[ginazmemeoir]

now since tumblr apparently loves to support non-american authors, but is surprisingly mum about this, imma tell you.

you see, everybody's favorite evil corp, Amazon, bought Indian publishing house Westland some six years ago. Now Westland is a very famous and reputed publishing house in India, and has put forth some of the best titles the country has seen. It didn't shy away from controversial and uncomfortable topics, and some of its books quite vocally criticise the current government, which has been responsible for the current state of india as a pseudo-democratic, pseudo-secular, economically ruined country, the most notable one being The Price of the Modi years by Aakar Patel. It also produced Amish Tripathi's pathbreaking Shiva Trilogy.

Now here's the thing that got me nuts.

AMAZON. SHUT. IT. DOWN. A WEEK AGO.

JUST OUT OF THE BLUE, IT IS CLOSING DOWN WESTLAND FOREVER. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS TO COME OF THE HUNDREDS OF TITLES PUBLISHED BY IT, OR OF THE AUTHORS ITS CONTRACTED, OR THE PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY IT.

It has triggered a buying surge in India, as people go on shopping spress to get their hands on the titles they want from this house. Short on supply and high on demand, bookstores across India are showing solidarity and moving surplus books around.

here you go with a few links that i think sum up the problem quite nicely, and please guys. just. please support westland.

here they talk about how this is becoming a trend with global corps.

here they talk about the future of indian publishing houses.

this one talks about a bleak future for literature and how it feels like we're living in a dystopian novel

spread this around. jeff bezos continues to be evil, and will be. he is quite literally, irredeemable.

[amorpho]

Bad news everyone. My bestie @risayume here has just gotten her ART COPIED by NICKELODEON themselves for an OFFICIAL game.

This is absolutely disgusting from a large corporation like Nickelodeon. Please feel free to reblog the tweet, signal boost, and spread this news.

Images under the cut:

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[ectoblastic-deactivated20240929]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING ABOUT THIS HERE ON TUMBLR FOR ME GOD BLESS

This shit fucking blows

[mace-from-outerspace]

Just for the sake of clarity/context because there was confusion in the comments/tags:

1) Nickelodeon may own the IP of the character but they don’t inherently own the art itself.

2) This is an issue of Nickelodeon the company, not Butch Hartman (yes I know not fond of the guy myself, but this is the company’s responsibility here).

Can’t amount to how scummy this is on Nick’s part. The animation industry is competitive, it’s a lot of work to get your foot into the door. Rather than give a young artist a job/freelancing gig/etc. (especially an artist who has tried to get her foot in the door AT NICK), they completely take her artwork to profit for themselves. Abundantly disappointed.

[mace-from-outerspace]

Here to update the Tumblrsphere. Looks like the game company did reach out and apologized for what ended up being an honest mistake, which I’m very glad to see be the case!

[amorpho]

Yes, everyone please note the good ending to this mistake- I’m very happy for our friend Risayume

Thank you everyone and make sure to spread the update!

[emil]

[baelonthebrave]

jk rowling is making britain inhospitable to trans women so I will be personally biting anyone who buys a ticket to that movie. you’re all quite happy to put ‘terfs dni’ in your bios for woke points but let’s maybe try putting our money where our mouths are for once x

[strawdogs]

growing up on tumblr is weird bc they let you say anything on here except show tits but on tiktok you have to censor curse words and say things like d1e and then instagram calls it hate speech for saying u dislike men

[idk-my-aesthetic]

They used to let us show tits

[old-manrupee]

They used to let us show tits

[elfwreck]

Original Tumblr rules:

[yujikibafaiz]

[readandwritesilver]

[gaylactic-fire]

Phillip (Stabby) Bonecrunch’s back must hurt from carrying this entire show (and for other reasons).

[kirammedarda]

[thespongebobsquarepantsmovie]

having spotify connected to discord for people to see really feels like this sometimes

[sweetopheliarose]

What’s with ppl making workers uncomfy. A guest today, with kids mind you, asked me what would happen if they fell into the whale tank and I was like “Uh idk they’d probably think you’re a toy or something. No one has ever fallen in.” and this guy said “Would they have sex with me? Haha” and I was super uncomfortable and didn’t know what to say.

[daily-volcanology]

It's time we decolonize the Cascadian volcanoes

[daily-volcanology]

If we can say Denali instead of Mt. McKinley then we can say Lawetlat'la instead of Mt. St Helens. The mountain is named Tahoma, not Rainier. Naming a mountain after Jefferson doesn't erase its true name of Seekseekqua.

One name tells of the thousand years indigenous history and culture of the tribes who live there. The other name tells me nothing but colonialism.

[dustywave]

Mt. Baker: Kulshan

Glacier Peak: Dahkobed

Mt. Rainier: Tahoma

Mt. St. Helens: Lawetlat'la

Mt. Adams: Klickitat

Mt. Hood: Wy'east

Mt. Jefferson: Seekseekqua

Three Sisters: Klah Klahne

[memetokyo]

This is my new favorite thing on the Internet

[commajade]

Half a Million South Korean Workers Prepare to Walk Off Jobs in General Strike

U.S. observers must not treat the struggle in South Korea as a distant concern.

right now is a very important time for labor movements all around the world!!

[sweetopheliarose]

The Violet Evergarden movie came out on Netflix and ruined the whole series for me.

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

when my mom and I are watching the same thing in different rooms and something pisses both of us off

[sweetopheliarose]

Last night I went to see the Jonas Brothers and during the part when the camera was zooming in on signs one of the signs said “LESBIANS ❤️ JB” and I probably screamed louder for that sign than I did the band.

[flightyfinch]