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Henry Cavill on seeing Ben Affleck in costume for the first time

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Victorian Era Masterpost

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B O O K S

  • Flanders, Judith - The Victorian City
  • Hughes, Kristina - Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England
  • Jackson, Lee - Daily Life in Victorian London
  • Mayhew, Henry et al - The London Underworld in the Victorian Period
  • Mitchell, Sally - Daily Life In Victorian England
  • Pool, Daniel - What Jane Austin Ate and Charles Dickens Knew
  • Stevens, Mark - Life in the Victorian Assylum

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M E D I C I N E  &  I L L N E S S 

L A W ,  G O V E R N M E N T  &  C R I M E

C L I M A T E ,  W E A T H E R   &   E N V I R O N M E N T

F A S H I O N

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N

M O N E Y   A N D   F I N A N C E S

F O O D  (A N D   L A C K   T H E R E OF)

D R U G S   &   D R I N K

L E I S U R E   &   E N T E R T A I N M E N T

H O L I D A Y S & C E L E B R A T I O N S

W E A P O N R Y  &  V I O L E N C E

M A N N E R S   &   E T T I Q U E T T E

U P P E R C L A S S   &   N O B I L I T Y

T H E  M I D D L E C L A S S

T H E   W O R K I N G C L A S S

T H E   S E R V A N T   C L A S S

T H E   U N D E R C L A S S  (T H E  P O O R) 

I N T E R S E C T I O N A L I T Y (Of Class, Gender, Race, and Ability)

W O R K &

O T H E R   M A S T E R P O S T S

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heldersangel:

A couple dancing at a club in Paris in the ‘50s

Katie Holmes is a vampire.

monanotlisa:

hariboo:

as much as i love star wars and am super pumped for rogue one and episode 8, this is still a franchise that for all it’s new inclusivity and diversity still lacks having a woman of colour in a leading role within the franchise. and yes, lupita nyong'o is maz kanata but she’s not in a leading role and she plays a cgi alien, and while her reasons for this and wanting to play this role are valid, star wars is still very much about brunette white ladies being badass.

now, the film industry is terrible about having woc in space and even more so having them not be cgi’d (or have the movie be good) but here’s my list of

woc in space* (as leads/main cast and not cgi) in tv and film:

*there’s more if i was talking scifi in general but i focused on the “in space” bit

Killjoys: (a new personal fave!): bounty hunters in space! Lead by Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen, who actually had a very cameo role in TFA but died with Starkiller base blew up) and she’s what I like to call the Black Widow in space we all deserved. (TV)

Dark Matter: this is more of an ensemble show with six main leads about six people who wake up with no memory of who they are but quickly learn they’re all criminals. Or are they? Two (they all give each other number designations before they learn their names) is played by Melissa O'Neil and she very quickly becomes a leader on the ship and central to the plot. (TV)

The Expanse: this has a pretty big ensemble cast about secrets and politics in space and takes place on an asteroid mining colony, Mars, and Earth. Our main WOC in the show are: Naomi Nagata (Dominquie Tipper), Julie Mao (Florence Faivre) and Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo). Tho we don’t see Julie a lot, the story centres around her, though I’ve heard spoilers that make me sad. (personal note I need to finish this.) (TV)

Supernova: not the greatest scifi, but Angela Basset is our lead and commander of a crew that finds some funky thing in space that might end the universe! Fun! (movie)

Star Trek: but specifically Trek 09 and Into the Darkness for Uhura. Alfre Woodard in Star Trek: First Contact. Nichelle Nichols in the TOS movies. (movies) The tv shows have several WOC within the main cast but I haven’t watched any of them in the longest time so I don’t remember their prominence within the narrative.

Serenity/Firefly: I mean it is what it is but we have Zoe Washburn and Inara Serra. I think we all know what this series is about. (movie and TV)

Doctor Who series 3: THE MARTHA JONES SERIES. (TV)

Stargate Atlantis: explorers in space, mostly fucking things up but then fixing them. Or trying to. Rachel Luttrell as Teyla is a main cast member and lead for all 5 season, the writing for her isn’t always the best (haha, bitter tears) but she’s the best. (TV)

Sunshine: a group of scientist have to go RESTART THE SUN! Michelle Yeoh is part of the crew, tho the movie does have a lot of focus on two white men, but an ensemble cast. (movie)

Total Recall (1990): yes, it’s a bit of a cheat BUT IT TECHNICALLY TAKES PLACE ON MARS. SPACE! And yes, it’s an Arnold movie, but his main leading lady is Melina (played by Rachel Ticotin). (movie)

Men in Black II: also a bit of a cheat, but it has a whole bunch of aliens and spaceships! Rosario Dawson as Laura Vasquez, who is very important to the plot. (movie)

Falling Skies: Moon Bloodgood as Anne Glass and Seychelle Gabriel as Lourdes Delgado, and okay, so again, a bit of a cheat bc it does take place on Earth but ALIENS AND SPACESHIPS! (TV)

Chronicles of Riddick: Thandie Newton as Dame Vakko, the main villain with great dresses. (movie)

Star Wars Rebels: animation but none of the main cast is white, including Sabine Wren, who is Mandalorian and the weapons expert. Also bonus her voice actress isn’t white either. (TV)

BSG: which I can’t believe I forgot who had Grace Park as Boomer/Athena, also Rekha Sharma as Tory Foster. Again, I think we all know what this show was about. OH, also: BSG: Razor who had Stephanie Jacobsen as Kendra Shaw.

honorable mention: After Earth because Sophie Okonedo and Zoe Kravitz’s character mostly only show up in flashback they’re still part of the family. 

i’m sure there’s more, but these are all the ones I could come up with atm in which they’re leads or main cast and not just supporting or background characters (ie like Doona Bae, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Jupiter Ascending) . (if anyone does reblog, feel free to add)

Y’all, GO WATCH KILLJOYS NOW; it rocks. It’s on Hulu & SyFy now for streaming, and there are other sources. 

I like Dark Matter, too, and recommend The Expanse for the worldbuilding and sci-fi payoff; it is not great about diversity, though, in its first season. If they follow the books the second season might be better…

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liryae:

There is literally nothing in nature that blooms all year long, so do not expect yourself to do so.

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anarchoace:

PHOTOS: Transgender Elders Show Us The Meaning of Survival

In the many years that Jess T. Dugan, a Boston-based trans photographer, has spent capturing images of gender-variant people, she says she’s consistently noticed a striking absence in both art and social sciences: imagery of older trans folks.

“And,” Dugan explains further on her website, “those [representations] that do exist are often one-dimensional.” So Dugan set out to fill this gap, teaming up with social work researcher Vanessa Fabbre since fall 2013 to develop the evocative photo project, “To Survive on This Shore.” In the recently released collection, diverse trans elders ages 50 to 86 are pictured at home or in meaningful spaces, gazing unapologetically into the camera, as if asking the viewer to look deeper into their unique context and life story.

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