Skin.
Writing with Color has received several asks on this topic.
Everything from “how do I describe my character’s skin tone without being offensive?” and “what’s the problem with comparing my character to chocolate and coffee?”
I’m hoping to address all these and likewise questions in this guide on describing POCs’ skin color, from light, dark and all that’s in between.
The Food Thing: So what’s the big deal?
So exactly what is the problem with comparing a POC’s skin tone to cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar and other sweets and goods? Well, there’s several potential problems you come across when you pull out the old Hershey’s bar comparison for your dark-skinned character, even if offense is not your intention.
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for the next emoji update they should add an ouroboros
Banksy sees Trump serving McDonald’s in the White House and throws his hat on the floor and jumps on it repeatedly, cursing like an old timey gold prospector.
reblog this if you are gay, constantly tired, or a cryptic entity that merely inhabits a human form
you guys have no idea of how much I daydream about time travel
Broke: vampires are vulnerable to the trappings of Christianity only, particularly Catholicism, no matter how dubiously applied. (See: Van Helsing's Communion wafer grouting).
Woke: vampires are vulnerable to sincere faith of all kinds, and atheist vampire-hunters need to believe very strongly in the Power of Friendship or their love of Star Trek to get by.
Bespoke: vampires are vulnerable to the faith that they followed when they were alive, and hunters tracking down an ancient vampire are obliged to learn about Neo-Babylonian theology or Middle Palaeolithic bear cults.
sorry, i mythologized your boyfriend. yeah i took him and a few other boyfriends and merged them together with local folklore and mystic elements into one legendary figure. he's going to be really hard to pin down historically. sorry about that. I can make you his consort in some stories if that helps.
I’ve decided to be sexier in 2020. There will be with no actual effort on my part, l just intend to be perceived as such
What makes you think that hitting a child will educate them? It’ll just traumatize and scare them. Don’t be disgusting.
straight people have a fundamental misunderstanding of gay culture and not simply in the modern cadence. they seem determined to believe that, historically, no men loved men or no women loved women. this means as a gay person it is my righteous duty to inform them that the wild west was full of gay cowboys
mostly dark academia shitposting - any pronouns
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