white kid: if ur mexican why cant u speak spanish fluently
me: lemme hear u speak some of that 11% finnish 2% scottish 45% italian 31% dutch, 100% puta
if any followers could help that would be much appreciated
—Beck
Hey! *puts on cool sunglasses and strikes and impressive, yet effortless, pose* It is my time to shine.
There is no ~official~ gender neutral pronouns (unlike “they”, and its variations, in English), but it has been propossed to use the following:
– Elle: instead of Ella or Él. Eg.: “Rocío me dijo que elle va a ir a la fiesta”.
– Le: instead of El or La. Eg.: “Le terapeuta llegará pronto”.
– Les: instead of Los or Las. Eg.: “Les jóvenes cantan”.
I have thought about it and came up with gender-neutral alternatives for the rest of the gendered pronouns in Spanish, as follows:
– Esti: instead of Este or Esta. Eg.: “Esti chique quiere jugar con Clara”.
– Míe: instead of Mío or Mía. Eg.: “Lurdes es hermane míe”.
– Suye: instead of Suyo or Suya. Eg.: “Lurdes es hermane suye”.
– Esi: instead of Ese or Esa. Eg.: “Esi es mi dentista”.
-Tuye: instead of Tuyo or Tuya. Eg.: “¿Es Pablo hermane tuye?”
– Sí misme: instead of Sí mismo or Sí misma. Eg.: “Carli no cree mucho en sí misme”.
Basically, the letter E takes the place of the lletters A/O or is added to words that would otherwise be gendered. In the cases where the letter E indicates a masculine gender, it is replaced by the letter I.
If you have any further inquiries, shoot me an ask!
A lot of people have been talking about all the sexually problematic aspects of Fifty Shades of Grey, but only Cara seems to be highlighting how awful this book is in it’s portrayal of Hispanic people. (x)
I’ve received DOZENS of messages today from people telling me that I’m literally THE ONLY PERSON they’ve publicly seen calling out the awful portrayal of Hispanic people in this book, and I gotta be honest I’m fucking furious that that’s the case.
ok no i actually googled the article and its a) written by a white person b) a bunch of romanticized bullshit stereotypes of what makes a “good partner” that basically boil down to the gross latin lover stereotype and also they can’t stop mentioning hot sauce for some reason like mira mayonesa i know youve never tasted anything spicier than a hot dog in yr life but pls calmate
wtf do white people think mexican people do exactly????????
Lemme just tell a little story to see if I can explain why movies like The Book of Life matter and how representation is not just for marking a check off a list. This is a photo I took of my dad after putting on The Book of Life to show for my two little cousins. For clarity my father has never once given more than a “meh” to animated films. He views them, but that’s about it. Then this film came out, and he decided to take my brother to go see it. He came back home ranting and raving about how great the film was, how it had the name Sanchez and how our family friends the Sanchez’s had to see it and how Carmen looked like another family friend Carmin and how she had to see the movie as well. How the abuelo in the film sang the same songs my abuelo does and how he had to see it.
He literally planned an entire night just to get my whole family to watch this film because it had him that excited. And while my Mom was talking with her friend throughout the movie she kept nudging me to look over at my father. Because even though he had seen the movie in theaters twice already he still couldn’t take his eyes away from the screen for one second and kept smiling like a giant kid. When Jorge Sanchez begins singing his opera song during the finale battle my Mom, Dad, and all my grandparents began to sing along because they knew that old song as it’s actually a famous one.”They are the Sanchez’s” was about the phrase of the night for my Dad. And when the end of the film came for La muerte’s big reveal he had to have everyone be quiet so the kids could freak out for it.
This is why the film is important, this is why representation is important. Because my Dad hasn’t seen anyone that reminded him of our friend Carmin, or the Sanchez’s or even my own family in an Animated feature. And when he did see one he couldn’t stop smiling, and he wanted to make sure the rest of the family felt the same way, and we did. So thank you Jorge R. Gutierrez for having the courage to stand and make this film. Because it’s now sitting happily on our DVD shelf, and every once and a while my i’ll point to the dvd in front of my Dad and say “They are the Sanchez’s”.
Honestly Latinas are so incredibly important. Brown Latinas, Black Latinas, First Generation in the USA Latinas, Latinas who have to translate everything for their parents, fat Latinas, disabled Latinas, Latinas who were only ever told to speak English so they might fit in better, trans Latinas, all Latinas. You’re beautiful.
“Every time someone told me there was no audience for Latino content it only motivated me to work even harder.”
disneys idea of latino representation:
“We were trying to figure out what kind of accent Honey would have, and one time I would go in with an accent, and another time I wouldn’t, and we figured out that when she said ‘Hiro’ it was going to be in Spanish, with a little bit of Spanish words."
the whole issue with honey lemon is basically disney fans excusing its blatant xenophobia (as always) and playing the ‘im not racist, you’re racist’ card. disney doesnt get a prize for trying (very very poorly imo), least support for white washing a supposedly poc character. but okay, let’s have a look at her design: white skin, blonde hair, green eyes. she looks like a gringa, not a role model which little latinas can identify with. if anything, it will pressure them to acqurire a caucasian look (dye their hair, wear contacts, feel their dark features are unacceptable) since this character introduced as latina portrays it. it harms more than it serves representation, and i am absolutely disgusted by people (even other US born latinos) blind enough to let it slip (you arrogant assholes). it’s true that latinos dont have a “”“signature look”“”, but let me tell you: chances of a latina looking like that are fewer than one with dark skin. the thing that outrages me the most is that, IF they meant to create a latin american character while avoiding “”“”“”“”“”“”“”“stereotypical looks”“”“”“”“”“”“”“, then it was enough with white skin and dark hair/eyes; or green eyes and dark skin/hair; etc. but they didnt. they straight up designed a white looking girl, and yall go defending them. frustration is not enought to describe how i feel about it all. i really want someone to explain to me why a dark skinned latino with strong features and a thick accent is something to be ashamed of (that’s what more than 50% of latin american people look like, get over it), it’s not their fault that your shitass white country turned them into an offensive joke. you owe them. i mean, the fact that they cannot be presented in media because they immediately will become a target of racism should be enough for yall to wake up. i see these “”“”stereotypical”“”” latinos everyday; they’re my neighbours, my family and my friends. dark skinned latinos are average and should be the first in line to be casted, but somehow we end up with honey lemons not only in gringo productions but also in our own media. (hope yall figure out how white supremacy settles around the world at this point without me explaining cause im past my bedtime already.)
tl;dr: fuku all who think disney does a decent work regarding representation u fuckign make me sick
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