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🔴New Zealanders put on a powerful display by doing the Haka in solidarity with Palestine

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Now that we know they're definitely aware of #UnwhitewashTBB, where's the commitment to making it right? Where's the acknowledgement of harm done? Fans deserve better than The Bad Batch we've received.

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In the last month we’ve raised a total of $1,441 in donations for Palestine!!

More than $800 of that went to PCRF & MAP while over $300 bought 16 e-sims & the remainder went directly to families gfm.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support!! 🇵🇸🇵🇸

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A good article to read that summarizes #UnwhitewashTBB

#mod ch #star wars #the bad batch #swtbb #unwhitewashtbb #articles #hunter tbb #tech tbb #echo tbb #wrecker tbb #crosshair tbb #bad batch #omega tbb

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Hi! I’m really sick of whitewashing and the various excuses that artists come up with, so I wrote a guide! How To Not Whitewash, at least with regards to skin tone. Please make use of it, and encourage other artists to do so as well. Here’s a link to this guide on a Google Doc - this document has image descriptions. Feel free to contact me if the link stops working, or if you have questions (in good faith).

#art #resource

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Here's me and Andres is yet another episode of Sithty Minutes, where we talk about Into the Dark by Claudia Gray and some other things!

#sithy minutes #podcasts

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I was looking for what colors to use in coloring Māori skin tones as I am planning on doing a portrait of one of the clones (Fives, Cody, Rex, haven’t decided) and I came up with this fabulous reference page with exactly what I was looking for:

So, the page this came from was deleted. However, I have a pdf copy of it on my iCloud drive so any artist wanting to create a color palette for Star Wars Clones (who are based off Temuera Morrison who is Māori, of Te Arawa (Ngāti Whakaue) and Tainui (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Rarua) whakapapa, and also has Scottish and Irish ancestry) or any other ethnic background can hit me up and I’ll post what I have ☺️

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Be sure to take a screenshot of the receipt & block out any sensitive information (your address, phone number etc.). If you’re purchasing an e-sim send it to [email protected] & only send us the receipt. Plz do not send us the QR code.

To send in a request fill out this form.

Purchase an e-sim here

Links to donate to Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund & Medical Aid for Palestinians

Donate to a Palestinian family’s gofundme here

#palestine

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not a poll but everyone needs to know about this because tumblr has introduced another toggle that should have been opted out by default

go to your blog settings and scroll all the way down to the visibility toggles. turn this ON.

it may be turned on already if you have search turned off but its best to check anyway. this is not an account setting. you will have to do this for ALL of your individual sideblogs.

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her roots would be diabolical

#omega #fanart

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The Islamic Origins of the Jedi

Ramadan starts in a few days so I figured that now was a great time to talk about this!

(Disclaimer: My point here isn’t to detract from other sources of inspiration that GL used to create the Jedi, but simply to point out another, lesser known one that many often overlook or intentionally refuse to acknowledge.)

I’m Muslim. My family follows the Hanafi madhab, and the guidance of the Naqshbandi order of Sufi masters, mystics, and teachers. I’m by no means an expert or a scholar, but the Sufi theology and view of the Divine is so clearly prevalent as one of the many inspirations for the Force and the Jedi, that it’s hard to get ignore - and it’s hard to watch while people choose to ignore it.

For starters, we know that during his research for the films, George Lucas met and consulted with the Habibiyyah Sufi order in California. He asked questions and learned what they believed.

Something else that’s hard to ignore is the robes that the Jedi wear! I know they’re commonly thought to be inspired by other origins, but I’d like to point out that the traditional Sufi robes look similar to the Jedi as well.

Still not convinced?

Let’s look at the origins of the word ‘Jedi’. While most believe that it comes from the word ‘jidaigeki’, as GL has mentioned in passing, there is an Arabic equivalent that’s translated to fit the meaning of the Jedi Order with surprising accuracy.

The word is Al-Jeddi, which translates to ‘master of the mystic warrior way’.

In an article released by a prominent Sufi Muslim order, ‘jeddi’ is mentioned by name and a definition that looks and sounds familiar to the Jedi Order of Star Wars and how the Force is viewed by them:

“We are, at our core, a Movement of Jeddi; Sufi masters of Futuwwat ("the Way of the mystic-warrior"). We encourage adherents to train both physically AND spiritually, for their own personal edification and to enhance their knowledge and abilities in the Struggle. The Balance does not lie alone in contemplation, prayer and meditation; nor does it lie alone in action and revolution.”

At the end of the day, we know that Star Wars appropriated from many, many sources that went mostly uncredited and ignored - in ways that had lasting and negative impacts on the peoples and cultures that served as inspiration - and this was one of them.

One of my biggest complaints about the appropriation present here is that it is an opportunity missed - a big one. There was an opportunity to educate, to help others understand what is often misunderstood, simply by being transparent about what you took, from whom, and most importantly, why.

So I’m sharing this with you now, because education is everything, and it is so, so important to be aware of examples of things like this in the media we consume!

#islam

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💥Tech redesign/screenshot redraw💥

I have beef with the bad batch in general lol like they’re designs suck and I’ll say it. They’re ugly. And just want to redraw them how I see them in my head when I read the fan fic hehe. Why did they give him a receding hairline please. Give them their melanin and textured hair, thank you. Ya I tried to make him resemble tem more but be uniquely tech if that makes sense.

Commissions Open 💥 reblogs are appreciated ❤️

#tech #fanart

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hunter wip!!!

the colours look so off on my laptop... ough

#hunter #fanart

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When we say that future creators can do better, we mean it. Our carrd has some reasources, but everyone in the Star Wars fandom is encouraged to not only go out and do their own research, but to spread what they find among their peers. Learn how to draw the facial features of different ethnicities. Large noses, flat ones, hooked ones. Round faces, full cheeks, hooded eyes. The full range of skin tones. Learn about the tropes and stereotypes surrounding your marginalized characters. Learn what to do, how to avoid doing the same things as the Bad Batch creators. You'll be shocked to learn how popular media has historically gone out of its way to demonize people of color, disabled people, neurodivergent people, and Jewish people, among others. What may seem like a harmless trope to you often has decades or even centuries of hate behind it. No trope exists in a vacuum, and no creation does, either. You can do better.

#mod ch #fanart #omega #hunter #tech #unwhitewashtbb #swtbb #star wars #the bad batch #crosshair #star wars the bad batch #bad batch #in general your writing will improve #because oftentimes relying on common tropes for your writing and characters #leads to unimaginative and frequently lazy writing #arcs #and characterization #if you write against the grain you'll challenge yourself to think outside the box #your writing will also seem much more compassionate and have more weight to it #because you decided not to be mainstream with your ideas #the same goes for art #i cant begin to describe how much the general art quality has improved in the fandom #because people started learning how to render brown skin #and different faces #rather than just doing what the show did #myself included

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As much praise as The Bad Batch is getting for improved writing and increased stakes, it's important to remember #UnwhitewashTBB and the valid critiques that fans of color and Jewish, disabled, and ND fans had about the series and the ways it's harmed them.

Frankly, fans' concerns over bigoted writing and portrayals should have been taken seriously and taken into account when writing + designing the second and third seasons.

In a perfect world, there never would have been whitewashing. There never would have been ableism and antisemitism, either. The creators would have seriously examined the Bad Batch from ALL angles, not just the ones that make the show fun or look good.

Unfortunately, the series has its glaring issues, and they were not corrected by the time the final season was set to air.

However, other creators in #StarWars can learn from this. They can examine their own unconscious biases and avoid, for instance, making a genius a white man with a British accent, while his brawns over brain counterpart can only be read as a man of color.

They can look into harmful tropes for the marginalized people they do want to represent and head in a different direction. They can change. They can improve. They can guarantee that when they say #StarWarsIsForEveryone, they mean it.

#fanart #omega #the bad batch #hunter #crosshair #tech #mod ch #unwhitewashtbb #star wars #swtbb #tbb #hunter tbb #tech tbb #omega tbb #crosshair tbb #tbb season 3 #tbb season 3 premiere #racism #representation #star wars the bad batch #bad batch #hunter bad batch #tech bad batch #omega bad batch #wrecker bad batch #wrecker tbb #media representation #ableism #antisemitism

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Shaking you all by the shoulders whitewashing isn’t just about skin tones pls!!!

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And with this trailer, we see the Bad Batch team and Disney's final stance on racism, whitewashing, and #UnwhitewashTBB.

#the bad batch #omega #hunter #crosshair #tech #mod ch #unwhitewashtbb #star wars #swtbb #uwwtbb