Halima Aden by JD Barnes for Essence Magazine January 2020
'mine <3' not in a monogamous way.
not in a "you are mine and no one else's" way.
in a "our hearts belong to each other but also to so many other people" way.
in a possessive way that isn't any less meaningful within our context.
lesbian slasher call that a butcher
if you’re a white creator and your brown/black characters are always sassy, reckless, aggressive or cold and your white characters are always soft, demure, shy and introverted you should think about maybe why you did that
sorry to hijack your post, but imo this also applies to colourism dynamics, even if you have a full cast of colour. like i can only confidently speak from the south asian context, but RAMPANT colourism in the community has given rise to and perpetuated these same stereotypes of people with darker skin being more aggressive and sexually promiscuous than the “reserved, civilised” light skins.
This applies to your wlw and mlm ships as well. If the lighter or white one is always sweeter, nicer, softer, more innocent, or more feminine and the darker or poc one is always meaner, louder, more aggressive, more sexual, or more masculine then you’ve got a problem sweetie and that’s racism.
If you reblogged this from me then please reblog this addition too!
[ID: tumblr tags that read: “#ive said this before but also #are your characters of color always angry or frowning in art? are they always nude or semi nude somehow? #are they more sexually available for some reason than your white characters?” End ID.]
It’s called a crush cuz i want them on me like a weighted blanket