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When people argue that food from Chinese and Mexican restaurants in the US are not 'real' representations of that culture's cuisine ignore the historical reality that these dishes were developed by diasporic communities striving to recreate the flavors of home with available resources. Such criticism frames adaptation as a loss of authenticity, rather than recognizing it as a sincere and evolving expression of culture by people separated from their homeland.

ninhaoma-ya

Too good to leave in the tags

rthwrms

thinking about coptic mummy paintings and weeping

like. i know these people

alleani

Exactly! These portraits fascinates me so much because they were painted 2000 years ago, you could just walk in almost any street today you will surely meet someone who looks as though they had stepped straight out of one of them.. hundreds of realistic portraits of people who looked like they are your neighbors, walked on this land we now walk on.. but they actually lived a life that does not resemble ours and spoke a different language and had different traditions and knowledge and struggles..

Speaking of that, some people on egy twitter were comparing Mohamed Hany from the national team to this very portrait yesterday :D

springbreak1984

pangur-and-grim

things I’ve noticed in the UK:

- when you’re jay walking, cars will actively accelerate bc the drivers want to kill you for breaking the rules

- servers in restaurants act very scared and apologetic, so maybe people aren’t nice to them here??? or I could be terrifying

- it’s really cute when little kids have British accents, but I’m unmoved by adults with accents

- extremely good gluten free options. this country is like 20 years ahead of Canada in that regard

- people will give random insignificant buildings names with little plaques. and then that’s the name that shows up on the map. like even a smaller than average family home, you can name it like it’s a dog

- lots of brick and stone buildings. looks cute and charming until you enter one and there’s no air conditioning

- people are still wearing jaguar print. I like this. don’t let it die

pangur-and-grim

ohhh okay! amendment: cars will actively try to kill you for being small and made of flesh, instead of cool and metal like them

redstonedust

some people like to get mad at disability benefits because they think its unfair people who dont work get a payout from the government while they have to work 50 hours at the human suffering factory every week. but if you tell them "yeah that sucks i think you should also get a universal allowance and not have to work 50 hours at the human suffering factory every week" thats apparently the wrong answer.

pjackk

TF DO I GET THE FOOD OUT

elliejaybird

my drive home from work yesterday

elliejaybird

Tumblr is the only place with enough patience to suffer my minimum effort Pictionary-style self portrait of myself in my car long enough to get to the ducks. I can check analytics on other sites that show most people are clicking away before the ducks.

holesinmyhead

did you have the dream i sent you?

hawlucha

With a heavy heart, I come to you all with the news announced by close friends of Cat Frazier that she had passed away on Monday, June 29.

She had been running @animatedtext since 2012, with her impact on the internet SHAPING tumblr. If you have a years long history on this site, you’ve seen her art.

She ran a venue in Oakland called Oakland Secret, a punk venue where I’d vend at regularly as an artist. She made a safe space for queer artists, artists of color, and local furs too. I am forever grateful for her work both in the Bay Area creative scene and online, and am forever changed by the totality of her impact.

I’ll be linking some articles from the 2010’s about her impact online: The Fader | Action | Jezebel | ObviouslySocial

I invite you to take a visit through her archive, and if you have a long history with this site like I do, it’s like walking down memory lane.