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PC Williams on Costume Designing 'We Are Lady Parts' Season 2

We speak with the costume designer of of We Are Lady Parts and frequent collaborator with Nida Manzoor, PC Williams! Continue reading PC Williams on Costume Designing ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Season 2

[sobeksewerrat]

Relating to my previous rant imma start posting Egyptian shit until I find EG mutuals so um have a nice little bottle of Vimto I just bought even tho it is technically a Saudi thing

[bespectacledbun]

on my knees begging cybird to put down the Aladdin themed attires for their games fr please please PLEASE

[genshinincorrectly]

Hello, I'd like to say first that I am extremely interested in all cultures, and I love to learn about everyone's culture despite skin color. The culture of Natlan is especially interesting to me, especially because of places I've been able to visit when I was young here in America. I'm very glad I know as much about certain cultures as I do because it's very interesting to relate it all to genshin. I cannot stand racism at all, but I'm going to be completely honest, I don't think what Hoyoverse is doing with Natlan is completely racist. When Sumeru came out, I was completely surprised at how dark they made some of the characters. Because of where Hoyoverse originates from, I didn't actually expect there to be that many, and I'm actually extremely grateful that they're putting as many dark characters as they are in Genshin. I think it's amazing that they're representing so many cultures as well. I think this is a huge thing for a mainly Chinese company like Hoyoverse. I don't think they're gonna make the skin colors any better, though. I am a bit upset that some of the Natlan characters are completely white, and I'm worried about what it means, but the quests haven't come out yet, so I can't say if it's good or not. I think that the skin color situation in Sumeru is acceptable because of the circumstances in the lore, and I'm hoping that Natlan is similar. Because of what Natlan is about, I think there will be multiple groups of characters, and some of them just may be lighter for the sake of separation. I also don't think the dark characters are to light. I personally think that the response people are having to this stuff is extremely selfish, especially facing a company based in the culture it's in. I wish some fictional characters were darker, but I still think Hoyoverse is doing an amazing job of representing cultures without including skin color.

i don’t think this is the place to debate whether a notoriously racist company is being racist yet again, but i’ll address all of your points in order because you seem to be well meaning enough

1. ever since the Natlan trailer, people of every single culture meant to be “represented” have been very upset. the general consensus i’ve heard is that many people are excited their culture is going to be in the game, but are upset at the portrayal. for example, i have a Hawaiian friends who loves Mualani, but is VERY upset at the amount of racism present in her character.

2. the “darker” skintones in sumeru are actually incredibly pale. for example, cyno, a character that many consider “dark skinned” has a similar skin tone to me, a white person. the darkest skin tone of the playable characters is barely even brown, and there are new enemy npcs in Natlan who are much darker than any of the playable characters.

3. the boycott is not only about skin colors. it also includes removing of racist caricatures (dori), the removing of the blackface art on a wall in zzz, and the renaming of Arlan’s skills.

4. when it comes to the skin color situation in Sumeru, i am inclined to listen to SWANASA people, who have been saying it was colorist since the beginning. there is no “lore reason” these characters should be paler, considering the real life equivalent of Sumeru is a wide range of countries, cultures, and ethnic groups.

5. calling people of color “selfish” for wanting their culture to be represented accurately in media is incorrect and racist. furthermore, skin color is a very important part of representation, especially when it comes to the cultures Natlan is supposed to be representing, as many of the people of those cultures have darker skin. again, i’ll use Mualani as an example- Hawaiians tend to have darker skin, so it would only make sense for that to carry over. if you genuinely believe wanting a variety of skin tones is selfish, i believe you should take a look at yourself and reexamine your biases.

i’d also like to point out that during the Sumeru beta, there were several npcs who had pale skin that where later changed to be darker. the same thing also happened with the chief of Mualani’s tribe (i forgot her name). also, the open ended question on surveys have been removed, and the moderation behind the Honkai Impact 3rd twitter account has been hiding replies related to the boycott. so, they know about it. i don’t believe the boycott is pointless, and i don’t think those of us who are not a part of the cultures that have been whitewashed or misrepresented have any right to ignore this. those who are impacted directly by hoyoverse’s racism have called for a boycott, so it is our duties as allies to participate.

[aloodonut]

sigh..

Not again. Its been 3-4 years since SWANASA twst fans and genshin fans have been educating all of you on Orientalism aka the Fetishization of South West Asian, North African and South Asian cultures in a White-Euro Colonial view for centuries and especially one of its worst offender, the movie(s) Aladdin. Im not even going to bother explaining how bad this scene with Jasmine (sexualizing a underaged brown girl + in a orientalist bellydancer dress which was also created by white colonisers). So OP, here is an important book by a Palestinian author who coined the term Orientalism.

And here are twitter threads created by a Arab (checked her pinned for more threads):

while i was rewatching aladdin once i noticed that jasmine's red attire has exactly the same forearm bracelet as the one in scarabia uniform:

so one thing lead to another i guess and now here we are

[swarasalih]

My fancasts for the rest of the Endless in The Sandman Season 2 and beyond: 

Alexander Siddig as Destiny

Ramin Karimloo as Destruction

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Delirium

Please consider them or other SWANASA people @neil-gaiman!

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Nida Manzoor on 'We Are Lady Parts' Season 2 and the Role of the Artist

We speak once again with the brilliant creator of We Are Lady Parts, Nida Manzoor! Continue reading Nida Manzoor on ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Season 2 and the Role of the Artist

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Spotlight on Spectacular SWANASA Stars, Part 2

Spotlight on Spectacular SWANASA Stars, Part 2

This is the second part as we continue this spotlight series on some rather amazing SWANASA (South West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia) actors that you should know, whether they are well known or not. What they have in common is that not only are they are all terrific artists but wonderful human beings that have come to my attention recently in their art and advocacy. Here are the eight that…

[sunshine-of-my-shoulder]

They were so loudly wrong in the genshin fandom during 2022 like speaking over people criticizing Sumeru when they're not even SWANASA (even though they claim to be) and then they faked being Chinese when they moved to posting hsr 'translations' even though they were incredibly sinophobic but their translations were shittily google translated.

I'm fucking crying like why did serial racefaker Merlin who is now harassing the hsr fandom now claim to be Bangladeshi but on their dn is Hindi like I can't even read the language but even I can tell it's not Bengali, fucking dumbass omggg

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Spotlight on Spectacular SWANASA Actors

Spotlight on Spectacular SWANASA Actors

This will be the first of many posts whose purpose is to provide a spotlight on some rather amazing SWANASA (South West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia) actors that you should know, whether they are well known or not. What they have all in common is that not only are they are all terrific artists but wonderful human beings that have come to my attention recently in their arts and advocacy.…

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Shekhar Kapur on Directing 'What's Love Got to Do With It'

We interview Shekhar Kapur, the director of What's Love Got to Do With It, now out here in the US!

Shekhar Kapur is an acclaimed Indian filmmaker whose credits range from directing The Bandit Queen to the Elizabeth films starring Cate Blanchett. He is now finally directing a rom-com, What’s Love Got to Do With It, starring Shazad Latif, Lily James, Shabana Azmi, Jeff Mirza, Asim Chaudry, Emma Thompson, and more in a heartwarming funny time that highlights Pakistani and Muslim culture in a…

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Shazad Latif on the Nuanced Relatability of 'What's Love Got to Do With It'

We interview Shazad Latif, one of the stars of What’s Love Got to Do With It, premiering in the US this Friday! Continue reading Untitled

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'Polite Society' is an Action-Packed and Poignant Masterpiece

The Pakistani-British Khan sisters, Riya (Priya Kansara) and Lena (Ritu Arya) have dreams that deviate from what their community and family expect from them, namely to work in STEM and marry well to guarantee socioeconomic security. But Riya and Lena have dreams to work in the arts, whether that be stunt choreography for Riya or painting for Lena. (more…)

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Indira Varma and Tahar Rahim on their Roles in the New Apple TV+ Series, 'Extrapolations'

We interview Indira Varma and Tahar Rahim of the new Apple TV+ series, Extrapolations, which explores the global near future effects of climate change. (more…) “”

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#misadventures of lettuce chan / #doki doki lettuce -> TMF OC stuff relating to the fictional in-universe anime ♤

#the arab freaks / #arab freaks au -> TMF AU where the Jomies + Milly are Arabs (co-created with @roryheart ) ♤

#burning flame -> iykyk ♤

#hailey austin vs the world/ #hailey austin takes off -> TMF Scott Pilgrim AU ♤

#trans genesis au -> AU where the Eden quartet and a bunch of other Hazbin Hotel chrs are trans (co-created with @an-theduckin) ♤

#drake's apple-> TMF n Hazbin Hotel crossover where Drew n Jake are Adam n Lucifer reincarnated (created by @roryheart but I post about it frequently)

#narrator swap -> AU where the Narrator from TSP and the Narrator from TWOMP swap places (co-created with @an-theduckin) ♤

#hazbin swap au (till we get a better name) -> Swap AU of Hazbin Hotel (well, to be fair it's mostly a swap TGAU) co-createx with @an-theduckin ♤

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#marko/markus daniella

#huches karkovedes

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#jaida'a amer khalil

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Character Tags:

#the only guy in the bible -> Adam (Hazbin Hotel)

#missing moon milf -> Lilith (Hazbin Hotel)

#◇angsty teen with a spear◇ -> Lute (Hazbin Hotel)

#the crow and the rock -> Cain n Abel (Hazbin Hotel)

#white boy jumpscare from heaven -> SAINT PETER

#raspberry bear 🐻-> Drew (TMF)

#devil in pink -> Milly (TMF)

#mvkay super slay-> Manfred von Karma (Ace Attorney)

#franny von karma-> Franziska von Karma (Ace Attorney)

#best boy cedric -> that-fruitier-emo 's oc Cedroc

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Spotlight on Spectacular SWANASA Stars, Part 6

Spotlight on Spectacular SWANASA Stars, Part 6

This is the sixth and final (for now) iteration spotlighting truly fantastic SWANASA (South West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia) actors that you should know, whether they are well known or not. What they have in common is that not only are they are all incredible artists but they are also wonderful human beings that have come to our attention recently in their art and advocacy. Here are the…