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Guilty Pleasures; Whatever Floats your Boats
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Topic Started: Dec 21 2011, 12:03 AM (70,734 Views)
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Oct 6 2015, 09:58 AM
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- Oct 5 2015, 11:01 PM
No, you were not shocked. And neither was Doctor Agnus Whorelocks.
Why?
because both of you fuccs assist Pop Culture with hating on darkskinned-Blacks and painting darkskinned-Blacks as subhuman savages, therefore...this is your work and this is your culture that you created, for darkskinned-Blacks, so shut the fucc up and accept what comes along with what your self-hatred hath brought you here.
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Doctor Magnus Warlock
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Oct 11 2015, 11:09 AM
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Doctor Magnus Warlock
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Oct 11 2015, 03:09 PM
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With Rachael Dolezal being bisexual, it would not be too uncommon for her to be familiar with strap-ons.
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Rachel Dolezal Reveals She's Bisexual The Huffington Post | By Kim Bellware Email Posted: 06/17/2015 5:06 pm EDT Updated: 06/18/2015 10:59 am EDT
While embattled civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal remains evasive about certain questions pertaining to her background, she was remarkably candid about other personal matters in a Wednesday interview, casually sharing with NBC's Savannah Guthrie that she is bisexual.
"Even in dating relationships -- and I'm bisexual, I've dated men and women -- I've intentionally asked, 'So, do you date light-skinned women, what's your spectrum?'" Dolezal said.
Dolezal, who has publicly identified as a black woman for more than a decade -- and continues to do so in the face of her biological parents' insistence that she is white -- also said she feels a connection to Caitlyn Jenner's story. Jenner, the former Olympian who previously presented as male under the name Bruce, shared her story of living as a transgender woman in a recent Vanity Fair feature.
"I finally had a chance to read Caitlyn Jenner's piece in the magazine and I cried. I cried," Dolezal told Guthrie. "Because I resonated with some of the themes of isolation, of being misunderstood, to not knowing if you have a conversation with somebody, will that conversation then end because they've seen you as one way?"
Dolezal's story made headlines after a local TV station reported that city officials in Spokane, Washington, were investigating whether the 37-year-old had lied about her race on an application.
After graduating from the historically black Howard University, Dolezal became a prominent civil rights activist in Spokane and served as president of the local chapter of the NAACP until stepping down Monday.
Buzzfeed reported Tuesday that the Dolezal family is in the middle of a legal fight over allegations that Rachel's brother, Joshua, sexually abused their adopted black sister in 2001 or 2002. But the Dolezal parents, Ruthanne and Larry, deny the claims and say Rachel orchestrated them in order to win custody of her adopted brother Izaiah, whom Rachel now claims as her son.
Dolezal, meanwhile, said Wednesday that she doesn't feel she has been deceptive about her race.
"I really feel like there have been moments of some level of creative nonfiction," she told Guthrie. "I have kind of had to explain or justify some of the timeline and logistics of my life in a way that made sense to others."
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story identified Dolezal's brother as Joseph. His name is Joshua.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/17/rachel-dolezal-bisexual_n_7606492.html
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Moon Pie
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Oct 11 2015, 06:36 PM
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Ladybug, isn't that show Sense8, about some mystic connection between a group of people all over the world?
My sister watches it
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Moon Pie
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Oct 13 2015, 11:23 AM
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This art work is disturbingly emotional to me.
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One of the most powerful art pieces at #burningman this year: the sculpture of two adults fighting, backs to one another...yet the inner child in them both just wants to connect and love one another.
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Moon Pie
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Oct 15 2015, 10:21 AM
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One of my favorite actors, Tom Hiddleston (Loki, from the Avengers), apparently is in a movie that didn't get good reviews. Not because he's bad at what he does but because the movie wasn't well done.
I might see the film just because he's in it.
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Review: “Crimson Peak” (R)http://abcnewsradioonline.com/entertainment-news/review-crimson-peak-r.html(NEW YORK) -- From Guillermo del Toro, the visionary writer and director of Pan’s Labyrinth, comes a fancy snuff film he describes as an attempt “to harken back to a classic, old-fashioned, grand Hollywood production in the Gothic romance genre.” Crimson Peak is a lot of things, but it doesn’t feel like any of what del Toro was shooting for. Instead, he provides us with terrific actors, exceptional set pieces and a whole lot of twisted nonsense you won’t enjoy unless you’re a hard-core del Toro fan. With Crimson Peak, we’re supposed to care about Mia Wasikowska’s Edith, an aspiring author and daughter of a real estate tycoon in Buffalo, New York – considered to be one of our country’s grandest and most industrious cities in the 19th century, when this film takes place. As we learn at the very beginning of the movie, Edith sees ghosts. It all started when her recently deceased, fairly creepy mother pays her a visit, cuddles up next to her in bed and, in a voice that’s half shriek, half whisper, warns, “Beware of Crimson Creek.” Edith has no idea what that warning means but, obviously, she will never forget it. Years later, one Mr. Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston) and his sister, Lucille (Jessica Chastain), come to town from England in hopes Thomas can convince Edith’s father to invest in his industrial clay-digging machine. Edith’s dad almost immediately develops a disdain for Sharpe. Edith, just as quickly, develops a crush on him and Sharpe, seemingly, falls for Edith. And then weird things begin to happen. It soon becomes apparent the only thing this movie really has going for it is Hiddleston and Chastain’s terrific and enigmatic performances, which would have truly elevated Crimson Peak had I cared about Edith, or about anything else going on here. Wasikowska does what she can, too, but the horror conventions used to inform her character are trite. In fact, the entire story is full of twists that aren’t all that twisty, since you can see them coming a good half hour before they arrive. And then, this wanna-be “classic, old-fashioned, grand Hollywood production in the Gothic romance genre” becomes ridiculously graphic and violent. I understand lots of people like that kind of gratuitous carnage. I’m OK with it, too, as long as it fits. Here, it doesn’t. Del Toro didn’t need to go there, and you don’t need to see Crimson Peak to see him go there. Two-and-a-half out of five stars.
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Doctor Magnus Warlock
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Oct 18 2015, 02:28 PM
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I have been rather busy as of late.
I am set to unleash of fury of comic stuff now.
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Doctor Magnus Warlock
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Oct 18 2015, 02:44 PM
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BP is finally getting a solo series again!!!!
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Ta-Nehisi Coates to Write Black Panther Comic for MarvelBy GEORGE GENE GUSTINESSEPT. 22, 2015 Ta-Nehisi Coates can be identified in many ways: as a national correspondent for The Atlantic, as an author and, as of this month, as a nominee for the National Book Award’s nonfiction prize. But Mr. Coates also has a not-so-secret identity, as evidenced by some of his Atlantic blog posts and his Twitter feed: Marvel Comics superfan.So it seems only natural that Marvel has asked Mr. Coates to take on a new Black Panther series set to begin next spring. Writing for that comics publisher is a childhood dream that, despite the seeming incongruity, came about thanks to his day job. “The Atlantic is a pretty diverse place in terms of interest, but there are no comics nerds,” besides himself, Mr. Coates said in an interview. His passions intersected in May, during the magazine’s New York Ideas seminar, when he interviewed Sana Amanat, a Marvel editor, about diversity and inclusion in comic books. Ms. Amanat led the creation of the new Ms. Marvel, a teenage Muslim girl living in Jersey City, based on some of her own childhood experiences.“It was a fruitful discussion,” he recalled. After that event, Marvel reached out, paired Mr. Coates with an editor, and discussions about the comic began. The renewed focus on Black Panther is no surprise. Created in 1966, he is the first black superhero and hails from Wakanda, a fictional African country.“He has the baddest costume in comics and is a dude who is smarter and better than everyone,” said Axel Alonso, the editor in chief of Marvel. The character not only adds to the diversity of Marvel’s comics; he will do it for their films too: Black Panther is set to make his big-screen debut next year in “Captain America: Civil War,” followed by a solo feature in 2018.At first glance, it may seem odd for Mr. Coates to write a mainstream superhero comic. He has been lauded for his book “Between the World and Me,” a passionate letter to his son on being black in America. But he does not see anything odd about it. “I don’t experience the stuff I write about as weighty,” he said. “I feel a strong need to express something. The writing usually lifts the weight. I expect to be doing the same thing for Marvel.” “A Nation Under Our Feet,” the yearlong story line written by Mr. Coates and drawn by Brian Stelfreeze, is inspired by the 2003 book of the same title by Steven Hahn. It will find the hero dealing with a violent uprising in his country set off by a superhuman terrorist group called the People. “It’s going to be a story that repositions the Black Panther in the minds of readers,” Mr. Alonso said. “It really moves him forward.” Mr. Coates’s enthusiasm for Marvel started when he was a boy. Marvel was “an intimate part of my childhood and, at this point, part of my adulthood,” he said. “It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary.”Mr. Coates, 39, began reading comics in the mid-1980s and was introduced to three minority characters: Storm, the leader of the X-Men; Monica Rambeau, who had taken on the name Captain Marvel; and James Rhodes, who was Iron Man. “They were obviously black,” he recalled, but it was not made into a big deal. Still, he said: “I’m sure it meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop culture should look like.” A variant cover of the first issue, also drawn by Brian Stelfreeze, inspired by Jay Z's "The Black Album." Credit Marvel Entertainment Diversity — in characters and creators — is a drumbeat to which the comic book industry is increasingly trying to march. Marvel recently announced the December start of “The Totally Awesome Hulk,” whose title character is Amadeus Cho, a genius Korean-American scientist who will find himself transforming into that emerald behemoth. The book is written by Greg Pak and drawn by Frank Cho, both of whom are Korean-American. (“My wife is Korean, so I scored massive points,” Mr. Alonso said.) Over at DC, Cyborg, who is black, is starring in his own series (and a film in 2020), and Beth Ross is the first female (and teenage) commander in chief in the biting satire “Prez.” This month Image Comics released “Virgil,” a graphic novel by Steve Orlando and J. D. Faith, about a black, gay cop in the not-so-inclusive Kingston, in Jamaica. “Showing different faces under the masks is very important for everyone,” Mr. Alonso said.But it all begins with the quality of the story, and Mr. Coates is ecstatic for the challenge. This writing assignment was not about “trying to please 12-year-old me,” he said. Another inspiration, he added, is the work of Jonathan Hickman on “Secret Wars” and “the depth he’s able to get from characters.” “You don’t come in off the board and come in at that level,” he said of Mr. Hickman’s work. “But it helps to want it to be great. I want to make a great comic. I really, really do.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/books/ta-nehisi-coates-to-write-black-panther-comic-for-marvel.html?_r=0
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Doctor Magnus Warlock
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Oct 18 2015, 02:57 PM
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Black comic nerds are happy all over.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Writing Black Panther Is the Year’s Biggest Comics NewsBy Abraham Riesman Follow @abrahamjoseph Superhero comics have always invited hyperbole and bombast from fans — and yet I still feel comfortable saying we just got the most significant superhero-comics news of the year. According to the New York Times, Ta-Nehisi Coates, one of America’s most brilliant writers on matters of race (as well as many other topics), will be writing a new series about Black Panther, Marvel Comics’ first and most iconoclastic black superhero. The series will hit stands sometime next spring.A bit of background on Black Panther: He’s a king from a fictional, extremely technologically advanced African nation called Wakanda. He has some slightly mystical powers but mostly relies on his blinding intellect and high-end weaponry. He was co-created in 1966 by comics legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby — oddly enough, before the founding of the Black Panther party just a few months later. He’s remained a staple in Marvel stories ever since, and will be first appearing in cinematic form in next year’s Captain America: Civil War, with a solo movie in 2018.And a bit of background on Coates: He's a giant superhero geek. I spoke with him about caped crusaders for more than two hours earlier this year, and I’ve never encountered an ostensible comics-industry outsider who was so intelligent and insightful about the subject. As of then, he’d never written a comic (though he vaguely alluded to overtures from people within the industry about such a project).So although his fandom was no surprise, this announcement about his foray into the medium sent shock waves through social media. Just a sample of some breathless tweets: There will be countless more joyous outbursts over the next few hours and days. But the importance of this news isn’t just the thrill of a great literary mind entering the comics world. It’s significant because of the awful few months that Marvel has been having with regard to diversity. Once hailed (justifiably!) as a beacon for progressive inclusion in its roster of characters, Marvel has recently come under deep criticism from watchers of the industry for perceived missteps on matters of race.First came the announcement of this fall’s new slate of Marvel series, under the promotional banner of “All-New, All-Different Marvel.” Though the books will have a healthy dose of characters from traditionally marginalized groups (e.g., the current Captain America is still an African-American man, the current Thor is still a woman, the current Ms. Marvel is still a Pakistani-American girl, the titular team in The Ultimates appears to be nearly devoid of white men), the creative teams were heavily weighted toward straight, white men. In a much-lambasted and unintentionally ironic move, there’s even a series starring African-American superhero Blade and his African-American daughter … written and penciled by two white men. (To Marvel’s credit, it then announced some new series with some creators of color: Natacha Bustos is drawing Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Native American artist Jeffrey Veregge is doing cover art for the Native American–starring series Red Wolf, and Korean-American creators Greg Pak and Frank Cho are doing a new Hulk series. But such moves were still dwarfed by the sheer magnitude of criticism.)Making matters worse, Marvel then got into an ongoing imbroglio about its decision to launch a monthlong initiative in which its comics would have limited-edition printings featuring covers that imitate famous hip-hop album artwork. Critics saw it as a big dose of cultural appropriation for a company with so few prominent African-American executives and creators, and Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso was backed into a defensive position, arguing that Marvel and hip-hop have “engaged in dialogue for at least a couple decades” — a claim that influential critic David Brothers rebutted in a much-discussed Tumblr post by saying, “It’s a long monologue, from rap to Marvel, with Marvel never really giving back like it should or could.” Add all that to a controversy about Alonso saying Marvel’s depiction of mythical hero Hercules was decidedly heterosexual, despite past allusions (and Greek myths) to the contrary, and Marvel was having a rough go of it for diversity. There was even a call on leading comics-news site Comics Alliance for a full-on Marvel boycott. (For an even deeper dive into Marvel's rough few months, here's a good write-up from the Daily Dot.) Which leads us to today’s news about the Coates-penned Black Panther. We don’t know how long the series was in development, but it’s certainly a major reversal for Marvel’s optics. Indeed, although other leading publishers like DC and Image have their own laudable pushes on diversity, none of them have the kind of momentousness and crossover potential of this hiring. This isn’t just bringing a writer of color onto a book about a character of color — it’s bringing the leading voice on race in America onto a book about one of the most important characters of color to ever appear in comics. There have been politically charged and progressive stories about the character in the past (most notably, the incredible turn-of-the-millennium run from African-American writer and outspoken anti-racist activist Christopher Priest), but this is a period in superhero history where, more than ever, diversity is a clarion call for fans. Coates is answering the call, and it will be fascinating to see what he has to say.
http://www.vulture.com/2015/09/ta-nehisi-coates-black-panther.html#
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Oct 18 2015, 03:04 PM
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Ta-Nehisi Coates tapped to write new Black Panther series for MarvelBY ANDREA TOWERS • @_ATOWERS MarvelPosted September 22 2015 — 2:49 PM EDT The world will officially meet Black Panther in next year’s Captain America: Civil War, but they’ll also get to read about him in a brand new series…written by none other than Ta-Nehisi Coates. Marvel has announced that the renowned writer and journalist will pen a new series about the Wakanda superhero, set to debut next spring. The news was first reported by The New York Times.The year-long story will be titled “A Nation Under Our Feet” and set Black Panther in his hometown of Wakanda, dealing with an uprising from a terrorist group. Coates will be joined by an as-yet-unnamed artist, with Brian Stelfreeze illustrating the cover art. Stelfreeze also created the recent hip-hop variant cover based on Jay-Z’s “The Black Album.” “It’s going to be a story that repositions the Black Panther in the minds of readers,” Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso tells the Times. “It really moves him forward.” According to the Times, the discussion to bring Coates into the comic world began earlier this year, when he interviewed Marvel’s Director of Content and Character Development Sana Amanat (creator of the acclaimed Ms. Marvel) for a diversity piece, which led to further discussions with Marvel editors. The series will launch as part of the All-New All-Different Marvel initiative, which promises to bring changes and shake-ups with numerous new titles, including an Sam Wilson as Captain America, Kamala Khan as an Avenger, and the recently announced Asian-American Hulk by Greg Pak and Frank Cho.Known as one of the nation’s leading critical thinkers and authors on race and class, Coates plans to bring the same kind of passion to his comic writing. “I don’t experience the stuff I write about as weighty,” Coates, whose recent book Between the World and Me landed on the National Book award nonfiction shortlist, told the Times. “I feel a strong need to express something. The writing usually lifts the weight. I expect to be doing the same thing for Marvel.”
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/22/ta-nehisi-coates-black-panther-marvel
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