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#maga#DEI#diversity equity and inclusion#historical injustices#systemic racism#stolen land#Native Americans#slavery#Black people#Asian immigration#women's rights#reparations#restitution#social justice
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"Who Is Superman? A Private Interview with Lois Lane" a fancomic about hope and connection.
I've had this story in mind for so long and I'm very excited to be able to share it at last. Thank you for reading, and happy Lunar New Year!
#superman#clark kent#lois lane#clois#dc comics#my art#fancomic#long post#my immigrant clois love story agenda is HERE#I have big feelings over the superman private interview canon event- how differently an asian lois would make that scene play out#jl remix
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Jesus man, relax.
#this was in response to me saying “lunar new year” on the rarity art#personal#delete later#what in insane nonproblem to get this angry about#i asked my parents (taiwanese immigrants) about this and they said we use either but prefer lunar new year#because it's inclusive to koreans and vietnamese people who celebrate on the same day#lunar new year is an umbrella term same as “happy holidays.” this person is basically getting mad i said happy holidays instead of#merry christmas.#my family and i identify more as taiwanese than chinese so. we're not gonna say chinese new year much anyways#i sent this to my mom btw and she replied with basically “die mad i guess.” love you ma#this literally doesn't matter anyways i could have said “chinese new year” to caption that post and it wouldn't have mattered#the only reason i didn't is because i plan on drawing another art including carol (coco pommel) who's korean and celebrates the same day#like. most people in china/taiwan don't care they just say “happy new year” cuz it's the fuckin new year. someone saying lunar new year is#not erasure it's not flattening asian identities into a monolith. it's just an umbrella term.#anyways happy lunar new year happy chinese new year happy tet happy spring festival happy seollal#like i cannot stress enough to you guys that these holidays are on the exact same day and celebrate basically the same exact thing.#this is not an issue.
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so there's this post that talks about how people call jason's curved knife a kris but it's not a kris 'cuz why would he have a southeast asian knife? and op's tags say if you're gonna give him an 'exotic' weapon at least make him malay or something. a later reblog adds a filipino kris as an example, and then i was like, 'omg, jason in a barong tho.' SO i tried designing a bat-barong inspired by his hood logo, for a filipino jason haha. and now here we are! 😊✨️🇵🇭
#jason todd#red hood#batfamily#batfamily fanart#dc#dc fanart#i love barongs SO MUCH i used to think they were just a boy thing but my mom and i found a barong dress for me to wear for graduation ✨️✨️#i was so happy lol#i am posting a lot of lil doodles rn cuz i finished some big involved pieces for the zines im in and this is all the energy i have left rn#anyways i made him white-passing bc comics but like.#it should track that he looks a lil asian too cuz he thinks lady shiva might be his mom right??? so he could feasibly be half... 🤷🏻♀️#i like thinking he's a lil filipino but only cuz im all the way filipino (except for all the ways im not hashtag immigrant kid life)#I DIGRESS#here's another extremely niche jason todd post from yours truly 😌✌️✨️#sorry if the knife isnt to scale it's only occuring to me now that i just *assumed* it'd be longer than a man's forearm oops#ugh barongs are so pretty. idve tried designing more if i had the patience to do the detail work rn 🥲 mb in the future who knows#he's wearing a sando underneath!!!!
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I feel like a lot of people in the fandom tend to forget this, so I'm just here to give a kind, thoughtful reminder :]
Ambrosius Goldenloin in the movie is an East Asian man (Korean-coded), his skin is tan, his eyes are monolid and his nose is big
He's voiced by Eugene Lee Yang - a Korean-American actor who also has Chinese and Japanese heritage. Eugene Lee Yang looks like this:
During the production, when Ambrosius was decided to be East Asian, artists looked up queer East Asian-American men, and based Ambrosius off of them. Ambrosius is literally drawn to look like Eugene Lee Yang
Please draw him as such, thank you
#nimona#ambrosius goldenloin#no but its so annoying bro#why do people literally forget hes EAST ASIAN#AND HIS CHARACTER TACKLES THE “MODEL MINORY” MYTH EAST ASIAN IMMIGRANTS WERE MET WITH IN USA#race in nimona is important because as one person said#you cant make a movie about a police state and not touch upon the race subject#HE IS EAST ASIAN#PLEASE IF YOURE DRAWING NIMONA THE MOVIE FANART (in the comic hes white yea) THEN PLEASE LEARN HOW TO DRAW MONOLIDS AND BIG NOSES I BEG#why am i so pressed abt this??#he looks like me bro#his features are my features and im not joking#so when i see ppl erase them#its not well for my self-esteem lets put it this way#please stop erasing his race while drawing#thank you :)#ofc i havent made this post bc of one person who blogged that Golitzine should play Ambrosius what r u talkin abt#Golitzine is a slavic man hes russian#a russian prince#ambrosius is east asian#plus we dont need a nimona live action itd be stupid#a short animated film abt bal's and ambrosius's childhood? sure#thats it#live action remakes SUCK#can you believe i made this post purely out of spite
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I'll forever be upset about how Elemental (2023 Pixar movie) flopped so hard, and it's not even its fault.
Let's be real, going against Across the Spiderverse would be a deathblow for any animated movie, but the marketing team REALLY didn't help matters. Not only did the trailers barely show up (to the point my friends DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTED), the trailers also did such a poor job representing its actual story.
A lot of people were turned off by the "unoriginal premise" as well as the "forbidden romance", and I can't even blame them but no!!! The story is so much more than just "ooo they can't fall in love because they're (gasp) FIRE AND WATER?!?!?!?" and "what if (insert concept) has emotions but elements this time"!!!!!
At the heart of it all is a personal immigrant story. A story about two fire people moving to another place in order to start a new and hopefully better life (aka literally immigrants). A story about their daughter who feels in debt to them for making the sacrificd to leave their home. A story about her feeling like she'll have to sacrifice her whole life and her dreams in order to repay them and make them happy.
Not to mention how Asian-coded it is!!! The director, Peter Sohn, is clearly writing from his perspective as a Korean-American immigrant, and as an Asian immigrant, I resonated so unbelievably hard with Ember's story. It really felt like the movie held up a mirror in front of me. I've never felt this seen in a movie before this one.
And it feels so good!!! I'm so sad that a lot of people will be missing it out because the marketing team did such a terrible job at their literal jobs. If more people gave it a chance, they'll likely find a story that truly made them feel heard.
Also the romance is really cute. Like I don't typically seek out romance stories, but damn that was good food, that was good fluff. I think it's also a great allegory for interracial couples, but I'm not in an interracial relationship, so I won't overstep too much!
Long story short, if you're unsure on whether you really want to see this movie or not, hear it from me who saw it twice:
Go Watch Elemental!!! You will not regret it!!!
#THIS MOVIE WAS MADE FOR ME AND OTHER ASIAN IMMIGRANTS FOR REAL FOR REAL!!!!#also obviously it's not perfect#I understand the concerns with how fire is dangerous so the allegory may be flimsy#but they addressed it in the film!!!#also honestly there's also a good disability angle to look at here?#especially with how fire people are trying to live in a world that refuses to accomodate them#and would rather discriminate them#or shun them from society to the point they have to make their own community#but I'm not disabled so again#i won't overstep!!#elemental#pixar elemental#elemental 2023#pixar#review#rant#opinion#commentary#chris p fried rambles
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ONLY FRIENDS | EPISODE 4
YOUR EMERGENCY CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY
by CHEN CHEN (2022)
#made this purely because i started reading Your Emergency Contact yesterday morning while waiting for only friends#and so part of me feels I predicted the episode title#book review so far really enjoying this very honest personal poetry collection about his experience as a queer asian american#and tackling themes of grief and immigration and decolonizing poetry as a field#it is stuck in my head like a song so needed to gif#but anyway really loved this episode and how firmly mew was setting up boundaries#i continue to be fascinated by mew#ofts#onlyfriendsedit#*mine#*mygifs
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Whenever Brits are like "tea is our national drink, our culture, our personality, our mental health" I think of our hill country blanketed in a patchwork quilt of human suffering and ongoing violent colonialism and want to smash all their tea cups. Your genocidal leaf juice is nothing to be proud of. The present day tea pluckers are the descendants of the Indians you enslaved and they still live in unthinkable poverty in the line houses you built to house them like cattle. The families whose farmlands you robbed have been starving for generations. Every sip of your leaf juice is soaked in blood and you drink it like vampires.
Tea will never belong to you. It's our legacy of grief, and your shame.
Drink your tea and shut the fuck up.
#sri lanka#'but my parents were immigrants!' 'and you're living in a genocidal country that's still sucking the marrow from the global south. so.'#'but my parents were indians!' 'ok? drink your chai and think about the stateless south indian tea pluckers? what is your point?'#if you live in britain you enjoy the fruits of its empire even if you're at the bottom of the food chain#that's why middle class Asians and Africans migrate to europe even if it means they have to earn a living on minimum wage#you can't share a race and country with sue braverman and tell me that your origins can make you any less complicit#british culture#tea#british empire#colonialism#british colonialism#colonization#extractive colonialism#tourism#capitalism#indigenous rights#indian ocean slavery#slavery#white supremacy#knee of huss#food culture#cash crops#monoagriculture#ecocide
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On March 16, 1991 Latasha Harlin’s short life came to a violent end in the midst of racial tensions in LA, and became a major spark for the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.
By the late 1980s, racial tensions were high in South Los Angeles.
After the change in national immigration laws in 1965 a large number of Korean immigrants arrived in Los Angeles and by 1968 the first Korean-owned market opened in South Central LA.
Longtime African American residents in the area at first welcomed the Koreans but eventually grew angry with them because they refused to hire black employees and often treated their customers poorly.
By 1990, 65% of South Central businesses were Korean-owned and a 1992 survey of these storeowners revealed considerable racial prejudice against black customers and black people in general.
Koreans in response argued that their attitudes evolved from high crime rates in the area and shop owner fears of shootings and burglaries. Latasha Harlins became a victim of these racial tensions on the morning of Saturday, March 16, 1991.
She entered a store owned by a Korean family, to purchase a bottle of orange juice. As she approached the counter, Soon Ja Du, accused her of stealing after seeing her place the bottle in her backpack, despite her holding the $2 payment approaching the counter to pay.
Du grabbed the bag and the two women had a violent scuffle. Harlins threw the juice bottle back on the counter and turned to leave the store when Du pulled a .38-caliber handgun and shot 15-year-old Harlins in the back of the head.
Du was arrested and her trial was held on November 15, 1991. Security-camera footage which showed Harlins’ attempt to pay for the juice and the subsequent scuffle between the two women convinced a jury to find Du guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
The Judge, Joyce Karlin, rejected the jury’s recommendation and instead sentenced Du to five years probation, 400 hours of community service, and a $500 fine.
One of the many reasons black people don't f*** with Asians like that and we should collectively drive them out of our neighborhoods
#latasha harlins#los angeles riots#racial tensions#korean immigrants#south los angeles#soon ja du#racial prejudice#voluntary manslaughter#racial discrimination#asian anti blackness#asian racism
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Another day at the Daily Planet with Clark and Lois~
This one is for the Crazy Ex Girlfriend enjoyers,,
#superman#clark kent#lois lane#dc comics#crazy ex girlfriend#fanart#fancomic#jl remix#my art#comic#the new my adventures with supes show is gonna validate so many asian lois headcanons#it's me asian lois headcanon#she's SEA 2nd gen jaded immigrant to me
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Watched Pixar’s Elemental the once. Thought it was so cute.
Did some reading on the internet. There were some vague things I was aware of, such as the story being Asian immigrant-coded.
Rewatched with a few different lenses floating around my brain.
Consider the story as an immigrant story.
–language being a barrier
–xenophobia and racism
–the struggle between first generation and second generation
–interracial relationships can be challenging, particularly for first generation immigrants to process
Consider the story as an Asian-coded story.
–parents do not necessarily openly express love
–sacrifice can only be paid with more sacrifice (this is deeply ingrained)
–respect for elders and cultural customs
–true names are difficult for those outside the culture to pronounce
Consider the story as one centered around disability.
–"the city wasn’t built for fire people.” (like me)
–the environment is a hazard to the people trying to navigate it
–Ember has to dim her light to accommodate others (masking)
–Ember might also cause damage to her environment, because it is not designed to withstand her heat
Consider the story as depicting an asexual/demisexual romance.
–nobody falls in love at first sight
–admiration and affection grows through shared experiences
–love blossoms as they see one another shining brightest time and again
–they are clearly already a couple and have been on several dates before they attempt to touch for the first time
Of course, you can accept all of these lenses all at once, they aren’t mutually exclusive, but it helps me to concentrate on what each one brings to the table before mashing them all up in my head. It’s not a perfect movie, but it has some really interesting ideas. Plus, plenty of moments where I wanted to cry. The animation is gorgeous with the lighting effects and the water effects.
Plus, Wade Ripple is the CUTEST BLOBBY WATER BOI I could have ever imagined.
Scenes that killed me:
--the elevator scene
--the vivisteria scene
--chasing down a narrow alley scene
--the fact that Wade cries when Ember shows up for their date
--the crying game
--"I love when your light does that." 🥺🥺
--touching
--Wade blocks the waterfall in his home from touching Ember by stretching out his arm
--Wade lights the incense
#elemental#pixar elemental#elemental pixar#wade x ember#ember lumen#ember x wade#wade ripple#disney pixar#demisexual#asexual#asian immigrant#interracial couple#best himbo
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for immigrant daughters + for my grandma
sa hindi pag-alala by munimuni || pinterest || biyaheng pier 1963 (pinterest) || the true meaning of nostaglia (the new yorker) drawn by eleni kalorkoti || part of your world by alan menken (the little mermaid) || godspeed by frank ocean || manila street scene (1954) taken by ed_mola / eduardo de leon || ruth 1:16 from the bible || white ferrari by frank ocean || everything everywhere all at once directed by daniel Kwan and daniel scheinert
#web weaving#filipino music#poem#spilled poetry#spilled thoughts#web weave#immigrant daughter#filipino#asian poetry#immigration#poetry#writing#writeblr#poetryblr#poetry blog#poetic#on love#on sorrow#on growing up#growing up#moving away#life#nostalgia#southeast asia#web weavings#webweaving
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Do u use ur dishwasher + what’s ur ethnicity bc I think it’s interesting. I’m wasian and for most of my life my parents NEVER used the dishwasher, and all of my friends (who are Filipino) don’t use their dishwasher either
#t#was thinking about having an Asian specific option but whatever#would be interesting to see immigrants#and then event distinguish immigrants from white vs non white countries
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Ramy » S3E3 (aka every Immigrant father ever)
- Farouk, it's only a song okay? Probably [Obama's] daughters pick up his songs for his playlist.
- You're just saying that because you didn't hear the song "Savages" by Megan the Horse.
#ramy#ramy youssef#ramy hulu#tv gifs#tv shows#hulu#bad bunny#la dificil#I just wanted this for me lol I thought this was hilarious#bc why is this my immigrant father#and i love that its canon that he speaks spanish and she speaks french#and also this is so Jersey - all my south asian homies love reggaeton I have to translate the lyrics#and just the concept that Obamas playlists are so nonsensical that he must be telling us secret messages? chefs kiss#benito#Amr Waked#latinx#latino#funny#reggaeton
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(random) ngl before i started learning korean i felt like the worst failure of a korean but now i feel like the best failure of a korean (/j) HAHA
like im struggling to speak but least im speaking..!! I feel like I've restored an essential piece of myself that was missing...
#i tweeted this but im prob gonna delete it soon so#puts it here too in case ppl can relate...? lol#since i know its a common immigrant kid experience...#being disconnected from your heritage language i mean#for various reasons...#i thought i was ok w it but its rly a horrible feeling#like i said it felt like smth was missing#and i kinda jokingly self deprecatingly worded it as the best failure of a korean#but thats kind of... accurate fmfbnf like i feel embarrassed that im not fluent and feel like im a baby flailing my arms#but i still feel like even if im imperfect im more... complete#that isnt to say i was incomplete before... or anyone in the same situation is. but its still an exuberant feeling#and helps me get over feeling embarrassed that i suck at kr so bad. like AT LEAST I CAN COMMUNICATE NOW!!!#talk tag#laughing to myself rmbring that me and prob 1000s of other asian americans prob wrote an essay abt being detached from our culture for#our college/scholarship/etc essays#well i didnt know i was lgbt then i had to write abt smth!! and it was eating me up all the time...#i rly hope i can improve my kr more in the coming yrs
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canonically, Year of the Dragon occurs during Napoleon’s invasion of England, but let’s imagine a happier world where Temeraire and friends are in China and watching fireworks/eating dumplings/getting red envelopes full of shiny things like the royal guests they are
#temeraire#happy lunar new year if there’s anyone in the fandom celebrating#I am tempted to maybe do a micro-fic if I can find time#Laurence WILL be forced into the fancy robes for chun jie#historically there’s no real British Chinese diaspora until the 1850s or so but let’s pretend otherwise#all these immigrants are extremely excited about their local prince of China#Laurence can defeat napoleon but he cannot defeat a contingent of eager Asian grandmothers
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