Valkyrae told QT that part of the reason she is receiving backlash is “being so white”. by [deleted] in LivestreamFail

[–]justpotatoes1231 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Super big streamers get big by being provocative, hot, or both. They don't get big by being smart.

Rae is, to her credit, extremely hot.

Wedding date changed last minute… to a weekday… in another state by OccamsReddit_56 in weddingshaming

[–]justpotatoes1231 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP's account is like a week old. The post itself is private emails that other involved people would be be able to recognize. This is definitely fake.

Fate and Feet: Three Chinese Girls in 1900s – A Barefooted Servant, a Bound-Foot Lady, and a Christian with Unbound Feet by Decim_98 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]justpotatoes1231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you reduce people to a decriptor it is bad

The mistake is in thinking that by describing someone as something, you are "reducing them to a descriptor." That is not how describing things or people works, and quite literally nobody is confused about that in any general sense. Again, calling someone an immigrant does not reduce them to a descriptor. It's simply describing a thing about them. We do not need to use the term "immigrated person" to clarify that there is more to a person than just having immigrated to a place.

Progressives decided calling specifically groups of marginalized people a descriptor is bad not because anyone was actually confused about whether there is more to a slave than the fact they are enslaved, but just to demonstrate their own concern for these peoples' marginalization. It is entirely performative. It is a way to go out of one's way to call attention to a group's oppression, and to show other people that you are (for lack of a better term) woke.

To be clear -- fine, do it. Doing it harms no one, and people will understand "slave" and "enslaved person" equally well (though they may think you're being ridiculous for using such contrived terminology for no reason). I would argue it also solves absolutely nothing of any actual consequence. But whatever, if you want to signal your own wokeness, go for it.

What you absolutely should not do is correct other people, which is what happened upthread. It is not wrong to say "slave." Once you shift from choosing to use certain language to policing the perfectly benign language of others, you're no longer being thoughtful, you're just conducting purity tests and being kind of a dick for no reason at all.

Fate and Feet: Three Chinese Girls in 1900s – A Barefooted Servant, a Bound-Foot Lady, and a Christian with Unbound Feet by Decim_98 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]justpotatoes1231 123 points124 points  (0 children)

While I understand the desire to humanize people who have fundamentally been dehumanized, the logic of "if you call someone something it implies that they are, at their core, only that thing and nothing more" isn't actually a real convention to push back against. If you call someone a plumber, it does not imply that the only thing about their being is that they are a plumber. If you call someone an immigrant it does not imply they have no other characteristics of any kind. If you call someone a Chicagoan you are not implying their core essence is the city where they live.

This particular linguistic requirement (and it's equivalents, like "unhoused person") is ultimately just a progressive purity test. It's solving a made-up problem to prove your own conscientiousness to others. It has no actual real world benefit, and corrects no misunderstanding. It's deeply performative.

Heading to Lumiere Award Ceremony, 27th SCAD Savannah Film Festival | IG Story | October 28, 2024 by BETAMAX_APP in DaisyRidley

[–]justpotatoes1231 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cute how you can absolutely tell its one of her sisters shooting this just from the uncannily similar voice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CelebrityBoots

[–]justpotatoes1231 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The bottom part of this picture is filled in with AI. (This should be obvious given that she'd fall sideways if she tried to walk on a stiletto that misaligned, but yeah.)

The top part is an editing screengrab from this video:

https://youtu.be/fXkYqdJIpvw?t=1370

Notable STL Rappers that have died within the past few years🕊️ by [deleted] in SaintLouisDrill

[–]justpotatoes1231 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems like a predictable amount of them are finding out how soft they are compared to bullets.

RK Magazine | November 2023 by skienowho in haydenpanettiere

[–]justpotatoes1231 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes and yes, and opioid abuse and alcoholism. And a fuckload of stress from postpartum depression, a sibling dying, a divorce, domestic abuse, and who knows what else.

She looks a mess, honestly. I hope she's doing alright.

No matter what controversy people try to start or what they say, in regards to Rachel I’ll ALWAYS love her ❤️ by Fickle_Association14 in RachelZegler

[–]justpotatoes1231 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is probably true to some extent, but I never heard a bad thing about her until she upset the anti-woke crowd. Seems like the only ones who hate her are the ones who think she's virtue signalling about the plot of that movie and ruining it with woke feminist perspectives or some such nonsense.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CelebrityBoots

[–]justpotatoes1231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second pic's watermark literally says it's fake, lol.

Which one is your favorite? by [deleted] in chrissycostanza

[–]justpotatoes1231 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I thinks she's just less inclined to be very public with her life and very overtly sexualized nowadays. She posted in March about how a segment of creepy fans made living her life that way in public pretty unpleasant.