something I don't think white ppl really understand is that when you have a poc character, that characters race is actually instrumental to their story. there are the obvious examples - Hazel levesque (hoo), katara and sokka (atla) are characters whose backstories wouldn't work if they weren't their specific races (black and native respectively) but you also have the characters whose personalities are informed by their race - miles morales is the personification of black boy soft masculinity, while devi vishvakumar has a specific type of brown girl insanity. if you are a white person you can't really ever claim them, because they are poc with specific experiences that you, a white person, will never really understand even when these are not explicit. relate to them, sure, but don't claim them. a great example of this is sid pakam from grand army - every person ive seen who say they don't like him or that he has a 'regular coming out story' has always been white. because, to quote tee noir, 'he's gay! children of colour from immigrant families, we won!" sids story is NOT your regular coming out story - it's about coming out as queer when you're the child of immigrants. this also affects his relationship with his family - his parents don't accept him partly because they're conservative but also because they're scared - this is another thing that puts their son in danger in a country that is constantly shitting on people with their skin colour. even his relationship with his sister is the specific desi sibling relationship. other great, but more subtle examples of this are luz noceda (the owl house) and charles rowland (dead boy detectives). luz is labeled as a "troubled kid" not just because she has ADHD, but also because she's afrolatina and thus recieves less sympathy than a white girl in the same position would. charles may be white passing, but he has piercings and a cricket bat and that Desi Boy swag that me and alot of other indian guys I know have. his death was an actual hate crime. we also see this in his relationship with his mom - yes he's worried about her because she's his mum, but it's also because they share the experience of being poc in the house of an abusive white man. his race is important, even if its rarely mentioned. you cannot write poc characters without giving them poc characteristics and backstories - otherwise, its just performative diversity
what a good day to remember that butch lesbians (ESPECIALLY trans, poc, and/or fat butch lesbians) aren’t fucking predatory
Donald Trump announces he will [on the first day] “ask Congress to pass a bill establishing that the only genders recognized by the U.S. government are male and female, and they are assigned at birth.”
I’ll be spreading the word and I hope you do to
Yes, absolutely dismantle the gender binary. BUT dont forget to dismantle the sex binary too. Intersex people exist and they regularly get ignored in both queer and non-queer spaces. There are NOT only two sexes, and us perisex trans people CAN NOT forget that or else we will become like our oppressors, people who say there are only two genders and that what you are born as is what you must stay as. Intersexism must be stopped.
Love you all and have fun destroying society’s utterly limiting expectations of our minds and bodies 🫰
Honestly as a blind person I’m so tired of seeing fictional blind characters who don’t use white canes or other guides. “They have special powers so they know what’s around them” or “they’re confident enough to not need a guide” are common tropes, and I’m tired.
Are people scared that using a white cane will make their blind character seem weak? They can’t use a cane because they’re so special that they already know what’s around them, and other blind people who use guides are inferior because they’re not special?
I’m tired. Give your blind characters white canes and other guides. Let them hold onto their friends, let them have guide dogs. Don’t make white cane users feel ostracized for not being “strong enough” to go without.
Another thing that pisses me off is when a sighted character comes up with the fantasy equivalent of braille and teaches it to the blind character. Braille was invented by Louis Braille, a blind man, in 1824. The blind character should be the one coming up with it.
Tldr I’m blind and tired of sighted people lol
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reason: Genuinely just the entire second act of the anime. That girl is depressed and she hates herself. She was driven to despair and became a monster due to said despair because she hated herself so much. She couldn't live up to the unreasonable standards she set for herself, said herself she was an unlovable zombie, and didn't feel like she had a purpose past fighting witches. She needs a therapist
Update on my friend Amani from Gaza! Things are getting very dire and she has asked me once again to relay her story to you in the hopes that you will be able to help her and her family.
Amani is a 32 year old mother of 3 boys. Originally from the north of Gaza, their home was completely taken away from them by Israeli bombardment and they were forced to evacuate to the south.
Currently, Amani's family has had to evacuate 5 times and is forced to live in a tent with even the barest necessities unavailable to them. Her children are deprived of nutritious food and clean water as well as medicine and healthcare. And everyday they are at risk of losing their lives whether it is to illness or to the Israeli heavy artillery.
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Amani needs to evacuate herself and her children across the Rafah border. She is asking for $17,732 and has gotten very few donations so far!
Please help Amani get her boys to safety and out of harm's way! Every moment they spend in Gaza their life is at risk and the trauma they gain is lifelong. Donate what you can and please make sure you share!
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