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Review: Like Real People Do by E.L. Massey
Looking for a fun and diverse feel-good queer novel featuring ice hockey and a great cast among other things? Look no further, E.L. Massey's Like Real People do has your back!
Looking for a fun and diverse feel-good queer novel featuring ice hockey and a great cast among other things? Look no further, E.L. Massey’s Like Real People do has your back!
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#author: E.L. Massey#diversity: disability#diversity: mental health#diversity: poc#genre: contemporary#like real people do#pairing: m/m#rating: 5/5#series: Breakaway series#theme: Ice Hockey#theme: sports#type: book reviews
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poc-friendly picrews
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reblogs are appreciated, this will be updated whenever i find more! if you want to suggest picrews to be added, do so in my asks or dms!
note: i don't tend to read the notes or reblogs here for uhhh Obvious Reasons (6000 notifs) so if you have a suggestion to make, do it via my asks or dms
edit (03/02/2024): added 11 picrews to the list!
edit (03/07/2024): added 1 picrew to the list!
actionpilot's character creator
adriotes' character creator
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aiden's picrew
alli's oc creator
alohasushicore
amiiraux's chaotic gay maker
among us sona creator
anew's girl maker
astrolavas' character creator
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aworus' friend maker
baydews avatar maker
bean beaningtons tupper
bex's first picrew
bighead kid
black centered picrew
black centered picrew (fullbody version)
block game oc creator
bright's picrew hell,
bunnieclaire's character maker
caramael's character creator
cartoony maker
casual gay creator
cherevrie's avatar maker
childishspite's avi maker
cool kid maker
cosmitasia's character maker
cute girl creator
cutetimes (hair options are a bit limited)
djarn's character maker
djarn's character maker 2
doshi's oc avatar maker
elenaa's windswept oc maker
friend factory
friend maker
judelta's character maker
julliapple's character maker
gay time 2: electric boogaloo
girl maker
ghostofadragon's character maker
harvey's picrew 1 (only has straight hairstyles)
harvey's picrew 2 (only has curly hairstyles)
lichtenstyler
lima0nada
little guy maker
lulljevic's icon maker
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makowka's character maker 2
marice creator
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overwatch league icons
peculiar icon creator
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poicon maker
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rychu's picrew
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smitty's ultimate maker-inator
something about them
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It wouldn’t be historically accurate for my story to include BIPOC!
This is an argument often made about European-style fantasy media like Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and Disney’s Frozen. Audiences, often white, assume that due to the majority-white setting, adding any visible number of BIPOC to the story would be unrealistic.
What these critics fail to realize is that BIPOC do in fact live, and have lived, in these settings, and records of BIPOC presence in places assumed to be majority-white have been buried, written out, or not taught due to white supremacist and/or colonial bias in the field of history. There are historical European settings that were far more diverse than is often portrayed. Consider:
The Moorish Empire exerted an extensive influence over life and culture in Southern Europe from Spain from 711 to 1492
The Ottomans were heavily involved in European affairs up until the treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, but still considered a part of Europe even through the 19th century
The sheer size of the Roman Empire ensured the continued movement of people from various backgrounds within the Mediterranean well until the end of the Byzantine Empire.
“Historical accuracy” should not be used as an excuse for media to be exclusively white in its casting. While there are places which are or were predominantly white, there will always be factors like global trade and immigration that bring multiculturalism to their doors.
And even if the presence of a certain demographic is unrealistic for a certain setting? Consider that we’ve accepted far worse inaccuracies in historical fiction in the name of artistic license. Consider that our understanding of human history is, and will always be, incomplete.
Further Reading:
Historically Diverse London, “Historical Accuracy,” and Creator Accountability
Making a Black Pride and Prejudice Resonate
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#writing with color#writeblr#representation#poc representation#history#historical fiction#historical accuracy#writing advice#writing tips#writers on tumblr#diverse books#diversity matters#faq
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Roy family levels of dysfunction here.
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Somerton's misogyny and lesbophobia was fucking blatant and the fact his fans didn't care / notice until a man made a video on it is abhorrent. That IS a problem, people NEED to do better or else bigotry towards women will only continue to be accepted! Lesbians were calling this loser out for years and no one cared!
hey. as a lesbian who watched somerton's videos you have to understand that it wasn't "fucking blatant" and it was embedded between smart (stolen) points in the structure of the argument, and was given fake "evidence" to prove it --- something hbomberguy specifically shows with every example. i personally always noticed that it was weird and it was always a critical point when watching his videos (and also uh, side note but you shouldn't primarily go to cis white men for good takes about feminism and the lesbian experience anyways --- like, you should be watching a diverse intake of thought from underrepresented creators and understand that the cis/white/male perspective will always be limited because it's not universal)
to many, though, it for sure didn't register as a pattern of behavior until the instances were laid out. saying that audiences were "abhorrent" for "excusing" it just shows a complete lack of sympathy, because again: the pattern of behavior was the problem, and rhetorically each individual instance was relegated to enough plausible deniability where it slipped by most audiences who were probably watching the video in the background while they folded laundry or something. when bigotry is shrouded under the guise of fact, it takes on the affect of truth and abuses the viewer's trust in the creator. sure, media literacy is a huge problem, and i've written and researched so much into that, and yeah yeah audiences should "do better." the reality is though, putting the blame on the audience feels a little misogynistic in itself, bc you're just shifting the blame from the literal people who need to be blamed for practicing bigotry --- cis white men with a large platform.
the real thing u should be saying here is to call for a diversification of one's media intake, but no -- let's blame the audience for getting lied to, instead of uplifting female, queer, trans, poc, etc voices. the only way people "need" to do better, imo, is listening to those people instead and seeking multiple perspectives.
like y'all, let's retire this very new narrative that all james somerton fans were evil misogynists who willingly supported this and need to be destroyed. really most people who watched his content were younger queer people genuinely interested in queer media analysis, film theory, and queer history, probably excited that a long video essay was dedicated to their favorite show/movie/etc, and lets not pretend this wasn't disappointing for them as well. can everyone like chill out.
#hbomberguy#james somerton#like for me personally it was always like. yeah his view is hindered by being a cis white gay man. and when ur a lesbian noncis poc like me#u just kind of accept bigotry like that as inevitable?? fucked up but in that instance u literally just watch fem creators of color instead#DIVERSITY YOUR MEDIA OR DIE!!!!!!!!!! UPLIFT MARGINALIZED VOICES!!!!! STOP BLAMING AUDIENCES FOR BEING DUMB#LITERALLY IF U KNOW ANYTHING ABT MEDIA STUDIES RULE 1 IS AUDIENCES ARE LAZY AND WON'T FACTCHECK#IT'S UP TO CREATORS TO PRESENT THE TRUTH AND UP TO THE LISTENER TO SEEK MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES
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It's so fucking frustrating when I see people of color achieve things despite all the odds stacked up against them and then have to watch people say "oh they only got that for diversity points"
#sometimes i need to fight people with my bare fucking hands i swear#like. whenever any poc does anything the conversation becomes about race and diversity. im so fucking sick of it#moose blabber
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Isn't it interesting how...
Race and ethnicity is a construct that does not appear to be the topic of tension or discrimination between most of our main characters? From the beginning of the series, we don't acknowledge Amerie's Indian identity, or Sasha's identity as an Asian woman.
The lead characters represent several different racial and ethnic groups, but it goes largely unspoken between classmates and teachers.
Dusty, the object of the entire school's affection, is Southeast Asian:
Amerie, the central character, is Indian-Australian:
Darren, a lead character, is Black:
Sasha, a lead character, is Asian:
Malakai, new student and lead character, is Bundjalung, an Indigenous Australian population:
Missy, an important side character, is also mob, or First Nations Australian:
Even the staff at Hartley High reflect's the series' diverse casting. Jojo Obah, teacher and program director, is a Nigerian woman.
This diverse cast offers a refreshing take on high school dramas. While the students come from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, the primary focus of the series is the chaos that ensues.
When we normalize diversity and avoid tokenism, we break down stereotypes and prejudice.
According to cultivation theory, television is responsible for shaping and viewers’ perceptions of social reality (Lind, 2004). When series like these promote diversity without reinforcing stereotypes, they work to change the schemas, or cognitive structures/biases, that automatically ascribe stereotypes to marginalized individuals and communities (Gorham, 1999).
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Luxury, passion, chaos, and books.
#new post#boost!#reader#literature#lit#lgbt+ and poc friendly#dark academia books#dark academia#dark literature#diversity#books and reading#currently reading#classic books#modern classics#black tumblr#book blog#booklr
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It was at that moment, that I knew: he was my son. 🤎
#i mean#my sön#sldndnskjsksjdndbdjajshdnxndndnd#that’s some funny shit right there LMFAOOOOOO#‘diversity’#LIKE THAT COOKIE#that was so savage#i mean sävägë#that was clever as hell lol#my kind of humor for real#ah yes the only-poc-in-a-crowd-of-white-cookies experience#he is so strong#🤎#omar rudberg#ÜSHËR#this entire interview was incredible#and hilarious#i love himmmmmmmmm#poc europeans my beloved#a trip down mammary lane#the first thing i ever saw of him! 🥰
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hope y’all know that when you say shit like “aro/ace is a white people thing” and “white people made up being nonbinary” you’re erasing queer people of color who ID with those labels and who have fought to be acknowledged and respected because of how white-centered queerness is. it’s especially ahistorical to ignore that the gender binary is a tool of white supremacy and that many african, indigenous, native american, etc communities were what we call nonbinary (two-spirit for native americans) long before white people came along (colonization). stop acting like queer people of color who ID with lesser known identities don’t exist because that only serves to keep white people at the forefront of queerness and lgbt politics.
check out #nonbinaryisntwhite on twitter (or this post), and yasmin benoit’s “this is what asexual looks like” (link 2) (link 3)
#if you think asexuality or aromanticism or nonbinarity is ‘made up’ or ‘only for white people’ just do some fuckin research#and you’ll find that our communities are a lot more varied and diverse than you give us credit for#racism in lgbt spaces can take on many forms#it isn’t just calling black gays slurs and pushing them out of our communities#it’s also acting like they just don’t even exist#it’s erasure and i’m sick of it#it also sucks to hear from poc because respectability politics will get you nowhere#‘oh that’s a white people problem#WE’RE not like that’#that just throws the qpoc you don’t want to acknowledge under the bus#it does serious harm#racist AND queerphobic#text post#aphobia#racism#enbyphobia#lgbt#lgbtq#whitewashing#transphobia#ace#asexual#aro#aromantic#aroace#nonbinary
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Review: How to Love a Dragon by Lila Mina
Okay, how can I tell you how much I enjoyed book two of the Dragon Tamer series without giving away too much? It seems impossible since its the little things I love so much!
Has Lila Mina’s “How to Love a Dragon”, which is book 2 of her new paranormal queer romance series met my expectations?
Quick InfoHow to Love a Dragon
Title: How to Love a Dragon
Author: Lila Mina
Series: Dragon Tamers, book 2
Genre: paranormal romance
Content Warnings: none
Diversity: POC, older characters
Rating: 5/5 Stars
BlurbHow to Love a Dragon
Book 2 of the Dragon Tamer series. A…
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#author: Lila Mina#diversity: poc#gender: genderfluid#genre: paranormal#genre: romance#How to Love a Dragon#orientation: polyam*#Pairing: f/f#pairing: f/f/f#pairing: m/f#rating: 5#series: Dragon Tamer#theme: entities#theme: gods#theme: mythology#type: book reviews
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I've been reading more and more comics lately and FUCK why is EVERYONE so WHITE
#Like EVEN ALIENS ???#there's like background pocs and that's litteraly it?#is it the fault of writers or of the public who only gives importance to white characters which in turn forces the creators to do what will#bring an audience?#is it wrong of me to want to see diversity in comics when I chose to be in that community and no one forced me ?#batfam#batman comics#batman#jason todd#tim drake
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Wouldn’t my writing be worse off if I forced in elements like diversity?
If you are asking this question, you have yet to challenge the “default” of your culture’s media. Consider that the majority of modern Western media fill their casts with white men, and when there are women or POC, they stick out conspicuously. Many people view adding diversity as tweaking some white man characters by toggling race or gender. But this assumes that “white man” is some default, standard character template.
If you feel pressured to include diversity in your writing, distance yourself from this pressure and ask yourself why you feel it. If you feel attacked when seeing campaigns for more diversity or criticism of all-white, uninclusive media, sit with the discomfort and ask yourself why those who are different from you say they need diverse media.
These are people whose voices and faces are rarely visible in entertainment. Despite this, they enjoy an adventure as much as anyone, and have become accustomed to projecting onto white characters. Yet, when the reverse is asked of white audiences to acknowledge protagonists of color, it becomes a difficult ask. These character choices are immediately questioned, discredited, fought against, and accused of being “woke” or “unrelatable.”
This resistance reflects a larger issue: the imbalance between audiences’ empathy towards the majority/“default” and empathy towards those perceived as Other.
By mostly reading about white people, they become easier to relate to. By the same token, if we are not reading media and histories from the perspective of POC, we end up with more people who literally fail to relate to POC. When we talk about hope-deficits, increased alienation and lower self-worth among marginalized populations, underrepresentation in media is a big factor. Imagine for a moment: never the beautiful princess in the tower, never the badass hero riding dragons; always the two-second sidekick.
People of color are people and want to be seen and treated as such. Not as a burden to devote your time to, but people who have a place in the world, fictional or no. Really, writing a world in your story that is all or mostly white is more unrealistic, more forced—after all, there are far more non-white people on Earth. Becoming comfortable with diversity requires unlearning White as the Default and POC as the Other. It takes setting aside feelings of pressure to emphasize, open your heart and listen.
Further Reading:
“Diversity has gone too far!”
Diversity is for everyone.
Children and the Myth of Colorblind Youth
Those who read about aliens learn to emphasize with aliens. Those who read about wizards empathize with wizards.
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I usually avoid posting my own opinions, but I've seen a few posts like the one in the screenshot below creep across my feed lately and they're bugging me too much to keep my mouth shut. I censored the identity of this particular example because I don't want to start a Tumblr war or make them feel like I'm singling them out or attacking them.
I don't feel good about celebrating black history month through a character who was both written and performed by a white man. I know this is all just low-stakes fandom headcanon stuff and I'm not trying to control what other people do, but something feels not-quite-right about taking a character played by a white VA and deciding (on his behalf might I add) that he's black and using him as your example of black representation in the audio rp fandom.
There are black VAs out there, they can represent themselves. I really think it's disingenuous to sort through a cast of characters all played by the same white guy and assign POC races to them in order to give a singular white guy's one-man show racial diversity, then celebrate said "diversity".
Sorry, I'm not trying to be a Tumblr drama queen. If you're the person from the screenshot (or have posted something similar), I don't think you meant any harm. Your post probably wasn't meant to be that deep and not the worst thing in the world, but I don't know why you would pick a random character written and performed by a white guy and cheer "Rahhh, let's celebrate black history month with this!". If it really matters to you, you can celebrate a black VA, or a canonically black character, or even just a listener character that you/others HC as black. You can celebrate fan artists and writers who are black.
Why use characters played by Redacted for this? I promise I'm not trying to start a fight, or accuse people who've made posts like this of being racist or cancel anyone. I don't think they mean badly. But I see this a lot even outside of the context of BHM. It's almost always with characters written/performed by Redacted and it's always made me a little uneasy, especially with the amount of enthusiasm people throw onto the race they decided to HC for this one white man's characters.
If you disagree with me, I'm open to hearing you out. I don't want to try and dictate what people can/can't do in a fandom space or send a mob after anyone, but something feels off to me about using Redacted characters to celebrate BHM.
-Ringmaster
#I hope I don't accidentally start a tumblr war and regret this#but POC don't need to be represented by white actors#I'd rather celebrate actual black characters and black creators#just accept that you aren't going to get diverse racial representation from a series where the same white guy is playing absolutely everyon#redacted audio#black history month#BHM#not a callout post#please don't witch-hunt anyone#but seriously there are black VAs out there if black representation is important to you#some are very under-rated and could actually use a shoutout right now#there are also non-black VAs who collab with black people and have actual diverse representation in their casts#also how do you hear Erik's voice and think “that's my black king right there”#redacted fandom#audio roleplay#boyfriend asmr
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“Why did this artist made pinkie pie black and cubby” oh I don’t know probably because everyone is tired seeing human designs of pinkie pie where she white and skinny
#god if I had to hear one more force diversity joke I’m killing someone like there is million of fanart where her human design is white#including the rest of the main 6 and other mlp characters but as soon as someone makes them black/poc all hell breaks loose and suddenly#it’s force diversity LIKE OK WE GET IT YOUR USED TO SEEING THEM AS WHITE WOMEN YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A BITCH ABOUT IT#spooky rambles#ok to rb
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"you never see darkling fans being alina stans! there aren't any feminist darklina shippers! lesbians and poc would never like something so immoral!" girl what on earth are you fucking talking about. don't make me tap the fucking sign.
#shadow and bone#grishaverse#sab#the darkling#aleksander morozova#sab discourse#sab negativity#anti darklina bs#anti darkling bs#im sorry but darkling fans and antis are all just as bad#and just as diverse#stop generalizing whole groups of people? i shouldn't have to tell you that that's weird??#'no person who likes this character likes that character!'#what...#have you ever existed in the real world#'no airquotes 'smart and EDUCATED' marginalized person would EVER like this thing!'#like you can see how that statement is fucking bizarre right?#maybe stop doing that?#this is the same kind of 'activism' that usually ends up infantilizing both women as well as poc#this is fandom#not a morality dick measuring competition#nobody cares if you're such a 'good girl' and you wouldn't ever like that awful thoughtcrime ship lol#STOP with the us vs them stuff it's not cute#fandomcourse#abuse mention tw#'this part of the fandom is for the abuse victims! nobody who's actually been abused or r*ped would like that!'#okay so what you're saying is everybody who's experienced these things and doesn't side with you is what exactly?#a fake victim?#rape mention tw#GUESS WHAT ELSE HAS BEEN IN MY DRAFT FOR AGES
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