#white coding

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For us Black/POC readers, is it just me or does it annoy the hell out of you when you see something in a fic that doesn’t reach out to other races/ethnic backgrounds? To be specific, I’m talking about when the writer as well as the reader is clearly white/meant for white readers. This may be offensive to white writers but why say “your pink nipples, place skin”, etc. Plenty of people of color have spoken about this on this here app, but I felt I should add my two cents in. Like, I’m genuinely curious; is it that hard to just leave the reader’s appearance ambiguous so everyone can enjoy the story and envision themselves? Idk man, this conversation is like a repetitive music player or whatever it’s called. What do y’all think?

[enthyrea]

doomsday reunions!

[honetii]

I'm like super normal and not unhinged in the slightest (I spent 3 days formatting, printing, and binding a niche internet story about sci fi football into a 280 page physical book)

[siro666b]

White🤍

[hotcinnamonsunset]

a whale of a good time🐋

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[bloodraven55]

THE MOTHER DAUGHTER DOG TRIO EVER 🥹

[cupiidzbow]

i talked abt this on Twitter but I have to take a realllyyyyy take a good hard look at people’s sonic humanizations sometimes bc people really just have such an uncknowledged colorism issue 😭😭😭 like why are people so comfortable making knuckles and shadow the darkest bc they “aggressive” or “stupid” but so against making sonic darker skinned bc he’s a “good guy and cool” LIKE QUICKLY TELL ME WHY 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

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Carole Lombard with Shirley Grey (in white) in the pre-code romance, Virtue, 1932

[betty-boop-lips-05]

Ahem. So, to my mutuals, followers and people who liked my posts, I just wanna say thank you for the feedback and likes. What I wanna do now is ask something to a certain group of people. This will probably not be a good idea but imma go for it:

Question: For some of my white writers on this app, genuinely, why do a lot of you guys make it clear to us non-white readers that your reader is hinted to be white? Not everyone reading your stories are white. The descriptions such as, long hair, messy bun. pale skin, freaking PINK NIPPLES, etc. Isn’t a reader insert supposed to be for ALL to enjoy, unless you warn your audience that you are targeting a certain audience? I’m sorry if I’m being aggressive but this continuous thing with reader have subtle and NOT-so-subtle hints that the reader has white traits is oh so tiring. It is hard being a person of color to come across a bunch of fics that cater to white readers. I am not telling yall how to write, which it may seem like it, but it is more so of me sharing how weird that is. And I am not the only one who feels this way. We just want a change, a change where the reader is for all to envision themselves without being hammered in the face with white vision. Another example is saying, “he runs his fingers through your hair” is honestly annoying. Idk man, ion know what else to say at this moment. But please, whoever feels the same as me, please share your thoughts. Have a lovely day.

Side note: feel free to share your thoughts (like reblogs) from my post and piggyback off of what I said. I could use support.

[huidol]

Blue screen of death

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small purefount comic bc I really liked the idea of drawing them

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Pixal 💜💜