“This virus seems to care about nature even more than we do.” - This is a fascinating short animation from Hungarian animator Réka Bucsi. Watch it. It’s purely amazing.
The Google Podcasts creator program is designed to increase the diversity of voices in the industry globally and lower barriers to podcasting. Selected teams will receive seed funding and participate in an intensive training program.
PRI/PRX is now accepting applications until 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, December 2, 2018.
Don’t let them make you feel bad about something you are happy/excited about.
Stop doubting yourself. People notice when you do and some will feed off of your insecurities and gamble with them. DO NOT give them that power. Even if you have to fake it, walk with confidence and make your words firm (even if you might be wrong. If you say it with strength, some will start to believe you too). Eye contact is hard for a lot of people but keeping a decent amount of eye contact can intimidate some people very easily. Use that to your advantage (I do it a lot). Fake it till you make it.
It’sYOUR BODY do whatever the fuck you want with it. No matter your gender or sexuality. It’s not about them, it’s about you.
Do not let them silence you. If you have to scream at the top of your lungs to be heard when you are forced to be silent then do it!
Breathe. Yes, you read that right. Remember to breathe. In through your nose and out through your mouth. It’s okay.
Love yourself first before loving someone else.
Don’t try to find happiness in other people. You’ll only hurt yourself in the end. You have every right to be happy. Don’t ruin that chance by depending on others for your happiness. They’re not responsible for that. Hurts to hear for some people but I promise, it’s the truth.
NO ONE IS WORTH THE TEARS OR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SPIRITUAL PAIN. GET RID OF THE BAD ENERGY IMMEDIATELY EVEN IF ITS HARD, IT WILL BE WELL WORTH IT IN THE END!!!
Protect you inner peace. Misery loves company. Don’t accept that invitation. Do not give them that satisfaction of seeing you crack under pressure. You’re better than that.
P. S.
— love you guys and thank you so much for all the likes and reblogs on my pinned post. I’m glad I could have so many of you relate to it and share it with others. Take care of yourselves and stay hydrated! Get plenty of rest or at least TRY to. ❤️
“I wear my hijab as my crown. It takes time to grow into that. When I was younger, I was almost ashamed. People would bully me for not having hair; for looking like an alien. Having that taunting associated with wearing my hijab made me nearly want to pull away from it, but it’s my spiritual identity. When I’m walking the runway I want people to see that yes, I’m wearing a hijab — but I’m also a million other things. I want us to get to a place where we just see women.” —Halima Aden for VOGUE Arabia’s April issue.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited a record number of 322 individuals, with its list reflecting the Oscar-granting organization’s initiative to reel in more diversity.
Among this year’s invitees are two notable directors of Korean descent: SnowpiercerdirectorBong Joon-hoandIm Kwon-taek, a renowned South Korean auteur who has directed over 100 films and won several awards at international film festivals.
South Korean veteran actors Choi Min-sik (Oldboy) and Song Kang-ho (Snowpiercer) were also invited to the join the Academy roster. Choi made his Hollywood debut last summer with the sci-fi action flick Lucy, starring opposite Scarlett Johansson.
Other filmmakers of Korean descent to be tapped by the Academy included Gina Kwon—producer of Camp X-ray and Miranda July’s Me and You and Everything We Know—and Big Hero 6 character designer Jin Kim.
Last year, the publishing industry’s commercial extravaganza known as “Book Con” invited 30 white male authors and one grumpy cat to participate. Unfortunately, Grumpy Cat was the only non-white female included at the entire convention. For many, that was a problem.
There were no panels featuring women or writers of color—“None. Nada. Zilch,” writer Aisha Saeed tweeted in dismay. With that, Saeed debuted a hashtag created by Korean American author Ellen Oh:#WeNeedDiverseBooks. With remarkable speed, “We Need Diverse Books” became a rallying cry for book lovers everywhere seeking to change the default male whiteness (and grumpy cat-ness) of the book publishing industry.
Change the industry it has, by setting its sights on children’s literature, a genre markedly lacking in diversity despite the known impact that reading has on young minds. Over the course of a year, We Need Diverse Books has morphed from a grassroots movement into an official nonprofit led by Oh, and two other co-founders, authors Malinda LoandCindy Pon. (Disclosure: the author of this article is also a member of the organization.)
The organization boasts the support of such luminaries as Jacqueline Woodson—winner of the 2014 National Book Award for Brown Girl Dreaming—and 2002 Newbery Medal winner Linda Sue Park, who sit on the nonprofit’s advisory committee. With a trademark secured, We Need Diverse Books plans an inaugural book convention under its own auspices to be held in Silver Spring, Md., in summer 2016.
An overwhelming response to the call for literary diversity prompted the website,Bibliodaze, to name Lo, Pon and Oh, together, among the 10 most influential people in publishing in 2014, rounding out a list featuring powerhouse young adult authors such as John Green (The Fault in Our Stars) and Veronica Roth (Divergent).
Crediting the hashtag, #WeNeedDiverseBooks, for igniting crucial conversations in publishing, Bibliodazecommented: “Many have been discussing the lack of diversity in literature for a long time, but what Oh did cannot be looked over because it was thanks to her efforts that the conversation became as widely discussed as it did. You couldn’t ignore it and that was the point. If that hashtag made even one person seek out a book they wouldn’t have before, it did its job.”
Creating a deck full of real, diverse bodies has been a dream of mine for years and I can’t believe it’s really done! It has a few days left on kickstarter so any support or shares is greatly appreciated!
I have been working on this for the past year, and I can’t believe I’m getting close to finishing it (after scrapping it halfway through). Opening up my instagram (@marblemoonstudio) for volunteers to include real people, with real bodies was the best decision. Seeing people’s responses to seeing themselves as tarot cards has made my heart so happy and full.
I’m still looking for volunteers for some of the remaining cards, so if you’re interested, head over to my insta and check out the post calling out for it! <3
SO.. as a lot of you know, we have been hosting monthly witchy get-togethers in the Philadelphia area known as Coven Cocktails which are designed to be safe inclusive, diverse and accessible spaces for witchy people, and we’ve received A LOT of messages about creating similar events in other areas, so we’re opening up for other chapters. We currently have a Philadelphia/South Jersey chapter, and a NYC one is pending.
If you’re interested, it’s totally free to open a chapter - we provide the monthly guides and kits to host your own events, with the plus of them being added to our social media reach.
Our guideline are:
Inclusivity + Diversity: Coven Cocktail events should be open to all people, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, age (within legal restrictions) and religion.
Accessibility: All Coven Cocktail events should be as accessible as possible to the areas they serve. This includes maintaining a level of financial and physical accessibility.
So, if you’re interested, feel free to fill out an application here - or share, so we can reach as many witches as we can!
What do you think of when you think of magical girl anime? Maybe you think of a lighthearted classic magical girl, like Sailor Moon. Maybe you think of something more modern or darker, like Madoka Magica. But no matter who you think of, odd are they share the following characteristics: light skinned, slim, and come from a typical background.
But the magical girl genre can be more than that. It’s a genre about people who use magic or hyper-advanced technology to become so much more than they typically are. That doesn’t have to be limited to just your typical anime pretty girl. Fortunately, there are anime that have expanded their reach and shown a more diverse vision of what the magical girl genre can be. That was the subject of Ninapedia’s panel “Diversity in the Magical Girl Genre”. Here are some of the anime she listed which embraces a more inclusive vision of magical girls:
PreCure: This is a long running magical girl franchise with, through its various iterations, has included a very diverse cast. There are characters which are LGBT, characters with a variety of racial/ethnic backgrounds, including a biracial magical girl, characters with atypical family backgrounds, such as divorced or interracial parents, and characters which mental health issues, such as PTSD. Even the boys get in the act, with one of them, who identifies as a boy, publicly wearing a dress because he thinks it look pretty.
PriPara: This is a magical idol show with an impressive variety of body types. This show features a magical girl who is fat, but she isn’t shamed or excluded. It features adult magical girls, which is daring given Japanese cultural attitudes towards older women (look up the term “Christmas cake” if you’re unfamiliar). It also features a trans characters and a boy and a girl who cross-dress.
Revolutionary Girl Utena & YuriKuma Arashi: Ah, Kunihiko Ikuhara. If there’s a go-to person for works that deconstruct the magical girl genre, it’s Ikuhara. And as you would expect, that means lots of diversity. Both UtenaandYuriKumaare full of queer characters (heck, YuriKuma’sname translated to English is “Lesbian Bear Storm”), and rampant subversion of gender norms. Also, the character Anthy in Utena is a rare example of a magical girl whose skin is a truly dark color, without it just being a lighter skinned person with a tan.
But these are just a few of the series Ninapedia mentioned, and she went well beyond just anime. There is a large amount of non-anime magical girl projects with diverse casts (such as Emara: Emirates Hero & Steven Universe), as well as numerous indie media projects. So look around and you’ll be rewarded by the wide variety of viewpoints you can find in this one genre.
Fools! And where have you gone? Where are you going?
He was broken while breaking the chains that you, united in a cowardlyandhateful way in your manifold quality as dangerous lunatics, riveted logically and morally to his twenty year old rebel wrists in order to crushhis Uniqueness,his mystery, because he wasincomprehensibleto you, precisely as the complicated mind of one who feels complete in himself must be. Bruno Filippi hated. But the forces of Hatred did not crush the powers of Love within Him. He immolated himself in a fruitful embrace with death because he madly loved Life. We have the need and the entitlement to say of him that which was said of the D’Annunzian hero: “That the slaves of the marketplace turn around and remember!”
