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softpunkbucky:
maakomori:
like our cultures are not up for grabs theyre not there so you can mark your fantasy culture as Other and Strange you cant strip us out of it and then make like youre so diverse now when your universe is fundamentally based on the process of the neocolonial assimilation of our cultures to your understanding
like i get that tfa is a massively important film since none of our three main leads are white men but the b a s i s of the entire universe is based off theft from indigenous americans and asians and itd be nice to talk about it more
whenever i see padme amidala in her mongolian wedding outfit or her lips painted the way qing dynasty royals did or the jedi wearing their outfits that are so obv based off east asian monk robes it makes me uncomfortable and we shouldnt be asked to accept this and dismiss its impact just bcos it did something else well
esp because there is such a history – within science fiction especially – of co-opting specifically indigenous american and asian histories as both the foundations of genre to begin with and as othering tactics
there was that quote from junot diaz that im thinking about right how science fiction (esp exploratory science fiction) is based on experiences of settler colonialism and first contact with indigenous people
and its just really frustrating tbh
like ive def contributed to the hype train and im so so happy that john boyega and daisy ridley have become the stars they deserve to be
but the sw universe fundamentally does not sit well with me no matter how much i enjoy and like the films
#i was thinking about this post today and i was gonna make my own post but i’m gonna jump off this one instead #but ok i haven’t really reblogged a lot of padme amidala aesthetic posts and am kinda uncomfy with them #because a lot of them add a lot of elements that are obviously south/southeast/east asian inspired #and also use natalie portman as padme in the same graphic?? #like it’s one thing if you’re re-casting padme as asian #but to just use those elements as part of her ~aesthetic~ is another thing #and like honestly it’s disrespectful that star wars has never had an asian character as part of their trio #and yet have borrowed so heavily from our culture #so yeah i saw another padme aesthetic post and thought of this #surprisingly i haven’t reblogged this post before?? #star wars #movies #if you’re non-asian please reblog this (via @skywalkerd )
softpunkbucky:
maakomori:
like our cultures are not up for grabs theyre not there so you can mark your fantasy culture as Other and Strange you cant strip us out of it and then make like youre so diverse now when your universe is fundamentally based on the process of the neocolonial assimilation of our cultures to your understanding
like i get that tfa is a massively important film since none of our three main leads are white men but the b a s i s of the entire universe is based off theft from indigenous americans and asians and itd be nice to talk about it more
whenever i see padme amidala in her mongolian wedding outfit or her lips painted the way qing dynasty royals did or the jedi wearing their outfits that are so obv based off east asian monk robes it makes me uncomfortable and we shouldnt be asked to accept this and dismiss its impact just bcos it did something else well
esp because there is such a history – within science fiction especially – of co-opting specifically indigenous american and asian histories as both the foundations of genre to begin with and as othering tactics
there was that quote from junot diaz that im thinking about right how science fiction (esp exploratory science fiction) is based on experiences of settler colonialism and first contact with indigenous people
and its just really frustrating tbh
like ive def contributed to the hype train and im so so happy that john boyega and daisy ridley have become the stars they deserve to be
but the sw universe fundamentally does not sit well with me no matter how much i enjoy and like the films
#i was thinking about this post today and i was gonna make my own post but i’m gonna jump off this one instead #but ok i haven’t really reblogged a lot of padme amidala aesthetic posts and am kinda uncomfy with them #because a lot of them add a lot of elements that are obviously south/southeast/east asian inspired #and also use natalie portman as padme in the same graphic?? #like it’s one thing if you’re re-casting padme as asian #but to just use those elements as part of her ~aesthetic~ is another thing #and like honestly it’s disrespectful that star wars has never had an asian character as part of their trio #and yet have borrowed so heavily from our culture #so yeah i saw another padme aesthetic post and thought of this #surprisingly i haven’t reblogged this post before?? #star wars #movies #if you’re non-asian please reblog this (via @skywalkerd )
