Brengotbeat - Br

taking any college course on societal issues in the united states is just like: *realizes its bc of reagan* *traces the cause back to reagan* *discovers the original policy came out of the reagan administration* *finds factual inaccuracies ignored by the reagan administration that are then used to push policy* *finds statistics that show the severity of the aids crisis as well as the beginning of mass incarceration of poc were caused by reagan* *hates reagan*

As much as I love the Queen’s Gambit, some aspects could’ve been updated to fix the story better. The most important one, in my opinion, is the use of the magical black best friend trope that Jolene embodies. She’s probably the most important person to the protagonist, but she only shows up as soon as Beth needs someone at her lowest point to save her. The show tried to lampshade it by having Jolene tell Beth she’s not there to save her when that’s literally what she’s there to do.

Another thing is how Beth’s romantic and sexual feelings for women aren’t given the same attention and focus as her relationship with men. Yea, she flirts and has sex with Cleo, but after that’s done, she’s never even mentioned again and has no lasting impact on Beth’s story. Beth’s romantic feelings for Jolene are meant to be understood in a platonic sense when Jolene is the only person in the entire novel who Beth says she loves. I love the show, and Beth Harmon is so important to me, but I don’t know why we have to have the same tropes from a book written in the ‘80s in a show made in 2020 :(

these all happened in the second half of march so happy anniversary to vanessa hudgens saying “it’s a virus and i respect that and like people are going to die which is terrible but like inevitable” on instagram live and happy anniversary to ellen saying “this [27 million dollar mansion] feels like a prison” and happy anniversary to madonna calling the virus a “great equalizer” while bathing in a bathtub with rose petals in it and happy anniversary to sia posting a picture that just said “virus <3″ and happy anniversary to priyanka chopra clapping to her empty garden and happy anniversary to gal gadot et al.’s imagine video

I feel bad. I owed him ten dollars…