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I, for one, like Roman numerals.

Piping hot take: I don't give a shit if straight actors play queer characters as long as they do so with empathy and authenticity. When you say shit like "only queer actors should play queer characters" what you're actually saying is only OUT queer actors should play queer characters. If you're assuming an actor (or anyone else, for that matter) who hasn't declared their sexuality is straight, you are participating in heteronormativity.

also this implies gay people should have to disclose their sexuality to employers before they’re hired ? not that they should ever have to but u get the point

hello fellow non-Black tumblr users. welcome to my saw trap. if you'd like to leave, please name one (1) Black woman author who is not Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, bell hooks, Octavia Butler, or N.K. Jemisin. bonus points if she's published a book in the last five years.

dunno if I've ever checked anything about the authors of books I've read. only author I can remember anything about is Terry Pratchett

which could mean anything

my favorite part of this is at no point does the post say it has to be a book you read. Just name a Black woman who wrote books. Yet people can't help but tell on themselves about their personal reading habits.

which could also definitely mean anything!

I can't think of one, but I've almost definitely read from one. It is simply that everything I've learned about authors is against my will.

fascinating that you felt the need to share that

You're the one who framed the post as a "saw trap" addressed to everyone that they need to answer to leave. Why are you surprised that people are engaging with it in a way that sidesteps the flawed premise of the question?

well because people are being obnoxious shitheels, mostly

shout out to green. somehow an underrated color despite being everywhere in nature. not enough real green appreciators out there. what can’t she do honestly. mint green sage green sea foam green forest green lime green!!! never have i ever met a green i did not like. true green enjoyers understand.

I don’t know how we’re letting trump get away with all this shit when I truly believe that if you threw a blanket over his head he would think it was nighttime and go to sleep like a bird

i really think about it all the time like people do not afford thea the status of a victim at ALL. even people who defend her it's just never brought up when people talk about her in relation to jean/kevin that thea wasn't just brainwashed, she was also physically abused and undermined and publicly humiliated and treated like a token at best and an object at worst. the way riko tells kevin to "just fuck her already" like she's not even a person, jean openly admiting that there was a raven who was so racist to her it became a notable problem, riko sneering when kevin mentioned he thought thea was pretty, the ravens giving jasmine, a white woman, the title thea begged and battled for and got constantly denied. the discussion with jean specifically seems very keen on thinking thea couldn't possibly know what sexual abuse is or feels like despite being one of the few women in the roster and the only black woman that we know of that's ever been part of the ravens. why do you think thea is incapable of being a victim? why do you think she couldn't possibly know what suffering is, unlike her white boy counterparts?