Come Christmas, the most festive houseplant of them all lights up hallways, dinner tables and the holiday season. For many, the scarlet bracts of Euphorbia pulcherrima don’t just say Christmas, they scream it. Those who love the poinsettia consider it the botanical equivalent of a prominent soprano in the grand opera that is Christmas. For … Continue reading "The poinsettia is soprano in the season’s grand opera"
Mary Mon Toy in 1968 in New York City demonstrating against yellowface casting of THE KING AND I.
"Throughout her career, Mary Mon Toy was outspoken about discrimination against Asian performers & supportive of other Asians in the arts."
A fascinating life & career: https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Mary_Mon_Toy/
As someone who enjoys turn-of-the-20th-century weird fiction, I am steeled to a certain amount of objectionable content. But I picked up Algernon Blackwood's "The Wendigo" for the first time, this week. And wow. I was not prepared for how ugly and overt the racism is in that story.
The real horror is the idea of revisiting Blackwood's "The Willows" and seeing what ugliness I've forgotten about. I might choose to enjoy my memory of it, instead.
All jokes aside, remember what Christmas is really about, people.
Rich people being terrorized by spectres until they agree to pay their employees a living wage.
All jokes aside, remember what Christmas is really about, people.
Rich people being terrorized by spectres until they agree to pay their employees a living wage.
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Scrümbled Eggs 
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