something I like about lisa swallows is that she is so believably 18 years old. she misses her mom and her old school. she insults her sister behind her back but doesn't hesitate to protect her. she sings along to songs she doesn't completely remember the words to. she's awkward and self-absorbed and kind of pretentious. she's impulsive and idealistic and a hopeless romantic. I love her
First meeting.
(You guys should really watch Dead Boy Detectives on Netflix. It's really good (and really queer))
wtf do people without fandoms do with their life? like actually what do you do when you don’t have something to dangerously obsess over. the last time i wasn’t a part of a fandom was in fourth grade.
I’m watching that documentary “Before Stonewall” about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.
The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one “known homosexual”. The “known homosexual” is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.
So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there’s nothing wrong with him mentally and he’s never been arrested. When asked whether he’d take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he’s gay, he says that they didn’t up until tonight, but he guesses they’re going to find out, and he’ll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like …why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says “I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself.”
1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.
Despite the pseudonym, Dale’s boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary.
Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson’s disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.
It appears that no one has made the connection between Dale Olson the publicity agent instrumental in the AIDS debate and Dale Olson the 22-year-old first openly gay man on TV. So I thought I’d make it. For Pride month, an unsung gay hero.
I need Sutekh's hitchhiking to be a meme btw. I need this "Its a Hybrid!"-ified. Every sad moment, every dramatic moment, every stupid moment, and he's there hanging out.
Someone just died but oh! Theres Sutekh in the Corner! Bad Wolf Bay and Sutekh's just peering at them. The TARDIS is dying in the parallel world and he's just vibing.
Multi-doctor episode? There's multiple Sutekhs all growling at eachother like poorly socialised lapdogs at a dogpark
Everytime the TARDIS has been compromised? every time its been flung about? You just have to remember there's a dog clinging onto it for dear life
sorry for being a hater i want to be a lover but everything pisses me off
A birds-eye view of WWDITS’s series wrap clap out led by Yana Gorskaya.
Me when the slow burn is slow burning
Nandor probably: Dear Diary, I believe Guillermo to be a witch, for he has bewitched me. His curly locks and rugged facial hair has cast a spell upon me. I am suffering greatly.
Not as much as Derek though, fucking guy.