Gimcracks, Goods and Jiggers

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[tooquirkytolose]

Fat people I love you

[albatross-the-fanartist]

*accordion noises*

[jollyfurydragonballer]

[odddogs]

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and THIS dog belongs in boca raton

[pangur-and-grim]

@creekfiend was very kind in sharing some writing resources with me, and I thought I'd pass along the kindness by listing them down below.

N.K. Jemisin's article 'Describing characters of color in writing'

Mary Anne Mohanraj's article on approaching characters of colour

Renee Harleston's article How to 'Write Characters of Color Without Using Stereotypes'

Working with Colour, a resource site for writers

the book Writing the Other by by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward, which had a description that cut deep, because I've definitely fallen into this trap out of fear:

and then a video recommended by @sheprd (thank you!) about pitfalls in descriptive language

if anyone else has more resources to add, feel free to reblog with them! this is something I want to learn more about.

[pangur-and-grim]

I was talking yesterday about how I should probably change the skin colour of a character in a not-yet-written book, because that character is a large, aggressive dragon-shifter and I was worried about her being read with unintentional and offensive subtext.

I haven't gotten my hands on Writing the Other yet (it's still in the mail!) but from reading my way through these articles and watching the Princess Weekes video, I now understand that 'white-ifying' a character you're worried about is a lazy and cowardly solution. so, if I do ever finish the book Eres loses Everything, I'll keep her as is, do my best to be thoughtful, and hire a sensitivity reader to pick out any blind spots.

thank you to everyone who passed on resources, I really appreciate it!

[pangur-and-grim]

here are a few more resources I've found, if anyone’s interested:

Writing Diversely FAQ

Writing With Colour blog

A conversation between many writers on writing diverse characters

Four Tips to Help You Incorporate Diversity and Inclusion in Your Writing

A Medium Article: "Yes, You Should Be Afraid to Write “Diverse” Characters"

[depsidase]

[parkchanwoohoo]

[oneheadtoanother]

[sjweminem]

Intricate rituals

[chompasaurus]

the only option, obviously

[comixqueen]

Seagriffs doodled yesterday.

Top: spectacled cormorant/steller's sea cow. Steller's sea eagle/orca.

Bottom left: sungrebe/red-tailed catfish

Bottom right: black-footed penguin/pyjama shark

[fishdetective]

really really awesome image

[fishdetective]

WAIT i went back to actually read the article. fifteen more frog hands

[todaysbird]

GET YELLED AT

photos by carl bergstrom

[birds-in-posts]

Double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

[ranticore]

my thing, she is sick. someone help her

[pangur-and-grim]

I'm so so so angry. in Horsey Game, I found a wild legless horse, cloned it repeatedly, and mass-sold the clones to all my rival ranches to pollute their gene pools. and when my plan finally reached fruition.....when at last, I came into a race where every opponent had no legs.......my stupid fucking horse fell over.

[pangur-and-grim]

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[morggo]

A Space Too Small

ink and watercolor sketch on hahnemühle cold press

approx. 3.5" x 3.5" on 6" x 6" paper

original for sale: ko-fi.com/s/e68a22b16c

prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

At the zoo with @syncarida and a lyrebird came up to us in the aviary and started putting on a show!!! His beautiful plagiarism song...

(video ID: a lyrebird, a medium sized brown bird with long elaborate tail feathers, standing on a wooden railing and singing by mimicking multiple different birdsongs in rapid succession)

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

Also if anyone's wondering (like I was) about where the laser gun sounds are coming from, turns out those are actually one of the few lyrebird original sounds that they can all automatically do! Which is funny because it's one of the noises that sounds the most like a recording to me.

[zeugmalitotes]

My partner across the room: What are those noises?

Me: It's a video of a lyrebird!

Partner: A liar-bird? Why does it lie?

Me: It had bad role models growing up

[tachvintlogic]

@lucifer-is-a-bag-of-dicks

[lucifer-is-a-bag-of-dicks]

there's a notorious lyrebird at a train station a few stops north of the one my dad works at and he told me it's a problem because it often imitates the train guard's whistle that indicates it's safe for the train to leave