Racebending
Dec. 29th, 2009 | 05:34 pm
posted by:
omgthatsfun
www.racebending.com

Please support the movment against whitewashing in Hollywood and the use of yellowface instead of fully capable Asian actors. The characters of Avatar: The Last Airbender are cast to be played by white actors. In act, the casting call asked for actors that are "Caucasian or any other ethnicity". Now, the evil fire nation is played by "brown" actors of Indian ethicity, lending a whole other dimension of racism to the film.

Claims that the character of Aang the Avatar is "white" is a sign of ignorance. "You never said he was Asian!" Did the culture, clothing, names (Toph Bei Fong, Lu Ten, Lee, Jin, Katara and Azula) food and language not give you a big enough hint? Did Aang have to be painted yellow and given tiny eyes for you to realize that he's NOT white? America needs to get out of the mindset that "caucasian" is the default race, and that characters are white unless it is explicitly stated otherwise.
Please support the movment against whitewashing in Hollywood and the use of yellowface instead of fully capable Asian actors. The characters of Avatar: The Last Airbender are cast to be played by white actors. In act, the casting call asked for actors that are "Caucasian or any other ethnicity". Now, the evil fire nation is played by "brown" actors of Indian ethicity, lending a whole other dimension of racism to the film.
Claims that the character of Aang the Avatar is "white" is a sign of ignorance. "You never said he was Asian!" Did the culture, clothing, names (Toph Bei Fong, Lu Ten, Lee, Jin, Katara and Azula) food and language not give you a big enough hint? Did Aang have to be painted yellow and given tiny eyes for you to realize that he's NOT white? America needs to get out of the mindset that "caucasian" is the default race, and that characters are white unless it is explicitly stated otherwise.
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Dec. 28th, 2009 | 12:28 am
posted by:
lurid_eye
Yo lj tell me good svu eps to watch
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Dec. 24th, 2009 | 04:55 pm
music: Broken Bells - Citizen | Powered by Last.fm
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stfxup_lauren
Top Albums of 2009
(in no particular order)
( DA BEST AND DA WORST )
I'll post more explaining my reasoning if people want. Idk. Comment.
(in no particular order)
( DA BEST AND DA WORST )
I'll post more explaining my reasoning if people want. Idk. Comment.
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Writer's Block: Honesty is such a lonely word
Dec. 18th, 2009 | 02:02 am
posted by:
stfxup_lauren
lately i have been trying to be truly honest with people about how i feel about them or how they make me feel about something. i used to never be like that - i was always very guarded and evasive and would blatantly lie to people just to have them like me better. i used to not want to know if someone didn't like me. i think i've done a lot to change that...idk i've been working on being more honest with myself and with other people and telling them exactly how i feel or how i think they're reacting to a situation and why.
i think that it's better to be honest with people. i mean obviously if they look fat you have to be like OMG NO YOU LOOK GREAT OMG - but other things. more important things. i always try to be honest, i'll even go so far as to hurt someone's feelings a little if i think it will help them - not too much though, hopefully. i care about my real life relationships very much.
