#Reasons to be Cheerful

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

David Tennant: Do you know what's making me cheerful at the moment? Is that it's Pride Month. And the fact that Pride Month is existing and is flourishing and is something that's happening at a time when the world seems to be getting in some corners, worryingly intolerant and weirdly backward. And that when I was at school, calling somebody gay was like the worst thing you could be called in the playground. And now we celebrate it. And it makes me a little bit emotional. But that just gives people chance to be seen and celebrated. You want your children to grow up in a world that is kind and you want your children to be kind, and you want your children to be accepted for whoever they are, whatever they want to be. They should be allowed to be whoever they want to be and that, you know, everyone else just needs to butt out. We can't take our foot off the gas, that's the thing. And we can't expect that we will always travel in the right direction towards acceptance. We've all got to be fighting that fight every day. (x)

#david tennant #david interview #interview #pride month #david about pride month ❤ #david tennant being the best dad and human being ❤ #reasons to be cheerful #s2 interview #transcripts

[denimbex1986]

'Doctor Who star David Tennant has managed to inadvertently raise thousands of pounds for LGBTQ+ charity the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT) by wearing a TARDIS pin in the colours of the trans Pride flag.

Tennant appeared on sketch show The Last Leg on Friday (17 November) and The One Show last night (20 November), to discuss his return as the Doctor for the upcoming Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials.

On both programmes, he donned a small pin badge shaped like the Doctor’s spacecraft, the TARDIS, in blue, white and pink – the trans Pride flag colours.

The creator of the badge, Dr Jamie Gallagher, has since shared on social media that all profits raised from purchases of it will be donated to charity AKT, which supports homeless LGBTQ+ people in the UK.

Hours before Tennant’s appearance on The One Show, Gallagher updated their followers to announce that more than £18,000 had been raised for the charity.

“Thank you beautiful humans. That will make a huge difference to LGBTQ+ people living with homelessness this winter,” Gallagher shared, adding that their website was “blowing up” with people trying to order the TARDIS Pride pins.

Tennant’s wife, actress Georgia Tennant, has also promoted the badges on her social media.

In recent months, the Tennants have become staunch trans allies, as one of their children is reportedly non-binary.

David Tennant has been spotted on TV numerous time wearing a range of trans and non-binary pin badges, including one which read: “You are safe with me”.

In July, he was spotted wearing a “leave trans kids alone” t-shirt while promoting his Prime Video series, Good Omens.

The t-shirt drew fierce backlash from anti-trans campaigners, most notably from The IT Crowd creator Graham Lineham – who suggested that Tennant was an “abusive groomer” for his support of trans children. Lineham was later reportedly dropped by his TV agent, who also represented Tennant, over his comments.

To mark Pride month in June, Tennant appeared on the Reasons To Be Cheerful podcast, urging that while the community can’t “expect that we will always travel in the right direction towards acceptance,” everyone should be “fighting that fight every day”.

David Tennant will make his much-anticipated Doctor Who return this Saturday, 25 November, as part of the queerest series yet, with LGBTQ+ icons Ncuti Gatwa, Yasmin Finney, Miriam Margoyles and Neil Patrick Harris also starring.'

#David Tennant #Doctor Who #60th Anniversary #The One Show #The Last Leg #Georgia Tennant #Reasons to be Cheerful #Good Omens #Albert Kennedy Trust #Dr. Jamie Gallagher #Ncuti Gatwa #Neil Patrick Harris #Yasmin Finney #Miriam Margolyes

[yatima]

Ok Tumblr it's your Elder here to remind you that yes, the Northern Hemisphere nights are dark and the cold is getting into your bones and maybe you think everything's going to keep getting worse forever and you'll just get older and older until everyone and everything you love is dead: but you're only partly right.

Because yes sure we are all gonna die but in the meantime and maybe even because of that, there's joy. Even if it's only a bird half glimpsed from a moving vehicle, even if it's only the warmth in a cup of coffee, even if it's only the memory of someone who adored you as whole-chestedly and unconditionally as you deserve to be adored, joy is real in the world.

And tomorrow morning as I write this, the sun will shine along the passage at Newgrange and the sun daggers will frame the petroglyph in Chaco Canyon, and that is evidence that the long slow celestial mechanics of reversion to the mean will pull us inexorably back to springtime and the first green things growing out of the earth. The elders before me built these monuments to remind me to remind you that the sun will return.

And in the meantime let's hold hands in the dark. Let's tell the bleakest jokes we can think of at funerals to try and get the bereaved to laugh. Let's hug each other to coregulate our tender nervous systems that are trying so hard to keep us safe and alive. Let's watch how fast the efficiency of solar power is overtaking that of fossil fuels (effectively free energy by 2035: let's live to see it.) Let's revel in gods like pigeons and coyotes that can learn to coexist with humans.

Let's remember that there are more ordinary people of goodwill than we can possibly imagine: people who observe stop signs and pull over to let fire engines pass and who pay their fucking taxes and never cross pocket lines: normal working people who are kind to animals and who love all children and who feel solidarity across race and class and gender lines. Let's be those people and raise our children of blood and choice to be those people, the infrastructure of the world, the sunbeams shining into the dark.

#solstice #hope #reasons to be cheerful #reasons to stay alive #love

[butisittho]

so i listened to reasons to be cheerful ep 300 with david tennant...

he started acting in a SOCIALIST THEATER COMPANY called 784 because 7% of the population own 84% of the wealth (eat the rich)

he agrees with socialist ideas such as the importance of community, that the least in society should be looked after by everyone else, the need for safety nets, and BEING KIND!

he decided to act when he was 3 and never changed his mind lol

"Do you know what’s making me cheerful at the moment? It’s pride month – the fact that pride month exists and is flourishing and is something that’s happening at a time when the world seems to be getting, in some corners, worryingly intolerant and weirdly backwards"

he talked a little about target removing pride merch bc of threats, and got very emotional (sounded a bit like he was crying, which made me cry :))

"I think we all need to put up our rainbow flags and we need to march and shout. (...) You want your children to grow up in a world that is kind, and you want your children to be kind and accepted for whoever they are, whatever they want to be! They should be allowed to be whatever they want to be! Everyone else just needs to butt out."

do you think he'll adopt me if i tell him i'm a lesbian

#david tennant #reasons to be cheerful #good omens #pride month #gay #the way he talks about his kids is just #you can tell how much he loves them #im so happy his kids have parents that will love them and actively support them if they are queer #georgia is the best #queer

[technicallysweetvoid]

This made me grin/giggle so much! I felt like I should help it make it’s joyous way around Tumblr, too 😍

Kudos to GossipVal1 on YouTube!

#aziraphale #good omens #good omens fandom #michael sheen #michael sheen’s smile #michaelsheenedit #ineffable husbands #reasons to be cheerful #facial expressions for daysssssss #Youtube

[shoemakerobstetrician]

https://x.com/isolatedbug/status/1691325485362663424?s=46&t=86nlAAkRqkyIJkHuint_lg

I just LOVE THIS! He gets really emotional and breaks down a couple of times talking about how much pride month means to him.

#david interview #david tennant #good omens #David Tennant interview #David Tennant on Pride month #pride 2023 #pride month #queer pride #gay pride #pride #reasons to be cheerful #lgbtq ally

[novemberhush]

Went to a gig tonight and ran into so many old friends I hadn’t seen in ages and it was really lovely talking to them and catching up. I genuinely got more hugs tonight than I’ve had in the rest of the year so far combined! And then I got to pet not one, but two, dogs on the way home! 😊

#it was a good day #sunshine music friends and dogs #reasons to smile #reasons to be cheerful #joyful things

[nonesuchrecords]

David Byrne was on 60 Minutes to talk with Anderson Cooper about Talking Heads; his solo music; his hit Broadway show American Utopia; his collaboration with Fatboy Slim Here Lies Love, which debuts on Broadway this summer; his online magazine Reasons to Be Cheerful; and the immersive experience he created in Denver with Mala Gaonkar, Theater of the Mind. You can watch the piece here.

#david byrne #cbs #60 minutes #anderson cooper #talking heads #american utopia #broadway #fatboy slim #here lies love #reasons to be cheerful #theater of the mind

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

A new audio interview with David here! :) It's about from 8m to 35m. No Good Omens in it but is still very glorious :), David talks about Doctor Who, Pride Month and acting and is very great! :) This part :D:

Int: Have you done Macbeth before?

David: I've done it on the wireless, but I've not done it in an actual...

Int: When did you do it on the wireless?

David: Not that long ago actually, quite recently.

Int: Do people still call it the wireless?

David: No, just me.

#david tennant #david interview #interview #reasons to be cheerful #doctor who #pride month #wireless #:D #❤

[denimbex1986]

'As David Tennant bursts back onto screens for Doctor Who‘s 60th anniversary, he’s also made his solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community clearer than ever.

The 52-year-old star features alongside former co-star Catherine Tate as Donna Noble in the trio of Doctor Who specials from returning showrunner Russell T Davies. The cast also includes trans Heartstopper actress Yasmin Finney as Donna’s daughter, Rose.

Finney’s prominent role in Saturday’s (25 November) episode “The Star Beast” sparked fierce reaction with LGBTQ+ fans praising the inclusion and bigots (as usual) sharing their fury.

Tennant’s three-episode run – which has already involved a heartfelt conversation around correct pronouns – kicks off a new era of Doctor Who which promises major LGBTQ+ talent as Ncuti Gatwa takes over as 15th Doctor this Christmas.

From Drag Race icon Jinkx Monsoon to musical theatre star Jonathan Groff, there’s plenty in store for queer fans.

Throughout it all Tennant has remained a steadfast ally, so here’s five times the acclaimed actor has showed up for the LGBTQ+ community throughout his career.

David Tennant making waves with trans Tardis pin

In the lead up to the Doctor Who 60th anniversary, Tennant appeared on The One Show and The Last Leg earlier this month where the Scottish actor was spotted wearing a trans flag themed TARDIS badge as a small act of solidarity with the trans community.

Naturally, fan praised the actor for his initiative, but the wholesome saga doesn’t end there. The badge creator, Dr Jamie Gallagher, soon announced on Twitter that over £18,000 had been raised in badge sales and all proceeds would be going towards LGBTQ+ homeless charity AKT.

Humbly reacting to the joyous news, Tennant later said while he couldn’t take “any credit”, the badge perfectly “suits what Doctor Who is all about”.

It’s not the first time Tennant has showed his support through the medium of pin badges. Earlier this year eagle-eyed fans spotted him wearing a non-binary Pride badge on shows such Saturday Night Takeaway, The Graham Norton Show and This Morning.

Unapologetically standing up for trans children

In July this year, Tennant took his pro-trans message one step further during the press run for Good Omens season two.

In a viral image, fans caught a glimpse of him sporting a black t-shirt with a crystal clear pink hued slogan emblazoned on top. “Leave trans kids alone, you absolute freaks”. We love to see it.

The top, which comes from online store Crooked, caused a stir online with many fans flocking to social media to share their joy. Around a similar time the TV star was spotted wearing (yet another) badge with the pride colours and the words: “You are safe with me.”

The pin badge managed to rile up anti-trans activists Posie Parker and Graham Linehan who launched separate attacks on Tennant, insinuating he is a pedophile and “groomer”.

But this hasn’t deterred Tennant, who continues to stand up for trans rights.

Delivering an emotional speech during Pride month

During Pride month this year, Tennant appeared on the Ed Miliband’s Reasons To Be Cheerful podcast where he praised the importance and joy of Pride month in modern day Britain.

“Do you know what’s making me cheerful at the moment? It’s Pride month,” he told the podcast.

“The fact that Pride Month is existing and is flourishing and is something that’s happening at a time when the world seems to be getting in some corners worryingly intolerant and weirdly backward.”

As usual his words impacted LGBTQ+ fans who shared that his powerful statement moved them to tears.

“We can’t take our foot off the gas,” the actor continued. “We can’t expect that we will always travel in the right direction towards acceptance. We’ve all got to be fighting that fight every day.”

It’s a message echoed by his wife Georgia, who shared her solidarity with the trans community in October after an attack by prime minister Rishi Sunak. “To the trans community, I stand with you now and always. I, like you, am going nowhere,” she said in a post on X.

Spreading the message of inclusivity in his TV series Good Omens

Doctor Who is not the only sci-fi, fantasy world Tennant has inhabited this year. After four years, Prime Video finally dropped the second season of Good Omens which sees Tennant playing demon Crowley opposite Michael Sheen’s angel Aziraphale.

In a wild turn of events, after huge fan speculation, Crowley and Azirphale made their romantic tension explicit after sharing a dramatic kiss at the end of the season.

Although fans will have to wait until the (still to be confirmed) third season to find out if the loved up couple will finally get their acts together, Tennant has no doubt about the importance of inclusivity in the series, which he spoke about during an interview with the RadioTimes podcast.

During the interview, he explained that the show delivers a message for “this fractious moment” in society that earth can be “quite a nice place to live”.

“That’s why this show connected with a certain group of people,” he continued. “There is an inclusivity to the world view of Good Omens, there’s a joy in celebrating whoever you happen to be.

“And that’s something [creator Neil Gaiman] is very keen to communicate: a message of kindness and openness. That is why the tone of Good Omens is positive, open, joyful and fun.”

Once an ally, always an ally

Tennant’s allyship hasn’t just started over the past year.

As far back as 2008, during his stint as the 10th Doctor, he hit back against the idea that dressing flamboyantly and being called “gay” is an insult during an interview with The Telegraph.

A few years later, in 2012, he showed his support for a Diversity Role Models campaign tackling homophobic bullying.

“It is essential that young people have the opportunity to meet role models from the LGBT community to help break down the stereotypes and prejudice that lead to bullying,” he said at the time.

A decade later, it’s no surprise David Tennant has consistently proven himself as an LGBTQ+ ally, through and through.'

#David Tennant #Georgia Tennant #LBGTQ+ #Doctor Who #Good Omens #Crowley #Aziraphale #Neil Gaiman #This Morning #The One Show #Reasons to be Cheerful #Ed Miliband #The Last Leg #Dr. Jamie Gallagher #Tardis pin #Russell T. Davies #Catherine Tate #Donna Noble #Yasmin Finney #Rose Noble #Ncuti Gatwa #Jinkx Monsoon #Jonathan Groff #The Graham Norton Show #Saturday Night Takeaway #The Star Beast

[ingravinoveritas]

Follow up to this post, and in the interest of full disclosure: Here is my question to David. With so many others to choose from, I don't expect it to be selected, but it would certainly be lovely if it was...

#david tennant #soft scottish hipster gigolo #the guardian #reasons to be cheerful #if anyone else wants to share their questions please feel free! #i always love hearing from my followers #baftas 2024 #gay pride #bisexuality #discourse

[yatima]

Earth is the big spoon. If you can trust her enough to let her take your weight, she will cradle you in her love

#hope #reasons to stay alive #reasons to be cheerful #love

[edmilibum]

Photograph by Karla Gowlett (on Instagram)

“And this one we called ‘Titanic’. And if you wonder how we did this without laughing…? We didn’t!”

#ed miliband #geoff lloyd #reasons to be cheerful

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: David Byrne - “Fat Man’s Comin’”

David Byrne cops the opening line from “Immigrant Song” for “Fat Man’s Comin’.”

But that funky man with the fur trim collar, as Byrne also refers to Santa, is an immigrant of sorts, so it fits.

Released exclusively on BandCamp, Byrne’s whimsical and orchestral holiday song benefits his Reasons to be Cheerful online magazine.

People say it’s just my imagination/everybody claims that they don’t believe/but everybody knows that the fat man’s comin’, Bryne sings.

Written in 2013, infused with just a whiff of Rei Momo and left idle for nearly a decade, “Fat Man’s Comin’ is lightweight and mildly subversive, meaning it’s quintessentially Byrne.

Grade card: David Byrne - “Fat Man’s Comin’” - B-

Hear it here.

12/2/22

#david byrne #talking heads #fat man’s comin’ #reasons to be cheerful #led zeppelin

[cupatty]

#david byrne #reasons to be cheerful #cu.patty.gif

[absolutelycrafted]

Anxiety - Taking Notice of The Little Things

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#anxiety #Caroline Girvan #creative #exercise #how to overcome anxiety #Jane Austen #reading #reasons to be cheerful #Weights