#the devils dandy

[musicaltheatre-princess]

When cool people follow you and you're like "why did you do this? What did I do to deserve this honor? I have been blessed"

[writingwithcolor]

Hello! I had a question: in a fantasy-magic type story that I'm writing, hair length increases magical ability and holds quite a bit of power. While my story includes sorcerers/"witches" of all races, the main character is black. Since most of the nonblack characters keep their long hair braided back for convenience, is it okay to have the main character wear dreadlocks? I wouldn't want to cause offense or stereotype.

Black Character Wearing Locs: A-okay!

Hi! There is absolutely no issue with a Black character wearing locs.

Note on terms: Locs or Locks is more preferred over “Dreadlocks” in present times!

And it’s not something she would just “do” one day then take out as she could with braids, FYI, so research lock care (from Black people/care websites...not white people’s attempts at “dreads”)

There’s also several other styles she could wear that’d keep her hair back i’ll mention, since i’m not sure if you’re thinking it’s the only option or not.

Check out the Black hair tag for ideas.

~Mod Colette

Edit: this ask has been updated to reflect more preferred language.

[mammamias]

Sabes el hombre de las magdalenas?

¿Quién vive en Drury Lane? Sí sé que el hombre de mollete , que vive en Drury Lane!

[clarityshade]

Why do you think TWD is sexist? From what I've seen, it's pretty good on that front (besides how they totally lost Carol's character these last two episodes.) I'd say it's a tad racist rather than sexist; never more than one black guy alive at a time, even though Atlanta and the surrounding area is literally called "The Chocolate City."

interesting, this seems true. (I’ve just finished s3 btw) Right now we’ve got Tyrese and his sister and Michonne. but Tyrese only showed up after Lennie James’ character had his one episode. we knew next to nothing about T-Dog, despite how long he stayed around. meanwhile we know that Daryl and Merl were abused and clearly did not have a good life as children. what to we know about Tyrese and Michonne and T-Dog? *shrugs* they’re the token black characters *smashes window in rage at this shallow writing* if their existence on this show is to be purely the token characters of color, then that seems pretty racist to me.

sure, we’ve got Glenn, the token Asian. ok he’s been developed more, but why? and how? well one factor in his character development has been through Maggie’s sexual assault by the Governor. I’m pretty sure Maggie is the victim here, not Glenn, yet we see next to no evidence that Maggie is even struggling through her assault. meanwhile Glenn is seen episode after episode having some emotional unsurity or frustration. there’s a vague divide between him and Maggie at one point, and it came across to me as though Maggie was being portrayed as the one at fault for this divide, despite the fact that she was the victim of the sexual assault, not Glenn!

that’s just one example of the implied sexism I can feel oozing out of this show. racism can actually apply to this situation because Glenn is made out to be more of a “man” in s3 compared to who he was in s2, based solely on… I’m not even sure. he seems like more of an asshole than anything. if he were white, he probably would be considered the token asshole, but because he’s Asian, he’s more of a “man” because he’s stronger and more assertive, playing on racist stereotypes based in Western misogynistic patriarchal standards of “manhood” that Asian men are weak and passive… I don’t even know, I’m not knowledgable enough to write on this more. this is just what strikes me.

more sexism: the situation between Lori and Rick is actually the one that really started it for me. I know people say that Lori is supposed to be disliked, but if that’s the case, then why are we supposed to feel for Rick after her death? Rick goes absolutely bonkers after he loses her, but I honestly didn’t feel an ounce of sympathy for him. why? because right before her death there is a divide implied to exist between them, and whose fault is it supposed to be and why is it there? most likely it’s because of Rick’s change of character that took place while they were out on the road. also Lori may have distanced herself from him upon finding out what he did to Shane. and yet Lori is painted as the on at fault here because she doesn’t remain loyal to her husband? her husband who has clearly not come to terms with his own change in demeanor and behavior towards her? there was literally no way I could feel sorry for Rick after Lori’s death, despite the fact that the show was written as intending to have the audience feel Rick’s pain and feel sorry for him as though he wasn’t at fault for anything.

I’m not sure if I adequately explained this but this is the basic gist of a few of my beefs with what I’ve seen on this show so far. as a writer and as a woman, these characters could have been handled much differently, and situations like the ones above used for furthering the character devlopment of said female characters. instead, they are used to develop the male characters, meanwhile leaving the women as emotional fodder to be remembered as helpless and weak and just not strong enough to take whatever the show writer’s thought would be nice to heap upon them (Lori’s unexplained death in childbirth in order to elicit emotions from Rick? Walker!Milton overpowering Andrea despite her obvious badassery in every other episode before s3′s finale? and of course Glenn’s theft of Maggie’s own suffering, leaving her character to remain merely a shell, forgetting any victims of sexual assault in real life who might be able to relate to her.)