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[tawdrysquid]

Today they cast Noma Dumezweni, a black woman, as Hermione Granger.

Back in February, I wrote a piece called “What A “Racebent” Hermione Really Represents.” I just couldn’t not, really, it was one of those writing nights where I had to just get it out. 

And now…Hermione is a black woman. 

Actually, in canon, on stage. 

HERMIONE IS A BLACK WOMAN. 

HERMIONE IS A BLACK WOMAN. 

I burst into tears and shook and sobbed for like an hour after hearing this news. After seeing her face, a real live black woman getting ready to play Hermione. 

I didn’t think I’d see this til I was really old, if at all in my lifetime. 

But here she is. 

She’s not racebent anymore. 

[adventuresintheshadeoftea]

From the BBC report:

“I can’t wait to see Jamie, Noma and Paul bring the adult Harry, Hermione and Ron to life on stage next summer.”

Rowling went on to address the casting of a black actress as Hermione, saying the character’s ethnicity “was never specified” in her original books.

“Canon: brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever,“the author tweeted in response to a user’s question.

"White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione.”

[did-you-know]

Source

[hellzabeth]

LEMME TELL YOU BITCHES ABOUT MY GIRL CARMILLA

FOLKS FORGET ABOUT CARMILLA AND HER WONDERFUL LOVE STORY JUST BECAUSE SHE DOESN’T GET AS MUCH PUBLICITY AS OL’ DRAC BUT SHE’S AWESOME

SHE DOESN’T BURN IN SUNLIGHT BUT DOES WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY TO THE POINT OF FAINTING AND NEVER WAKES UP BEFORE NOON (MY SPIRIT MONSTER IS CARMILLA YO) AND WHEN SHE FEEDS FROM LAURA IT’S ALWAYS FROM HER LEFT BREAST. THAT’S STRAIGHT UP VICTORIAN EROTICA YO. SHE CAN TRANSFORM INTO A CAT AND INTO FOG, SIMILAR TO DRAC, AND HAS THIS LONG, BEAUTIFUL DARK HAIR.

YOU CAN READ THE WHOLE THING ONLINE IT’S OUT OF COPYRIGHT AND STUFF BUT HOLY SHIT A STORY ABOUT WOMEN IN THE 1800S THAT PASSES THE BECHDEL TEST WHAT????

GO. READ IT. IT’LL TAKE YOU BARELY AN HOUR AT MOST.

[aviofavalon]

holy shit i am so reading this wtf

[whmsic0tt]

is this where hussies going with kanaya

[vivziepop]

me gusta this fact.

[marzipanandminutiae]

HOLD ONTO YOUR PANTIES PEOPLE

THERE’S A WEB SERIES

CARMILLA: NOW WITH 100% LESS GROSS PATHOLOGIZATION OF FEMALE SEXUALITY IN GENERAL AND SAPPHISM IN PARTICULAR. AND 100% MORE UNIVERSITIES STRAIGHT OUT OF NIGHT VALE EXCEPT IN AUSTRIA.

THE LADY-LOVING IS CANON. THE FEMALE CHARACTERS ARE STRONG.THE NON-BINARY CHARACTER IS PRESENT AND BADASS.

HERE’S EPISODE 1 OF 36 IT’S LIKE TWO HOURS ALL TOLD GO WATCH IT

[hotladypants]

trivia: this novella pimp post was in our original pitch doc

[laura2daletter]

the amount of notes this has makes me wanna cry

[gorefrnk-deactivated20151218]

ok but does the cl*que realize that leathermouth used the ø first :)

[useless-denmarkfacts]

the entire country of denmark has used it since the 1100s

[selfiesister-deactivated2014061]

[southern voice] that disco done got panicked

[1nvisibl3]

#freepeet

[loloollolololool-deactivated201]

Can u believe people still send Ryan Ross hate in the year 2015..a man who just posts cute pictures of his dog and gf..why are u so threatened by this dude honestly

[lunartay]

[weirdtouches-deactivated2015071]

Stop shaming girls for satisfying their sex drive

[premiumlewd]

[theybby-deactivated20231001]

@octoberlings

[espritfollet]

This is a map of Asia. North Americans, you may notice this map is not solely comprised of Japan, Korea, China and Thailand. People in the UK, you may notice India is not  a continent. That is, if those of you who generalize entire continents can even pinpoint India on a map. Indians are Asian, gasp! And not all brown skinned people are Indian, also, gasp! There are an alarming amount of people, of all ages, from all backgrounds, who seem to be unable to process this.

I’m ethnically Asian. Since Asia is an extremely large continent, I could be from any number of countries. I am neither from India, China, Korea, Japan or Pakistan, yet not so surprisingly, I am still Asian. 

Yes, there are commonalities across regions, through the conflation of cultures, colonialism, globalization, transnationalism and movement of diasporas. Sometimes these are all the same thing. Rickshaws, rice and curry can be found across the continent. But let’s not overgeneralize. You can also find Buddhists, Catholics, Muslims and Hindus across Asia. Cantonese Speaking Chinese Muslims! English Speaking Indian Jews! 

No, we are not all the same. Orientalism? (Please look up Edward Said for basic concepts) No thank you. 

Geography, people. It’s important. 

[fuckyeahethnicwomen]

This pops up on my dash every so often. I reblog it again, not just because I wrote it, but because nothing has changed since I first posted this.

[dentalgoth]

What’s cool about Iran is that it falls in 3 different regions of Asia so depending on what part of Iran you’re in, you can kind of get culture shocked a bit. The central and western part of the country is West Asia, the north east is Central Asia, and the southeast is in South Asia. 

[numinous-queer]

To the folks wondering about Russia being included, I want to mention that the cultural debates and angst about that has been going on for CENTURIES. While France has been pretty fetishized all the way back from Peter the Great, there is no question that we are not Europe, even with that influence showing really obviously in historical seats of power like St. Petersburg. Nonetheless, the whole country was under control of the Mongols (The Golden Horde) from roughly 1242 to 1480, and that left an enormous Mongolian and Tatar heritage that remains to this day. The ancient Scythians are huge in the cultural imagination as well. And besides… look at the Russians who are outside the standard “Kievan Rus” phenotype (which most folks assume is how all Russians look.) 

Here are three of the 30 distinct ethnic groups in Siberia alone:

Buryat grandfather, photo by Alexander Newby

Evenk children, photo by Evgenia Arbugaeva

Young Yakut couple, photographer unknown

[espritfollet]

boom

[as2kakamlq-deactivated20150103]

AS SOMEONE WITH NORTHERN IRANIAN (AZERBAIJANI)/RUSSIAN/ HAZARA-PERSIAN/ UYGHUR-CHINESE ANCESTRY THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL POST 

[dreamerskeepwriting-deactivated]

And that’s why sometimes you’ll see a person with curly black hair, pale skin, and hazel-green eyes (my grand-father’s sister) who turn out to be Chinese. Mad recessive genes game at play, I swear. Mongols, they really got around. 

[yondamoegi]

I will reblog this post whenever I’ll see it. Like, as yakutian person I thank you for including Yakuts, man!

[thisusedtoberum-deactivated2017]

Its Mariah Carey month

[brandnewovernight]

Reblog if you ship peterick

because legit one of the cutest ships ever

[petethetreat]

That time Pete said his name was Jason and the interviewer didn’t know that wasn’t his real name and the rest of the guys went along with it.

[dramatichoe]

“white people have no culture” well explain this

[penis-hilton]

where are his teeth

[angelicbreadroll]

LMAOOOO

[talkgentlytome]

‘Wow, delish quinoa, Susan!’ :’)

[alacklusteredparadise]

I’m hollering.

[sugarysorrow]

why do people think bisexuality is confusing? it’s not. 

you know what is confusing? bi annual. does it mean every two years or twice a year? no one knows.

[manletkendallroy]

bi annual means twice a year! biennial means every other year! :)

[that-nonbinary-guy]

Reblog to save a life

[dicaeopolis]

biennial means every other year

semiannual means twice a year

you wanna know what biannual means

it means you should hate the english language

[thedessmiles]

What I would give up to hear Brendon Urie perform Northern Downpour live again:

The moon

actually no just take my soul i want the moon