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i feel like a fresh start yanno!! dont think i want lurkers

i feel like a fresh start yanno!! dont think i want lurkers

i feel like a fresh start yanno!! dont think i want lurkers

i feel like a fresh start yanno!! dont think i want lurkers

i feel like a fresh start yanno!! dont think i want lurkers

i feel like a fresh start yanno!! dont think i want lurkers

i feel like a fresh start yanno!! dont think i want lurkers

i feel like a fresh start yanno!! dont think i want lurkers

yall are so fucking transparent every time it comes to black people!!!

i havent watched this commercial in 10 years (which was also when it was posted) but yes i remember this playing on TV when i was younger

heres an article from 2009

heres an interview from 2009

in fact, these were so culturally relevant that i distinctly remember watching a dane cook special where he had a bit about it (i think he also mentions rape so tw for that) 

i grew up hearing gay be thrown left and right as a derogatory term, and its a small part of why i dont identify with the word.

But there’s more to it that some people aren’t getting, either.

“Gay” and “Lesbian” were used as weapons; even if someone wasn’t queer, if they were hated enough, the rumors spread. “Don’t hang out with her, she’s a lesbian.” “Hey, should (name) be allowed to change in the locker room? You know they’re gay, don’t you?” And so on. Depending on where you were, especially if you were trying to have a career (like a teacher) being labeled “gay” enough times to be believed cost someone their career, because of “concerns,” especially if the job involved particularly young kids. And that’s just the people who got lucky enough to only lose a job.

And she specifies various things (my one friend with dyed hair looks like a troll doll, a different friend has bad teeth), but at the end of the video, she says, “Anyway, they’re all lesbians.” And it’s not that she hates us because we’re lesbians – it’s an afterthought, like she just tacks it on at the end there – it’s just a catchall term. It’s not specific, like our appearances, it’s generic. Everyone would understand what she meant, and it wasn’t “they all date women, therefore I don’t like them,” it was, “I don’t like them, therefore they date women.”

This is why I’m never going to be on board with the “queer is a slur” thing (outside of it just being TERF rhetoric). Because I’ve actually literally had “gay” and “lesbian” used against me, personally, as a slur, but I’d never demand that people tag those terms or stop using them to describe themselves or their communities.

Warden Agruss is undeniably a bastard - even so, the way Obi-Wan smiles when he turns to Rex is definitely something that doesn’t exactly fit the Jedi Code.

Also, this? Damn. Damnnnnn. We know Obi-Wan is one of the most powerful Jedi in the Order, yet we rarely see him use the Force in a way like this. It’s far more aggressive than the abilities we’ve seen him using.

And here, just for a moment, we see Obi-Wan giving way to his rage. You can see it in his movements - they’re wider, more aggressive, less balanced than the traditional Soresu we’re used to seeing. Maul mentions it explicitly: “Your rage has unbalanced you. That is not the Jedi way, is it?”