hey @Gingerhazing idk if you’ve seen this mural in Dublin’s temple bar but i grinned so big when i saw it 🏳️⚧️❤️🔥
Maya Gittelman 🏳️🌈🇵🇭
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Maya Gittelman 🏳️🌈🇵🇭
@mayagittelman
Why On Earth (out now!), Night of the Living Queers, Lofty Mountains; @reactormag & more. Fil-Am & Jewish. Full of love stories and rage. they/she
Joined June 2016
- tennant’s near-constant ally pin was already pleasant but wearing a LEAVE TRANS KIDS ALONE YOU ABSOLUTE FREAKS shirt to gomens promo is the level i want and i love it. also i need this shirt.
- americans DO NOT see filipinos as people, especially filipina women caretakers. this is neocolonialist apocalypse & this girl doesn’t even know it. white USians do not know WHY filipinos take whatever job they can here bc they can’t earn enough at home to support their families
- while we’re on the subject of eugene lee yang, reminder that he has a queer epic fantasy YA novel coming out in 2024!! 💫❤️🔥
- the amount of (usually white, privileged, american) teens who think homophobia means “this individual is telling a queer story without proving they have a right to” and not “intersecting colonial systems of violence & disenfranchisement” is going to make me lose my entire mind
- this has been said but one big reason some marginalized folks turn to horror is bc it feels honest. it literalizes the experience of “finally, someone is telling the truth.” this is what it feels like to be seen as a monster. to be forced to fight to survive. to be haunted.
- Replying to @mayagittelmanfuck every stereotype about filipinas being pushover caretakers. that’s how, explicitly, people like l/xie & her family have been convincing themselves they’re fine to exploit. for GENERATIONS 400+ years of white supremacy and this girl really thinks she’s doing something good
- kristian nairn is an entire icon who’s been super involved in queer community, he DJs and used to do a ton of drag and he’s an accomplished guitarist and the corp formerly known as HBO just kept putting him in the blandest clothes, just a few lines and now my heart is exPLODINGTHAT'S MY MOTHERFUCKING QUEEN
- Replying to @mayagittelmanbtw this happens all the time? many overseas filipino workers are put in this situation or far worse because of the intersection of shit labor laws and racism. please recognize how common this is and what that means, it’s horrifying
- anyway, hbo aired one of the most thoughtful, accessible, hilarious seasons of nuanced queer television with our flag means death. i wrote about it here, nearly a year ago. tor.com/2022/04/25/act…
- S2 of #GoodOmens is a masterpiece, a big-hearted, nuanced exploration of queer desire. Thank you always @use_theforce_em & @tordotcom. Thank you @neilhimself @michaelsheen & all of @GoodOmensPrime for telling Aziraphale and Crowley’s story so tenderly. tor.com/2023/10/04/smi…
- Replying to @mayagittelmanmuting bc this shit is personal & painful & i can’t deal with the americans realizing it for the very first time in my mentions. research the us occupation of the philippines and prohibitive immigration laws. and ffs, treat filipinos as people.
- “when you cut loose you really cut loose” as in “when you cut loose from the societal privileges of your race and class, you fucking mean it,” as in “you’re willing to betray and punish them because they laughed at me” as in when ed first saw how much he meant to stede #ofmd
- (that’s the thing though, isn’t it? how many people who haven’t watched ofmd still assume it’s a bromance, that shippers have edited the kiss, that it’s subtext instead of the actual, central plot? despite what jenkins says, despite taika emphasizing romance since march?)
