Jakebe T. Drake-Lope @jakebe@awoo.space
A digital jackalope living in a black man's body. Pronouns: he/him/his. I love my blackness, and yours.
Joined Sep 2017
Fictional Domestic Abuse, Trauma
The Dragon and I saw "The Invisible Man" last night, and it's a pretty great movie. I don't think I've seen a movie that treats the simple idea of invisibility as straightforward terrifying -- "Hollow Man" tried to do it, and it didn't quite work. Leigh Whannel is an amazing horror writer, and I'm seriously impressed with his chops as a director.
Elizabeth Moss is typecast by now as the oppressed/abused yet defiant woman, but she is SO GOOD AT IT. The physicality in her performance is something special; she makes something as simple as a walk to the mailbox harrowing. But the very real experience of being trapped in an abusive relationship and having even well-meaning friends not believe you is its own kind of terror...having to bear that burden on your own is crushing, and I think the reason the movie works is that it works hard to show how hard this situation is so we can revel in the fact that the protagonist finds her way through it anyway.
It's quite intense, but if you're looking for good horror in the strain of "The Babadook" or "It Follows", this is worth a look.
I'm going to be absent on Twitter for a while, possibly months. You can find me on Mastodon (@jakebe), but I'll be deleting the app from my phone and giving up Tweetdeck.
Hopefully, I'll start blogging again -- I just like that better.
RT @specwill@twitter.com
It's time for me to log off for a while. Probably the rest of the election. Because everything that happens next is entirely predictable, and this is going to be the worst place for it. 1/
Hey folks -- do you know if there is a "Tweetdeck" style app for Mastodon? I have different accounts on other instances, and it would be neat to access them all at once!
It's already been a pretty exhausting week. The office is abuzz about the coronavirus, weirdly enough -- and the less said about the current state of the Dem primary, the better.
Trying to find a quieter, more thoughtful place to enjoy quieter, more thoughtful company. OH HELLO MASTODON
<3
And with that, I think I just need to walk away from this hellsite for the rest of the week. Nothing good is happening here.
And screaming at Warren supporters -- your FELLOW PROGRESSIVES -- for it isn't going to do anything to rally us to Sanders.
Try being compassionate for people who aren't in your tribe, especially if they're fighting for the same things you are. That's coalition-building.
It's very upsetting for me to be on Twitter and see so many people kicking Warren supporters (like myself) when we're down, especially when those same people are simultaneously demanding we support Sanders.
We voted for the candidate we wanted. That's what the primary is for.
RT @ThePenDrake@twitter.com
Haha what a bright new day guess I’ll start it first thing by opening up Twitter and pouring pure poison into my eyeballs
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ThePenDrake/status/1235216159730851843
RT @ChuckWendig@twitter.com
Oh, final bit is, protect the House and let's flip the Senate. That's arguably *more* vital than who is POTUS at this point.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ChuckWendig/status/1235210223083757568
RT @popelizbet@twitter.com
wash your hands from "someBODY once told me" to "the years start coming and they don't stop coming"
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/popelizbet/status/1234692729176719360
RT @FurWritersGuild@twitter.com
As this went out late last night we wanted to give it another extra shoutout for the morning crowd!
Take a look at this wonderful interview with black author @Jakebe@twitter.com, and while you're there read our other #BlackHistoyMonth spotlights! https://twitter.com/FurWritersGuild/status/1234676516551712772
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/FurWritersGuild/status/1234856053260587011
RT @FurWritersGuild@twitter.com
It was just brought to our attention that our #BlackHistoryMonth interview to spotlight @Jakebe@twitter.com never posted! It seems WordPress decided to have a hiccup.
So please be EXTRA sure to check out their interview which is up on the FWG blog now!
https://furrywritersguild.com/2020/03/02/black-history-month-spotlight-jakebe-t-lope/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/FurWritersGuild/status/1234676516551712772
New story: Crushing The Competition #02: Peer Review.. [ADULT] http://www.sofurry.com/view/1553713
New story: Crushing The Competition #01: Coffee Break.. [ADULT] http://www.sofurry.com/view/1553706
A friendly reminder: these are strange, charged times, and each of us has a responsibility to one another not to fan the flames of fear and misinformation.
Check and double-check your sources.
Be mindful of the effect your words may have on others.
Be kind, stay safe.
RT @yahya@twitter.com
Candyman when you only say his name 4 times.
RT @TiberiusRings@twitter.com
When the bad thoughts come back :D
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TiberiusRings/status/1233815784004169729
RT @battymamzelle@twitter.com
Cats know we have to dismantle the surveillance state. https://twitter.com/alexa99/status/1232800664390184964
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/battymamzelle/status/1233779535587315714
RT @soniagupta504@twitter.com
Every person of color is familiar with a moment when a white person engaged in some "playful" racism with them and they had to chuckle and nod about it because they were so uncomfortable and didn't known how else to react.
And then later they hated themselves for playing along.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/soniagupta504/status/1233011926214549504
Did they REALLY just book Goldberg over the Fiend in the year of our lord 2020?? *tableflips everything*
A digital jackalope living in a black man's body. Pronouns: he/him/his. I love my blackness, and yours.
Joined Sep 2017
