Gail Simone's Blog, page 1017
May 22, 2012
women kicking ass.: IMPORTANT NOTICEfor whatever reason, the artist listed underneath the...
IMPORTANT NOTICE
for whatever reason, the artist listed underneath the jean grey artwork is stanley lau. THIS IS NOT TRUE. the one who should be credited is ‘Artgerm, an amazingly talented artist. i’m still unclear as to why my computer decided that it didn’t want artgerm to be credited for…
Stanley Lau IS Artgem. He’s frequently credited under Stanley “Artgem” Lau.
Just confirming, Stanley and Artgerm are the same guy.
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gailsimone:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
reanimatrix:
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Tonight I was hit with a hand full of eggs and huge rock on my back and called “Nigger” by a white guy in the backseat of a dark blue truck as I was riding my bike on Westheimer and Jeanetta. They drove too fast for me to get the license plate number. I had to get a cop to drive me home. This night makes me wonder how blacks did it back in the day, and why the community is looking the way it is now. I am trying not to cry, but I am in physical pain from the rock and not understanding why I deserved this.
uugh
Reblogging because solidarity.
You don’t know me, but I got your back, any day, any hour, any minute.
I once saw a large truck full of african american males switch lanes, come towards where I was standing on the curb in the rain and purposefully go REALLY fast to hit a large puddle to make it splash me, then saw them roll down the windows and point at me as they laughed.
I am a single white female. I hate to bring race or anything into this and I am sure white people are just as much as ass holes but racism of any kind HAS GOT TO STOP it’s not okay no matter what race you are to hate on any other races! I have been targeted SO MANY times because I am white and female, mostly by men either white OR black doesn’t matter.
I remember once I was in a long line at McDonalds, I would have been next to be served when another lane opened up and the clerk motioned to me to step over to be served. I moved, HUGE black guy who just walked in the store (I saw him enter cause of the position of the doors) Tried to shove me away so he could get helped first. I might have made a face but I know I said, “I have been waiting I was next” he said, “I was clearly here first.” I said, “No you just came in I’ve been waiting in that line.” He gets REALLY uppity and starts shouting, “WELL WHEN YOU’RE WHITE YOU’RE RIGHT” and starts throwing this huge fit.
The cashier (she was black) tells the man that he’s being immature and that she clearly saw I was next and motioned for me to come over, that bringing race into this was not an issue. The guy would just not shut up about me being a white princess and spoiled, when dude I was at the same McDonalds he was in the same bad part of town where I always hung out cause clearly princesses eat at McDonalds in Downtown cleveland. Anyway he had to be removed claiming racial discrimination when even the other people of his race were looking at him like he was a total idiot.
Like I said this has to stop, so I reblogged to share your story as well.
Wow.
You thought sharing your experiences as a white woman was the right way to go here?
You decided to turn the lens onto you and your experiences instead of focusing on what was at hand.
You were not a victim of racism. This young woman was.
This is not about you.
so let me get this straight
because the second victim was white and because she wasn’t struck what happened to her was automatically not racism??
that’s ridiculous and you sound ridiculous
both of these people were victims of racism, albeit different forms, and the second woman was only sharing her story to sympathize with the op
^^^
Identifying, sympathizing, and sharing a similar experience with someone is not a bad thing.
In fact, it’s the one of the things we should be doing more of.
^^^
YES
If I had something like this happen to me as a Latina I wouldn’t be offended for anyone’s sharing their own experience.
I’m sorry this happened to you OP, and to anyone who this has happened to.
holy shit black people cannot have fucking nothing without fucking crackers busting in talking about their racism
fuck all of you
in the face
This is horrible. I hope the scumbags who did this to the op drove right over a fucking cliff. God dammit, why are people so hideous?
Racism is racism is racism. It doesn’t matter what color your skin is. Prejudice is prejudice, and I have met African Americans who try to play the race card just to get something out of it, just like White people do too. The OP’s story is really sad, and so is the other poster’s story. Just because the other poster is white doesn’t make it NOT racism.
The ONLY way people are going to be able to stop racism is to stop saying that it only goes one way and not another. It’s the same with accepting all sexualities; just because someone says something negative about heterosexuals doesn’t make that not-prejudiced. It’s prejudiced either way.
And it’s disgusting.
Jesus, it’s not about YOU.
How can anyone not get that?
“Play the race card” my ass. Look at these photos, THAT is what the race card looks like.
Not some clueless twit inconvenienced at McDonald’s.
Christ.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
reanimatrix:
tiktac:
lizzysledgehammer:...
Tonight I was hit with a hand full of eggs and huge rock on my back and called “Nigger” by a white guy in the backseat of a dark blue truck as I was riding my bike on Westheimer and Jeanetta. They drove too fast for me to get the license plate number. I had to get a cop to drive me home. This night makes me wonder how blacks did it back in the day, and why the community is looking the way it is now. I am trying not to cry, but I am in physical pain from the rock and not understanding why I deserved this.
uugh
Reblogging because solidarity.
You don’t know me, but I got your back, any day, any hour, any minute.
I once saw a large truck full of african american males switch lanes, come towards where I was standing on the curb in the rain and purposefully go REALLY fast to hit a large puddle to make it splash me, then saw them roll down the windows and point at me as they laughed.
I am a single white female. I hate to bring race or anything into this and I am sure white people are just as much as ass holes but racism of any kind HAS GOT TO STOP it’s not okay no matter what race you are to hate on any other races! I have been targeted SO MANY times because I am white and female, mostly by men either white OR black doesn’t matter.
I remember once I was in a long line at McDonalds, I would have been next to be served when another lane opened up and the clerk motioned to me to step over to be served. I moved, HUGE black guy who just walked in the store (I saw him enter cause of the position of the doors) Tried to shove me away so he could get helped first. I might have made a face but I know I said, “I have been waiting I was next” he said, “I was clearly here first.” I said, “No you just came in I’ve been waiting in that line.” He gets REALLY uppity and starts shouting, “WELL WHEN YOU’RE WHITE YOU’RE RIGHT” and starts throwing this huge fit.
The cashier (she was black) tells the man that he’s being immature and that she clearly saw I was next and motioned for me to come over, that bringing race into this was not an issue. The guy would just not shut up about me being a white princess and spoiled, when dude I was at the same McDonalds he was in the same bad part of town where I always hung out cause clearly princesses eat at McDonalds in Downtown cleveland. Anyway he had to be removed claiming racial discrimination when even the other people of his race were looking at him like he was a total idiot.
Like I said this has to stop, so I reblogged to share your story as well.
Wow.
You thought sharing your experiences as a white woman was the right way to go here?
You decided to turn the lens onto you and your experiences instead of focusing on what was at hand.
You were not a victim of racism. This young woman was.
This is not about you.
so let me get this straight
because the second victim was white and because she wasn’t struck what happened to her was automatically not racism??
that’s ridiculous and you sound ridiculous
both of these people were victims of racism, albeit different forms, and the second woman was only sharing her story to sympathize with the op
^^^
Identifying, sympathizing, and sharing a similar experience with someone is not a bad thing.
In fact, it’s the one of the things we should be doing more of.
^^^
YES
If I had something like this happen to me as a Latina I wouldn’t be offended for anyone’s sharing their own experience.
I’m sorry this happened to you OP, and to anyone who this has happened to.
holy shit black people cannot have fucking nothing without fucking crackers busting in talking about their racism
fuck all of you
in the face
This is horrible. I hope the scumbags who did this to the op drove right over a fucking cliff.
God dammit, why are people so hideous?
I Think
There’s a time to be nice and a time to be fierce.
But I’m starting to think there’s a lot more need for the latter over the former.
A Very Nerdy Nerd: Please Support Queer and Trans* Writers of Color!
The Black Girl Dangerous Writing Workshop, May 2012
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Two Interesting Questions
…that I find out about this week.
One, what very cool New52 female am I trying to borrow for a Batgirl story? Hint: It’s not Batwoman, she’s already on the way!
Second, what very, very cool but little-seen character that I created at DC might be coming back in a HUGE way?
May 21, 2012
Being that you aren't directly involved with the character who is coming out, would you be willing to talk about who you think he or she may be?
I would happily speculate, but I HONESTLY don’t have a clue.
For a lot of reasons, the big publishers have to be a lot more careful about spoilers, and so a lot of cards are played more closely to the chest. The people writing this character may not know what I have planned for Batgirl, either. The level of communication is different now.
While it’s nicer for everyone to know everything, the truth is, that model doesn’t work well in the internet age, sadly.
I honest have no idea.
Hello Gail. Just read an article online about DC's big announcement over the weekend that they will be re-introducing a major superhero character into the DCnU who is openly gay. How much information can you share with us about this without giving away too
Sorry, but this came as news to me, I wasn’t involved in this at all, but am glad to hear of it. It sounds like it could be really interesting.
Hello Gail. Just read an article online about DC's big announcement over the weekend that they will be re-introducing a major superhero character into the DCnU who is openly gay. How much information can you share with us about this without giving away too
Sorry, but this came as news to me, I wasn’t involved in this at all, but am glad to hear of it. It sounds like it could be really interesting.
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