#stealing culture

[flamingthespian]

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

*tries to organize my thoughts*

*remembers i'm not in school and therefore beholden to neither heaven nor hell nor any man's grading system*

*joyously shredding & tossing all my carefully arranged 3x5 mental notecards into the air like so much beige confetti. raising my arms in victory, cheering raucously until i accidentally inhale bits of homemade confetti*

(*coughing up itty bits of paper like a cat evicting a hairball with a firm understanding of tenants' rights*) wait wat happens next

[galeemdoesart]

Pre-banishment AU

Kinda?

I've had this idea since I started this account but never got around to making it. Mainly because I didn't have a clear idea of what it will be. If you guys have any ideas, lemme know! I would love to hear your thoughts <3<3

[libracorpvs]

2 million palestinians dying from israeli bombings, starvation, and disease - meanwhile the #1 song on the israeli charts is about gleefully raining hell on gaza and how handsome the murderous soldiers are.

we can't demand peace for palestinians in their homeland without being accused of wanting genocide or supporting terrorism - meanwhile, the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing of palestinians is celebrated as a good thing and no one has jack shit to say about it.

[dreamyintersexouppy]

all the tme intersex people i used to know suddenly jumping on the newest transmisogynistic bandwagon and immediately spewing all the same “ur just overreacting, you call everything transmisogyny, stop being hysterical!!!” bullshit really puts into perspective how the intersex community on here gained any traction to begin with, y’all are not immune to pulling the same bullshit perisex people do and you’re calling the intersex transfems arguing against you perisex??? just to let afabs pretend to be us so you have that idealized quiet trans woman again, like i’m sorry but this is a strawman on par with “white trans woman” nothing has changed and at some point you need to realize that your conception of what these terms mean just doesn’t reflect their actual rhetorical use in real conversations about queerness

[spnscripthunt-inactive]

Here's over 500 horror film screenplays so you can learn about our shared cultural heritage.

Update 08/26/2024:

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Sisters (1972)

Fade to Black (1980)

Student Bodies (1981)

Visiting Hours (1982)

Re-Animator (1985) - spfx storyboards & scanned screenplay

The Stepfather (1987)

Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)

Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

Dr. Giggles (1992)

Brainscan (1994)

Ravenous (1999)

Stoker (2013)

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

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[flakatita]

Imagine just minding your business pretending to not be poor in your home country and you’re a huge fan of that big time American actor Chris Evans and then you run into a guy who kinda looks like Chris Evans but maybe rich Americans just be lookin like Chris Evans sometimes idk so you decide to scam greet him and as you’re exchanging business cards it turns out to be tHE CHRIS EVANS IN THE FLESH.

That was José Carioca meeting Donald Duck

[sonics-atelier]

Mehendi Misappropriation: Unveiling Cultural Erasure in SJM's Fiction

Masterlist ( stop stealing my culture sjm ) part 1 of the Cultural Appropriation in Fiction: Examining the Erasure of Indian Heritage in SJM's Novels analysis.

1. Lack of Acknowledgment : Sarah J. Maas (SJM) fails to acknowledge the cultural origins of the motifs used in her novels, particularly the Night Court tattoos inspired by mehendi, a traditional form of body art practiced in Indian culture. By reframing mehendi as "tattoos" without crediting its cultural significance, SJM erases the rich heritage and history behind the art form.

2. Appropriation of Aesthetic : The incorporation of mehendi-inspired designs into SJM's fictional world without proper acknowledgment appropriates elements of Indian culture for aesthetic purposes, without respecting the cultural context from which they originate.

3. Simplification of Tradition : By reducing mehendi to mere "tattoos," SJM oversimplifies and commodifies a sacred tradition that holds deep cultural and religious significance in Indian society. This trivialization diminishes the cultural importance of mehendi and perpetuates harmful stereotypes.

4. Failure to Consult : SJM's portrayal of mehendi-inspired tattoos demonstrates a lack of consultation or engagement with Indian cultural experts or practitioners. Without consulting those directly connected to the tradition, SJM risks misrepresentation and distortion of cultural practices.

5. Impact on Representation : The misrepresentation of Indian culture in SJM's novels contributes to a broader pattern of erasure and marginalization of South Asian voices in mainstream media. By appropriating elements of Indian culture without proper acknowledgment or understanding, SJM reinforces harmful stereotypes and perpetuates cultural appropriation.

6. Missed Opportunity for Authentic Representation : Rather than appropriating elements of Indian culture for aesthetic purposes, SJM could have taken the opportunity to authentically represent South Asian characters and cultures in her novels. By centering diverse voices and experiences, SJM could have contributed to a more inclusive and representative literary landscape.

Overall, SJM's appropriation of Indian cultural motifs, such as mehendi-inspired tattoos, reflects a broader pattern of erasure and misrepresentation of marginalized voices in mainstream media. It underscores the importance of respecting cultural traditions and consulting with communities whose heritage is being depicted in literature and other forms of media.

[queen-breha-organa]

You guys remember that scene in Mando Season 3 where the New Mandalorians call the traditional Mandalorian Clan (the one that still has influences from Temuera’s culture/portrayal) “primitive” and then 0.5 seconds later after the blatant disrespect, a near exact recreation of a double hauled Polynesian voyaging canoe flies out of the water only to get exploded. Did you guys see that shit, what the fuck was that-

[cryptidjeepers]

Scooby doo wheres my mummy is one of those scooby doo movies that emphasizes that yeah, the gang are friends and care about each other. They went to EGYPT with the mystery machine to surprise their bestie velma. And then velma proceeded to traumatize her friends for the sake of protecting cultural artefacts. And they love her for that

[ranticore]

I'm curious, what about the name stealing trope do you dislike?

in my mind it's strongly associated with uhh for lack of a better term pop culture 'The Fae' tropes. things like different seasonal courts, one-note malicious tricksters, an inability to lie and wilderness imagery that places a wild state of nature in opposition to humanity. basically if you can imagine it in a YA dark romance novel or a Witchy Vibes tumblr blog it's probably this flavour of fairy story and i'm not interested in it. this is a type of fanon - people not engaging with the source material but instead just cyclically iterating upon what they see in other 'fanworks' like a game of telephone until rather than a fairy story, what you have is a symbol which points to the fanon concept of a Fairy Story with familiar tropes and characters - i can say something like "the court of the summer king" and you already know what i mean, i barely need to say anything other than that, you know the drill, yada yada yada. now if i told you a fairy encounter as experienced by my uncle, you would have no touchstone for it, you would be wandering around that cattle field late at night with him, lost, groping blindly past the whitethorn in search of an exit gate that you just can't find anymore, and might never again

so i find that although iterating on and engaging in mythology is fine, the pop culture stuff usually serves as a kinda lazy signpost which just goes You Know Fairies, Right? when you're really not supposed to

[val1-009]

We love Jeff 🙏

[feralsteddie]

where that one post about Steve accidentally inventing pastel punk because he wanted to be edgier for a Corroded Coffin gig, but wasn’t willing to part with his soft colors

[on-poetry]

I think that, in addition to the fact that poetry is not as widely celebrated as it should be, part of the reason people don't buy poetry books is because they don't know how to read poetry books. They can read and understand a poem, sure, but reading a collection requires a different form of attention. You need to be sensitive to narrative arcs, to the ways different themes and ideas evolve throughout the text, to the transformations that occur, and the ways different poems juxtaposed against one another reveal new insights into each poem.

In short, a poetry book requires you to slow down. But the ways literature is commercialized makes it a lot harder for folks to realize this. The literary world has annual reading goals (I read 100 books last year!), top 20 lists (these are the best poetry books of 2023!), a general sense of urgency around literature (you haven't read it yet?!?)

But poetry collections aren't about filling shelf space. You can't flip through the pages like prose and expect to understand even a tenth of what you've just read. Just because there are fewer words than in a novel, doesn't mean it should take less time than it does to read a novel.

Poetry books resist commodification, and when our literary culture praises the most well- and widely-read individuals, it gives into that commodification, celebrating the reader whose shelf is filled with thousands of collections they only barely grasped. I often find myself lamenting how few poetry collections I've actually read, but if I spent my time with the work and gained a whole lot from reading it, why does it matter that my poetry shelf has so many "vacancies?" Why do I feel a lack, and not what I've gained from the work I've actually read?

[breakandbuildfiction]

Long Distance Relationship (Heaven)

After learning that there was a new Ghost King, Sera sent Emily and a few other angels to go meet him and see if he was an improvement over the old one. When the younger seraphim returns she happily reports that the new Ghost King was named Danny, that he is a much nicer guy than Pariah Dark ever was, and that she needs something called a ‘cell phone’ to make use of a series of numbers Danny gave her.

[uncanny-tranny]

Like obviously the whole "they're just doing [x] for attention!" is completely asinine because humans are social creatures who need attention to some capacity, but also... in your narrative, does everybody do things specifically for your attention? When somebody does something drastic or shocking, is it not because they're desperate for help but just because they crave your attention specifically? Does the sun rise and set at your command as well?