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You Are My Sunshine

@circusofthedead

hailey. 25. british columbia. ace. traveller. artist. language enthusiast. writer. photographer. scanlator (retired). generally frantic and anxious about things.
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I absolutely love the language of my mother’s people

I believe linguistically the term is called Comparative Reduplication! And while a lot of languages have it, including many Indigenous American ones, Yoruba culture holds a lot of influence over how Black Diaspora and AAVE have been shaped. It’s a good video.

This is SO COOL thank you for sharing this!

cats’ instinct to smack the shit out of anything and everything is honestly one of their best traits

This video is so top notch, it has so many good things in it: the squinty eyes, the background music, the smack, the fall

Also how he is basking in the warmth of the candles before he desides it’s now time to destroy

I’m a huge fan of yours (requested by Anonymous)

For context: In that production of King Lear by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Sir Ian McKellen, playing the titular character in a scene where Lear has essentially gone round the bend, strips completely naked right there on stage. New York critic Michael Portantiere, noted in his review, “Special note for those who care about such things: In a brief nude scene, McKellen amply demonstrates the truth of Lear’s statement that he is ‘every inch a king’.”

The above scene is amazing but I also feel we need to take a moment to appreciate the fact that a respected theatre critic took time to mention in their review of this production of King Lear that Ian McKellen has a truly impressive penis

@bucklikethedollar why would you hide poetry like this in the notes

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“EVERY INCH A KING.” :)