I just realized that Dale Cooper is (probably) named for D.B. Cooper and how did I not realize this until now?!
Also I haven’t finished watching the series, so I have no idea what this might mean, so I’m just sitting at my desk with a bulletin board and some red string and no idea what to do with them.
they’re all following this jesus nonsense instead of the old roman religion
they only know what it’s like under the empire and not the glory of the res publica
all of them want to follow weird greek fashions like writing poetry and growing beards instead of following the mos maiorum and wearing togas
they’re all so used to this cushy “pax romana” nonsense that none of them want to conquer anything like their ancestors did, and they probably don’t even remember carthage
they have no idea what it was like living before the common era
have any of them ever risen up on their own to depose a king or stab a tyrant? i think not
One day I will find the camo shorts of my dreams.
me, talking about my trauma: haha yeah it was no big deal tho i don’t really care it’s whatever honestly
somebody: validates my trauma and says i shouldn’t have had to go through that
me, suddenly crying: huh. weird
Hazel Scott playing two pianos at the same damn time with ease
Hazel Scott was a musical sorcerer and a civil rights hero. She:
was admitted to Julliard at 8.
was performing in top venues by 16.
pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.
was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.
went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.” Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.
refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.
She was brought down by the House Committee on Unamerican Activities, and has been largely forgotten. But she was a sorcerer, and a hero.
this is why i will never fuck with the pro-life movement….. because it’s never about the “protection of a child”, it’s always about the blatant hatred and mistreatment of women.
To go more into depth with this tragic story, the victim is only 19 years old. After the stillbirth, hospital officials reported her to the police. She was too afraid to tell police she was raped, but telling them wouldn’t matter because she would still be charged with a “homicide”. This woman was given 30 years in prison for something she couldn’t control. This is why pro-life ideologies need to stay out of the government, because at the end of the day they don’t care about that fetus, they just care about controlling women’s bodies.
We are the last generation who can hear from these survivors directly. Do not take that lightly. Do not waste that opportunity. Do not forget your freedom isn’t infinitely guarenteed. And do not, do not, let it happen again.
The Paradox Machine 