Tongue tied & twisted, just an earthbound misfit

I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS GET THE SAME FEEDBACK WHEN THEY GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH ME

Neither of my supervisors had never gotten it before either. They had to think for a while, and then it turned into them telling me how great I am and what they love about me.

This stuff is real. I would also say: none of it is lying. This is taking experience that you normally downplay and write off, and putting it in accurate words they’ll understand.

It’s hacking the capitalist system. Why ISN’T helping a kid with homework “tutoring”, when the only thing missing is a paycheck?

It’s especially important for anyone who isn’t a cis white man, because many of us are so thoroughly trained to feel like we are not good enough.

Privilege tells people they can fake it, and that they’re good enough just as people and can learn the skills on the job. Abuse and oppression tell people they aren’t good enough as people and that even their high skills are probably below average, and that unless they had the specific job title or were using certain skills officially, nobody will think it counts.

I was at Disneyland yesterday and when I walked into the Princess Fantasy Faire I welled up with tears as I witnessed a magical moment with the newest princess Elena of Avalor speaking in full Spanish to a small princess visiting from Latin America.

Rihanna made an appearance at the Ivy League school to accept a plaque given to her by Allen Counter, the director of the Harvard Foundation. She was named Humanitarian of the Year by Harvard University. 29-year-old star, who by the way has never graduated high school, was honored thanks for her charitable efforts. She created an oncology center in Barbados to fight breast cancer ans found the non-profit, The Clara Lionel Foundation Global Scholarship Program, to assist in funding Caribbean-born students who attend college in the U.S. Rihanna also backs the Global Partnership for Education and Global Citizen Project, that provides ‘access to education in over 60 developing countries, giving priority to girls, and those affected by lack of access to education in the world today.’

The first gay Disney character is literally named The Fool

He’s unrequitedly in love with a straight man

A straight man who bullies and abuses him

Le Fou will 99% likely NOT get a happy ending

He’s being played by someone known to be straight

His sexuality is basically a joke

His sexuality is likely to be the butt of a joke the entire movie

We already know the character will be the butt of the joke even if his sexuality itself isn’t

His entire role in the movie is to be evil and stupid comic relief and boost Gaston’s self-esteem 

He’s described as “confused” 

Queercoding villains and Disney go together like peanut butter and jelly 

Disney is patting itself on the back for all of this

His character description is stereotypical

Le Fou being gay for Gaston is already something of a cultural joke

He’s barely in the movie

He’s the only gay person in a love story, he will end up alone and evil

People have been saying how you could improve the story by making it gay for years and of all the ideas this is the worst possible option for picking a gay character

We coulda had lesbian Beast

Kids will have this as their first gay Disney character

For some kids this will be their first gay character period

It will be their ONLY gay Disney character

They chose to make a shot for shot remake of the animated movie with the most whitebread actors and the only thing they want to change up is making the evil fool gay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakla

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathoey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muxe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Spirit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%27afafine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81h%C5%AB

http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820633,00.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/05/30/153990125/in-mexico-mixed-genders-and-muxes

http://www.nativepeoples.com/Native-Peoples/May-June-2014/Two-Spirit-The-Story-of-a-Movement-Unfolds/

http://theculturetrip.com/pacific/samoa/articles/fa-afafines-the-third-gender/

THE WESTERN IDEA OF TWO GENDERS IS EXACTLY THAT

WESTERN