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early 30s | they/them | afro-asian / POC

[earthseed]

on losing elders

Whale Rider (2002), dir. Niki Caro // Crying In H Mart (2021), Michelle Zauner // Daughters of the Dust (1991), dir. Julie Dash // Muttererde (2018), dir. Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor // The Burial of Kojo (2018), dir. Blitz Bazawule // Crying In H Mart (2021), Michelle Zauner // The Farewell (2019), dir. Lulu Wang // Black Indian (2019), Shonda Buchanan // Bandits (1997), dir. Katja von Garnier

[vivienvalentino]

some sites for when you’re bored and looking for new music

spotalike creates a playlist based on a song

magicplaylist  creates a playlist based on a song

dubolt  creates a playlist based on an artist

boilthefrog creates a playlist between any two artists 

predominant suggests you albums based on cover art color   

music-map  suggests similar artists

gnoosic  suggests similar artists and songs

[transmasc-malleus]

curated 🌿🌻🍂🍁

[userakasha]

ROMEO MUST DIE 2000, dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak

[shnehollander]

“And there is, of course, one person who really made it happen. And that's my head writer, Ava Daniels. And I've been asked to fire her by the head of this company. I refuse to fire her. And not just because she's my creative partner, but because it's a slippery slope. A few days ago, I agreed to cut a joke I made to protect Ethan Sommers and the studio's interests. And now I'm being asked to fire someone I love who did nothing wrong.”

[crtscreen]

throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, our generation was inundated with aave. it eclipsed lolcat as the "funny way to talk." ain't nobody got time fo dat turns into dat boi o shit waddup. this is blatantly not an "aracial" or "gen z" way to talk. it IS black english. not to mention the amount of black reaction images!!

WHY, specifically, is it black peoples' facial expressions that are seen as just so comical or exaggerated? analyze the history of this nation's comedy and tell me why you might be predisposed to thinking of black peoples' faces as just, "more emotive" or exaggeratedly funny than a white or nonblack person's

and throughout those years, 00s-10s, many black bloggers -- victims of the mass staff-led purge (under the cover of them being 'russian' while reichblr still exists) -- they DID tell us it was a problem, DID try to educate people who freak out at the insinuation of 'being racist,' DID argue, DID point out the duplicity and the appropriation and the gross equivalence of african american slang with unintelligence, goofiness, etc. and they were ignored, abused, cancelled, chased off, until being eventually mass deleted by our racist transmisogynistic staff.

we didn't do enough, and the generation after us gen z "kids" didn't stop the trend. using the '-ahh' suffix. rizz. no cap. ate. delulu. it's giving. it's serving. crash out. lock in. aura. tea. main character. bruh. slay. real. keep it 100.

all of the following images are or were popular reaction images! what do they all have in common?

it feels like the effort to categorize slang as AAVE and not 'gen z' or 'gen alpha' slang has really petered out. it feels like we stopped talking about digital blackface in an era where the administration is posting ai-generated videos of black women who speak and act like exaggerated stereotypes and it frustrates me because we all have a responsibility to understand our generation's role in normalizing this type of racist shit for kids today. this needs to be addressed!

[needle-drop]

"Villain Era" by Lady Parts in We Are Lady Parts season 2 episode 1 (2024) dir. Nida Manzoor

[fabiotheguitar]

actually I’ll never get over this Nida Manzoor why are you rubbing salt in the wound and then setting it on fire like wdym Saira goes to her sister’s grave, her mom rejects her, she calls Abdullah, he rejects her, she goes online and sees the whole internet is rejecting her for the same reasons she feels rejected by her parents and society in general, she shows up to her place and everyone is waiting for her, and then AMINA tells her SHE’S WRONG. she’s mocking her religion, has she ever heard of consequences, she wants attention and pity, poor little misunderstood Saira, fuck you, i quit?????????? and she lashes out at everyone and nukes all her friendships and cries alone in her room????????????? looking around like what have I done?? and she’s just alone for a month? cutting things with knives all day and going home to an empty flat?? and she tries to go home and the look on her face when her grandpa kisses her cheeks. staring at her baby photos. you were my sweet quiet girl. Nothing happened I’m just not what you want. Looking at old photos of her band on her phone. laying in bed in the middle of the day with her blinds closed. fuckkkkk!

[lovestereo]

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[totalsellout]

SZA by Torso & Briana Andalore, for i-D 376 "The Lore Issue"

[avadaniels]

HACKS (2021—2026) 5x10 dir. Lucia Aniello

[avadaniels]

I may not have 30 years. But I think I have another hour.

HACKS (2021—2026) 5x10 "Hacks" dir. Lucia Aniello

[leanputa]

crab makeup by pradaolic on IG

[piierrote]

Hey I Love You Thank God It’s Spring

3 colour riso prints :) available here !!

[badassdemonsword]

Heated rivalry shouldve been about 2 ugly old guys that play mahjong then maybe id consider watching it

[krownest]

i don't remember them playing mahjong but they do other old man things like going to the wet market together and drinking soup and taking walks. anyway go watch suk suk / twilight's kiss

[krownest]

"ok but where's the old chinese lesbians" go watch all shall be well. it's by the same director and the old chinese lesbians are also at the market

[minimuii]

hi hi hey ho hi hi hey hi hey ho

[vigilskept]

really i think the most insidious part of white supremacy is the way it will convince white people everything is actually About Them. being called out isn’t about you. poc expressing frustration at your behaviour isn’t about you. it’s about how you are affecting others. step one is literally just de-centre yourself from the conversation. anyone who’s not white has already had to learn this lesson the hard way and it gets tiring waiting for the rest of you to catch up