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nasa · 6 months

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Commander Callie Continues Moon Mission in NASA’s Second Graphic Novel

You followed fictional astronaut, Callie Rodriguez, on her journey to the Moon in our First Woman graphic novel, “Issue No. 1: From Dream to Reality.”

In the brand new “Issue No. 2: Expanding our Universe,” find out how Callie and her robotic sidekick RT escape the lunar lava tunnel and what challenges await them on the lunar surface.

See Callie and her new crewmates work together as a team and navigate the unexpected as they take on a challenging mission to deploy a next-generation telescope on the far side of the Moon. Now available digitally in English at nasa.gov/CallieFirst and in Spanish at nasa.gov/PrimeraMujer!

Along with the new chapter, the First Woman app – available in the Apple and Google Play stores – has been updated with new immersive, extended reality content. Explore the lunar surface and learn about the real technologies we’re building to make living and working on the Moon – and eventually, Mars – possible.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

#First Woman #graphic novels #comic books #comics #Moon #Artemis #NASA women #women in STEM #women in space #astronauts #CallieFirst #STEM #art #space art #afrolatine #hispanic #artists on tumblr

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southernmermaidsgrotto · 9 months

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Tag yourself!

{made with the Ancestors and Great Spirits of the African Diaspora in mind, here's what I associate with each day of the week and the children of the diaspora born therein:

Monday's child is fair of face

Tuesday's child is full of grace

Wednesday's child is full of woe

Thursday's child has far to go

Friday's child is loving and giving

Saturday's child works hard for a living

And the child born on the Sabbath day

Is bonny and blithe, good and gay.

Monday: masters of finding new roads and moving forwards, tearing down blockages, trailblazers and warriors. Artists of all kinds, writers, poets, singers.

Tuesday: embodiment of thunderstorms, winds, omens, they're powerful conjurers with hot hands, always busy, always moving. Often times scholars, historians.

Wednesday: defenders, protectors, of humanity and nature as a whole. Warrior spirits at their core, but also great diviners and mediums.

Thursday: eloquent muses of the arts of love and war alike, great beauties who lead armies with equal charm and force. Sweetening, love and luck workings come easy to them.

Friday: personification of abundance and status. A commanding presence. Building legacy, great manifestors and conjurers, specially for work and finances.

Saturday: guardians of waters and the beyond. Community leaders, gifted healers, divine messengers. Carrying all the wisdom of the Elders and Ancestors.

Sunday: priests and priestesses that defy status quo, very old Ancestors coming back to reshape and rebirth reality. They will enter your life and purge every aspect of it.}

#Hoodoo #Rootwork #Conjure #Black Conjure #African american conjure #Hoodoo aesthetic #Hoodoo academia #I've had this in my drafts for so long!!!#enjoy :')#ATRs #ADRs #African Traditional Religions #African Diasporic Traditions #African Diasporic Religions #African Diaspora #afrolatine #afrolatinos

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journeysendinlovers · 1 month

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One of the defining things about my continuing to identify with latine is not because it completes any question for me. My square was solved as a kalinago when I first heard someone say "garinagu" in reference to ancestors that weren't mine but were definitely if not in the same family tree, the fruit walk the same yard and that whole yard has Black soil. It is not for me. I am good.

It's for the AFROlatines who cannot clarify further because colonialism has stolen so many branches of your tree you wonder if you are waiting for it to die until it flowers again

It is for the MIXED latines whose own tree has grafts and dead ends and bits they barely like looking at or talking about but at the end of the day "mi gente son latine" and keep it pushing

It is for QUEER latines to use when we discuss the layers of our relationship to gender and sexuality and personhood and violence because so often we are walking between trees picking up YOUR branches and trying to show you that they are still parts of all these trees.

And you see I just made 3 separate and distinct arguments for the continued use of Latine/Latinx for a wide group of us, who don't need to have very much in common to have a reason to use it. And I didn't have to mention white latines specifically, and I will only mention them NOW. If you do not get why I used the analogy of an orchard with Black soil, and reemphasize that the barely alive are often fighting to preserve the memories of long dead? Then you will never understand why latine means so much to the rest of us or why you need it too.

#latinoamérica #latine #latinx #afrolatine #tag the worldwide latine belt I'm literally talking to all of us

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herhoneysuckle · 2 years

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✨Chasing Lilith💫

Sinara Castillo is a hitman on the warpath after surviving the abuse of Protean Developments Lab. In a moment of vulnerability, she snaps during an interrogation which leads to her being sent away to The Obsidian Hotel.

Rhys Fairleigh is the unconventional heir of The Obsidian Hotel tasked to welcome her. Meanwhile, the mother of his ill-conceived son seeks control over the hotel by sabotaging his personal life.

The pair find they mirror their own pain, which forces them to heal. They do everything in their individual power to escape, but it seems the solo fight proves fruitless.

#authors #authors on tumblr #writers on tumblr #debut novel #novel #afro sci-fi #afrolatine #AAHAHJNDNDNDNSBD i designed everything btw

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colombinna · 1 year

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Being a black person in/from the global south is like having a special invisibility cloak that works in [specially online] discourse where people seem to act like these two identities you have don't coexist, OR people who aren't both speak about you like you're not online and can't speak for yourself. Specially when it comes to discussions about/involving Latin America.

#blackness #afrolatinidad #afrolatine #afro-latinos #latinidad #latam #politic discourse #sometimes ALL of you are terrible to us idk.#and ALL OF YOU reject the privileges you have on us #i feel like im screaming at walls here bc no one ever cares about afrolatine matters no matter how much i talk about it online

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sistahscifi · 2 years

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We are so excited for the next Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday with @thebronxisreading and @fearlessyaya interviewing @vi.nerd about their latest book BURN DOWN, RISE UP!! Reposted from @shereadytoread “You don’t have to move out of your neighborhood to live in a better one.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I got more than I expected. I loved the integration of Bronx history and community activism. The horror of this book was very real and the use of the fire and community displacement added a realistic element to the horror. Usually I hate a romantic subplot, but this one of the ones that I enjoyed. The characters made you want to root for them and the the uncertainty of the villian was a good addition. I really enjoyed this book! // #sistahScifi #BurnDownRiseUp #AfroLatine #Horror #VincentTirado // @sourcebooksfire @sourcebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd1exkoP8n5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#sistahscifi #burndownriseup #afrolatine #horror #vincenttirado

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ghoulishfrk · 8 months

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PAIRING — WARNINGS — WORD COUNT!

〘 Romantic Hobie x Miles Older Sister , Platonic Spiderverse cast x Miles Older Sister | Slight spoilers | ~ .7K words 〙

MASTERLIST !! PINNED POST 🎧💿

ੈ ✮ ˳ Lulus Notes :: Repost, set after ASTV

✩°｡ Tagging :: @punkologist , @neptunes1nterweb , @honeybleed

Miles older sister who takes care of him. She’s the one who knows when something is up and is the one always giving advice.

Miles older sister who had a hunch something was up with her lil brother but wasn’t sure what exactly until she caught him red handed. Him still on his suit in his room.

Miles older sister who had to take a minute to process that her little brother was fucking Spider-Man and understood why he didn’t tell her or their parents.

Miles older sister who becomes his girl behind the screen. She tells him whenever a villain is causing chaos and calls the cops to get the villain he apprehended.

Miles older sister who gets her brother out of suspicion and trouble with their parents, always having a convincing excuse.

“Mija, have you seen miles?”

“Oh, he went to the store to buy more ice cream cones since he ate mine.”

Miles older sister who never leaves her brother suffer by himself. Always hearing out whatever is bothering her brother and giving advice only an older sister could.

Miles older sister who gets caught up on the whole multiverse stuff by her little brother and learns of all the other spidermen her brother considers his friends.

Miles older sister who meets Peter B. Parker and Mayday and is immediately in love with her. She always counts on him to take care of Miles and is ok with babysitting Mayday.

Miles Older Sister who, when she meets Miguel, is not the friendliest. She’s not over how he treated her little brother and doesn’t hide it. She later on goes easier on him since she sees how he’s genuinely sorry and embarrassed by how he reacted.

Miles older sister who is a bit doubtful of Jess. She didn’t think someone who was a mother would’ve acted like she did towards a kid. She learns to trust her later on.

Miles older sister who meets the other spider kids closer to Miles age and immediately approves of them. She’s even willing to make sure they don’t get in trouble with their families.

Miles older sister who becomes an older sister to Pavitr, Gwen, and Peni. She listens to them and gives them advice like she does with Miles. She’d go insane if anything or anyone hurt her kids.

Miles older sister who meets Gwen and immediately likes her. She gives her advice on wooing her brother and getting the approval of their parents.

“Miles loves drawing so you can never go wrong with giving him stuff like drawing books and markers. Oh, and you should call our parents by our last name. Mom hates when kids call her Rio.”

“Wait, seriously? Why didn’t Miles tell me?”

“Cuz he was probably too whipped to tell you lmao”

Miles older sister who, when she meets Hobie, clicks with him in a different way than when she meet the others.

Miles older sister who gets flirted by Hobie and responds with flirting back, only to get caught by Miles and seeing his hilarious reaction.

“Seriously? My sister?!”

“Aye, calm down Peter Pan.”

“C’mon man! Why it gotta be my sister?”

“Miles relájate nene.”

“What do you mean relax?! If i hadn’t come in you probably would’ve been eating each others faces!”

“PFFT-“

Miles older sister who sneaks in Hobie through her window, having to shush him so her parents don’t hear them and have her father storming in.

Miles older sister who gets caught by Rio one day, with her and Hobie having been sitting on her bed talking about random things.

Miles older sister who has to introduce Hobie to her parents. Rio and Jeff are apprehensive at first, Hobies punk appearance not being what they expected for their daughters boyfriend.

Miles older sister who’s glad Hobie gets along with her mom and tries to be civil with her father and tries not to get into politics or fights with them.

“So, Hobie, what do you do for a living?”

“Kick fascists ass and play in my band.”

Just Miles having a nice and caring older sister <3

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intis0l · 8 months

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jesus this style is hard to replicate (lol) anyway human jesse and yum with my designs because i hated the ones in the show 😭 might do korvo and terry other day

#solar opposites #jesse opposites #yumyulack opposites #jesse and terry are afrolatine :3 idk abt yumyulack and korvo yet..#ik korvo has curly hair and yumyulack irons his

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mobisharksona · 26 days

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Soggy cat.

Juliana :3

#pokemon #pokemon au #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon sv #pokemon drawing #juliana pokemon #pokemon juliana #trainer juliana #juliana x kieran pokemon #dipplinshipping #kieran x juliana #save me afrolatin girl with a British accent #Quaquaval is lowk just chilling #mobi.png

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freaky-art-gyal · 7 months

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I’m saving up to buy me and my friends some games 🫠

#artists on tumblr #small artist #digital art #artwork #my art #art #black edit #blasian edit #afrolatine artist #black artist #commision info #commisions open #taking commisions #commission #anime #manga

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nasa · 6 months

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Dangling in a previously unexplored lava tunnel on the Moon...

...with a massive solar flare passing overhead...

...causing unsafe radiation levels.

All communications have been interrupted.

Status of Commander Callie Rodriguez: unknown.

In our first issue of "First Woman," we followed Callie on her trailblazing journey to the Moon. Find out what’s next for our fictional first woman in a story inspired by real NASA astronauts and our upcoming Artemis missions to land the first female astronaut and person of color on the lunar surface.

See what discoveries – and challenges – lay ahead for Callie and her fellow human and robotic explorers as they forge a path to expand humanity's understanding of the universe.

Coming soon in English and Spanish at nasa.gov/calliefirst!

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

#First Woman #graphic novels #comic books #comics #Moon #Artemis #NASA women #CallieFirst #afrolatine #hispanic #artists on tumblr #Youtube

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southernmermaidsgrotto · 1 year

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Let's talk about San Baltasar, the Wise King, Saint of Afroargentines.

I think it's extremely interesting how one of the biggest afrodiasporic cults native to Argentina is that of El Santo Negro (the Black Saint) St. Balthazar, the Wise King. Other syncretic saint cults make mention to african deities or saints with titles such as "The Queen of Rivers" or "The Queen of the Sea", making the deities involved easily identifiable, but this cult in particular is one of the most widespread across the black population of Argentina and yet the most elusive in regards to who may be behind the mask. At least, until you pay attention to the details.

The Church first introduced the cult of Catholic Figures and Saints such as San Baltasar (King Balthazar) or San Benito de Palermo (St. Benedict of Palermo, the Moor) as a way to control the enslaved population politically and culturally. Although their goal was to dissipate african religions and install catholicism among them instead, they underestimated black argentines: after much effort, the church allowed the enslaved faithful to organize socially and politically and perform dances, drumming and singing for the saints of their formed Cofradía (similar to a congregation, but including social and political structures within it, naming a king and queen or a president and other culturally and politically significant roles). Thanks to the passing down of african culture and customs through these organized societies and the syncretism within them, we can proudly say the church failed in their attempts. The african spirits are very much still an integral part of afroargentines' lives. Today, although it has spread across the country and beyond, the center of this cult is in it's origin, the capital city of Corrientes, Argentina, in a neighborhood called Cambá Cuá.

The cult to San Baltasar is clearly african in origin, although with indigenous (guaraní) influences, such as calling the saint Santo Cambá/Kambá (Black in guaraní language), calling his statues Cambára'angá (guaraní for Black Figure), and some dancers dressing up as indigenous figures like el pombero, among other things. Thus, it is an afroindigenous cult, developing amongst mixed descendants of african enslaved peoples and guaraní natives. The cult is also a local expression of the most african of customs: ancestral veneration. The festivities honor not only the Saint himself, but all the black ancestors before us who are present in pictures at the altar, and answer to the call of the drums. The color red, that covers the saint and adorns his followers, is the color of warriors and protection in African Traditional Religions. He's offered food and drink (such as wine and traditionally made sangría), and most importantly dance and drums. He is invoked and honored, along with the ancestors, through drumming and dancing, through La llamada a San Baltasar and Saludos de Tambores a los Santos Cambá (Calling Saint Balthazar and Drum Salutations to the Black Saints).

His festivities, held in Corrientes around Epiphany, from January 1st to the 6th, include dancing afroargentinean rhythms such as diverse forms of candombe and samba. Particularly, he was traditionally honored with a dance called bambula, a form of ring dance where women move in short and slow steps, barely lifting their feet, while men jump in the air, and where one singer sings a phrase that is then repeated or answered by the others present. This kind of dance is native to Congo and Angola, and widely practiced by enslaved people and their descendants in the Southern United States, the Caribbean, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. The music used to this day to petition favors, to invoke his spirit into his image and even dispel or call thunderstorms or other natural phenomena, is called charanda and includes drums, guitars and triangles. Just like in other afrodiasporic devotional and resistance dances, these dances involve Kings and Queens of the dance, a hierarchy of drummers including those called Master drummers, and a hierarchy of the drums themselves as Chico, Repique and Piano.

If you compare him to Xangó...

He carries a double-headed axe. He's often depicted wearing a crown. His colors are, surprisingly, also white and red, with gold accents. Also a King and a warrior, also associated with thunderstorms and fire, drums and dance. His followers also wear white and red beaded collares. Ringing any bells...?

Now, I am not saying they are the same Spirit, but there is an undeniable resemblance. You come to your own conclusions. It's kind of obvious that this afrodiasporic cult stems from either (a) a hidden, veiled cult to the orisha(s) or (b) a syncretic cult to african deities (not only orishas but maybe other african spirits too). There is, after all, strong ties not only to Yorubaland but also to Dahomey, Kongo, etc. Just in this instance, the spirit may resemble an orisha but the rhythms and dance are from kongo, so there is much more to it than just one or the other. There is a culture of resistance born from the union of Nations through music, faith and tradition.

Sources:

None of the images here belong to me: San Baltazar and festivities [1,2,3,4-6] and Xangó [1]

Festividad de San Baltasar : performances artístico-religiosas de la cofradía de la ciudad de Corrientes, by Cavalieri, Ana Belén, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Artes, Diseño y Ciencias de la Cultura, 2018. Available for download at [Link]

San Baltazar, Historias de Corrientes at [Link]

The bamboula Lineage at [Link]

The Orishas, Indiana University at [Link]

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bookaddict24-7 · 5 months

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AUTHOR FEATURE:

﹒Aya de León﹒

Four Books Written By this Author:

A Spy in the Struggle

Undercover Latina

Uptown Thief

That Dangerous Energy

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Happy reading!

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thebaddymanmp3 · 11 months

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it’s actually very very important that jharrel jerome voices earth-42 miles like this means worlds to me specifically!!

#across the spiderverse #across the spiderverse spoilers #jharrel jerome #afrolatine sweep!!#and i’m about to watch the shit out of him in i’m a virgo too

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herhoneysuckle · 2 years

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Hey Lovers! Letting yall know in advance, Amazon and Google Play takes from my earnings. Though I'm trying to add other avenues in which you can purchase, but I'm under review. My Gumroad fortunately has all versions up for your reading pleasure and all purchases go straight to me, an indie author. Thank you in advance!

#novel #novelist #black authors #afrolatine authors #chasing lilith #afro sci fi #lgbt books #blackgirlmagic #blackout

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justanisabelakinnie · 2 years

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Whenever I see posts about how Encanto fans want to see Dolores and Antonio wear more Black hairstyles in future works…okay first of all I feel utter euphoria how dare you…but second of all those posts always always ALWAYS leave out Camilo and it makes me both happy because Camilo is overrated and doesn’t need to be the center of everything and frustrated because it feels like they ignore or disbelieve the fact that Camilo is Afrolatino just like his siblings like…just because Camilo has light skin, looser curls, and green eyes doesn’t make him less Black than Dolores and Antonio, if they can wear cornrows he can too, but then again it’s the fact that he sports these features that make him more palatable to non-Black fans who want to ignore his Blackness so as to make him their Latin lover and sexualize and fetishize him, like let’s not pretend if he looked like Antonio he’d be anywhere near equally as popular, and it just makes me…grrr…it shouldn’t be so damn complicated confusing but it is.

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