Year 2 of Lockdown, Day 79

[elisi]

It’s #PrideMonth and you’re gonna see a lot of rainbows. You might even see some queer people annoyed at seeing rainbows. It’s complex.

But here is a little thread: there were no rainbows in my Sainsbury’s growing up pic.twitter.com/bfXYJR4SJW

— Dr Jamie Gallagher (@JamieBGall) June 3, 2021

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I came across a rather good video on the Faroes, one that isn't all about 'Look how pretty it is!' but goes into things like the economy and how they have the best internet in the world. It's a Scottish video and could be labelled 'Hashtag Indy Ref 2'... But mostly it's about the Faroes:

Watch on YouTube

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No Daily Dimash today, because he didn't perform in Episode 11, since it was a break-out round apparently. (See here if you want to know more about this particular Chinese reality show). Also we're about to sit down & watch Part 1 of Return of the King.

Comments

[a_phoenixdragon]

YAY for Pride Month!!

[elisi]

Indeed! More of the good things!

[sea_thoughts]

Yeah, I'm not too impressed by all this 'rainbow washing'. Especially since many companies who were rated as good places to work for LGBT people turned out to have donated millions to anti-gay Congress members. Is it nice? Yes. But it's the BARE mimimum. Here in Glos, they've painted a zebra crossing in rainbow colours. Whoop de doo.

[elisi]

It's very... performative. Which is what capitalism excels at, tbh. Meh.