#who wasnt Puerto Rican

[starlooove]

I got a point you can’t just take away rep bc you feel like it with your hcs. You literally have other characters to claim as other races bc their skin tones don’t matter (Bloom, Stella,Tecna) but sure take away Musa and Flora as if their skin and race isn’t important to their character just say your racist and accept that because you can have ANYONE ELSE. How about you go fuck yourself!! Y’all love making anything about yourselves. You aren’t the only other race in the world besides white people. 💀

It’s also extremely weird that you keep tryna do these one liners that’s like “brown people exist” or “you aren’t the only race in the world besides white people” when I already spoke on that in the reply which makes me think you saw the hcs and rushed to respond without comprehending anything I said which,whatever, but back to the first point; I think you see diversity and representation as purely skin deep and it’s lowk kinda weird. Someone being black and Latina, makes them black and Latina. The blackness doesn’t take away that they’re Latina. If you think it does it’s because you value pale skin and idk man that’s kinda weird it honestly tracks that you’d be too pussy to admit it with ur chest.

[podcastjam]

May 20: Eart(h) FM

Why should you listen to Eart(h FM?

I think EFM has a unique take on a few things: Radio broadcasting in podcasts has been done before, humanity leaving for space has been done befor. But Eart(h) FM combined both and added layers of representation to it and original music. It’s a great way to open the door to rich cultures that dont get talked about very often. Miriam being puerto rican isnt glanced over, its entwined in her character and the story. We don’t get a lot of good rep in general so being able to tell people about it makes me a little emotional since there was literally nothing for me growing up.

It’s unique and stands out from the crowd in my opinion and also has the ability to stand on it’s own without having to lean on other podcasts ideas. - CYANOSIS (Miriam’s VA)

I agree with all of that [Cyanosis’ answer], I just wasnt sure how to word it. The podcasting world is dominated with white or "we didnt give them a race" type characters and having a show that is being specific about who their characters are and where theyre from feels so important. And I think that EFM is standout for that, but also that that isnt ALL it has going for it. The plot hook, despite having been done before in some way or another, feels unique and pulls listeners in. Because we want to see what happens.

People should listen because it's well written and they'll love the story. - IZZE SYKES (Visual Artist)

Eart(h) FM also has two short stories - be sure to give them a read if you haven't already. :)

Eart(h) FM: "Solarpunk sci-fi pilot: It is the year 2072, the poles have melted and humanity has taken for the stars, except for Miriam Ortiz. To cope with being the only human on earth, they’ve decided to create a Radio Show where they broadcast music from various times and places of the world. One day someone finally calls to the radio station ecologist, Xochitl Fuentes, living on the skirt of the Iztaccihuatl bearing news that the earth is healing.

Together they embark on a quest for other humans that still live on planet earth, finding various communities and people, and begin to help the earth one day heal."

This poster was made by the Eart(h) FM team.

We're counting down to episode release by highlighting one podcast a day. Check out this show on May 25th!

[chrissdollie]

cake, please!

⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ hii!! my name is liyah and here are some layers to my cake c:

🎀 im 20 years old as of february 9th (im an aquarius) 🎀 music taste: melanie martinez, taylor swift, ariana grande, dominic fike, tyler the creator, olivia rodrigo, lana del rey, beabadoobee, tv girl, elita, pheobe bridgers, steve lacy, the walters, and mazzy star 🎀 fav movies: the notebook, little women (2019), whisper of the heart, kiki's delivery service, spirited away, mean girls, the parent trap, alice in wonderland, space jam, in the heights, monster high movies, coraline, grease, the help, girl interrupted, the virgin suicides 🎀 fav shows: gilmore girls, kimi ni todoke, fresh prince of bel air (90S ONE), full house, family matters, fuller house, bluey LMFAO, escape the night, s1 shameless, gossip girl, boy meets world 🎀 chris girl c: 🎀 i started writing on tumblr on august 15th, 2023 🎀 im the middle child with 2 sisters who are pretty close to me in age (youngest is 18 and oldest is 21) 🎀 5'2 🎀 hispanic (guatemalan and puerto rican) 🎀 single and a virgin idk why bc im so attractive 🎀 my mommy is my bestest friend <3 🎀 if it wasnt obvious, my fav color is pink lol 🎀 fav sanrio characters: mocha, my sweet piano, my melody, rilakkuma, marumofubiyori, little twin stars, and sugar bunnies

thanks for your order! i hope to see you again soon, doll! ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

[goathico]

Spiderverse OC: Splitwidow

AU Details for fun :)

Story sinopsis from SpiderIguano's POV:

Radioactive spiders were set loose on my island by the US government. They started testing on my island 1955 days ago, they've done this before, mainly to our women and our sister island Vieques. This time it was most of the population, and it ended badly… again.

Some went insane, some died, others weren't affected, but a few of us... well... let's just say we got lucky.Many took advantage of this and went to attack the US government, others attacked our government, but they both failed. Shortly after they shut down the airports, but people have fled and come in just to see the havoc. As society crumbles we're focusing on lowering the crime rates while trying to keep our hopes up, but not me.

I didn't chose this, and I don't want this. I don't care about people, they couldn't care less about me to begin with. Not that I don't understand, because I do… and I'd ditch myself too.

Other story details:

These are spidersonas, self inserts (can't speak for spideriguano he didnt want me to clarify, but treat it with respect). SpiderIguano belongs to a friend who would like to stay anonymous.

The story is a very short cómic about two friends dealing with having complicated mental disorders and trauma background that ended up destroying their relationship.

Split (my spidersona)

Split is a man who isolates when he's going through harship, he usually warns of his need of space but this still strains his relationships. If anyone hurts him too many times he usually cuts ties with them immediately. He's a man on a journey, and although he's struggling mentally he wants to heal desperately and will do anything to get better. And this leads him to a journey of taking matters in to his own hands and stopping those who severely harm others.

Splitwidow is known to roam in the shadows, no one's seen him or knows what his suit even looks like. But what they do know is his behavior can go from erratic and unplanned to calculated and complex. He works alone. An urban legend of sorts. The male siren and black widow.

Iguano (not mine)

The anger in him fuels his every day life. He didnt have a filter and the price wasnt just his reputation but everything he had. His heart was in the right place and he thought that was all that mattered, but he went about it the worst way he posibly could've chosen. Turns out being cruel with good intentions wasnt going to be taken right by many, he recognized he was in the wrong. He was no victim, he became the very thing he hated, a bully and at wost an abuser. It angered him to see his friends hurting and staying in places that ruined them more. He'd do anything to try and get them out. Thus the bridges burned, and nothing was the same.

He decided he won't have any friends until he can prove to himself he can change, he can be kind and caring. He wont try to control, even if he has good intentions, it wasnt his place to do whatever he wanted. His childhood will not define him anylonger. His anger will not control him. He will be better.

Motivated by growth and the idea that although he can't be forgiven, he can atone and make up for all the harm he's done to others. Especially the friend he accidentally hurt in their lowest moment. He dresses up at night and patrols around town to find some peace of mind. Reflecting on his behavior and ways to deal with himself from the roots of his issues. He drifts inside his own moral dilema. What are you supposed to do when your friends are stuck in a dangerous relationship and they refuse to leave?

It kept him up at night.

During his patrol he discovers the spider verse society who have tried their hardest to deal with the islands mess. Every Puerto Rican and their mother despises them and what theyre chosing to do. Something something, the canon is broken. Along the way the Rebells find him and try to convince him to join, the rebellion is lead by Teo, someone who despite being bitten by a spider didnt develop anything special, the unsuspecting genius trying to stop the spidercanon police. After getting close to Teo, he finds out about Split who's known to not trust anyone except, well, Teo.

If he can heal enough to become a better person, befriending that Split idiot might as well be his biggest achievement in this journey.

[vampireprostate]

i have been thinking a lot..... i am half white n half puerto rican/boricua and. bc my mom left the island to come live in the us, my dad was white, and i wasnt taught spanish or brought around my family n her culture, im basically. white? but from what i know of my family and the way i look im Not. and i dont want to be. and i guess im rlly conflicted by this space im sitting in

so i guess if theres other boricuas, or ppl who have experienced this kind of stuff, pls reach out..... i feel rlly isolated and im interested in like. getting back to that part of myself ive never been able to engage with

[nyc-cpw]

How Lincoln Center Was Built (It Wasn’t Pretty)

Lincoln Center officially opened in 1962. The remainder of the construction project surrounding it was completed by 1969.

By Keith Williams Dec. 21, 2017

Q. How many people were displaced by the construction of Lincoln Center, and what happened to them?

A. Lincoln Center was the crown-jewel project of the Mayor’s Committee on Slum Clearance, which was overseen by Robert Moses, the man who reshaped the city in the mid-20th century. The “urban renewal” plan, which leveled 18 city blocks on the Upper West Side, also included educational, commercial and residential facilities.

The project displaced more than 7,000 lower-class families and 800 businesses. Few, if any, of the 4,400 new housing units were intended for the area’s previous residents, who were almost exclusively black and Hispanic. Even worse, the relocation assistance promised by the committee never materialized.

“Moses was not making even a pretense of creating new homes for the families displaced,” Robert A. Caro wrote in “The Power Broker,” the Pulitzer-winning biography of the planning czar’s life and career.

Many of these evicted New Yorkers instead crammed into other low-income areas like Harlem and parts of the Bronx, deepening the rift of segregation and, ironically, creating new slums in a different part of the city.

“Slum clearance has increased overcrowding among the lowest income groups; low-cost public housing has often created new ghettos,” said James R. Dumpson, the city’s first black welfare commissioner, in a 1959 speech.

Before President Dwight D. Eisenhower broke ground on the new project in 1959, the neighborhood, called Lincoln Square, was a vibrant one. It was here that James P. Johnson introduced the Charleston, the dance craze of the 1920s, and Thelonious Monk perfected his bebop style of jazz. It was also incredibly crowded: as many as 5,000 people lived on a single block.

The area was informally known as San Juan Hill, possibly in honor of a black cavalry who fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

More likely, the name came from the violent street battles that often broke out along Amsterdam Avenue, which was a racial dividing line: whites to the east, blacks to the west, many of whom lived in a sunken area called “The Gut” on West End Avenue.

“The feeling between the two is always hostile,” The Times wrote in 1905 of the two neighboring groups. “It comes out on this borderland.”

After World War II, Puerto Ricans began moving to the neighborhood. Leonard Bernstein based the “Sharks” in “West Side Story” on this group; the opening scene of the 1961 film adaptation was recorded in the ruins of Lincoln Square.

The city had already targeted San Juan Hill for redevelopment once, evicting more than 1,100 families, most of them black, across three blocks to build the Amsterdam Houses in 1948.

By the late 1950s, the Metropolitan Opera had outgrown its home on 39th Street; Fordham University in the Bronx wanted a satellite campus near midtown Manhattan; and the New York Philharmonic was about to be evicted from Carnegie Hall. All three looked to Moses for help.

As they had in other parts of the city, notably the Lower East Side, Moses and his Committee on Slum Clearance used a provision of a federal program to claim this land through eminent domain. The law, Title I of the 1949 Housing Act, gave federal backing to “urban renewal” projects that created middle-class housing.

The 16.3-acre Lincoln Center campus was inaugurated in 1962; the remainder of the project was completed by 1969.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/nyregion/how-lincoln-center-was-built-it-wasnt-pretty.html

[5p1n3s]

intro post ⛤

Who are you?

i am Grim, although i have a few other names but Grim is the universal one! i use they/them pronouns, and im asexual

What do you do?

i write from time to time! and draw, so expect to see art every once in a while 

How old are you?

i am 17 as of writing this but i do have a birthday coming up in december !

What are your boundaries?

as i am still i minor, please refrain from talking about 18+ topics with me. Especially if you’re younger. You may see some suggestive art or writings but that is not an invitation !! i also have some bad anxiety so please give me time! i will try to answer any asks or dms i may get, although i dont expect much as i am using this as a personal acc

Fun facts ⛤

ive been drawing since i was 6, and writing since 5th grade. I play video games such as overwatch, genshin (although ive fallen out a bit), Cyberpunk, Red dead 2 (just started) and more!

my hearing isnt the best so sometimes i struggle in conversations T^T

i am new to tumblr, ive had a few accs but never really posted on any of them sadly

i prefer texting vs calling as i have difficulty putting my words together plus my hearing

i was a shitty kid in middle school and a loner in high school so i never really picked up on social norms so i struggle with social queues as well as conversation

i am mixed! (french-canadian and puerto rican on my dads side) although i dont know much about either as my mom didnt teach me any french as a kid, and my father wasnt around to show me our culture sadly :(

posts like this will be tagged with #SpineSpeaks⛤, so look out for that if you enjoy my rambling!

Thats it for now, i do plan to add more as my blog potentially grows, until then!!

[rockofeye]

Hi, just trying to get a heading here. I recently fell ill, strepthroat probably and over late last night it got really bad. Shakes, fever, vomiting, it was bad. Last night in the midst of all this I had a dream about voodoo spirits, which is really strange for me because I haven't practiced voodoo. I am a Witch, and work with my family's witchcraft from Spain.

In my dream I am trying to get spirits to leave my house. They're not evil, just wanted them to leave, felt like a house party that has gone on too long lol.

So what I said was, I will watch you walk out of my house, down the stairs and once I see you turn the corner then I know your gone. One of these spirits stood out in particular, Baron Samedi. He wasnt scary, didn't give off the vibe of harm, just smiled at me. When it was his turn to leave, I watched him walk down my steps,down the street and right before he turned the corner he looked back at me and smiled.

Once I saw that he had turned the corner I closed the door and turned around to see him standing in front of me with a big grin on his face. Like a "aha gotcha"

I have a feeling it's a warning that someone's doing witchcraft against my family, so I will be taking measures.

My question is, is this the "ok" from voodoo spirits to call and work with them?

I know that voodoo is a closed practice, and I don't think I have any ancestors that practiced voodoo. I am Puerto Rican and I know that the island is a mix of the native people, African people, and Spanish.

Hi,

What I usually ask folks who have unprovoked dreams is what in the dream told you it was Baron Samdi or whatever lwa, and what led you to believe it was about witchcraft?

A dream would not be an indicator that a person was being led to serve the lwa without further investigation with a reading with a priest or similar. Sometimes dreams are just dreams, and sometimes they mean something more but that's what divination is for.

Haitian Vodou is not a closed practice in the way the internet likes to say; I personally dislike that descriptor as it is without nuance and cultural context. Background is less important than what the lwa themselves say.

I hope this helps; happy to link up for a reading if that would be helpful.

[blundergato]

man it annoys me when i hear other puerto ricans talk shit about our own spanish. i cant get fully mad because its something i used to do and i know why it happens, but man, i wish this wasnt a thing anymore.

i was watching a boricua youtuber who primarily streams in english and he described puerto rican spanish as 'gibberish' because of the 'shortcuts' and slang we have and its like....my brother, that is just how language evolves between countries. just cuz we don't have european ass spanish like say argentina or spain doesnt mean our spanish is somehow WORSE than theirs. just because our spanish can sound a lot different than other spanish doesnt make it worse. just because other people say that our spanish is "harder to understand" doesn't make it gibberish.

we dont have to constantly downgrade our spanish because other spanish speakers don't fully understand us. its like a symptom of the fact that because we are a colony of the united states, other latin countries, and even us ourselves, treat puerto rico as if its not REALLY part of latin america and so our spanish is somehow lesser because we are lesser.

puerto rican spanish is the most beautiful spanish

[giftorious]

2023.09.28

i had the most sensational dreme lastereve. i dont remember the sequential order of things. bare with me.

~

Aja and i were hanging outside with some black men in a city we were visiting. it was nighttime.

we were first in front of a convenient store then in front of a housing building.

we gathered tons of goodies from the store. Aja had a backpack.

there was a police shoot-out in front of the housing project and everyone scattered.

Aja and i took off and as i turned around, i realized that the cops were shooting at our group.

Aja fell into a deep, land divot but she wasnt hurt. she got up and i thought for us to hide.

i then looked around to see many more land divots ahead. i realized that they were geographical traps.

~

dreamjump

~

i was paired with a white guy at an event where people show off their tiny creatures.

we were in a well lit, expansive room.

there were the cutest creatures Ive ever seen that i can not name. there were also tiny dogs.

we were to vote on the cutest creature and each presenter had a number.

a Mexican woman with the number 4 had a tiny dog. it wasnt the cutest creature, because there were beasts i had never seen before (think tiny flamingo), but she was drawn to me. she sensed i was in need.

she strong armed me into voting for her and also said a prayer over me. she essentially said this was the prayer she would say when she was in need. i remember she included her mother in the prayer.

it was time to vote and all the presenters and their creatures retired to the refreshment area where there were a bevy of the most glorious pizzas.

I dropped my dollar in the number 4 container as the Mexican lady glared at me. but i really wanted to look at all the other creatures again.

there was a white guy there who was performative and dropped on the ground while everyone crowded around. he flapped open his buttchecks through his black dress pants, basically asking folks to vote for him. i found it funny and dropped a paper note in between his cheeks. everyone rejoiced.

i went to my mom and dads house with the funny white guy. by then, it was nighttime. i was afraid to wake up my parents. we joked and i cant recall what else we did. I do remember we decided to leave and as i got my coat on by the door, we both looked at my bare feet as i slipped on each flat. i was quietly mortified but also proud of myself for not trying to hide my feet. he said nothing as he held my hand for balance. we walked out the door.

~

dreamjump

~

i was outside sitting by a large stone well. the nighttime air was still and atmosphere was placid. there was a human dressed the most magnificent white and black speckled owl. they were sitting by the well too. i couldnt see their entire face as the feather-like, fur coat enveloped their features. i did she that they were a black person. I then saw four white baby goats jump step-by-step down the interior of the well. and although that concerned me a bit, my attention was instantly drawn to another human who appeared dressed as an eagle. that person was Nene Leaks. she looked just as elegant and intricate as the owl person. the owl and eagle made their way towards the street for a duel. I watched from the well. the owl began to overpower the eagle and the decision was made. the owl won. Nene the eagle came back towards the well to straighten up her outfit and get herself together. i saw her spectacular, expensive brown and black fabrics up close. i remember a shawl was over her face.

stronger than ever (the internet remix)

raleigh ritchie

I was walking Meugeot yesterday and began to think that it's crazy what we have to live through. I have been through so much physical pain in such a short period of time. I feel resilient. I see power and strength circulating throughout in and around my human form. I am grateful to my maker.

Stay on the train.

The scenery will change.

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)

The Arab is certainly a nigger in France or he will be a Puerto Rican in New York or a Mexican in California.

- James Baldwin

Waking up to the sunrise and going outside has been medicine for me.

What's the call?

FREEDOM FOR ALL!

The role of the propogandist can be as important as that of the guerilla.

- Che Gueverra

Application of knowledge IS power.

[rosasbasement]

Puerto Rican Essay. 

I almost feel overloaded. I don't know where to begin and nothing is going to come out neat or organized because all the feeling of life to unpack from the passed trip “home” is a sadly unfamiliar exuberance that I would like to lay claim to (after this) as part of who I am. This isn't gonna make sense to you but it will to me. 

I feel like I know myself as a miserable person and it's not a secret that I have done too many personality profiles to count and they all suggest how incredibly capable I am at self sabotage. It's nice to admit and assume responsibility rather than beating myself up over the sabotage again. I was always, always, always more comfortable with being a door mat and less comfortable with being persistent or needing of anything. My desire for peace always kept in the way of my truth and in that silence I was a miserable person. 

My first impression of Puerto Rico was just me saying to myself how much I looked like everyone! Or they looked like me, rather.  Like I really found my people or more like I haven't been with them in so long. I thought of my parents a lot and my early childhood. It's been awhile since I was outnumbered by Puerto Ricans. It's nice I think and I feel good here and kind of less alone, in a way, even though I didn't think I needed this connection. I've been separated from the Puerto Rican side of my family since I was a toddler because of reasons that are way too hot and boring a topic to me now.

Traveling alone, it's been fun. I didn't think about it much. I like being alone when I'm not bored or horny so this was mostly perfect. I do feel more fear, I suppose or I have to put a braver face on than I feel to avoid anyone knowing how truly vulnerable I am.... as a me (soft and will cry) and as a woman (men never stop looking at me and it's not like in a flattering way) Dressing like a dude is armor and always has been and I’ve been remembering that recently. 

I might have some trauma (eek I didn't mean to bring that up) to work through but to be honest it's collective and or also and just HUMAN. I am scared of drunk men trying to rape me so I avoided partying. I had a couple good cocktails and did most things during the day. 

I was lonely only when I wanted to party. There was this military hair cut dude that was getting drunker trying to catch my eye so I left the “cool” bar before it could get anywhere else and found the most Puerto Rican Crunch Wrap I ever had in my life and um happy, wise me went home unfucked and grateful.

Trust me I ask myself frequently am I being scared or wise? And I would like to think the latter in most cases but also I do generally leave the bar alone. So Who's really winning? 

No ONE. We are all boring neutral. 

I had decided to not wait another year before I have sex again. But this wasn't it. 

So, I climbed this mountain with my rental car while I was there. You guys, having a car with a front bumper that can climb a mountain is so cool! We didn't make it to the top but I just felt like a princess in that thing. And if you know me, you know my car. And you know that children like to stare and point at it with disgust and fear in their eyes echoing the voice and terror of my own inner critic. 

AND THE FRONT BUMPER WASNT MY FAULT FYI  

I ordered a coke and that’s not normal. I need something to pass the time that is free and not water. I feel my lupus kicking in. My hand is getting the ache. Plane rides can’t help it. I’m gonna ibuprofen and not get in my head about it. The person in the row behind  is either chocking or laughing and I can’t tell which. I’m assuming positive one obviously. I just imagined spilling this coke all over me and feel a sense of gratitude that that’s not the case. 

That person is laughing btw. 

I don’t know how to change my life.  I feel limited and like I’m on a conveyer belt still. I’m happy which is acomplishment but I still have desires for myself unquenched. I still have things to make. I still feel like I lost something I want back. 

I love islands. I love the ocean. I love the way the air feels there and that my house plants grow everywhere like weeds on the side of the road. I love golden skin and salty hair and big sky. I was happy to be reacquainted. 

Until next time. 

[mbabol]

DONT LOOK CLAIRE SPIDERVERSE SPOILERS

i like the little running jokes they had in atsv. like how miles was so proud of the red stripes running down his new suit in his intro at the beginning of the movie but every person who sees them is like "why does it look like ur bleeding from ur pits. ur suit sucks lol" WITHOUT FAIL

also fucking god i just made the mistake of watching youtube movie theorists and its so fucking infuriating. like no dipshit its not a PLOTHOLE its called good writing, its foreshadowing, OBVIOUSLY if everything doesnt make sense in that particular order WITH REFERENCE TO SOMETHING CALLED "CANON" MAYBE? JUST MAYBE! ITS INTENTIONAL

i thought more people would catch on to the theme of metanarrative commentary and the discussion the film is having about the idea of a "canon" and what it means. the whole plot of the movie is questioning the (very popular!) philosophy that canon is sacred and must be adhered to at all times to preserve a story. its a super relevant idea to have running through a superhero comics movie because that philosophy is one that was and is the dominant philosophy among comics fans DESPITE THE NATURE OF COMICS MEANING THAT THERE ARE A MILLION TRILLION INCONSISTENCIES FROM STORY TO STORY. the comic book industry and how it functions means that a characters canon is constantly shifting as it is passed from writer to writer. these writers will have different interpretations of the character and what aspects theyd like to highlight, what story components theyd like to add as they craft a narrative responsive to the context that they live in.

miguel is the obvious stand in for the fan that insists that certain criteria must be fulfilled for a character to still be considered the same character. for the narrative to remain "intact" (we all understood that yes? universe = story). the obvious and numerous inconsistencies we see with MIGUEL SPECIFICALLY are to just highlight how wrong he is already and keep us skeptical (hes one of the only spiderpeople who wasnt bitten by a spider, hes called out in movie by peter b that hes not funny - whats up with that, spiderman is always supposed to be funny)

MILES BEING THE OG ANOMALY IS ALSO FITTING WITH THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE, IRL, MILES HAD INSANE PUSHBACK FROM COMIC BOOKS FANS WHO - GET THIS - THOUGHT IT WAS TOO FAR FROM CANON! often very racist pushback that insisted that for spiderman to be "canon" he must be a white man! the pointed diversity of spiderpeople in this trilogy is not just trying to diversify superhero movies in a meaningful way - its also trying to make a broader point with its storyline that the ideological worship of "canon" can and does have racist implications ! that we should question the idea of "canon" and what we assume is necessary for a story to remain intact - can there be spidermen of different races (and genders, and religions, and etc etc) and tell the same crucial story? spiderverse is trying to prove desperately yes, yes, a thousand times yes, look at the story we are telling and tell us this isnt spiderman. our black protagonist is quintessentially spiderman while still being black, while still being puerto rican - those things add dimensions to the spiderverse canon that enrich it rather than detract from it. and while this point stands for a lot of art, they are also very intentional about it being about COMICS specifically, SUPERHEROES specifically. a literary novel centered around a specific time period and contect is not what theyre concerned about - they are keeping the theming of this movie series tightly around the medium of the superhero comic. because this IS a medium where absolutely this kind of multiplicity in experience BENEFITS the storytelling.

[cuervitodeisla]

AHHHH I wish i could attend the concerts in the my chem return era

[that-one-queer-poc]

send help im feeling insecure about my race as a 3-poc mixed light skinned person again

[ninawolv3rina]

😡

[bluinary]

Came out to my peeps on FB and Insta, AND I'm not calling my homophobic father on Father's Day 🙌🏽 y'all I'm on a roll