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Anonymous asked: Ok but see the last anon is looking for validation from you even though you're not black. And were the majority of notes from those asks even from black people? Sorry but it's starting to feel like this is turning into a matter of speaking over black folks to make white-passing cosplayers feel better.
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Anonymous asked: I have a question about the Zecora matter.. What if Zecora was the person's favorite character & they wanted to cosplay her simply for that reason? The person isn't intending any racism in any way, they just love Zecora & are enjoying the opportunity to dress as her. I understand how people are her as a PoC pony, but I don't think it's always a matter of racism, just...
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queer-feeri asked: weighing in on the Zecora discussion: I'm a white passing person of colour. I've been told I could cosplay Zecora, but my choice is that it's not okay because though I am half Black, I think there's so much white washing that goes on in media and fandom that I think it's unfair to take on the roll. While I am a person of colour, most of the time people assume I'm...
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afropuffe asked: Another comment from a black person: I can understand why people aren't crazy about white people cosplaying as Zecora, because she's one of the only widely-accepted "poc" ponies. For a white person to cosplay as her when there's a literal plethora of other "racially ambiguous" characters to choose from is a little weird. Same thing goes for other characters of...
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skully-pens asked: The Monster High fandom recently had this same debate about white cosplayers playing Clawdeen. We came to the conclusion that it is okay and NOT racist to dress as a character of color AS LONG AS you don't use make up to darken your skin. Then it becomes black face and black face is never okay. Just use your own natural skin! But painting yourself fictional colors like pink or green is...
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genderhawk asked: As a follow up, my head canon for humanized Zecora is that she still has the stripes. So a black cosplayer can paint white stripes and a white cosplayer can paint black stripes or people can wear a mask or paint both colored stripes or whatever they want to do. Being told you can't dress up as a character because of your race hurts, the first time I heard it was when I was ten (Christina from...
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genderhawk asked: The fact that white folks often cosplay as PoC without getting the weird looks and questions that a PoC cosplaying as a white character is racist and offensive, but so is telling ANYONE they can't cosplay as a character because of their skin tone. Yes, I'd like it if everyone would shut up about race and let people cosplay as whoever they want but that's unlikly to happen. Also,...
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Anonymous asked: the only disrespectful thing about zecora being cosplayed by a white person is if said white person used black face and perhaps an oversexualized/fetishizing costume of the culture, at least how i see it.
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anjhuzen asked: i'm not laying down any rules, i'm simply expressing my opinion. i can't say its racist, but i can say that i think its disrespectful.
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anjhuzen asked: i agree with the last anon. Zecora is meant to be African, as a pony and a human, and white people cosplaying her is just disrespectful.
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Anonymous asked: Can I confess something? First, I automatically unfollow anyone who draws Twilight Sparkle as white. She and the others can be any other race or ethnicity under the sun, but Twi is NOT a white ponygirl. Second, non-black people who cosplay as Zecora should be banned from cosplay. They not only look awful, but it's also damn difficult to do without being racist, and I've never seen a...
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aclockworkcupcake asked: How can I submit art?
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SCIENCE!
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jeriorlizorart asked: Hello, I created a blog called, "Devoted to Diversity in Art" Our mission statement: To expand artistic horizons in aspects of culture, race and ethnicity. To teach artist and writers how to accurately depict different cultures and to learn the significance of these lessons. It's partly submission base, to give tips in tutorials and to show artistic progress in broadening their...
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dramaticspoon asked: Head canons are very strange things, aren't they? Mines has Chinese Twilight, latino dash, indian Rarity, Arabic Pinkie and white Fluttershy and applejack.
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Anonymous asked: You just tagged a picture of Twilight Sparkle as Pinkie Pie. ...What?
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starberrytart asked: My headcanon human alicorns based on real people: Celestia = Leena Chandavarkar (if you google her, third row second picture is perfection with the Celestia colors), Luna = Rekha Ganesan, Cadence = an older Amandla Stenberg.
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Anonymous asked: <do you have any pics of ponies dressed as catrinas (or day of the dead make up?)
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Anonymous asked: Hi! As a pegasister who loves your blog, but also a hijabi and a Muslim, I want to point out that hijab!Rarity, if she IS Muslim, would have to cover her arms as well ^.^ the whole point of hijab is that her body is covered all the way except face and arms and maybe feet too <3
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thepaththroughthemirroredmaze asked: i hope hijab!fluttershy is actually muslim, because otherwise that's cultural appropriation a la lady gaga, florence welch, etc, and that's not okay.
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ohhpoppycock asked: My best friend, who is half black-half white, is cosplaying as hijab!Fluttershy at a con this coming summer. I, who am half Native American-half white, am going as punk!Twilight Sparkle. I figure you guys would appreciate this.
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crick3tknight asked: i did cosplay her! dunno if i should submit it here though, i look reaaaally white and i don't think i'd fit in :<
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crick3tknight asked: my headcanon for rarity is a tall, curvy, dark-skinned african-american woman with a stong jawline and a proud cleft chin. since her fur is white i like the idea of the contrast between white clothes and dark skin! even as a mixed girl though i wish i was darker so i could pull it off cosplay-wise (darn my dad's irishness! grr). but man, i'm reeeally glad this blog exists thank you!!!!!!
