MASS EFFECT 2: LEGENDARY EDITION

Utterly thrilled that Willem Dafoe has been cast as the Klingon Bird of Prey

ANDOR Episode 6: The Eye

The Blockade Runner ship in a special effects shot for Star Wars. Image from Cinefantastique magazine Vol 6 No 4 1978

if sinners (2025) taught me anything, it's that it IS actually always about race.

you can be oppressed, and still promote and maintain the very same systems of oppression onto other marginalized people. being oppressed in one dimension doesn't allow you to be exempt from oppressing in other dimensions. the "villain" of the movie, remmick, being from the time period of the english colonization of ireland, all the while wanting to take a piece of sammie's own culture from him, use him for it. and this plot point coming after remmick witnesses the significance of sammie's playing within his culture, for his ancestors and how it would shape Black culture in the future.

even in today's society, ive noticed that people treat Black people like a commodity. our worth is only as much as other people decide it to be, and that's usually dependent on how much the oppressor can take from us. for example, the controversy of"internet slang" and how it is blatantly just AAVE with a bad disguise on

do you listen to Black musicians? do you watch Black movies? do you engage with Black creators? do you defend the racist tendencies you notice in your friends, in your family, or do you stay silent? do you listen when Black people tell you you've said or done something racist? do you actually care about not being racist, or do you just not want to look like you're racist?

i just think people have a very specific take on what racism is, and that if they're not committing KKK-levels of violence on people, then they're not racist. or if you've experienced oppression in one form, you cannot possibly be engaging with oppression in another form. but the ways in which we interact with other people and the world will always be through the lens of race, because that is simply what it means for oppression to be systemic, especially in the US and our current political climate

anyway 10/10 movie. highly recommend

sesame street (pbs) in general is such an important part of television.

my mom was very low income growing up, like barely could afford to put food on the table, her single mom worked three jobs, and they didn’t have a television. but her friend did and every time my grandmother dropped my mom off at her friends for babysitting, they watched sesame street. it taught my mom the alphabet, how to communicate with others, the importance of friendship, how to be accepting of everyone (gay, black, asian, etc).

and my mom made it her mission to allow sesame street to be there when both me and my siblings grew up. my mom was thankfully able to get a college degree and become a nurse. and the one thing she always told me that helped was the pbs.

pbs (sesame street) has been there for lower income families when government and politicians haven’t. and the fact that politicians want to ban this important part of tv is very telling

Lantern Mullein in Far Sector #7

THAT SURE WAS A FUCKING RIDE HUH

Cindy Crawford - Pocari Sweat [TVCM]

mark schultz