Latest Posts by superskybella - Page 7
I know this is going to make me sound pretensions but I have to get it off my chest. I feel an unimaginable rage when someone posts a photo and is like "this picture looks like a renaissance painting lol" when the photo clearly has the lighting, colors and composition of a baroque or romantic painting. There are differences in these styles and those differences are important and labeling every "classical" looking painting as renaissance is annoying and upsetting to me. And anytime I come across one of those posts I have to put down my phone and go take a walk because they make me so mad
TBH I always feel like the whole thing with French/Italian people getting mad at you online for “corrupting“ traditional cuisine or whatever is so... like... annoying... we should actually stop letting europeans be allowed to mad on the internet especially in matters of food... Why are Frenchman complaining on the internet and not busy feeding some goose through a tube
This is out of the blue! I am Afghan and I am currently living in Afghanistan. Today (15 Aug 2021) the Taliban entered the capital city of Afghanistan which is Kabul. The government is going to change to an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. They ruled in Afghanistan for 5 years, 20 years ago. I've heard stories about them since I'm 19 and luckily was not yet born. And let me tell you the stories were terrifying, but they were just horror stories to me and I never thought that I'd be living under their regime, but here we are.
Let me tell you something shocking: girls can only study up to 6th grade. The future of female students in universities hasn't been decided yet. According to what I've heard they go from house to house and ask for girls and women (12 to 45 year olds) for marriage.
As they are just pieces of crap, I don't really believe that they'd let us have mobiles or use the internet. I really hope this isn't my last post in here! But if it is I want to let the world know of what they've done and what they're doing.
Don't forget us!
in all seriousness taylor and redondo’s insistence on having babs be visibly abled is so disgusting. even if it’s not in his power to make her disabled again, he could at least try to not shove it in our faces by having her standing or walking. tynion only portrayed her as sitting in batman, and he did it well enough that the reader can almost forget that she’s abled. why can’t taylor do the same?
so many westerners giving heartless, uninformed, and unsolicited opinions on afghanistan while ignoring the following:
the US government covertly provided schoolbooks for children that promoted militant and incorrect Islamic teachings and included images of weapons and soldiers in an effort to encourage a hatred of foreign invaders (i.e. the Soviets and evil communism) in children
“The school books, which were filled with talk of jihad and featured drawings of guns, bullets, soldiers and mines, have served since then as the Afghan school system's core curriculum. Even the Taliban used the American-produced books.”
excerpt from the book, titled “the alphabet of jihad” -> “All the Russians and infidels are our enemy. No one can invade our country. Only Muslim Afghans can rule over this country.”
the US financially supported the Taliban between 1994-1996 because Washington viewed the Taliban as anti-Iranian, anti-Shia and potentially pro-Western
Washington wanted Taliban support for the development of a US-based oil company Unocal - and so they stayed silent when the Taliban captured Herat in 1995, and expelled thousands of girls from schools (Rashid, 2000)
killed over 47,000 civilians
US forces massacred civilians deliberately on multiple occasions, such as the Kandahar massacre, where most of the victims were women and children civilians
routinely executed unarmed civilians by UK forces
targeting of hospitals in air strikes and bomb raids, such as this hospital in Kunduz
heavy usage of white phosphorus in civilian areas
killed afghan civilians ‘for sport’, multilated the bodies, posed with the bodies for pictures, and collected pieces for trophies
think before you speak.
one of the worst things the marvel movie franchise has done is turn superheroes into agents of capital and the government… like the whole point of superheroes is that they’re anti-establishment, they fight against corruption of power and institutional authority, they abide by a moral code separate from that of everyday society. and yet marvel has aligned them with the us military, enlisted them under the causes of those in power, stripped them of their subversive nature. i don’t think that’s forgivable
“there are many children in afghanistan, but little childhood.”
please consider donating/sharing this list of trusted organizations to help those in need. please add to the list as well.
women for afghan women
afghan aid
sanitary products for displaced afghan women
Afghanistan, 1960’s
@/brownblaze on Twitter
There are no new links from Ms. Yates, though I second giving directly to individuals and families (or those who can send that money to their families). General communications seem to still be down in the South (WhatsApp might be working for some), but they're working on it.
Fanm Djanm on IG has posted this:
And here are the Instagram links:
Ayiti Community Trust
Hope for Haiti
Grown In Haiti
Bati School
Two links suggested in the replies of the previous tweet :
This organization Little Footprints Big Steps was already accepting donations from the previous earthquake to help families in Les Cayes (where the recent earthquake hit nearby)
Haiti Air Ambulance is another that works sitting emergencies to help airlift victims to emergency medical care providers
There's a lot going on, but ever bit can count!
the thing about the talia writer is so depressing because like finally an own voices writer, and like positive arab representation is basically nonexistent, and i get not wanting to financially support someone who ships incest but right now i feel like an arab writer writing an arab character is more important, like if this doesnt succeed dc might not hire another arab writer ever like this news is more upsetting to me and other arab fans than any other non arab, but we're a minority group that is only every characterised as terrorists or with other racial stereotypes, so to me personally the representation right now is more important than what the writer ships, as long as she doesn't let it influence her writing, and shes not writing jason or tim, finally having an arab writer is a win even if it is one step forward two steps back
People keep saying Haiti is cursed as if France and the US haven’t basically been bullying them for the longest time. You got Red Cross not doing their job, but then again when do they ever do their job? All that money they raised and Haiti hasn’t seen a cent of it! Then to top it all off you have idiots saying “Well what about about the supernatural events?” What supernatural events?! You mean the fact that HAITI IS CLOSE TO THE RING OF FIRE AND IS LITERALLY ON THE FAULT LINE…..WHICH CAUSES EARTHQUAKES?! A bunch of y’all would rather be racist than help these people! And yes I said racist. An island full of mainly Black people and you wanna sit over there saying it’s cursed???? You don’t know no history of the island but you wanna say it’s cursed. Sit down somewhere and shut up.
Who’s Eid. Your gf?
Who’s Eid…….
Man found the stoplight cameras were activated during yellow lights and decided to cut the wires of it.
men were just built different in the 70s & 80s idk if it's the chest hair or actors not being forced into inhumane training regimes for movies but everything was so much more lush like those are free range organic male tits not the factory shit with chemicals in it
You.. Don't like supernatural?
If i wanted to see that many mediocre white men crying all the time i would just go to a pub while a football match is on
Normalize disliking people and avoiding them without starting a conflict and insisting that they're bad people. You don't actually need to be able to call someone toxic and abusive in order to justify that you're not vibing with them.
men always get mad when you say you’ve never watched the avengers or pulp fiction like ok ... have you seen all the barbie movies ?? no then shut up
This is art. A masterpiece, actually.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS REAL
Trying to fit in
(via)
this is my theory
megamind is holding this planet together
addition: john king being a fucking super human is somewhere in this thing i just don't know where
addition: Johnny Deep ALWAYS cause a lot of commotion but like, no one is talking about that he got kicked out of fantastic beast???? things are so weird no one is paying attention to captain sparrow
2020 in review: january, february, march, march, march, march, march, april, mayjunejulyaugustseptemberoctober, november 1, november 2, november 3, november 3 part 2, november 3 part 3, november 3 part
maybe if they make stucky canon kim jong un will be next
this is the first time in years that tumblr has felt organic. No I will not elaborate
I simply think that if writers have anxiety towards the blandness that is rebirth!Tim maybe they should revamp the character and not push bad stories for Jason and Damian
Like the “I wish Jason stayed dead” and “I will bitch for 10 yrs that Damian is robin” crowd are so weird to me cause then they blame those characters for Tim’s dwindling popularity and I’m like well maybe it’s executives fault for not allowing Tim to grow up after red robin which is flawed but at least it implies growth for Tim but NOW because fans are blinded by nostalgia (and fanon) it’s like this Frankenstein monster was created in order to appease those fans and the drawback is a shell of a character that’s there for plot and then leaves
I just hope after this reboot they’ll get there shit together
I am just so disappointed with the direction DC is taking Damian, it’s honestly making me consider leaving comics. Batman and Robin by Tomasi was one of the first comic books I read and Damian was the Robin I grew up with. Like I get people like Tim and he the Robin some people grew up, but some of his stans need to consider that some people feel the same way about Damian. Disregarding Damian character development for the sake of making Tim Robin again just ain’t it.
Lmao it’s legit never been IT but ppl constantly complain about Tim even tho tim hasn’t been robin for like over 10 years ITS OVER,its DONE but I constantly saw ppl BITCHING and complaining about him not being robin on legit every comic platform ever TO THIS DAY , they never gave this fucking child a chance and like yea I get it , I was once a person that didn’t like Damian cause I was new to comics and everyone else was saying shit so I was just like??? oh Ok bad robin (the movies didn’t help) but the thing is I actually decided to read his comics and he has legit the best character development and character themes among the robins (at least for me i love jason and dick but yea) DC is legit telling me you can’t outgrow your abusive upbringing, if you’re child that experienced horrible beliefs by your family due to traditions you can’t actually better yourself , you can’t actually grow and have support and try to connect to ppl your own age do to a missed childhood that’s how it’s coming across to me ,yes you have relapses but the way dc handles it is point blank just bad sometimes outright racist
The fact that he’s also a character of Arab/Chinese descent and its NOW that they acknowledge it when it’s the time to be turned evil to make way for the white fave for nostalgia bait is something that makes me see red I don’t know what to tell you, i BET im gonna see ppl being like “Wow fInAllY MY RoBiN iS bAcK uwu” like shut up dude he never LEFT what y’all were missing was his friends and character not acting like new52!Tim and i LOVE tim when he’s with YJ but all the way to rebirth it just gave me a bad feeling seeing tim in the same colors as damian and damian constantly having this push and pull in editorial land
the thing is i also feel bad for kids that actually like these characters when Supersons started i saw so many kids being HYPED,they cosplayed them and everything it was wholesome and like you had a perfect gateway for kids to read comics but like now its all in the gutter
So many characters have been butchered post rebirth but I can’t quit DC cause I think they’re gonna fix this eventually, it happens all the time , it happened with cass and she’s ok-ish now depending on which fan you ask🤷🏽♀️ but I know if there’s enough fan outcry they’ll eventually have to listen ....I hope ,just at this point speak with your wallet stop buying Teen titans or anything you dont like , support the creators you actually like.
Edit: I think I’m also sad because most of the robins got to build their own teams based on friendship Damian never got to have that, every time we’re close to getting something they always screw with his character it’s super tiring, I just feel disappointed for the ppl that actually tried in dc mostly Gleason but his ideas kept getting shut down because of editorial agenda thinking Damian could never be a true hero, they just don’t like Jon or they barely know maya, we’ve never gotten chance to actually see Damian have conflicts with ppl he’s actually compatible with and how he would grow as a result
It’s bad when most of the teen titans writers in 4 YEARS have said that they actually haven’t read Damian comics with B&R and RSOB being one the most important things for Damian’s character so they just kept having ppl that had no chemistry with him and it just felt forced now we’re getting the consequences
This entire thing is just going to reinforce ppl’s belief about Damian and I guess I’m just gonna see a whole new wave of ppl saying the same damn thing for the past 10 yrs about Damian having the robin mantle
Respect Robin Petition
*Please DO NOT donate to petition. Couldn’t find a popular petition website to put it on that didn’t have the donating option.
What is this petition about?
If you want the full description I recommend you click on the link and read through the petition (I spent a LONG time writing it so I would appreciate a quick read).
But in summary, there is two parts to this petition:
First is to vocalize our frustration with Damian’s regression as well as the ignorance of his previous development. It also addresses the fact that most fans don’t feel right that Damian, one of the most visibly diverse Robins, is going down this path.
Second is to call out DC comics and their editors for creating a comic (Teen Titans) that feeds into many negative racial stereotypes about Arabians, Latinx, Black people and Northeast Asians (particularly Japanese people).
Do you think this petition will even work?
I do not know. If I am being honest, I created this petition because I didn’t want to regret not doing anything about this (besides the fact I am feeling very desperate).
I can only say that the success of this petition is dependent on how much people share it and spread the word about it.
How can I help?
Re-blog, Re-blog, Re-blog. If you reblog or liking this make sure your ALSO signing it. Remember signatures are important (Probably more important) as well as spreading the word.
Spread the word. If you have any group chats with anyone in the comic fandom on Tumblr share it with them, urge them to sign it. The same with any other comic fandom-related group chat on any other platform (Such as Twitter, Facebook, Discord etc.)
Click on the petition and write your reasoning’s as to why you agree with the petition especially if you identify racially to any of the members of Teen Titans. Express your frustration as to how it represents you wrongly. Also express your frustrations as to why you think making Damian a villain/ antihero doesn’t sit right with you.
If you have any suggestions as to how I should spread the word please comment below.