#the Indianness

[sarahdraws16]

Hobie & Pavitr 🕷️🕸️ my two favs

#across the spiderverse #spiderman #fanart #marvel #pavitr prabhakar #hobie brown #digital art #indian spiderman #spider punk #sketches

[i-love-sufjan-stevens]

Vintage Photos of Queer Couples of Color

#queer #sapphic #lesbian #wlw #mlm #mlm post #mlm positivity #wlw yearning #wlw love #wlw positivity #queer history #black lesbian #gay man #black queer #black women #indian #desi #asian #lgbt pride #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbtq community #gay

[southernsolarpunk]

More about the project:

Credit for the tik tok:

#Arizona #Gila River Indian Community #tiktok #archived #clean energy #climate change #climate justice #climate crisis #solarpunk #undescribed

[dilhhindustani]

3 stages of life :-

BIRTH

What the hell is this

DEATH

#desi #desi tag #desi tumblr #desi academia #desi shit posting #desi humor #desi indian #desi girl #desi life #desi side of tumblr #desiblr #dilhhindustani #meme #memes #funny #lol #humor #mental health #writers #writers on tumblr #spilled ink #jokes

[doesephs]

bharatnatyam air bender

#atla #avatar the last airbender #atla fanart #bharatnatyam #indian #air bender #digital art #digital painting

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

I know I already made a post about this. But ICWA is LITERALLY being challenged by a white couple that wants to adopt indigenous children to erase their culture and Christianize them. The tribe, whom has a say in who can take their children, is like "Nah, we don't want our youth Christianized like you tride last time"

And the lawyer that's helping the white couple try to overturn ICWA (so that they can erase the cultures of indigenous children) is doing it pro-bono (which means he's not charging the couple anything).

AND that lawyer is a big time lawyer whose clients are usually oil and gas industries. He's literally fighting for indigenous children to be ripped from their tribes and culture so there's less indigenous people to protest big oil destroying their sacred land.

-fae

#icwa #indian child welfare act #mmiw #missing and murdered indigenous women #supreme court

[acropolismediainc]

Watch "भगवान शिव का अनोखा मंदिर - आज भी छिपाएं बैठा हैं कई राज़ Brihadisvara Temple #shorts #viral" on YouTube

#the Indianness #history #indian temples

[shadow-bender]

Please pray and raise awareness for Cole Brings Plenty, a Lakota actor and student. He was found on april 5th. This is such an awful and cruel act of violence, im having a hard time finding the words.

April 8th Rising Hearts has organized Braids for Cole, so please wear your hair in braids and bring awareness so that Cole and his family can get justice.

*edited to correct information*

#cole brings plenty #missing and murdered indigenous relatives #i went to undergrad with cole. i only met him a couple times and didnt really know him #indian country is a small place #and the haskell community especially #idk where im going with these tags #i feel so at a loss. the violence against our people its #its fucking awful #anyways #please raise awarness and also wear braids tomorrow

[4hotdesi]

desi sisters

#nude desi #sexy indian #i want to fuck her #sexy tease #sexy titts #lick my pussy #nude indian #so hot 🔥🔥🔥 #sexy content #so hot and sexy #so fuckable

[shorthairedbrownqueer]

Based on a 1970’s guide published by a Feminsit Lesbian Newsletter from Atlanta which is MY NEW FAVOURITE thing on the internet

#wlw #lgbt #lgbtqia #lesbian #indian lesbians #butch women #indian lgbt #girls who like girls #india #desi dykes #desi #gay indian #indian lesbian #nblw #lesbian tiktok #queer #indian gay #queer india #gay #coming out #WLW memes #lesbian memes #gay memes #sapphic #retro #psa #gay TikTok #queer memes #queer TikTok #heterosexual

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

For people who live in the U.S., November can bring to mind a lot of things, and one of them is Thanksgiving. This can be a complicated holiday because while most people just see it as an excuse to get together with friends and family and pig out, we all know that the story of the "First Thanksgiving" is bullshit.

This November, and for as long as it takes, I'm asking you to keep Native American and Alaska Native rights in mind and to fight for them. ICWA, the Indian Child Welfare Act, is at risk.

This act was created to stop cultural genocide. Until the late 1900s, Native American and Alaska Native children were routinely kidnapped and placed in residential schools and white families, where they faced abuse, forced assimilation, and sometimes murder. ICWA was passed in 1978 to stop this by allowing tribes to control the foster and adoption placement of Native American and Alaska Native children.

However, today, the SCOTUS started hearing arguments in a case that could overturn ICWA. This would not only endanger children and allow cultural genocide, but it would endanger tribal sovereignty since it would deny sovereign tribes the rights over the placement of their own children.

This November, this Thanksgiving, and until ICWA has been upheld, I ask you to stand up for the rights of Native Americans and Alaska Natives.

Spread the word about what is happening. Don't let this get swept under the rug. Post about it. Tell your friends and family.

Sign petitions.

Write to representatives.

Reach out to local tribes to see what you can do to help.

Protest.

And if you can afford to do so, donate to Native American and Alaska Native organizations.

#ICWA #indigenous rights #native americans #alaska natives #indian child welfare act #Thanksgiving #Signal boost #Boost the signal

[oldpaintings]

Untitled (Woman in Moonlight) by Hemendranath Mazumdar (Indian, 1894–1948)

#Hemendranath Mazumdar #20th century #indian #art #paintings

[huariqueje]

Lily Moth  -   Roos Holleman

Dutch , b.  1989 -

Piëzografie on 310 grs Hahnemühle German etching paper , 48 x 33 cm. Ed.33

#Roos Holleman #dutch artist #insect painting #lily moth #noctuidae family #lily caterpillar #Indian lily moth

[onenicebugperday]

Indian green tortoise beetle, Chiridopsis bipunctata, Chrysomelidae

Found in India and Sri Lanka

Photo 1 by nil_kumar_verma, 2 by shashidharswamyhiremath, 3 by ashokmashru, 4 by ajamalabad, 5-6 by drpadhiyar, and 7 for scale by shagufi

#animals #curators on tumblr #insects #bugs #beetle #leaf beetle #tortoise beetle #indian green tortoise beetle #one nice bug

[doesephs]

mohiniyattam fire bender

#second part to my indian dances as benders series #mohiniyattam #atla fanart #avatar the last airbender #firebender #digital art #digital painting #india #indian dance #atla #illistration #digital drawing #zuko #princess azula

[griffinborn]

Ok I get where everyone is coming from when they see the design of Pavitr ‘Pav’ Prabhakar aka Indian SpiderMan as an expression of gender queerness, but let me be frank this is very typical Indian male costuming.

Even the toxic masculine patriarchal men have similar stylistic expressions or to be be more precise this is a traditional/historical/ye olde male aesthetic.

Having said that I love what design elements are being used here. So…

Let's take it from the top.

The FACE MASK

The Three Colors surrounding the eyes are typical spider man colours but they are done to evoke the image the traditional makeup done for the ancient dance art Kathakali. In which the whole face is painted and bold lines are drawn to emphasise/exaggerate the eyes. These eye mask lines are usually thin - bold-thin.

Same with the white lines on the cheek bones which are indicative of tusks or pincers of demons or Animorphs in folklore/myths.

The white dot in the centre of the forehead is the most common Hindu motif, expressed in myriad of ways all over the country .

The ARM/LEG BANDS/CUFFS

The bicep cuff is a part of Indian historic armour - made of malleable metal, its bejewelled ornate counterparts were then worn in day to day life. Here in the north Royals still wear it during big ceremonies. These metal bands are generally worn by warriors.

bangles (metal circles worn at wrists) are an important male accessory and are more daily wear even in present modern times, some religions (Sikh,Jain etc.) require the males to always wear one at all times. The ones on the suit were more in the shape of wrist guards which again were an armour accessory. In Indian male clothing the cuffs are usually emphasised.

Due to traditional male footwear being sandals metal ankle cuffs were employed to guard the shins and were worn during wars while thinner bands - ornamental accessories - were worn in daily wear.

There are so many other things I want to elaborate on like: The PATTERNS/LOGO,The LEG GARMENT (??!)(what’s the collective term for clothes for legs?), The Cat’s Cradle swinging/body animation ; but my ADHD is already acting up so imma leave this here.

SIDE NOTE:

I love how the heel and toes are bare in this design. It makes sense from the spider powers perspective - no barrier in contact allows for better manoeuvring and jump control as is seen in gymnastics. But also because in Hindu culture important tasks including some traditional sports require the removal of footwear and getting feet dirty is not discouraged (of course with an adherence to washing of the feet multiple times in a day)

I also loved how incorporated his wrist guard is in his spider style using it as a toy and a tool. This aspect of making use of something in a completely different way was so desi ‘Jugaad’ I was stunned.

#spiderman atsv #across the spiderverse #pavitr prabhakar #desi #design #letting my inner design nerd out #Indian warfare was my special interest #If you haven’t guessed by now #astv #desi experience #sony spiderverse #into the spider verse #Desi spiderman #indian spiderman