This is a great video and it's really nice to see white creators talking about persisent issues of bioessentialism and racism towards mixed identities in Star Trek

I'd like to expand upon the topic of diminishing mixed people as "half" that Jessie brings up at the end 🧵 1/15

https://twitter.com/jessiegender/status/1817925385193165116

A common racist narrative about mixed race people is that of fractional identity. Think of terms like "half-breed", "octoroon" and "mulatto". They're considered outdated and offensive now, but the same issue of presenting mixed individuals as fractions rather than full people 2/

There are numerous issues with the presentation of mixed races in #OneDND.

DND’s mechanisation of race makes depicting mixed races fraught with issues because of the specific kinds of racism we face – such as blood quantums and being seen as “parts of” or not “full” people. 1/16 Prior to this the main way mixed races were represented in DND was half-orcs and half-elves. Those names imply what I mentioned above, that they’re not seen as full people, but as “half” of one side of their heritage - the least human one (or the least white) 2/16

Time for a LONG thread on Critical Role, colonialist visuals and the importance of costume design. 🧵

I've been a set, costume and prop designer for 7 years. I have a degree in design for performance. For that, I studied theatre, film, fashion and costume history.

1/21 So when I discuss topics like blackface or orientalist costuming, I'm not just talking out of my arse. I'm thinking critically about elements of visual design and what messages they convey through the media they were crafted for.

2/21

So did no one on Critical Role’s team tell them that leaning heavily into the colonialist explorer visuals in the intro video for their SWANA inspired setting with their all white main cast was maybe an extremely uncomfortable idea, or…? This is sadly a perfect example of why visual design elements, and especially costuming choices, matter a lot more than is often fully dissected when it comes to perpetuating orientalism and colonialism

It’s not a coincidence these visuals were used for THIS intro over any other

#ACSisterhood

Today a live action Assassin's Creed Valhalla short film called The Hunt was released. It stars several well known cosplayers, with Maul Cosplay as Eivor (and no female Eivor included)

@Ubisoft funded the making of this short film.

Thread: Allegations of sexual misconduct against several prominent Ubisoft employees came to light earlier this year. Along with those allegations also came an exposé on how Ubi execs repeatedly diminished the roles and marketing of various female AC characters