#indigenous lead

[ramen-flavored]

WHY ISNT ECHO GETTING MORE ATTENTION

#I swear it will start the revival of Marvel if they keep up with this path #disabled lead #indigenous lead #female lead #it has it all #it was a masterpiece #disney plus #mcu #disney+ #disney #marvel #marvel cinematic universe #marvel comics #Echo #echo marvel #maya lopez #echo x reader #Maya Lopez x reader #alaqua cox #ramen-flavored

[libraryleopard]

the true detective reddit is primarily full of haters but this post did make me laugh

#i was browsing the theories and unfortunately there's a lot of posts like 'wahhh this show is woke now and i hate it' #which is bizarre because wasn't mahershala ali the lead last season…why weren't they mad about that?? #anyway #what i really would like to find is some reviews/analyses by indigenous fans but i haven't found that yet #true detective night country #lulu speaks #lulu watches things #lulu watches true detective night country

[meirimerens]

the pathologic Kin is largely fictionalized with a created language that takes from multiple sources to be its own, a cosmogony & spirituality that does not correlate to the faiths (mostly Tengrist & Buddhist) practiced by the peoples it takes inspirations from, has customs, mores and roles invented for the purposes of the game, and even just a style of dress that does not resemble any of these peoples', but it is fascinating looking into specifically to me the sigils and see where they come from... watch this:

P2 Layers glyphs take from the mongolian script:

while the in-game words for Blood, Bones and Nerves are mongolian directly, it is interesting to note that their glyphs do not have a phonetic affiliation to the words (ex. the "Yas" layer of Bones having for glyph the equivalent of the letter F, the "Medrel" layer of Nerves having a glyph the equivalent of the letter È,...)

the leatherworks on the Kayura models', with their uses of angles and extending lines, remind me of the Phags Pa Script (used for Tibetan, Mongolian, Chineses, Uyghur language, and others)

some of the sigils also look either in part or fully inspired by Phags Pa script letters...

some look closer to the mongolian or vagindra (buryat) script

looking at the Herb Brides & their concept art, we can see bodypainting that looks like vertical buryat or mongolian script (oh hi (crossed out: Mark) Phags Pa script):

shaped and reshaped...

#not sure how much. what's the word. bond? involvement? not experience. closeness? anyone in the team has with any of these cultures #but i recall learning lead writer is indigenous in some way & heavily self-inserts as artemy [like. That's His Face used for #the p1 burakh portrait] so i imagine There Is some knowledge; if not first-hand at least in some other way #& i'm not in the team so i don't know how much Whatever is put into Anything #[ + i've ranted about the treatment of the brides Enough. enough i have] #so i don't have any ground to stand on wrt how i would feel about how these cultures are handled to make the Kin somewhat-hodgepodge. #there is recognizing it is Obviously inspired by real-life cultures [with the words;the alphabet;i look at Kayura i know what i see] #& recognizing it Also is. obviously and greatly imagined. not that weird for you know. a story. #like there is No Turkic/Altaic/Mongolic culture that has a caste of all-women spiritual dancers who place a great importance on nudity #as a reflection of the perfect world and do nothing but dance to bring about the harvest. ykwim... #like neither the Mongols nor the Buryats nor the Tibetans dress the way the Kin does. that's cos the Kin is invented. but they're invented. #.. on wide fundations. ykwim...... #Tengrism has a Sky Deity (Tengri) with an earth-goddess *daughter* whereas the kin worship an Earth-Goddess mother of everything #+ a huge bull. Buddhism has its own complete cosmogony & beliefs which from the little I know Vastly Differ from anything the Kin believes #like. yeah. story. but also. [holds myself back from renting about the Brides again] shhh... #neigh (blabbers) #pathologic #pathologic 2

[sissa-arrows]

Albert Camus could not conceive of Algerian independence, nor could he conceive of himself as separate from French Algeria. It was his “red line in the sand,” the boundary which should not be crossed, the ultimate taboo. Algeria was the jewel in France’s colonial empire, so important that the French authorities considered it a region of France. It was not just a military conquest; it was an administrative one as well. Camus was defined and defined himself by colonial Algeria and could not live without it. Yet the paradox is that Camus persuasively uses the rhetoric of humanism while supporting French sovereignty over Algeria. Many of Albert Camus’ arguments are vastly identical to those trotted out today regarding Palestine.

“What is illegitimate in Arab demands ? The desire to regain a life of dignity and freedom, the total loss of confidence in any political solution backed by France, and the romanticism of some very young and politically unsophisticated insurgents have led certain Algerian fighters and their leaders to demand national independence. No matter how favourable one is to Arab demands, it must be recognized that to demand national independence for Algeria is a purely emotional response to the situation. There has never been an Algerian nation. The Jews, Turks, Greeks, Italians and Berbers all have a claim to lead this virtual nation. At the moment, the Arabs themselves are not the only constituent of that nation. In particular, the French population is large enough [c. 1/9], and it has been settled long enough [c. 150 years], to create a problem that has no historical precedent. The French of Algeria are themselves an indigenous population in the full sense of the word. Furthermore, a purely Arab Algeria would not be able to achieve economic independence, without which political independence is not real. French efforts in Algeria, however inadequate, have been sufficient that no other power is prepared to assume responsibility for the country at the present time.” — Algerian Chronicles

Camus is like the “Israeli left” and a part of the Western Left in general who cannot conceive the total liberation of Palestine. That’s why I said that if they actually cared they would have more “porteurs de valises” and less Albert Camus.

The porteurs de valises who were settlers totally conceived a free Algeria in their mind and they saw themselves living there as ALGERIANS and they did. They also acknowledged that as settlers they had bias and they worked on those bias (I made a post with the testimony of on of those men and how he realized that he had racist bias against Arabs and how he eventually realized that even if he was white his people were not French people but Algerians…) Most of those settlers who fought alongside our grandparents did not leave because they were kicked out at the independence. They left as refugees during the Black decade and had to fill the SAME paperwork as other Algerians. (I could talk about the 121’s Manifest but given that some of the people who signed it turned around and became Zionists I think the manifest was more about white people wanting a clear conscience they did put the right to not be an oppressor on the same level as the right to not be oppressed)

Camus on the other hand was racist he was a product of settler colonialism. You cannot steal, dispossess, oppress a people for over a century unless you don’t see them as fully human. He kept equating the resistance with the oppressor he kept pretending to condemn violence on “both sides” but when he was asked to sign the letter condemning the systematic use of torture by France against Algerians he refused to sign it. He also kept implying Algeria didn’t exist before France anyway. He also showed his lack of knowledge on history by claiming everyone had a right to Algeria anyway not just “Arabs” because Algeria had been part of the Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Jews as a whole have zero rights over Algeria. Imazighen Jews had a right over Algeria because they were Imazighen not because they were Jews. If Turks, Italian, Greeks had a right over Algeria then we have a right over the south of France, over Spain, over Sicily, over Greece because some Roman leaders were Imazighen and because Al Andalus existed.

But what’s maybe one of my biggest issue with Camus, probably because that’s still happening to these days. Is how his position would require only Algerians to compromise. Settlers were simply asked to stop the killing and to pretend to see Algerians as equal humans that’s not a fucking compromise. Algerians on the other hand were asked to pretend that nothing had happened? Those white settlers who had killed your sons and nephews on May 8th 1945 in Setif and around? They never got punished for it. They never even expressed regrets they were proud of it. Algerians were asked to just forget about it to pretend it never happened. The guy who stole your father’s land and is making money from that land? In Camus’ Algeria he gets to keep that land in exchange he must pretend Algerians are equal. The Algerian has to pretend that land was never stolen that he doesn’t have a right to it. In Camus’ vision for Algeria only the Algerian is asked to actually make compromise so the white man gets to be cleaned of his sins.

To these days in the West, PoC are the one asked to make compromises all the fucking time (sometimes on a smaller scale sometimes not). “vote for the lesser of two evils it will be easier to fight and we will help”. Once the lesser of two evils is elected the people who told us to compromise don’t respect their part of the deal they actually call us out when we protest. Because those “deals” are not meant to save us all they are meant to save white people. Because the lesser of two evils doesn’t affect them and their lives so they will be able to afford staying comfortably at home and criticize us for still fighting.

That’s why what I resent the most about Camus is that “let’s make a compromise” attitude that actually only requires compromises from Algerians while settlers get to keep up with their lives the same exact way except they have to pretend they see us as humans. I would believe in the genuine intent behind these compromises (while still being against it) if reparation was mentioned for example but no, settlers get to live the exact same way as they did before they just get absolved of their crimes without ever getting justice. Meanwhile Algerians are asked to pretend nothing happened.

Just like I previously said that a settler colony cannot create settlers without racist bias and that they need to work on those bias, a settler colony also cannot create indigenous people who are not oppressed. Every single Algerian family has a fucked up story to tell about the horror of colonialism. Every single Palestinian family has a fucked up story to tell about the horror of colonialism. Every single Native of Turtle Island family has a fucked up story to tell about the horror of colonialism. I could go on, the point is you can’t ask people to just pretend it never happened because now the settlers are pretending to see you as a human.

#Albert Camus #settler colonialism #algeria #French racism #settler colonialism lead to genocide #racism #indigenous rights #ask

[despazito]

the absolute state of the canadian “left”

#if it werent for indigenous lead protests leftism would be dead here its so bad

[hymnsofheresy]

European here. You're right that America was home to multiple cultures spread over a vast area that couldn't be divided by state lines. True. Then you colonizing fuckers exterminated them. Then you invaded Mexico. Nothing you say carries weight. Hope this helps 🙏🏽💞

I'll only ask you who it benefits to perpetuate the convenient lie that indigenous people are all dead. Especially considering that indigenous people still are still living under the systems that enabled (and are still enabling) their genocide.

#they are still here! #quite a bit of them actually #if you disregard the colonialist ''blood quantum'' bullshit #that is a tool of their genocide #!!! #for example about a 20 min drive from my hometown is a community of black choctaw people #still living with a vibrant culture #in fact they are the leading force for solving food deserts for the larger black community #in my county #and not to mention that chicanos are also in part indigenous

[holly-mckenzie]

Is this okay?

STELLAR (2022) directed and written by Darlene Naponse

#stellar (2022) #filmedit #moviedit #motionpicturesource #indigenous cinema #aboriginal film #canadian cinema #darlene naponse #elle-máijá tailfeathers #braeden clarke #mine* #the fact that they keep trying to touch each other but when they do something terrible happsn #and yet they still do it... and ultimately it leads them to find home.... and that its done consensually? CRAZY

[jayswing101]

#hello i just watched this video and started crying when they said the original sculptor's finger prints are preserved in the bronze casting #this is so cool and i love this sculpture so much #im also thinking i need to start looking into archaeology in turtle island and see if there's any Indigenous archaeologists to work with.. #bc ive always wanted to do archaeology but archaeology in turtle island has such a bad past #and is very closely associated with theft and disrespectful practices for Indigenous peoples past and present #so i never really considered doing archaeology here as an option #thought the only way to do archaeology in a way that honoured and respected the people of the past would be to go abroad #but this video and the care that was taken when recreating the pots in bronze makes it clear that no #it is possible to do archaeology in a good way here too #i just have to find other Indigenous people who are the ones leading the research teams #anyway. this is a v cool video and it made me emotional so here. for you all to see as well! #indigenous #indigenous art #sculpture #experimental archaeology #archeology #video

[ladychlo]

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#@anon #You know one of the things that people tend to do but absolutely not in favour of Palestinian resistance and liberation movement is #the condemnation of resilients and freedom fighters #it is really not the pro Palestinian stance #The liberation movement is not a peaceful one #ask the million martyred Algerian to liberated their land from french occupation #The people of Palestine are able to rise against their oppressor and are able to organise and to lead their liberation movement and have #their freedom fighters #USA or any western nation categorizing these resistance mouvements as terrorist its well their own racist shit #In the words of Refaat Alareer may he rest in power: #“Saying Hamas is a tool of Israel is saying the Vietnam fighters were a tool of America The Warsaw ghetto rebels a tool of the Nazis” #Black freedom fighters a tool of the slave owners And the indigenous peoples of America a tool of the European colonisers etc etc #and he was so right #Palestine #gaza #genocide

[bijoumikhawal]

ngl maybe I'm cracked but when I hear about a tragedy where 100~ Assyrians died because of infrastructural neglect I do not think "we should be talking about how the bride is 18 and the groom is 27" even though I think that's gross

#cipher talk #Perhaps I'm sensitive because Copts have had two similar fires in the past year #And if someone started bringing up something like that I'd be pretty angry #Plus there are people shifting the blame to 'no wonder is happened the bride was a teenager. I'm a feminist as I say this btw' #As opposed to the fact that Indigenous SWANA groups live in areas where buildings are built cheap and unsafe and are likely to go unrepaire #Leading to incidents EXACTLY like this #Churches in particular because of laws about how we're allowed to build and maintain them #Like yeah it's scummy. Even if her 19th birthday is close it's scummy #But like- right now? Has it even been a week? #Will Haneen remember you fondly if their relationship is abusive or will she remember oh yeah #When most of my close family died people got upset about me and my husband's age

[bisexualforestfire]

Hey Aboriginals of Tumblr, I’m a white Aussie trying to make an Indigenous character for smth and I need opinions on how he looks (aka, if shit need to be changed or whatever (and warning you now, even when I draw white people they don’t look real))

Here’s what I’ve done so far while I’m sketching, you can critic me on whatever!! Just please try to be nice I’m really trying

#I’m really trying to make a story and I have a habit of drawing the characters to know what I’m doing #he’s the main male lead #help much appreciated #aboriginal #digital art #oc artwork #art advise #indigenous #artists on tumblr #myart

[zhuhongs]

just found out the lead singer of taiwans biggest death metal band is also an active parliament member since like 2015.... and is still active as a death metal singer. he's a pretty standard taiwanese center left anti communist from what i could gather. which like as a leftist i dont really agree with but i also dont know enough abt taiwanese politics to like make a full judgement. though he seems to be a standard liberal nothing remarkable, radical, or new, not overtly horrible but just bland. but that was something i definitely did Not expect. apparently he's very pro indigenous rights and self determination for indigenous people but being in a centre left mega party like the DPP does not seem like the best way to achieve that. But yea, just thought I'd share

#chthinic collabed heavily with collage last year and ik natsuki (lead singer of collage) is very pro indigenous rights and posts abt it a #lot of instagram and i really appreciate the amount of political stuff on her platform. its all very progressive tho v much limited to tw #so idk. i kind of got the cibe of some groups that see taiwanese indigenous issues as seperate to the larger issue of colonialism and #indigenous rights all over the world to conflicts such as palestine. where some other groups have a lot more of the collective consciousnes #and idk. my view is limited and i didnt see that much but when i go back i def wanna look for more political groups in tw and learn about #the political landscape there for leftism. theres a lot of potential in tw imo #chthonic* natsuko** #edit: overall i think that like.. i get the spirit but i feel like for many taiwanese the identity of tw has been everyone united agaisnt #china which i can understand from the perspective of the indigenous ppl that had their land colonized by the japanese then had to share with #the fleeing kmt settlers. but like i dont think that its the best approach to say only china bad rather than big governments threatening to #take your land by force is bad. because idk my take on china and tw is that regardless of the historical claim or wtv. taiwans indigenous #people have been there long before the han ever stepped foot. and china isnt all good as seen in its treatment of the uyghers and tibetans #but is overall not nearly as bad as the west paints it to be. china is neither fully a communist paradise. and has many capitalist undertone #s influence the government ever since deng xiaoping came to power. personally i never fully agreed with mao. i think mao was a necessary #figure in the beginning and let power go to his head and i believe zhou enlai always shouldve been the founder of the PRC #fuck the kmt.. never liked the kmt and it seems as they are also slowly losing favor in tw also. and like... hmm #i need to do more reading tho. none of this is like 100% set in stone how i feel bc theres a lot i dont know

[guiltycrunch]

while i AM super hyped about new sami content in arknights, i still wish they had named the region after Literally Anything but an actual group of indigenous people still having to fight for their rights in the real world equivalent of the region, yknow?

#arknights #like this will lead to misrepresentation of actual culture what with the whole Ooooo Scary aspect #then again arknights hasnt been good with their treatment of indigenous people before this either #see: everything about gavial and her homeland #johnposting

[oddly-okay]

I’m sorry to be dark crystal posting posting again but...

One of the things that I think is so beautiful about Age of Resistance and being a prequel is that no matter how great the main trio is we know how it ends. We know they’re not going to win. We know that it leads to the movie where two people who don’t exist yet are the ones who see the actualized liberation that this generation is fighting for. The seven clans do fall, genocide happens, but the resistance still matters! In the end its the collective resistance of the nations that are going to lose that gives the Arathim back their ancestral lands and preserves the tools of resistance for the generation that does win. They are going to lose and along the way they learned and lived and built community and fell in love and it matters! So much! Its a tragedy only because they’re never going to know that it did make a difference even though they lost.

 (Also it says violence works and land back now and thats why it got cancelled change my mind)

#the dark crystal #i know its stupid Im sorry #mine #age of resistance #jim henson #also oh my god the 'corruption' of deet #deet in general is top ten most indigenous muppets #i love her and her arc and its all so beautiful and sad and good #the scene where chamberlain realizes that this isn't sustainable and theyre all going to die???? #Skekso facing death and starting the chain of events that leads to what we know will be his own death?????? #THATs how you prequel BAYBEE

[arcann]

Honestly hope vtmb2 falls into development hell again with all my heart

#remember how paradox fired a bunch of people including the leading writer :))) #you know the guy who made vtmb1 work #idk i see that game now and see red #not only is WoD doing some anti indigenous racist shit paradox was also being racist against latinos #they don't deserve good publicity i hope this flops

[taupewolfy]

oh yeah broken roads is out....neato aussie post-apoc rpg kinda deal honestly would recommend it for the setting alone

#idk one of my former co-workers was like art lead on it or something #been in dev for a while but it is set in WA which is neat to see #< that's not really a recommendation i'mjust throwing out its existence to the wind in hopes someone catches it #oh! also important to note they've taken on a slew of consultants for indigenous peoples but i can't speak for the quality of it #since i haven't played it. but there isn't much of that happening in aussie made and set games so #or at least with what i'm aware of