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FORBES - “Black Panther is a tour de force, one of the smartest, most original action-packed blockbusters of the decade. This is bold and visually stunning filmmaking, unique and relevant in deeply emotional, truthful ways few films of the genre achieve. Believe the hype - Black Panther rules!”

ROLLING STONE - “Marvel’s [Black Panther] is a masterpiece. An exhilarating triumph on every level from writing, directing, acting, production design, costumes, music, to special effects. The end result feels revolutionary” 4/4

EMPIRE MAGAZINE - “Black Panther is a giddily enjoyable, convention-bucking 134-minute epic that somehow manages to simultaneously be a comic-book blockbuster, a pulsating espionage thriller and an Afro-futurist family saga. It challenges as much as it exhilarates” 4/5

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - “Getting it right where other franchises get it so wrong, Marvel and Disney have another commercial leviathan here. An action-packed combat epic. With Black Panther, Marvel takes superheroes into a domain they’ve never inhabited before and is all the better for it”

VARIETY - “Black Panther not only holds its own, but improves on the formula in several key respects, from a politically engaged villain to an emotionally grounded final showdown”

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - “Black Panther’s nuanced celebration of pride and identity and personal responsibility doesn’t just feel like fresh direction for the genre, it’s the movie’s own true superpower” A-

COLLIDER - “Black Panther is Marvel’s boldest movie yet, and also one of their best. Production design, costumes, and visual effects are all on point. It isn’t just a triumph because it’s an important and unprecedented film, but because it’s also a fantastic superhero movie and a joy to watch”A-

USA TODAY - “Black Panther is the best Marvel origin since Guardians of the Galaxy. [It is] a roaring solo adventure that unleashes James Bond-style spycraft, geopolitics galore and tribal intrigue a la ‘Game of Thrones’. Yet while there are plenty of fantastical aspects, Black Panther is extremely grounded” 4/4

VANITY FAIR - “Black Panther arrives as a welcome refreshment, adding mythic tones and chords of classical drama to the Marvel universe. It’s easily the most engaging Marvel film in a long while because it has something new to say. More like this please, Marvel. Oh, and, of course: Wakanda forever”

NEW YORK TIMES - “A jolt of a movie, Black Panther creates wonder with great flair and feeling partly through something Hollywood rarely dreams of anymore: myth. It’s axis point is the fantastical nation of Wakanda, touching down in a story that has far more going for it than branding”

Here is a list of blogs run by people dedicated to calling out cultural appropriation of their respective cultures. I made this list because quite frankly, its extremely disrespectful to ask people who are not from a certain culture what is and what’s not cultural appropriation instead of asking people who actually are from that culture/s. 

If there’s anymore blogs I missed feel free to add on.

thisisnotafrica

Posting all the awkward photos and texts that exoticise Africa. Africa is not a place for you to find your fucking self, Jesus Christ Almighty. Feel free to submit any bullshit you’ve seen around the internet that fits this. oh. and Africa is not a country. But you already knew that 

this-is-not-native

Because the appropriation, stereotyping, and fetishizing of native cultures will not be tolerated

thisisnotjapan

Just a blog about Japanese stereotypes, racism, the misconceptions of white people and so on

thisisnotireland

This blogs main function is reveal the embarrassing glorified view people have of Ireland. I will mainly be calling out people who stereotype Ireland/Irish people/Irish History, glorify the Troubles, openly discriminate aganist Irish Travellers/Irish Catholics/ Irish Protestants, Irish Americans who believe is ok to use the N word or be openly racist. And correcting One Direction fandom.

thisisnotindia

This blog is NOT intended for any India cultural appreciation tourists. Seek your fix for upper-caste, light-skinned Bollywood love elsewhere. This blog is NOT intended to showcase the “vibrancy” and “colorfulness” of Indian people. Seek your nonsensical, colonial exotification elsewhere. 

thisisnotasian

Welcome to This is Not Asian, a blog dedicated to showing people just how bad orientalism and cultural appropriation can be. To learn more about what we hope to do and what we stand for, read our introduction below.

thisisnotgypsy

The point of this blog is to point out and comment on the appropriation of Romani culture. The word “Gypsy” is a slur. It is a pejorative. It is offensive and hurtful.The reason I use the term for this blog is because it is most recognizable in the media and social networking world.

thisisnotkorea

Because the fetishization of Koreans will not be tolerated. Guys when you ask/message me please make it clear if you want this to be public or private cuz that always confuse me.

thisisnotpinoy

A blog dedicated to deconstructing the negative perceptions of the Filipino people (whether real or imagined), examining the origins of modern Filipino values, and calling out the international affect on Filipinos abroad. The aim is for individuals to redefine for themselves the meaning of what it is to be Pinoy.

this-is-not-jewish

When I see anti-Semitic bullshit, I call it out.  I may or may not be nice about it.  I may or may not cuss a lot.  I may or may not use condescending GIFs.  It depends on my mood and just how irredeemably stupid the specimen in question is.

youarenotdesi

Cultural appropriation pisses me off, and if I see you appropriating my culture I will make you aware of it. Because you need to know you’re wrong. You cannot dissect a culture and pick out the parts you find “stylish” or “in trend” just for the sake of looking cute. 

This is not an educational blog. I’m not gonna sit around and teach you about my culture because a.) I don’t have time, and b.) I’m not a fucking teacher. And yeah, I do have a right to be mad, so get over it. If I reblog a picture of you, it will stay here on my nice little wall of shame, so don’t complain about it.  Appropriation of any kind will be put on this blog, whether you’re wearing a bindi, sari, obsessing over Ganesh, or saying something ignorant — you will be on this blog. 

thisisnotarab

I encourage all my followers to start following these blogs as well as minel, because they are fantastic. And I’d like to give a particular shout-out to Kirby and Digatisdi of This-Is-Not-Native, as theirs was both the very first blog I ever followed and a direct inspiration for starting This-Is-Not-Jewish. This blog wouldn’t exist without them.

Long time without a post, but this came up at Kotaku and just…ugh. Setting aside the whitewashing just for a second here - because I think we’ve all said about as much on that as needs be said, it’s stupid, it’s bad, it shouldn’t happen - did they get anyone right? The comments setcion is full of people pointing out how they look nothing like their comic book counterparts, especially Togusa, who is about two decades too old, and Batou, who has somehow lost his signature artificial eyes.

The internet is imploding over Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Banana-Mayonnaise Sandwich.