#let the poc speak

[girldewar]

honestly feel like you can't fully understand why the nhl functions the way it does unless you have an in-depth understanding of american conservatism specifically. like. the nhl is run by a collection of people who function on conservative nostalgia, purposeful obtuseness, and a direct opposition to progressivism. they're the type of american traditionalists who think that we should go back to the good old days when people respected their elders and didn't think too hard about things like civil rights or what equity actually means. they believe in a homogenous culture of assimilation and obedience, and they rely on the people within that culture to perpetuate it via mutual surveillance. it's what the wealthy white american right has always been, especially since wwii and the cold war after it. and it's what the nhl has always been. it's a culture that is determined to keep itself locked away in the 1980s while the world around it evolves, and as it grows farther removed from the world it exists in, the more reactionary it gets. it's fucking. every 70 year old republican senator who refuses to step down until they keel over dead in congress. that's it. that's all.

#like. okay. yes obviously love travis dermott thank u king etc etc #but this whole thing is just. it means nothing. none of this means anything #the nhl never loved you. the nhl never believed in gay rights or trans rights or poc rights or any of it #the nhl floated along on the exact platform they've had for decades and let the teams decide what political stances they'd move forward on #until an opportunity presented itself for the conservatism underlying the entire stupid organization to rear its head #just because they changed the rule doesn't mean it's gone. it just means it's hidden under a dozen different layers of pr and performatism #hurray we get pride tape back. i'm sure this will stay the case forever and never change or be an issue ever again. #ok sorry for being cynicallll i should go do my readings #bees speaks

[padawansuggest]

I hope this boils their blood but also rate my clap back i had fun writing it ☺️

#idk what to fucking say man you can’t fix stupid but maybe they’ll think before they speak lol #refusing to let POC be involved in kink is actually more racist than what I did lol #my fics

[usersiren]

if you’re a white 911 fan, i hope you’re not just scrolling past any of these accusations. we don’t get to look away from this and pretend it isn’t happening, and it’s not enough to silently agree with the posts and move on. fandom racism shouldn’t be written off as discourse and subsequently ignored because it doesn’t directly affect us or because we’re trying to curate an online experience; we owe it to the people of color here to not just be against racism, but to actively and vocally condemn the racism we see. especially with the current caliber of absolutely vile shit being posted, anything less than that isn’t good enough.

#this is all i’ll say myself about this because the rest of it isn’t my place to speak on #but if we aren’t speaking out against these people then we’re letting them exist without consequences to the detriment of poc #and if we’re just sitting around allowing people to be racist then we can’t claim to be anti-racist can we? #siren calls #911 abc

[supahstarrr]

maybe we should have less discourse and arguments about danganronpa ships, kokichi, nagito, (& chihiro and tenko to an extent) and be a littleeee more focused on danganronpa's racism issues, insensitive portrayals of darker-skinned characters, and be focused on altering traits & adding more depth to angie's character in fanon

#danganronpa #danganronpa 2 #danganronpa 3 #danganronpa v3 #drv3 #sdr2 #angie yonaga #don't get me wrong. i agree we can focus on multiple things but #it's a problem when the fighting about kokichi & nagito & etc. causes unnecessary arguments and accusations #it's also very much a problem when a couple of discourses (which may i add sometimes have very unnecessary arguments) overshadows #other problems. esp when the problems feel necessary to speak about despite them being constantly dismissed #also to clarify. i'm not talking about ''let's not argue if chihiro's story has offensive tropes and #if tenko's character is an offensive trope that targets wlw (but mostly lesbianz)'' #i'm SPECIFICALLY talking about: arguments about chihiro's gender headcanons and tenko's sexuality headcanons #this is the same with kokichi and nagito- the arguments if they're canonly gay is TIRING. #may i also add that i feel like there should be more nuance and less “okay pls die you're a bigot” when it comes to discourses??? #hmmmm you didn't hear it from me but. maybe we should talk about the danganronpa fandom's biphobia problem 👀 #yeah so i think we all get the hint that sometimes the danganronpa fandom (& the game) makes me uncomfy. esp as a bi poc person #sunny's thoughts #dr thoughts

[saltedsnails]

Your company truly is despicable when you perform such a testicular-torsion level of rainbow capitalism that even former animators get in on it.

Using queer representation to green light another season, banking on the hope, is disgusting.

- 🐌

#rwby #rwby critical #**you guys really support people like /this/? #**fan works do BB x10 better and I don’t even enjoy the ship. #‘here let’s pander to the gays to make everyone forget we made the main villain of the arc a POC C H I L D’ #snail speaks

[yooniesim]

Why do you even try anymore? You're a 30 YO woman pretending to care about paywall issues ruining a game, but you've lost your way and your blog doesn't even discuss the issue itself anymore. Instead you talk about meaningless crap, trying to point out oppression where it doesn't exist meanwhile doing nothing to combat oppression that actually ruins lives. You aren't the advocate you like to think you are. You're just a keyboard warrior who's achieved nothing but making yourself look more like a clown. Not every single thing is a product of racism and when you do constantly make into that, you make a mockery out of the issue and you're harming those impacted. And somehow I have a feeling you know this and don't care because you're inherently racist yourself, going as far as to weaponize it by using it as the backbone of your arguments as well as to discredit your detractors. This is not how you argue. If your arguments actually held some water, then you wouldn't need to use POC for your own narrative.

Man, this ask smells white... 🤔

Anyways, if you were trying to do something with this wall of obsessive nonsense, you failed. Feel free to waste more of your time in my inbox trying again if you like!

#asks #anonymous #ceci speaks #negative #bet u thought this was a whole slam dunk #'talking about racism makes YOU the racist actually' #yeah sure grandma #stop trying your hardest to psychoanalyze and sound smart #and let's get you to bed #man the white people sure are mad at me lately #theyre taking me off the Good POC list lol

[vitruvianmanbara]

re: the masculinity construct thing, especially from an anthropological perspective—french anthropologist emile durkheim did a study about why middle-class, white, protestant men were more likely to commit suicide than any other social group & it yielded fascinating results about the way masculine socialization (amongst protestant cultures especially) lends itself to isolation and loneliness.

and yet MRAs and other people focusing on the woes of masculinity never seem to bring that up, as though they're ashamed to admit that they've been wrong this whole time, or that perhaps moreso that they're ashamed to acknowledge that everyone else was right.

that's really interesting! I found it very odd how the screenshots I posted were the extent to which anthropological findings were discussed in the episode because we're clearly missing out on a lot of interesting discussion about all the racial and cultural differences in the way men are socialized. can't tackle everything in a 2 hr long podcast episode obviously...but honestly, this is the deepest I've heard anyone interviewed on the topic on a mainstream media platform get to discussing the emotional and relational stunting of patriarchal socialization, so it was frustrating lol

another point that was brought up was that women seem to have a more "diverse portfolio" (their words) than men do in terms of their ability to flexibly self-define, which also touches on something I find fascinating about this whole thing - I think you're right that there's an aspect of shame that comes with realizing you're not emotionally or socially equipped to address the limitations of your socially-prescribed gender role, one thing the MRAs miss is that this is something that marginalized groups have to actively realize and contend with, and that this "diversification" of self-definition and meaning is something we have to choose to pursue, get creative with, etc....but this requires you to acknowledge the root of the problem and name it, which can be incredibly painful work, especially if you're angry and there's plenty of people out there ready to validate your impulse to live in that feeling 🤷🏻‍♀️

#it's been interesting to speak with some men irl about this particularly the white ones. some are shocked that you can even articulate #the feeling. I always think of how deeply wounded and angry at the world I felt when I first learned about patriarchy or when I came out. #there's a deep sadness that comes with understanding you were denied the tools to move about the world with emotional freedom #but I think as queer people women poc etc you come to realize that you have to get creative with how you move with that pain and #rage or let kill you lol (and hurt others around you). white men especially haven't gotten there yet

[ummmasaki]

The cards for the new EN event, A Desperate Situation?! Island Panic!

(Nene focus!)

#project sekai #proseka #prsk #pjsk #nene kusanagi #kusanagi nene #tsukasa tenma #tenma tsukasa #emu otori #otori emu #wxs #wonderlands x showtime #whew yall #i hate tsukasas card LOL not cuz of the controversy just bc its ugly #also yall love to be angry #how about letting actual poc voice their opinions on the cards instead of speaking over them when ur a white person? thanks!!! #ANYWAYS :) #im not harboring discourse here im just tired #EMU AND NENES CARDS ARE CUTE IDC

[nooks-cranny-mogai]

Hi, do you have any advice for someone who’s trying to make gender terms/other terms based on a story they’re making? Clarification: im wanting to make some in-world genders & identities for a world im making, said world has magic & the way magic is gonna work in this world- I believe would have some influence on how some of the people in that world view gender & such. Without spoiling anything, people can either be born with magical ability (tho they can choose not to use it) or they can use naturally occurring objects to do magic.

If this existed irl i think it would influence gender & identities & etc, in this world they would be real genders but in our IRL world then they could be used as- one of those fiction based xenogenders (of which I forget the name of). But i would just like some general advice as how to get started, please? Just- how to pick names for the identities, how to pick colors, things to think about when considering how the magic could affect gender & other identities.

You coin a lot of identities & make flags for them, and wanted to ask for help by someone who’s done this stuff before.

Please help me (if you have time 😅)

So you asked the right person but with just not quite enough details 😅 I'm currently working on making my own massive d&d based campaign where gender variance is very common not only in the pantheon of gods but also amoungst the many races that Inhabit the world.

Imma leave most of my rambling under a cut cause this is exciting me and I may type a shit ton. I'll go into much more detail there!

So the first thing to consider is the world itself. Is this a Renaissance/medieval setting? Is it a modern setting? Dose it take place in the far off future of the year 4098 or 1898? This will determine what all would be included in the gender variance and how the people would express it. If it's a medieval setting without the world being practically automated by magic, the colors for the flags would be more natural because they wouldnt nessearily have complex artificial dyes. Hell, would these people represent themselves by a flag or maybe an insignia? A tattoo? A language? A community? Just because your basing the idea of this gender variance on irl xenogenders doesn't mean you have to copy paste. /Not patronizing

Next, how common is intersexuality in this world? Are there multiple races that don't quite fit a human definition + magic? Is this gender variance considered uncommon or common? If uncommon, are they oppressed or is it generally accepted? What are, if there are any, the gender roles of this society? How would this society decide gender, birth sex? Interests? Physical attributes? Just because they are "human" doesn't nessesarily mean they are what we'd consider "cis male" or "cis female" or beyond. The words woman, man, male or female or other gendered language doesn't even have to exist within this fantasy world.

Do they speak English? Is it a made up language? It's quite a complex ask./nm. I think it's important to put as much culturally relevant context in your world before you travel into the heart of making innerworld xenogenders. Ik for my campaign, for example: gargoyles are victims of racist discrimination and those experiences are part of their culture which bleeds into their genders and cultural expectations of genders that wouldn't be considered in say.. centaur society where they aren't particularly victims of those forms of racism but arnt held as highly as certain other races and so on and so on. It sounds like you're similar to me and really want to get into the deep parts of your world so you have to figure out your base, then figure out the innerworld politics and common experiences and location and timeframe before you dive headfirst into specific xenogender experiences.

Overall, just have fun with it, avoid irl stereotypes and the wonderful thing about adding a "magic/fantasy" component is that it's the perfect way to cover up things that wouldn't make sense for the timeframe/situation/experiences. How did the air elves manage to automate cloud production with this machine? Magic! How did this automaton rise to live and speak and gain consciousness similar to 2020 ai? Magic! How did this tiny library in a tiny town have a book about some place you just dropped existing 30 hrs into the campaign?? Magic!!! It's the writers best out lol

It's all dependent on how close you wanna be to "this would actually function if this was used irl" and " idk man, magic shit". Would they make flags using natural dyes of mud/clay, berries and shells? Or would there be spells that could turn anything the specific color and shade that you need it? Are those born with magic treated better, the same or worse than those born without it? What's the social hierarchy? Would using say a wand for magic be considered a lesser item or better item than say a magic book? Are certain items socially considered more "feminine" than others? Is feminity treated as the ideal thing over masculinity, the same or lesser than? Most writers just use whatever "values" the current society they live in as a base just because it's easier.

All this to say is that it's important to, if your desire is to Garner an audience, make a world that you understand and makes you happy and a world that your audience understands and makes them happy. Be aware that, depending on your media of choice for publication (be it a ttrpg, a game, a book or even animation) if your audience needs a booklet to understand and gain definitions for the 50+ xenogenders present in your world that they will see on a daily basis, it might not jive. Ik I personally hate it when a series throws a ton of information at me the moment I open it. It's unrealistic to expect someone to read a giant book and devote hours of time before they ever even truly interact with the media. In their minds, why devote all that time and focus to learning something that may not be worth it? Have a good balance and pace, these can kill amazing games and make horrible games feel much better than they actually are. Perhaps introduce the in-world xenogenders slowly with clear definitions that they can flip back to, this not only helps people remember them but allows non-xenogendered people access to your series who want to understand but need baby steps. I only mention this because even though xenogenders are old asf, they are still relatively new in modern culture.

All these little cultural aspects, expectations, appearances, socio-political hierarchies, wealth, location, time frame, etc all determine someone's experiences within said society and therefore will influence how they fit themselves, if they choose to fit themselves, within that society. How they see those who fit within and out of that society. How they've made or haven't made community outside of it. How others treat them. Personal experiences. Gender is such a complex and personal beast and tackling it in a fantasy world where our reality is off the table is truly a feat, one many writers (often white pericishet male and white pericishet female) never bother to contend with. It's a balancing act of " do I want my fictional world to be a safe haven, accepting and example of how society should treat gender variance beyond the binary?" Or " do I want my fictional world to be closer to reality and give a voice to the real life and often painful experiences xenogender people must face in our transphobic and enbyphobic society?".

It's up to you wether you want to erase those demons or address them head on and no response is more brave than the other. There's nothing wrong with having your work represent an ideal world or harsh reality. Fiction doesn't mean it can't be truthful in its messaging.

I hope I helped you both by answering your questions and giving a little advice as someone who's been both in the depths of xenogenders and who's made a shit ton of original fantasy content and knows some of the best ways to present it. Feel free to send me some dms if you have any questions or would like some advice later down the road. Id love to assist in this project if you need me and trust my judgement.

#clover speaks #dnd #fantasy setting #magical setting #xenogenders #xenogenders in fantasy settings #i love talking about how complex fantasy worlds can get #i love talking about how the little cultural differences between slimes and goblins can help them become allies or enemies #i love talking about how gender is so complex that adding fantasy elements can add even more complexity and beautiful differences #to a world wracked by magical war #seeing people explore the facts that sex race orientation pronouns and just all kinds of variance can impact your fantasy world #its so much more interesting to talk about orc poltics and what they expect of their men than just slapping on bikini armor #and killing off a gay character in space #yes lets start interlacing more fantasy content with irl politics and cultural conversation to address real issues #we need more conversations about how the world should make accommodations for merpeople and less stormcloaks #less easily transferable to reality racism and less mysogny #the world you come to escape to is still bigoted just in ways you dont care about its not an escape #its your personal racist fantasy #where you get to kill poc and women like you desire in reality #im not gonna go on a video games cause mass shootings tirade cause they dont and theres no evidence #but id be a liar to say that men who abuse sex workers in gta rp on a daily basis make me feel comfortable #cause you dont and your sus

[timothylawrence]

okay since i started this whole debacle about villains and such in BL, let me say my final and only words on it.

The post was originally about no villains except for Katagawa Jr. The entire point of the post was the racist and fetishized treatment his character receives in fandom- it was not a post about him being a villain or justifying his actions or anything–– it was about how he is treated as a nonwhite character in a majority white fandom.

This argument cannot and should not be used in comparison to any other villains as it is specific to the racist tropes and characterization he was given throughout his arc. My statement on him being overly-villified by fandom has little to do with his actions and everything to do with how a majority white fandom sees an East Asian male character who is quite literally written into racist stereotypes.

Comparing Katagawa Jr's treatment in fandom to the white villain who advocates for colonization and genocide is not just plain stupid and racist in itself, but ignoring the entire original intended point of the post I made to begin with.

#ewbie.txt #good fucking grief. #im about to put my ko-fi back in my about or something. you guys piss me off #why cant people shut up and just let poc talk about racism in fandom without making it about something else #or speaking over us. like it is so fucking frustrating and annoying #the virtue signaling is about as bad as the racism itself. good grief.

[junietuesday]

obsessed w steven universe. hes chubby and short. hes a dude who dresses like a girl sometimes who is still definitely a dude (hes gotten misgendered as a girl). hes an alien prince of the whole galaxy. hes just some guy. hes a gamer. hes a badass warrior. he has a far more badass indian gf w a sword. he has anywhere from 2-8 moms depending on how you view his relationships. his dad is an ex rock star living out of a van. hes cheerful and optimistic and loving and known for being The Positive Guy. hes so mentally ill that the force of his self loathing turned him into a literal monster. hes just like me fr but way cooler.

#june speaks #june watches television and such #ok but. but. his relationship w connie makes me YEARN. theyre such losers but they Get each other. connie is a poc and steven is chubby and #both of them are awkward socially but they just click and they just Care for each other and they fight badass space monsters Pls let me have

[chaoswillcalmusdown]

re-watching ted lasso with mum (who watches prem football regularly) is fun bc she'll be like:

holy shit the goalie is black!!!

and then she's like 'is there not a story about that??' bc even in her limited experience, she has noticed that black keepers are rare.

which once again brings me back to my frustration about the way they've done colourblind casting (i assume?) and then just gone 'wow so diverse' and made 0 changes to the storylines.

having a black goalie in the premier league isn't unheard of but it's rare. and it's so weird to have a show about premier league football with a black goalie (and a black captain. and a south asian manager!!!). to have gone 3 seasons being cutesy and 'light entertainment' without a single mention of like 'this is rare!!'...... it's so hard to connect to this show when it's so surface level and it has so much potential just like. lying there, ready for the taking.

#there's a way to not ignore the character being poc while also not subjecting them to so much racism that the show becomes depressing #you know? #it's just weird and dehumanizing for the writers and the fandom to be like: the racism you experience irl would make the show #depressing so i'm glad we don't have to deal with it on the show at all!!!!! #you know ????? #i blame my (white) mother for this whole rant bc i've been barely paying attention to the re-watch but even SHE is reacting #this also started with me being so annoyed with the way they only let moe speak to say some outrageous zinger #ted lasso #in three (?) weeks when the show ends i'll stop talking about it but in the meantime. block me or blacklist the tag ✌🏽 #my biggest tv pet peeve is when a show has massive potential and then fumbles it incredibly. so. yeah

[bylertruther-moved]

it’s always been extremely weird and insulting to me when people make lucas so homophobic in their headcanons or fics... like, what in the world ever gave you the idea that he would be a bigot? please, tell me what the show has ever said or done that has given you that idea. lucas, like dustin, is another character that gets bullied specifically for something that is entirely out of his control: his race. he’s one of the few black characters on the show. he’s been repeatedly bullied, harassed, and attacked for being black. why the hell do you think he would look at will, his best friend, and bully him for something that’s also entirely out of his control, aka his sexuality? what makes you think that lucas would hate will when he’s known will for almost just as long as mike has? lucas is will’s second friend ever and considering how standoffish mike can be to newcomers and the anecdotes joyce told in season two, it wouldn’t even be a reach to say that will likely recruited lucas to their party. lucas and will love each other, support each other, and have remained the best of friends throughout the entire series, their friendship never once faltering. lucas has been shown to be kind, perceptive, and caring time and time again. why do you think that he of all people would become an aggressor? a bully? why do you think that he of all people is most likely to attack someone for the simple crime of being who they are? i know why, but just... why?

#lucas sinclair #i think of lucas who just wanted to find will lucas who didn't want to leave max out lucas who ALSO biked across town in the rain to #apologize to will and then ALSO apologized AGAIN explicitly because he wanted will to know that he regretted what he did and that will's #efforts weren't bad or uncool i think of lucas who is BEGGING his friends to PLEASE support him as he's always supported them #lucas who begs his friends to PLEASE come to his game lucas who sees that max is struggling and wants to help her in any way he can #but that never once pushes her or forces her or makes her feel bad lucas lucas lucas who has so much love and heart #and care to give to all of his loved ones because he just wants them to be safe and happy and loved #because he's black you think that he'd be a terrible person? because he's black you're willing to erase all of that and paint him as a bully #???????? what the fuck is wrong with some people in this fandom bro every time i read that it takes me right the fuck out #like are you even watching the show . i know the answer is no clearly not but like . what the FUCK #u bitches DISGUST me sometimes i swear bro #being a poc certainly does not exclude u from being homophobic but like. dustin and lucas are more likely to sympathize with #will than mike. canonically speaking. let's be fucking real. lucas got bullied for his race dustin got bullied for his disability #and will got bullied for being gay. all of these are things that you cannot help. things that you're born with. things that you can't change #what did mike get bullied for? oh. right. being a fucking nerd. big whoop. #y'all know how i feel about mike but with what has been shown to us explicitly it just makes no fucking sense and i'm tired of it #keep lucas's name out of your mouth if you're gonna disrespect him like that!!!!!!!!! #my posts #my thoughts #lucas

[ilyluffy]

genuinely curious, why not include the poc community as a whole?

i’m not sure what in particularly you’re speaking about but if you’re referencing the post i made about the treatment of black writers it would be because i myself am black, a lot of my mutuals are black, and a lot of other poc in the community would agree that black writers suffer some of the worst treatment on this site. i already made a post referencing the entire poc writing community. i’m totally within my right to go into depth about the community that i’m apart of

#i believe that you mean well but let’s pls not do this #when someone is making a post about black racism it isn’t super helpful to be like ‘what about OTHER poc’ #it distracts from the topic at hand #if other poc wish to talk about the treatment of their own community they can do so #because the harassment they deal with is also horrible #but because i am BLACK that’s the perspective i’m going to speak about #chats (◕▿◕✿) #nonnie

[starlooove]

Not y’all saying Steph is like a rapist for wanting to talk after a sudden breakup…

#god forbid women #not even women she was a little girl lmao she was like 15 #god forbid they don’t use therapy speak and say ‘I’ll respect ur boundaries <3’ every 5 seconds to ur faves #and rapist is not an exaggeration I’ve seen y’all say it don’t piss me off #it’s so deeply funny bc they’re doing this to defend Tim’s poor communication skill and forget just how shitty and secretive he was to Step #let’s call him verbally abusive then 😭 #and it’s like they’re so desperately trying to make it seem like the way tim spoke to Steph was warranted or two sided and normal for them #like no he and Bruce fucking SUCKED #and Steph did nothing to warrant it period #and it’s so deeply ironic how tim Stans use his lack of communication to prove why nobody appreciates him #like according to you they wouldn’t even know he’s doing all this shit y’all say he does (which is actually usually done by women or poc) b #he doesn’t fucking talk to them? and that’s their fault somehow okay #it’s projection and it’s letting me know y’all suck as people #also unfunny #anyways

[jentlemahae]

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#i think a lot of people don’t really understand that actually (some) skinny bodies are included in the body positivity movement #the bp movement is for marginalized bodies and that includes poc and disabled ppl who are skinny #‘the bp movement is not for skinny people!’ u are very stupid #and i dont even like the bp movement bcs i think it’s very flawed but let’s think before speaking people #actually the fact that the bp movement is being confused with the fat acceptance movement is one of it’s biggest issues #just wanted to say my thoughts