#egyptians were not white

[noctilionoidea]

Oh wow look I’ve left my lane *gets run over*

yea I did a painting of Sekhmet because she’s cool, I was homesick and her imagery is prevailent at the Memphis zoo which was my favourite place as a kid. And yes, I did grow up with the impression that all zoos were meant to replicate the imagery of Egyptian temples and that it was normal to have an abandoned pyramid by the river ghosts of egyptomania amirite folks-

obviously this is extremely simplistic, I don’t do sketches when I pain so the lineart was free handed. But it was great for practicing non human faces!

[transgender-battlekukku]

remember when archie sonic made the echidnas british colonizers and not only were n*zi echidnas introduced but the guys they were actively being racist against (the dingoes) were portrayed as pissy bad guys, "appropriated" the echidna's technology (despite the echidnas themselves appropriated their land) because they "couldn't create technology of their own" and also more n*zi caricatures too

and then the spirit of one of their colonizers banished them to desert superhell

[apeshit]

ppl keep reducing the billionares vs immigrants thing to “rich vs poor” and like . i think the immigrants being ignored has a lot more to it than just them being poor

[jrueships]

oh wow I just saw a picture of sauce and he really is the twink

YES!!!!!!! HE REALLY IS !!! T H E TWINK!!!!!!!!

sauce is MY twitch twink and i will STAND BESIDE HIM!!!!!!!! ... unless he is being rlly unbearable cringe. then i must shuffle back a few steps to the side so i can have room to point and laugh at him

under the cut is some more... twink sauces. enjoy 🥰

momma going shopping at jewlsosco or whatever sauce

LOOK AT THIS!!!! this STICKBUG!!! he was actually built for the number one... he IS built EXACTLY LIKE the number ONE!!!! ( 1 !!) (<- SAUCE!!!)

idk if he wears a too big undershirt like a skirt because he thinks it makes him look like the red skirt thing Roman centurions wear or What but. That is Not the effect AYE am getting... all i am getting is Skirt. just. Skirt . That's. It. Like a tutu for ballerinas. He's really built like a ballerina!!! please sauce!! do a little twirl for us! please!!!!! baby ! !

hes so princess ,,, 🥰 princess sauce 🥰

[felucians]

Microaggressions in therapy 🙃

[bijoumikhawal]

Oh 100 percent! But they seem to lean into his Europeanness rather then his POCness that I wonder was a conscious choice since Sisko's blackness is a wonderful part of his story, or more of a gloss over since they made him augmented But his beginning "doc on the frontier" reeks of colonialism. Do you have any posts on Bashir and his "otherness"

I don't think I've made many because frankly, the fandom leans heavily into him as British and I've seen at least one fairly popular fan imply it was racist to emphasize his brownness too much in a way I found offputting (we now have each other mutually blocked) and said out of pocket weird shit about Julian simply knowing Arabic.

I do think it was intentional but not necessarily the way I think you mean- for one, Siddig has gone on record as not thinking of himself as especially Arab pre-9/11, which is interesting considering his first two film/TV roles as a Palestinian man on Hajj and as Prince Faisal. For another, Julian's character concept seems like it mightve been "vaguely exotic fuckboy" but specifically the "Mediterranean" variety. And lastly it wouldn't suprise me if this was a writer blindspot or they felt comfortable making Bajorans partially vaguely Kurdish and Cardassians partially vaguely Turkish (something I also haven't talked about much bc I both don't people to pretend me saying that is apologia and because my thoughts involve the ways in which that was kind of bigoted), but didn't feel comfortable writing an actual Arab character that interacts with Arab culture.

However I will say if you want to understand Anglo-Egyptian relations in a way I think sheds light on Julian as a character to read "Beer in the Snooker Club"- it's a semi autobiographical novel by a Coptic man from around the time we got independence. Siddig isn't Egyptian and the Sudanese relationship to Egypt and England is distinct, but they did cast an Egyptian for Amsha and I usually write her side of the family as mixed Egyptian-Sudanese and Richard's as Indian-Jewish-British. Because it's from a Coptic perspective it also has some differences to Arab or broadly Egyptian experiences, but it's still very well regarded as something of a cultural exemplar.

[wolfkller]

i think it's poignant that the show has cast so many characters of color and made race an integral part of the storytelling considering the fact that anne whitewashed an uncomfortable number of her characters

[joisbishmyoga]

Ten Modern Plagues:

The LORD: Moses, go back to Manhattan and organize a union.

Moses: NEW PHONE WHO DIS.

The LORD: I am the god of your ancestors, Abraham and so on, what part of 'go organize unions' are you not getting?

The LORD: Anyway go do that and then go tell CEO to raise your people's pay or I'll turn the rivers to blood.

Moses: What the heck is that going to do? Ain't you seen our rivers?

The LORD: . . . right. My bad. Let me see what I can do to the stock market.

The LORD: Oh and don't forget to look up how to handle management and cops. I'm going to be a little busy googling substitutes for frogs.

[seoafin]

gawwdddd moon knight was sooo good

i already knew there was a third alter ego but the way they foreshadowed it with the brutality of the black outs and the third coffin in the after life was chef's kiss...like THAT is how you do foreshadowing and show without tell. also layla layla layla wow my wife is so Strong and Hot. her and marc are a power couple. the bisexuals win.

[viewmonster-deactivated20230122]

when u wanna reblog a nice pride post but the Religion Bad sentiment is too strong so youre just like. ok. glad that happened to you im sorry ur parents suck

[lemonlovemeanslove]

All my racially ambitious people, tag the ethnicities you have been mistaken for

[you-are-so-much-better-than-that]

Hi hi Chrissy 🤗❤️ 5, 31, 33 & 44?

5. Did you learn a skill or get a new hobby during lockdown?

I did I did! I was super proud of myself. There are these traditional Egyptian cookies that my mom baked for Christmas and Easter when we were growing up. She and my grandmother would spend an entire three day weekend baking hundreds of cookies. Four or five different recipes. I was determined to learn how to make them and I did! It was super fun and really special connecting with that part of my culture. Not a lot of second gen immigrants know these recipes or bother to learn and food is so important to keeping culture alive, so I was proud I was able to learn and I can someday pass it on.

33. Favourite fast food place?

I feel like I'm gonna get judged for this, but I love Wendy's chicken nuggets and frosty. I also love A&W burgers. I think that's a Canadian fast food joint though? Can y'all confirm since you're all basically everywhere?

44. What are the top 5 tags in your Blog?

I literally don't even know how to check that? Teach me and I'll tell you! 😂

31. First paid job

I just answered this and I am too lazy to retrieve the link. It was at a coffee shop when I was 14 is the short answer.

[enigmaticdiary]

while i am skeptical of where the akasha/lestat relationship will go in qotd just because of. the obvious racism that i unfortunately know i will have to slog through, im semi-interested just what lestat ends up getting out of that relationship and how it affects his character moving forward... im essentially blind about anything regarding lestat past the basic premise of qotd, so im looking forward to experiencing the story blind :]

the symbolism of forcibly putting lestats past behind him via akasha destroying nicki's violin was heartbreaking..to me....because i still miss nicki and im still devastated how his and lestats relationship went up into flames (badum tss)..................... but lestat really has nothing left in europe, he can't formulate an identity as a vampire when the customs of old vampires choke that part of the world.

also imagine making an enemy of the king of vampires cause you cucked him. unfortunately could be me but enkil would jujst have to deal with it because im not a white french man im a beautiful black something or other

[chutzpahhooplah]

Every new thing I learn about Warhammer 40k has been. Challenging. Like I really get why the weird alt right bros who think having a conversation about triggers during session 0 is gay sjw whining looooove this :/

[kitkatabasis]

Just remembered Anselm's Ontological Proof of God and how my sophomore medieval history teacher was like "nobody's been able to disprove it" and got so annoyed.

What are you TALKING about ma'am it's a TERRIBLE proof.

[heritageposts]

A week ago, US President Joe Biden claimed that a “ceasefire” deal in Gaza was imminent and could take effect as soon as March 4. “My national security adviser tells me we are close,” he told reporters while eating ice cream in New York City. But ice cream or not, Biden’s actual position was not nearly that sweet. A subsequent statement by a senior Biden administration official claimed Israel had “basically accepted” a proposal for a temporary pause in fighting. But as of March 4, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Mossad director were still refusing to send a delegation to Cairo, where talks with Hamas were under way. The Biden administration’s eagerness to claim victory in its search for some kind of temporary truce indicates how much it is feeling the heat of the rising global and domestic pressure demanding an immediate ceasefire, an end to the Israeli genocide, an end to the threat of a new escalation against refugee-packed Rafah, and an end to the siege of Gaza and immediate unhindered provision of massive levels of humanitarian aid. Despite Washington’s vain hopes for March 4 and the unofficial goal of a ceasefire by the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on March 10, the deal remains elusive. Media reports indicate Biden is telling the Qatari and Egyptian leaders that he is putting pressure on Israel to agree to a truce and a captives swap. But his claim of pressuring Israel is undermined by the continuing US vetoes of ceasefire resolutions at the United Nations Security Council, most recently on February 20, as well as the continuing flow of United States weapons and money to Israel to enable its assault.

And, on the alternative resolution the Biden admin has put forth after vetoing Algeria's resolution (which called for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire," "forced displacement of the Palestinian civilian population," and "unhindered humanitarian access to Gaza."):

[...] Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Biden’s ambassador to the UN, cast the sole veto against the Algerian resolution, and instead put forward an alternative US text, claiming it also supported a ceasefire. But the proposed US language does not call for an immediate or permanent ceasefire or an end to Israeli genocide; it does not prevent an attack on Rafah or end the Israeli siege. The proposed US resolution is not designed to end the murderous Israeli war against Gaza – nor is the deal that is currently being negotiated in Cairo. To the contrary, the provisions of the US draft resolution reflect the true intentions of the Biden administration vis-a-vis its continuing support of Israel, and reveal the limitations of the truce it is trying to orchestrate. While the US draft resolution does use the dreaded word “ceasefire” – which had been prohibited in the White House for months – it does not call for an immediate halt in the bombing, only “as soon as practicable”, with no indication of when that might be. It does not call for a permanent ceasefire either, leaving Israel free to resume its genocidal bombing – presumably with continuing US support. Virtually everything the US draft calls for is undercut by what is left out. The demand for “lifting all barriers to the provision of humanitarian assistance at scale” in Gaza certainly sounds appropriately robust. But that’s only until you realise that the text’s failure to challenge or even name the principal barrier to aid getting in – Israel’s bombardment – means that this is not a serious plan to end Israel’s deadly siege. It should not surprise anyone that “the Biden administration is not planning to punish Israel if it launches a military campaign in Rafah without ensuring civilian safety” – as Politico reported – despite claiming it wants a credible plan to ensure Palestinian safety. No one in the Biden administration has even hinted at imposing consequences for Israel’s constant rejection of the insipid appeals for restraint – such as conditioning aid on human rights standards (as required by US law) or cutting US military aid altogether. That’s what real pressure would look like. A more accurate picture of Washington’s approach to Israel’s war against Gaza is the continuing US pipeline of weapons to make Israel’s murderous assault on Gaza more effective, more efficient, and more deadly. According to the Wall Street Journal, the “Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal even as the US pushes for a ceasefire in Gaza.” The arms the US intends to hand over to the Israeli army include MK-82 bombs, KMU-572 Joint Direct Attack Munitions and FMU-139 bomb fuses, worth tens of millions of dollars. It is more than likely that the administration will do another end run around US Congress to send the weapons without relying on congressional approval, as it did on at least two occasions last December.

. . . full article on Al Jazeera (4 Mar 2024)