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언제 어디에 있어도 함께하지 못해도 우린 늘 그렇듯 웃음꽃 피워요 💖 💎

like I remember saying once ‘I’ll miss the ocean here :(’ (I live in the middle of the US) and my South African friend was like “??? won’t you just road trip to go see it? Don’t you road trip everywhere?’ and I was like, ‘I mean, yes, yeh. I can’t deny that.’ and they’d nod their head like ‘that’s exactly as it should be you funky little american, that’s how it is’

like, it never occurred to me other people didn’t frequently jump in their car and traverse the great straight and endless roads of your huge-ass corn-and-cow country for hours on end for fun

anything that contains the phrase “secret BBC memo reveals” intrigues me automatically ngl but I want you all to know that as far as I can gather, the facts are even better than this headline

which is to say, this was part of an initiative in the early 1970s that not only featured marginalized groups on BBC programming, but made moves towards handing them editorial control – the BBC had to approve proposals, but after that, the station’s role was primarily to provide technical resources, facilities, and copyright handling. (another notable program under this initiative featured Black teachers discussing racism in the school system, and a link to that – plus discussion of the hurdles it faced – can be found here).

the program on trans experience was aired in 1973.

The programme, featuring trans women, began: “Jokes about ‘the operation’ are all that most people know about transexualism [sic]. Tonight’s group discuss their situation in a more serious and comprehensive way, and draw attention to the many difficulties they endure”.

2: David Attenborough was a childhood hero of mine and i’m glad to see he was always a champ

3: look at these related articles