I HATE SELF COMMODIFICATION I HATE SELF COMMODIFICATION

- Amazon’s casting choices don’t reflect the true racial diversity in Tolkien’s works and are focused on tokenism over real efforts to tackle the flaws in the text and make an inclusive vision of Arda - Amazon’s one major POC actress is playing a role that canonically involves her throne and her power being stolen from her by a genocidal colonizer who wants to exterminate the religious minority she’s part of - Amazon fired their Tolkien consultant and their unsafe set conditions caused the injuries of stuntpeople Amazon as a company is unethical, directly opposed to progressive causes, and openly emotionally manipulating viewers to get them to watch the show - Amazon has done more real harm to actual people of color and other marginalized groups than their efforts to include nonwhite actors in relatively small or stereotypical roles can address - Amazon’s promotional materials for this show treat fans of color as props to further their agenda REPOST THIS ANYWHERE YOU LIKE AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE

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Internet: *is down for a minute* Me: [snorts Potassium Iodide] Context: Potassium Iodide is taken to reduce damage from radiation poisoning. Currently there is a high risk of nuclear catastrophe on Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant due to russian ammunition being stored inside the plant. Internet going down might mean that it detonated or the start of nuclear war. [via link]

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