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5 Jun, 5 tweets, 2 min read
HELP MY FILIPINO FRIENDS ARE SAYING HER NAME LITERALLY MEANS 'GENITALS' IN TAGALOG
'GENITALS ARE HEROES' SPECIFICALLY

HEEEEEEELPPPP
Y'all the person I QRT'd from didn't create the character. The artists shouldn't be harassed either, they didn't necessarily have any control over the name. @Marvel or something 😂
But okay now Marvel's attitude is just pissing me off. I looked around the Tweet & Replies of one of the character creators and they're saltily subtweeting the situation instead of addressing the very valid concerns of Tagalog speakers 😭
All right a clarification has come out since I made these tweets! It seems that her full name is fine but the nickname is unfortunate. This isn't the only concern that Filipinos have had though, so I hope Marvel continues to listen to the community.

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I've never felt a strong attachment to the label of Woman, or the concept of being gendered at all - (1/?)
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calm down I'm an environmental vegan, not a moral vegan. that means I refrain from animal products as much as possible bc of those industries' devastating effects on the ecosystem

holding veganism over people's heads as a moral necessity is classist - 1/?
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"Try to refrain from animal products as much as possible" is a lot easier to promote and maintain than "YOU CAN'T EAT OR USE ANYTHING FROM AN ANIMAL, EVER." Veganism doesn't have to come with guilt. It just has to come with some level of consciousness about the animal industries.
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Ok im disqualifying Thailand and Vietnam from the SEA food tournament finals because they're too well known in the west and skewing the results so

WHICH OF THESE SEA COUNTRIES HAS THE BEST FOOD? Pls include pics to back up your claim
WHICH OF THESE SEA COUNTRIES HAS THE BEST DESSERTS SPECIFICALLY? Pls include photos to back up your claim
WHICH OF THESE SEA COUNTRIES HAS THE BEST DRINKS? Pls include photos to back up your claim
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Yo i was thinking of going to Southeast Asia after the panini, which country has the best food? Pls include pics
Hold on lemme just make a poll

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totally late on this but i watched 3 minutes of Shadow and Bone and good god it's the most clumsy writing of racism that I've ever seen,, like seriously HITTING YOU OVER THE HEAD about it. it makes me SO uncomfortable that it's hard to continue
what really gets me is i could be experiencing this same exact story without having to see shit like this every other minute Image
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