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@ljrk @lisamelton European heritage undoubtedly biased against African heritage, and yet even there they will acknowledge a "colored" person, *after* they have passed (and are safely "out of harm's way", e.g. MLK [contrast rhetoric before and after his passing]). But women? Even when dead they are forgotten by the culture in which I have been raised. (Unless "purified" by a rare event/narrative (e.g. marie curie, mother theresa) or bathed in tremendous apocryphal beauty, Cleopatra) 7 comments
@ljrk @lisamelton As soon as I wrote that, I realised, oh damn, I've made a bunch o my rainbow pals v excited. I can already imagine the fanfics. 🏳️🌈  @secretgeek Indeed, and some, such as Annie Easley, fought both, the women in tech and the PoC fight at a time were women's rights were just something to become and segregation rampant. One could even argue that Cleopatra was a very early victim of positive discrimination against arabs: "The" distinguishing "beauty feature" of her, especially according to Caesar, was her Greek/European nose; which was contrasted against the supposedly inferior Arab nose shape. @secretgeek@mastodon.cloud @ljrk@todon.eu @lisamelton@mastodon.social orz but I gotta retoot that, 'cause it's witty and thoughtful in context and also utterly hilarious out of it.  @secretgeek Los Angeles is way ahead of you in objectifying Lincoln: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Lincoln  |
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@ljrk @lisamelton Imagine if every performance of the story of Abraham Lincoln required him to be cast as today's hottest male beefcake, ala Cleopatra.