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Constance Wu is laying her career on the line to remind you that the Oscars have rewarded Casey Affleck for abusive behavior toward women

Casey Affleck’s breakout performance in Manchester by the Sea has drawn attention back to the pair of sexual harassment lawsuits he settled out of court just a few years ago.

A young woman is imprisoned in a castle by a monstrously formed prince. The servants of the castle hope for them to fall in love, and when the spell is broken they assume their prayers have been answered. They are all surprised, but nonetheless pleased, when it is revealed to them that the young woman and prince are the truest of friends, and nothing more.

They say the kingdom is ruled by an evil queen, a woman who is incapable of loving. She is unmarried, she has no consorts, and she wishes for no partner. She is the wretched queen, the heartless queen. She must hate her daughter, for her daughter is beautiful, and women are incapable of liking another woman who’s prettier than themselves. It must be for this reason that the princess was sent away, not for how she was attacked by a man in the woods. They say the kingdom is ruled by an evil queen because she cannot love. The queen loves her daughter, and that is enough for them both.

There lives a prince who is forced to choose a bride at the ball. He meets many beautiful women, but find none which he loves. He spies one in a gorgeous gown and wonder in her eyes, and he dances with her all night long. The kingdom is sure he has found his bride. When the clock strikes midnight he tells her how he will never love a woman, or a man, in the way he is expected to. The beautiful woman smiles and tells him she expects nothing from him. The next morning the prince and the beautiful woman are missing, having run off together to see the world. They leave their shoes behind in their haste.

but when nazis are given public platforms to speak, harrass jewish people, lgbt people, poc, muslims, etc, we’re told “it’s just free speech! it’s not like they physically harmed you, you have no proof that they will!”

people are saying “all the real nazis are dead, you can’t be a real nazi anymore. they’re just neo-nazis or white supremacists.” JUST neo-nazis? JUST white supremacists?

these monsters are not “people with conflicting views.” they are advocates for VIOLENT ideologies that call for the extermination of enormous groups of people.

do not be complicit in putting at-risk groups in danger because you don’t know the difference between violent, dangerous rhetoric and an “opinion.”

nazi ideology is violent by virtue of being nazi ideology. nazi speech is not “just” words. it is representative of something absolutely deadly. it is not something that can be fought with words, or positivity, or civil discussion.

salope (salop): bitch

putain: whore

sacre bleu: damn 

merde: shit

c'est des conneries: that’s bullshit

nique ta mere: fuck your mother

je m'en fou: i don’t give a fuck

conasse: ass/cunt

i’m so full of shit

I need a new show to watch! Something with an LGBTQ+ storyline (because representation) but nothing that will take up all of my free time and keep me from all of my studies (because my classes are hard). Aka, Shameless is on my list for spring break. 

I’ll take suggestions that don’t have those things but ya know, they’re fun.