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CW: cussing, reference to the hospitalizations of others and the near death experience of a friend, general ADHD neurodivergent executive disfunction fuckery, references to military violence, genocide, colonization, intergenerational trauma, Judenhass/antisemitism, racism, ethnic cleansing, homophobia, transphobia, homophobic violence, transphobic violence, anxiety, depression, depression as a…
Yo @ tumblr can you make it so I can block certain ads? I don’t mind having the occasional ad but having me keep seeing ads about the TERFy Wizard Magic School is driving me up the fckin wall!!!
ao3 is not instagram, and it’s not embarrassing to comment on a story that’s old. we understand that you just happened to come across it now; writing is magical in that you often come across the right story at just the time you need to read it.
also, authors will literally cry over their keyboard if you comment on the stuff they write.
RIGHT?!?!?
I also get worried about writing for fandoms that are old too cuz I just want people to read my stuff but it’s in a fandom that’s not popular anymore will anyone even see it??? But people are still there and reading it, I promise
Lol @ me suddenly getting a shit ton of p0rn bot accounts following me for no goddamn reason
good morning cnovel readers you are not immune to anti northern/central asian racism
I'm a xinjiang chinese-kyrgyz that's very active in both the en and cn speaking cnovel fandom and yall need to understand that as much as that was phrased as a meme, you are truly not immune to it. racism, colourism, and xenophobia against ethnic groups in/from central and northern asia are entrenched in every single aspect of the han media that has been popularised in western fandom. the books and adaptations of them use racism that can be as subtle as the eye colours of villains to making the xiongnu an alien species of violent beasts. cnovels, regardless of their morality or status as problematic/unproblematic, such as mdzs, fgep, cql, tgcf, 2ha, woh/shl and spl, all of them engage in and encourage the racism, xenophobia, colourism, classism, and sexism that form anti-central/northern asian stereotypes this isn't me saying don't read cnovels or to completely disengage with fandom. rather, I'm asking you to think critically about the media you consume and what prejudices it might encourage. think about how this impacts your views of these ethnic groups; even if we don't actively realise it, we are conditioned by media to view these groups as barbaric, savage, and uncivilized. think about how your ingrained prejudices might impact those around you. if you see a character coded as mongolian, then maybe consider how they've been coded. why do you interpret them as mongolian? how does this represent your view of real, living mongolian people? many people honestly don't know about us either! the struggles we face are unrepresented and heavily suppressed by eastern media, making western understanding of northern nomads and similar groups very stunted. the number of people I've met who have never even heard of my people is innumerable. however, being uninformed does not negate the harm you do by engaging in racist habits, no matter how good your intentions frankly, I do not want to be responsible for educating an online space that has firmly entrenched racism, it makes me upset to have these conversations in the first place. I would much rather you educate yourself and think critically, but I also know that topics like these can be difficult for western audiences to understand and I know a lot of people truly mean the best and want to support minorities. so, just as a general guide, here are some things that are the most prevalent in anti central/northern asian racism: eye/hair colour: lighter hair and eye colours, especially when paired with darker skin, are common in our genetic clines, while han culture views those combinations as unsightly, creepy, dangerous, sinister, etc. often you will see villains given bright blue or green eyes, such as xue yang in many mdzs adaptations, to signify that they are murderous and untrustworthy. this directly stems from interactions between central asians(casians) and central plains people. our features are labelled as demonic, freakish, and evil broad features and large stature: often you see the quote "back of a tiger, waist of a bear". the ban yue desert people in tgcf are a good example of this, described as being many feet taller than the average person, broader, and in general much more physically strong powerful voice and coarse language: describing our languages as guttural, barbaric, harsh, rough, simplistic, or lacking nuance is an attempt to paint us as uncivilized, uncultured, and intellectually inferior to other peoples. similarly, giving us voices that are booming, loud, coarse, and rough attempts to do the same sparse clothing and animal furs: think of "caveman attire". having characters wear strips of fur, have bare chests, clothing considered barbaric or caveman-like, etc. this is a pretty self-explanatory one exotic customs/dance/looks: while central/northern asian people often do have different appearances and customs than han people, the portrayal of evidently fabricated, uneducated, exaggerated versions of our culture is offensive, othering, and often fetishistic. our hair styles are also incredibly important, and many times are religiously significant. using them as "exotic braids" or similar intricate styles is offensive and rips away all their cultural significance. these cultures and customs are an important part of life to millions of people, they are not a costume or flashy dance that is there to make a character seem exotic and enticing geographical racism and fantasization: to many casian groups, our lands are extremely important to us, such as the northern steppes. if this is portrayed respectfully, then great! but most media shows our lands as the mystical, faraway, dangerous grass plains filled with roaming wolves and venomous snakes. for the love of everything holy, you can have a fantasy world WITHOUT fantasizing a certain region in an offensive manner. this is an ecological region, similar to every region in the world. if you want to write mystic lands filled with dangers, then have all the regions included in that. do not single out the northern steppes to be some fantastical mountainscape. while this might seem odd to western viewers, this kind of prejudice is linked to thousands of years of casian lands being portrayed as demonic and dangerous in han culture religious racism: again, othering and fantasizing a strong cultural component. having characters practice blood sacrifices, use corpses for "evil religious rituals", cast curses with bones, etc. this is really any uneducated and exaggerated portrayal of casian religion (especially tengriism or any paganistic variant), making it look exotic or dangerous medical racism: this is closely tied with religious racism, but normally manifests through offensive portrayals of shamans or priests. having shamans be anything outside of their traditional roles of religious leaders and healers in most communities is offensive! having shamans or priests be demonic practitioners that make blood curses, raise poisonous beasts, and breed venomous beetles is offensive! innate connection with beasts/animals: making this a trait associated with specific groups of people, especially tribal societies, is just racist and dehumanizing. this one is self-explanatory Brutal Strong Girlboss Female General: large, strong, domineering, women are considered unattractive and disgraceful in han culture. the strong female warrior stereotype is 99% of the time not some feminist girlboss statement, its a racist stereotype to make our people look brutish and unattractive, especially considering that another strong stereotype against us is that casian men are all brutal, womanizing, harem-masters sinicizing/civilizing us: the western equivalent of this is christianizing various ethnic minorities. having casian characters be "civilized" through introduction to han culture is just blatantly racist. similarly, describing mixed han-casian people as "more delicate" than their casian family, being finer-featured, etc is also just plain racism a lot of these overlap with anti-indigenous and anti-black racism too! while the struggles our groups face are not the same, we have many mutual experiences that mean this conversation also extends to these groups. with that being said, if you are not central/northern asian, indigenous, or black, if you clown on or derail this post I'm going to start swinging
this also goes for people watching cdramas, donghua, reading manhua, etc. you are not immune just because the racism has been repackaged
i’ve mentioned this here before, but it will remain one of the most ideologically influential experiences of my life: when i was in fifth grade i did a report on post traumatic stress as manifested in veterans of the vietnam war, and my father did me the huge favor of connecting me w/ a vietnam vet friend of his who was diagnosed with PTSD, assuring him that while i was only ten i was bright and curious and he should be as honest with me about his experience as possible.
i remember entering his office with my tape recorder, sitting in a chair that was too big, and asking him questions about war, and his life after war, while swinging my legs over the edge of the chair. i remember being very, very quiet as he spoke of pulling the car over on the highway for fear of crashing when his hands would shake uncontrollably in response to song on the radio or a smell that he couldn’t be sure was real or sense-memory. and of ruined relationships and anger and american hypocrisy.
and i also remember that was the day i learned what “valor” meant. he used “valor” in a sentence and i didn’t know that word, and when i asked him to explain “valor” he became very quiet. and i can’t remember precisely what he said, if he ever offered me the dictionary definition or not, but i do remember him looking very sad, and saying something about our country’s idea of “valor”, and also something about a broken promise. and there was an edge to his words that i couldn’t parse at the time that i would later come to understand was bitterness, that he sounded bitter.
to this day i can’t hear or read the word “valor” without seeing sunlight coming through his office window at a slant, close-to-sunset light, and feeling the kind of quiet, confused, completely internalized panic a child feels when they sense that a grown up is trying very hard not to weep in their presence.
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Another Half-My-Life-Iversary, But Not Like The Other One, Soz
Another Half-My-Life-Iversary, But Not Like The Other One, Soz
CW: mentions of death, death of a minor, death of a childhood friend, grief, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, attempted suicide, bullying/friendship breakup, unconfirmed suspected medical malpractice, dark humor right out the gate, discussion of bodily trauma, trauma resulting from a motor vehicle incident, reference to a motor vehicle collision, implied/referenced homophobia,…
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Geometry Proofs but for Social Justice Human Equity Type Things
Geometry Proofs but for Social Justice Human Equity Type Things
CW: discussion of systemic discrimination of marginalized groups and reactionary responses. For the record, I do identify as a “Bad At Math Gay.” Calculating numbers was never my strong suit. I was always much better at mathematics that involved letters, like algebra. Regardless of being required to memorize certain things like multiplication tables and square roots, when it comes to pretty…
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Geometry Proofs but for Social Justice Human Equity Type Things
Geometry Proofs but for Social Justice Human Equity Type Things
CW: discussion of systemic discrimination of marginalized groups and reactionary responses. For the record, I do identify as a “Bad At Math Gay.” Calculating numbers was never my strong suit. I was always much better at mathematics that involved letters, like algebra. Regardless of being required to memorize certain things like multiplication tables and square roots, when it comes to pretty…
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CW: mild ableist language, brief mentions of racism For those of you that don’t know, I majored in linguistics when I was in college. In fact, I was one of the first graduates of the linguistics de…
And HERE is my most recent post that was supposed to be my second post but time and my adhd are not friends but it’s meant to explain some things about my future posts.
CW: brief mentions of lateral misogyny, internalized biphobia, homophobia, racism and depersonalization Welp, it’s February 14th, 2021, which means one thing and one thing ONLY: Its my …
Oh and THIS was my SECOND blog post about how Valentine’s Day 2021 was my 15-year, half-my-life anniversary of coming out to myself
Okay. Um. Hi. Hello. I guess this is my blog. Or something. Look, there have been so many platforms and creative fiction projects I’ve attempted where I’ve wanted to share my all of my ideas and th…
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