July 2012
321 posts
Anonymous asked: How can you not like Lagaan though? ;~;
Anonymous asked: Thank you ladies for being fierce and fabulous. And thank you for educating me and reblogging more fierce and fabulous women. You make the world a better place for it.
Anonymous asked: Any recommendations on what bollywood movies I should watch? I'm fairly new to the genre and don't really know where to start...
So I think I have crystallized the 'standard...
solitudeisnotloneliness:
Correct me if you don’t come across this, like, all the time.
The standard Indian woman is:
Darkish skinned. Enough to be **exotic**, but not enough to be offensive to the lily white.
Long hair, that’s beautiful, wavy, black and flowing. Alternatively, tied in a long braid down her back.
There’s a lot of dust and shit around where she lives.
Jasmine. Jasmine...
Anonymous asked: Hi, I'm a white Canadian who eventually wants to work in media, such as tv and movies. I do want to portray PoCs in my work when I am able to control what I produce, but I'm afraid of being offensive somehow because I'm white. Do you have any tips or anything I should keep in mind besides "don't use stereotypes"? Obviously I will want PoCs on my creative teams, but is...
Oh, and if you have any women of colour singers or actresses you want to show to us, submit! We’ll be happy to showcase any beautiful talent.
In light of all the serious stuff going on, I really just want tonight to be Bollywood night, where we post videos of fabulous women from a fabulous region of the world, and we just sit back and watch.
Anyone okay with a Bollywood spam tonight?
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How are you all tonight? Still oppressed?
I don’t think you understand that I really want Laci Green’s stalker to step on a pile of legos and then get punched by a chair. But yeah we’re done with this issue, moving on. Stalking and harassment is never okay, and believe me, it can put some people in very dangerous positions.
Anonymous asked: I have a necklace made of racist pearls
Anonymous asked: WHITE WASH DESI GIRLS -___________-
Hey guess what
socialbullshit:
oppressedbrowngirlsdoingthings:
Whatever Laci Green has got, those death threats? Yeah, those are cruel. Those are wrong. That person is a shithead.
But that does not take away the legitimate criticism that most WoC have been talking about. Talking about Islam is a terrible sexist religion when a) she’s not a Muslim and b) she’s talking OVER the Muslim women who are saying...
Anonymous asked: I suspect you of having reverse racism. The pearl of racism can never be destroyed as long as stereotypes about minorities keep being held up because some in minorities groups keep acting like the stereotypes that have been keeping them under for so long. Make all people equal!
