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nievie: arachnis-deathicus: Gonna quickly throw in an epic...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:20:12 -0400

arachnis-deathicus:

Gonna quickly throw in an epic quote I found on this article.

KJKJ: Gene Roddenberry, with balls of brass, got up on national tv and said, “hey people, if a geneticist took all the best DNA from planet Earth and put it together to make the best human the world has ever seen - he wouldn’t be a white guy.”

This is why I find the casting of a white actor in this role to be so repugnant. They are not whitewashing an Asian role, they are saying that the best genetic material that the entirety of this world and it’s diversity has to offer….still comes from a white guy.

Reblogging again for that

sikssaapo-p: “Cultural Appropriation: A Flow Chart [follow this...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:20:20 -0400

sikssaapo-p:

“Cultural Appropriation: A Flow Chart

[follow this link to find a short video featuring an example and analysis of cultural appropriation”: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/1/post/2013/01/cultural-appropriation-and-racial-stereotyping-in-the-mummers-parade.html]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=499838066750155&set=a.440563662677596.98608.126283397438959&type=1&theater

linzieheffernandesigns: maps maps maps! take me away!

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:40:08 -0400

linzieheffernandesigns:

maps maps maps! take me away!

Kunal Kapoor

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:15 -0400

Kunal Kapoor

JJ Valaya Indian Fashion

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:20:03 -0400

JJ Valaya Indian Fashion

veganrecipecollection: (via Banana Cinnamon French Toast -...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:40:12 -0400

veganrecipecollection:

(via Banana Cinnamon French Toast - Fettle Vegan)

I just realized why Diane Lewis on Parks and Recreation (Ron...

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:36:00 -0400

I just realized why Diane Lewis on Parks and Recreation (Ron Swanson’s girlfriend) looked so familiar… that’s because she was the same actress who played Xena the Warrior Princess! :)

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:20:29 -0400

aankhon-main-teri: Shraddha Kapoor for Global Desi I went to...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:40:29 -0400

aankhon-main-teri:

Shraddha Kapoor for Global Desi

I went to high school with her! :) Go Shraddha!

cosmarxpolitan: Cosmarxpolitan, Issue 16 Is he having an...

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:36 -0400

cosmarxpolitan:

Cosmarxpolitan, Issue 16

Is he having an affair? Find out, Haymarket style

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Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:08 -0400

damiandominodavis: Biologists would have you call this thing an...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:40:10 -0400

damiandominodavis:

Biologists would have you call this thing an Armadillo-Girdled Lizard, Cordylus cataphractus, but I won’t be fooled. This is clearly a baby dragon. They also have this adorable habit of biting their own tails for no discernible reason. Which is adorable until you remember what the ouroboros is, and inevitably conclude that these things are also dark magic.

Magical dragons. It all makes sense.

giftama: 花- はな

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:27 -0400

giftama:

花- はな

fannywinkle: “plop.”

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:20:08 -0400

fannywinkle:

“plop.”

Don't expect to see this image in your local & national news

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:40:22 -0400

wombatattack:

"Don’t fool yourself. English isn’t inherently superior, or easier to learn, or more sonically..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:20:07 -0400

“Don’t fool yourself. English isn’t inherently superior, or easier to learn, or more sonically pleasing. Its international usage comes from forceful assimilation and legacy of colonialistic injection. It isn’t a deed that one should take pride in.”

- my uncle left this comment on his friend’s Facebook status, a white British man who was bragging about how easy it is to be a native English speaker when trekking to different nations. (via maarnayeri)

super1eklectic: sourcedumal: 10 actual Indian actors who...

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:40:31 -0400

super1eklectic:

sourcedumal:

10 actual Indian actors who could’ve played Khan Noonien Singh instead of Benedict Cumberbatch: Sendhil Ramamurthy, Naveen Andrews, Sacha Dhawan, Kal Penn, John Abraham, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Aamir Khan, Kabir Bedi (who should’ve been the original Khan anyway)

LOOK AT ALL THESE GORGEOUS ASS MEN!

LOOK AT THEM!

"So saying now that it’s “just fiction” when minimizing it allows you to tell stories that please you..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:00:16 -0400

“

So saying now that it’s “just fiction” when minimizing it allows you to tell stories that please you but hurt others is disingenuous and enraging.

Fiction has very, very real consequences for readers, writers, and cultures. They are cultural transactions, either within a culture or sometimes between cultures. To say that it’s “just fiction” when discussing what does and doesn’t matter culturally and literally is like saying it’s “just trade” when talking about the economy.

The statement is absurd on its face. I can’t think of any other way to articulate how utterly, stupendously, profoundly wrong such a phrase is.

Just as trade can make, break, and shake an economy – so too does fiction with culture. So much of the information and ideas that we carry around with us come from the stories we’re told. The attitudes that so many white folks have about people of color doesn’t simply come from things we’re taught in class or things we’re told. It comes from fiction. From the books and movies we’re handed as kids.

”

- “No such thing as ‘just’ fiction”

—fictiontheory

"White privilege is different in non-white countries, but it’s by no means nonexistent. And even the..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:20:31 -0400

“White privilege is different in non-white countries, but it’s by no means nonexistent. And even the ways in which it differs are largely (if not entirely) rooted in a history of colonialism/slavery/Eurocentric ideals, which are the most obvious manifestations of white privilege imaginable.”

- via ethiopienne

"Borders suggest both containment and safety, and women often pay a price for daring to claim the..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:40:07 -0400

“Borders suggest both containment and safety, and women often pay a price for daring to claim the integrity, security, and safety of our bodies and our living spaces. I choose ‘feminism without borders,’ then to stress that our most expansive and inclusive visions of feminism need to be attentive to borders while learning to transcend them.”

- Mohanty, C. (2003). Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity (via counterstorytelling)