1. will and elizabeth’s love story

2. elizabeth becoming pirate king

3. avoiding sexualizing elizabeth or the other female pirate characters in the first 3 films by allowing them to wear period-accurate pirate outfits that aren’t tailored to be revealing and impractical for ‘sex appeal’ just because they’re women

6. I run a corseting panel at cons and literally use Elizabeth’s lace-up scene as a video clip of what historical corseting was actually like, because the only thing they got wrong in this scene is that tightlacing wouldn’t be a thing for about another 200 years (and you couldn’t tightlace with the corset style Elizabeth is wearing anyway). It’s one of the most accurate corseting scenes I’ve ever seen.

7. Will’s hat.

8. That scene with all the pirates on the gallows where that little boy starts singing Hoist the Colours? Yeah, that’s fucking legendary. The rest of AWE was kind of a trash fire, but that scene gave me goosebumps.

9. There’s this great shot in the first one where they really drive home the class differences inherent in this time period by having the governor talking about progress and civilization to Elizabeth in their carriage, and then they cut to a shot outside the carriage where a beggar gets splashed by mud from the wheel. It’s a perfect way to underline that everything is not, in fact, a nice little upper-class fairytale, and to give some weight to Will’s storyline, because he has a lot more in common with that beggar than with the governor.

10. For its time, the CGI was fucking amazing.

11. And let’s not forget the work of the makeup department, which had to actually invent new ways of putting on makeup for this movie.

12. The governor’s death scene. Holy shit.

13. They could have gone with a Jack/Will/Elizabeth love triangle, but they didn’t. There are some hints Jack is in love (or at least in lust) with Elizabeth, but he recognizes that she loves Will, and that’s that.

2. They had a woman pirate right in the first film, when the tradition is to only show male ones (hell, the PotC ride at Disney had a wench auction scene until recently). And it was a female pirate of colour at that!

3. Elizabeth may not have known how to fight in the first film, but she wasn’t helpless either. Her first instinct was to fight, but she also had the brains to recognize when it was best to hide instead. Plus when given the chance she stabbed Barbosa that one time.

4. Elizabeth’s lack of fighting ability was not simply because she was a woman, it was clear it was due to her societal circumstances, since we saw other women of different socioeconomic backgrounds being able to fight (and when given the opportunity to learn Elizabeth took to fighting like a duck on water).

5. The Hoist the Colours scene where we see pirates of multiple ethnicities and their varying flags, reminding us that pirates came in all shapes and sizes and weren’t just white men.

6. One of the Pirate Lords being yet ANOTHER woman of colour. She may not have had much of a speaking role if memory serves, but even her presence is already a big deal.

Davy Jones CGI is legendary and a ton better than some of the stuff done today 😄

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“To avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, I am suspending these initiatives until after the election is concluded,” Louis DeJoy said in a statement.

The postmaster general said retail hours at post offices will remain unchanged, mail processing equipment and collection boxes will not be removed and no mail processing facilities will be closed.

DeJoy’s announcement comes as his leadership of the Postal Service has received withering scrutiny from lawmakers in both parties voicing concerns about mail delays and changes at the agency. The timing of the changes drew backlash given that voters are expected to heavily rely on mail-in ballots this November due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“I came to the Postal Service to make changes to secure the success of this organization and its long-term sustainability,” DeJoy said in a statement. “I believe significant reforms are essential to that objective, and work toward those reforms will commence after the election. (x)

obviously the library for books. but your local library might not publicize what services it has for ebooks and audiobooks that much. many subscribe to services like Overdrive, which has an app called Libby that is incredibly easy to use. if your library system uses it, you just log in with your library login, and can check out ebooks and audiobooks. in the US you can read the ebooks on your Kindle as well. Some books from your library may not show up in Overdrive, so also check what other services they use, like Hoopla, or CloudLibrary, or a number of other apps. They’re all fairly easy to use!

if you want to buy books and support your local independent bookstore, many people have pointed to Indiebound, but that’s mostly just a directory. My favorite site is called Bookshop. Many indie bookstores have Bookshop storefronts, where basically you use their affiliate link and can buy anything on Bookshop and the profits will all go to that bookstore. You can even buy eBooks, which are delivered via the MyMustReads app, and audiobooks, which are delivered through LibroFM. If you just use Bookshop’s regular site and not an affiliate link, the proceeds will be split between many independent bookstores. You’ll know you’re supporting your bookstore because the logo for your store is at the top of your shopping experience the whole time. 

If you need books shipped internationally/non-U.S.A., try BetterWorldBooks. They’re a great alternative to Book Depository (owned by Amazon). They have tons of used options, sales, new, paperback, hardback, and free shipping in almost every country. Plus they donate books to people in need, and offset their carbon emissions.

If you like to purchase rarer books, try Biblio. They’re a great alternative to AbeBooks (owned by Amazon), and share many of the same independent sellers, so you can find many of the same rare books without supporting amazon.

GoodReads is owned by Amazon, but if you want to track your reading and get recommendations for new things to read AND give half and quarter stars, try the Storygraph, a newly developed site with a much better interface.

You shouldn’t bother with Audible because you can get most of those books for free on Libby from the library anyway, and it’s owned by Amazon. But did you know if you’d like to purchase an audiobook, you can do so from an independent bookstore? Check out Libro.fm. They even have a subscription service just like Audible, and it’s the exact same price.

I’ll reblog with more as I find them but if people know some good ones get in there! As a general rule, before you buy anything, do a quick google of “Does Amazon own X”. Even the BIGGEST companies, you’d be surprised. (Like my mom not knowing about Zappos, or people in publishing not knowing about Book Directory).