this duo 😭💚
Unserious sport.
Checo always at the scene of the crime.
Justice for the exploited and unpaid migrant workers who made this year’s World Cup possible.
Digital illustration of a migrant worker in a construction uniform and safety vest. He’s sitting on a bucket and there’s a deflated soccer ball on the ground. Text reads, ‘Justice for the exploited and unpaid migrant workers who made this year’s World Cup possible. ‘]
That final shot! Knives Out (2019) Ready or Not (2019) Midsommar (2019) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) The Menu (2022)
2022 really do be the year of pretty Hispanic men in everything and I’m living for it
The two most handsome men I have ever seen in my entire life.
Hi, hello, mexican anthropology student who is really passionate about mesoamerican cultures here!
With the release of the Wakanda Forever teaser trailer and the reveal of the changes made to the character of Namor i want to make some clarifications:
• At the time of making this post there's no official statement that confirms if the changes made to Atlantis are based on mayan or 'aztec' culture, so please try not to refer to this as a specific culture unless there's some official information
• In fact there are other mesoamerican civilizations outside of these two, like the olmecas, zapotecas, mixtecas or teotihuacas, and the elements used for the movie could be a mixture of all these cultures, wich is ok since they're being used for a fictional civilization on a fictional world, however if that is the case still try not to refer to it as a specific culture, it would be erasure of the other mesoamerican cultures that inspired this
A little history lesson here:
Aztec is actually not the correct term to refer to the most studied mesoamerican civilization along with the mayan civilization, the one that founded Tenochtitlan, the place where mexico city is now, the correct term is mexica, which means 'people of mexico' or 'child of Huitzilopochtli'.
Aztec is a term that anglo-saxon historians used hundreds of years after the colonization of Mexico to wrongfully refer to the mexica civilization, aztec actually means 'people of Aztlán', an arguably mythical place where the mexicas came from, but they abandoned that identity once they parted to find the place where they would built Tenochtitlan.
Even if the mexicas came from Aztlán before building their own civilization, aztec still is the wrong term to refer to them since Aztlán (till this date) could be considered a legend cause there's not enough information of where it was placed, and presumably a lot of other civilizations parted from Aztlán besides the mexicas.
Anyways, thanks to those that stopped to read this, i'm really excited for this movie, Tenoch Huerta is one of my all time favorite actors and i am really happy for him!
Let's hope that they've done a wonderful job on the worldbuilding of this new version of 'Atlantis' for Namor, fingers crossed!
Edit: Also is important to note that the correct pronunciation of mexica is 'meh-shee-kha'
even if the movies look a little dated now, the character designs in Scary Godmother were so good!!! sometimes all you need for a good halloween party is a 7 year old girl and a bunch of gay people
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Doc Ock when he saw Tom Holland’s Spider-Man instead of Tobey
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Hi, guys!
As you may know, I am Ukrainian. I live in Kyiv. I have lived here since I was born and I love my country with my whole heart.
I see a lot of misinformation under the tag "Ukraine". Most of it comes from American people, who try to explain the conflict in their own words. They can't. It's impossible to explain if you haven't lived here. There are too many influences on this conflict. You keep looking from an american perspective, which is not crucial in understanding the conflict.
For example, have you ever had you language forbidden? Like straight up forbidden by the law? It happened to Ukrainian language a lot of times thought our history. And who did it? The Russian Empire. And it's not the end of it. The genocides, the assimilation, the deportation. Have you even researched Ukrainian history?
You do not uplift Ukrainian voices enough. And you should if you care about what's happening. If you don’t do it, you're just doing a performance of your support and activism.
Lucky for you, I am a Ukrainian person! And I am DYING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. I scored 191/200 points on my graduation exam in history, so you can suppose I know something about Ukrainian history.
If you stand for Ukraine, uplift Ukrainian voices. Educate yourself. Learn Ukrainian history. Ask Ukrainian people
some thoughts about the encanto “fandom” more specifically to non pocs.
it’s very clear who it yt and who is poc when it comes to hcs and thats what makes some hcs frustrating. some hcs treat the things characters a seen doing as “not normal” things when its actually just common things we do in our culture.
A lot of the actions Bruno does (i.e knocking on wood) is because of his superstitions, and it’s normal for him to do this a lot because latino people take superstitions very seriously (I would know. Im half Mexican and watched my Mexican father be extremely superstitious for 9 years) Bruno throwing the salt and sugar is also a common thing? i’ve done the salt thing many times lol. and when he was jumping over the cracks he was saying a healing spell at the same time. all he’s ever heard from people is that he brings back luck so of course he is going to do things that “ward off” bad luck.
Camilo’s character description “doesn't quite know who he is yet” + his powers being shapeshifting does not mean he’s gender fluid (and trust me, i would love this representation and some hcs make me really happy to see BUT..). His shapeshifting makes sense when they also describe him as a “Theatre Kid” and he’s 15! Of course he’s trying to figure out who he is! And im sure her feels pressure with his Abuela (literally everyone feels pressure from her!) The day after Anontios ceremony, she says “we’ll find a way to make your gift useful” and im sure she said the same to Camilo with shapeshifting, because that is a tricky one to figure out.
(+ i’ve seen someone say Camilo snapping his finger was a stim. it is not. this a common gesture in colombia and I see many of my hispanic friends do it too. Dolores hm is also an expression.)
Isabela not marrying a man does not make her lesbian, she was obviously just isn’t interested in that man (and he wasn’t as in love with her either) and was going with it to make Abuela happy, which is important to know and understand. That showed how she was doing something she thought was “best” for her family rather than being with someone she actually loves. Her song is literally about how she “has” to be perfect. That is her character story. The pressure of everyone telling her how perfect and beautiful she is and being frustrated and scared because she doesn’t want to be perfect.
Grandparents in latino families are honestly.. well it’s always something new. I can’t stand to see the way some people speak about Abuela. I was very upset with her too, and yeah she was a bitch but can you blame her for reacting the way she did? She had to flee her home because of a war that was happening, watched her husband die, and was left to take care of three children. of course she took control of things. she was scared to lose her family and because of that fear it over took her sight with trying to make everything be perfect and not weak. after all, the magic was given to her family. any signs of weakness could have made her lose her family and home, something she fought for, that her husband died for.
also if Abuela didn’t care about Mirabel, how was she the one to find her? Abuela cares for all of her family, she just had a hard way of showing it because of everything she had been through.
it’s totally okay to hc characters how you want and find comfort in these characters but a big problem with people hc characters is the fact that they are erasing the actual meaning behind the movie. lgbtq+ representation is amazing, especially coming from a kids movie but that is not what encanto is about. encanto was for latin representation and people are making it to be lgbtq+ representation. if you are going to talk about these characters then you do need to understand a lot of the thing they do and say have actually meanings a cultural beliefs behind them.
apologies if none of this makes sense, it is 3 in the morning for me but :) im tired of seeing certain things under the encanto tag! don’t even wanna get started on the weird and creepy shipping and how people are drawing characters with a lighter skintone + smaller noses.. sigh.. pocs can never have something for themselves can we?
( edited + mirabels clothing was to show and represent her family!!! and you would know that if you actually gave this movie serious attention instead of projecting your own thoughts and feelings onto it! mirabels clothing and all the embroidery made me really happy and brought all of warmth to my heart because it reminds me so much of my family and the traditional clothing women still wear.)