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My name is Raven. Black Woman |25| And this page to help me deal with life and maybe I'll post some sketches I draw and take more selfies than on my previous page. I hope you have a great day. ❤️(love) you and 🤘🏾(rock) on.
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I couldn’t go to sleep so I draw Shunsui really quick because he’s great and I’ve been wanting to draw him for a while.

I really need to draw him more to be honest.

Hey remember when I did this? I did another one and I’m just gonna keep sketching/drawing stuff from the new Bleach TYBW Cour 2 episodes because they are so good!

I even tried to draw Shinji swirling around in Bambietta’s eye but I can’t draw that small 😅 But man I loved watching those scenes of his Shikai and Bankai.

New Bleach sketch of Sajin because of the episode last week and I’m glad I finished it before the new episode premieres tomorrow.

I hope his Bankai side is readable.

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I pray this period restores, cements and strengthens my passion,my faith, my love, my creativity, my intuition, my authenticity, my genuineness, my discipline,my respect,my discernment and my confidence in myself for myself .

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I dunno if this has been posted yet, but.....

Keep this shit off AO3

We don't want that kind of pearl clutching 'christian' conservative sitting on the AO3 board. Keep Moms For Liberty out of our fanfiction.

this is the second fucking year in a row someone has tried to pull this crap. but if you're still on the fence about it (though fair warning, I am not copying everything she wrote as a response, which you can read on the OTW website):

Would you be in favor of creating a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee? Why or why not? I see no reason creating another committee would help anything in light of the continued staffing issues, and see several ways it could hurt. Lumping nonwhite, and non-English-speaking, and non-American volunteers together in one committee is just tokenism with a bow on top. Those experiences are not singular or universal. The DEI consultant to be hired by the organization will be able to speak to this far better than I can. The cost of becoming a member/voting in elections is prohibitive for many users, particularly disabled, international and POC ones. Do you have any ideas about how this could be improved to make the otw more inclusive and less privileged? No.

Also, just for some proof of the "Republican" part, from Twitter:

like, it's not a pejorative, it's how she's self-identified

also, ENTIRELY unrelated to this crap, but she's only been a volunteer for about a year and a lot of her answers to questions about ongoing problems is "I don't know because I've only been here a year." she doesn't even know what PAC is.

She has withdrawn her candidacy as of 25 July 2023

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Good.

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Just wanted to let everyone who isn’t aware yet know

-The amount of dms you can send on Twitter per day is now limited unless you have Twitter Blue, I can’t tell if it’s a 24hr period or if it resets at midnight but I ran out of “allowed” dms to my friend at 2:30am last night

-Elon has decided to rebrand Twitter to “X” and “get rid of all the birds”, completely removing the massive brand recognition Twitter has

-Tumblr is apparently trending in technology on Twitter right now

Also Japanese Twitter is having a field day because the rebranding would result in Twitter being called “X Japan”, which happens to be the name of a very famous Japanese rock band that’s been around since the 80s

x japan's founder has already posted a thinly veiled legal warning because apparently not only would it be hilariously stupid to make twitter japan "x japan", but the band owns the trademark, so they can't

That was somebody's mom whose dream had always been to be a restaurant owner but sadly she married into the mafia and she was like the mom of someone important and moms are like the one authority italians recognise so when she put her foot down and said "NO. We are going to make them great food and give them the most lovely evening!" Nobody dared disagree and thanks to op she got to live her dream for a night she probably remembers them as fondly as they remember her

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finally i can wear a miniskirt without showing the whole world my big fat ass 😭😭

35 to 70 bucks per skirt. damn...

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yes, our prices are higher than you would find in fast fashion. i'd just like to preface that the following doesn't come from a place of anger or anything like that, i just want to provide some education.

our prices are higher because we are a small business working on a small scale and because we use a factory that has extensive certifications that ensure both ethical labor practices and the usage of high quality materials, i.e. materials that are not hazardous.

this includes certifications up the supply chain, which is extremely difficult and costly to do, as things like dyes and fixings (buttons, zippers, etc) are some of the most difficult to track and some of the most likely to be made with hazardous chemicals or with unethical labor.

fast fashion prices come with bad labor practices (sweatshops, labor camps, etc) and often use materials that are harmful to humans (lead, PFAS, formaldehyde, etc) and those chemicals are still present when you receive and wear those garments.

all clothing is made by humans. cheap clothing comes with a price. it's just not one you know you're paying. and that's normal because the companies that use these practices do not want you to know.

POCKETS 👏BIG👏 ENOUGH 👏FOR 👏A 👏NINTENDO 👏SWITCH 👏

CGI animators should unionize next. normally, their jobs would be too precarious to strike, since studios would replace them without a second thought, but if it's part of this larger general film strike, they might finally have meaningful power to better their working conditions

if CGI animators unionized, it would kill the MCU. straight up. the the entire business model is built on exploiting CGI animators

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THEY ARE TRYING!!!!! SIGN THE PETITION TO GET THE DISNEY ANIMATORS' UNION RECOGNIZED

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this petition is from IATSE (union), btw! it actually has credibility, unlike most change.org/etc petitions! please sign it!!

Good morning 🍃 After several discussions and considerations, I came to the decision with my doctor to have the tumor on my brain removed by surgery. Am I scared? Yes! Is there a high probability of consequential damage? Yes! But What has to be, that has to be. ~

In the meantime I look at pictures of Hades to distract myself. ~

This is my first time hearing this, and I wish the absolute best for you Mina 🙏 I'm with you every step of the way and I hope it goes well ❤️

with all the strikes going on (awesome) now is a good time to remind yourself to always go straight to the union strike info page to verify any requests for a boycott or for direction on what is and isn’t crossing the picket line. also, a reminder that you literally can’t cross a picket line if you don’t work for that industry.

why is it important? because literally all union- and strike-busting tactics involve making you feel like the strike is infringing on every part of your life and inconveniencing you as a consumer. so there is always a lot of misinformation (purposeful from companies, or from internet personalities making things up based on misguided principles because they want Clout) circulating in the form of scolding over doing everyday things that supposedly cross a picket line or go against a boycott, because people are less likely to support things that make them feel scolded. 

to be completely honest the union probably doesn’t care at all about you unless you’re literally a scab and if you aren’t sure whether you’re a scab, and especially if you haven’t recently accepted work from the industry being struck, you’re probably not a scab.

This was the first I've heard of this but apparently SAG-AFTRA would like cosplayers not to dress up as characters from Live Action media

Sources:

  1. Klaudia Amenábar on twitter
  2. Estar Guars Tia on twitter
  3. SAG-AFTRA's guidelines for influencers
[ID] Klaudia Amenábar @kaludiasays on twitter says “in all seriousness SAD asking for no cosplay of characters from struck productions the week of SDCC is a really smart move. if people actually follow it in solidarity it will be a REAL disruption these companies don't want bc they rely on fans doing 90% of marketing nowadays.
Even before the strike half the big companies werent doing big panels there anyway, relying on some actor promotion, their owned conventions and events, and [caps] FANS. [/caps] fans creating disruption as well to help the workers would be very visible as well.
and if it's for months and several conventions, and creators pivot their content away for long periods of time, it'll really make their pockets hurt bc they [caps] BARELY [/caps] pay for owned marketing anymore and again, rely on fans. [caps] DRAIN THEM DRY. [/caps]
for those asking about the source on cosplay, but also on past productions twitter.com/estarguarstia (...) [end ID]
[ID] quoted tweet from Estar Guars Tia @estarguarstia reads Ok guys I got a response.
Image: screenshot of an email from SAG-AFTRA reads Re: Further clarification for content creators.
We are asking folks not to do cosplay if it would promote struck productions. Yes, you can promote comics, books, and games, as this is not struck work. That being said, performers are being asked to refrain from promoting struck work, including past productions that would have been struck if produced today. [End ID]
[ID] Final image shows a screenshot from the SAG•AFTRA website
Am I allowed to promote struck work on social media as a fan and not in a paid capacity?
Influencers should refrain from posting on social media about any struck work regardless of whether they are posting organically or in a paid capacity.
Can I attend conventions as a fan as long as I am not being paid to promote anything?
You cannot participate in conventions such as Comic-Con on behalf of, or to promote, companies we are striking against- this includes appearances, panels, fan meet and greets, etc. involving struck work. You may participate in a convention in ways that are wholly independent of characters from struck work or sponsorship by struck companies. If you have any questions relating to this distinction, please contact SAGAFTRAstrike@sagaftra.org. [end ID]

I think what is funny is that these studio bigwigs think we’re loyal to studios when we aren’t?

Yes, Disney is a brand but I don’t care about Bob Iger. I care about Peter Sohn, the director of Elemental. I care about Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn, the directors of Wish. I care about the animators, the background designers, the editors, the people who MAKE the movies. They’re the ones creating new stories and characters for us to fall in love with.

When people talk about films, they don’t talk about the producers, they talk about the directors, writers and actors. Creatives are the people who make the movies memorable. They deserve to be paid. It’s ridiculous that the people who make these shows and movies worth something are getting screwed out of money.