#ts4 judaism

[mayadoessims]

Judaism in The Sims

Imagine owning a game for nearly 10 years, spending almost 1200 dollars on it, and THIS is all the representation you have in it. This is not even about religion. Judaism is an ethnicity, a culture, that is just as valid as being black, white, asian, latino, native, or arab (which also have like ZERO representation in this game. maybe a hijab and like 2 recipes). There are 16 million jews in the world. More than 420 million arabs, and nearly 2 BILLION muslims. The fact that this is all we have is appalling.

P.S. I get that you were going for Hanukkah gelt, but... money imagery? REALLY? You wanna go THERE?? Packs used: Base Game, Seasons, and Holiday Celebration.

[myworldofcolorfultears]

i will weep at EA adding challah and matzah ball soup into ts4. with the CHALLAH COVERS.

give me gefilte fish, cowards

[thatjewishsimmer]

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[notbellabutcassandra]

If you want to talk about it, let’s talk about it. This is supporting the idea of more realism in the game, if that’s your goal as a player. If it’s not your goal and you’re trying to escape from reality, which is valid, then this post isn’t really for you. I don’t mean this as a way to shift blame and say we’re all wrong, but we do all have room for growth. Since we’re on the topic of diversity let’s consider some aspects that we can all stand to be more diverse in:

skintone  (This is the one we always talk about when it’s not even the tip of the iceberg. Like even if you include a minority, some of us don’t even offer the different shades within that minority. It’s a wider range than we convey. Not all asians have that creamy, pale, skintone we see.) 

race, ethnicity and nationality (we don’t play with these enough. a black american can be different from a black african or a black brit. Or how life is different when you’re a child of immigrants.)

attractiveness (Everyone makes such conventionally attractive sims, let’s make some average or even unconventional looking sims for once.)

body type (lol most of us make skinny sims, muscular sims, or safe thicc sims lol There just isn’t enough variation by a long shot. I do realize that part of it is the limitation of the game and morphs for clothing and accessories.)

gender (other than adding in trans sims, nonbinary sims, and intersex sims, most of us just make female presenting sims. Our male presenting sims all look the same, especially if the simmer identifies as fem. 

sexuality (most of our sims are either straight, gay, or bi, but they have mostly been straight.)

hair (I hope that whoever is reading this realizes that these categories of diversity don’t exist separately per se. Even black ppl have a variation in hair. Not all of our hair looks the same. Not every European’s hair looks the same either.)

age (Most of us make young adult sims exclusively. For this, I can see why this one is more difficult because TS4 doesn’t really give the other ages 1) any real distinction and 2) because of that it feels like the other ages have nothing to do. But, in reality, it’s limited by our own imagination...and values.)

disabilities (Again, part of this is the limits of the game, but we make stuff in our builds and stuff that we thought of with our understanding of reality and our imagination and used the limited resources of the game to make a reality. We can do the same for disabilities. This includes mental disabilities like dyslexia, autism, and whatnot)

mental illness (most of our sims seem neurotypical, there just aren’t enough sims that are bipolar, have anxiety, or are even depressed. Not to mention the other, lesser seen mental illnesses.)

religion (most of us avoid religion all together, which I understand. But, we live in a society where some of the top religions are christianity, islam, judaism, buddhism and hinduism. Not to mention atheists and agnostics.)

careers/jobs and socioeconomic status (This is partially the limitation of the game again, but a lot of people on this planet live below the poverty line--and stay under it.)

blemishes and imperfections (Not enough sims with ‘bad’ skin, burned skin, [vitiligo, freckles and moles seem easy for you guys], acne prone skin, scarred skin, uneven skin, missing or uneven teeth, asymmetrical faces and features and whatnot.)

So with this logic, we can ALL stand to be more diverse. Including and especially myself. Taking these things into account will also make it so that we have more complex characters and interesting stories--if we’re storytellers. Also, I think exploring how these aspects intersect makes for better storytelling and a better understanding of our reality. I’m sure there are other aspects that I missed since I’m only one person.

[iuliesim-blog]

Jewish Sims

Short Rant:

I love all the cultural inclusion we’ve had lately in the sims 4, but something’s been bugging me. There isn’t a lick of Jewish culture in the game. I can’t make an accurate version of my father in my sim family, since he wears a kippah. There isn’t even any CC for it. There’s like one little menorah in the holiday pack. That’s like a tiny fraction of Judaism, and not even an important part. Even kippot are just the tip of the iceberg.

Along the same lines, where are our hijabs and burqas? The game is lacking in religious attire, but at least there’s a decent amount of Muslim related CC. Why did my search only turn up with a disgusting sim version of that cartoon of a bearded Jewish man rubbing his hands together?

Judaism isn’t just a religion, it’s my culture, and I wish this game included it at least a little more than that one menorah- and if not, that some CC creators would be willing to remedy that.

And, if anyone has the time, would you be willing to make some kippot in simple colors for ts4 so I can finally fix my simself’s dad? XD