My FAVORITE THING is researchers who wholeheartedly embrace the Ms. Frizzle aesthetic and wear their field of study on their literal sleeve. Everyone in the invasive crayfish consortium has tiny lobster-print shorts or socks. All the middle-aged dad scientists here at the lab have shirts with fish and/or fishing tackle patterns on them. My moss specimen and ammonite earrings keep getting noticed by women who are wearing silver fishbone-shaped or native plant-themed earrings themselves. Every single person on the outreach team has at least one shirt with an anchor pattern on it from Old Navy, and almost all the younger researchers have tattoos featuring their research interests – one fisheries biologist has a half-sleeve of native species she literally uses as an outreach tool. We are self-aware and having a blast with it, honestly.
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So about this project. For awhile now I’ve noticed almost every single time I see a darker skinned black woman “going viral”, she’s half naked, oiled up, and/or sexualized in some way shape or form. It’s very rarely ever “Look at this amazing dark skinned woman who accomplished this thing.” Or “Look at her smile, she’s gorgeous”. Please don’t misinterpret what I’m saying. There is nothing wrong with darker women and black women in general being free and expressive about their sexuality and provocative features. BUT that is NOT ALL they are. They are so much more than sexual beings, but for some reason, that seems to be almost the only thing that grabs viral appreciation. So here’s my attempt to have darker skinned black women go viral for just being cute, creative, stylish, bubbly, beautiful, and black. Aside from the videographer EVERYONE involved in this project IS A BLACK WOMAN. I hope you guys like it. I ask that if you enjoyed this and agree with my objective, share it with a few people please.
It’s basically a national level issues guide. Highly recommend – esp if you’re “not that into politics” and want a quick summary of the big issues right now based on party leadership
Policies > Party
Just a few examples:
1. Do you want comprehensive background checks in order to buy a gun in America?
One hundred percent of the totalsponsors of Background Check Expansion Act are Democrats. The only way for this to happen is to vote for Democrats.
2. Do you want to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico?
While there are some Democrats who support “the wall,” 100 percent of the sponsors of the Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act are Republicans. The only way for this to happen is to vote for Republicans.
3. Do you want mandatory coverage for pre-existing conditions?
One hundred percent of those who voted for the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) were Democrats; 100 percent of the Democrats in Congress voted against the ObamaCare repeal endorsed by Donald Trump. Republicans have made numerous attempts to repeal ObamaCare since Trump took office, and voted dozens of times during the Obama administration. The only way for that to continue to happen is to vote for Democrats.
7. Do you want equal pay for women in America?
Of the 247 sponsorsof
the Paycheck Fairness Act, to close loopholes that prevent women from
receiving less than $1 for every $1 a man makes at the same work, 246
are Democrats. Only one is a Republican. The only way for that to happen is to vote for Democrats.
8. Do you want to get money out of politics?
There are 162 sponsors of the Government By the People Act; 29 sponsors of the Fair Elections Now Act; and 16 sponsors
of the We the People Democracy Reform Act, to reduce the role of money
and big money lobbyists in American elections and American politics. At
207 total, 206 are Democrats. Of the 217 totalsponsors of the DISCLOSE Act, to disclose the identities of corporate “dark money donors,” all are Democrats. The only way for that to happen is to vote for Democrats.
Pink took Pearl’s hands, crossed them one over the other, and said, “Let’s never speak of this again.” After this, Pearl was literally incapable of talking about what she did.
In The Answer, Rose took Garnet’s hands, crossed them one over the other, and told her, “No more questions.”
I just want to point out that in the podcast they discussed one of the rules in the show bible being that Garnet can’t ask questions. The writers are not allowed to write garnet asking a question ever. The explanation was that they do this in order to keep her sounding decisive, which makes sense in keeping with her future vision and confident attitude. I literally have not thought about this scene since the episode aired and now I’m screaming because listen
Is this a cute nod to their writing strategy? OR is their decision to make this characterization rule alluding to a much much darker thing that they haven’t been telling us?
Consulting Witch 