sup punks little dorks welcome to the survey corps
I reblog mostly anime: snk,tokyo ghoul,dmmd,aph,haikyuu,owari no seraph,free!,dgray man and more, .Expect tons of general stuff ,edits or solo fanart but beware that you will see a lot of ships too.And cats.
every abusive asshole genius rockstar you’ve heard of has one thing in common: they’ve driven more talent out of their industry than they will ever be able to make up for.
and what’s worse is every shithead stan out there has works they can point to like “but look at all this ART we would have missed out on if he had been held accountable from the beginning”
how do you quantify all the cinema that could have been? How do you account for the careers abandoned because giving up on your dream was better than putting up with Roger Ailes or Harvey Weinstein or Louis CK or any number of other power players/geniuses/auteurs/rock stars/what the fuck ever?
You can’t.
Fuck your favorite oeuvre, give me back the artists that fucker stole from the world.
Since BL and fujoshi discourse is the hot topic du jour, let’s talk a bit about gay stereotypes in Japanese manga and anime.
I’m seeing a worrying number of people not only saying that all BL and fujoshi promote homophobic stereotypes, but that BL is the primary or sole instigator of homophobia in Japanese society (excuse me, I choked on drink there).
For those who don’t know, Boy’s Love (BL) is a niche category of shoujo/josei manga that focuses on M/M relationships (commonly known in the west as “yaoi”, though that is a misnomer). It’s still frowned upon, both for being gay content and for being mainly romance aimed at women. The word “fujoshi” — used today to mean “female fan of BL” — even has seriously misogynistic origins.
So far, BL is published on specific magazines, and most anime adaptations are OVAs that aren’t aired on TV. Although it has a significant following, it’s definitely not popular enough to change the opinions on gay men of the entire anime fanbase, much less of Japanese society as a whole.
Homophobia in Japan has a long history, but one of the most impactful chapters was the Meiji Restoration (1867-68), when Japan’s isolationist foreign policy was abolished and rapid westernization began. Negative Christian views on homosexuality disseminated throughout the country and public opinion of practices such as nanshoku/wakashudou declined until they were practically criminalized and banned.
For reference, both BL and yuri had their origins more than a century later,
in the 1970’s-80’s.
I find that a lot of criticism of stereotyping in BL is, unsurprising, very US-centric. The thin, androgynous, pretty and emotionally sensitive characters of BL may coincidentally fit western gay stereotypes, but this type of character just represents an East Asian beauty standard for men. Guys who fit these bishounen and ikemen types are considered desirable by Japanese women and are generally assumed to be straight.
A handful of pretty boys from Touken Ranbu.
In the US, your idea of a stereotypical gay dude may be a metrosexual twink with a lisp and a limp wrist, but different countries have different stereotypes. In Japan, the appearance of イカホモ/イカニモ (“ikahomo” or “ikanimo”, a stereotypical gay man) is a heavy-set masculine guy with short haircut, strong face, and facial hair.
Sort of like the guys you see in geikomi, right?
Pin-ups by Jiraiya, long-time artist for G-men magazine.
But we’re talking about entertainment media, more specifically about animanga. We’ll get there soon.
Gay men in Japan are stereotyped by the general population as being camp, and using feminine clothes, language and pronouns. Those who present femininely are often referred to as オネエ (“onee”) because they use オネエ言葉 (“onee kotoba”, feminine speech), and may or may not identify as male. Many entertainers who are out use onee personas on TV to, well, entertain the audience. That may be the only exposure an average Japanese person has to a real-life openly gay or trans person.
As for fiction, media creators tend to fall back on archetypes based on prejudices for minority characters, and that includes gay men. A bit like how the US has the “fairy” archetype, Japan has the “okama”.
Now, オカマ (“okama”, lit. rice pot) is not a word used in polite conversation to refer to people. It’s a homophobic and transphobic slur, directed at people who fit the onee stereotype.
If you’re not a Japanese queer man or transfem individual, you shouldn’t direct it at anyone, period. Not even yourself. Although there are some who reclaim the term, it’s still largely considered derogatory and insulting.
Japanese media has an okama character archetype, which reflects how society thinks a gay man looks and acts. You may be surprised to hear that it’s not the willowy, androgynous bishounen of shoujo manga.
Wanted to emphasize this part because it’s a long read, so I want to highlight the point because I think it opens up a more nuanced discussion about BL and fujoshi:
“Don’t fall into the trap of using a rather niche type of media as a scapegoat for a widespread and complex societal problem.
Don’t fall into the trap of viewing LGBTQ+ issues in other countries through a solely US-centric lens.
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that Japanese queer people are too dumb to criticize homophobia in their own society and need foreigners (cough cough Americans) to “enlighten” them on it.“
And I did some additional fact-checking on aniparo since the source linked to another tumblr post and found this text which is free to read online as a PDF.
Basically ani-paro was used to refer to anime parodies in general, and much like how a lot of fanfiction is just smut, women started making ani-paro that was just smut.
Relevant excerpt:
During the 1980s, the popular genre of female-oriented narratives of male homosexuality
expanded when what is called the ani-paro (anime-parody) culture developed.
Certain Japanese women started recasting the male characters in popular animations,
manga, and other genres in homosexual pairings (Nishimura 2002).
The term yaoi emerged
originally as a reference to amateur ani-paro productions. One hypothesis regarding the origin
of the term yaoi is that it is an acronym of the phrase ‘yamanashi ochinashi iminashi’
(no climax, no ending, no meaning); this phrase is considered to have originally been a
cynical remark, used to criticize works in which artists dedicated themselves to depicting
pornographic sex scenes while ignoring narrative functions and structures.
Emphasizing the last part because it sounds a lot like how people stereotype fanfiction, and how in turn fandoms will apply the same stereotype to BL.
This is a SUPERB addition, I can’t thank you enough!
we have this app called toogoodtogo where restaurants/cafes/bakeries/hotels and so on sell their leftovers for really cheap to reduce foodwaste
i got all of this for €4 from starbucks
bless
The America version is called FoodForAll
I love TooGoodToGo all of this sushi cost me £3.50 (the chinese food cost me £3.59)
YOOOOOOO, they’re formalizing this?!?!
I used to do community service at a community breakfast, we’d go to the local Safeway and get all their stale bread, the local bakery for their stale baked goods and whatnot.
They throw away so much food it’s ridiculous, I’m glad someone finally created a program like this!
The American app isn’t available everywhere but if you’re broke in NY or Boston, check it out!
The US app logo currently looks like this and was last updated 3 weeks ago (as of January 25th 2020)
TooGoodToGo is available in many European countries, including the UK, much of Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy and the Iberian peninsula.
In Canada we have flash food, I dont know if it’s just confined to loblaw stores but you can get food that stores have to throw out for dirt cheap
What people think why i became a bookbinder: Oh she wants to explore her artistic horizon with those pretty leather bound books of hers. She even gives them out as gifts to her friends. It most likely helps her with anxiety or maybe she just wanted a more special costume made notebook.
Why I actually became a bookbinder: I just illegally downloaded and printed out several of my favourite fanfics and books and started binding them into books cuz I love reading them but looking at screens for too long gives me headaches.
op youre fucking big brained oh my god
If you want to i can send you a link to some of the Tutorial videos i started binding my fanfic books.
This is a *really good* article that both handles anatomy concerns and presumes zero background makeup knowledge. Well done.
It’s amazing that the cover photo is showing both older women and people of color, something that the media consistently ignores regarding the trans community.
the girls are FRUSTRATED because they are READY TO PERFORM AND TAKE DOWN THE PREY
I always wondered if it was a kind of pishing. Human birdwatchers/ornithologists make similar squeaky/chattery or psstpsstpsst noises to lure out (mostly small song-) birds to get a better look.
Birds tend to get interested when they hear other birds make scolding calls - they’re all drama queens and love to join in mobbing a predator or whatever. When you pish, you imitate that scold to make birds curious and pop out.
Obviously, if cats somehow evolved a way to do similar pishing, it would be pretty handy in hunting.
Omg, I never suspected that shushing noise people make at birds actually WORKS to attract them!
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