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[TASK 110: NICARAGUA]

In celebration of Nicaraguan Independence Day on September 15th, here’s a masterlist below compiled of over 100+ Nicaraguan faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

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#this list literally made me so happy i cried a little #poc fc #poc #nica pride

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OKAY LOOK. It’s 2016. Ethnicity and nationality are two different things. Saying you don’t understand how it all works is fine, but if you’re offering fc help, the next step is to LEARN and stop spreading misinformation. Ethnicity is dependent upon your parents. Nationality is dependent upon what nation you belong to and they can intersect a LOT. See this guy?

His name is CHRISTOPHER LARKIN. you may know him from The 100. Christopher Larkin’s Ethnicity is Korean. He is a Korean man born in Daegu, South Korea. If he was raised in South Korea, his nationality would also be South Korean, but he was not raised in South Korea. He was adopted as a child and raised in Connecticut. This makes his nationality American. Christopher Larkin is an American man. A Korean-American man.

Now, if that was hard to follow, this next example may blow you guys minds, but bear with me. Lets look at my mascot, IMAAN HAMMAM. 

She’s a Morrocan-Egyptian Dutch model. “Whoa!” you may say. “Slow down, Raven! Too much at once!” It’s alright. I’ll try and break this down for you. Imaan’s mother is Morrocan. Imaan’s father is Egyptian. She’s a black model born & raised in Amsterdam (Netherlands) which makes her nationality Dutch (because amsterdamian isn’t a thing I guess.)

Lastly, let’s look at someone who is aggressively white.

This is DANE DEHAAN. Ethnicelebs has him down as Dutch, German, Italian/Sicilian, English, with distant Welsh and Northern Irish. All that? By American standards, that’s A LOT of white. That’s a bunch of different names for white. Dane’s ethnicity is white. Yes I understand that if you ask some white people, they’ll start rattling off percentages ( because for some, their lineage can be easier to trace due to their ancestors not being killed off ahem ) and say that they’re “20% German, 10% Dutch…” etc. I’m not ignoring that, but in the end they’re still white ) His nationality is American.

Now let’s look at all these faceclaims together. If we were using them for roleplaying purposes, we could make ALL THESE CHARACTERS JAPANESE. “But, Raven. How?? You already said they were white/black/korean!!!” you shout from your tower of ignorance “Simple!” I reply! If they’re raised in Japan, their nationality is now Japanese. It’s like roleplay magic. Yer a wizard.

If Christopher Larkin was raised in Japan instead of America, his ethnicity would be Korean and his nationality would be Japanese. He’d be a Japanese man of Korean descent. ( Descent meaning he was the product of people who were ethnically Korean. )

If Imaan Hammam was born and raised in Japan instead of Amsterdam, she would be a Morrocan-Egyptian Japanese Model. 

If Dane Dehaan was born and raised in Japan, he’d still be fifty shades of white, but he’d be a white Japanese man because his nationality is Japanese.

In some ways, sites like ethnicelebs are unreliable because when they list someones ethnicity, they could be listing their ethnicity or their nationality. More often than not, it seem like we play it safe and assume that ethnicelebs is listing ethnicity so we don’t end up whitewashing.

Nationality is flexible in the rp world. Ethnicity is not. You cannot make Christopher Larkin half white for shits and giggles, but you sure as hell could make him Australian or African in nationality. Because changing the latitude and longitude of the place you were born in does not change who your parents were ethnically. I pray to god that cleared some things up. 

*NOTE: before someone tries to anon hate me for this: bold/italics/capitalization are stylistic choices made to emphasize the importance of certain WORDS and aren’t necessarily me yelling at y’all

#important

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by clicking here you would be able to find #55 gifs of haley lu richardson. i made these gifs from scratch but the psd is not mine! please like or reblog to know you are enjoying them ! this gif hunt will be updated constantly as i keep gifting on her.

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idk what you're looking for but imo infernorp, legatumrpg, and splicedhq are all recs!

All I can say is wow , these rps are so good and done so well , i’m in love. Thank you so much for these !! 

#rp #rpgs #rph #rr #Anonymous

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Even More notes on writing deaf characters

Talking

People talk to themselves and that includes Deaf people

I sometimes sign to myself, but whether I mutter or sign depends on why I’m talking to myself

Cooking? Verbal speech to keep myself on task. Trying to work out an emotional scene? Signed speech.

And using my whole body to talk to myself is allows more creative freedom

Also even if a Deaf person identifies as non-verbal, they might still talk

maybe a hearing person wouldn’t recognise it as speech, but sound is a part of signed language

so muttering and breath-noises are common.

It’s also worth mentioning that “sounding deaf” isn’t what you think it is.

We don’t yell or make incoherent noises (usually)

and even if we do, that’s fine

but generally, people who are Deaf over-enunciate and speak very clearly.

This is either intuitive and perfected over time, or taught in speech therapy.

“How much can you hear”

People love to ask this question, and I can’t give them an answer.

Unless I’m feeling snippy. Then I usually ask “Well how much do you hear?”

They can’t answer either.

Ergo, if you’re hearing and writing a d/Deaf character, don’t compare the way they hear the world to the way that a fully hearing person would.

Be particularly wary of percentages

I’m 75% deaf

and I have no idea what that means

because hearing loss is very nuanced.

I’ve met someone who is 80% deaf, but she could hear in pitch ranges that I couldn’t.

Hearing aids don’t emulate sound either

so how a d/Deaf character hears with them in won’t be at the level a hearing person would

it’s also very obvious that the sound is electronically enhanced.

Putting in earplugs and walking around like that will not provide “Deaf experience”

you’re better to listen to Deaf people telling you how they experience the world.

The craft itself

Don’t fret about your word choices initially

you have the privilege of hearing and that’s okay

you take sound for granted, don’t worry about it.

(Yet)

Once you’ve got the story how you want it, set aside a whole revision just for using the right language if your POV character is Deaf

printing out your manuscript in a different font is very helpful

it’ll make it easier to pick out “red flag” words and phrases.

Whenever you find a chunk of writing focused on sound/hearing, highlight it

and then tear it apart.

Can your character actually hear that owl hooting, or would the background noise be too blurry?

Would your character hear the sound as it is, or would they have an association that overrules the sense?

I.e. do they see a raven open it’s beak and think about black bubbles of ink in their throat? I know I do.

Cross out any hyper-focus on sounds or re-write them in a different way.

The golden rule

Don’t write deaf characters

Write people who happen to be deaf

Please, include us.

Thank.

#character help #writing help

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re silver-lake-rp

Thank you so much ! It’s super cute and I like the promotion of using more POC fc’s , I’m definitely considering it ! 

#rp #rpg #rph #rr #Anonymous

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( ― ♔ click HERE to find #230 gif icons of ariana grande ! none of the gifs are mine, but i have compiled, resized, & added psds to all of them. if you see your gif & would like it taken down, let me know & i will delete it immediately ! shoot me an ask if you would ever like these updated, & please like or reblog if you enjoy or use !

#ariana grande #gif icons

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#this is me

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antebellumhq is a big rec if you like harry potter / the marauders era !!

omg this is actually so fucking cute and like 99.9% chance I’m going to apply cause I’m a huge potter nerd 

#rp #rph #rpg #rr #Anonymous

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Low-key hates everyone: Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, VIRGO, LIBRA

High-key hates everyone: Aries, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces

Couldn’t give a damn: Leo, Sagittarius, Aquarius

#leo

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What Cultural Appropriation is NOT

Cultural appropriation is real and can be very harmful, but Tumblr en masse has grossly misdefined it. Here are some examples of what isn’t cultural appropriation:

- Eating food from another culture - Properly practicing a religion from another culture. - Listening to music from another culture - Reading literature from another culture - Learning a new language - Respectfully wearing clothing from another culture in an appropriate setting, such as overseas, at a cultural event, wedding, etc. - Buying crafts from local craftsman. - Respectfully participating in cultural activities such as yoga, dreidel, and belly dancing - Respectfully wearing or using non-sacred icons or art from another culture, such as Chinese pottery or in some cases, henna. - Trying out instruments and tools from another culture, such as chopsticks or traditional writing instruments

Many people from other cultures are actually offended when Americans try to fight “cultural appropriation”. For example, many Japanese people thought that criticism of Avril Lavigne’s video was laughably ignorant at best and racist at worst. Also, in many countries, Americans who refuse to partake in cultural activities or traditional dress out of fear of appropriation are seen as snobbish and entitled. Additionally, many religions actively encourage evangelization. Saying that religions traditionally practiced by non-white people cannot freely spread has some very racist implications.

Being culturally literate actively fights racial prejudice or ignorance. Taking the time to learn another culture’s history, values, perspective, and traditions makes people better citizens. For example, understanding how various cultures and religions view illness will help me be a better nurse. Cultural competence can only help society, and it prevents genuine, offensive cultural appropriation.

There are definitely some gray areas when it comes to cultural appropriation. Some Christians find non-Christians using crosses in fashion offensive, while some do not, for example. Intent can also carry some significance. For example, someone may fully understand the sacred meaning of the ankh and feel a strong spiritual connection to it. Another person may just think it looks cool. Both wear an ankh ring, but one would definitely not be appropriating while the other has entered a gray area.

Some cultural practices overlap as well. Tattooing has been practiced around the world by many cultures that didn’t come into contact with each other, for example. Meditation has also been practiced around the world. Buddhist mediation is arguably the best known, but nearly every culture and religion has one or more varieties of it. (I personally like the method practiced in Ancient Ireland best, because it’s the only one I personally know that allows one to think exclusively in words. It’s not physically possible for an NLDer to “turn off” verbal thinking, so most other forms of meditation are inaccessible.)

Historically, separating cultures often leads to cultural incompetence, xenophobia, discrimination, stereotyping, and racism. Cultural appropriation is bad, but that doesn’t make cultural segregation good.

#important #this is still my favorite thing for many many reasons

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Ya’ll I need three things from you 

a) recommended rp’s please and thank you , I’m kinda open to all and I use a lot of fc’s both female and male so send them recs in plz 

b) recommend some rphs to follow, it’s been a hot minute so i don’t really know any

c) friends, I need them so like just hit up my inbox  or like let’s do a 1x1 cause I love those, or just tell me about your day

Okay ready set go!

#sofiasays #rph #rp #rpg #1x1 #roleplay #roleplay help

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Meghann Fahy Gif Pack Masterlist

The Bold Type

Made by @gadotofrph

Episode 1 (235)

Episode 2 (197)

Episode 3 (211)

Episode 4 (278)

Episode 5 (296)

Episode 6 (286)

Episode 7 (235)

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Episode 9 (142)

Episode 10 (226)

Season 2

Episode 1 (247)

Episode 2 (172)

Episode 3 (247)

#gif hunt masterlist #meghann fahy #meghann fahy gif hunt

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somehow i managed to keep my old rp username and it makes me so happy cause i loved this rph and my old page and i love being baaaacck

#my texts

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Meghann Fahy Gif Pack (59)

This is a gif pack of actress Meghann Fahy in the role of Sutton Brady in episode 2x01 of The Bold Type.  All of these gifs were made by me for roleplaying purposes, so if you use them for crackships or icons, please credit me. Feel free to use for sidebars!

Do NOT use in gif hunts, repost, or edit at all. Please like or reblog if you use!

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#meghann fahy #meghann fahy gif hunt #muse #bg #ff