The Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) encounter the vampire-like Haemavores. These vampires are repelled by crucufixes because of the ...
I hate how the mainstream narrative about Rosa Parks is that she didn't get up because she was tired from working all day and simply didn't want to get up. Absolutely not, she was part of a coordinated protest movement and deliberately sat in the white section of a segregated bus, then refused to move when ordered because she was incredibly cool and fearless. I guess that's harder to sell to Americans than this fictional image of a frail old woman being bullied (she was only 42). It's both a great man myth and also defanging the real Rosa Parks, who was far cooler than the mainstream story goes.
I hate how the mainstream narrative about Rosa Parks is that she didn't get up because she was tired from working all day and simply didn't want to get up. Absolutely not, she was part of a coordinated protest movement and deliberately sat in the white section of a segregated bus, then refused to move when ordered because she was incredibly cool and fearless. I guess that's harder to sell to Americans than this fictional image of a frail old woman being bullied (she was only 42). It's both a great man myth and also defanging the real Rosa Parks, who was far cooler than the mainstream story goes.