Silver Tongue

Mar 30

ruimtetijd:

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guccigramsci:

terfs idealize a form of femininity that is a white supremacist’s wet dream. they make fun of “TIMs” as men masquerading as women as evidenced by their broad shoulders, wigs, narrow hips, facial and body hair, musculature and even bone structure (phrenology, anyone?) as if those aren’t the very same characteristics i see on my indigenous and black cis aunties, mothers, and sisters. if you are not white, lithe, and barely hairy you will never fit into their idea of womanhood! the same rhetoric that excludes and polices trans women is a threat to all women of color, cis or trans. 

terf ideology is incapable of examining the multitude of relationships we have to girlhood, womanhood, and motherhood because it is an ideology fueled and sharpened by white supremacy. it is an ideology with a terminal and suicidal end if you are not white.

remember that time a TERF looked at 4 CIS women and decided they were secretly men bc they were OLYMPIC ATHLETES WHO WERE RIPPED AF? not to mention, Chinese, who have different facial structures and body types from white people. 

OP hit the nail on the head. 

Terfs are just white supremacy with extra steps

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watertightvines:

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butchhamlet:

macbeth is shakespeare’s funniest tragedy and mr. macbeth is the funniest character in macbeth. he listens to these creepy old women tell him he’s gonna be king and IMMEDIATELY decides the only thing he can POSSIBLY do is kill a guy and then he waffles about it for a full act and finally comes to the conclusion that it’s morally wrong and then HE DOES IT ANYWAY and his entire fucking life falls apart with an inevitability that is genuinely hilarious

the other exceedingly funny thing is that he doesn’t even cover his ass that well like??? sure the morning right after the murder he gets away with it but even then he almost straight fucks it by killing the guys he framed. and then within a few months everyone in scotland independently comes to the conclusion that he did it ANYWAY because like. WHO else would it have been

funniest moments in macbeth:

• “o? by whom?” (a classic)
• “what, you egg” (also a classic)
• “twas a rough night”
  
• macduff telling lady macbeth he can’t say what happened because she’s a woman and then spinning around and IMMEDIATELY telling banquo within FULL earshot of ladymac
• “that i did… kill them… 👉👈”
• macbeth giving the whole “blood will have blood” speech and then going “…….what time is it”
• the witches, whom we’ve just seen making a potion of baby parts, saying “something wicked” about macbeth. your king steps onto the scene and these literal actual witches go “oh, bitch? a bitch?”
• malcolm’s I Fuck Too Much Speech
• and then. when he takes it back. he says “why are you silent?” which implies macduff is just. sitting there.
• “take thy face hence”
• macbeth absolutely wrecking young siward’s shit and then just going “thou wast born of woman” to his corpse

in honor of this post getting an absurd and terrifying amount of notes here are my favorite tags

also, for those of you asking to see macbeth as a dark comedy: i haven’t seen a production specifically billed as such but definitely the funniest macbeth i’ve seen is the folger 2008 one which, by the way, is free on youtube! it definitely leans into the horror aspect but it also is just. laugh-out-loud funny sometimes like these actors know how to punctuate their lines to get at that absurd humor! and i’ve watched it twice in like two months

was anyone gonna tell me Macbeth was a comedy or was i supposed to read that here myself?

Okay, look. There’s something modern readers don’t understand, because definitions have changed.

To us, a comedy is a funny play and a tragedy is a cathartic one.

In Shakespeare’s time, a comedy was a play with a happy ending.

A tragedy was a play with a sad ending.

That is it.

Shakespeare was a comedic writer. All of his plays are funny to some degree and I suspect the man couldn’t write seriously if he tried.

A lot of the time modern troupes miss this and play the tragedies straight. They aren’t supposed to be. They are supposed to be darkly, ironically funny.

Because after all, these plays were written to be performed in inn yards where everyone was drunk. That did not necessarily exclude the actors.

A performance of Macbeth that makes you laugh is an authentic, correct performance. One that understands the basic fact that Shakespeare is more like Taika Waititi than Quentin Tarantino.

@watertightvines?

All of this is correct! The production I was in last year purposefully went for laughs on all of those lines. The other two major sources of comedic gold in the play are:

-Lady Macbeth’s deeply extra “Woe, alas! What? In our house???” when she’s trying to play it cool after Duncan’s death. (Honestly, playing Lady Macbeth as Moira Rose for the entirety of 2.4 would be INSPIRED.)

-The Murderers that Macbeth hires both being total dunces and Macbeth just dissing them constantly.

-THE ENTIRE BANQUET SCENE IS STRAIGHT OUT OF A SITCOM. Yes, even the “it will have blood, they say” is darkly hilarious if you time it right. The thanes are all sitting there awkwardly while their king screams at the air and has a deeply Surburban White Couple argument with his wife, and neither he nor she will let them acknowledge that it’s weird, and it’s GREAT.

I remember being told in high school that Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s darkest texts because the Porter is the only comic relief. The Porter scene is the only bit of clowning (which is why I detest the Porter as an audience member no matter how well he’s played—the Clown characters bore me!), but I love situational dark humor, and the text of Macbeth is rife with it.

And that makes the tragedy of it hit much harder! When we see Macbeth be a himbo who is Trying His Best, and Ross and Lennox exchanging Pointed Looks, and Macduff get emails every day, and Lady Macbeth snark at her husband… then it hurts much, much more when Macbeth’ is forsaken in his vulnerability again and again, and Ross and Lennox bring news of atrocities they’re powerless to stop, and Macduff grieves, and Lady Macbeth unravels. Grimdark productions fall flat for me because they deny the characters the humanity the text enables.

The comparison of Shakespeare with Taika Waititi is spot-on, especially for the tragedies and histories. I’ve railed plenty of times about how The Hollow Crown tries so hard to be Dramatic™ that it sucks all the fun and humanity out of the history plays, which in turn sucks out all the pathos because we have literally no reason to care about anybody. Shakespeare’s a delight for actors and directors who bother to put in the work because he gives you a lot to play around with, without the constraint of the lengthy descriptions you find in screenplays and modern stage plays. Macbeth and Richard III are both bloodbaths that will make you upset for the character. They are also morbidly hilarious. Embrace it!

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angrywall:

OH. MY GOD.

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“What’s an NFT, and Why is it bad?”

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smellysailor:

Hi Everyone! I’ve had some people reach out to me today about NFT’s, and why it’s bad that Gorillaz is involved. So I’ve decided to compile a ton of info in a post for people who are confused, and tips on how to help!

TL;DR: Gorillaz have announced that they are producing NFTs, a form of crypto currency attached to digital art that wastes more energy than most people’s homes do in a year. 

What is an NFT?

An NFT (non-fungible token), also known as Cryptoart, is a unit of unique data that represents a digital item, typically digital art, music, videos, and other digital files. Basically, think of it like a Bitcoin that is linked to or attached to a .jpg. 

It’s complicated, but in theory, it’s meant to be like fine art auctions, but for digital art. However, buying an NFT does NOT give you ownership of the file, or even exclusive access to the file. Anyone else can view and save the original image/file. All the buyer gets is the unique digital metadata that is attached to it. 

Here is a video by the Wall Street Journal that does a good job of breaking down what an NFT is.

Why is it bad?

NFT’s are controversial for several reasons. 

• For one, you do not need to prove that you are the original artist or creator of the digital art to tokenize it. That basically means that anyone can take your digital art and sell it as an NFT. Shitty, I know.
• It is an incredibly inaccessible and fluctuating market, and works like a pyramid scheme. (linked is a very good infographic on the topic by Cabeza Patata on Instagram.)

However, the most damning and negative side effect is its environmental impact. Because of the large amount of computing power needed to create NFTs, an INSANE amount of energy is used, creating a LOT of pollution. An UNETHICAL amount of pollution.

To quote this article by Uproxx, “In one instance, the 10 seconds it took […] to sell six NFTs consumed 8.7 megawatt-hours of energy, comparable to the amount of electricity used by a household in a single year.”

It’s hard to explain exactly HOW or WHY it uses so much power, so here are some articles that do a better job of explaining it than I can:

• NFTs Are Hot. So Is Their Effect on the Earth’s Climate - Wired
• The carbon footprint of creating and selling an NFT artwork - Quartz
  
• HERE IS THE ARTICLE YOU CAN SEND TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAY “BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CRYPTOART WILL BE SOLVED SOON, RIGHT?” - by Everest Pipkin

What does this have to do with Gorillaz?

Yesterday, Gorillaz announced that they would be collaborating with Superplastic to produce products for their 20th anniversary, including NFTs.

This is a huge kick in the face due to the fact that Gorillaz has always produced music preaching environmental consciousness, and is deeply disappointing to fans. It’s hard to say if Jamie or Damon are fully aware of NFT’s impact, but regardless, it is a huge blow to the message of Gorillaz.

What can I do about it?

**DO NOT GIVE YOUR MONEY TO GORILLAZ OR SUPERPLASTIC.** DONT EVEN STREAM THEIR MUSIC. DO NOT SUPPORT GORILLAZ FINACIALLY UNTIL THEY ADDRESS THIS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

Instead, you can:

• Support Gorillaz fan artists by commissioning them or buying their prints!

• Buy any Gorillaz merch second hand/used (but take care to avoid scalpers.)

• Here is a petition for Gorillaz to cut ties with Superplastic and stop production of NFTs!

• Support organizations like The Climate Emergency Fund, The Clean Energy Innovation program, and other organizations fighting climate change.

• Spread the word! Share this Post! Stay informed! Make sure everyone knows about the impacts of NFTs! This should go beyond the sphere of the Gorillaz fandom!

I hope this has been informative! And fuck NFTs!

In addition to all of this, it should be noted when speaking on the topic of Gorillaz that the people organizing these NFTs aren’t Damon and Jamie.

Their roles in the band are primarily creating art and music, with any input they have beyond that seeming to be fairly minimal. This is pretty common when it comes to mainstream bands, but I’ve seen a lot of people directing their anger at these two when in reality this was a marketing decision.

The same people happy to capitalize off of Plastic Beach’s 10th anniversary last year are the same people hoping to get into the crypto market at the cost of our own environment. If they didn’t know that before, with this much negative press they probably do now.

Yes very important addition! Thank you :)

I looove Gorillaz so this news has been super upsetting! I really hope they don’t go through with it. Please sign!

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omghotmemes:

not this shit again

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Mar 29

@xxnoodlearmsxx​ youre neither of them because its literally my animal crossing character

meggannn:

so i just realized… in spiderverse, the whole “leap of faith” thing really takes a different meaning when you remember miles didn’t really have a problem taking a leap in the beginning of the movie. he had to psych himself up for it, but he did try. he heard mj’s speech and read some comics, and he jumped off that building to test his mettle. but he failed and crashed to the sidewalk, hard, ended up breaking the goober. that’s what causes him to lose faith in himself and makes him think he “can’t do this” without peter parker: he has tried, and he messed it up.

when you remember that, peter b telling him that being spider-man is “a leap of faith” isn’t a lesson about miles needing to find his courage in the first place, it becomes a lesson about finding the strength to try something again after you’ve failed it already. or in the movie’s words, it becomes a lesson about “getting back up.”

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