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ignitesthestxrs · 5 months

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there's something about the way people talk about john gaius (incl the way the author writes him) that is like. so absent of any connection to te ao māori that it's really discomforting. like even in posts that acknowledge him as not being white, they still talk about him like a white, american leftist guy in a way that makes it clear people just AREN'T perceiving him as a māori man from aotearoa.

and it's just really serves to hammer home how powerful and pervasive whiteness and american hegemony is. because TLT is probably the single most Kiwi series in years to explode on the global stage, and all the things i find fraught about it as a pākehā woman reading a series by a pākehā author are illegible to a greater fandom of americans discoursing about whether or not memes are a valid way of portraying queer love.

idk the part of my brain that lights up every time i see a capital Z printed somewhere because of the New Zealand Mentioned??? instinct will always be proud of these books and muir. but i find myself caught in this midpoint of excitement and validation over my culture finding a place on the global stage, frustration at how kiwi humour and means of conveying emotion is misinterpreted or declared facile by an international audience, frustrated also by how that international audience runs the characters in this book through a filter of american whiteness before it bothers to interpret them, and ESPECIALLY frustrated by how muir has done a pretty middling job of portraying te ao māori and the māoriness of her characters, but tht conversation doesn't circulate in the same way* because a big part of the audience doesn't even realise the conversation is there to be had.

which is not to say that muir has done a huge glaring racism that non-kiwis haven't noticed or anything, but rather that there are very definitely things that she has done well, things that she has done poorly, things that she didn't think about in the first book that she has tacked on or expanded upon in the later books, that are all worthy of discussion and critique that can't happen when the popular posts that float past my dash are about how this indigenous man is 'guy who won't shut up about having gone to oxford'

*to be clear here, i'm not saying these conversations have never happened, just that in terms of like, ambient posts that float round my very dykey dash, the discussions and meta that circulate on this the lesbian social media, are overwhelmingly stripped of any connection to aotearoa in general, let alone te ao māori in specific. and because of the nature of american internet hegemony this just,,,isn't noticed, because how does a fish know it's in the ocean u know? i have seen discussions along these lines come up, and it's there if i specifically go looking for it, but it's not present in the bulk of tlt content that has its own circulatory life and i jut find that grim and a part of why the fandom is difficult to engage with.

#tlt #the locked tomb #i don't really have an answer lmao this is more #an expression of frustration and discomfort #over the way posts about john gaius seem to have very little connection to the background muir actually gave him #like you cant describe him as an educated leftist bisexual man #without INCLUDING that he is māori #that has an impact! that has weight and importance!#that is a background to every decision he makes #from the meat wall to the nuke to his relationship with the earth #and it also has weight and importance in the decisions that muir makes in writing him #it is not a neutral decision that he's known as john gaius lmao #it's not a neutral decision that the empire is explicitly of roman/latin extraction #it's not even neutral that this is a book about necromancy #it's certainly not a neutral fucking decision that john was at one point a māori man living in the bush #when the nz govt decided to send cops in #like that is a thing that happens here! that is a reference to nz cultural and political events that informs john's character and actions #and with the nature of who john is in the story #informs the narrative as a whole #and i think the tiresome part of this experience is that #in general #americans are not well positioned to understand that something might be being written from outside their experience as a default #like obviously many many americans in online leftist & queer spaces are willing to learn and take on new information #but so much of the conversation starts from a place of having to explain that forests exist to fish

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hotbabesusa · 3 months

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It’s for educational purposes

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greentreesredhearts · 4 months

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I'm in endangered of being kicked out of school for lack of fund. After working a full time job and unable to get a loan, I've exhausted every other avenue. I know as a black queer woman the importance of having a degree and really don't want this to be the end for my academic career so any help would be much appreciated. I’m trying to raise some of the funds by January 10th to be able to attend the spring semester. Thank you for reading and please share if you can.

C@shapp: $Sunnishin3

v3nmo: @Sunni-Stewart

Any donations made to v3nmo and c@shapp will be added to the gofundme

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sapphiccooper · 8 months

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LET’S GO BISEXUALS🩷💜💙

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scorpiusmalfoylovesoscarwilde · 6 months

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rewatching x-files and I would just like everyone to know how gay I am for gillian anderson

#god she could do anything for me #i watch things just because shes in them #The Fall i think its on netflix is severely underrated she slays in that #gillian anderson please marry me #gillian anderson #x files #i also want to marry mulder tbh #this is bisexuality in action folks #jean milburn #sex education

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3nvymist · 18 days

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Redesigns and ships!

People who saw Dani’s original design that I uploaded here, I am sorry for the monstrosity you had to see

#artists on tumblr #digital art #oc #oc art #artwork #fundamental paper education #fundamental paper education oc #doodle #pansexual #gay #bisexual #Engel fpe #Claire fpe #homos #polyamourous #ship dynamics

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hellomynameisbisexual · 11 months

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REPOST: 🗣️ bisexual men, LISTEN UP

Your sexuality is your greatest power. It's a blessing not a curse to be bi

For many years I carried self hatred, but isn't it funny how what you deem as your greatest 'weakness' is in fact your greatest strength?

when I stopped looking for acceptance from other people, I gained the most important thing acceptance from myself. Bro, accepting yourself and being confident in who you are is attractive af, others will see your light shining and come over to bask in in

TRUST ME.

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icarusxxrising · 8 months

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What got people kicked out of GSA's / Queer Events:

-Gatekeeping and denying people's identities and labels

What got people invited to GSA's / Queer Events:

-Being accepting of everyone's identity and labels

-Having a complicated or nuanced identity and label

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mywitchcultblr · 2 years

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Another example of 'defending free speech' bullshit being used to oppress and hurt LGBTQA+ people

Once again if your argument is that 'We HaVe To DeFeND AnD SuPPoRT FREe SpEech INcLuding tHe RiGhTS TO OppRess MInOrity AnD tHe OppResseD' you are not a good person, you are not moral nor you are an intellectual.

It's not actually about free speech, you just want to use it as an excuse to be a bigot.

Imagine having the audacity to claim that you are for inclusivity but then removing a safe fucking space sticker for LGBT people. That school is not and never strive for inclusivity, it's just pr speak bullshit and at the end of the day they still defending oppression

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bidotorg · 1 year

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"Rogers was a pioneer in public television, an educator in his own right — and a bi man who changed the world, one zip-up sweater at a time."

#BisWeAreThankfulFor #Television #Education #emotions #validation #love #icon #FredRogers #Bisexual #educator #lgbt #queer #artist

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queenqunari · 7 months

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tbh I find the terminally online “lesbian vs bi sapphics” discourse sooooo funny after existing in irl sapphic/lesbian spaces for a few years now. Like I’ve never once had a lesbian irl care about me being bisexual (even when I’ve had a partner who is a guy). It’s such a nonissue. We all love women and have shared experiences with queerness (and lots of different ones! Which is also normal and fine) and that’s all that really matters

#we also sometimes kiss with tongue if that’s the vibe #or just have picnics or go to bars or play board games or have queer education nights #the irl community is beautiful and diverse actually #sapphic #lesbian #bisexual bi women #lgbtq #queer #queer community

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talistheintrovert · 1 year

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WHERE ARE MY ACE TUMBLR GIRLIES AT

#asexuality #lgbtq #lgbt+ tag #ace tag #ace #bi #bisexual #bisexuality #asexual #video essay #educational?? i guess??#GUYS I FINALLY DID THE THING #Youtube

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