As far as I remember, my first ship was Maria/Liesl in the movie āThe Sound of Music.ā That was in 1965, when I was six years old. Now, many years and femslash ships later, Iām shipping swanqueen. But this is different. Itās the 21st century, and swanqueen perfectly fits the ouat storyline ā in fact, itās the only way this story makes sense, and itās an amazingly beautiful story. I believe that this one is finally going to really happen. var sc_project=10733115; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_security="fd9bcea2"; var scJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://secure." : "http://www."); document.write("");
One thing I find disturbing about the debate about the word āqueerā is that people who are opposed to its use are not acknowledging the history of the term and are instead referring to their individual experiences. Any term used to refer to a marginalized group can be used hurtfully, so our individual associations differ. And itās of course OK for each of us as individuals to decide which terms to use for ourselves. But when itās about the group, the group as a whole needs to be taken into account.
I use the term āqueerā but I would consider a point of view that went like this:
āAlthough the term āqueerā was taken backā¦.[insert history], members of the younger generation are having a different experienceā¦. Maybe itās becauseā¦. but many of us have only experienced the term as a slurā¦.[more explanation]. For this reason, I never use the term to refer to myself. I would like to propose that we as a community stop using this term as well.ā
Some other things to keep in mind:
Terms that refer to marginalized groups are constantly changing because those groups are oppressed. Oppressors sometimes use the terms as slurs and sometimes they just use them descriptively, but if itās coming from someone who disrespects the group, then the term sounds disrespectful. So one complication is that the same term can be used very differently in different contexts. And the other complication is that members of a group sometimes donāt agree on the terms. And then there is the issue that is distinct from the terminological one (but gets confused with it), which has to do with the definition of the group itself.
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i understand if people are fuzzy on the African side of the slave trade. itās contested how it functioned and not well taught in American schools. but like what are they teaching in schools if they donāt think America ever bought slaves?
yeah. makes me want to ask: how does one end of the trade justify the other? no. and: did the sellers follow up with hundreds of years of abuse of those people and their descendants? no.Ā
I remember being taught this idea (the second one, not the one about America not having bought slaves) in school around 50 years ago, and it sounds like itās still going on. The idea was likeĀ āthey would have been slaves anyway, so their lives werenāt made any worse, so it wasnāt so bad.ā My guess is that many people who accept this way of thinking about slavery wouldnāt apply it to other situations -- like that itās OK to abuse a child you adopt because they were being abused in the orphanage anyway.
Should i even bother renewing my healthcare from the aca if theres a chance it will get repealed?
Yes, you should still enroll in coverage before the January 31 open enrollment deadline. When you enroll in coverage, you and the health insurance company enter into a contract that is generally binding for a year (no matter how the law changes). This means that if you enroll in coverage now then you will have coverage throughout 2017.
He ordered the government to halt ads and emails, which could mean fewer signups and higher premiums.
He may stop the ads, but nothing beats old fashioned word of mouth. Make sure everyone you know (and those you donāt know) they can still sign up for obamacare/ACA until January 31st!Ā
the more people sign up, the less eager republicans will repeal it, especially those in swing states and districts, and we only need three GOP senators to vote no on repeal.Ā
Hey folks, PLEASE reblog info about this if you can today. They have cancelled all ads and emails alerting people to the fact that the deadline is at the end of this month in an attempt to sabotage enrollment. Jan 31st is the last chance people will have to get on this plan.
Ā Doesnāt have to be this post, just please spread the word however you can!
āAt a challenging moment in our history, let us remind ourselves that we the hundreds of thousands, the millions of women, trans-people, men and youth who are here at the Womenās March, we represent the powerful forces of change that are determined to prevent the dying cultures of racism, hetero-patriarchy from rising again.
āWe recognize that we are collective agents of history and that history cannot be deleted like web pages. We know that we gather this afternoon on indigenous land and we follow the lead of the first peoples who despite massive genocidal violence have never relinquished the struggle for land, water, culture, their people. We especially salute today the Standing Rock Sioux.
āThe freedom struggles of black people that have shaped the very nature of this countryās history cannot be deleted with the sweep of a hand. We cannot be made to forget that black lives do matter. This is a country anchored in slavery and colonialism, which means for better or for worse the very history of the United States is a history of immigration and enslavement. Spreading xenophobia, hurling accusations of murder and rape and building walls will not erase history.
āNo human being is illegal.
āThe struggle to save the planet, to stop climate change, to guarantee the accessibility of water from the lands of the Standing Rock Sioux, to Flint, Michigan, to the West Bank and Gaza. The struggle to save our flora and fauna, to save the airāthis is ground zero of the struggle for social justice.
"This is a womenās march and this womenās march represents the promise of feminism as against the pernicious powers of state violence. And inclusive and intersectional feminism that calls upon all of us to join the resistance to racism, to Islamophobia, to anti-Semitism, to misogyny, to capitalist exploitation.
"Yes, we salute the fight for 15. We dedicate ourselves to collective resistance. Resistance to the billionaire mortgage profiteers and gentrifiers. Resistance to the health care privateers. Resistance to the attacks on Muslims and on immigrants. Resistance to attacks on disabled people. Resistance to state violence perpetrated by the police and through the prison industrial complex. Resistance to institutional and intimate gender violence, especially against trans women of color.
"Womenās rights are human rights all over the planet and that is why we say freedom and justice for Palestine. We celebrate the impending release of Chelsea Manning. And Oscar LĆ³pez Rivera. But we also say free Leonard Peltier. Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Free Assata Shakur.
"Over the next months and years we will be called upon to intensify our demands for social justice to become more militant in our defense of vulnerable populations. Those who still defend the supremacy of white male hetero-patriarchy had better watch out.
"The next 1,459 days of the Trump administration will be 1,459 days of resistance: Resistance on the ground, resistance in the classrooms, resistance on the job, resistance in our art and in our music.
"This is just the beginning and in the words of the inimitable Ella Baker, āWe who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.ā Thank you.ā
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The long read: For 25 years, invoking this vague and ever-shifting nemesis has been a favourite tactic of the right ā and Donald Trumpās victory is its greatest triumph
Until the late 1980s, āpolitical correctnessā was used exclusively within the left, and almost always ironically as a critique of excessive orthodoxy. In fact, some of the first people to organise against āpolitical correctnessā were a group of feminists who called themselves the Lesbian Sex Mafia.
A note about Emma usingĀ āGinaā on the show: She appears to be sayingĀ āGinaā sometimes as early as Season 1, and when sheās talking about Regina to other people. It would make no sense for her to be using a nickname in that context. So when we hearĀ āGina,ā sheās actually dropping the initial weakĀ āreā syllable, like in words likeĀ ārememberā (āMember that timeā¦.). Also, in many cases thereās a little of theĀ ārā there, so sheās actually saying it this way: Rāgina.
I think the only āGinaā ever happened in an episode is in 5x23 (Emma tries to stop Regina and needs to talk fast)? Because itās in the english subtitles?
Itās one of the places that definitely sounds like Gina (though you canāt see her mouth, which makes it harder to tell). But even if sheās saying Gina (and even if itās written like that in the subtitles), it still isnāt clear if itās the nickname Gina orĀ āReginaā with the first syllable dropped. The reason I think itās unlikely to be the nickname is that she doesnāt use it consistently or in a way that reflects development in their relationship (the way other forms of address they use do - Mme Mayor, Miss Swan, etc.), and she continues to use āReginaā in Season 6. There are three times in Season 1 when Emmaās talking to other people (Graham, Snow, and Henry) about Regina where I donāt hear the first syllable at all. So it just seems like she varies in her pronunciation ofĀ āReginaā -- Regina, Rāgina, and āGina.
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āGraham! Henryās run away again. We have toā¦āĀ
The clicking of her heels echoed in the sterile hospital hallway as she stopped dead in her tracks. Graham stood next to a hospital bed. The nervous tapping of his fingers matched the heartbeat of the patient. He looked up. Dazed.
āWhat is she doing here?ā
She took in his disheveled state, then. Grime covering his face and uniform. A stark contrast with the red of his freshly washed hands. Bandages.
Bandages. Like the woman. Her face barely visible. Burns everywhere. The woman she couldnāt tear her eyes away from and yet she wanted to look at anything but her. This could not be happening. A beat. Then she braced herself, slipped on the mask.
āHenry ran away again. He wasnāt in his room this morning.ā
He walked towards her. They turned away from the bed. Away from the questions she really didnāt want to ask right now. She had to find her son.
āWhat happened?ā
āCar crash. The old town sign. Carās a wreck. Sheāsā¦ barely holding on in there. Was on my last patrolā¦ I saw it happen.ā
A tentative hand found his shoulder.
āHenry.ā Her voice was a whisper. Ā There were other thoughts too. Of stronger drinks. Of exhaustion. Of selfishness. And another, older memory that struck her with violent clarity. She shivered. This was not happening.
āWe have to find Henry.ā She said, again. Not knowing what to tell her son when they did find him. She spared one last glance at the still form in the bed before stepping outside. Willing herself not to think. Not to feel.
This is not happening.
Disclaimer:Ā OperationOUT one shots are hypothetical reality scenarios, based on what we have seen from Emmaās perspective. They serve as an enhancement of the operation-out theory, using the clues to reconstruct reality. We donāt necessarily think thatās exactly how it happened - but they help us understand the emotional truth in a way a clinical theory simply canāt.
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Iāve been thinking about this over the last few days. You can have the same trauma and one person is triggered, and one isnāt. Triggers are weird. Sometimes they donāt make a lot of sense.Ā
If you live a life without them, great. Thatās wonderful, and I am so happy for you. (not even sarcastically, I am seriously happy for you.). What warnings do, is let me, and others like me, have that life (or something closer to it).Ā
Iāve seen a couple posts in passing (I didnāt look that long) mention that itās hard to manage what youāre posting, and unless someone has PTSD theyāre really just being a special snowflake.Ā
I do have PTSD. Creepily, I have child PTSD, so my responses to trauma arenāt even what the medical community was looking for when I first presented as an adult victim. So I have to be treated for both, and it takes time. A really disarming part of treatment is taking down the shields I have against being hurt, because theyāre coping mechanisms.
I have to let them go to get to the problem.Ā So my world is more terrifying than it has been for most of my adult life, so I can get to the little girl who was hurt and help her heal.Ā
Even if I didnāt have PTSD. I matter. One doesnāt have to have a diagnosis to ask for accommodations. Weāre a kind enough community that we can do that. Most people Iāve met on tumblr, no matter what they ship, or what characters they dislike, are good people.Ā
Anyone who struggles to say they matter, matters. Not speaking up is a common thread among the abused, because many of us were told not to, in clever manipulative ways.
Some of us did speak up and werenāt listened to, so had to relearn that our pain is relevant and important.Ā
If you donāt have triggers, warnings let me live like you. I can prepare and avoid. I suggest the handy Archive of Our Own list as a good tagging start point.Ā
If youāre posting fic on tumblr, it would be great if youād put these at the top of the post, not just the bottom.Ā
Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Major Character Death
No Warnings Apply
Rape/Non-Con
Underage
Choose Not to Include Warnings
All of these give your reader consent. Theyāre pretty fantastic. I think I might start puttingĀ āno warnings applyā on all my fics that fall into that category just because itāll help normalize thatĀ ānothingā isnāt helpful. I want my readers to know what theyāre getting.Ā
If you do have triggers, hugs and comforting beverages for you. Ā Hereās to a better year ahead.Ā
Thank you for putting yourself out there - and all the hugs to you! Iāve actually been mulling over this subject. I put my trigger warnings in the tags, but it always feels like the wrong place to put them. I donāt get triggered, just affected - which Iām grateful for - but I was wondering how to apply them to theory posts. I have one coming up and I know this is part of why Iāve been procrastinating on it. Or canāt write it.
Do you reckon a clear description of what will be discussed in the first paragraph is enough in the case of meta posts? Or should we extend the system beyond fics? Or do the tags suffice in that case?
Summary: Emmaās not the pretty princess she thinks her parents want. Regina likes her that way.
Preview:Ā
Finally, Emmaās voice came, sounding a bit rusty. āMy parents have a literal fairytale marriage. Twice, now. And here I am this giant fuckup who had a kid out of wedlock and went to jail and now Iām like not- married to somebody with a rap sheet a mile long whoās the second best thing that ever happened to me.ā
āAfter Henry,ā Regina agreed with a little chuckle. āBut Emma, youāre not a fuckup. Thereās nothing wrong with you having a different life than your parents. You donāt need to feel bad about any of that.ā
A note about Emma usingĀ āGinaā on the show: She appears to be sayingĀ āGinaā sometimes as early as Season 1, and when sheās talking about Regina to other people. It would make no sense for her to be using a nickname in that context. So when we hearĀ āGina,ā sheās actually dropping the initial weakĀ āreā syllable, like in words likeĀ ārememberā (āMember that time....). Also, in many cases thereās a little of theĀ ārā there, so sheās actually saying it this way: Rāgina.
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Regina tried to resettle her fancy dress for at least the third time, sighing and shifting uncomfortably because what sheād worn when taken hostage in Marna was far too warm for Sharmar despite the low-cut bodice. Robin, in turn, leered at her, then tried to cover his actions with a very fake-sounding cough.
3.01 - The Heart of The Truest Believer || 1.01 - Pilot
Weāve talked about memory loss and new memories before - for example in this post. This flashback is one of the best examples of how a flashback to Emmaās past definitely tells us a story about her past or present, but not necessarily in the way we think it does. What we see didnāt happen literally, but we actually get a symbolic scene that tells us about her feelings. A view from the inside out, if you will. This is how Emmaās new memories are created.
The scene where Emma gives birth to Henry in the beginning of season three actually tells us about Emmaās real emotions. The pain she felt - but had to repress for his sake - when Henry came back into her life in the Pilot.
Itās interesting because for this scene we actually did see the reality it was based on. It might help us translate other scenes for which we havenāt seen the experiences that triggered them. The scene with the clock and the flickering lights are the most obvious visual links between the scenes. We learn the order of the scenes isnāt relevant, but the fact they didnāt choose a 17-year old actress to play this part seems like another clue that this isnāt about the first time Henry came into her life, but the second time.
Itās the very first scene of season three and it ends with Emma in pain after giving Henry up again. This sets the theme of the first half of the season. Emma has to dealĀ with the painful memories Henry brings back. In season one she ended up admitting to herself that she loved him, but because this story is a lot darker and more complex than weāve been led to believe, that was only the very beginning of what Emma needed to overcome in order to open herself up to the idea of being his mother.Ā
As mentioned in the post about Emmaās secret, her story with Neal conceals her complex feelings for Henry. Her darkest secret would make a perfect voice-over for the metaphorical birth scene about the pain rushing back. Itās visceral.
āThe instant you stepped back in my life, I knew. I knew Iād never stopped loving you. And before I even had a chance to take a breath, Iā¦ I lost you once more, and all that pain that I had pushed down for all those years, it just cameā¦ rushing back, and Iā¦ I didnāt know if I could go through it again.ā ~ Emma Swan || 3.06 - Ariel
During the winter finaleĀ for season three, we revisited the birth scene again, but now with a different outcome. Emma has done the emotional work in Neverland. This time she isĀ able to accept her son. After Neverland and with Reginaās blessing Emma finally allows herself to become Henryās other mother.
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