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nicosraf · 3 days

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i’m sorry that because of one person’s horrible actions you (and others in the space) feel they have to justify themselves and who they are. it’s grossly unfair and i can’t imagine how it must feel for you. i hope it’s a reassurance that we trust you and believe in you and support you. sendings hugs your way, i know this must be such a difficult day 🫂

Thank you.You know, when this came out, I didn't even think that someone would accuse me of lying, and it was actually a friend who warned it might happen. I said I wasn't worried; the idea sounded nonsensical to me.

I don't use Mexicanness as a marketing tactic in either myself or my books particularly. I'm actually pretty critical of "Mexico" in my fiction; my short story Midnight Invitation is about a mestizo guy sleeping with a white settler, and The River Boy is a pre-Colombian story. I have a lot of love for my culture, but I also critique it. I was actually interviewed last year on "latin fantasy" but I refused to shared the completed article because they cut out what I insisted they keep in: I think most of the popular "Latine fantasy" books have an huge indigenous appropriation problem.

I have a small suspicion that the main person who attacked me was Taylor trying to "take me down with them" because they know I don't want to show my face, but I've shown my face to other author colleagues and more importantly I think I have ways to "prove" I'm Mexican that aren't my actual body or skin-deep (ha) references to Dia de Muertos or Chocolate abuelita, how Taylor/Freydis attempted to do on their old race-faking account:

I have a tie to a specific place in Mexico with a specific culture within a specific time, with a specific language even. And culture isn't that vague aesthetic anglo-white people believe you partake in sometimes, it tends to come with real, constant material conditions.

And I can talk about those conditions just fine; I can talk about what Felipe Calderon's failure of militarization in Mexico, and I can talk about the issue of Mexican-American ICE recruitment in Mex-Am enclaves along the southern border. I can talk about very specific experiences of being told "Ta-ta-ta-tamaulipas!" by the border patrol. So on and so on.

I'm sorry for this essay, but I keep seeing "how does this keep happening that the industry boosts a race-faker more than the actual racially-ethnically marginalized people?" It's because the industry (I'm including the wider white book community here) only want the aesthetic of diversity. They want a white experience and white understanding in a racialized trenchcoat and that's exactly what a racefaker is.

It's been difficult to learn that a friend turned out to be a complete monster and liar, but I'll survive this and laugh about it in time as long as Taylor doesn't bother me again. And if Taylor is reading this, I don't hate you. I just feel very sorry that you're spending your life doing this. Please don't bother me or anyone else again

#im sorry for all the essays yall #last one i promise #mine #ask #freydis moon #but thank you so so much #really thank you

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all-that-is-gold-is-now-gone · 2 days

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Who's afraid of little old me?

You should be

#troy otto #last one i promise #sorry lol #ts ttpd #troy fucking otto #you should be #who's afraid of little old me?#ftwd #ftwd edit #i love him

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shirleyjacksonesque · 7 months

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#last one i promise #these are so fun to make #april.fuck #peanuts #snoopy #van gogh

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thickness-protection-program · 2 years

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#personal post #last one i promise

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un-father · 4 months

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Lots of "I have a crush on you" but no "I will dedicate a space in my house as an altar to you"

#un-father.txt #last one i promise #for now

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kadunud · 1 year

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#last one i promise #this is actually accurate #spotify wrapped

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insinirate · 11 months

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lets mcfreakin lose it

#tristamp #millions knives #wolfwood is here too #trigun stamfeed #bark art #valued #last one i promise

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kraeki · 2 months

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His cozy home outfit coupled with his hair free from gel have me feeling things

#last one i promise #i’m just so content starved #this was a meal i keep snacking on #dominik szoboszlai

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mezais · 9 months

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They take turns swapping shirts

#last one I promise #my art #warrior cats #rowanstar #tawnypelt #rowantawny

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crumb · 4 months

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COOTIES 2014 | dir. Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion

#last one i promise #maybe heh #leigh whannell #doug davis #cooties 2014 #cooties #horror comedy #horroredit #horrorgifs #horrorfilmgifs #userhorroredits #classichorrorblog #societyclub #fyeahmovies #junkfooddaily #dailyflicks #crumbedit

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nightninjaboy · 7 months

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15 years?????

#last one i promise #i just was thinking about them all day #spn #supernatural #merlin bbc #merlin #merthur #merlin x arthur #bradley james #colin morgan #bbcmerlin

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chaosandthe-deadblog · 2 months

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actually nevermind from now on if you want to suggest that an m/f ship be improved by changing the gender of one of the characters you're required to submit a 10 page times new roman size 12 essay with citations on what would change about the dynamic and why you think this is better.

#sol.txt #LAST ONE I PROMISE #stop telling me to make silver a girl💥 i dont want to

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raemarr · 26 days

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