#Marginalized

Brandon Leon-Gambetta 🎃

When marginalized folks criticize your fandom for toxicity don't:*Pretend it isn't true*Make jokes*Deflect blame*Attack a different fandomInstead... If you believe there isn't an issue:*Don't tweet*Read the discussion carefully and se

Having marginal identities often means you perceive the world more clearly. And I think it unsettles folks with privilege that you can recognize something in them that they can't. That's

when mirage arcs first went out i got a lot of responses that amounted to or said explicitly that romance was boring & detracted from the story and ‘i would

I wonder what kinds of joy we could see in stories about marginalized people or characters if we stopped believing every story about them had to include bigotry because real

Lydia X. Z. Brown

Having a marginalized identity/experience is not an excuse, shield, or justification for being an asshole or being abusive - especially to other marginalized people. I've run into this attitude so

Things we can disagree on and still be friends:- If Dottie dropped the ball on purpose- Whether or not the first season of Buffy is good- Musicals, as a conceptThings

Benjanun Sriduangkaew

FYI next time you ask me But How Do I Write Teh Marginalized I'm going to just go, happy to give you a tutorial but first show me receipts for

gst | nico on the beat

Ceroblast’s defense of saying the n-word citing that “black culture is the problem” is indefensibleIf you were loud about LTG’s transphobia, you need to be loud about this because it

Don’t Argue With Me If You Dont Have Any Citations

JamelTheCreator

Black men get told by everyone that White supremacy is just an excuse we use and we simply aren't trying hard enough, that we are at the bottom of all

Hi everyone, idk who needs to hear this but cultural appropriation ISNT inherently a bad thing. Cultures are supposed to mix. Not one culture on this planet is “original”. All

ashia monet 🌙🕯

Thinking about how dehumanizing it is that marginalized characters and their storylines are expected to be positive without “challenging” flaws or complexity, to the point of disenfranchising actual marginalized creators

Lilo the Autistic Queer

I'm working on a project on Canva and LOOK AT THIS LITTLE AVACADO CHILD I FOUND. Ok, there is also a Lion child and Banana child clearly designed by the

The number one thing that makes me want to leave economics is the contempt we have for the people we study. It’s not always explicit. Which is part of why

The Mighty Orion D. Black

It's been brought to my attention a few times now that my (extremely accurate) experience with WotC has been used or seen as a ward, keeping marginalized people, especially PoC,

sophie is delirious

We don't talk enough about how much pressure marginalized authors are under to write YA. I hate that YA is treated as this bastion for diversity, because it breeds this

Michi the Adorable Tiny Demon 🇵🇭🇺🇸🔥🍜📖🦄

Seeing some “but how do I find folks who can help my con be better?” and look. I’m glad y’all are asking, really, but this is important: It is not