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[beltsquid]

Every morning I pray for a crab rave and every day the empty throne of God disappoints me

[unpretty]

self-recognition through the other (concerned)

[unpretty]

damn. that guy needs help. yes i'm sure. no i'm not telling you why.

[destiny-aesthetics]

Destiny 2: Monument of Triumph | Launch Trailer

Server Slam ⚔️ June 9th ⚔️

[indouscurse]

you have to consciously unlearn racism and continue to watch for it because it will come out without realizing. because so much of society is structured around it. shrugging and going "i dont care" or "i dont know how else to say it" means you are okay with being racist and hurting other people with how much you dont give a shit about them.

[bobdylanyaoi]

all weapons formed against bisexual women shall not prosper

[bobdylanyaoi]

this includes bisexual trans women <3 terfs go fuck yourself

[blackarachnya]

theyre making another movie

[darkspaceboytoy]

I won’t let them.

[cruelfeast]

nothing is lost. you have your bisexual mutuals.

[imjunebitch]

having an actual consistent set of morals in a vibe-based world full of people who say they have a "strong sense of justice" as shorthand for "I get really pissy when I don't get what I want" is kinda exhausting lol

[linka-from-captain-planet]

Gianna Parasini I am very fond of you

[quasi-normalcy]

We Are the Daughters of the Microbes Who Could Survive in an Oxygen-rich Atmosphere

[creatingblackcharacters]

I absolutely love the work you're doing here, and I had a somewhat random question that you /might/ know the answer to (noneorries if you don't). do you know the history/original meaning of the term "racialized"? I think it's been in use for a somewhat long time but I've seen it circulating more recently here. alwahs sorta put a bad taste in my mouth (makes it sound a bit like being non-white is A Thing That Happens To You rather than just. a thing and to me seems just generally like a weird way to say it) but I've tried to look into the history and couldn't find anything conclusive. obviously no worries if you don't know!

I had to think about this one.

The history of the word? No, I don't know. The definition is essentially trying to say that people are affected by the social construct of race, rather than it being biological. Which... Is like... Yeah duh? Not sure why it needed that, except I guess there are a lot of people who believe it's biological. I guess it's meant to show more of an active process of applying racial identity to people, rather than "being" a race. So, okay, sure.

I can see why it puts a bad taste in your mouth, though. I don't think "racialized" as a word and meaning itself bothers me, but moreso the classic misuse of The Tumblr with a Word that bothers me. Particularly in how white folk try to use it as a way to dodge their Whiteness relative to the space they're in, when that Whiteness... Is relative to the space they're in. Yes, I meant to say that twice.

For example, a white Jewish person in Europe is gonna deal with far more racialization amongst other non-Jewish white people. That's just facts, has been for a long time. Jewish people are quite racialized. But if I put Arab and Black Jewish people in that same room, suddenly, the dynamic shifts. They didn't stop being Jewish, that's still going to matter! But... Now they're WHITE and Jewish. There's another level to the racialization, if that makes sense.

I'm sure there's someone who could explain it better than me.

[gilbrennilrowan]

I’ve not had a chance to research this in depth myself yet, but this article gives a brief summary of the origins of the term:

Here are a few quotes that may be helpful for the asker:

“Racial formation as a theory started in the 1970s by Michael Omi and Howard Winant in their perennial book Racial Formation in the United States.”

“Omi and Winant define racialization as ‘the extension of racial meaning to a previously racially unclassified relationship, social practice, or group’”

This article also explains why the term is useful as well as some potential flaws/specific situations that aren’t fully addressed by it. It doesn’t have a ton of detail but it’s useful as an introduction

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[nudityandnerdery]

Sub-Radio, the band that did Stacy's Dad, coming out with another banger for Pride.

[huariqueje]

Wave in Backlight - Peter Witt

German , b. 1966 -

Oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.

[thecrumbez]

Happy Pride Month to those two women dancing together in the foreground of the boat scene in Godzilla (1954).

I’m sorry your romantic foibles were overshadowed by a big ass atomic lizard thing.

[finndamerons-archive]

castle // halsey

[elierlick]

Thirty-year-old Tamara Rees shows us what trans empowerment looked like in 1954. She fought Nazis, taught parachuting, and traveled the world... but her biggest challenge came when the press learned of her identity.

1950s news coverage of Tamera Rees' transition shows a time before the trans moral panic. Most stories regarded her as brave or heroic for her openness. National newspapers even celebrated her wedding in 1955.

The New York Daily News, which now hosts daily anti-trans editorials, ran a shockingly respectful series on trans people in the 1950s. Tamara Rees's narrative was among the longest and most detailed. She thoughtfully implored the public to respect not only her identity, but also other trans people like her.

Tamara wasn't the first famous trans woman of the 1950s, nor was she the best known. However, she had a unique opportunity to share her own story. You can read Tamara's 1955 autobiography, Reborn: A Factual Life Story of a Transition from Male to Female, at transreads.org/reborn