I’m not gonna lie. I practically cheered when Rita said this. You know why? Because I am so, so happy that a mainstream, popular show is acknowledging the current climate of fear of Islam. Look at how Rita has conditioned herself to react with humour, because she genuinely thinks that people who find out that she’s Muslim will judge her negatively. This is the world we live in today. I’m not Muslim, but half my family are, and for years, I have been judged as being a terrorist just because I associate with Muslims. I have had to deal with people making judgements about my family. Insinuating that they are terrorists. Insinuating that I am a terrorist. Sometimes, not even insinuating. Islamophobia has become so widespread and, dare I say it, “accepted” that I don’t even see it subtly implied any more. So yeah, I was stupidly happy when this happened.
Not to mention that Rita is a fucking fantastic character. She is intelligent, brave, beautiful (inside and out), good, kind, compassionate…I could go on. To me, she is genuinely one of the best television characters I have seen in a long time.
Fun fact: I’m not religious and I doubt I ever will be. That doesn’t mean I don’t care. I know that most religions preach kindness and compassion. So I’m not going to tolerate people generalising that one group is the opposite of that.
Rant over.
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I’m not a Muslim BUT THIS POST IS BEAUTIFUL
I’m not either but my best friend is and bless this post <3
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I remember watching this scene and feeling something that I couldnt put a finger on. This post describes that feeling.
Via I was never, in fact, Holmesless.
This is your arrow of destiny :
Reblog and when you see it on your dashboard pointing to something it will have something to do with someone/thing to do with your futureI got this post. DOES THIS MEAN THERE WILL BE MUSIC IN MY FUTURE YESKDGJFASHDJFKSDFSDF
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If you support gay marriage reblog this. If you’re on the homophobic side, keep scrolling.
Via look at how she listens
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Hi, my name is Cara and I’m a 21 year old woman. Every 28 days, give or take, I have a period. And it fucking sucks. Today, was one of those where I take from the 28 day cycle. I wasn’t due for another period for at least a week, but considering that my period is pretty…
a-high-functioning-hufflepuff:
Sherlock - Its all fine, NOH8 by *thenizu
This is actually one of my favourite pieces of Sherlock fan art of all time.
Fan art with a message.
Nice to see it again. Reblog.
I will always reblog this.
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If a director wants to make a film against bullying, it is not for a committee of MPAA bean-counters to tell him what words he can use. Not many years ago, the word rape was not used in newspapers, on television—or in the movies, for that matter. But there is a crime, and the name of the crime is rape, and if you remove the word you help make the crime invisible.
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Via Left it in my other blog...So I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention or not, but a member of our Supernatural family has been struggling for her life against a tumor that has recently been exacerbated by the flu. She has been really touch and go for awhile now, but…
Reblog if you actually like reading.
Don’t know what I’d do if I couldn’t read. It’d make being a physiotherapist so hard. There’s so much reading to do.
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