I continue to see people angry that it’s being pointed out that thanksgiving was created to celebrate the murder of Native Americans. I continue to see comments about how y’all are still going to stuff your faces and celebrate.
Nobody said you had to stop using the day to give thanks, spend time with family, and stuff your face. We only ask that you acknowledge the true meaning of the holiday and those of us who have to face a different truth. We only ask that you acknowledge respect us and our truth and sufffering.
It’s very telling when non-natives are more concerned about whether it’s still appropriate to stuff their face than they are about our continued suffering.
I THOUGHT WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF WAYS TO HURT ME BUT LO- THERE IS MORE.
This is such a good match up though- thanks Kelly.
I have to go with Paterson and Laura though. I’m so blown away by the passion and the gentleness that exists in this relationship at the same time. Paterson, especially, is so gentle with her, so gentle at first you’d be forgiven for assuming that passion plays no part in how he feels about her. BUT then you catch a hint of it in his poetry, in his eyes when he looks at her when she’s not watching, in those in-between moments that fill his life and you understand that passion is a part of his love, that there is this deep well of intensity and emotion at the base of that gentleness and that it is in fact WHY he’s so gentle with her. It’s kind of this conscious choice that he has to make because otherwise, almost, how could he bear it?? He expresses his passion through gentleness and that is so beautiful. There’s one of his poems where he talks about this a little bit and you can sense the depths of his passion and almost the fear and the awe that goes with it. I can’t remember it exactly but it’s something about looking at her while she’s still asleep and he says something like “amazed in love” and ASDFASFAFSAFSAF I CAN’T DEAL WITH IT I HAVE TO GO BYE
Okay no, but really I love how willing they are to TALK to each other but also to LISTEN to each other and the fact that they are so different makes that even more amazing. They’re polar opposites but they still adore the other so much and I!!! I read this really beautiful review the other day that described this movie and their love in particular as filled with the kind of peace that you don’t just take for granted; it’s not an easy peace. It doesn’t necessarily come completely naturally in the sense that neither of them have to try at it. There isn’t any friction or artificial conflict in this movie but that’s because they’re choosing to communicate with each other, to listen and respond and ask and tease with so much love, it’s ALL A CHOICE. And THIS IS JUST SO RARE WE NEVER SEE THIS KIND OF MARRIED COUPLE ON SCREEN I WILL NEVER RECOVER BYEEEEEEE
Jake and Amy are SO GREAT THOUGH and a beautiful example of how to tell a love story on TV. They’re definitely one of my favorite tv couples and their friendship, jokes, and complementarity (plus respect for each other and totally great chemistry) are super great tooooo!!!!!!
Donate if you can, and even if you can’t, spend some time this November educating yourself about the history of the very-much-still-alive tribe that sat down with the pilgrims, the continued history of colonization in America, and about the tribe/s whose land you are occupying.
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