L.J. Writes

This article about different perceptions of color by culture, jumping off from the Homeric texts that describe wine-dark seas and cornflower hair, got me thinking about the language and perceptions of color in Korean culture that I had almost given up on expressing in English. Korea has no native word for "green," you see, but rather uses "blue" to describe the sky, the forests, and the ocean alike. We had to borrow the Chinese word for green in order to separate it out linguistically, so it felt weird to have Korean characters who don't even know Chinese to think of and use the word "green." On the other hand, I thought, it would feel odd for English-language readers to see forests and leaves described as "blue." For that matter, Koreans call hair with a slight brown/yellowish sheen "yellow" which would call to mind blond hair for many English speakers but is actually still dark brown hair. But hey, if Homer can get away with wine-colored seas, why can't I ha ve blue forests and brown yellow hair, right?

the-history-girls posted: The History Girls: STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: How tall were the people of Medieval England? by Elizabeth Chadwick

So often when the matter of the height of medieval people is discussed on online forums, there is a notion that they were stunted and small.

From the archaeological evidence this is far from the truth. Yes they had food insecurity due to periods of famine caused by weather and war and animal sickness, but when all was going well, the men and women of medieval England were of the same height more or less as the people of the early and mid 20th century.

I did not know this! It changes how I think about historical height, that's for sure.

marvelfemslashevents posted: Inaugural Marvel Femslash Exchange 2019 Schedule

Nominations: March 17th-31st (OPEN - Close 11:59pm PST)
Signups: April 2-April 13 (Open 9am PST - Close 11:59pm PST)
Assignments Sent Out: April 14
Fanworks Due: May 31 by 11:59PM PST
Collection Opens: Friday, June 7th at 6pm PST
Creator Reveals: Friday, June 14th at 6pm PST

AO3 Collection

second_evtales posted: The "Cowardice" of Grievous - a Historical Perspective

Clone Wars is one of my favourite cartoons ever.

It is also a mess of unacknowledged but rampant colonialism, imperialism and both space- and IRL-racism: the fact that the Clones, who are slaves bred for war and scarificed in their millions are PoCs is only the most blatant.

The treatment of General Grievous (AKA Qymaen jai Shelaal, warleader of Kalee) is also a result of this distorting lens and of the chronic incapability of Lucas and Filoni to 1) reign in their white privilege and 2) write antagonists whithout making them stereotypical cackling, moustache-twirling villains.

This is a fantastic meta about Grievous's Legends background, his treatment in TCW and the disturbing parallels to victor-written histories in our own world.

meeedeee posted: New To Vidding? Some Tips

1. Basic tutorials on YouTube
2. Additional viddertips on Tumblr
3. Open collab projects on YouTube

This post is a good collection of resources for vidding! I have 0 idea what I am doing with fanvids, and I'm always looking to learn.