#Western

Something that Oda does REALLY well that most people don't notice is how he "animates" his Manga. Its a VERY rare skill in manga so here's an explanation of it
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One thing this crisis will have taught me is that many doctors, including those who work in academic medicine, are spectacularly dumb.https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006372 Imagine being so stupid that you don't understand
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The Plague Pogroms (tw for antisemitism)During the Bubonic Plague pandemic in 1346–1353, the Jewish communities of Europe were used as scapegoats and blamed for the mass deaths. Representation of a
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a thread on why s&b's brownface was racist and completely uncalled for, and why you should care: brown/blackface have a very painful history. they've historically been used by white people
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this is called “i should be writing an english paper, but instead i’m gonna make a twt thread”, this time about some criticism i have for king falls am. i
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So, it has been a great first month for my column, Criterion Crunch Time over at @InSessionFilm! I wrote on four movies that are leaving the @criterionchannl at the end
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Is it possible to write a Chinese-inspired fantasy story that does not, in some way, investigate, interrogate, or explore the real China, and Chinese culture?Like, if it doesn't - is
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I'm probably too old to give shout-outs but it's time for #twitterbooklaunch, celebrating the brilliant books published this week and the authors who may have lost out on events. Rather
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Today I'm reminded of a Nigerian music mogul, Saliu Adetunji. Born in Ibadan, Western Nigeria in 1928, he was the first of 17 children- a modest number by those days
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That Russian opposition leader who was ”poisoned” is a literal Nazi and the US media and ”intelligence” want to make you feel bad for this guy because they don't like
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strong storytellers, the original storytellers. Our histories of land formation, entities of massive proportions, every move made causing an indent in the very
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Historically, Sikhs have had interesting relationships with different colors, namely, blue, white, and orange+yellow.One color in particular has quite an interesting tradition - black. A brief look at the tradition
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I had a whole thread planned out with links about #AO3's historical framing and how it's deeply dishonest to posit that it wasn't an always explicitly political project...But I'm too
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don’t sit in silence, use your voice! here’s a useful link with resources and information on how you can help #BlackLivesMatter https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/  i’ve been a lot more vocal about this
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Last year to mark #ArmisticeDay we highlighted the stories of Forest players who had served during both world wars. This year we pay tribute to two Forest supporters who
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#NovaScotia’s northernmost documented mineral occurrence is on St. Paul Island, an extension of the Appalachian Mountains, north of #CapeBreton! Check out the history of this neat island: the Graveyard of
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