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might get crazy and remake under fangsgender since it’s been a couple years and i should probably chop it up into side blogs. hmm

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might get crazy and remake under fangsgender since it’s been a couple years and i should probably chop it up into side blogs. hmm

#heyyyyyy

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mutuals go follow this guy vv

@fangsgender

might get crazy and remake under fangsgender since it’s been a couple years and i should probably chop it up into side blogs. hmm

#please ❤️🦇

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might get crazy and remake under fangsgender since it’s been a couple years and i should probably chop it up into side blogs. hmm

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Do you have any tips for when designing poc characters?? Like what not or to do, etc.

this is massively edited down to just keep the essentials. this isn't going to be as explicit as you were maybe wanting but saying "don't draw black characters this way, don't draw asian characters that way" isn't something i wanna do because it's not a good feeling to review a list of offensive design practices from a trauma standpoint and likely wouldn't be for any other people of color reading.

study from real photos.

really, any set of photos of people of color work but if you want a resource where people are not models nor actors that have been plucked up for their marketableness, here's a good site: Humanae — Angélica Dass (angelicadass.com) it's a photography collection associated with a pantone to showcase diversity shades of skin.

study faces within a group.

no two ppl look the same and character design is about showcasing this through certain features.

from these, study how much differently color works for melanated/non-white skin.

again, it's different for everyone even within groups. admittedly this is only something you'd need if you have a more in-depth or painterly style, but still. avoid grayish base skin tones. the aforementioned site is actually great for this.

LOOK INTO RACIST CARICATURES.

literally, people wouldn't find themselves "accidentally" slipping into racist designs if they just KNEW, explicitly knew, and internally acknowledged what people of color find offensive or what has been used against them in depictions of themselves.

yes, this includes looking at the old offensive cartoons, illustrations, etc. it's painful and uncomfortable and rough but it must be understood how these caricatures were a means of dehumanization and are mistakes to be learned from.

again, i'm not gonna list out exactly how not to depict a black person, an asian person, jewish person, latine, middle eastern, etc. etc. etc., because i feel these things should just be known, but if it's not, literally just be aware (or get aware) of the racial stigma faced by the group of people you are attempting to represent. put care into how you are depicting them.

BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND: you shouldn't jump to default to white eurocentric features simply to "avoid" the any sort of backlash or offense that may be taken. because if you do so, a) in attempting to not be offensive, you're still perpetuating the upholding and favoring of white eurocentric features, and b) well, you're just stifling yourself.

designing characters of color REQUIRES acknowledgement of non-eurocentric features; hell, in the best cases, it's a celebration of these features.

as you would in replicating a style of architecture, a technique of painting, a depiction of a culture, you have to observe and become knowledgeable.

addendum: obviously, i'm not white, so i don't know the depths of how pervasive racism and white supremacy can be in a white person's personal life and upbringing; but i do know that racism and white supremacy are pervasive even (ESPECIALLY) in art, a much more tangible and permanent thing than a state of being, and knowing this, i do reserve a small margin of patience for white folks that are wanting to try to be in the know on this topic, especially younger people who have yet to unlearn certain things. if anyone reads this and thinks "well, it's not their responsibility or any person of color's to teach you these things," you're correct, but yknow. the effort's there, and trying's all we can do.

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on the first night of hannukah, remember that tikkun olam and fighting against authority on the side of justice are some of, if not the most essential aspects of judaism. zionism will never be judaism, as it is a revolting, racist, genocidal mockery of what a historically persecuted religion holds dear.

in the spirit of the holiday, please do what you can.

free palestine, may god bless and protect you.

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based on this post lmao

#AND IT WORKS #this is so funny he absolutely would say that. also hi welcome back from your break!! love the benny art

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The last woman... absolutely heartbreaking💔. Where is the outcry now, where is the UN now? Why is the world silent when something horrible like this happens to the muslim /arab world ? I will never forgive them for being silent. Now I at least know they are all full of shit and no one actually cares about human life.

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If you want to honor Mr. Rafaat's memory in light of his passing, please download the book here:

And don't stop talking about Palestine!!

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His paper can be read here:

He received his PhD from Universiti Putra Malaysia for his study on John Donne's poetry.

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RIP Benjamin Zephaniah (15th April 1958 – 7th December 2023)

Dub poet, novelist, lyricist and playwright, Dr. Benjamin Zephaniah paved the way for so many black british writers with his pen. His work focussed on racism within the UK and colonialism.

It is so cliche to start talking about somebody's work once they pass away but I would like to do so anyway:

"Too Black Too Strong" (2001) - Poems that address the struggles of black Britain that, compared to his works before, are much more forceful. Some of the poems featured in this were written when he was working with Michael Mansfield QC and other Tooks barristers on the Stephen Lawrence case. (Available on The Anarchist Library)

"Propa Propaganda" (1996) - His second collection of poetry that continues to surround around the themes of anti-colonialism, racism and anti-establishment features some of his most famous works such as "I Have a Scheme", "The Angry Black Poet" and "White Comedy"

"Rasta Time in Palestine" (1990) - a travelogue and a collection of poetry he wrote while visiting occupied Palestinian territories. (Available on Internet Archive). Zephaniah was an avid supporter of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and attended demonstrations calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. The photo above is of Zephaniah at a London Protest in 2010.

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shout out to disabled people with mouth and jaw issues, pain or differences. people who have lost teeth and if affects how they can eat, who can't chew, can't close their mouths fully, get jaw pain, move their mouth differently to other people, have facial differences, can't open their mouths wide, whose upper and lower teeth don't align and such. there's a lot of judgement involved in how people's faces look, how they move, how they speak and eat. a lot of social activities involve eating and speaking with people, and if you struggle in a very visible way to do this as an abled person would, it can become very difficult or alienating. this is not a universal disabled experience and it is our responsibility within the disabled community to not alienate our own, or perpetuate ableism

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link to Bluesky post

link to googledocs letter

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they should have adapted daphne du maurier's rebecca with the muppets

#this post still so true. disney give the public the muppets or else

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