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“Every character has a specific color — it’s a nice way of giving people their own identity. We use color like comic books do, with each character staying in their lane as far their palette goes: T’Challa is purple, Okoye is red, and Nakia is green.
[Nakia] is the No. 1 warrior in the River tribe and her look was inspired by the Suri tribe in Africa,” says Carter. “Green signifies water, a coastal community, leaves and plants — they live in a lush area, as opposed to the perception that Africa is arid and dry.” - Black Panther costume designer Ruth Carter
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Not everybody you don’t like is “toxic” or “negative”. Your personal beef with them does not define who they are as a person.
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this might be shocking for some of you but being cis doesn’t mean you’re comfortable with your gender or “how you were born”. gender is like an inherently uncomfortable system and i don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that a lot of people who don’t fall into the category of “trans” experience alienation from their bodies, agab and how they’re read & treated by those around them on the basis of gender. and being trans isn’t about being uncomfortable with yourself! for me personally my transness is about learning to love myself for who i am. to reduce transness to being in a perpetual state of self hatred and discomfort really just shows that u don’t think trans people are capable (or deserving) of self love, and it sends a message to trans people who are sufferring rn that it can never get better. which is wildly irresponsible at best bro
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I’m cis, black, and a woman. Literally wheneer I’m not performing femininity I get called a man by white people and non-black poc. AND. A lot of the time when I do get misgendered like that, I’m being read as a gay man and experiencing a whole other axis of homophobia along with the like…regular homophobia I would anticipate as a lesbian. Whites and non-blacks masculinise black women and girls and make us seem either more aggressive than we are or in many cases, see us as target for violence that doesn’t even apply to us.
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Help A Bisexual Stay Out Of An Abusive Home
Hi all. The fight with my homophobic dad who wants to send me to conversion therapy still continues. I have moved out of my families home, as of yesterday, and I’m in a safe environment. I am living in a friends apartment she rented me for $475/monthly. Ho, the government is currently withholding my ODSP cheque because my Dad is my guardian and I am not living with him. I am currently looking into how I can contest his role as my guardian and I’m trying to get a lawyer involved. Since I am deemed mentally incompetent by the courts, it is not as simple as just getting a lawyer; there is a process.
Essentially, I won’t be getting my cheque at the beginning of May and may need some help financially this month if I want to stay in a safe environment.
Here is a monthly list of my expenses:
Rent - $475.00
Phone bill - $80.00
Student loan payment $200 (I’m behind two months)
Medications that aren’t covered by OHIP - $100
Hygiene products - $40
There may be other expenses but these are the main ones I need help with. If you can help me by signal boosting this post or even just donating $1. It’s the difference between a safe or abusive environment for me.
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Are we headed for a solar waste crisis? Solar panels create a large amount of toxic waste, not only in production but just as they exist, and aren’t actually all that great for the planet.
No one talks about this because solar is a huge industry now and actively markets themselves as environmentally friendly even though it’s not.
Solar companies also don’t have to dispose of solar panel waste anywhere in the world outside of Europe, so it’s actively dangerous to the people of the world and no one has to deal with it in most of it.
Solar panels create 300 times more toxic waste per unit of energy than nuclear power plants.
Nuclear is literally better for the planet than solar, but doesn’t sound as cutesy so hip young lobbyists are allowed to convince the world we should go solar despite it literally not even being in a good place to replace any industry in an environmentally effective way.
I’m glad to see an article that’s addressing this. Because of the strict laws the nuclear energy field is under (which are good laws), those who have to mine for solar panel materials are actually exposed to more radiation than those who mine for the materials used in nuclear fuel (Source), and solar panel industries are able to get away with destroying more sacred land and dumping in unsafe areas than that of nuclear. It all has to do with media coverage and the bias of news outlets- nuclear energy is so much easier to attack and demonize, and will garner more revenue. Therefore, nuclear energy has been harshly criticized since the 80′s, whereas other alternative forms of energy (namely wind and solar) get off scot-free and are viewed as 100% safe and effective, and that NOTHING else should be used besides those, and hydro. Which is. Not a good mindset
Again, we can attribute these failures of solar directly to capitalism. None of this technology is inherently evil, however the way we are going about it is damaging to the environment and people.
And only saying good things about these other forms of energy leaves problems in regulations which cause environmental destruction because people are unaware of the waste actually generated from any of these.
No one here is saying we shouldn’t improve upon clean energy, but that does mean we must improve it.
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Alaska's in The Middle of a Record-Breaking Spring Melt, And It's Killing People -
So there’s a post going around that mentions that most of us can’t name any Native American intellectuals and I didnt want to derail it (because it went some other places after that) so I’m making my own post
If you would like to become familiar with a Native American intellectual and activist, Kim TallBear is really cool. She’s a Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate professor and researcher based in Alberta. She specializes in the intersection between science and technology and culture, usually specifically pertaining to Native Americans. I read a paper of hers for a class and was so into it that I sought out a couple others on my own. Her writing style is really engaging and she’s generally unapologetic and just very cool. Her work in recent years has involved a lot of attention to how genetic ancestry testing is screwing over Native Americans. And she’s on Twitter!
She’s really cool and if you want to familiarize yourself with Native American scientist/intellectual/activists id recommend checking her out, especially if you’re into anthropology!