I love the Simpsons but I still have to say that the racism surrounding Apu was always there, it’s just that nowadays we’re finally calling this type of stuff out more. You don’t get a free pass just because it’s from a time that people cared less.
I love the Simpsons but I still have to say that the racism surrounding Apu was always there, it’s just that nowadays we’re finally calling this type of stuff out more. You don’t get a free pass just because it’s from a time that people cared less.
This is my Sweet Angel Divine:
My problem with this is that it reenforces gay body image ideals that are not obtainable for many people. I, a gay man, feel unwelcome, undesirable, unwanted, and judged in a place presented in this show.
Considering Ursula was heavily inspired by Divine, I would say that whoever plays the sea witch in the live action version should be a drag queen.
How did you get this strip? Did you type in Archie+fuckboy+Mrs Grundy+cougar into google images
Wow, she really is entering her Miss Havesham phase, isn’t she? “Look here, Pip: these low-cut Frankie B jeans accompanied me to many a society soirée in days gone by. I was the toast of the ball. Everyone envied me. I danced and danced. I looked so pretty in them. Here! Here’s a photo of me. Do you think I look…
so fucking creepy. like, beyond creeping me out. trans women? who fucking cares. weirdo white dudes on some misguided agenda . . . well, shit, we know how that story ends.
Man, Cadet Kelly is really moving up in the world!
Clearly, Target’s dangerous new policy poses a danger to wives and daughters.
The real problem with casting Zoe Saldana is that she has benefitted from white supremacy in the industry; Nina was victimized by it. Though they are both black women, they represent almost entirely different existences, and it is this contradiction many black women have the most trouble with.
Pardon the “13 Going on 30” reference, but this clip is exactly what I picture that redesign meeting to be like.