ah well.
so, as you know, i am in my first “serious” (?) relationship and this has really made me examine my insecurities and fears as a sexual partner, a woman (of color) and a significant other.
a few days ago, i felt strangely about being an asian woman in my relationship. to be clear: my boyfriend…
An awesome review for my great Australian friend’s show at the Melbourne Fringe. She’s a great poet - just so you know it. See what I did there?
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words & turds: thetart: White kids? I need y’all to listen. We are not all Troy... -
White kids? I need y’all to listen.
We are not all Troy Davis.
This would not happen to us.
No, cork it and let that settle in for a second. This would not happen to us in this country and in this “justice” system and in this white supremacist culture that lets us think it’s the…