Tumbling Like Alice

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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khawlabentalazwaar

no fuck you you can’t wear henna for fun

when my mother came back to america from her brother’s wedding with henna her manager told her to either get rid of it or get out

i saw her scrub her hands raw with bleach because we couldn’t afford any less…

seraph5

So just because some schools have racist policies everyone else isn’t allowed to be a part of a beautiful tradition? Because your mum was accosted by some prick boss everyone else in the world gets to forfeit henna? How about instead of throwing hands in the air and saying ‘if I can’t do it no one gets to do it!’ We say ‘fuck you system/boss/school your wrong and flawed’ and if you have to work within bullshit ignorant working restrictions to keep your job etc then tell your boss/ school in advance that henna is going to be a part of the ceremony you’re going to and if they still have a problem then weigh your options.
It’s a shit but it doesn’t mean no one else gets to do it because workplaces and school environments are ignorant. They’re ignorant because people in positions of power haven’t experienced the culture/learned the history. Everyone needs to experience culture no matter what the race or the culture. It’s how we learn about our place in the world, how we learn to treat others as they wish to be treated. If we cut that off then the circle of ignorance isn’t broken. If the person trying the tradition is slapped back like ‘no you’re not allowed to have fun doing that’ then they won’t have fun, they wont associate it with anything positive, they won’t embrace it. If the person having a go at the tradition happens to enjoy it and have fun doing it then all the better because they’re all the more likely to accept it and support it later in life if they’re given an opportunity to make a decision involving say employees or students.
I’m sorry that happened to you and your family. It is bullshit and wrong but saying no-one else can do it for fun is an unproductive demand.

zafrannamak

^^^^^^^^^Everything she just said.

One asshole person or racist policy shouldn’t be the be-all end off of what an entire race of people can or cannot do.

And for the record, I’m Pakistani, so anyone coming to my inbox with “u r whit u have no say” can shove it. 

seraph5

Thank you for backing me up!

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one of my favourite fairy tales ever is the one of Vasilisa… it’s about a little girl whose mother, on her deathbed, gives her a doll that comes to life when Vasilisa gives it something to eat and tells it her problems.

Her father remarries for her sake, but when her stepmother is really nice to her father, she’s rotten to Vasilisa and sends her out to find something in the forest that is impossible to find. She is warned by this strange spirit not to come this way, but she does because it’s growing dark and long story short she is abducted by the evil Baba Yaga and if she doesn’t clean her gross cobwebby house, cook massive feasts and other impossible things she will eat her. Her doll however comes to life and helps her out. 

Baba Yaga’s hut is “haunted” by all of her past victims and if Vasilisa can defeat her they all go free… but she needs their help, too. One of them, the spirit she saw, tries to help her the most but is cursed not to tell her why he’s there or what his name is. 

There’s like, a billion different versions of this tale and I’m sure most of them are online… one thing of note is that I think this is one of the very few european fairy tales that mention specifically the race of one of their characters without making it a ‘thing’. The entire story is very much Spirited Away-meets-Cinderella —while researching for these drawings I really noticed how Spirited Away seems to be a retelling of maybe something similar to that fairy tale, Haku as the spirit who helps her out but isn’t allowed to do much more than that, a little girl from the outside who has to obey a big evil bird-themed witch, lots of different spirits… I wonder if the inspiration for that movie came from this tale?? Who knows??

I should watch it again now… 

anyway have some drawings

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The Notorious Wee and Dumpy Interview

Those people who believe Steven Moffat is not sexist, really do need to see this interview and take note. 

When he talks about Matt Smith, it’s all about the acting, the charisma, the aura. The whole package. He clearly thinks Matt is smashing and even talks about how in the audition process, Matt wowed him so much he decided to go for a young Doctor instead of an older one. 

In contrast, everything he says about Karen is based on her looks. He describes how disappointed he was when he thought she was ‘wee and dumpy’ and then how relieved he felt when he saw she was actually tall and pretty. 

Sexism isn’t always an out and out hatred of women. Sometimes it can be in an outlook, in the way people think, and the way people express those thoughts. 

I know Moffat means no harm by this, in fact, he clearly believes he is complimenting  Karen by talking about her good looks. But the fact remains that the male cast member is appreciated for his talent, and the female cast member (who is sitting right beside him) is appreciated for her looks. 

It’s a double standard, and very disrespectful. Certainly, it’s a worrying attitude for the showrunner of one of the most popular and iconic shows to grace British television.