“Someone in a group I’m in asked why black women don’t adopt as much as white women and I was legit appalled. Black women basically invented adoption. We’re the O.G.s of taking care of other folks kids. The difference is, we don’t usually make a big deal out of it like other folks do. We’re not flying to other countries for babie . A lot of times we don’t even go through the courts. But everybody has a cousin who ain’t blood but granny raised them so they’re family. That’s adoption. Everybody knows somebody who got strung out or locked up and left their kids with their sister. That’s adoption. Stop acting like what we do ain’t real just because we don’t do it like you.”

— Nikki Vantézze LaRue

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What exactly do they think “or Guardian” means on any paperwork that mentioned “Parent or Guardian”?

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vadrigar1994 asked:

In the response to a person asking why you don't move to the US, one of your reasons for staying in Britain was "The entire US entertainment industry is about to move to Britain!". Is that a thing that's happening that I just haven't heard about? Or was it a joke?

theabigailthorn answered:

Oh that's real. Almost everything is filmed here now. All the Marvel stuff, all the Disney stuff, Barbie, Venom, House of the Dragon, it's all done here because we have very low wages, tax breaks for production companies, and very strict anti-union laws. You've also got Europe on your doorstep, which is great for location shoots, and Romania is a cheap place to film too - Wednesday is all shot in Bucharest and Django was filmed both there and in Transylvania. The notable exception is The Last of Us - Season 2 is going to shoot in Canada 'cause they need snow. It is, no jokes, cheaper to make a British street look like Las Vegas than it is to film in Las Vegas. Pinewood Studios in London is building an extension that'll make it the biggest movie studio in the world. I think the WGA and SAG strike victories will probably accelerate this trend: they can't replace Americans with AI, so they're going to replace them with Brits!

Which might sound good in theory to Brits cause it means jobs, but not if those jobs are exploitative. The stars, director, and the bosses will be Americans, but the drivers, makeup artists, crew, caterers, background artists, supporting players, editors and so on will be underpaid, overworked Brits, and the profits will go primarily to American companies.

I talked about this on tiktok a while ago:

As a Brit I’m becoming concerned about the str*kes across the pond. Here’s why.

Tiktok

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Meanwhile with Digimon Adventures' KouTai{/shiro} [Koushiro x Taichi]

Some Person, @ Koushiro Izumi: You think YOU know everything there is to know about DIGIMON??? Name *ALL* THE DIGIMON Koushiro: Koushiro: ... Koushiro, LEAVING: CHOSEN: ..... Hikari: Koushiro left... Iori: Koushiro left. (I kind of want to, too.) Daisuke: Koushiro LEFT???? Ken: Koushiro left. (Affirming) TAICHI: ... Taichi ... LEAVING: CHOSEN:

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Male Character: *fucks up 100 times* Fans: “No one is perfect. He’s flawed so there is room for development!”

Female Character: *is not the epitome of perfection* Fans: “Sorry. I just hate this character.”

morbidlyqueerious

Male Character: *is perfect*

Fans: It’s an awesome power fantasy! It’s so inspiring!

Female Character: *is above average in any skill*

Fans: mmm… it’s fine I guesssss but why does she have to be such a mary sue??? just asking because I’m not sure it’s realistic…. hmmm…

This becomes 600% more depressing when you remember the majority of fandom participants are women.

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Internalized Misogyny

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I think one of the reasons I hyperfixate so much on Taichi and Koushirou’s relationship in specific even though I really love exploring all of them is just that for most of the kids and their friendships/potential romances there’s so much meta on them and so much discussion even if it’s like, “x character ate spaghetti so they clearly love y character,” and I think it’s all honestly fun and great but just

Taichi and Koushirou have this incredibly wonderful bond that only deepens throughout adventure and they remain two of the closest digidestined from 01 all the way into 02. It’s really not subtext and the two of them spend an incredible amount of time together. While Our War Game is a different director it still honestly showed their progression into being incredible friends and went out of it’s way to show they were two of the closest– neither of them even knew Yamato or Mimi were out of the city or even the country or what Jyou was doing that day, for instance. They always seem to be turning to each other for dire situations and they bring a different strength to the table that’s quintessential to the whole adventure because you really can’t have one without the other and their whole relationship is so incredibly natural, ups and downs and everything. No matter how you want to shape it, they just work well together and it’s so wholesome and amazing and there’s just so much of them to explore further.

But finding anything about them is so hard. If you find posts about Taichi they tend to completely forget Koushirou matters at all to him. Entire blogs will dissect every hair on his head, but you would never know he has a friend who isn’t Yamato and if you’re lucky maybe they’ll mention Sora. And if you’re lucky to find meta on Koushirou you might get a glimpse of Taichi here and there, but nothing about how much they really do encourage and help each other overall. In general there tends to be a complete imbalance that acts as if only Koushirou puts value into their relationship and Taichi just barely acknowledges him– but it’s wholly untrue. There’s plenty of other things, but just even when you think about Taichi’s most emotional arc the character who was there with him and for him was Koushirou– and he was chosen to be with Taichi twice. Taichi trusts him. Taichi asks him to watch Hikari as Taichi protects both of them. He actively cares for Koushirou, too. It’s really there throughout the show and them being best friends is not something that was invented by Digimon 2020.

But I just feel like overall we never really get past this wall of, “Hey wait, do you guys think they were friends?” to look at all the other deeper things between them and then even that’s riddled with meta on other characters and misconceptions and it’s like such few posts exist on some of the deeper level things because it just goes right back to talking about the other relationships and I’ve just been here too long

#god fucking dammit mizutani #digimon #digimon adventures #digimon adventure 02 #digimon: fandom #digimon fandom issues #02 fandom issues #koushiro izumi #taichi yagami #taishiro #otp: shall we go together #character sidelining #digimon: metafandom #(OP You Were So right with this)#(Idek how to get it across to anyone else exactly how ignored Koushiro is and how sidelined by the fandom Taichi is)#(but this is a pretty good breakdown)#(Its still the case to this very day despite all the Koushiro ~Content~ TM I dumped into the void)#(And also partly why I've also kept trying to create Koushiro things because I'm so fed up with all of this)#(I could have easily focused on any other fandom or old fav but that Koushiro is a canonically adopted chara and this STILL HAPPENS)#(Idek it feels extremely personal to me especially seeing how . . . Ignored he continues to be)#*NOT UP For Debate I am just reblogging in Agreement #(Theres entire metablogs in this fandom that will overanlyze the 02 dynamic to death and then completely ignore the fact theyre Friends)#(and even try to claim seriously to us Taichi was ''''never close friends'''' with him to begin with)#(I MEAN????)#(Anyway Idek How To Get It Across Those People Need To Stop Lurking Me Already pLS)#(August 1st is coming up and I want to make KouTai OTP things)#(but I cant stop feeling Bitter about how this fandom has acted since 2k15 to THIS DAY J u s t.....)#the sidelining of koushiro izumi #the sidelining of taichi yagami #(*Unless those lurking are ACTUALLY open to changing their minds in which wHOA can I spam them w Every Canon!Koushiro reference &MAKE Points

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While I love the Digimon fandom, after spending time in other fandoms I’ve come to realise how negative it can be. For the most part, it’s full of talented & creative people, but sometimes the sheer amount of hate can get me down. It was the first fandom I’ve ever been in, and it’s the one that helped shaped my style of art

#fandom #fandom issues #fandom negativity #digimon fandom #digimon fandom issues #digimon fandom negativity #digiadvs fandom issues #02 FANDOM ISSUES #02 STANDOM ISSUES #digimon adventure tri #jou kido #tri jou #digimon confessions #(OK Normally I Hate reblogging from Confessions blogs of any kind any more)#(Mainly because all these blogs tend to contrIBUTE TO ALL THE G-DDAMN NEGATIVITY)#(But This fANDOM)#(THIS G-DDAMN FANDOM)#(Has Been Like This for 20 G-ddamn Years Straight Since 02 Ended)#(I really thought there was a point around early Tri era where it would change positively for the better)#(but no)#(Its All The F*cking Same)#(Every DAMN WEEK)#DIGITWIT ISSUES #d02 metafandom #me vs d02 standom esp on digitwit circa 2k15 to 2k22 #me vs digiadvs stans fandom circa 2k15 to 2k22 #(Im Goddamn Tired)#(Can we go ONE DAMN EPISODE without you people tearing it apart and trashing on it despite the clear hopeful end themes?!??!)#*NOT UP For Debate I am just reblogging in Agreement #(The fact that this old confession post from Tri era basically highlighting my point abt this fandoms endless stream of hate and negativity)