a genderqueer superhero who wears a binder and hides their face so everyone assumes they’re male but then they have c cups and never bind as a civilian so their secret identity is safe
I forgot about chest binders for a moment and thought they strapped a two inch binder to their face.
I’ve been asked to compile a list of appropriate terms/words when referring to Indigenous Australians.. So here goes!
As a little bit of back-ground info on us.. Indigenous people in Australia have the longest continuing culture/s in the world. With many different language groups, culture groups, similarities with cultures in certain parts of Africa, Indonesia and nearby countries/nations, Aboriginal Australia is indeed diverse, to say the least.
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Terms/words that are appropriate:
Indigenous Australian/s
Indigenous
Aboriginal
Aboriginal people/s
Torres Straight Islander person/s
Torres Straight Islander people/s
Native (though it’s not used as much here and more often heard to describe the Indigenous people of America, some will use the word)
Black (yes, we ARE Black.. the white settlers used the term “Blacks” which reduced us down to our skin color.. we’ve reclaimed that word and is often used like “Black-fella”)
ATSI - Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander/s (umbrella term for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island people’s or for shorthand)
Terms/words that are NOT appropriate:
Aborigine/Aborigines (a big no-no and sadly many still use these terms today)
The Aborigines
The Aboriginal people
The Torres Straight Islanders
Blacks
Colored
The n word (pretty obvious, really)
Half-caste
Full-blood
Appropriate area-specific terms:
Murri - Qld, north west NSW
Nyoongah - WA
Koori – NSW
Goori - north coast NSW
Koorie - Vic
Yolngu - Arnhem Land
Anangu - Central Australia
Palawa - Tasmania
Ngarrindjeri – SA - River Murray, Lakes, Coorong people
Torres Strait Island Peoples
Murray Island Peoples
Mer Island Peoples
Also, words that are used to describe us as “less-advanced” when compared to European societies, are not acceptable. We are not less-advanced, or less-modern or a “primitive” people - we are just different. As is everyone.
Imagine finding a dragon egg one day, and it hatches in your house and thinks you’re its mom. Then the next morning you wake up and find this mini dragon has gathered all the lose change and shiny objects in your house in a pile, and is gnawing on a nickel. And then when you take it out for walks, it picks up every coin it sees cause its a hoarder. And your house is eventually full of coins. And you are rich. And have a dragon.
This was ad-libbed by the voice actor, Craig Ferguson and they chose to keep it in because they loved it. Kids won’t get it but adults will be thinking “did he just imply what I think he implied?”
And later the director confirmed it.
DeBlois revealed that, the reason Gobber never got married, is because he is homosexual. This makes him the first homosexual character of the franchise, and even DreamWorks itself.
This is the worst representation I’ve ever seen when will we actually get queer characters without having to deduce it from like 0.3 seconds of screen time and a vague hint
the worst? are we forgetting..
Shout out to Paranorman for showing people how it’s done.
