-sometimes when they’re asleep tony stays up and wonders why bucky keeps him around and only sleeps when he comes to the conclusion that tony is the only one in close proximity to him to fix the arm
-bucky will have a bad day and see tony’s eyes dim and as he’s hugging tony he wonders why he’s so fucking useless all the damn time
-sometimes they both cry together because why are we the ones who can’t function why can’t we be like the other people
-they bandage each other up and tony sees all the scars, bucky sees things he shouldn’t on tony’s back
-sometimes they bottle up emotions until they get behind closed doors and everything comes rushing out
-but they always come out of it with a smile and a promise:
I’ve seen some women who are offended by this and say it’s ridiculous that her cleavage is showing and things of that sort.
Personally, I think it’s great.
Why should we have an image of a women with her hair tied up and flexing her muscles like she’s a man? (not that that isn’t great too!) In a way it suggests that when our hair is down, our breasts are visible and we wear (GASP) lipstick, we’re somehow lesser than men? We can do it! We can be feminine and successful.
You see what I’m saying here, ladies?
You don’t have to lose your femininity. Being feminine is great. Being masculine is great. Strength is not limited to one way of being.
THE COMMENTARY IS MAKING MY HEART SING
(original text by tumblr user autumninthenorth)
oh my fucking god, this again
okay
Have you even looked at the actual Rosie the Riveter poster lately?
She’s ALREADY WEARING LIPSTICK. AND MASCARA. AND BLUSH. Her eyebrows have been PENCILED AND TWEEZED. And underneath her work bandana? HER HAIR HAS BEEN CURLED. Rosie the Riveter is a beautifulwoman. This image in no way implies that wearing feminine apparel (like cosmetics) is a negative thing.
The reason that she has her hair up and her shirt buttoned and is flexing her arms has nothing to do with prudery, or with trying to be “masculine” (as if shows of physical strength are unique to one gender). It has to do with the information at the bottom of the poster: Rosie is involved in war production. That means doing hard physical labor in a 1940s factory, where large heavy machinery can easily snag a loose lock of hair, or a bit of jewelry, or an undone button. “Makeover” Rosie would not be able to do the real Rosie’s job without serious risk of injury to herself or the people around her. In that sense, the new poster is implying that no, women are NOT capable of doing the same work as men, because they are too weak/vain/self-absorbed/whatever. The old poster is saying that, while still being feminine, women are just as capable of doing the same work as men.
Also? The new and “improved” Rosie was specifically drawn to be ANTI-FEMINIST. “[William Murai] created this image for the Brazilian Alfa Magazineto accompany an article about the End of Feminism. ‘The idea was to remake the famous feminism symbol “Rosie the Riveter” [into] a lady who is giving up on her duties and trying to look sexy again.’” (emphasis mine)
Giving up her duties and trying to look sexy? For whom, exactly? According to the artist (and the patriarchy), men. In other words, quit your job, look hot, find a man, gb2 the kitchen, and make me a sandwich, bitch. Also known as THE SAME TIRED-ASS SHIT WOMEN HEAR EVERY. FUCKING. DAY.
The new poster is not “progress.” It is not about women being “feminine andsuccessful.” It’s about the exact opposite: women being reduced to their appearance and their sex appeal according to the standards imposed by the male gaze. She is pretty, but that’s all she is, because that’s all women are supposed to be. The real Rosie (you know, the feminist icon?) is beautiful, and feminine, and strong enough to do the work necessary to keep her country safe, just the same as any man. Her worth is not in her appeal as a decorative object, but in the product of her labor and her own awareness of her abilities.
Rosie the Riveter. Accept NO substitutes.
YES FOR THAT COMMENTARY
…neither of those pictures is Rosie the Riveter. The picture you’re calling the “original Rosie” is “We Can Do It.” It caught on in the 80’s after being found in someone’s house in the 80’s (it was also not widespread, but a poster to increase moral and production in one chain of factories).
This is Rosie the Riveter
She was painted by Norman Rockwell. She’s strong from doing manual labor, she’s dirty from working, she’s eating her lunch apologetically. She’s still got the makeup and curls thing going for her, but she’s not posed to be pretty. Rosie was painted with respect toward the real world Rosies (actual nickname for the women who took men’s factory jobs during WWII). We Can Do It was painted to make them work harder, to benefit the factory owners.
And sometime in the 80’s a poster that was created to treat women like cogs in a machine, became the symbol of feminism, and the real Rosie the Riveter painting doesn’t get much credit at all.
The history and evolution of propaganda posters is fascinating.
I love the Rockwell image so so so much. I love how she isn’t particularly “beautiful”, I love her build, I love her muscles, I love her worksuit and lunch box. It’s a wonderful image, and deserves to be more widely known than it is.
The hair thing is SO important and SO political. The poster talking about hair getting caught in factory machinery wasn’t kidding.
This is Veronica Lake:
She was a HUGE WWII-era star. That “peekaboo” look, with the hair falling over her right eye? That was her trademark. It was widely copied by American women – so much so that the government asked Lake to start wearing her hair differently because so many women were wearing their hair down and over their eyes and it was getting caught in machines.
Here’s Lake in 1943′s So Proudly We Hail, in which she plays a WWII nurse:
Hair? Up. Status? Ready? Character? TOTAL BITCH. (It’s a fascinating movie and she’s incredible in it, highly recommended.*) Changing her hairstyle arguably ruined Lake’s career, but she did it because safety and competence were more important than serving the male gaze.
In conclusion, in the context of We Can Do It!, taking your hair down means you are a useless danger, and that first ad is bullshit.
*CW: So Proudly We Hail is unsurprisingly pretty racist towards Japanese people, proceed with caution.
My people stay safe, a Nike marketing gimmick is not worth your life
Why does this not have more notes? Reblog!
can we arrest the fuckers who made the fake coupon?
It’s times like this when I question, what did black people do to other races that was so devastating that they continuously go out of their way to try and get us killed on a day to say basis? The amount of hate these people have in their hearts is unmatched. Get some help and do better.
We did nothing other than exist
Damn…they’re really mad at our existence.
I will honestly NEVER understand why we’re hated so much. Oh my God.
A lot of fans did not like that Hiro and Tadashi were portrayed as being mixed race. It’s like these studios are pretending to give us diversity but instead of going all in, they throw us this whitewashed, mixed race mess. No. Go all in. All or nothing. This isn’t real diversity. This is so big film execs can pat themselves on the back and all-white fandoms can feel good about how ‘diverse’ they are. Stop it.
Fun Fact: Mixed race kids actually exist. And more and more kids are born belonging to two or more races every day because of how many different races exist in America and the fact that interracial couples are becoming more widely accepted.
A lot of those mixed race kids will grow up being told that they’re not black/asian/hispanic enough because they’re half white or half something else. They’ll be teased and mocked for taking part in their own culture because they’re “only half”. They might even receive negative treatment from one or both sides of their extended family because of what race the other side of their family is.
More and more interracial couples are getting married in the US. More and more mixed race kids are being born. People need to learn to start understanding that being mixed race doesn’t make you “not enough”. Mixed race kids are both and they are neither. And they are becoming the norm.
You think being mixed race isn’t real diversity? I am half Italian, half Puerto Rican. I grew up with two incredibly different, vibrant cultures in my household. I listened to Pavarotti in my dad’s car and Salsa music in my mom’s. For dinner, we eat my abuelita’s arroz con gandules and my bisnonna’s homemade spaghetti. To me, being half and half is incredible. I got to experience an entire culture that I would’ve never learned about if I’d been only Italian or only Puerto Rican.
When a character is mixed race they are not more and they’re not less. They are who they are. People thinking that mixed race characters/families are less important than single race characters/families is incredibly ignorant as well as harmful to the many mixed race children in the world who will grow up thinking that they are worth less than their single race friends.
Reblogged for A++ rebuttal. There is not a goddamn thing wrong or less diverse about mixed race. Most of America will be mixed race before too much longer, after all.
Speaking as a mixed race person: Both things are true.
Colorism is a thing. White executives are likely to cast people of mixed heritage to portray diversity, contributing further to colorism.
We are often fetishized for being “exotic, but not too exotic,” or “ethnic, but not too ethnic.” As if their hegemony is okay, as if other cultures being unpalatable to whiteness is just something single race identifying POC have to accept. As if a filtered heritage is somehow better. That’s a disgusting idea and it is 100% born of white supremacy and other types of racism.
Then, a lot of our representation is just straight up bad. Our double otherness is exploited and turned into cheap tragedy or an excuse for respectability bullshit.
The solution is not to blame mixed people for wanting representation, or single-race-identifying POC for wanting their stories told, too. The solution is to increase representation across the board.
We need to stop signing up so eagerly to be used as a cudgel for our brothers and sisters and use our privilege to pull them up beside us.
“Every character has a specific color — it’s a nice way of giving people their own identity. We use color like comic books do, with each character staying in their lane as far their palette goes: T’Challa is purple, Okoye is red, and Nakia is green.
[Nakia] is the No. 1 warrior in the River tribe and her look was inspired by the Suri tribe in Africa,” says Carter. “Green signifies water, a coastal community, leaves and plants — they live in a lush area, as opposed to the perception that Africa is arid and dry.” – Black Panther costume designer Ruth Carter
1. if your area is under mandatory evacuation, you NEED to leave. there will no no emergency services when the storm hits, this includes 911. there are no hospitals, you will be on your own. if you are under mandatory evacuation and choose to stay, write your full name and social security # on your arm so that you can be identified if you are found unresponsive.
2. fill the tubs/sinks with water, the power will be out for 2-3 days at least. fill bowls and cover them so they don’t get dust or debris in them.
3. don’t go to the attic. floods are scary, and your first instinct may be to get to higher ground once water enters your home. if you have a second floor, go there. if not, get to the ROOF. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER IN YOUR ATTIC!! the water may rise and trap you in there. always be in a place where you can escape if the water gets too high.
4. buy spray paint. this saved lots of lives in nola. if you get to the roof, you can write a message so that rescue crews can see. keep it simple, ex: “4 survivors. 1 elderly diabetic. 1 child.” if/when you escape your home, cross your message out and/or write “rescued” so that emergency crews know you don’t need help anymore. (if you have enough paint try to include your last name)
5. don’t go in the water, please. you don’t know what’s in there, you don’t know how deep it is. turn around, don’t drown. under NO circumstances should you drive a vehicle through flood waters.
6. mail important documents to relatives and take pictures of everything, and make insurance claims early. take EVERYTHING off the floor and put it on a table.
7. charge your phones, and buy an old fashioned radio and program it to the weather center.
i know it’s scary. it’ll be ok, this happened before and it’ll happen again. stay safe, don’t take any chances out there.
Little random bad thoughts. Sad thoughts? Unproductive thought? Which term works best here?
Sometimes I get caught up in “nobody likes me”. I don’t mean me: “Sheena” necessarily, but rather me: “any of the respective groups I belong to”.
I’m lgbt+, so straight people don’t like me
I’m bisexual, so homosexual people don’t like me
I’m black, so white people don’t like me. oh wait, non-black people of color don’t like me either.
I’m dark skinned, so even other black people don’t like me
I’m fat, so most of society does think I’m not worth living
I’m a woman, so it doesn’t feel so much as a matter of ‘not liking’ as much as ‘does not think what I do is worth much’…
Like…
Most of the time I’m good about remembering that generalizations generally suck. I mean just because I encounter a few assholes, it doesn’t mean that most of any group is going to be that way. I’d probably say it’s a minority of people who actively, consciously “dislike”. And regardless of what that number is, it’s okay if *I* like me.
But you know, every now and again there are feelings of defeat?
Smile It Won't Suck Forever 