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Coco made latinx/mexican people feel the elation of their visually stunning arts being shown, feel extra proud of their traditions, feel cherished

Black Panther made black people from every culture every continent feel such pride such happiness such warmth.

Love, Simon has made lgbt+ people from the youngest to the old feel understood feel overjoyed feel magic.

The age of puberty has declined over the centuries as girls get better nutrition, as well, so throughout the middle ages the age at which a girl could expect her first period was around 16, where modern girls often get it much younger. 

The idea that women in earlier ages were married and mothers in their early teens is a myth. Marriages of children were usually only between noble families, and made for political reasons, or creepy old bastards who wanted a child-wife and could get away with it because they were rich and powerful. They often would point to the fact that the Roman elite did the same thing as justification. The Romans, of course, would point to the Greeks doing the same thing as justification, the Greeks pointed at the Assyrians, and so on back through the ages. 

It was considered disgusting by normal people then and still is. 

Let’s look an an egregious example, Henry the bloody VIII:

First marriage:

He was 18, Katharine of Aragon was 23.

Second marriage:

He was 40/41, Anne Boleyn, depending on which theory you believe, was anywhere between 24 to 32.

Third marriage:

He was 44, Jane Seymour was 28.

Fourth marriage:

He was 48, Anne of Cleves was 25

Fifth marriage:

He was 48, Catherine Howard, depending on which source you believe, was between 17-22. And yes, people at the time actually were squicked out by this age difference. And rightly so.

Sixth marriage:

He was 51, Catherine Parr was 31. 

Even the most notorious LECHER and WIFE MURDERER in history did not marry teenagers in at least 5 if not 6 out of 6 marriages. 

And here’s another Tudor tidbit, both Henry VII and VIII knew how traumatic and damaging it is for women marrying/having children too young. Henry VII’s mother was married at 12 and gave birth to Henry VII at 13. It caused so much damage and trauma that she never had another child after him despite being married three times.

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And as for the marriage of Elizabeth Woodville to King Edward IV, she was 27 at the time. He? Was 22. 

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She collected boys and girls clothes from 10 of the biggest retailers that were all meant for kids of around the same size and age and measured them. What she found was that the girls’ shirts were one to three inches thinner. The sleeves were shorter. And the girls’ shorts were barely a third of the length.

I know this was true when I was a kid, but it’s gotten a lot worse since then.

They’re not only eliminating tips for minimum wage workers, they’ve also stopped paying workers for their breaks.

I think that a lot of what makes a couple interesting is the chemistry and sometimes creators set out to create a great romance between two characters but the actors don’t really have great chemistry. Maybe one of the actors has much better chemistry with another actor on the show. But the writers are just intent on creating that magical OTP with those two specific people. Sometimes a relationship is just written badly. And sometimes the actors lack chemistry and the writing is bad. 

I think a prime example of this from another crime drama is Gil Grissom and Sara Siddle. I never thought the characters had great chemistry and the relationship was written badly. The writers were determined to make them the OTP but then they struggled with creating interesting ways to put the relationship into the episodes and then it got horribly melodramatic. 

For Brenda and Frtiz specifically. IMO I think the actors had some really wonderful chemistry and I think the right actors were chosen. My problem with the relationship was mostly due to Brenda’s behavior in it. They way she was always taking advange of Fritz. She was always manipulating him and was always so self involved that whatever was going on with her was always more important than Fritz’ problems. That’s why the end of TC is so much better than the end of MC because Brenda learned with the death of her mother that she was putting the dead before the living. 

Blossom I think you hit the nail on the head when you said “Brenda never really had to pay for her mistakes in their relationship.” Everything she did, everything she did for years in their relationship always just ended up turning out okay and fine in the end. It’s nice in fantasy land but in reality it’s not very healthy for either of them. 

Roslinadama, Thank you for bringing up Brenda still being emotionally involved with Pope. That is something that has always always bothered me. I was always just waiting for Fritz to say something to her about it or for him to stumble upon the photos she still had of the two of them. But it never happened! She was actually on the verge of going out with Pope while she and Frtiz were dating! 

As for Sharon and Andy, I knew they were going to end up as a couple before I started watching. Due to tumblr gif sets that compared Roslin/Adama with Shandy. I thought they were cute but I never actually felt Shandy until after they got together. And then I really felt Shandy. It’s really the subtext and the chemistry the actors give the characters and their relationship that make up what is the relationship. Their subtext gives the relationship some really wonderful layers. The sad thing is is that he who shall not be named had zero interest in the relationship. Shandy was only used to kick up the ratings and as a dangling carrot for viewers.  

The relationship was different because it was healthy and a relationship between two people over the age of 60. Which so rare. So many relationships on television are unhealthy, toxic and dysfunctional. Its dramatic and exciting but it isn’t what someone in the real world should look to in a relationship. Which is one of the reasons why I love Shandy so much. 

I also remember thinking that if the roles had been reversed and Brenda had been a guy and if it were me in that situation my red flags would have been flaring. If a guy treated me the way that Brenda treated Fritz(not giving a damn about my job, only being interested in himself and his day not caring at all about mine, completely self absorbed to the point that he couldn’t even remember my ex-husband’s name, having me take care of his parents every time they came to town, not really interested in planning our wedding and leaving it all up to me to find a venue and also leaving me to find a house for us on my own) I would have run in the other direction realizing that he was not really invested in our relationship or in me. BTW, remember how easy Sharon and Andy looked for a home together. Andy made sure to video his visit to the home and Sharon sat and watched the video and then enthusiastically visited the home with him. She wasn’t disintersted, she didn’t leave it all up to him. Equals. Partners. Being functional does not make people boring.

And TD was the same. Andy and Sharon reflected each other and then Mary and Tony took the time to fill in the blanks with their fans.

It’s almost like there were two different shows - the one the writers gave us, and the one MM and TD brought to life. I can’t remember any other show where the leads were so concerned that the fans were connected.

The Blood Tribe in southern Alberta has honoured the success of one of its members, Eugene Brave Rock.

A ceremony held at the Tatsikiisaapo'p Middle School on Thursday saw the 39-year-old actor bestowed with a headdress — the highest honour given in First Nations culture.

“Not just anybody can get a headdress,” said his aunt, Ramona Bighead, who attended the ceremony.

“Only the most notable people get one. We felt that Eugene deserved that honour.”

Brave Rock is making waves in entertainment circles for his recent role as “Chief” in Wonder Woman, the DC Comics superhero film distributed by Warner Bros.

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Born and raised on the Blood reserve, Brave Rock was highly influenced by his Blackfoot culture.

Bighead believes her nephew has displayed leadership to the community while earning the headdress honour.

“For him being an actor, in my opinion, he’s probably going to portray an Indigenous person on screen again,” she said.

“Now he has the full right to wear a headdress. No one can ever say, ‘Hey, you have no right to wear this.’”

This is why you are not exempt from statements about “all men” even if you are overall good.

You benefit from the bar constantly being lowered by systemic issues within the gender.

My. Fucking. Kidney.