Only Molly Gibson

Since July is Disability Pride Month

(as opposed to every other month when we're all demure about disability rights /gentle sarcasm)

But early 20th century is full of the kind of Brideshead Revisited intense male friendships that toe the line between romantic and platonic in a way that’s kind of fascinating to me- and I do think that liminal weirdness really fits with Barney and his position in society and how he feels, especially, about his position in society. Like… He can’t even have a friend? He feels that there’s something weird and clingy and inherently wrong with him that forbids him from making sincere friendships even? Even though what he wants is perhaps a little bit different from what everyone around him would call friendship - but he doesn’t have the vocabulary or our kind of contemporary knowledge of sexuality to understand what he wants specifically let alone why he wants it.

I think the funniest part is like.

Obvs he's made up his mind on the war itself and that the Avatar's side is right. So all those Water Tribe warriors that were just captured? They're free to go. Actually can their leader stay for a minute to like. Have Fire Lord Zuko give an apology for Fucking Everything™ and explain that if he's in charge now he's surrendering the war?

So you have Hakoda looking at this child (what do you mean he's sixteen?!) and a second even younger child (Azula's only 14?!?!) who just lost a father but are having nuts reactions to it because apparently their father Fucking Sucked™ and had already disfigured the one years ago(when the boy was 13?!?!?!?!) and now forced him to kill in self-defense and threatened to do so to the younger one to force her to commit atrocities in his name?

It has been literal years but every time I see Martin’s tweets posted somewhere and his word is shared as truth while her post is not shared it sort of reiterates the fact that we trust men to speak about feminism more than we believe women who experience it. 

Adding screenshots of her post. His whole post is there without needing a link. Hers should be, too.

“one man cannot bring in the anchor. ten men cannot bring in the anchor. but together we can.”

making this because it’s useful for my specific brand of dramaturgy and i generally have a good deal of feelings about sea shanties. these are the result of far too much time searching around for shanties that are both authentic and have a tune that can be found on the internet. organized by theme.

these can all be done a capella, obviously, but if you want accompaniment, getting your hands on a concertina would be ideal.

General Shanties

Roll the Old Chariot Along (David Coffin)

Haul Away, Joe (The Eskies)

Rant and Roar (Howling Gael)

Haul Away the Bowline (The Exmouth Shantymen)

Departing

Away Rio (David Coffin)

Leave Her, Johnny (Coda)

The Rosabella (skip to 3:15) (Wareham Whalers)

Off to Sea Once More (The Black Irish Band)

Clear Away in the Morning (Great Bay Sailor) 

South Australia (Johnny Collins)

Randy Dandy Oh (Johnny Collins)

Girls

With You, Fair Maid (skip to 14:30) (Before the Mast)

Spanish Ladies (unknown artist) (psa this one is in moby-dick!!)

Bully in the Alley (skip to 24:10) (Before the Mast)

London Julie (Three Sheets to the Wind)

Excursion Round the Bay (The Fables)

The Maid of Amsterdam (The Roaring Trowmen)

Storms

Round Cape Horn (Cyril Tawney)

Fish in the Sea (youtube user threelegsomen)

To Old Maui (skip to 9:28) (Before the Mast)

Drinking

The Boatman’s Cure  (John Roberts)

Drunken Sailor (Irish Rovers)

Fifteen Men (unknown artist)

Newer/Environmentally Conscious

No More Fish, No More Fisherman (David Coffin)