I’ve realized that one of the things that bothers me about Jem and Magnus and now Aline is that none of them have Asian last names, and they’re all half-Asian, which to me just says that Casserole wanted to make their non-white heritage as invisible as possible.

To clarify the half-Asian point: mixed race people are full inheritors of their non-white heritage, and the fact that Cassie doesn’t bother to try is very telling. Mixed Asians are Asian, and should be portrayed as such, but white authors like Cassie treat them as discount-white.

I have a mixed-race SEAsian protag in one of my own WIPs. But the difference is I’m writing him as actually mixed-race, with all the emotional baggage that comes with rediscovering your culture after being raised away from it. Cassie just slaps a half-Asian label on her characters and calls it a day. And not only that, she made sure that all of them have Asian mothers, so that in her fantasy patriarchy, they would have white last names from their fathers.

And sure, it doesn’t need to be the focus of the story, but it’s NOT THAT HARD to drop hints, like mentions of an altar or the lingering smell of incense, or always having a platter of fresh tangerines on the sidetable. Where are the mentions of doubling up on holidays? Of mixed feasts with turkey and potatoes and fried rice and roast pork? I think Cassie has them drink tea a few times, but could you get any more stereotypical?

tl;dr: Mixed-race PoC deserve to be represented with just as much nuance and grace as any other PoC, not used as shields so a white author can claim to have representation without putting in any effort.

Adding a slight correction: there’s one more Asian character, Divya. She’s the only Asian character to have an Asian last name. Which… i really don’t want to get into all the fucking baggage of East Asian women marrying white men in this post.

This is her entire entry in the fandom wiki. What the fuck does she actually look like?

I mean, why would CC put any thoughts into it? Why would CC in her 900 page book of unnecessary sex, and steamy scenes, and horny white teenagers take the time to describe divya a little bit? I mean an Indian woman? Of course she’s going to be quite. Of course she’s going to be the perfect, sweet, inncent girl, shy girl. Why would CC show am Indian girl fighting, kicking some ass, being sassy, sarcastic and intelligent? I mean that’s only reserved for whites isn’t it? Indian woman? Of course the only thing that describes her is her nose stud. And of course brown woman exist only to prop up and support white protagonist.

Fin.

@CC and the fandom

The only other full blooded Asian in CC’s books in Shinyun Jung from The Red Scrolls of Magic, and later she is revealed to be the villain. This really says a lot doesn’t it. There wasn’t even any effort put into her character, the only signs of her Korean heritage are her bringing up which dynasty she used to live in, but other than that she could’ve been white for all i know.

Shinyun,,, is not, as far as I know, a particularly Korean name. Like, maybe very technically? Can someone korean confirm or deny this?

Hi, I’m half Asian.

Wtf is sephora

It sounds scary

isn’t that the guy with the long white hair from final fantasy

no your thinking of sephiroth, a sephora is an angel belonging to the highest order of angels

No you’re thinking of a Seraph

A sephora is a second year college or high school student

No, you’re thinking of sophomore. A sephora is when you use your phone to take a picture of yourself.

no, you’re thinking of a selfie. a sephora is a calm breeze.

No, you’re thinking of a zephyr. A sephora is one of those Greek vases with the two handles and the pictures.

You’re thinking of an amphora. Sephora is the web browser you have to use on iOS devices.

You’re thinking of Safari.  Sephora is an informal term for the seven-week period of counting the days between Pesach and Shavuot in the Jewish calendar.

You’re thinking of Sefiras. Sephora is a bright blue gemstone best known for combining with Ruby to create Garnet and lead the Crystal Gems, training Pokemon, and/or assisting Steel to fight against time’s intrusions into our realm.

No, you’re thinking of sapphire. Sephora is actually a part of a flower; it protects the flower in bud and supports the petals in bloom.

No, you’re thinking of sepal. Sephora is the wife of Moses, who lead the Israelites people out of Egypt. 

No, you’re thinking of Tzipporah. Sephora was an ancient Greek poet who inspired a lot of lady-lovin’.

No, you’re thinking of Sappho.

Sephora is the youngest of the five Marx brothers.

No, you’re thinking of Zeppo.

Sephora is the Heimdall’s sister.

No no no guys, you’re thinking of Sif. Sephora is a venereal disease that turns your brain to swiss cheese, going so far as to destroy external features like the nose. Famous gangster Al Capone suffered from sephora.

No, you’re thinking of syphilis. Sephora is that radiant feeling you get when you have found perfect peace and happiness.

No, you’re thinking of euphoria. Sephora’s a fucking makeup store you dipshits.

Only blogging because this is my favorite tumblr post and i can never find it when I need to.

Beautiful Video Shows Just How Empowering Pole Dancing Can Be

Contrary to popular belief, pole dancing isn’t always about looking sexy for other people. It can be empowering, too.

Seals Are Actually Ocean Puppies.

Myth: Confirmed!

@immochiball

I NEED YOUR HELP

Hi. My name is Anne and I’m 26.

For three years I lived with my boyfriend in his house. We were happy. Well at least I thought we were.

I’m from really religious family. And REALLY conservative.

Five months ago I met a girl. Joanna. We connect really easly, we were friends. But two months ago something changed. I started to have feelings for her. I was confused and scared because I never thought I would be attracted to girls. And then she told me she likes me.

I knew I had to be honest with my boyfriend so I told him everything. He calls me sick slut and a perver and throw me from the house. Then he told everything to my parents and they stopped talking to me. I can’t go back to my old house now, because they told me I’m not his daugther anymore. Can you believe that parents can hate their child so much?

And now I don’t have a job because I was working in my parents flower shop. They kicked me out.

My girlfriend is a student and live in the dorm. She can’t take me to her room. One of my friends let me stay at they house for now. I don’t have money for bills, for food or anything.

My ex even keep our dog saying that I need to pay him at least 600$ to take him back. He doesn’t even like dogs.

I need at least 1000$. Or at least 500 to pay my bills.

AND I NEED TO PAY ALL OF MY BILLS TO WEDNESDAY (19.10)

I had different blog here (I don’t want to say the name) but my ex boyfriend knew my password and he was writing horrible things on my dash. So I deleted it. And this is the new one. Please don’t put this in any other sites, like facebook. I’m afraid he will find it again.

I never thought that I will ever had to do this but If you could help me and donate something it would literaly change my life. It can be even1$, believe me. Also you can use any currency you want. You can usepaypal. My e-mail [email protected]

Thank you so much for any help!!

NEWS!

MY FRIEND ASKED HIS BOSS IN SUPERMARKET WHERE HE IS WORKING FOR A JOB FOR ME AND I GOT IT. ONLY FOR HALF TIME BUT IT’S BETTER THAN NOTHING. BUT STILL I NEED 370$ FOR BILLS FOR TOMORROW (19.10) SO PLEASE STILL REBLOG THIS AND HELP IF YOU CAN. 

AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! FOW ALL YOUR KIND MESSAGES, FOR DONATION, FOR REBLOGGING THIS POST. I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH.

Also If you see this post floating around but it’s not on my blog anymore it may be because some “NICE” person reported me once to tumblr staff and they deleted my post. I don’t know why. So yeah, it may be deleted again. 

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EDIT. THIS POST HAS 500 NOTES AND I STILL NEED THOSE 370$ BY TOMORROW. SO IF YOU COULD REBLOG AND SPARE A DOLLAR I WOULD BE REALLY THANKFUL.

Watch: Michelle Obama’s speech on the Trump tapes should be required viewing for all Americans

“Let us be clear. This is not politics as usual. This is disgraceful. It is intolerable.”

The Obamas have been an eight-year gift of grace and class to this country.  Today marks the start of their last 100 days in the Oval Office.  I’m already in mourning. 

“Don’t push me away.”

This line is killing me and I’m finally taking a break from making gifs to break down why it is the best thing to ever happen to me, ever:

The showrunners know, and we know, that they could easily coast with the Malec relationship; they could inundate us with nothing but kisses and cute dialogue and know that the majority of fans would be more than satisfied without any deeper layers of complexity or meaning. But this line shows us that they’re taking the relationship seriously, they’re taking the characters seriously, and they understand the characters and the context of this layered and complex relationship.      

This line is not just Magnus being there for Alec; it’s not just Magnus trying to reach an Alec troubled by the disappearance of his parabatai. It’s a plea.

Throughout season one, Alec has been – essentially – pushing Magnus away, at one point telling him outright to “back off.” Alec’s motives for this behaviour did not stem from a lack of interest or desire to be around Magnus, but from a decade of conditioning himself against desire, and his own forced self-isolation. Of course, Magnus still backed off, because at this point in season one, they were just two people with a mutual interest and infatuation who were unable to make it work.

Now, in season 2, we have this:

Of course Alec can’t unlearn in a matter of days what a decade of self-imposed restraint forced him into being, and can’t undo the tendency to build walls around himself rather than open himself up to other people. One kiss isn’t going to change that, and I’m so glad that that’s being reflected, instead of Magnus being an insta-cure for Alec’s myriad issues with relating to and interacting with other people, even someone with which he now has a relationship (Magnus).

And that’s the reason why this line to me is so bittersweet. It’s not “When things get crazy, I’m here for you.” It’s not “when things get crazy, you have me to help you.” It’s “when things get crazy, don’t push me away.” It’s a plea, rather than a statement of intent.

Assuming this is in 2x01, and knowing the breakneck pace of this show, this scene is probably taking place a few days at most after 1x12. I.e., a few days at most after Alec told Magnus to “back off” for the last time. Their relationship is a tiny, fragile newborn thing, and has stemmed from a lot of contention – a lot of pushing and pulling and angst, and walls and boundaries being erected. So that Magnus is saying specifically don’t push me away speaks volumes to how the way that their relationship formed is going to inform how they are able to relate to one another in the early stage of it.

Magnus is pleading to Alec, I want to help you, I want to know you, please let me. It speaks just as much about Magnus’s insecurities about their relationship as it does Alec’s. After weeks of being pushed away by Alec, and then finally being affirmed by him, he’s essentially imploring that Alec be open with him, at least now, now that Alec is out and ostensibly willing to enter a relationship. That Magnus – who is in many ways just as guarded as Alec – is asking this shows that Magnus has opened his heart and is pleading with Alec to do the same. So that they can help each other, so that they can make this work, so that they together can learn to love each other. And it’s four fucking words of dialogue from a twenty fucking episode season and I’m dead already.

(reply to @bi-magnus‘s theory on Magnus’s hoodie)

I’m pretty sure it’s the same hoodie Magnus is wearing in the balcony;

it has the same black strings thingies (not sure how do you call it in English sorry x))

so, what if this is Jace’s hoodie that Magnus took to track him?? this is clearly not the kind of clothes Magnus would wear.

what if:

Ok, so I want to make one theory too. Now I am pretty sure these are two different hoodies. Cause Magnus’ one is much darker and Jace’s is light grey. And they both have those ‘thingies’.

 And Magnus is wearing his outfit from 1x13 (almost sure, but it doesn’t have a ring or a scarf and the nails are not painted red) and he couldn’t change back to the same otfit after training session. 

So Magnus is holding Jace’s hoodie to track Jace with it

good call!!

I really like this theory ^-^

^^^ and kudos to the anon who also noticed it

A Single Man (2009) dir. Tom Ford

Shadowhunters Season 2 Spoilers!

We know so much about Shadowhunters S2 already, because of interviews, pictures, tweets, periscope & more, so here’s all we know so far:

- The runes are black now - Camille won’t be a threat to Alec & Magnus’ relationship, but more to Raphael and the other vampires - We’ll see Seelie Queen, who will be played by someone Dom knows very well - There will be a scene between Alec & Mayrse in episode 2x01

- There will be plenty of mother/daughter drama about the fact that Jocelyn basically lied to her for 18 years. - There’s a scene in a hospital with Jace, where ‘Jace tries to tame the beast and shit gets scray’, and it’s probably in episode 2x03 - There will be a fight scene in episode 2x01, which includes Jace - Although Jace and Clary give into their urges in the books, despite believing they’re siblings, it won’t be like that in the series, but they still have feelings for each other. There’s a moment with the Seelie Queen, but that’s a little different than in the books

- There will be a new character from the books, Maia, who will be played by Alisha Wainwright. (Maia is a bartender at the Hunters Moon and one of the newest members of Luke’s pack. She is brave, slightly stubborn, and extremely loyal to her friends. Although she doesn’t like talking about it, she struggles with trust issues due to her troubled past and often uses humor and sarcasm to mask her true feelings. Now, with the Mortal Cup in Valentine’s hands, Downworlders are in more danger than ever before and Maia will be forced to jump into action or lose the only family that she has left) - Maia will probably first appear in episode 2x03 - Valentine, Maryse and Jocelyn will be in 2x01 - It seems like Jace’s hair will be more like it was in the other dimension, and he’ll wear an all black outfit

- Lydia will come back - Clary’s main focus will be finding Jace and stopping Valentine - There’s a lot in store for Jocelyn and Luke - There’s also a lot in store for Maureen - More Izzy fight scenes - Possibly Jace jumping from one building to another - There will be a scene between Jace & Jocelyn in (probably) episode 2x03 - We’ll probably see a shirtless Magnus - Women who are covered in blood in episode 2x01 - In episode 2x01, Alec will try to track Jace with their Parabatai bond, Magnus will hover over Alec with painkilling magic, but then drops the stele - Episode 2x04 is said to be a game changer episode - Magnus & Alec will probably go on their first date - We’ll see a lot of the relationships: Clace, Malec, Sizzy and Climon - There might be a little Jimon & a Jimon fight scene - Malec is going to break your heart, lift you high, take you low. You will be crying about Malec - They redesigned the institute - Clizzy is a huge part of what they’re up to in S2 - There’ll be a Simon fight scene - There’s a Parabatai crisis - Blood

- Big things happening in episode 2x10 and 2x20 - Valentine is in episode 2x04

- Knives - There’s a new character, Victor Aldertree, portrayed by Nick Sagar - There’ll be 20 episodes - There will be a scene with Magnus & a vampire - There’ll probably be flashbacks to Jace first meeting Alec and Izzy & Jace asking Alec to be his Parabatai - Jace will go down a dark path, he’s gonna get worse before he gets better

- Magnus and Raphael will interact

- Magnus, Raphael and Simon have a scene together, most likely in episode 2x04 - There’s a fight scene in episode 2x03 (one of the writers said it’s the best fight scene of the whole series) - This season is gonna be creepy, darker, grittier, the demons are scarier and we’re gonna cry a lot

I’ll update this post when we get new info

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Watch: Black family stands up to racist couple at San Antonio restaurant

From the article: “The teen has a point. Her courage to confront the ugliness of racism, with a camera in hand, reveals just how rampant bigotry and anti-blackness is in America society. Within the five minutes of vulgar obscenities and racist remarks shouted at the black family, no one intervened. No one got up from the seats. No one told the white family to refrain from using the word n*gger. No one defended the black family. No one said it was enough.

It’s 2016, and a black family in one of the many diverse cities in Texas can’t even sit down and enjoy a meal in peace without being called anti-black slurs.”

This was a 15-year-old girl, and she’s right. This is NOT rare. This irrational hate permeates far too much of society and police forces around America. The only difference between Facebook racists and these white “people” is they were so full of hatred that they didn’t feel the need to hide their racism behind a keyboard.

Also, yes: “All lives matter” is exactly what racists say.

Does anyone know their names?