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Whenever I hear about people complaining about representation in video games, stories, and shows and wanting more diversity, particularly cultural diversity, I usually wind up annoyed and tired.  Namely, because there’s usually nothing more to a character but “LOOK WE’RE TOTALLY <INSERT NATIONALITY>! LOOK LOOK! WE’RE DIVERSE!! PRAISE US FOR WE THOUGHT OF INCLUDING YOU!” and then you have those whiners just sucking up all that crap.

You know a game that actually did cultural diversity right?

To those who don’t know what this game is, it’s an educational point-and-click series of games made by The Learning Company.  It features four kids who go on bizarre adventures.

But the question is, how did it do diversity right?

Simple: the kids were not defined by their nationality or ethnicity and actually had personalities, and never was their identity taking away the story or shilling it.  It was never phoned in or meant to be a huge message of “look we’re doing this!” or pandering.

Also, these games were released in 1998 and finally stopped in 2002.  Yeah, they’re that old: and apparently, they did a better job at cultural diversity than most shows and games do today.

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From Olympus

Photo: Ana Martinez 

Styling and Creative Direction: Mario Ville (Kattaca) 

Makeup design and make up artist: Lewis Amarante for Kryolan and Pankr0 

Makeup and hairdressing: Sergio Jiménez 

Models: Ricardo Nkosi, Mary Ruiz, Lewis Amarante, Aya Gueye, Juana Mum, Karina Soro, Ruben Buika, Virginia Buika, Isabella Menam, Oliver Lewis, Megane Mercury, Mendes Vieira, Claudia Duharte, Taylor Oscar Ruiz, David Durrant, Marina Gomes, Oscar Chibuike, Guille Gibbs, Lil Bambina, Elian Coiscou and Tigi.

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🌸𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝔂'𝓪𝓵𝓵!!𝓢𝓽𝓪𝔂 𝓼𝓪𝓯𝓮 🌸 https://www.instagram.com/p/B--142aBKpmTNZ9eK3jNXFHXwU7W_avdE4UILc0/?igshid=1voiu9wyuk4ce

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things i always keep in my backpack: 

the bible (king james edition)

a copy of the U.S. consitution

a copy of my school’s current rulebook

i do this so that whenever someone at school tries to make a point and then defends it by saying ‘it’s in the constitution!’ or ‘it’s from the bible!’ or something else along those lines, i can pull out my own copy and say, ‘where exactly does it say that?’

also it’s just great to confuse people by pulling a fucking book of school rules out of nowhere in order to discuss what qualifies as a dresscode violation.

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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOGMGGKO

Faster than a Kiss: Future

Some Ojiro family centered edits from the epilogue volume! (I’m sorry that I have no idea what their son’s name is… I still haven’t managed to translate that far yet)

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ao3:

me:

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@markiplier​ you sound like a mother-hen

@markiplier putting different time zones in his pinned comment is so sweet? like, nobody ever does that when they’re promoting projects

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damaged af & still be out here showing love

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gold jewelry on brown skin

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Sometimes I think of how we went from the simple little line “you’re gonna love my boyfriend” in Paranorman (2012) which felt groundbreaking in children’s media at the time (and ticked off a fair number of people who consider lgbt+ content too ‘adult’ for children asfsdf)

To actual gay weddings in Steven Universe and Arthur, to openly gay and affectionate dads in She-Ra…

Progress for lgbt+ representation is slow and there’s always backlash and opposition. But it feels like there’s hope and I’m so happy lgbt+ and queer kids get to see themselves in media.

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can you imagine how many people would be able to leave abusive situations if housing was free

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Me when I’m dissociating: I HATE THIS I wanna feel again

Me when I have feelings: I TAKE IT BACK

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Credit: @sharkycomix

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What’s next, after a black Ariel? A black Cinderella?!

A black Fairy Godmother?!

A black Glinda the Good Witch?!

A black Belle from Beauty and the Beast?!

A black Juliet?!

A black vampire?!

A black Roxie Hart?!

A black pair of Voodoo bokors?!

A black witch?!

A black Joan of Arc?!

A black pirate queen?!

A black Adam and Eve?!

A black superhero?!

A black doctor?!

A black professor?!

A black cop?!

A black BLACK PERSON?!?!?!! Potentially?!?! Is it possible!?!

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I actually wasn’t aware of the last 2