It is absolutely fascinating how much of the internet is people claiming things that are completely untrue and using logical fallacies, sometimes actual propaganda tactics (ie the truth is unknowable, you must give everyone the benefit of the doubt at all times defense), and zero evidence to do it

Saw someone claim that people are saying non-Black people who don’t listen to rap are racist. I would love it if non-Black people would learn the phrase, “I don’t know enough about that subject to speak about it” because that’s not what’s happening.

Basically people came into a conversation and thought, “Well, I’m not racist and I don’t like rap so I think people who agree with me should be given the benefit of the doubt—after all, they are Good White People, like me [yes most of these people are white]”

When what’s actually happening is a bunch of things. One: a large number of non-Black people are coming into spaces talking about rap talking about how they don’t listen to rap.

Of those, a lot of people are saying that they don’t like rap for racist stereotype reasons. “I don’t like violence, I don’t like sex in my music” then unironically talking about their favourite metal bands—in specific spaces meant to discuss rap.

A lot of people (and heavily overlapping with the first group) are using rap as a pejorative for all Black music and all Black artists. I’ve seen people referencing LOTS of non-rap artists as representation of rap, for some reason???? This is what I mean by giving non-Black people the benefit of the doubt [because you agree with them].

Okay and thirdly: this is what they’re not doing. So the person I saw was saying that since Black artists can be in any genre, not liking rap [and being very loud about it] is not necessarily racist. None of the people I saw naming art named a single Black artist.

Not.

One.

The only names I saw were Hozier, whatever metal band of the week is popular, and maybe Taylor Swift.

These people were not naming Luther Vandross, Beyonce, Ice Spice, Stevie Wonder, Poly Styrene, Ice-T, Jimi Hendrix, or Slash. They were specifically naming white artists in a conversation about Black rap.

Some of them had the nerve to name Macklemore. How is that not racist?

And before writing the posts defending them coming into a pro-Black space with this white-centering nonsense did you not see it? Or did you not want to?

Maybe you should’ve just let this iceberg glide by.

Have the second new Companion print for next month's Capitol event! This time featuring Ian and Barbara, the original Time-And-Space faring teachers.

Decided to go monochrome for this one, but I might try a colour version too!

i love when they do this

Ncuti Gatwa being a Martha Jones girl: me too Ncuti, me too

the current trend of "tumblr users embarrassing themselves by proudly announcing why they don't listen to any music made by black people" is really astounding.

i cannot help but think this is a direct result of liberal White Guilt and how people have interpreted "anti-racism" as form of cultural self-segregation - the kind of person who thinks trying to cook chicken curry is cultural appropriation, or sends white people anon hate for wearing a kimono (yes, this kind of discourse happened). like, "oh, no, i could never participate in this culture, i'd get my evil white hands all over it! it would be more Progressive if I only did White things."

if you're a poc you've seen this, i'm sure - this deer-in-the-headlights stare you can get from white people when you play music / show art / share a story / anything that is Racially Coded, this total refusal to actually engage with it out of fear that it is in some way Wrong for them to have any opinion on it. because they read somewhere that it's bad to use AAVE but the only lesson they actually learned from that is "gotcha, white people are not allowed to interact with other cultures as punishment for my White Crimes. this helps to fill up the gaping pit of my white guilt and makes me one of the Good People." this transforms their discomfort around non-white cultures (black culture, especially, i should add) into a kind of virtue

anyway if you are white and reading this. go listen to some fucking haliu mergia. ethiopian jazz. will knock your dick right off. go listen to rap or reggae or bollywood and have a genuine reaction to it - like, an actual, from-the-heart reaction. you are allowed to not like some of it. but you will definitely like at least a little. yes, you can compare it to lemon demon (or whatever) if that helps you get into it and that's your only point of reference. maybe don't say that part out loud. but don't, like, separate yourself from it, like you are seeing it in a museum and the only polite thing to do is go "ahh, huh, very interesting, so much culture here."

I did not write this nearly scolding enough.

I am disappointed that so many people reblogging this seem to have gotten the milquetoast message "appreciation is not appropriation! promote artists of color!" instead of what I'm actually trying to communicate, which is "a lot of people who call themselves well-meaning liberals are actually deeply uncomfortable around people of color and other cultures in general, so they frame their avoidance as a kind of respect so they can keep their own self-image consistent." I am not saying "aw, they mean well."

could've written it better but oh well! too late

The cultural appropriation discussions on Black culture lead by Black Americans specifically clearly state the issue comes from the profiting off of Black culture like hip hop, rap, AAVE, streetwear etc. whilst its creators are ignored at best and blatantly discriminated against at worst for participating in the same practices. If the main takeaway from those discussions was 'white people should never do anything that involves Black people ever' you either need to reread or unpack your own antiblackness as to why you think Black Americans are responsible for the current anti-hip hop moral panic because they weren't nice enough instead of y'know... the anti black capitalism but okay...?

**clears throat**

S3 Ten leads Martha on

Exhibit A:

DOCTOR: Just one trip to say thanks. You get one trip, then back home. I'd rather be on my own. MARTHA: You're the one that kissed me. DOCTOR: That was a genetic transfer. MARTHA: And if you will wear a tight suit. DOCTOR: Now, don't! MARTHA: And then travel all the way across the universe just to ask me on a date. DOCTOR: Stop it.

(Smith and Jones)

Exhibit B: "We can all have a good flirt later" (The Shakespeare Code)

Exhibit C: "Yeah, well you can kiss me later" (Daleks in Manhattan)

These are just a few examples. But, what's a girl to think when he does and says things like this. The thing is, I'm not 100% sure the Doctor immediately realises the effect he has on his companions. He thinks his flirting is harmless but it means more to humans. Plus, he has chemistry with Martha and, subconsciously or not, recognises she is an attractive woman. In conclusion, GENETIC TRANSFER, MY FOOT!

Further to my post above, I was thinking about that boyfriend conversation between Twelve and Clara. It would also work between Ten and Martha. "I'm not your boyfriend" "I never said you were" "I didn't say it was your mistake". I would love it if someone could gif that.

Tagging: @leikeliscomet @cosmic-day and anyone else who thinks Ten leads Martha Jones on

I can't believe in the lord's year of 2024 people genuinely think 'Ten didn't lead Martha on and Martha is to blame' is an unpopular opinion. Like I would love to see what alt timeline existed when the fandom collectively stood behind Martha over Ten and he became the least popular incarnation in the show. Everyone keeps posting the same 'both sides were wrong' takes in the discourse but the minute we actually unpack Ten's side in question suddenly it's 'attacking' 'demonising' 'cancelling'. Everyone loves to cry about nuance and grace and yet accusing Martha of being a predator, sexually manipulative and controlling is perfectly acceptable bc you lot are only willing to explore moral complexities with white characters. Nah it will always be incredibly gross to me that after a decade of racism towards her the minute the fandom actually starts to unpack the misogynoir and actually empathise with Martha for once and has the audacity to criticise anything Ten does, his stans paint the narrative that Martha is the aggressor and her stans hold the dominant position in the fandom and by perpetrating misogynoir they are fighting the good fight against the mainstream narrative when they've been the popular majority since 2006 I've had enoughhhh

EDIT: I've already made a post like this but ah well if we're gonna do up old discourse I'll bring up the old debunking arguments

Thank you for talking about this because it is so frustrating and annoying. I just can't understand why people blame Martha and paint her as the aggressor (like did we watch the same thing). I don't care if people like Ten because I understand why, and I understand if you didn't like the storyline of Martha being in love with The Doctor (Even though it wasn't as bad as people claim and was brought up in maybe three episodes)

However, step outside that thinking and truly look at Tens actions. Before I even started watching Doctor Who, I had no idea that Martha Jones was even his companion. I knew about Rose and Donna, but people have forgotten her and made her out to be the worse, and the problem, and when I finally watched her series, I was extremely confused by what people were saying because her being the aggressor and the problem and the one to blame wasn't true at all!

Having to constantly defend Martha Jones is exhausting, they'll see everything that Martha had to go through and ignore it or say that it's her fault. Just because we unpack and talk about Ten’s awful treatment of Martha doesn't mean you're not allowed to like Ten and I'm not attacking you personally for liking Ten either; I'm simply pointing out the blatant problems and racism.

Nuance is very important also because, as I criticize, Ten doesn't also mean I don't think that Martha shouldn't get her own doctor; I actually find it unfair that Martha does not have her own doctor like Rose and Donna. People forget that Martha still does actually care for and like The Doctor that's why she made sure she had a way to keep in touch with him and even told Jack she did miss traveling with him but had made her decision.

In so many fandoms I'm in, I constantly see this and how characters who are black women (specifically in this case, but women of color in general in the fandoms I’m in) are constantly misunderstood, especially their feelings about certain things, like how many times do I have to point to the truth before you understand.   

Waving Palestinian flags, wearing traditional Palestinian garments, or if we're being honest, just being Palestinian, is now officially "too political" for Eurovision.

Literally, all Saade did was wear a keffiyeh around his wrist—while being Palestinian—and that was enough to get a statement from the EBU, and have his opening performance scrubbed from Youtube.

If you're not already boycotting Eurovision this year, then what the fuck is wrong with you?

Below are two statements from Saade. The first one, giving his reason for participating, was posted a few days ago, and the other was in response to the EBU accusing him of 'compromising the non-political nature' of the Genocide Song Contest:

Reminder again to BOYCOTT EUROVISION 🇵🇸

im not racist i just have made broad generalizations and assumptions about black people and art without bothering to even look into it first - but ill still present my assumptions as correct. im not racist its just that my opinions on black art coincide with antiblack opinions - that black people are misogynistic and violent and enjoy it. im not racist its just that when this is pointed out to me instead of examining it i double down on opinions ive never bothered to check against the culture ive made assumptions about - im not racist, i just have never interacted with black art before but simultaneously i am confident that it is all misogynistic, all vile. i am not racist. i just dont like rap

Congratulations To Pearl Mackie, Who Married Her Partner Kam Chhokar Last Weekend

Do you think, in Journey’s End, when Martha threatens to blow up the Earth to stop the Daleks, the Tenth Doctor has a flashback to him destroying Gallifrey?

And how Davros says The Doctor turns ordinary people into soldiers, he realizes it’s true. Because The Doctor was an ordinary person turned into a soldier and he did destroy is own planet to stop the Daleks. And Martha was going to follow in his path. A path he created first.

Do you think he saw himself in Martha? And all the things he’s ever done? All the deaths he caused? How, the only other planet he’s ever called home, was going to be destroyed by him, again?

How it was going to happen all over again, all because of him?

Cause I do.