#Romani women

[writingwithcolor]

Romani character portrayals in fanfiction

Rroma Dick Grayson, batman fanfiction

endoftheworldhere asked:

I wanted to write a fanfiction about what Dick Grayson’s life would have been like if he wasn’t adopted by Batman. It was going to have him dealing with the bad parts of Gotham City and interacting with various criminals and rouges, But I was worried that could come off as stereotypical or racist since he’s been portrayed as at least part Romani and I wanted to include some connections to his heritage as a way he clings his parents after they died so traumatically. Any advice?

The thing about Dick Greyson is that he was retconned into being part Romani, and the writers did so in a very stereotypical way. A lot of Romani people have talked about this, especially on Tumblr, and opinions do vary about how he should be written. Many think it’s best to ignore his “heritage” and just write him as white, while others disagree and think that his heritage is important representation and should be written, but more respectfully.

I honestly don’t know my personal opinion on this, but I will say that there is a huge stereotype about Romani people being criminals. If you do plan to write him as part Romani, make sure to avoid these tropes. Otherwise, I would just nix his Romani heritage.

-Mod Tess

Romani woman, curses and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Anonymous asked:

I'm struggling a bit with a piece of fan work right now, and I was hoping you could weigh in. In Buffy season two, there's a character named Jenny, who we first meet as a techno-pagan computer science teacher, who helps Buffy and co deal with fighting demons and stuff. Only the thing is, she's Rromani. She's there to make sure a family curse stays on a vampire who killed someone beloved to them a century ago (mostly to protect people from him if Angel/Angelus gets uncursed), which everyone gets mad at her for not telling them when he loses his soul and goes on rampage.  Ordinarily, it's not hard to write her, because until that arc, she's a fun character who happens to be a Rroma woman, and as other characters use magic, that doesn't stand out. But the whole curse thing, and the depiction of her family we're given, (and the way a canon redemption arc for Angelus I can't stand starts with him getting a soul as a punishment for killing a Rroma woman in 1898), and the everyone being mad about deception all just feels like many negative stereotypes.  What would be your thoughts on depicting Jenny, and on what to keep in mind trying to rewrite how she was shown in the show. [Ask redacted for length]

Let me just start out by saying that I am not very familiar with Buffy, so thank you for the context. I think your best bet here would be to drop the curse plot line altogether, as that’s a huge stereotype about Romani people. I think it’s ok to have her do magic, as long as other characters also do, and although I do think the vampire stuff is also a stereotype (a lot of vampire lore is supposedly taken from some Romani folklore, and Romani people are often associated with vampires in pop culture), I think it’s fine given the context of the show.

-Mod Tess

[aestheticbyais]

“You treat this poor boy the same way you mistreat my people! You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help!”

Esmeralda character aesthetic.

[valkyries-things]

IOANA RUDĂREASA // ABOLITIONIST

“She was a Wallachian Romani woman who fought for the abolition of Slavery in Romania from 1843 to 1856. Born into slavery, Rudareasa spent over a decade fighting for liberation from slavery through the Wallachian court. Her case illustrates the resistance of the Romanian boyars in prevent abolition and how Roma in the Romanian territories used all legal means available to obtain their freedom.”

[djuvlipen]

"What happened in Germany since full legalisation? Today the police say that only 10% of the women have no pimp. About 90% of the women are migrants from very poor countries, mostly Romania and Bulgaria.

What we see is that prostitution is a very racist system. It is usually the racially discriminated women who enter prostitution – like Roma women from Romania. And prostitution itself is racist too because it fetishizes ethnicity. We have brothels that have a kind of apartheid system when it comes to the women. You go to the first floor for the Romanian women. You go to the second floor for Asian women. You go to the third floor for African women.

We see that prostitution in Germany makes sex buyers more racist. They use very racist and sexist slurs against women and they try to offer refugee women from Syria money for sex.

To allow prostitution makes a country more racist because the sex buyers who, for example, buy Asian women won’t see other non-prostituted Asian women as human. This is what we see. It’s as if we are still a colonialist country.

Legalisation normalises prostitution. For example, we had a TV show that was called ‘Pimp My Brothel’ where a brothel keeper who’s now in jail for human trafficking went into brothels to tell them what they could do better.

Legalisation brings more capitalism into prostitution because the women are the product and are only there to serve the client. So, legalisation strengthens the client’s rights. We even had a court case. There was a girl, I think she was 19, and her punter had not orgasmed and went to court over that. She had to pay him money because he wasn’t able to orgasm with her.

This is what legalisation does."

[punkeropercyjackson]

Transfem Batboy names:

Dick-Keeps her birth name because she thinks it's funny(her being butch helps)

Jason-Lina,based on both Talia and Selina being mentor figures to her as Robin(Lina is also both a latina name and arabic name)

Tim-Janette like her mom Janet

Duke-Candece,as it originates from meaning 'african queen' so obviously she would considering her birth name is also a royal title and she wanted it to still be fitting for her

Damian-Yasmine,similar to Damian it's a semi-common arabic name that sounds like a westerner name but with a different spelling(Damian/Damien and Yasmine/Jasmine)

Terry-Like Dick,keeps her birth name as she's butch too and gender neutral already and she can also make teddy bear butch jokes about herself

[freepalestinebastard]

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[albi-bumblebee]

I know didn’t draw Walburga evil/intimidating enough but I was too lazy to fix it🫣

(Obviously there is an age difference but Walburga is intended to be in her mid 20s, so you know. An adult.)

[polishwomenartists-sztukakobiet]

Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, "Romani Kali Daj 4", 2016, 100 x 120 cm, fot. dzięki uprzejmości artystki i © Galeria Szydłowski

[ladyimaginarium]

as an indigenous two spirit queer person, for upcoming pride month & indigenous history month for the love of fucking g-d can we FOR FUCKING ONCE unite under ONE UNITED queer community & stop whining & bitching over who gets to use what term & over bullshit that doesn't even matter when people are literally in concentration camps all around the world & queer people are in danger & to look at your local communities & center indigenous voices (& other queers of color) in your activism. get yourselves together holy fucking shit.

[pintoras]

Juana Romani (Italian, 1869-1924): Grand dame (via Dorotheum)

[scarlet-hex]

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⋆ 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐬��,

𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 ⋆

[creep385]

Selene - Underworld

[valkyries-things]

KATARINA TAIKON // ACTIVIST

���She was a Swedish Romany activist, leader in the civil rights movement, writer and actor. She did not learn how to read or write until her teens. Her work as an actress allowed her to divorce her husband that she was married off to. She dedicated her life to improving conditions for Romani people in Sweden and throughout the world. Through her tireless work, debating, writing and talking to Swedish authorities, the Romani were granted the same right to housing and education as all other Swedes. In 1953, the 1914 ban on Romani immigration ended. This led to other Romani seeking refuge in Sweden, and the population, at first less than a thousand people, grew.”

[djuvlipen]

A few days ago, the Greek police dismantled a human trafficking network that was exploiting women, calling it "altruistic surrogacy." The victims were mainly Romani women from Bulgaria and Romania (source).

[empirearchives]

Portrait of Pierre-Marie-Nicolas Michelot (details)

By Adèle Romany, French Artist

1807, Napoleonic Era

Michelot is represented sitting and holding a book in his hand. Placed on the table next to him is the text of the role of Hippolyte in the tragedy Phèdre by Racine, a role in which the actor triumphed in 1805.

[vanmarkus]

every day i think about the utter loneliness of trying to learn about a culture that has next to no written records that has next to no written language and that has been subject to ethnic cleansing and historical erasure and is still subject to segregation and genocide in multiple countries today, but then i think about the people who work hard to keep their communities together and to provide aid to those who need it and suddenly that loneliness feels a little easier to bear