Marilyn Chambers in David Cronenberg’s Rabid (1977)
On this day, 5 May 1882, pioneering British feminist, anti-fascist and left communist Sylvia Pankhurst was born in Manchester. The daughter of famous suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, Sylvia became disillusioned with the mainstream movement during its right-wing turn, and instead focused on organising amongst working class women. When the Women’s Social and Political Union threw its support behind the Allies in World War I, she opposed the war, and supported the campaign against conscription. Sylvia then supported the Russian revolution, and travelled there, meeting Lenin, although when Lenin bankrolled the establishment of the Communist Party of Great Britain, Pankhurst considered it too right-wing for her. Later in life she supported anti-fascists in the Spanish civil war, helped Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe and was extremely active in campaigning against the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. Security services monitored her for decades, and even in 1948 MI5 (UK domestic intelligence) weighed up different options for “muzzling the tiresome Miss Sylvia Pankhurst.” After the death of her companion, she moved to Ethiopia on the invitation of Haile Selassie, and upon her death in 1960 received an Ethiopian state funeral. While her mother and sister have been commemorated at Parliament in London, the House of Lords has vetoed plans to place a memorial to Sylvia at the site on numerous occasions.
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wtf
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Soviet poster: ‘The Payback’ (1968)
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Trump did not state whether he had any money on Maximum Security to win, or whether he believed any of the horses were allowed into the race due to affirmative action.The only other time a Derby winner had been disqualified came in 1968, when Dancer’s Image was taken down after a post-race drug screening announced several days after the race.
OMFG Imagine his reaction had a filly been declared the winner! I’m so sick of that ignorant idiot’s constant spewing re: subject matter about which he knows absolutely nothing…in other words, only every time he opens his mouth or tweets. He “thinks” there should only be one rule: that he gets his way. He’s still a two year old.
Donald Trump blames political correctness for Kentucky Derby chaos | Sport | The Guardian
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the levels to the idiocy
ok who is Michelle Rodriguez though
she made a video explaining it because she felt like the words were twisted.
she meant that she wanted hollywood to stop being lazy and just develop mythology for superheroes of color where their cultures would be embedded into their story. like, rather than just take peter parkers story and put a poc in there, she just wants people to develop their own mythology where they put a cultural story behind that if their heritage isn’t rooted to america
it’s on her facebook. cant link it, my mouse is broken
This isn’t stupid at all. This is so important
We need more heroes like Static Shock, where their culture is a part of the suit.
The fact that they twisted her words so much like that holyshit–
“ok who is Michelle Rodriguez though”
Girlfight? Fast and Furious? Resident Evil? Machete? Avatar? 22 episodes of Lost? Voice acting in Halo and Call of Duty?
One of the most successful Latina actresses in living memory? Do you live under a fucking rock?
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Anti-nazi graffiti in Maribor, Slovenia
