#amy fine collins

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This is the kind of extra bullshit we need for the Gala every year.

#amy fine collins #red carpet #met gala #bali reviews #bali reviews met gala 2024

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MET Gala 2024, "The Garden of Time"

#met gala #the met gala #met gala 2024 #nell diamond #andrew saffir #daniel benedict #rebecca ferguson #jonathan groff #chioma nnadi #ben simmons #maleah joi moon #steve newhouse #gina sanders #gustav magnar witzoe #lea michele #nick brown #derek blasberg #cole escola #alex sharp #michael arden #amy fine collins #colman domingo #gayle king #emma mackey #jamie singer soros #robert soros #rebecca hall #madelyn cline #max hollein #nina hollein

[queen-rndmchick]

Amy Fine Collins @ Met Gala 2024 🌸

#amy fine collins #met gala 2024 #met gala #celebrity #fashion #red carpet #new york #floral #flowers

[dollydike]

Met Gala 2024 : The Garden of Time

#met gala 2024 #zendaya #maison margiela #harris reed #da'vine joy randolph #zac posen #gap #ben simmons #amy fine collins #cynthia erivo #thom browne

[distantvoices]

Amy Fine Collins, Quil Lemons, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, Daphne Seybold, LaQuan Smith, Mel Ottenberg and Camilla Lowther by Nick Sethi for W Mag Vol. 5 2022

[crinolinecuriousity]

literally no notes Amy Fine Collins ate up this theme and this look

#met gala 2024

[annahxredaxted]

The Jacket.

Characters: Geordi/Cutie, +geordis sister- made up name: Amy.

Genre: kinda angsty kinda not. Idk

Type: mid-relationship break thingy

Desc: After meeting after therapy and coffee together, Geordi leaves his jacket in their car, they drop it off, and drama ensues.

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As Ao3 Remains down I felt the need to feed peoplez it’s not long but as if they ever are.

READ THE DESCRIPTION PLEASEE

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Taglist: @itsdaifuku @shellssstuff @youisagayhooman @darlin-collins @verrverii

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As I step into my car after a long and tedious day at work, I notice something in the backseat. Geordis jacket.

I sigh, pulling it to the front seat, looking at it with slight admiration, fought the urge to smell it- as weird as it may sound, I missed him, his smell, his face, his voice and just him.

I register that I’d saw him just mere days prior to this, but I couldn’t stop thinking about him, days seemed like years when I’m alone. It felt quiet and echo-y when no one was there to fill up space with me and it hurts knowing it was primarily my fault.

Eventually I realize what I should do, do a quick little drop off/check in. I know where his sister lives and I’ll be quick. No biggie, it won’t turn into anything it doesn’t need to be.

“What if he doesn’t want to see me anymore than he has to?” I ask myself, eyes getting watery, whatever— nothings gonna go wrong it’s fine.

Right?

•••

I arrive at the place where him and his sister were staying. I look at the house, contemplating whether or not to just leave it on the porch or knock on the door.

I sit in the car for a few minutes. Just contemplating weather to be a bother or to completely waste this opportunity.

‘I just wanna see him.’ I think to myself honestly. feeling tears bubble up in my eyes, I stop myself before I start crying, rubbing my eyes and sighing, a shaky breath coming in and out, I steady myself as I open the car door.

“In and out, quick and easy.” I repeated multiple times Under my breath as I got out of the car, heading around to grab the jacket and walk slowly to the front door, being sure not to rush, and really think of what to say, how to say it and be careful of tones.

I make my way up to the door, looking down to see a welcome mat in a pretty font. I slightly smile, looking up. I knock on the door, trying not to be to loud.

A few seconds go by and I hear footsteps coming towards the door, I clutch the jacket tighter.

Oh shit. She opens the door.

I gulp, quickly trying to explain myself.

“Amy hi, I, uhm Geordi, he left his..yeah.” I gestured to the jacket. I stopped, taking a deep breath.

She looked me up and down, a scowl on her face- she’d never liked me, and especially not not.

“Well obviously he wasn’t gonna take all of his belongings when he was trying to get out quick.” She spat, the scowl resting on her face, she shifted her feet, her bicep against the door frame.

“Oh yeah I know, he left it in my car a few days back.” I explained, holding it out, than pulling it back to me.

She rolled her eyes, “I’ll give it to him.” She said, holding her hands out.

“I’d prefer if I gave it to him.” I said, peeking a little behind her. She blocked my line of sight by shifting her feet.

“I think it would be better if you didn’t.” She said with a rude smile.

I sighed with a frown, looking behind her yet again, “is he home?” I asked, not budging.

She rolled her eyes. “I really don’t see how that’s any of your business.” She claimed, holding her hands out yet again to grab the jacket.

I was about to give in before I heard some footsteps behind her.

“Amy? Who’s is that?” I heard Geordi from behind her, he eventually made his way to the door, he muttered a small, “oh” and stood there.

“They were just leaving.” She said angrily, the tension between her eyes showed by a wrinkle in her brow.

I looked at him, and I could tell his lips had the slightest curl at the sight of me.

Amy looked up At Geordi, she saw his eyes, sighing she closed the door angrily, leaving him and I out on the porch.

“Hey.” He said with a kick in his voice, pitched up.

I nodded “hi.” We stood there for a few seconds before my eyes shot open.

“Oh fuck- yeah here you go you left it—,” he stopped me

“Oh yeah I was gonna text you about that.” Geordi explained, taking the jacket from my hands.

“Thank you.” He said, still standing there awkwardly. I nodded, muttering something along the lines of “of course” but it didn’t quite come out the same.

He smiled at me, placing a hand on my shoulder, I looked at his hand then at him, a confused look on my face.

“How’s therapy going?” He asked calmly.

Ahh of course therapy. That’s the focal point of the discussion.

I sighed looking up at him, “you know same-old-same-old.” I said not giving much detail, I Avoided eye contact- which in retrospect must have looked insanely suspicious.

He looked me dead in the eye.

“You are in therapy are you not?” He asked. His smile was gone and his hand was absent from my shoulder.

I caught myself, mentally slapping myself for making his head even go there.

“Yes! Yes of course I am, I just.. I just don’t wanna talk about it.” I look down, staring at my shoes.

“,look Geordi I need to go, I’ll- I’ll see you around.” I said, with a fake smile.

He nodded, bringing me in for a quick hug. I let out a brief, “oof” after 3 seconds I hugged back, feeling safe and warm in his arms.

He pulled away, “see you around cut- uh (y/n),” he chuckled awkwardly and scratched his arm.

“Okay then Geordi. Bye.” I said, looking around weirdly, before deciding to pay his arm— which was so much more awkward then it should have been.

*super cool closing line*

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#redacted asmr #redacted geordi #redactedverse #redacted cutie #don’t cancel me #I like cutie #not their actions #but the legitimate person #no body’s perfect y’all 🧍🏻‍♀️

[one-album-wonders]

UK Rock Superstars Tournament Participants!!!!

We have a remarkable 244 entries into the UK Rock Superstars Tournament. They will be sorted into 61 groups of 4 for the tournament to begin on Monday, May 22nd. Based on the number of nominations and other popularity factors I've sorted the entries into four pots. I will create the groups by randomly selecting one rock act from each pot for each group.

The names of all the participants are below the cut. If you find that there's a GRIEVOUS omission of a great UK rock band or solo artist, please notify me by the end of the day Friday. After that, the participants list will be final.

POT 1

Arctic Monkeys Bauhaus Black Sabbath Blur Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) David Bowie Def Leppard Depeche Mode Donovan Duran Duran Dusty Springfield Electric Light Orchestra Elton John Elvis Costello & The Attractions Eurythmics Fleetwood Mac Franz Ferdinand Genesis George Harrison George Michael Gorillaz Jeff Beck John Lennon Joy Division Judas Priest Kate Bush King Crimson Led Zeppelin Motörhead Muse New Order Oasis Paul McCartney Peter Gabriel Pink Floyd Placebo Pulp Queen Radiohead Rolling Stones Roxy Music Sex Pistols T. Rex Tears for Fears The Animals The Beatles The Bee Gees The Clash The Cure The Dave Clark Five The Hollies The Kinks The Moody Blues The Police The Pretenders The Small Faces / Faces The Smiths The Who The Yardbirds The Zombies Yes

POT 2

Amy Winehouse Bananarama Billy Bragg Billy Idol Black Midi Buzzcocks CHVRCHES Coldplay Cradle of Filth Cream Culture Club Dire Straits Echo & the Bunnymen Elvis Costello Emerson, Lake, & Palmer Erasure Gary Numan Graham Parker Herman's Hermits Iron Maiden Joe Cocker Joe Jackson Madness Manfred Mann Manic Street Preachers Marc Bolan Mott the Hoople Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark Ozzy Osbourne Pet Shop Boys Peter Frampton Phil Collins Primal Scream Ringo Starr Robert Plant Rod Stewart Siouxsie and the Banshees Sisters Of Mercy Slade Squeeze Supergrass The Beat The Damned The Human League The Jam The Jesus and Mary Chain The Pogues The Psychedelic Furs The Specials The Stone Roses The Stranglers The Sweet The Tornados Traffic Ultravox Van Morrison Wham! Wings X-Ray Spex XTC Yazoo

POT 3

ABC Adam and the Ants Alestorm Alt-J Annie Lennox Art of Noise Autechre Belle and Sebastian Big Audio Dynamite Big Country Black Country, New Road Blood Red Shoes Bullet for My Valentine Camera Obscura Carcass Cardiacs Cliff Richard Cornershop Davy Jones Deep Purple Elastica Fairport Convention Fine Young Cannibals Florence + The Machine Gang of Four Gerry & The Pacemakers Gerry Rafferty Happy Mondays Howard Jones Inspiral Carpets Jade Bird John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers Kevin Ayers Little Simz Los Campesinos! Mojave 3 My Bloody Valentine Napalm Death Nothing But Thieves Petula Clark Royal Blood Self Esteem Sleep Token Snow Patrol Soft Machine Steeleye Span Suede The Fall The Holloways The Kooks The Pigeon Detectives The Ting Tings The Undertones The Wombats The xx This Heat Throbbing Gristle Tom Jones Two Door Cinema Club Wet Leg Whitesnake

POT 4

10 cc Alison Moyet Bloc Party Cabaret Voltaire Crawlers Creeper Dexys Midnight Runners Eddy Grant Fad Gadget Fontaines D.C. Free Glass Animals Jarvis Cocker Jessie Ware Jethro Tull Kaiser Chiefs Killing Joke Laura Marling Lonnie Donegan Manfred Mann's Earth Band Modern English Mogwai Mungo Jerry Nazareth Nick Lowe Paul Young Peter & Gordon Procul Harum Public Image Ltd Rainbow Richard Thompson Roger Waters Sham 69 Simple Minds Soft Cell Spandau Ballet Spiritualized Status Quo Stereolab Steve Winwood Stiff Little Fingers Super Furry Animals Syd Barrett Talk Talk The Boo Radleys The Chameleons The Cocteau Twins The Cult The KLF The Mission The Searchers The Selecter The Slits The Verve Thomas Dolby UB40 Underworld Uriah Heep Van der Graaf Generator Yard Act Young Fathers

[gritsandbrits]

Rewrite vs. Canon: Power Rangers series (Mighty Morphin' to Dino Fury)?

Note: If you can't do every PR season, that's fine. I understand and respect your decision. I recently discovered this trend from your ask posts from 2022, and I know it's currently 2023 at this point in time, but I thought of giving this trend a try; hell, maybe I might do this trend as well when I get the chance with my own rewrites).

P.S. Sorry about the long post from my last ask to you. I'll be more mindful of how long my ask posts are from now on.

Well it's basically my OCs inserted in the plot but here's a general rundown (im only going to Dino Charge because that's the last show I watched in full)

Maria and Bianca are african american twins, the former becoming mmpr purple and the latter being the school journalist

Originally maria was only going to be MMPR to Turbo 2nd half but I decided to keep her as Turbo Purple and have both her and Bianca travel to space with Maria becoming Space Violet. Bianca becomes a mission control for the team.

After Space ends, Maria and Bianca takes a long hiatus giving way for a new protagonist: Maggie Phenomenous.

Maggie is the Purple Space Ranger with Ice&Snow element. The twist is she didn't want to become a Ranger and felt it intruded on her civilian ofc she grows out of it & becomes less cold

After Galaxy, Maggie is given a job working for Lightspeed Rescue and befriends that series Purple Ranger; Alya Moon. Alya is a supernatural expert (she was gonna be a cop but I'm acab).

After Lightspeed, Alya learns of paranormal activity in another city which turns about to be time travel setting off the events of Time Force. There she meets the rowdy heiress Wendy Collins.

Wendy becomes that series' purple ranger and undergoes an arc about taking responsibility. She also has a romantic arc with Eric Meyers. I thought about making her Quantum Pink as a foil for Jen.

After Time Force, Wendy moves to a beach city (lol) and becomes involved with the events of Ninja Storm. Introduced to Alli Velasquez, the Ninja Storm Pink Ranger of Fire.

After Ninja Storm Alli gets a job as a teaching assistant at a local high school. At the same time, Rosalyn is starting her freshman year and becomes Dino Thunder Pink. Tommy already knows who Alli is.

After that we go to 2025 where the daughter of Maria is a Ranger for SPD. Her name is Amethyst "Amie" Lee Scott. A big change is Isinia: rather than being a plot device she's an actual character and formerly a Ranger herself but was captured by the bad guys. In the finale she stages a breakout & reunites with Doggie.

Back to 2005 we're introduced to the Triple Threat: Opalina, Octavia, and Olivia. Opalina is the Mystic Force Black Ranger and her power is gemstones. She's a stage magician who becomes a real one.

Overdrive gets a major OVERHAUL and becomes a legitimate adventure series also the Rangers don't quit when they lose their powers. Since it's meant to be an anniversary season we get updates to what the previous Rangers are doing including a Family Reunion. Octavia is the Purple Ranger and she doesn't have powers.

Olivia is the last triplet and a skilled martial artist. So impressed RJ offers her a spot on the team; later she becomes the pink ranger.

RPM has Mavis as the Pink Ranger.

Samurai is more cohesive in terms of lore: Jayden and Lauren's mother married a Japanese businessman who is also the leader of the Shiba Clan, making them explicitly adopted. But because of an injury Mr. Shiba is out of action leaving Lauren to step up to take care ot business duties while Jayden does all the demon hunting.

Silvia is that season's purple ranger of ice and snow bc i found out Antonio's powers are gold/metal based. Her arc is learning to make new friends after she moves away.

After, we go to Bobbi, a high school student and Silvia's friend from her old hometown. Bobbie becomes the season's Purple Ranger (Mega and Super Mega). Maria and Bianca makes their big return; Maggie and Leo are married and so is Wendy and Eric. poor Amie is forced to halt her wedding plans to go back in time to help her family. The series ends with Amie and Sky getting married in the present (well 2014)

After that, Maria gets a job at a dinosaur museum and gets involved in the Dino Charge season as a mentor for her younger cousin Frieda. She adjusts to being the Yellow Ranger. Cuz I don't know how you're gonna have a PR season and exclude one of the primary colors 🤔

#gb asks #power rangers oc

[pop-pop-pop-popculture]

My Favorite 2023 Met Gala Outfits

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*this is out of random order!!!!*

Jenna Ortega

Rihanna

Gigi Hadid

Anne Hathaway

Aubrey Plaza

Elle Fanning

Keely Shaye Smith-Brosnan

Sean “Diddy” Combs

Olivia Rodrigo, much to my surprise

Teyana Taylor

Rita Ora

Ben Platt

Stormyz

Whitney Peak

Penelope Cruz

Russell Westbrook

Stephanie Hsu

Quannah Chasinghorse

Serena Williams

Barry Keoghan

Halle Bailey

Angèle

Nicola Peltz Beckham

Maya Penn (simple yet elegant, and gorgeous!)

Karen Elson

Stella McCartney

Baz Luhrmann

Maya Hawke

Catherine Martin

Alexa Chung

Joan Smalls

Ava Max

Imaan Hammam

Amber Valletta

Vittoria Ceretti

Labrinth

Jennie Kim

Pusha T

Ke Huy Quan

Usher

Chi Ossé

Daisy Edgar-Jones

Bella Ramsay

Glenn Close

Ashley Graham

Phoebe Bridgers

Alton Mason

Maude Apatow

Miranda Kerr (simple yet elegant, and gorgeous!)

Devon Aoki

Lily James

Jeremy Scott

Nicole Kidman

Amy Fine Collins

Emma Ratajkowski

Gisele Bündchen

Kaitlyn Dever

Kim Petras

Grace Elizabeth

Jodi Comer

Suki Waterhouse

Jared Leto (he came as Choupette (literal cat costume), Karl’s cat!!!!)

Kendall Jenner

Kim Kardashian and Cardi B (they’re both pieces of shit, and I hate myself for liking their outfits)

I love that the stylists for the people I went all out and, for some, were camp-esque.

Kind of...

Paris Hilton

Yung Miami

Tems

Burna Boy

Alex Newell

Jennifer Lopez

Amanda Harlech

Dua Lipa

Irina Shayk

Quinton Brunson

Margaret Qualley (I like the dress and shoes, but I’m not, like in love)

Bad Bunny (I like the head-to-toe white, but I’m not crazy about the outfit????)

Lily Collins

Lily Aldridge

Ashley Park

Eh... / I Don’t Know... / Indifferent

Olivier Rousteing

Karla Bruni

Zac Posen (lookin’ dapper there, though, sir!)

Cara Delevingne

Lala Anthony

Chloe Fineman

Karlie Kloss

Brian Tyree Henry

Ice Spice

Robert Pattinson

Donatella Versace

Kate Moss

Lila Moss

Camila Morrone

Yes and No

Mary J. Blige

Madelyn Cline

Alexandra Daddario

Jeremy Pope (yes for the cape and no to everything else)

Viola Davis

Allison Williams (I love the shade of orange and the dress itself, but the whole look is still a no from me)

Ariana DeBose

Sydney Sweeney

Um...

Erykah Badu

Conan Gray

Doja Cat (edit; 11 PM - she’s supposed to be Choupette too?!)

Lil Nas X

What the ACTUAL Fuck?

Pedro Pascal

Erykah Badu

Lil Nas X

No

Bradley Cooper

Nick Jonas

I Don’t Give a F*ck

Priyanka Chopra

Emma Chamberlain

Kylie Jenner

Vanessa Hudgens

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I’m sure there are tons of more attendees, but I didn’t care to do more research because I am tired. I’ll probably research more tomorrow and reblog this. (I purposely left off some people out of pure, genuine laziness)

▪️ May 1, 2023 ▪️

#text #personal #2023 #pop culture #met gala #met gala 2023 #fashion industry #fashion

[beardedmrbean]

A youth pastor. A high school teacher and football coach. And an operations director of a large hospital network.

These were among the 46 men arrested in a massive undercover prostitution sting this month in Frisco and Southlake, local and federal authorities announced.

Roughly a dozen law enforcement agencies participated in the operation Jan. 12 and 13 at the Hyatt near Stonebriar Centre in Frisco and the Hilton at Southlake Town Square. The men had arranged online to meet at the hotels intending to pay for sex, authorities said.

Officials have not divulged names of those arrested. The men face charges of solicitation of prostitution, a felony in Texas punishable with up two years in prison and a $10,000 fine

“When you think of trafficking, you think of streets in Dallas or Fort Worth or strip clubs,” said Agent John Perez, who oversees the North Texas Trafficking Task Force, part of Homeland Security Investigations. “But there’s a lot of demand in the suburbs.”

This is the second extensive commercial sex sting operation involving North Texas suburbs in recent months. Police arrested 23 people after an investigation at short-term rentals in Plano and Dallas.

Related:Short-term rental debacle: 23 arrested in prostitution ring operating in Dallas and Plano

In addition to the trafficking task force, agencies that took part in this month’s operation included the Arlington, Colleyville, Dallas, Flower Mound, Frisco, Irving and Midlothian police departments; the Collin, Dallas and Tarrant county sheriff’s departments; and the Dallas County district attorney’s office.

The operation coincided with the Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign to highlight Human Trafficking Prevention Month, which is January.

“The victims of these heinous crimes are treated like commodities, used to make as much money as possible, as quickly as possible,” Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn said in a prepared statement. “Those who traffic victims are the scourge of the earth, and we will continue to target those responsible for the trafficking and those who solicit sex from them.”

Awareness of sexual trafficking and exploitation have grown immensely in recent years, heightened by a handful of high-profile cases. Last year, a 15-year-old girl disappeared from a Dallas Mavericks game at American Airlines Center and was found a few days later in Oklahoma City; three people were arrested on charges of human trafficking.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, co-wrote legislation with Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar to reauthorize the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, which provides tens of millions of dollars to law enforcement and social-service agencies to combat sexual exploitation. The law went into effect earlier this month.

#nunyas news #should move Human Trafficking Prevention Month #to feb given what else is in feb

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Why didn't these people show up with this energy to the year they did CAMP!!!

#amy fine collins #red carpet #met gala #bali reviews #bali reviews met gala

[crosseyedcricketart]

my favorite MET Gala 2024 looks part 1 | theme: "The Garden of Time"

#the met gala #met gala #met gala 2024 #chloe malle #virginia smith #nicole phelps #jonathan groff #ben simmons #maleah joi moon #amy fine collins #rebecca hall #will welch #sabrina harrison #samantha barry #donald glover #rauw alejandro #eva chen #alia bhatt #aya nakamura #bobby digi olisa #laurie cumbo #lena waithe #bruna marquezine #jeff goldblum #hannah bagshawe #eddie redmayne #tory burch #harris reed #sebastian stan #charlie xcx

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Wisdom of the Ancients

The plethora of floor-length, ruffled, high-necked dresses in stores this past winter heralded a shift back to pioneer days in fashion. Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the country is reverting to pioneer days in women’s health and bodily autonomy, with the help of Laura Ingalls Wilder — I mean Amy Coney Barrett.

If this feels like a kind of betrayal, that’s because it is. Justice Barrett, along with Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch, declared during their confirmation hearings that they would commit to obey the rules of “stare decisis” — the legal doctrine of respecting judicial precedent — if they were ever to consider Roe v. Wade.Kavanaugh even called Planned Parenthood v. Casey a “precedent upon precedent” — so, doubly challenging to overturn. Their spoken commitment to precedent, under oath, turned out to be not much of a commitment. (As Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a staunch Kavanaugh supporter — whined, she was “misled” by Kavanaugh, since he made a pinky promise to her that he wouldn’t overturn Roe.)

It’s not that precedents are never overturned. SCOTUS has overturned more than 200 in its history. But it is, actually, a Big Deal. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. called it a “jolt to the legal system” to overrule a precedent. And most often, they are overruled in favor of more rights, not fewer. Brown v. Board of Education, for example, overruled a precedent of legal segregation that stood for 60 years; Miranda v. Arizona overturned two precedents, giving an accused person the right to remain silent and not self-incriminate. (SCOTUS is busy chipping away on that, too.) And of course Loving v. Virginia overturned the blatantly racist ban on interracial marriage that had stood since Pace v. Alabama in 1883.

The question now is whether this court will use its disdain for precedent not to improve existing laws but to reverse the legal march of progress. There’s much talk that the court won’t stop at abortion but could continue to whisk away other rights, like gay marriage (granted via 2015’s Obergefell v. Hodges) and even contraception (made legal, though only for married couples, in Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965).

How far back can the court go? Pretty far, it turns out. Alito reached all the way to the 17th century to support his opinion. His arguments came from Sir Matthew Hale, a judge who died in 1676. Hale was an upstanding gentleman who believed that women who charged men with rape should not be trusted. He believed that marital rape was an oxymoron. And he believed in ghosts and witchcraft and presided at a trial where he sentenced two witches to death. Indeed, I am not certain that the ghost of Antonin Scalia, the original originalist, wasn’t directing Alito’s hand like a ouija board as he penned his opinion.

If Alito really wants to reach back in history, he should take into account that from 1776 until the mid-19th century, abortion was not illegal. Unless you were a slave: Slaveowners wanted as many enslaved children as possible to shore up their numbers and enhance their reputations.

But historical arguments supporting abortion are out there, too. No less a patriot and founding father than Benjamin Franklin had a recipe for an herbal abortifacient to solve what he considered the problem of unwanted pregnancies. But let’s not stop at the 16th or 17th century. Why not go back further, to the much-respected Stoics? They believed the fetus was a plant until it was born, when it became an animal. And Aristotle, a guy everyone quotes, thought that abortion was fine before “ensoulment” (which came sooner for male than for female fetuses, but that’s another story).

The court’s decision on Roe last week is terrible news for all women, most especially women of color, women who live in poverty, and women who are survivors of domestic violence. But it’s also terrible news for what we call the march of progress, as enshrined in legal milestones that many of us assumed were part of the foundation of the modern United States. That march is hampered and reversed by this Supreme Court. The conservative justices are short-sighted and tunnel-visioned and out of touch with what the majority of Americans want. Their decision will be responsible for the very preventable deaths of women across the nation, and it may also set a precedent for future harms.

[T.J. Ford]

#T.J. Ford #articles #Roe V. Wade #illegitimate SCOTUS #Opus Dei Court #women #women's rights #Reproductive Rights

[literateish]

books i’ve read in 2023

astrid parker doesn’t fail by ashley herring blake

anxious people by fredrik backman

shadow & bone by leigh bardugo

lessons in chemistry by bonnie garmus

siege & storm by leigh bardugo

red dragon by thomas harris

ruin & rising by leigh bardugo

romeo and juliet by william shakespeare

convenience store woman by sayaka murata

small things like these by claire keegan

alice’s adventures in wonderland by lewis carroll

black widow: shield’s most wanted

black widow: the name of the rose

the history of mary prince by mary prince

brighton rock by graham greene

hook, line, and sinker by tessa bailey

five survive by holly jackson

ethel and ernest by raymond briggs

the midnight library by matt haig

all of you every single one by beatrice hitchman

hamlet by william shakespeare

set on you by amy lea

if we were villains by m. l. rio

the woman in white by wilkie collins

the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society by annie barrows and mary ann shaffer

i’m glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy

the interesting narrative and other writings by olaudah equiano

vicious by v. e. schwab

confessions of an english opium eater by thomas de quincey

november 9 by colleen hoover

a thousand ships by natalie haynes

open water by caleb azumah nelson

the necessity of stars by e. catherine tobler

exes and o’s by amy lea

alice in wonderland by lewis carroll (reread)

on earth we’re briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong

the little prince by antoine de saint-exupery

the bell jar by sylvia plath

the web of black widow

black widow: deadly origin

up at the villa by w. somerset maugham

black widow: the ties that bind

black widow: i am black widow

black widow: die by the blade

the death of captain america

black widow: welcome to the game

the death of captain america 2

winter soldier: the longest winter

the death of captain america 3

winter soldier: broken arrow

winter soldier: black widow hunt

winter soldier: electric ghost

black widow: the name of the rose

frankenstein by mary shelley

black widow: kiss or kill

black widow: itsy bitsy spider

young avengers: complete collection

twelfth night by william shakespeare

romeo and juliet by william shakespeare

drunk on love by jasmine guillory

trespasses by louise kennedy

fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury

icebreaker by hannah grace

captain america: symbol of truth

captain america: sentinel of liberty

northanger abbey by jane austen

the wrongs of woman by mary wollstonecraft

the history of mary prince by mary prince

swimming in the dark by tomasz jedrowski

brokeback mountain by annie proulx

fourth wing by rebecca yarros

arthur and teddy are coming out by ryan love

black widow: the finely woven thread

black widow: the tightly tangled web

zodiac academy 1 by caroline peckham

black widow: last days

zodiac academy 2 by caroline peckham

carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid

zodiac academy 3 by caroline peckham

zodiac academy 4 by caroline peckham

zodiac academy 5 by caroline peckham

zodiac academy 6 by caroline peckham

athena’s child by hannah lynn

legends and lattes by travis baldtree

the burning chambers by kate mosse

jeoffrey the poets cat by oliver soden

the retreat by sarah pearse

zodiac academy 7 by caroline peckham

twisted love by ana huang

medusa by jessie burton

the housekeeper and the professor by yōko ogawa

the hike by lucy clarke

beautiful world where are you by sally rooney

fix her up by tessa bailey

love theoretically by ali hazelwood

the american roommate experiment by elena armas

hester by laurie lico albanese

the definitive black widow by stan lee

sense and sensibility by jane austen

civil war by mark millar

transcendent kingdom by yaa gyasi

hamnet by maggie o’farrell

wuthering heights by emily brönte

a room of one’s own by virginia woolf

northanger abbey by jane austen

the grasmere journals by dorothy wordsworth

things fall apart by chinua achebe

the adoption papers by jackie kay

sense and sensibility by jane austen

just like home by sarah gailey

pride and prejudice by jane austen

chéri by colette

zodiac academy 8 by caroline peckham

nervous conditions by tsitsi dangarembga

persuasion by jane austen

new animal by ella baxter

mansfield park by jane austen

the night watch by sarah waters

zong by marlene nourbese philip

chronicle of youth by vera brittain

faces in the water by janet frame

iron flame by rebecca yarros

beloved by toni morrison

fen by daisy johnson

regeneration by pat barker

#each book has a link to the review that i’ve posted about it on here! #this will be updated every time i finish a book #like i did last year #han reads books

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Honestly been thinking about a Dark Shadows video game for a while. It’d be like the classic Telltale games, story driven and with several episodes within different main stories. Idk if the different choices or dialogue options would change anything but that’s up to you ig.

It’s mostly from the POV of David because. Of course. But Hallie & Amy are also main characters too. The three of them are essentially a Scooby doo gang, solving mysteries and fighting against the dark forces residing in their hometown. The other characters appear too, but I’d think that only certain ones that heavily connect to David would show up and act like important side characters (think like Victoria or something).

Each character would have different abilities that help you out through each episode. David has psychic powers, so he can communicate with the spirits to give him clues/hints and or to open difficult doors. His eyes glow a bit when using his powers.

Hallie has a good understanding of the occult & supernatural, due to taking an interest in her uncle’s research. She can repel and clean away negative forces, and detect when they are near due to her ghost hunting equipment. She’s also able to use her decent knowledge of chemistry to her advantage.

Amy, being the “youngest” (I say that in quotation marks since apparently both David and her are twelve in 1970?) of the group, has the most speed and is able to crawl through tight spaces and hide more easily. She can also sense when someone is in danger when the moon is full via some.. strange link with it.

The stories themselves would be based off the awful strange gold key comics from the 70’s, way after the show officially ended. Of course, they would be more well written and more interesting (hopefully), since the actual ideas were pretty interesting. An example would be the one about the golem that came alive when the Collin comet came around, and had a drive to destroy anyone who was wicked.

I don’t have an exact idea on everything else, but that’s fine. It’s not like I’m actually gonna make this game myself anyway. It’s more of a fun fandom idea. Anyways I’ll stop rambling.

#long post #but honestly I’d love a dark shadows game even if I barely play games anymore #dark shadows deserves the recognition of a well designed banger of a video game #all I’m saying #dark shadows: mystery of collinwood #dark shadows (1966)