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Rhaenyra: On one hand, I am really sad that my father died

⤷ endless gifs of lena luthor ✳︎ 51/∞

 - Marilyn Monroe, last taped interview, days before her death

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As one of the biggest Ella Fitzgerald fans, she literally helped desegregate her performances. Ella was not allowed to play at Mocambo because of her race.

Ella Fitzgerald: “I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt… she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.” thisisnotmyfairytaleendingg (Source: dmvnessa)

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In August 1956, Monroe began filming The Prince and the Showgirl, with Laurence Olivier staring and directing. The production was complicated by conflicts between him and Monroe. He angered her with the patronizing statement “All you have to do is be sexy” and his attempts to get her to replicate Vivien Leigh’s interpretation. She became pregnant and miscarried during the production, which heavily worsened her depression and increased her drug abuse.

She was on courses of strong medication, had invasive surgery to try and limit the damage caused, and despite trying for a baby numerous times, suffered many miscarriages because of her condition. The miscarriages especially sent her into deep depression, since she desperately wanted to be a mother.

There is speculation that the condition may have been one of the triggers in her drug dependency as well, because when you have endo, you will take whatever you can to stop. it. hurting.

the story of how Lois & Diana fell in love

No outright cold shoulder, no red hot anger. Just... relegating Kara to a normal person in Lena's periphery.

She reads Kara's texts but doesn't respond.

She doesn't revoke Kara's access to L-Corp or her office officially, but has Jess intercept with a fib of having a meeting every time Kara stops by.

She takes Kara's interview questions-- at public press conferences only-- with the same even tone she uses to respond to every other question posed to her.

She doesn't hang out with Kara or the Superfriends, but when Kara does run into Lena at work functions, Lena is polite but distant.

There's no warning, no direct confrontation or outpouring of heartbreak. Lena just eases Kara out of her personal life completely, with the grace of a politician.

It's strange isn't it. The actor left the show even earlier than that, but I guess bringing him up in relation to Katie is always good for some attention.

I'm not as familiar with the history of racial violence in other countries but in the US this particular narrative has done such grave harm. For all its flaws Supergirl did try to shed a light on this, and in S3 when James talks to Lena about his first direct experience with racism the story was based on Mehcad's own life.

So when he talks about getting death threats from fans over his fictional character kissing a white woman, it's in that context. In a country where a Cheerios commercial featuring an interracial family for the first time generated so much blowback from 'average citizens' - less than a decade ago. This isn't ancient history.

I remember when S3 first aired and SC fandom was having a massive meltdown over James/Lena - and expressing it in some horrifyingly racist ways - I read a very wise post that basically said: your desire for rep doesn't mean you get to shit on someone else's just because you didn't get what you want.

THEN Lena said, "Okay." stood the fuck up to look her in the eye and say, "Then let's talk about work." followed it up by the most dramatic 3 second pause before ripping her a new one with "This is unacceptable behavior by and employee" like my whole life flashed before my eyes

I know religious people who work in healthcare and STEM, do regular labwork, author scientific papers, and speak at universities as experts in their field.