Obviously the world has changed dramatically since you were shooting this film. I canāt imagine you could anticipate the way those themes would resonate ā¦
I did. And the reason why is that Iām Mexican. Iāve been going through immigration all my life, and Iāve been stopped for traffic violations by cops and they get much more curious about me than the regular guy. The moment they hear my accent, things get a little deeper.
I know it sounds kind of glib, but honestly, what we are living I saw brewing through the Obama era and the Clinton era. It was there. The fact that we got diagnosed with a tumor doesnāt mean the cancer started now.
Hopefully one of the things the movie shows is that from 1962 to now, weāve taken baby steps ā and a lot of them not everyone takes. The thing that is inherent in social control is fear. The way they control a population is by pointing at somebody else ā whether theyāre gay, Mexican, Jewish, black ā and saying, āThey are different than you. Theyāre the reason youāre in the shape youāre in. Youāre not responsible.ā And when they exonerate you through vilifying and demonizing someone else, they control you.
I think the movie says that there are so many more reasons to love than to hate. I know you sound a lot smarter when youāre skeptical and a cynic, but I donāt care.
But youāre not on a mission to change the way people see genre?
No, I canāt. I know that what I saw when I was a kid had redemptive powers. Some people find Jesus. I found Frankenstein. And the reason Iām alive and articulate and semi-sane is monsters. Itās not an affectation. Itās completely spiritually real to me. And Iām not going to change.
@aprilwitching uhhh have you seen this interview because dang
āsome people find jesus. i found frankenstein.ā
iā¦ i have never had my me put into words so well. āand the reason iām alive and articulate and semi-sane is monsters.ā fuck. fuck fuck fuck. it me. itās my heart and my soul and my me.
The idea of otherness being seen as the enemy.
i canāt brain rn but i know what heās talking about.Ā
yessssssss. i have so many feels about that + āi found frankensteinā but no words. i just. ::inarticulate yearning noise:: itās the inside of me. i wish i had words.
Reblogging because Iām so happy people are reading this article. Its so present, and relevant and on point. Guillermo inexplicably āgetās meā in a way Iāve never been able to articulate, and heās talking about himself.
I hate to keep asking, but weāre hopeful sheāll get her transplant within the next 12 months. And, well, we also need funds to get into a place my exās family doesnāt control, away from both him and them.
Every time you say that you only donate to charities and non-profits with extremely low overhead and administrative costs, what youāre actually saying is that youāll only support charities and non-profits that underpay their employees and stretch them thin because they donāt have the budget to hire enough of them.
Transparency should be the priority here. Not low administrative costs.
Also? Especially in really BIG catastrophes, in the IMMEDIATE aftermath?Ā
You want the charities that can MOBILIZE FAST. You CANNOT DO THAT if you are pinching every penny and working to the minimal staffing. You just canāt.Ā
Transparency is important. And a charity should be able to EXPLAIN why each of the dollars they spent is spent the way it is, and it should be a solid reason.Ā
And no, this is not just a factor of Money Is Evil. Even if we werenāt in a monetary-reward situation, value of effort, time and training still exists, as does value of goods, and it would simply turn to a different metric.Ā
Considering all the damage done by Harvey and BEING done by Irma and Jose, this seems like a good time to reblog this.
As someone who works at a nonprofit and lives in a high cost of living area, thank you so much. There is definitely fraud and waste and unscrupulousness at some nonprofits, just like there is anywhere. But many of us are working poor even if weāre not living in abject poverty.
āJust pay the staff lessā isā¦ um. Well. Ouch.
All right, listen up, folks, because this is really important. The media has been completely silent on this. The only way I found out is through the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) but thatās it. No articles, no news reports, nothing.
Thereās a new bill up on the table (H.R. 620) that could keep businesses from not being penalized if they donāt follow the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Thatās a mouthful of many contradictions so let me clarify:
The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990 and is one of the few actual pieces of legislation that disabled Americans have. Itās the big one, the reason there are elevators in buildings, the reason there are ramps, the reason there are curbcuts, the reason there are options for Braille or subtitles, the reason service dogs need to be allowed into a building, the reason accessible parking exists, the reason accessible bathroom stalls exist, the reason you canāt be fired based on your disability, etc. etc. etc.
People, especially businesses, have been getting away with loopholes for years. But thereās always been some sort of enforcement in place, penalizing businesses who donāt adhere to the ADA.
But this bill?
This bill gets rid of that accountability.
This bill sets forward specific requirements (such as a disabled person having to make a formal claim before a building is investigated) that one has to follow before a business is penalized. If nobody is able to meet those requirements, that business gets to get away with not following the ADA without having to change anything or face any legal/monetary consequences.Ā
This bill could destroy everything that the ADA stands for and make the nation even more inaccessible/unaccommodatingĀ than it already is.Ā
And I know what youāre thinking.Ā āOh, that dastardly Trump, he mocked that reporter once, I guess this makes sense.ā
And no, no, itās so much worse than that reporter, itās always been worse than that, weāve been trying to tell you for over a year and none of you listened. This isnāt just about him being ignorant or prejudiced.
This is about this:
An article from almost a year ago that most of the world ignored.
Other members of congress have been sued as well. And now, rather than fix the problems, theyāre all trying to secretly pass a bill that makes it so that they can no longer be held accountable for not following the ADA, letting hundreds of thousands of businesses get away with it as a result.
Donāt let them get away with it!
Signal boost the hell out of this. Send it to your news sources. Call your representatives. The worldās already inaccessible enough. Donāt let it get worse. Donāt let them lose their accountability.
Fight the hell out of this, guys. Itās not on peopleās radar like other things are but itās terrible bullshit. Please donāt forget to call your representatives and tell them to OPPOSE HR620.
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