Ellen Oh's Blog, page 89
April 28, 2016
sweaterkittensahoy:
Dear Comic Artists:
There are some of you...
Dear Comic Artists:
There are some of you out there who would have made these three panels weirdly sexual and uncomfortable. Please note that Adrian Alphona read the script, remembered he was writing a 16-year-old dork, and gave us three panels of true hilarity. It’s all about how you frame it. At no point in these panels the focus on Kamala’s butt. It’s her surprise that her wound has healed, her face as she tries to find the bullet, and then the her hand signifying her...
Black Teen With Down Syndrome Brushes Off Bullying and Breaks Into Modeling
jessicarmetcalfe:
If you search “Native American” on Etsy, you...
If you search “Native American” on Etsy, you will get 134,468 product results. Unless these items are made by Native people, it is illegal to label or tag products as “Native American.” This is a violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act and it needs to be reported. Everyday, non-Native Etsy shop owners upload and falsely label their products as Native American to get more sales. These unethical businesses seek to line their own pockets while taking valuable business away...
micdotcom:
Laverne Cox, Matt McGorry, Gabourey Sidibe, Russell...
Laverne Cox, Matt McGorry, Gabourey Sidibe, Russell Simmons, Margaret Cho and other celebrities are advocating for criminal justice reform in the United States by promoting Cut50’s #JusticeReformNow campaign. Cut50, a bipartisan coalition seeking to safely reduce the number of jailed people in the U.S. by an ambitious but important number.
