A hero without a cape

Her name is Theresa Kachindamoto, and she is a senior chief - political leader of a region with a population of about 900,000 people.

She didn’t run for election; she was appointed, without her knowledge, while she was living and working in a completely different part of the country. She just received a call one day telling her to come back to her childhood home, because she was in charge now.

So she did; and when she arrived, she discovered widespread sexual abuse of children. She browbeat 50 uncooperative local leaders into accepting her decision to annul all the marriages. She then fired four of them when they continued to allow children to be married off in their areas. She still faces widespread opposition from parents who consider it their right to sexually abuse their daughters if they want to; but Kachindamoto very evidently does not give a fuck, and is continuing to use political and legal means to protect children in the region.

She’s not just an anonymous do-gooder; she’s an effective political leader despite incredibly difficult circumstances. Theresa Kachindamoto.

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A nurse has heart attack and describes what she felt like when having one

I am an ER nurse and this is the best description of this event that I have ever heard. 

 FEMALE HEART ATTACKS 

 I was aware that female heart attacks are different, but this is description is so incredibly visceral that I feel like I have an entire new understanding of what it feels like to be living the symptoms on the inside. Women rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have… you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest, the cold sweat, grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor the we see in movies. Here is the story of one woman’s experience with a heart attack: 

 "I had a heart attack at about 10:30 PM with NO prior exertion, NO prior emotional trauma that one would suspect might have brought it on. I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my purring cat in my lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me, and actually thinking, ‘A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushy Lazy Boy with my feet propped up. A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion, when you’ve been in a hurry and grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it down with a dash of water, and that hurried bite seems to feel like you’ve swallowed a golf ball going down the esophagus in slow motion and it is most uncomfortable. You realize you shouldn’t have gulped it down so fast and needed to chew it more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of water to hasten its progress down to the stomach. This was my initial sensation–the only trouble was that I hadn’t taken a bite of anything since about 5:00 p.m. 

After it seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little squeezing motions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it was probably my aorta spasms), gaining speed as they continued racing up and under my sternum (breast bone, where one presses rhythmically when administering CPR). This fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched out into both jaws. ‘AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening – we all have read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of the signals of an MI happening, haven’t we? I said aloud to myself and the cat, Dear God, I think I’m having a heart attack! I lowered the foot rest dumping the cat from my lap, started to take a step and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself, If this is a heart attack, I shouldn’t be walking into the next room where the phone is or anywhere else… but, on the other hand, if I don’t, nobody will know that I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to get up in a moment. 

I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the next room and dialed the Paramedics… I told her I thought I was having a heart attack due to the pressure building under the sternum and radiating into my jaws. I didn’t feel hysterical or afraid, just stating the facts. She said she was sending the Paramedics over immediately, asked if the front door was near to me, and if so, to un-bolt the door and then lie down on the floor where they could see me when they came in. I unlocked the door and then laid down on the floor as instructed and lost consciousness, as I don’t remember the medics coming in, their examination, lifting me onto a gurney or getting me into their ambulance, or hearing the call they made to St. Jude ER on the way, but I did briefly awaken when we arrived and saw that the radiologist was already there in his surgical blues and cap, helping the medics pull my stretcher out of the ambulance. He was bending over me asking questions (probably something like ‘Have you taken any medications?’) but I couldn’t make my mind interpret what he was saying, or form an answer, and nodded off again, not waking up until the Cardiologist and partner had already threaded the teeny angiogram balloon up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my heart where they installed 2 side by side stints to hold open my right coronary artery. 

I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must have taken at least 20-30 minutes before calling the paramedics, but actually it took perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire station and St Jude are only minutes away from my home, and my Cardiologist was already to go to the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting my heart (which had stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and installing the stents. Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail? Because I want all of you who are so important in my life to know what I learned first hand. 

1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body, not the usual men’s symptoms but inexplicable things happening (until my sternum and jaws got into the act). It is said that many more women than men die of their first (and last) MI because they didn’t know they were having one and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maalox or other anti-heartburn preparation and go to bed, hoping they’ll feel better in the morning when they wake up… which doesn’t happen. My female friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening that you’ve not felt before. It is better to have a ‘false alarm’ visitation than to risk your life guessing what it might be! 2. Note that I said ‘Call the Paramedics.’ And if you can take an aspirin. Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER - you are a hazard to others on the road. Do NOT have your panicked husband who will be speeding and looking anxiously at what’s happening with you instead of the road. Do NOT call your doctor – he doesn’t know where you live and if it’s at night you won’t reach him anyway, and if it’s daytime, his assistants (or answering service) will tell you to call the Paramedics. He doesn’t carry the equipment in his car that you need to be saved! The Paramedics do, principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later. 3. Don’t assume it couldn’t be a heart attack because you have a normal cholesterol count. Research has discovered that a cholesterol elevated reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it’s unbelievably high and/or accompanied by high blood pressure). MIs are usually caused by long-term stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps all sorts of deadly hormones into your system to sludge things up in there. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive to tell the tale.“

Reblog, repost, Facebook, tweet, pin, email, morse code, fucking carrier pigeon this to save a life! I wish I knew who the author was. I’m definitely not the OP, actually think it might be an old chain email or even letter from back in the day. The version I saw floating around Facebook ended with “my cardiologist says mail this to 10 friends, maybe you’ll save one!” And knew this was way too interesting not to pass on.

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Had to keep reminding myself this over the weekend

It’s okay to rest ♥

- The boy movie vs script differences-

I finished reading the script for the boy. I thought it’d be fun to share some of the main differences between the script and the movie, mainly because I find the differences between the character’s personalities interesting, as they affect the construction of the environment in the story. 

I. Naming and environment construction

The original name was In a dark place and not The boy. I believe referring to Greta’s (whose name in the script is Gerti) mental state when she arrives at the manor since she is struggling with deep negative emotions as much as she tries to escape them. As the story progresses, it diverts from her mental state to the manor and its creepy aura. 

The Heelshire’s manor (as described in the script) is an old, two-story building with barred windows that almost give the impression of lifeless eyes peering out from behind large, leafy trees. (Notice how the author is hinting that being observed will be a big part of the story).

The house also has narrow halls, which exposes that Brahms world behind the walls isn’t tight. The Heelshire build the mansion so that there would be enough space behind the walls for him to move around freely, to the cost of of taking space off from the indoors.

II. The Characters

Greta is more relatable in the script than she ever was in the movie. She isn’t overly intelligent or brave but holds a deep sense of loyalty and family-oriented feelings. Additionally, Greta has a better-developed personality. We get to know how she responds to being frightened in a way that feels a lot creepier and reasonable. 

Despite the above, I still think the movie! Greta captured the essentials perfectly fine, and that’s pretty great.

A relevant clarification when adapting a script to the screen is that sometimes, writers tend to go wild with creativity without considering the requirable needs to carry out things as they imagined them (there are limits such as the budget). Despite this, I think the production team and Director William Brent Bell archived a great adaptation. 

Nonetheless, it would have been nice if they included little details to contribute the essence of fear once we reached the plot twist at the end, such as the scene where Brahms gifts Greta a diamond necklace.  

II.I –––––GRETA EVANS

Let’s see the main differences, shall we? First, in the script, Greta is a blond, skinny girl who likes spontaneity and adventure; therefore, struggles following Brahms daily tight agenda.

Once she’s convinced that Brahms spirit is inside the doll, we can see her opening up about it by expressing her thoughts to the doll:

She doesn’t like routines but does her job anyways.

Another thing that contributes to the story terrifying atmosphere and therefore, that affects Greta’s character directly is the fact that the Heelshire left everything they own to Greta. The money, the house, their proprieties across England, everything. She finds the “Last Will” papers and realizes that they aren’t coming back and accepts it. In her mind, the Heelshire chose her to take care of their son for a reason: she asked for something like this to happen, for her life to have meaning. The girl gives a damn about how rich she is now, she just cares about the little child she thinks is living in the doll. She’s too selfless for her own good.

She tells him what’s the deal with her ex, how he was charming and loving but when angry he mistreated her. She tells him one time after he beat her up and she ended up at the hospital she found out about her pregnancy and wisely decided not to have the baby. Greta then affirms that ever since that horrible experience she’s been praying for a sigh that life wasn’t so small; and we have this beautiful and disturbing dialogue:

All in all, she was rather disturbed and sad and the seemingly haunted doll helped her to put her life together. This is what gives the plot wist even more emotional weight.

II. II ––––– THE DELIVERY BOY

*Deep sigh* Well, he doesn’t really have many changes in his personality or development. Script!Malcom is… more Malcom, if you know what I mean. Lame jokes that make him seem adorable, he is kinder, understanding and loving towards Greta. He and Greta did fuck in the script lol poor Brahms. He threw a tantrum the next morning but I’m sure the little bitch jerked off to watching them making love.

Anyway, one thing that does changes is that script!Malcom puts up with Brahms shit in a more direct way. He had his shirt stolen and half-dead rats put on the glove compartment of his car. Additionally, he had to put up with Greta’s stubbornness and reluctance of leaving the house once things got more and more creepy. In the script is evident that he got stuck in the crossing fire, while in the movie he’s just strictly Greta’s love interest and her assistant in the final battle.

II.III ––––––– Brahms Heelshire 

Let’s take a look at the badass entrance he had on the script please:

Brahms. Mother fucking bastard son of a bitch. This little spoiled bastard. Script!Brahms is way more violent, forceful and stinkier than movie!Brahms. He isn’t burn and therefore he’s less aware of the “actions have consequences” phrase. You’ll see, this might be just my personal take but I think that, since in the movie he got trapped in the fire, Brahms has one clear and only example that bad things happen to you when your actions are wicked and that could be a point to use in favor to pursuit future positive character development.

Anyway, let’s go on.

In my opinion movie!Brahms is less scarier because he feels a little bit more human. He’s soft where script!Brahms is rude and violent. Script!Brahms was completely thought to be a nasty, crazy man. Additionally, he is way meaner. I’ll give you a few examples:

And please don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that movie!Brahms is a sugar cube, he’s not. He is still a twisted and highly dangerous man, I’m just saying he’s not as evil as his script counterpart is. Movie!Brahms somehow makes you feel sympathy, if even a little. Of course there’s also the damn cute head tilt. God, *rises fist* it makes me weak I swear

In the final scene, after Cole breaks the bloody doll movie!Brahms bursts trough the wall and he’s fucking livid. This man has invaded his home, tried to take away the object of is affections and on the top of that destroyed the doll he used to interact with world. Brahms had all the motives to be angry at Cole –that doesn’t justify that he killed him, of course, I’m just saying that his anger was valid– but even in his rage he didn’t purposely inflict harm on Greta.

Movie!Brahms grabs her from behind in a dominant way that seems more desperate for taking her out of the living room and / or having her close to him, rather than hurting her. He’s a little rough due to the sudden emotional outburst, but it’s not intended. 

Now, script Brahms is a totally different story. He comes out though the secret door in the clock placed on the living room –this is cooler in my opinion, the clock having a secret door to the inside of the walls and everything– and lashes out, fuming, completely lost in rage and straight up objectifies Greta, claiming her as his own.

Then he proceeds to beat up Malcom with the cricket bat knocking him unconscious, afterwards, he violently grabs Greta by her hair and starts pulling her with him inside the wall. This shit is fucking terrifying, yo. she’s crying begging him and screaming and he does nothing but keep pulling. Script!Brahms gives two fucks if he’s hurting her or not.

Right after the above he stabs Cole in the chest with the knife. It’s not long before Malcom hits him in the head and tells Greta to run. They both do so but when Brahms is back to his feet he chases Greta to the kitchen and everything, from the look on his eyes to his body language says: “I’m going to take you. Don’t care if I need to hurt you to do so. I don’t care. I just will do it because I’m angry.”

However, she manages to avoid him and she and Malcom end up inside the walls, discovering his room, like in the movie. Here he has more porn magazines aside form the pages glued to his bed-wall. He has several. The room aside that is the same. The letter however, says: The girl is your doll now, take care of her and show her your loving side” Here the Heelshires are helping reinforce the idea that she is an object to be own and therefore he can treat her like so and not like a human being.

Now, does script!Brahms really has a ‘loving side’? I think he does. No person is pure good or evil, and Brahms isn’t the exception. Before his true identity is reveled he makes Greta a gift; he gives her a necklace and in my opinion it wasn’t a ‘just-one-time’ kinda situation. I think he did things like that for her periodically because as I’ve seen to be addressed before, Brahms idea of conquering a woman’s heart is terribly old-fashioned and he was probably doing that as a way of courting her.

This implies that script!Brahms loses himself in the rage he feels fully and completely to the point he doesn’t even care if he hurts Greta, which makes more accurate that he killed Emily. I think that even when this is a shared feature he has with his movie counterpart, in the movie is not shown as raw.

Another thing that I would like to draw your attention to is the fact that movie!Brahms uses his child voice when he first come out of the wall while calling Greta. I think that –aside the ‘it’s a horror movie it was made like that so it would be creepy’– he did so because a child’s voice would probably be more familiar to Greta, and therefore, hopefully she wouldn’t be as afraid.

Now, another difference is that Script!Brahms is more manipulative. In the scene where Greta manages to escape the house he reverts to little boy voice and drags Malcolm unconscious body to the doorway as he says “He is hurt, he needs your help. Come back” because he spied Greta’s conversations on the phone with her sister, and knows her. He knows she has a strong sense of family and friendship, he knows she is loyal, he knows she’s good, he knows she will try to help.

But Greta is smart and waits. Then, upon seeing it didn’t work he lashes out again, and we have the dialogue: “if you leave I’ll kill him, I’ll kill him just like the other one” which clarifies that he didn’t meant the others as in ‘the other nannies’ as many people on the fandom believe. He was just talking about Cole but the movie got this wrong, I suppose. Or maybe movie!Brahms felt responsible for his parents suicide? He behaves like a child but he’s an adult capable of thinking and internalizing what he feels so it might be a possibility, but a very unlikely one.

Script!Brahms then pleads in his child-like voice: “Don’t leave me” Nothing. Greta doesn’t come back. “I’ll be good, I will” he reassures but you can’t believe him due to the shit-show he just up Greta through literal minutes ago.

Meanwhile, when movie!Brahms says this is, in a way, is less terrifying since he wasn’t violent directly and purposely towards Greta. It is mentioned in the script that when Brahms calls her he does so like a person who’s calling for their pet, which is awfully descriptive as how he sees her.  The calling in the movie seems more desperate to me, more as if he really needs her to stay, and it doesn’t really sounds like a man calling for a pet to me, but a child calling his mom. And I sincerely don’t know which is creepier.

Let me know what you think!

Credit to eden.no.ivu on Instagram!

Also literally went on hunger strike to prevent the new Indian constitution from outlawing the caste system, because he believed in the idea that people are born into the wealth/privilege or poverty/privation they find themselves in. Patronisingly referred to the so-called Untouchables as “children of god”. It took another half century to get caste outlawed, and of course its still deeply embedded in the culture and people are still getting murdered for transgressing its theoretically illegal rules.

Fucking disgusting that we still have a holiday for him anyways.

Wasn’t he also an actual pedo?

I’m bringing this up in my next history lesson

I'd care if the person I reblogged this from committed suicide.

Reblog this from anybody. literally. ANYBODY. even if you dont like them or even know them that well. YOU COULD SAVE THEIR LIFE.

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Need this.

i actually plan on majoring in english so i can teach abroad *casually rebloggs*

That point in a piece of fanfiction where you can tell something embarrassing is about to happen so you start fucking around on tumblr because you’re a huge baby with a crippling overabudance of empathy.

I do this with every media I consume. I pause movies and have to walk around and prepare myself for second-hand embarrassment sometimes.

Sometimes I’ll be watching a TV show with someone and just have to walk out and get a drink or something

GLASS dir. M Night Shyamalan

The power of true, loving, physical affection, it’s like something supernatural.

Glass (2018) dir. M. Night Shyamalan

James McAvoy is the kind of person you hear talking and you think

"i would definitely fall in love with you given the chance"

I love you ANYA

Me @ myself after seeing Patricia cry and starting to feel sympathy for her, knowing full well what she’s done

Interview of Anya talking about Glass, Casey and Kevin relationship and working with James

Before starting Glass, what was your approach to revisiting Casey and how did you want to differentiate your performances in this one compared to the last one? 

ANYA TAYLOR JOY: I think my first thought, which is gonna sound a little crazy, but actually makes a lot of sense is that, in Split, Casey’s basically enclosed in one room and under extreme duress. People act differently in those situations and I think, bizarrely enough, her being in that room felt like an actual representation of the way that she’s always felt, so getting to play her in the outside world and have her be comfortable moving within that, that’s huge for her. And it was such a pleasure to give that to her because she’s so thoroughly deserves it.

Kevin started off a healing process in her that I think hasn’t reached the zenith of the lesson that she’s supposed to learn and I think Kevin really saw her and gave her the permission to see herself. She now wants to do that for him. She’s fascinated by him and she wants to - She cares about him, she loves him.

ROHAN: Yeah, she kind of wants to give him what he was able to give her?

ANYA: Yeah and I think it’s also very important to remember that she has never once doubted his DID (dissociative identity disorder). She very firmly believes, as is the truth, that these are all individual personalities, so Kevin never really did anything to her.

Kevin’s just a broken person that’s had to find a way to survive and these other personalities have helped him survive, but Kevin and Casey, they’re chill.

ROHAN: How was it reuniting with James again? You guys had such terrific chemistry in Split and it’s even better this time. You two play opposite one another so well, regardless of which personality he’s inhabiting in any given scene.

ANYA: Honestly, we have such an intense connection that it almost feels like the most normal thing in the world to reunite as Casey and Kevin. It just it feels - we both create a space for each other that’s very quiet and comforting and that has always been there.

There’s a space that exists between the two of us, when we act, where we just are allowing each other to be incredibly vulnerable. He holds a space for me, I hold the space for him and then, it just felt as if no time had gone by, except that this time we knew each other so much better. You know we had made a film together, we went on a world tour together, we’d been friends, and then, we got to reunite as characters and it felt - it felt safe with James. It always has, which I think is a really special feeling to have.

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