re: ocean vuong, once you notice that the lion's share of commentary on other countries that gets popular in US art/culture is either made by diaspora kids or immigrants who happen to have reactionary views of their former state, it's kinda hard to unsee
@_luvdanny @DudNugger @alexoxo_01 @iheardarum0r @luminasea_ @AshtonPk_ You can’t assume that the artists intention was colorist though just because she drew Mel as a different non white race. Like I get why people are upset but the artist didn’t do anything to indicate racism
Pope Francis used his last public address to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Even as he was hospitalised, he maintained his commitment to check in on a daily basis with priests and parishioners at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City.
Rest in peace.
"we've Gotta call arcane viktor 'vincent' because how Else are we supposed to differentiate them?" viktor giopara and viktor talis, you're welcome <3
I talked to this tech guy at a wedding and he was like "I've been thinking about how there's no way to know if your experiences of the world are the same as other peoples'. I might write about it." He was shocked when I explained philosophers have talked about this for millennia.
The silence of the film industry is alarming. A man slapping another man was talked about for MONTHS, yet when a director gets KIDNAPPED suddenly no one wants to get on their soapbox