Also it seems that our colors are always associated with villains, why is that?
Because Lavender was initially a lesbian/gay identifying color and all of these villains are actually very clearly gay coded (except Frolo obvs)
I mean seriously. Ursala is LITERALLY based on a drag queen. Stop trying to claim ace oppression using gay characters
All of these movies were released before the ace flag even existed I’m
Disney is very big on signifying their villains with very dark, imposing or dominant colors. Also, lavender was used to represent royalty, and it was forbidden to use purple if you weren’t royal. Colors mean a lot of things. Like red can mean violence, passion, romance, etc. Just because one group of people have used this color, it doesn’t mean that’s the set standard. I know Tumblr is very big on attributing everything to a sexuality, but arguing about cartoon characters’ supposed sexuality is hilarious.
“asexual”
Okay so ***one person***, our Original Poster, was wrong and is probably young and probably didn’t know the history of the ace flag and its colors and probably doesn’t know a lot about LGBTQ+ history in general. I mean it’s not exactly taught in schools. It’s not terribly common knowledge outside of the community. It was a mistake. It happens. We have all made embarrassing and ignorant mistakes like this before. We’re all learning and growing and cringing at things we’ve done in the past. That’s how life works.
But jesus fucking christ this is bringing out the worst in you people. Other than just being a malicious bully, the homophobia and specifically the acephobia in the comments is unreal.
ONE PERSON HAD A MOMENT OF IGNORANCE AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE TURNED INTO MONSTERS. WE NEED TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER. NOT THIS. STOP.
^^ This
The main thing about Disney Villians, as I know OP has already had pointed out, is that they tend to be queer coded. However, most of that queer coding revolves around homosexuality.
Aphobia is absolutely a problem that needs to be addressed. Whether you are asexual or aromantic, you are absolutely valid.
I’m sorry the replies to this post got as toxic as they did. Obviously this post came from a came from ignorance.
In the book industry, Amazon is Goliath, the giant who overshadows everyone else. But there’s a new David on the scene, Bookshop.org.
It doesn’t expect to topple the giant, but it has launched a weapon that could make Amazon’s shadow a little smaller, and help local bookstores fight back.
Bookshop.org, a website that went live at the end of January and is still in beta mode, is designed to be an alternative to Amazon, and to generate income for independent bookstores. And, perhaps more importantly, it seeks to give book reviewers, bloggers and publications who rely on affiliate income from “Buy now” links to Amazon a different option.
Profit from books sold through Bookshop will be split three ways, with 10% of the sale price going into a pool that will be divided among participating bookstores, 10% going to the publication that triggered the sale by linking to Bookshop.org, and 10% going to Bookshop.org to support its operations.
y’all, Bookshop is amazing. i got an email about them from my local indie store, and they’re so excited about it. please oh please use this place instead of Amazon!!
with every purchase, they tell you how much you’re putting toward independent booksellers, which is fun and cute:
it’s also amazing for authors! i’ve been asked a couple times about the best way to support my books. this site is now the answer. it reports sales figures to the NYT and Bookscan, a type of tracking that helps authors hit bestseller lists. and even better, authors can set up affiliate pages, and if you buy through those pages, we get an additional 10 percent of each sale on top of royalties. this is a massive deal!!!
for reference, many royalty rates are in the 6-8 percent range. so if you buy through Bookshop author affiliate pages, authors get more than twice as much from sales of their books, with no additional cost to you.
the site is still in beta, but it also has a fun interface where you can make book lists for favorites or recommendations, sort of like goodreads (except better, because goodreads is owned by amazon).
this is my Bookshop page. if you ever buy one of my books, i pray u will do it from this site! (or from your local indie :D)
according to this chart, the next generation (generation a?) should be at least 5 years old.
That would be generation alpha, although I’m assuming “generation a” works. The general consensus around generation alpha is that it started around 2012
