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god I hate the whole “it’s just the internet” thing too because first of all the internet is pretty much becoming the basis of this generation second it doesn’t make people who use the internet any less real I guess? like they’re still people with feelings that happen to be using the internet or getting hurt by something they see over the internet it’s not like it doesn’t count
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No, social networks, seriously
what if I don’t want to link you all together.
Why can’t you accept that answer?
This is a map of Asia. North Americans, you may notice this map is not solely comprised of Japan, Korea, China and Thailand. People in the UK, you may notice India is not a continent. That is, if those of you who generalize entire continents can even pinpoint India on a map.
Indians are Asian, gasp! And not all brown skinned people are Indian, also, gasp! There are an alarming amount of people, of all ages, from all backgrounds, who seem to be unable to process this.
I’m ethnically Asian. Since Asia is an extremely large continent, I could be from any number of countries. I am neither from India, China, Korea, Japan or Pakistan, yet not so surprisingly, I am still Asian.
Yes, there are commonalities across regions, through the conflation of cultures, colonialism, globalization, transnationalism and movement of diasporas. Sometimes these are all the same thing. Rickshaws, rice and curry can be found across the continent.
But let’s not overgeneralize. You can also find Buddhists, Catholics, Muslims and Hindus across Asia. Cantonese Speaking Chinese Muslims! English Speaking Indian Jews!
No, we are not all the same. Orientalism? (Please look up Edward Said for basic concepts) No thank you.
So let’s not use umbrella terms, regarding Asians as a monolith while simultaneously denying the regional identity of millions of people- and how about we also not engage in xenophobia?
Are you someone that thinks this way? Shame on you! You should perhaps invest in buying a map, and take a look at what countries are you know, where.
Geography, people. It’s important.
So I’m reposting this here, because, well, it’s relevant. If you have issues with anything, please go through the notes beforehand. This is essentially a PSA. And a rant. Anyways, carry on.
via esprit-follet:
(Source: espritfollet, via lettersfromtheattic)
This quote:
Well, Adrienne has always been black from the first pages of this book I wrote. I wanted a character who represented a group of women who are very rarely represented in comics or fantasy stories.
When I saw The Princess and the Frog, it bothered me that Disney felt the need to place this story in the real world. When Thor came out, it bothered me that so many people reacted negatively to Idris Elba being Heimdall.
Why on Earth is it we feel like black people can’t be part of a fantasy world? If the story takes place in a magical kingdom, black people have just as much right to be in the story as white people or Asian people or Hispanic people.
I’M NOT OKAY WITH CHRIS BROWN PERFORMING AT THE GRAMMYS AND I’M NOT SURE WHY YOU ARE
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The 7 Stupidest Things That Make People Proud | Cracked.com (via upshot)
“Someone who offends you hasn’t ‘got’ you or ‘won’. What they said, and why, matters. They don’t get a free pass on being scrutinized on any of that just because they got a certain reaction.”
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I like the metaphor of stepping on someone’s foot. When someone says, “You stepped on my foot!” you don’t tell them to buck up and deal with it. You don’t tell them to stop making you feel guilty for accidentally hurting them. You don’t try to tell them that it shouldn’t hurt because you didn’t mean to step on their foot.
You apologize and you try not to do it again.
The end.
(via silverqueen)
For all that Cracked can be wildly misogynistic or offensive sometimes, they got this one right.
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I wish Tumblr had a “I feel your pain” button
because I feel terrible whenever I “like” one of your sad text posts
and it looks like I enjoy watching you suffer
because I don’t
I really don’t
(Source: tomisthedancingqueen, via myflailstation)
how to cut down on an enormous chunk of illegal downloading, and this is so absurdly simple that it boggles the mind:
- make your show / movie / whatever accessible online.
- put ads on it so you can make money off of it, or sell a subscription to a competitive streaming service like netflix.
- make it available
- everywhere, meaning the country of origin and everywhere else
- as soon as it airs (tv shows) / becomes legally available to purchase (films &cet). not a week and a half later, not three days later, not the next morning. as soon as. people who are savvy about internet downloading and things are generally going to be the sort of people who hang out online and want to talk about their favorite shows as soon as they happen with their friends who are in that timezone/country. you’ll cut down on a shitton of downloading if you just make things available legally faster.
- square yourselves with the idea that in this age of high definition and internet streaming that seeing a film in a cinema is a premium service and should not be relied upon as a primary method of distribution.
(Source: nissanissas, via amnell)
January 18th, 2012 |
A guest blogger takes up the fight on behalf of Salman Khan’s fans and makes several persuasive arguments in favour of the Bollywood star, and sometimes, against Shah Rukh Khan.
There is not only a lot of Salman Khan bashing but even bashing of his…
who are you i whisper to the person who changed their icon and their url at the same time
(Source: jaylocked, via lainwen)
