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![the power: The Power of Art! [OC]](https://pics.onsizzle.com/the-power-of-art-oc-72549215.png)
![the power: chalamets:
The Last Jedi resolved the intrigue surrounding the heroine of this new sequel-trilogy, Rey, and her parentage with a gracefully simple, bold assertion: Rey isā¦ just Rey. Not the daughter of some space aristocracy or legacy lineage, but a hero of her own making. [ā¦] That Reyās parents were ordinary people meant anyone from anywhere could be born a hero; what determined a personās place in the world was who they chose to be, rather than their last name.Ā āRey is our protagonist. And the truth is, in the story, the toughest possible thing for her to hear is, you know, youāre not gonna get the easy answer that youāre so-and-soās daughter, this is your place,ā [Rian] Johnson told me after The Last Jediās release. āYouāre gonna have to stand on your own two feet and define yourself in this world.ā
Instead of taking the baton from Last Jedi and running with it to new heights, The Rise of Skywalker retreats right back into the safety of nostalgia. [ā¦] Itās as if Abrams and Terrio scrambled for a loophole specifically to mollify the āfansā upset that this heroāworse, this girlādared to wield such incredible abilities with only her own strength [ā¦]Ā Bookending the saga Anakin began with the story of a girl from nowhere who sets right what he helped unbalance might have been resonant. But who cares for that when thereās another billion-dollar franchise to set up and potential spin-offs to tease?
ā Melissa Leon, āThe Rise of Skywalkerā Erases the Power of Reyās Story and Surrenders to Sexist Trolls](https://pics.onsizzle.com/chalamets-the-last-jedi-resolved-the-intrigue-surrounding-the-heroine-68241554.png)
![the power: Public Universal Friend
The Public Universal Friend
(born Jemima Wilkinson;
November 29, 1752 ā July 1,
1819), was born as an English-
American to a Quaker family on
Rhode Island, and was assigned
female at birth. This person
suffered a severe illness in 1776
(age 24), and reported having died
and been reanimated by the power
of God as a genderless evangelist
named the Public Universal Friend.
The Friend refused to answer any
A portrait of the Public Universal a
longer to the previous name,
Friend, from the Friend's biography
Jemima Wilkinson, (1 quoted Luke
written by David Hudson in 1821.
23:3 ("thou sayest it") when visitors
asked if it was the name of the
person they were addressing, and ignored or chastised those who
insisted on using it. The preacher shunned the name "Jemima"
completely, having friends hold realty in trust rather than see the name
on deeds and titles. Even when a lawyer insisted that the person's Will
should identify its subject as having been born under the name Jemima,
the preacher refused to sign that name, only making an X which others
witnessed, even though the Friend could read and write.2)
The Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns.
Followers respected these wishes, avoiding gender-specific pronouns
even in private diaries, and referring only to "the Public Universal
Friend" or short forms such as "the Friend" or "P.U.F."3]
madnessofmen:only address me as The Friend from now on](https://pics.onsizzle.com/public-universal-friend-the-public-universal-friend-born-jemima-wilkinson-66487044.png)
