I watch a lot of foreign language films, and read a lot of translated literature and I always try to imagine what I’m missing out on by not reading or taking in media in it’s original language....
There was an episode of Homeland, where they hired a graffiti artist to paint some Arabic language slogans as set dressing. The slogans the artist chose? “Homeland is racist”, “Homeland is a joke, and it didn’t make us laugh”, “#blacklivesmatter”, “Homeland is NOT a series”, “The situation is not to be trusted”, “This show does not represent the views of the artists”
"In 2004 and 2005, I conducted 10 interviews with Black psychiatrists and psychologists (nine participants were US-based and one was UK-based). Their reflections about the state of Black therapy services are (sadly) still very relevant today."
Today in Labor History October 26, 1892: Ida B. Wells published “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases,” which led to threats against her life, and the burning down of her newspaper’s headquarters in Memphis. Wells, who was born into slavery, was a journalist, educator, feminist, and early Civil Rights leader who helped found the NAACP.
I thank all the people who have worried about me, I know that we all have bad moments at some point in our lives, I just hope that my bad moment ends soon and I can't stand so much suffering again💔
I don’t think you can build a real-time conversation platform like Twitter without trending topics.
Trending topics allow people to participate in a conversation about what is happening right now which includes entertainment events (concerts, NFL games, the Grammies, etc), movements (#BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo) and breaking news (e.g. Hamas attacks in Israel).
The problem is once you amplify movements and breaking news, you get misinformation & culture wars. They’re like peanut butter & jelly.
ALT TEXT: Quote from Down the River Unto the Sea curated by Readwise. Black letters against a tan background. Small snippet of book cover which depicts a black and white photo of a man standing at the rail of a bridge with his back to the camera.
The quote is, "Monk always had a good group of talented musicians with him, but while they play deep melodies, he was the madman in the corner pounding out the truth between the fabrications of rhythm and blues." Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley.
Though this is a fictional book, "Monk" refers to real life American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk.
From NPR, "Monk, who was born 100 years ago today (written October 10, 2017) was also one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. The late pianist wrote about 70 songs during his career — many of which have became standards, including the most recorded jazz composition of all time, "'Round Midnight."
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ALT TEXT: Quote from Down the River Unto the Sea curated by Readwise. Black letters against a tan background. Small snippet of book cover which depicts a black and white photo of a man standing at the rail of a bridge with his back to the camera.
The quote is, "Monk always had a good group of talented musicians with him, but while they play deep melodies, he was the madman in the corner pounding out the truth between the fabrications of rhythm and blues." Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley.
Though this is a fictional book, "Monk" refers to real life American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk.
From NPR, "Monk, who was born 100 years ago today (written October 10, 2017) was also one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. The late pianist wrote about 70 songs during his career — many of which have became standards, including the most recorded jazz composition of all time, "'Round Midnight."
Too many links? Not enough time? Hop on over to #FOSS@omnivorehttps://omnivore.app and save these and any other links to read later. You can also use this app to sign up for newsletters and free your inbox. Not affiliated with the app, just love it.
She was one of the first people that I followed on Mastodon.
Not only did she experience terroristic threats, but she was also gaslit by members of the #Fediverse somehow trying to "well actually" death threats. 😒
She is a great human being and she's always been kind and gracious every time I've ever spoken to her in passing at conferences.
I encourage everyone that can to read her book and essays. Lots of gems.
what are some of the most glaring and significant mistranslations in movies? add spoiler tags if necessary, please.
I watch a lot of foreign language films, and read a lot of translated literature and I always try to imagine what I’m missing out on by not reading or taking in media in it’s original language....