#south asian woman

[recollections-of-immortality]

Saffron Vadher

#saffron vadher #woman #faces #portraits #Indian woman #South Asian woman #model #models #modelling

[desifemininewoman]

Simple guide to be more feminine

1. Self- care:

Take care of yourself in all aspects- tan, man and aatma. Self- care doesn't mean buying the most expensive haircare and skincare products and eating nothing. It's being thoughtful of what you are putting into your body- emotionally, physically and spiritually. If you can't afford to spend thousands of rupees in the self-care products, start small.

Avoid processed food. Stop using products. Stop watching garbage media. Dress to impress all the time. Make another account if necessary, only following motivational and/or your career related content.

Just doing these basic things gives the impression that you care about yourself, love yourself and most importantly appreciate yourself. These actions shows that you treat yourself properly and when you yourself treat yourself with respect, others do the same. You show your worth and you set the example.

Prioritising yourself is the basic and easiest way to increase your feminine energy.

2. Heal yourself:

We all have traumas and it’s our own responsibility to process it and heal from it. You have to be brutally honest with yourself about these traumas to start your healing journey. Take therapy but if you can’t afford it, try shadow work, journaling and other healing methods. You need to learn to nurture your feelings instead of suppressing it.

Healing isn’t linear. It will take time. It will be one of the hardest things to do, but at the end it will be worth it.

3. Protect your energy

When I say protect your energy I mean do it as if your life depends on it, because it does. If you have a toxic parent, friend, or co-worker limit your interactions with them as much as possible. Energy is real, and very transferable. Do not let someone’s else negativity bring you down or out of character.

Also, there is no need to constantly be in defense mode, or combative as women. This kills feminine energy. You have to be at peace within yourself, so you can bring peace and joy to others.

4. Stay busy and grateful

By staying busy I mean that have a fulfilling life. Take up hobbies you like, focus on your career, be social. Just be focused and busy. You will stop living from a place of need, of wanting a company. Needing comes from a place of lack.

Instead of this mindset try saying you 'prefer'. You'd prefer a certain lifestyle which guides your choices. But you're already contented for what you have. - No one wants people in their lives who drain their energy sources, we want people who add value. This shift in mindset will change your energy noticeably as you switch from tensity to peace. You'll have charisma that radiates self assurance that will convince everyone that you are of value because you recognize your own value. And they will react & treat you accordingly.

#desi #femininity #desi femininity #level up #heal #feminine #desi feminine #soft feminine #desi soft feminine #desiblr #south asian #south asian woman

[diversedivinebeauties]

#beautiful girl #beauty #divine #gorgeous woman #model #exotic #dark hair #asian #brown skin #indian model #south Asian woman #dark skin #dark skin girls #black hair

[katiajewelbox]

Character design for a South Asian Lady

This character design is one I’ve been playing with. This character design may be used in one of my original stories for a character of South Asian origin. I like the ripple-shaped highlights in her hair and the pleasing symmetry of the hairstyle. The idea behind the hairstyle is that her hair is actually very long, but it is cunningly styled to resemble bobbed hair. 

Media: Sharpie and pencil shading on scratch paper

#katia hougaard #Character Design #original character #south asian character #female character #black hair #shoulder length hair #faux bob #highlighted hair #stylised #thick lines #sharpie art #south asian woman #bindi #dark skin #v neck top #middle part #anime #manga #art noveau #art noveau style #black and white art

[hopper66gold]

Perched on the edge of eternity, a South Asian woman with a cascade of black hair sits quietly on a boulder. The panoramic view from the mountain cliff is her muse, the peaks and valleys dictating the rhythm of her poetry. In her hands, a leather-bound journal collects her thoughts, the verses flowing like the mountain streams below. The air is thin here, but it fills her lungs with inspiration. Her serene expression mirrors the timeless landscape, and her words are a bridge between the earthly and the ethereal, a poetic ode to the majesty of nature.

#poetry #South Asian woman #mountains #inspiration #serenity #nature

[laniidae-passerine]

obsessed with the idea of What Will People Think that permeates actions in Barry. even though it’s a terrible idea, Barry goes on fun runs to support the family of the guy he murdered and posts evidence of it online because he wants to be seen as a good guy. Sally’s mother being more concerned about what the women from her church might say about Joplin than about the real abuse her daughter endured, because they don’t care about that. Cousineau making an awkward public apology to Annie and then later trying to capitalise on Barry’s arrest so he can be a big hero. The big song and dance Cristobal and Hank have to do to hide their relationship and trick people into thinking they’re enemies. Fuches constantly bragging about being The Raven because he wants to be the coolest guy in the prison yard. What people think doesn’t matter. What people think means everything.

#hey bill hader man who exists in the public eye who is subject constantly to the court of public opinion #who is being analysed every day by somebody who is being followed by people with cameras #who works in comedy #let’s talk about this huh??? #help!!!!!!!!!!! #barry hbo #barry #cristobal sifuentes #noho ​hank #sally reed #monroe fuches #barry berkman #gene cousineau #also as an mixed race south asian woman the cold feeling that swept over me #when I realised that Sally’s mother didn’t care that she was abused. did you have to make it public is all. now the neighbours are talking. #What If People See? What Will They Say?

[jeanvanjer]

Y’all I found the inspo to that fugly dress Kate wears

Jokes aside, as an Indian I’m very insulted by this. Clearly no Indian designer or even a single South Asian mother nani or dadi was consulted for this.

#this is the racism fans actually should be calling out #the spice thing is ridiculous comment like wtf #and also earthy neutral tones are a south Asian mums worst nightmare the brighter the better #an Indian mum will look at Kate’s dress in s3 and say ‘beta why are you dressing like an old woman and not a young married one?’ #bridgerton #kate sharma #kate bridgerton

[kaladinkholins]

i know I've mentioned my interpretation of mizu's gender a million times on here but i don't think i ever fully elaborated on it.

so on that note i just wanna ramble about that for a bit. basically, it's my reading of the show that mizu is nonbinary, so let me dig into that.

putting the rest under the cut because it ended being pretty long lol. also here have a cute mizu pic of her being happy and most at ease with herself, symbolised by her letting her hair down. <3 ok let's proceed.

okay note that nonbinary is an umbrella term, and applies to a vast range of gender identities, but it's my personal preference to use it as is, simply because i'm not a fan of microlabels. more power to you if you are though, but anyway.

essentially when i refer to mizu as nonbinary it means that i interpret mizu as a woman, but not ONLY a woman. not strictly a woman. she is also a man. she is also neither of these things, she is something in between, while at the same time she is none of these at all. i've said as much many times, but i just don't want people to think that by nonbinary it inherently means a "third androgynous gender" that essentially turns the gender binary into a gender trinary. not only is that going against what the term nonbinary was crafted for (to go against rigid boxes and categorisation of gender identities), but also, not all nonbinary people fall under that category or definition, and that's definitely not the way i interpret mizu.

also, before anyone fights me on this, let me clarify further that gender means something different to everyone. it's not your biological sex or physical characteristics. but at the same time, gender is not mere presentation. you can be a trans woman and still present masculine—either because you're closeted and forced to, or because you just want to—and either way, that doesn't take away from your identity as a woman. same goes for trans men. if you're a trans man but you wear skirts and don't bind or don't get top surgery, that doesn't make you any less of a man. because gender non-conformity exists, and does not only apply to cis people! some lesbians are nonbinary and prefer using he/him pronouns while dressing masculinely, but that doesn't mean they're a man, or that they're any less of a lesbian. neither does this mean that they're a cis woman.

the thing about queer identities in general is that, like i said, they mean something different to everyone, because how you identify—regardless of your biological attributes and fashion or pronouns—is an extremely personal experience. so a nonbinary person and a gnc cis woman's experiences might have plenty of overlap, but what distinguishes between the two is up to the individual. there's no set requirements to distinguish you as one or the other, but it's up to you to decide what you identify as, based on what you feel. either way, by simply identifying yourself as anything under the LGBTQ+ umbrella, you are already communicating to the world that you are not what a conservative, cisheteronormative society wants you to be.

which is why i find all this queer infighting on labels to be so ridiculous. because we're all fighting the same fight; the common enemy is a societal structure that divides us into set roles and expectations purely based on our biological parts. that's why biological essentialism in the queer community is a fucking disease. because by arguing that women are inherently weak and fragile and soft and gentle and must be protected from evil ugly men, while men are inherently strong and angry and violent and exploitative of women, these people are advocating for the same fucked up system that marginalises and abuses women as well as effeminate and/or gay men.

anyway. i'm going on a tangent. this was meant to be a blue eye samurai post. so yeah back to that— the point i'm trying to make is that there's no one way to identify as anything, and everyone views gender in a specific way.

so with that being said, yes you can definitely interpret mizu as a gnc cis woman and that's a totally valid reading. however, interpreting her as nonbinary or transmasc also doesn't take away from her experiences with misogyny and female oppression, because nonbinary and transmasc folks also experience these things.

me, personally, i view her as nonbinary but not necessarily or always transmasc because i still believe femininity and womanhood is an inherent part of who mizu is. for example, from what we've seen, she does not like binding. it does not give her gender euphoria, but is instead very uncomfortable for her both physically and mentally, and represents her suppressing her true self. which is why when she "invites the whole" of herself, she stands completely bare in front of the fire, breasts unbound and hair untied. when she is on the ship heading to a new land in the ending scene, she is no longer hiding her neck and the lack of an adam's apple. we can thus infer that mizu does not have body dysmorphia. she is, in fact, comfortable in her body, and relies on it extremely, because her body is a weapon. instead, what mizu hates about herself is her face—her blue eyes. she hates herself for her hybridised identity, hates herself for being a racial Other. hates that she has no home in her homeland. these are not queer or feminist themes, but postcolonial ones.*

* and as a tiny aside on this subject, i really do wish more of the fandom discussion would talk about this more. it's just such an essential part to reading her character. like someone who's read homi k bhabha's location of culture and has watched this show, PLEASE talk to me so we can ramble all about how the show is all about home and alienation from community. please. okay anyway—

nevertheless, queer and feminist themes (which are not mutually exclusive by the way!) are still prevalent in her story, though they are not the main issue that she is struggling with. but she does struggle with it to some extent, and we see this especially during her marriage with mikio, where we see her struggle in women's domestic spaces.

on the other hand, though, she finds no trouble or discomfort in being a man or being around other men—even naked ones—and does not seem stifled by living as one, does not seem all that bothered or uncomfortable navigating through men's spaces. contrast this to something like disney's mulan (1998), where we do see mulan struggle in navigating through men's spaces, as she feels uncomfortable being around so many men, always feeling like she doesn't belong and that she's inherently different from them. mizu has no such experiences like this, as her very personality and approach to life is what can be categorised as typically "masculine". she is straightforward and blunt. her first meeting with mikio, she tells him straight to his face that he's old while frowning and raising a brow at him. she approaches problems with her muscles and fists (or swords), rather than with her words or mind. compare this with mulan, who, while well-trained by the end of the movie, still uses her sharp wits rather than brute strength. this is a typically "feminine" approach. it's also the approach akemi relies on throughout the show—through her intelligence and persuasive tongue, she navigates the brothel with ease. mizu, in contrast to someone like mulan and akemi, struggles with womanhood and femininity, and feels detached from it.

thus, in my opinion, mizu is not simply a man, nor is she simply a woman. she is both. man and woman. masculine and feminine. she has to accept both, rather than suppress one or the other. her name means water. fluid.

as a side note, while i do believe mizu is nonbinary, i also primarily use she/her pronouns but this is a personal preference. i find it's easier, plus it's what the creators use, and because, in general, being nonbinary simply doesn't necessitate the use of they/them pronouns. nonbinary is not just a third gender. it's about breaking the binary, in any which way, and that's exactly what mizu does.

also, i'd also like to mention that one of show's head of story even referred to her with the term "nonbinary", rather than simply "androgynous" (see pic below). and it's possible this could be a slip up on his part, in which he believes the terms are interchangeable (they're not btw), but regardless i find it a very interesting word choice, and one that supports my stance.

so anyway yeah that's my incredibly long rambling post.

TL;DR nonbinary mizu rights 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 congrats if you reached the end of this btw. also ily. unless you're a TERF in which case fuck off. ok i'm done.

#mizu blue eye samurai #mizu bes #blue eye samurai #blue eye samurai meta #sorry if this is redundant btw i just cant stop thinking thoughts :3 #btw i am a mixed* southeast asian who is also nonbinary. just in case that's important context #by mixed* i mean i'm asian+asian but diff ethnicities lol. i dont have a white bone in my body god bless<3 #my whiteness is purely learned thru cultural osmosis + bcs my parents taught me english as a first language (boooo 🍅🍅🍅) #also i live in the global south so i think EYE know a thing or two about being gnc in a society of rigid awful gender roles‼️ #so likeee i think its ridiculous that its an either-or thing #mizu can be nonbinary while still being a woman of colour ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #also ummm as much as i love queer themes and gay people i wish people would talk more about the racial otherness / community aspect #as mentioned in the post above #you don't need to read bhabha's whole book btw but just take a look at some of his ideas and you'll get what im talking about #like the fact that the fandom mostly ignores those themes in the story makes me feel like :( :/ #cuz to me THATS the thing that spoke to me most and its a shame that its just not talked about enough #i mean i know why thats likely the case. but still. #whoops im rambling again 🤪 #fandom.rtf #shut up haydar #meta dissertations.pdf

[asian-folk-wardrobe]

#Salwar Kamiz #شلوار قمیض #india #indian #indian fashion #indian folk #indian outfit #indian attire #indian costume #indian culture #asia #asian #asian folk costume #southeast asia #south asia #woman fashion #women's fashion #asian folk #asian fashion #asian costume #asian culture #asian outfit #asian attire

[bishh-kanya]

Divine feminine

All the artists are mentioned here ✨

#indian woman #south asian women #art forms #indian art #divine feminine #desiblr #desi tag #desi tumblr #desi culture #desi academia #indian academia #desi aesthetic #indian aesthetic

[brighter-arda]

Elenwë and Amarië friendship for @tolkiengenweek

[Image description

1: an Indian woman wearing gold earrings and beige sari (?) looking down from a ledge. Text = 'Elenwë'

2: dark grey background, mosque window shape with lanterns. Gold border has text 'born in valinor' 'beloved of princes of the noldor' 'but parted from them' 'daughters of the vanyar'

3: dark grey background, mosque window shape with flowers, hanging lanterns and moon and star shapes. Gold border has text 'bound in faith' 'bound in friendship' 'bound in grief' 'bound in sisterhood'

4: Arab woman kneeling on the ground in black clothing decorated in gold. She wears decorative gold chains over her face. Text = 'Amarië']

#elenwe #amarie #silmarillion #tolkien women of colour #south asian tolkien #muslim tolkien #swana tolkien #tolkiengenweek #moodboards and edits #toi's creations #mepoc #contains image description #(elenwe model is aditi rao hydari who is indian) #(amarie model is unspecified arab woman)

[neopuff]

i know its important for everyone on the internet to talk about how much they hate Velma, but you’re all taking the ‘heartbreaking: horrible person says something right’ meme WAY too far. unironically reblogging alt right racist talking points because you hate Mindy Kaling is not the w that yall seem to think it is

if you see a post that mentions “forced diversity” or “disingenuous racebending” then i recommend thinking about who wrote this (a racist), why they wrote it (because they believe whiteness needs to be protected), and whether or not they have a similar problem with every other reboot or whatever that ‘replaces’ white characters with characters of color (they sure do). forced diversity is not real, it’s just a more progressive-sounding term than ‘blackwashing’ but they all come from the same people with the same motivations

when you cant go on twitter without seeing hot takes like “we knew the show would be bad when they made velma look like that” you really cant assume everyone is hating on this show because they are also super precious about the scooby doo ip. a significant portion of the hate for this show is coming from racists who love shows with the same kind of humor when the cast is majority white.

anyway i would just love for everyone to use their brains a little and not just go all ‘ooh anti-velma post, must reblog’ everytime they see something about it. the show has plenty of actual bad stuff to make fun of, the racebent cast is not one of those things.

#velma the series #velma #i am very tired #a south asian woman making a character south asian is fine stop complaining about it #kaling has a lot of problems but she has been very consistent about wanting more asian characters in media thats always been a thing

[barricadebops]

I've never seen anything written by Mindy Kaling or any show she's acted in, so when I heard the new Velma shos was going to feature Velma as a South Asian, I was excited. That was until all of the terrible things in the show and now learned of how Mindy Kaling only ever writes South Asian women as loser characters with all the same insecurities being brought up again and again, as well as her weird obsession with white men. Enough Mindy, enough with your self inserts, enough with writing the loser brown girl with the "hairy gorilla arms" that only ever takes me back to my own insecurities, enough with passing off your terrible representation as good representation just because it's representation.

#wow I just can't wait till people see how velma's written in that show and think it's okay to keep these ideas and stereotypes #fun fact: I'm extremely insecure about my own body hair. I don't wear shorts because it's against my religion but I still shave my legs #I hated knowing that when ppl in school would make fun of girls with hairy legs I would be included in that category #for a south asian woman to constantly make shows where the brown character's born-with traits are always the butt of the joke #always brought up #is so demoralizing #I thought we moved past this #it's so clear how Mindy Kaling plays for the white audience #because we south asians are tired #we're tired of it and we're tired of her #anyways that's my little rant lol #velma #velma hbo max #mindy kaling

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: A vengeful spirit passes herself of as human and gains a family's trust, only to murder them one-by-one.

#woman's wail (1986) #supernatural horror #ghost #possession horror #1980s #south korea #asian movie #horror #movies #poll #more than 50% havent heard

[dankbydeadlight]

number of cosmetics for a character that got released today vs a character that got released five months ago. you'll NEVER GUESS WHICH IS WHICH. 🤪

#bhvr i'm coming to your house i just wanna talk #why'd you give the conventionally attractive white guy 30 cosmetics on release #and basically none for the south asian woman #answer quickly #haddie kaur #vittorio toscano #dbd #dead by daylight

[lewishamiltonstuff]

Had a guy tell me that boycotting isn't gonna help at all, I'm illiterate and it's baffling that I've passed one of the most difficult exams ever, my boycott hasn't stopped the genocide, IDF is still getting funds, why didn't I think of the poor man who opened a franchise of fucking Baskin Robins before I decided to boycott, reports showing how badly giants like Starbucks and McDonalds are suffering mean nothing and that he can write a report too, if i had checked the degrees of the people before believing their reports, I should break my phone and stop using my car, and when I told him that his laugh reacts to all my messages aren't helping, he told me just like your boycott, my laugh reacts have no impact.

ANNNNND when I stopped replying to his messages, the mf had the nerve to send me a message saying that he wants to offer me constructive criticism that I'm very rigid in my opinions and I should learn to be flexible when he didn't, for a second, move from his rigid pov.

And then people ask why we need feminism and why it's hard being a woman.

#free palestine #and fucking free us women #i'm so done #so damn tired #it's hard being a woman esp in a south asian society that's the epitome of patriarchy and sexism and misogyny #the boycott works people. please don't let anyone tell you otherwise esp when the people in question is a 24 yo man who can't grow a beard #i am a feminist and I'll be one forever #personal rant #non f1 #feminism #anti sexism #anti men #men are shit #boycott israel #boycott starbucks #boycott mcdonalds #keep boycotting #men are so fucking stupid #the nerve #oh my god