oh brother

briefly pursuing a career in animation radicalized me on this. So many stories from the industry about how you have to start with your character design as dark as possible, because INEVITABLY you'll get "notes" from higher-ups asking you to make them lighter.

Ronald Wimberly's comic essay, Lighten Up, stays evergreen

“In order for white people and other people in privileged social locations to truly be invested in liberation work, they must be willing to not only see themselves, but also see the people they harm. They must be willing to set aside their intentions and see their impact. They must? In some sense, be willing to die: to experience death of the ego.”

“When I reflect on what I personally need from people who have inadvertently caused me harm by virtue of their social location, I recognize I don’t need them to feel guilty or ashamed. Feeling badly about one’s identity or privilege leads to being consumed by helplessness, and suffering is powerless to heal.

me having a weird time: man this weird time sucks! i don't feel like myself! i wish i was having a normal time!

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Instead of talking about a fascist that got his karma handed to him, can we talk about the obvious fucking rise of anti-Black violence happening even more so? Trey Reed was MURDERED; it was not a "suicide." This was a fucking lynching by some white man who broke both of his arms and legs and had him hanging from a tree.

thinking abt this again