Portia May White
June 24, 1911 – February 13, 1968
Evon by Emily Soto on Flickr.
The Sitcoms I grew up watching.
and these shows were prime time. now tv is so white. so painfully white.
Is one of those the show Martin? I didn’t watch that one. But all of these, loved em. Where’s Family Matters? Family PoC sitcoms.
(I also watched Full House, the odd one out. Boom.)
Favourite Doctor Who episodes? Favourite characters?
New show and old Who alike.
Why these episodes?
I’m yet to properly give the older ones a go, so I speak for 2005 Who only. But my favourite episodes, or most memorable episodes, are sometimes because of the storyline, sometimes where they travelled, sometimes the payoff, and more often than not because of temporary companions.
So my list is clearly not limited to only ten…Maybe like, my favourite 20.
- The End of the World (the episode that got me into the show)
- The Long Game
- The Empty Child / meet Jack arc
- The Parting of the Ways (I’m sorry but I loved when Rose could see all of time)
- New Earth
- The Girl in the Fireplace
Not ashamed to admit that after Army of Ghosts I cried for like two days, because I can do anything that I want. Billie Piper was my popstar, you see. My guiding light, every day and night. And then she was Belle.
I don’t know if I would have been considered a crazy doctor/Rose shipper since I watched it all on my own, after the fact. I will say that I love Billie Piper, so, that’s that.
- Gridlock (and maybe the Shakespeare one too)
- Blink, yes, yes.
- The Human doctor arc, yes, I liked that too
- “Utopia”
- Partners in Crime for the meet-cute
- The Fires of Pompeii (my favourite ever, I think)
- Silence in Library arc
- Turn Left
- Vincent & the Doctor
- The Doctor’s Wife
- Closing Time (I think)
- The God Complex because of Rita
- A Christmas Carol
The Waters of Mars*
Characters (and their respective episodes)? Cassandra, Jabe the Tree lady, Lorna Bucket, Rita, Craig, Liz X, ah so many others though. Vastra, always.
Rita: You are a medical doctor, aren’t you? You haven’t just got a degree in cheesemaking or something?
The Doctor: No! Well yes, both actually.
Most horrifying aliens? The Cybermen, sadly, actually scare me quite a bit. Just….yeah. The whole your brain…ergh…ddfthdthb
Reblogging this here in case any of you have favourite characters that are WoC (on Doctor Who) that I’ve missed.
If you want socialism go live in the UK….this is America: a Democratic republic based on capitalism. We’re not perfect, but it’s better than anything else. Capitalism rewards those who work hard.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SURE THING MATE
Firstly, the UK isn’t Socialist. Its a capitalist country that has an extended welfare state created by Social Democrats (though that is now being destroyed, forcing many people into poverty thanks to neo-liberal economic policies).
Moving on… The USA? Democratic? If you call an extended security appartus with a militarized, racist police force and only half the population turns out to vote (and millions of people with criminal convictions are disenfranchised) a democracy. I call it an oligarchy with a democratic facade. And thats how it has always been.
Also the USA was founded on hard work. The hardwork of the millions of slaves that produced cotton to bring in wealth of the fledgling colonies. But that work wasn’t rewarded.
That isn’t even capitalism though. Capitalism rewards those who work hard. Thats why their are millions of immigrants working the fruit fields in California, doing all-day shifts with no breaks in the hot sun, while the children of rich fuckers go to the best universities to become financiers and stock brokers.
^^^ This guy knows nothing about America. Come love here before reading books and passing judgment.
I have been to America, though I have never lived there.
Though, that doesn’t stop me from knowing some basic facts.
The United States of America was founded through the forced displacement of indigenous peoples.
Its economy was kick started by producing cotton for English markets, and it was slaves, millions of slaves, who picked that cotton.
It stole several of its states from Mexico in a brutal war of expansion.
Since its foundation it has, very, very rarely been at peace.
It robbed the wealth of the third world, especially Latin America (where it installed military dictatorships in almost every single country).
That isn’t peace. That isn’t rewarding people who work hard. That isn’t liberty.
That is brutal exploitation. The birth of capitalism demanded the sacrifice of millions.
A settler state preaching of liberty upon a pulpit of bones.
Everything you say is subjective opinion…. Which makes you sound more jaded and biased. Very colony the UK has established is STILL a place embattled with conflict. Seriously you limy fuck, isn’t it tea time?
So every thing I have said (despite just stating historical facts) is subjective…
Saying that the settlers of the US killed the indigenous peoples is just subjective…
Saying that the US economy was kickstarted by slavery, that is just subjective too.
The Mexican American War… Subjective.
The Trail of Tears… Subjective.
The Vietnam War… Subjective.
Segragation… Subjective.
The overthrow of the Allende Government in Chile by the CIA backed military… Subjective….
Yeah, its all just my opinions. Luckily my opinions line up with the actual historical facts.
Also… NOT EVEN ENGLISH. I am Australian.
And I never said that other countries didn’t do all this shit.
All the colonial settler states did it. Australia committed fucking genocide and enslaved South Sea islanders.
I know that about the country I was raised in.
Why don’t you wisen up about your own heritage. Because I am neither from the UK or the USA but I seem to know a damn well more than you do about both.
and sometimes the food for thought post
*Also robbed the resources of pretty much everywhere in the Global South, hey, people included! And left no room for local production.
Vogue Italia January 1992
“70’s in L.A.”
Model: Yasmeen Ghauri
Photographer: Albert Watson
Stylist: Alice Gentilucci
Chipo Chung played Chantho on the episode Utopia she also played the Fortune Teller on the episode Turn Left.
Chipo Chung (born 1977) is a Tanzanian-born actress raised in Zimbabwe. She currently lives in London. She is half-Zimbabwean and half-Chinese. Her given name Chipo means “gift” in the Shona language.
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Tattoo Magazine November 2012
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