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tokenducks · 6 months

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Charles’ patches and pins :)

SKA pin: Quick History lesson because I had no idea what it was: definitely google more:

SKA is a music genre that originated in Jamaica. In the 70s a lot of Jamaicans immigrated to the UK. Punks and young Jamaican immigrants felt a sense of unity due to both being screwed over by the system. This led to 2 Tone SKA which mixed SKA with punk rock elements. While 2 Tone SKA is a genre, it was also a movement that focused on racial unity.

Rude Boy patch: In late 60s Jamaica RudeBoys were young “delinquents” who listened to rocksteady music. Term was used in England to refer to fans of SKA and 2 tone. Think the other insults used for punks that have been reclaimed.

Checker Print pin: Represents racial unity in the movement.

Target patch: Symbol for the Mod subculture. Google this one to.

Union Jack pin (on bag) and patch: He sure is British

Smiley face pin: I believe it’s just a generic smiley face but it could be a logo.

Unknown metal(?) pin: I can’t get a clear enough look at it to even begin to guess what it is.

Unknown pin: I have no idea. The one between the metal one and the checker print. No a clue.

Unknown flag(?) pin: A flag with horizontal blue, yellow, and red stripes but I can’t find anything with those colors in that order.

#correct me if I’m wrong on anything #I’ve been researching SKA for like an hour #I like they made Charles kinda punky #also while I was researching it said that ska got popular with white English kids and West Indian immigrant kids #and obvi came from Jamaica #and the actor who plays charles is half indian 1/4 Jamaican and 1/4 white #ALSO #Please let me know if you know what the hell that flag is #I have no clue #charles rowland #dead boy detectives #this all started because I wanted to know what that flag was #still don’t know #but I’ve watched a documentary on 2 tone SKA now #life update: my friend has made fun of me for not knowing what Ska is

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4ft10tvlandfangirl · 8 days

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"The Government of Jamaica has taken the decision to recognise the State of Palestine."

"Jamaica continues to advocate for a two-state solution as the only viable option to resolve the longstanding conflict, guarantee the security of Is..."

It's a step enuh, but it's clear that our government has no intention to fully cut ties with the settler colony so they're trying to middle ground this. Dat nah guh werk 😤

#palestine #state of palestine #jamaica #palestine news #gaza #free gaza #free palestine #free west bank #occupied palestine #i want to be happy #but im still upset #and disappointed #current events #from the river to the sea palestine will be free

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diana-andraste · 3 months

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Sean Connery and Ursula Andress, Dr. No, 1962

"Set of production stills of Connery and Ursula Andress shooting the first ‘white bikini’ scene, filmed at a private beach at Laughing Waters in Jamaica. The contact sheet shows former bodybuilder Connery fooling around for the camera, and director Terence Young applying blanco to Andress’s belt."

#movies #film #dr no #james bond #sean connery #ursula andress #1960s #black and white #jamaica #ian fleming #production still #laughing waters #spy movies #vintage #photomontage #the guardian #taschen books

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stars-and-soda · 2 years

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For everyone saying she just inherented all the colonies, even if she did, she's still a colonizer, but literally just looking at her wikipedia page would tell that it isn't true:

As you can see anything after 1952 was brought in under her rule, 25 on this list alone.

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lifeisalongday · 8 months

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#still proud of myself for taking this #Jamaica

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cookie-de-baunilha · 2 months

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One thing that I’ll never forgive the OL writers regarding John’s character: making the “not born the right person for them” line about Isobel instead of Jamie.

I mean, it makes sense in the Isobel context too, I guess. But it’s not… what it was supposed to be.

#and the way they changed the whole thing too in s3 #like in voyager it’s john who tells claire about william and that scene and their interaction there are simply brilliant #there are a bunch of jamaica scenes that are amazing actually there’s one between jamie and claire that i absolutely love #the second part of voyager is gold and they butchered it completely i still have nightmares about the doll they used for geillis death scene #outlander #outlander season 3 #outlander season 4 #voyager #lord john grey #john grey #jamie fraser #isobel dunsany

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falllpoutboy · 3 months

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for more than a decade now, i’ve only ever had only two grandparents: both maternal and paternal grandmothers. my mom’s mother has passed recently and now i only have the one but i can’t stop thinking about their lives. both of my grandmothers were very different but such strong women. they faced similar hardships yet managed to overcome them with grace and dignity and became such paragons of virtue and nobility to their families and to their communities ❤️

#they both lead such interesting lives #especially as black women in a third world country in the 20th century #and make no mistake. jamaica is still a third world country no matter how many resort commercials you see #while i am closer to my paternal grandmother i just love them so much #personal

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songbirdtana · 9 months

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This is the first time I’ve ever fully watched women’s football and I’m invested in this World Cup

#personal #as with most team sport regardless of gender I unfortunately can’t root for my own country💔#so I’m really getting behind Sweden and Jamaica for that top 2🤞🏻#South Africa and Australia though - I’m super loving watching them play!!#but do I actually understand the rules of the game? that’s still up for debate

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revolutionaryletters · 5 months

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lanas country roads cover fucking sucks I’m sorry. toots and the maytals continuing to reign

#somehow I’m still surprised when john denver doesnt say west Jamaica

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tangirlisfangirl · 2 years

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my mom 2 hours after

my mom: i knock some sense

into her:

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dweemeister · 9 months

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July 19, 2023

By Naaman Zhou

(The New Yorker) — Last winter, on a cold pitch in London, Liverpool’s women’s team played Chelsea, which was on a seventeen-game unbeaten streak and has lately been one of the dominant teams in English women’s soccer. It was the fourth round of the F.A. Cup, a knockout competition known for the occasional surprise. Liverpool scored twice—but Chelsea had Samantha Kerr. In the thirty-second minute, the twenty-nine-year-old striker received a pass from her teammate Niamh Charles, mid-run, raised a foot near the height of her shoulder, and pummelled the ball left to right into the top corner of the goal. Shortly after halftime, she scored again, off a quick pass, after stepping into a blind spot behind a Liverpool defender. Later, the ball came her way in the air. She jumped, the neck muscles turned, the ball fell in. When the game ended, the score was Liverpool 2, Kerr 3. “It was almost a given, wasn’t it?” a commentator murmured, before it was through.

Afterward, Kerr hugged her teammates and exchanged the customary back pats. Game-changing goals are routine for her—they seem to define the entire season for others. Like all of soccer’s great strikers, Kerr has a full menu of ways to score; commentators like to call it a knack, or an eye for goal. But, with Kerr, it’s all about motion. “Next time you watch her play, see who makes the first movements,” Emma Hayes, her coach at Chelsea, once said. “It’s always Sam.” Carli Lloyd, a two-time World Cup winner with the U.S. team, told me, “She’s a sniper in front of the goal. She will hover, and she will find a way.” Between 2017 and 2022, Kerr was the top scorer in every league she played in, across the highest tiers of Australia, the United States, and England—sometimes simultaneously. It has been nearly four years since she last played a game in the National Women’s Soccer League, in the U.S., but she is still the league’s all-time top scorer, with more goals than Alex Morgan or Megan Rapinoe.

Kerr is also the captain and star player of the national team of Australia, which, along with New Zealand, is hosting the Women’s World Cup. Australia has never advanced further than the quarterfinals. The reigning champion and world No. 1 is the United States. Spain has the best player in the world, the midfielder Alexia Putellas. England won the Euros, and Canada won the gold medal in the Olympics, where Australia finished fourth. Still, in the past few months, the Australian team, known as the Matildas, has beaten or matched several of the world’s best squads. Its second-best player, the defender Ellie Carpenter, is back from a nearly yearlong injury. And there will be a home-field advantage. “I think there’s tremendous pressure,” Lloyd, who will cover this year’s tournament as an analyst for Fox Sports, told me. “If they don’t go far in this World Cup, it’s going to be deemed as a failure.”

#Sam Kerr #Australia #Chelsea #World Cup #Women's World Cup #2023 FIFA Women's World Cup #Tony Gustavsson #Ellie Carpenter #Perth Glory #Western New York Flash #Sky Blue FC #Chicago Red Stars #A League Women #WSL #interestingly though that for a player considered the world's best striker... she's had very limited impact at a World Cup #tons of Round of 16 exits and despite 5 goals at the last World Cup... 4 of those were in a group stage blowout against Jamaica #I think she still has a lot to prove at the highest level and this new calf injury cannot help matters #The New Yorker

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mydarlingdahlia · 10 months

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Hello everyone! Just a little heads up/update about my trip so far!

First off, it’s been absolutely lovely. I forgot to tell y’all that I’d be flying on a plane to go to Jamaica for a day, then going on the actual cruise today at around 11:15 am. (EST time) The boat itself leaves at 4:15 pm (also EST time), so I’ll be active and might post while I still have Wi-Fi at the port.

Sooo…yeah! On the islands, I won’t be posting as much as I have, mainly just replying to tags or on posts. Or, if you don’t see or hear from me, I’m not dead, just having a fun time.

That’s all! I’ll be thinking of you guys until I get back. :)

-C

#charlotte rambles #I’m still at the hotel in Jamaica #it’s really nice #kinda don’t wanna leave 😭#probably gonna be at the market until I have to leave lmao

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wavyphoenixx · 8 months

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