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[eastasiansonwesternscreen]

Everything Everywhere All at Once Passes Return of the King as Most-Awarded Movie Ever

Everything Everywhere All at Once can add another historic win to its list.

According to IGN’s calculations, the multiversal hit is now the most-awarded film ever with 158 accolades to date from major critics organizations and awards bodies. This spot was previously held by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which earned 101 major awards by IGN’s math. (via IGN)

[fnafs-ex-boyfriend]

It’s a little hard to describe how important Alastor being aroace is to me. He’s just this cool, suave, mysterious, petty guy with a silly voice that has the same attitudes as sex and romance as I do and I think that’s really cool and awesome.

Edit: There’s a follow-up

[brsb4hls]

Ok I gotta jump in here cause I saw so many posts about Deadpool and queerness.

And what those movies do is a bit unfair, actually.

Yes, Deadpool is canonically pan, but to a regular straight audience he is not.

We live in a heteronormative world and actual queer rep has to be explicit to be recognized.

And no, I'm not discussing that particular point, you all know that's a fact and Deadpool 2 got his GLAAD nomination for Yukio and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and not for whatever Wade was doing.

But Wade never actually being with a dude (not even in comics sadly) is not even the main issue here.

The jokes in Deadpool are exactly the same lol gay jokes 90s and 2000s action movies use.

And people growing up with these kind of movies cannot differentiate.

How would they know if Wade has sex or hate boner for someone?

Sexual innuendo especially in fight scenarios is often used by straight men to ridicule their opponent.

So Deadpool truely manages to have the cake and eat it.

Queer audiences love it, because they know it's queer.

Straight folks think issa joke and homophobic people are elated the movie is allowed to make 'gay jokes' and is therefore not 'woke'. (No joke, I saw those reviews).

That's something pretty special.

And it would be kinda shitty but well, the homophobes basically watched two guys hatefucking in subtext for 2 hrs without noticing, so that's at least ironic.

I hope this explains the disconnect folks are feeling in regards to very different movie reactions.

[sjbattleangel]

Whenever discourse around cartoons like Steven Universe, She-Ra, The Owl House, The Legend Of Korra, video games like Spider-Man 2, Life Is Strange, Alan Wake 2, Forspoken, Usual June, Dustborn, comics like Ms. Marvel, Ironheart, Champions, Unstoppable Wasp and other diverse media pops up...

I'll leave this here:

Lisa Simpson presentation: 'Diverse Media made by and/or staring women and marginalized groups are always held to way higher, harsher, unrealistic standards compared to media made by and starring non-diverse groups of people (especially cishet white men).'

[incognitopolls]

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[pastel-kaleesh]

Dragon Ball has better representation than Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel.

Queer rep: gay, lesbian, aroace, nonbinary/agender, and polyamorous

We have disabled characters that aren't infantilized (Tommy, the blind boy that befriended Buu)

And after several years of donut lips on Black characters, we have accurately drawn and portrayed Black characters in DB (Uub, Janet, Sharpna, ect.)

Here are some awesome examples:

Piccolo: aroace and agender, also part of the main cast

Kakunsa and Bikal: confirmed and open lesbians in a relationship. Not fetishized or shown as queerbait.

Janet: Pan's preschool teacher and an accurately drawn and portrayed Black character, with a loveable design.

Caulifla and Kale: implied lesbians in a relationship. Not fetishized.

And we can't forget about our fat magical girl, Ribrianne. Not shown as a hated greedy glutton, and with an adorable and loveable design.

[summerongrand]

Just gonna take a moment to shoutout the WOC lead of The Rookie, Melissa O’Neil, for breaking barriers and being who she is. 👏🫶

This hasn't received much attention, but it’s worth noting that Melissa took the initiative to share about The Rookie’s NAMIC nomination and shed light on the significance of the NAMIC Vision Awards through a detailed IG story. This underscores her commitment to promoting ethnic diversity in media and ensuring that it receives the recognition it deserves! Way to go, Mel!

[vitiligo-is-not-a-trend]

just thought you should know "the dragon prince" (netflix fantasy children's show) is having a character with vitiligo in their upcoming season! his name is Kosmo and he belongs to a group of sky elves devoted to star magic - we don't know too much about him but the season's coming out in two weeks; I think he'll end up being an ally to the heroes ultimately even if the rest of his group could be more antagonistic. multiple characters wear the blindfold / the white eyes is when happens when ppl actively use star magic in series, so neither are exclusive to him, which i thought was good

I LOVE THE DRAGON PRINCE OH MY GOD IM SO EXCITED!!!! RAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

[sun-ni-day]

People on this site like to complain about lack of representation, and be sleeping on half a dozen procedurals that have it up the kazoo.

SKYMED: out of 8 MCs 5 are POC, including 2 Canada first nation, 1 POC gay man and 1 POC gay woman, 1 asian, and out of 3 white MCs one is a gay man.

Tracker (CBS): out of 5 MCs 2 are older lesbian couple, 1 is east asian woman and 1 is disabled black man (played by actually disabled actor).

NCIS: HAWAI'I: out of 6 main characters 4 are POC, including 1 Polynesian and 1 east and 1 west asian. 2 of MCs are lesbians, a happy couple. The Boss is an east asian woman, FGS!

NCIS: Sydney: out of 6 MCs 3 are POC, including one indigenous woman. One is neurodivergent, and most likely queer.

ALERT: Missing persons unit: out of 5 MCs 3 are POC, and 1 of white ones is a trans man.

FOUND: same deal - 6 MCs, 4 are POC, including 1 gay married man, and only 1 of them all is (allegedly) not suffering from mental illness (all but 1 MCs are trauma survivors).

[alexseanchai]

The tactile fabric of the doll’s pink satin T-shirt and purple tulle skirt was chosen after testing the doll with blind and low-vision children, Mattel said in its statement. The doll was sculpted with elbow articulations to make sure that Barbie can comfortably move around her cane, has an elasticated waistband on her skirt to make playing dress-up easier, and the box in which the doll comes says “Barbie” in Braille, the company added.

Mattel also consulted the Royal National Institute of Blind People in Britain while developing the doll.

“It’s wonderful to think that children with a vision impairment can now play with a Barbie that looks like them,” Debbie Miller, an RNIB spokeswoman, was quoted as saying in the news release shared by Mattel. “It’s an acknowledgment that not everyone can see well, which means a lot to the blind and partially sighted community. This is a positive step forward.”

[eastasiansonwesternscreen]

Here are some of 2024’s most anticipated new TV shows featuring Asians on screen. Which show are you looking for?!

📺 THE BROTHERS SUN (@netflix): 1/4 📺 EXPATS (@primevideo): 1/26 📺 MR. AND MRS. SMITH (@primevideo): 2/2 📺 ONE DAY (@Netflix): 2/8 📺 @AVATARNetflix (@netflix): 2/22 📺 @SHOGUNFX (@fxnetworks@hulu): 2/27 📺 3 BODY PROBLEM (@netflix): 3/21 📺 @SYMPATHIZERhbo (@hbo@streamonmax): TBD 📺 THE ACOLYTE (@disneyplus): TBD

*List based on TV shows officially confirmed for 2024. Premiere dates subject to change.

(via capeusa on IG)

[almostfini]

Lilo and Stitch the Series featured a character, Lana, who uses forearm crutches! That’s not representation I see very often. They establish through dialogue that she’s used them since junior high at least but they don’t give her a tragic backstory or anything! She’s a successful businesswoman! And voiced by the amazing Cree Summer of course

[veluigi]

more OR trip pics. loved seeing indian & asian diasporic-authored books for younger readers, seed library, library of things, teen center and more

[videogamesincolor]

INDG - Closing at end of 2024

"It's time to wrap things up for I Need Diverse Games at the close of the year. We've been around for a decade, but haven't been active in the space for a while. Between having to stop in person tabling at events with the pandemic, many studios slowing down on hiring DEI consultants and just life moving ahead, it's time to close up shop. It's been a (mostly) great decade of serving the game community, folks getting into the industry, being at events and more. But our time is in the rearview mirror. We'll wrap any outstanding things hopefully get our site back up as an archive of work by the end of year. We're grateful for the chance to have helped folks get to @Official_GDC over the years. To help some folks put on events, get to events and more. We'll be sunsetting our social media accounts by the end of 2024 as well. Thanks for a decade that we'll never forget. Thanks to everyone who served on our Board, who helped us along the way to those who supported us from a viral hashtag to a small org that made it just over 10 years."

@INeedDivGms

[frostyblustar]

Representation in any form can change the perspective of so many people, I want to give an example.

I was watching a YouTuber I adored, and he looked at a image as he casually mentioned he had a condition and had to wear something for it.

I have that same exact condition, and I’m ashamed of it. Him casually mentioning that he had it made me feel better, I share something with a Youtuber I like! Sure it’s still terrible, but it feels a little better to know I’m not alone. He’ll likely never know how that little mention helped me.

This applies to lgbtq representation as well, I don’t think I would have been so confident in my sexuality if it weren’t for Shiro (wasn’t the best but he helped), Touya Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura (another time, wasn’t the best), and Nico from Percy Jackson.

It’s so interesting how I can feel less alone just by sharing something with a character I like.

[artist-issues]

Snow White's Race and Skin Color Are Not Integral to the Story.

They're just not. It doesn't matter if she's brown or black or white or literally anything in color. Im sorry. I know it's a talking point, but it's not a very good one if you know how many different cultures have stories with the exact same point and themes as the popularized German version that Disney's is based off of.

I know, I know, it's in the name, her NAME is "Snow White," how can whether or not she's white not be a thing?? Because the point of Snow White is not "she's white." The point of Snow White is, "she's pure and beautiful." And the popular version just uses the symbolism of "Snow" to make that point with a clever name. She could also have been named after her "blood-red lips" or her "ebony-black hair."

But they didn't name her "Blood-Red." They named her "Snow White." Because the point wasn't really on the way one specific feature looked--it was on who she was. Pure.

It's a story about purity. So sure, the Disney version--and the only versions in any cultures that can lay accurate claim to the title "Snow White--" depict the lead character with white skin.

But that really only matters to the story if you're trying to associate her, by look, with the color of snow. Which you don't strictly need to do. Because the color of snow is not the only way to communicate "this girl is pure and innocent."

Any skin color can go into portraying that. There's lots of different ways to say "pure and innocent."

NOW

You can say, "but this proves that the Live Action Disney creators are racist against white people now; they're erasing white people culture! They're erasing white people history! They're just being ridiculous, because the word "white" is in her name!"

You can say all that if you feel like it. But those are different issues than the one I'm talking about, and for the sake of argument, it should be very clear: The STORY does not need the Princess to have pale skin in order to work.

(The character doesn't even need pale skin for her name to still be "Snow White," because again, the snow-and-white-thing was only a word picture for "purity." Her name could also be "Silver" or "Salt" or "Refined Gold" or "Filtered Water." It would all serve the same purpose. It just maybe wouldn't have the double-ness of the meaning unless her hair is refined gold-colored or her eyes are the color of filtered water or something. You get what I'm saying)