RK

Burmese American, theater kid, coffee addict, shitposts about my favorite things, she/her

[melissa ☆ BND x3 @wadesknife]

“GHOST RIDER AND SHANG-CHI! WE NEED U TO DISTRACT DOOM!” #sdcc
ghost rider and shang-chi:

[RK @letheanseraph]

@offbeatorbit @asvpxpocky It’s the best! ♥️

[RK @letheanseraph]

An AO3 version of Fandom Wank would be really good for record keeping reasons. Is Fanlore still active?

[Ottawa Centaurs @OttawaCentaurs_]

wait what the fuck you guys are PAYING for ai to write your fucking fanfiction for you!?!? holy fucking shit this is a new low

[remi 🔑💍🏒🦈 @chibibinch]

I hate how big hr has gotten because it’s attracting the wrong kinds of fic writers and the fact that they wanted to file the serial numbers off and turn this into a published work in such a new fandom space is very telling to me. clout is a disease

[adelvafa @iranopessimist]

I'm going to be as sensitive about this as possible, because Satrapi likely either ended her life from depression after losing her husband or "died of a broken heart" (this kind of thing does happen, albeit with older people). Satrapi was one of many authors whose unique experience in Iran was woven into the GWOT-industrial complex's consent manufacturing regime. Though not as egregious as Ayaan Hirsi Ali or others of the Sam Harris Islamophobia wavelength, Satrapi's depiction of Iran fed into the same liberal capitalist justification for aggression and neoliberal regime change that vanquished 4.5-4.7 million human lives since 2001. This is NOT saying she is responsible for that- decisionmakers in Tel Aviv, Wall Street, and Washington are. But authors like her, filmmakers who make films like Rosewater and The Stoning of Soraya M, all have something of a part to play in the grand machine of imperialism. It's a tough call to "see the human" in a situation like this and I can see both people who don't want to address her political effect and just want to focus on her sad passing, as well as those who want us to contend with what her story did, and how it was weaponized for genocide. There's somewhere in between and both sides have valid points. It's worth keeping in perspective that the culmination of what started with the Iraq invasion in 2003 occurred in Gaza, and would have continued to its ghastly end if Iran was balkanized easily. With that in mind, it behooves us to pan out and take a longitudinal look at how Satrapi's work functioned in this horror. Believe it or not it is indeed possible to say her passing was sad, and yet to acknowledge how her work was propagandized and weaponized.

Often, authors just want to share their stories- and Satrapi is no different, and she ultimately was a liberal who was more amenable to the type of society found in America or Europe than the one she lived in in Iran. That's a personal proclivity, certain people find certain systems confining. Ergo, her experiences in Iran and her desire to voice them were picked up by publishers and the media complex and turned into a propaganda angle. She likely felt what she was doing was right; there was certainly a mutuality to it. And just like Iranians who may indeed love Iran but whose experiences with Iran's government had led them to the insane conclusion that war on Iran would bring change, she too, knew the smell of ghormeh sabzi, the gossip of old Iranian grandmas, and the tunes of Shajarian, and had an attachment to these things. It's important to not forget that. These people who ultimately play a part in the machine that destroys Iran genuinely are attached to Iran in their own ways and just want, what they believe, is their "right" vision for Iran.

I hope that raises a few points to consider going forward; hopefully we third world monkeys are capable of rational, nuanced discourse about things like this.

[KatsukiEater @IwriteVikyuuSin]

Happy pride month to my queer ice skaters 🌈🏳️‍🌈💙💜🩷

[RK @letheanseraph]

A personal headcanon nobody asked for: along with going by the book descriptions, somehow my image of Ilya Rozanov came out to be a very muscled up version of Christophe Giacometti.

[Ali Abunimah @AliAbunimah]

How can all New Yorkers feel safe, especially Muslims and Palestinians, when @NYPDPC marches with genocidal criminals like @bezalelsm for the same supremacist cause? Would @NYCMayor @ZohranKMamdani keep a police chief who marched with KKK?

[klaudia @ ANYC @kaludiasays]

since it’s yuri on ice’s 10th anniversary, i have to remind everyone that it is not mappa’s fault there isn’t a season 2, or a movie. yes it was profitable, but not FOR THEM, because of their position on the production committee - studios often dont own the IP

[t (still gritty’s version) @transshollander]

If you want a real controversial opinion:

Ilya not being understanding of why Shane is so terrified of coming out is rooted in racial bias and lack of awareness of how different the hockey world is for Shane than it is for Ilya.

[RK @letheanseraph]

@offbeatorbit has always had the best takes. ♥️

[SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma @SubwayTakes]

If you have a vagina and you go to bed with underwear on, you're
f*cking nuts!! @offbeatorbit

[mad tsai @MadTsai]

we now have an asian director of ICE… AAPI month is hearby paused until we collectively figure out how to act right bc what are we DOING

[mad tsai @MadTsai]

i urge asian americans to pick up a book or read some academic articles surrounding critical race theory and intersectionality… like PLEASE 😭

[RK @letheanseraph]

@offbeatorbit I’m dreading whatever weird discourse someone is going to make out of this.

[💗 @ma1ybe]

Straight people: "OMG don't push all this LGBT stuff on your children! They're children!"

Also straight people:

[RK @letheanseraph]

So this really did end up being like every other mostly East Asian American meetup organized by some really superficial people?

[mad tsai @MadTsai]

and on top of that treating the neurodivergent and non-conventionally attractive wasians differently? it’s getting weird…

[RK @letheanseraph]

Between the Wasian and ABG meetups, all I’m seeing is the same mostly East Asian meetups organized by people who aren’t thinking too critically.

[aniz @clawdiadoll]

tacando mais lenha da fogueira: caso ocorra vai reacender o debate de como autores brancos tratam seus personagens racializados
a rainbow rowell ficou CONHECIDA pela cagada dela e levou chapisco