when white actors play PoC suddenly it’s “oh they just wanted the best actor” and “race doesn’t matter to the character” or “they need the star power” no matter how much proof you show about how Race is important to the character or hell the entire story
But when it’s the other way around White people will because ancient anthropologists, have a degree in geothermal studies and astrophysics and pull out ancient real world documentation to tell you why this fictional story set in a world with time travel magic and demons needs to be all white cast because it’s based off of a old 14th century time that has a fairy tale about a goat monster in Ancient Rome during the summer of 1348 and how they were white because the Teutonic plates had shift 2 degrees north.
5. Better In Black After Alec’s thorough rejection, Magnus does away with his previously soft, patterned fabrics and flashy jewelry. Instead, he chooses muted colors, hard lines, and a structured military-style jacket, as if it might armor him against further heartbreak.
can we talk about one of the least mentioned–but most interesting–things about magnus and alec’s relationship? how intelligent both of them are. magnus speaks indonesian, spanish, english, multiple demonic languages, and other mundane languages he picked up while traveling. alec is the one they rely on to interpret another language in CoHF because, in his words, he’s the only one “who paid attention in language lessons,” but we all know it’s because when alec takes an interest in something, that’s it, he’s going to be an expert at it. magnus can spend hours pouring over texts and alec has a deep love of books. magnus knows history and geography (even if he does enjoy playing around with the “facts” every now and then). alec spends time listening and learning–absorbing information in the “background”–as he becomes the liaison between shadowhunters and downworlders. magnus teaches. alec negotiates. they are respected leaders who are actively sought out for their wisdom, help, and advice.
they are the definition of a power couple.
additionally: Alec and Magnus using their language skills to talk dirty to each other in front of other people
“Indeed, despite programs designed to interest girls in STEM, GoldieBlox, and supermodels celebrating the virtues of coding, the fields are still overwhelmingly male and seem virtually resistant to change. Jahren, a geochemist and geobiologist, argues that the problem is hardly one of enthusiasm, but rather widespread sexual harassment in the fields that, unsurprisingly, goes unpunished.
The kind of sexual harassment Jahren describes is hardly that of a Mad Men episode: groping and outright dickishness are easier to label and condemn as sexual harassment (and it’s worth noting that STEM has a problem with that too).
Rather, it’s the kind that prioritizes men’s feelings, and their expression of them, over the simple act of treating a woman as a professional colleague. Jahren persuasively argues that the persistence of this kind of behavior—the constant demand from both male colleagues and academic advisors that their feelings be acknowledged and legitimized—is one of the reasons women leave STEM fields.
An email forwarded to Jahren by a former student asking her advice typifies the problem:
[The student] forwarded an email she had received from a senior colleague that opened, “Can I share something deeply personal with you?” Within the email, he detonates what he described as a “truth bomb”: “All I know is that from the first day I talked to you, there hadn’t been a single day or hour when you weren’t on my mind.” He tells her she is “incredibly attractive” and “adorably dorky.” He reminds her, in detail, of how he has helped her professionally: “I couldn’t believe the things I was compelled to do for you.” He describes being near her as “exhilarating and frustrating at the same time” and himself as “utterly unable to get a grip” as a result. He closes by assuring her, “That’s just the way things are and you’re gonna have to deal with me until one of us leaves.”
It’s hard to imagine that the sender of the email thought that it would earn him the romantic admiration of his female colleague, coupled as it is with a vague threat likely meant to convey the authentic intensity of his attraction. And yet, as Jahren writes, this behavior has “been encountered by every single woman I know.”
I don’t know if you knew already but the now famous super cute FinnRey cosplayers are trying to legally adopt their baby. Their deadline is very soon and are a long way away from their goal so please try and help them if you can ❤
