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While the historical Razia has yet to find her place, the mythical Razia, her polar opposite in every sense, has found an audience of many lakhs of people. (India’s Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes: Karline McLain)
Raziyya-al-din or Razia Sultana was a 13th century ruler of Delhi who ruled for four years before being killed, possibly by her military generals. The Mamluk dynasty had Turkic origins and it is very likely that the attire of the Sultana would have been influenced by this. There are of course no pictorial records of the Sultana but it appears that her dress was adapted to her role as ruler. Almost all later depictions stress on this: 1) The Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) illustration 2) a later painting 3) Hema Malini playing the Sultana.
Today’s book extract refers to the emphasis placed on Razia’s love affairs in the film as opposed to her as a ruler and the emphasis on masculine attributes as well as her doomed romance in the ACK comic.
Razia around tumblr (more than a few posts on the soft homoeroticism of the film).
i decided this needed fixin.
there. much betterthank youuuu.
yessss, thank you! Beautiful.
followers, i need your help. please re-blog and share w/ anyone who might be willing to help!
a few of you have heard about my independent study that i’m doing this semester focused on the commodification of trans women of color bodies specifically in regards to sex work.
a portion of my independent study is to conduct 2 oral history interviews.
the most important part of this is getting the practice, I hope that I don’t have to use the interviews for my final paper, but it is a possibility because it’s been extremely hard to find any sort of materials or evidence focused on trans women of color doing sex work.
i’m looking for some folks to interview [this can be over the phone or skype] and in order to be eligible:
- be a trans woman of color
- have been involved in or currently involved in sex work [any forms acceptable]
a little bit about me: Lexi, a fierce and amazing trans woman of color and femme. Currently a senior in Women & Gender Studies at San Francisco State University.
Little disclaimer: As a student I don’t have funding and this isn’t an official research project, however if you require some form of compensation for your time I am definitely willing to cook you something or send you a small gift card of your choice.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask!
Thanks!
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About the game:
Miedo y La Luz (Fear and the Light) is a small, free “choose your own adventure” style text-based horror game, grounded in some of the cultures and languages of Borikén (Puerto Rico) and diasporicans, and centering femininity and queer/trans* people of color characters. Though the game’s primary language is English, it blends Spanish and Taíno language use throughout.
The game features slow-building psychological and survival horror, mixed with magical realism, dark fantasy, RPG dynamics, and socially-conscious science fiction. Created by and for QPoC. Written by quequieresmrmorden.
Meet the main characters:
Art (above) by knittedlampshade
Art (above) by escl-ert
Vela, they/them/their (ell@) pronouns. A queer Indigenous Taíno person who wakes up to a world of distortions and nightmares and has to fight their way through it, gaining information along the way.
Luz, she/her/hers (ella) pronouns. A queer Black and Indigenous Taíno woman who learns to manipulate the rules of the new horrific universe, and starts to suspect there’s more behind the scenes than meets the eye.
The plan:
I’m making a prologue/introductory game for Miedo y La Luz with money out of my own pocket. I’ll release that online to play for free. After the game release, I might begin a fundraising campaign to commission illustration art, and maybe even some other boricua QPoC writers on staff. I don’t personally want to make money off this, but I want the other QPoC putting in their energies to get paid for their time and efforts.
For now, I’m not requesting any monetary donations. Not until there’s already a playable game and a more concrete plan for future costs.
However, you’re welcome to ask or submit questions, comments, critiques, art, horror things that scare you, and anything else you want!
Signup list:
If you want to, you can fill out this form to get an announcement when the game is released.
There are options on the form for expressing interest in beta testing or helping with the game, too! (But all those sections are optional. Any info you give will be kept private— no spam, mass emails, or sharing of your info anywhere, etc.)
Once again, here’s the form if you’re interested.
Signal boosting welcome! Thanks!
My game! Please fill out the form if you’re interested, and signal boost if you want to! :)
this is so cool!
Growing up, I was told to never wear bright colors because it would bring unwanted attention to my complexion.
Fuck that.
IG: hersheywrites :]
skin color is not the sole determining factor of your race/ethnicity.
skin color is not the sole determining factor of your race/ethnicity.
skin color is not the sole determining factor of your race/ethnicity.
shout it from the rooftops
Recently I’ve accepted my body. I’m still working on losing weight, but my main goal is being healthy. I’ve learned that positive thoughts lead you to a positive place. I’m 18, 5’7 200lbs and very proud of my body and what it’ll become in the future. I’ve also recently shaved my head as a fresh start. I think it brings out the beauty I missed before.
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This blog is here to celebrate and showcase work by authors of color. This is also a safe space for authors of color to express their feelings on the writing industry. As well as a place to give advice to up incoming writers.
UMMMMM…no.
This is the bullshit white feminist line of thinking that deters WoC from joining the feminist movement.
It ignores 1) that women is a blanket term and that fact the women of color experience both sexism and racism 2) that the feminist movement is latent with racism.
And by trying to equate the oppressions, you actually undermine the history of racism and the existence of Women of Color.
Sexism does not affect everyone the same. Racism is not the same as Sexism, nor does it have the same consequences.
“Suffering is not necessarily a fixed and universal experience that can be measured by a single rod: it is related to situations, needs, and aspirations. But there must be some historical and political parameters for the use of the term so that political priorities can be established and different forms and degrees of suffering can be given the most attention.”
Anyone that doesn’t realize this hasn’t fully examined the status of women of color in this society nor do the understand the basic assertions of functional feminism.
^^^ The bolded
SIGNAL BOOST: My poc-safe, queer-posi, body-posi, disabled folk-safe art project.
Introducing… Amateur Artists Connection!
This was something I thought up back in October and asked a couple other bloggers (Rimadeer [and gracelizabetty possibly]) to help me with my little project. i ended up becoming too busy with school to even think about it but now that I’m on break, I can! So… here it is!
The mission statement goes as follows…
“The purpose of this blog is to unite local amateur and aspiring models, photographers, fashion designers, makeup artists and any other purveyors of creative mediums in a fat positive, queer positive, anti-racist and anti-ableist environment. Many people who are of color, queer, fat, disabled, or just plain broke to afford creative services, are unrepresented in this medium, and this blog seeks to do its part by fixing that under-representation in the modeling industry.”
Please please PLEASE check it out and reblog, we really want to garner interest to bring folks together. Also, see if you’d like to submit.
Fashion Designer and Thick Model Chimere