Tracy's Little Corner

spider-xan:

And I was also thinking about how so many ‘feminists’ who argue about how the first reboot Star Trek film was the most sexist film ever~ will go on all day about Uhura is ‘just Spock’s vagina’ and how she should ‘go back to being perpetually single like during the 1960s’ (nevermind that was due to racism, not gender progressiveness), but will barely say a word about Amanda Grayson being fridged for Spock’s angst and Winona Kirk just existing for a few minutes to give birth to Jim and then dropping out of the narrative while all the focus is on his dead dad (not to say that birthing isn’t awesome, but when it’s her ONLY role before being ignored completely, that’s a problem).

Then that reminded me that there’s actually ANOTHER case of Women in Refrigerators other than Amanda — Nero’s nameless wife literally appears in a hologram for a few seconds, just so we can be told she died (and was pregnant as well, I think)? Like, was that even necessary for his tragic backstory? Or to have a parallel to Amanda’s fridging that also wasn’t necessary?

But hey, let’s talk about how Uhura needs to go back to the 1960s instead, where the only time she gets kissed is when it’s forced on her, because that’s apparently so much more progressive than her kissing the man she loves and who loves her back out of her own choosing /sarcasm

spider-xan:

I’m still really sad and upset that I (and a lot of other POC who care about representation of ourselves in the media) have to choose between paying to support POC leads (especially WOC), but also paying for white-washing, but then if I don’t pay to see the film, I may not be supporting white-washing with my money, but I’m also not supporting POC leads (again, especially WOC) when it comes to ‘Star Trek into Darkness’.

This is a shitty decision no one should have had to make in the first place, and it’s all because of ONE shitty casting decision.

friendly reminder that:

• you are not weak if you want meds for your disorder
• you are not weak if you relapse once
• you are not weak if you relapse a thousand times
• you are not weak if some kinds of therapy don’t work for you
• you are not weak if some kinds of meds don’t work for you
• you are not weak if you have a mental disorder.

jcatgrl:

freedom of speech means that the government is not allowed to tell you to shut the fuck up. it doesn’t mean that i am not allowed to tell you to shut the fuck up.

magnass:

LADIES (◕‿◕✿)

FEMALE CHARACTERS (✿◠‿◠)

WELL WRITTEN FEMALE CHARACTERS (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ✧

FEMALE CHARACTERS BEING FRIENDS WITH EACHOTHER 
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zaweashtons:

You care more that people are making fun of his name (which everyone including you has done) than you care that he has done something racist.

You care more that people are pointing out his whiteness (which is an important factor in this discussion) than you care that he has done something racist.

You’ve basically proven that you care more about protecting your precious favourite actor from the consequences of his actions than you’ll ever care about oppression.

spider-xan:

Sigh, when essays that call out the white-washing in ‘Star Trek into Darkness’ also, for some reason, feel the need to take shots at reboot!Uhura for ‘omg her being in a relationship is anti-feminist’, sigh.

Reboot!Star Trek’s got a lot of issues, but I’m so tired of people acting like a Black woman being in a relationship and being seen as desirable and loved is apparently a bad thing and saying we should go back to the 1960s when she was perpetually single due to, you know, racist reasons. TOS!Star Trek wasn’t without its problems either.

^^^^^^^^ THIS. Khan being white washed in the new movie is racist as hell and needs to be called out. But holy fucking shit, to act as if the original series had no problems whatsoever or to ignore the racist shit that Nichelle Nichols had to go through. Or to even THINK that Uhura’s development in the reboot is taking steps backwards compared to the original series (BECAUSE OMG SHE’S MAKING OUT WITH SPOCK, THEY MADE HER INTO JUST THE GIRLFRIEND EWWWW).

Then please do us a favor:

Sit the fuck down, shut up and read this.

str8forzuko:

there’s a lot of elitism in “bookworm” culture

like you’re basically worthless if you don’t like to read and this weird little culture kind of ignores that some people really struggle with reading/can’t read at all

1. not everybody has access to books.  there was a study done that showed 1 book per every 300 low income children.  books cost money.  books cost time.  reading isn’t going to be a priority if you’re low on these two resources.
2. learning disabilities are a thing that exist.  i used to love to read when i was a kid, before I developed a mental illness that sometimes functions as a learning disability and makes it so difficult to read books that it often frustrates me to the point of tears and i’ve finished probably one whole book in the past 2 years.  many, many learning disabilities specifically affect reading, and you don’t know just by looking at someone whether they have one of these disabilities.
3. people learn in different ways.  you might be really good at grammar (whoopdefuckindoo) and somebody else might spend all their time watching the news and know everything about current events.  maybe that person you think is “stupid” because they said they didn’t like reading is an amazing artist.  maybe you suck at art. you never know