in case anyone (and i think a LOT of ppl aren’t yet aware) didn’t see the MASSIVE post i reblogged earlier this month, “bara” is actually more or less equivalent to a slur against gay men in japan, and NOT a cutesy term for buff men
so like, i’m not sure exactly how it became misconstrued as that over here but it’s probably best if ppl slowly weed it out of their vocabulary, because as white westerners (and esp. any white straight women) we really shouldn’t continue using a slur just because we understand it differently here
this isn’t a call-out either! i was using the term literally up until about a month ago when i read the post, and i’m a huge supporter of MASSIVE and the manga artists they promote so i just think, y’know, it merits a reminder
Can we please get this circulating tumblr’s SNK fandom?
Can we please get this circulating tumblr’s SNK fandom?
Even though Hange Zoe has been canonically confirmed as gender-ambiguous, the admins of the SNK wikia are STILL insisting they are a female. The talk page is cluttered with trans* folk who are reasonably pissed the fuck off and they are being silenced by the most absurd of logic ever (ie, ‘she has a female voice! she’s a female in the anime!’) and it’s rampant with cissexism and transphobia hard enough to make you cringe. I tried typing up a coherent response to all the bullshit here and quit because it stressed me out too much thinking about the shitty cissexist response I was inevitably going to get.
I’ve heard before about the magic of “tumblrbomb” and I was hoping we could send some of our smartest, most passionate advocates to the scene of the crime to firmly (but maturely) let these people know why they’re wrong. One or two people are easy to dehumanize and silence—but there are strength in numbers, I think!