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maelfoys · 2 years
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i just looked in the tags and couldn’t find any posts about this, so i’ll make one myself:
yoon suk-yeol just won the presidential election in south korea. he ran on a platform of “feminism is a hate group that’s ruining south korea” and “men are oppressed by women” and featured campaign promises like abolishing the ministry of gender equality and family, abolishing the minimum wage and setting a 120 hour workweek for the working poor, getting rid of all food safety standards, and much more. his entire campaign focused on appealing to south korea’s rising incel movement, his nickname is literally “k-trump,” and he just won.
women and minorities in south korea are going to die because of this guy’s policies. here’s a thread by a south korean woman with more information.
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maelfoys · 3 years
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Please do your research! There is so much misinformation out there and a lot of lies.
Everyone should know the truth so please try to know as much as you can so you can spread awareness and help!
Free Palestine🇵🇸✌️
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maelfoys · 3 years
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idk who needs to hear this but when your english teacher asks you to explain why an author chose to use a specific metaphor or literary device, it’s not because you won’t be able to function in real-world society without the essential knowledge of gatsby’s green light or whatever, it’s because that process develops your abilities to parse a text for meaning and fill in gaps in information by yourself, and if you’re wondering what happens when you DON’T develop an adult level of reading comprehension, look no further than the dizzying array of examples right here on tumblr dot com
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maelfoys · 3 years
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maelfoys · 3 years
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i know that every non white community is still miles behind where they should be, but i don’t think it’s talked about how far behind asians specifically really are in mainstream western media or even just celebrity culture in general.
when i was a kid, was there a lot of representation for other races? of course not! but i grew up watching the cosby show and that’s so raven and at least seeing the presence of other people of color on screen, or hearing rihanna, beyoncé on the radio
besides mulan, i quite literally did not see a single asian actor on a tv show that wasn’t a doctor or a ninja or some other racist idea until maybe the harry potter movies, and even then her name was cho chang which is about as close to ching chong as it gets, or the big bang theory which had raj being literally the epitome of a racist stereotype, or glee, which was... still racist. but i ate it up because at least they got to talk instead of being a nameless, wordless extra in a hospital! and asian singers don’t get to be just pop singers, they have to be kpop singers or bollywood singers. their identity in their career isn’t their music, it’s their race and culture. how many asian mainstream western pop artists can you name that get to be categorized as just “pop” or “rock” without their nationality or race tacked on?
how many asian actors have been nominated for any major award? how many have actually won? how many asian actors can you name that are a-list, AND got there without playing racist stereotypes OR without being in a film or tv that was literally about being asian? i still think about the time korean sandra oh played a character whose last name was “gupta” because asians are so interchangeable, and i bet it killed her to do it, but what choice did she have? i’m thinking about chloe bennet who fits the exact mold for the white washed, marketable asian actress that hollywood eats up, and she STILL had to change her last name to get cast in things
the karate kid was a huge success, but would it have been if it wasn’t pushing the story of a white boy and a white girl? fresh of the boat was fairly successful, but even then it was FOR asians, whereas modern family can be enjoyed by anyone
i remember i gave up on makeup when i was a young teen because i couldn’t find any tutorials that would teach me how to work with monolids, and i remember knowing so many east asian people who didn’t wear eyeliner or eyeshadow because they “just didn’t feel like it” but really it was because we didn’t know how to do it. dyed hair, colored contacts, having panic attacks at age nine over getting too tan, not wanting to smile too wide in pictures so our eyes would look more open. asian boys have to be buff and athletic, or what good are they for besides undersexualized engineers?
to be clear, i’m not saying any community of color is represented enough or well, and i don’t want this post to come across like comparing oppression because that’s absolutely not the point. there has been a (well-deserved) rise in how film, music, and tv is showcasing black individuals, and that is amazing and a great step forward, but i don’t understand why it’s seen as a collective win for every community of color when humanized, complex, respectful asians are still totally invisible in movies, tv shows, music, modeling, and other types of media
honestly, people saying “be grateful there’s people of color in media at all” when asians speak up about lack of representation reads a lot like people saying “be grateful there’s lgbt people in media at all” when lgbt people of color speak up about how the majority of mainstream lgbt rep is white. like. hello. we can strive for more than ticking one box?? poc cannot be just lumped together, the black experience says nothing for the asian experience, and the asian experience says nothing for the latinx experience and on and on and on
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maelfoys · 3 years
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edits from a to z : 
         a for: artemis, greek godness of the hunt.
The power of the hunt helps keep me company, so, maybe it’ll help you, too.
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maelfoys · 3 years
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Pretty fucked up that you, personally, reading this post don’t give equal attention to every tragedy that happens on the planet every day. I heard that you, personally sometimes only hear about things that news sources in your specific cultural sphere pick up on. That’s pretty fucked up of you, personally.
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maelfoys · 4 years
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do y’all know when you’re sad but don’t have a reaso nto be
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maelfoys · 4 years
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ya know in hunger games: catching fire with the clock that has a new danger every hour?
that’s 2020
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maelfoys · 4 years
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I AM FINALLY READING AFTG
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maelfoys · 4 years
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in case anyone is having a bad night:
Here is the fudgiest brownie in a mug recipe
Here and here you can watch full episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Here you can watch full episodes of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross
Here and here you can watch Planet Earth
Here you can watch Taskmaster episodes if you need a laugh
Here you can travel to the edges of the galaxy
Here you can listen to custom ambient sounds
Here you can be reminded of 1000 awesome everyday things
*tucks you in with fuzzy blanket* *pats your head*
You’ll be okay, friend <3
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maelfoys · 4 years
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@mythsnet mini event | gtkom - godly parents ( manaal )
“ athena is known to be the greek mythological goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, and the arts. “
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maelfoys · 4 years
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mentally. i am still here drawing six of crows art
please accept my humble ninej offering!
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maelfoys · 4 years
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aftg meme:  [1/3] teams  •  USC TROJANS “that was always the crucial difference between USC and edgar allan,“ kevin said, handing the roster over to dan again. ”that’s why more trojans make court than ravens do. both teams are obsessed with being the best, but only the trojans would risk their standings to improve. they’ll play tonight with everything they’ve got and they’ll be better for it. next year is going to be interesting.”
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maelfoys · 4 years
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“What did you just do?” asked Inej. Maybe nothing. Maybe the impossible. Jesper never could resist long odds. He shrugged. “The same thing I always do. I took a shot.”
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maelfoys · 4 years
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Andrew was only here because Kevin Day never went anywhere alone.
@kevinfuckinday
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