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Aether

Aether

Genderfluid Mess. 27 years old

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Aether
Sometimes I think back to finding out one of my fave mlp artists drew extremely hateful/racist art and tried to sell it, then deleted it a few days later when no one bought it. Nobody ever talks about... View More
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PinkBow
Omg dawg don’t even get me started on the casual/overt racism I’ve seen and clocked in the fandom that goes unnoticed or even excused. :’(
Like 18 hours ago
Bubblegum
your response is the reasonable one and you SHOULD talk abt it!! it's a whole culture more than 'just a mistake'. I can see ignorance leading to not recognizing racist origins of part of something you make, but heckin apologize for that and fix it. make a new version w/o the racism, highlight the c... View More
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Bubblegum
Edge: if you're earnestly interested in understanding the connotations of the way the buffalo are depicted & the connection to colonization, I highly encourage you to spend some time learning the history of colonization in the Americas, and then critically analyzing the episode through that lens, un... View More
Like 11 hours ago
Iridescent_Edge
I'm sorry...:ss_sad:
Like 11 hours ago
Aether
This entire stuff is why I take great care in how I write my characters. Why I study so many cultures to learn more about them and not make a caricature. I once made a romanian character with a darker, but still pretty light, skintone. And someone was like "but Romanians are white, you should make t... View More
Like 7 hours ago
Nitroxus Soulspins
One of the best advice given to me is this. "When a person show their true self to you. If its scares you, it means you are still a good person. And need to distance them from you. If its excites you, you may need a mirror."
Like 15 hours ago
Snow Storm
This is why separating the artist from the art is not enough anymore. You’re not crazy— people just don’t care as much as they should. If it doesn’t “affect them” then they pretend nothing happened at all. But at that point, their whole fan base is toxic.
Like 8 hours ago