korranews:

A new novel series about Kyoshi has been announced! The first book in the “epic YA saga”, The Rise of Kyoshi, is hitting shelves in July 2019!!

This is a big surprise and a very welcome one at that! The author is F.C. Yee with Mike DiMartino consulting. The series will be two books long, and cover, as the title suggests, the rise of the Earth Kingdom Avatar we all know and love, with this synopsis to go on so far:

“The first of two novels based on Kyoshi, The Rise of Kyoshi maps her journey from a girl of humble origins to the merciless pursuer of justice who is still feared and admired centuries after she became the Avatar.”

The publisher for the books had this to say:

“Bringing Kyoshi’s previously untold story to life in original novels will be a major pop culture event, not only for fans of the show, but also for readers hungry for a new epic YA saga. The Rise of Kyoshi has all the hallmarks of what YA readers love — bold storytelling set in a rich landscape with a strong heroine at the forefront!”

Kyoshi was recently revealed to have “by all accounts loved men and women”– that is, she was what we would likely consider bisexual– so it will be interesting to see if that will show up in these books. And there’s just so much we don’t know about her life growing up, the people around her (meeting her Team Avatar is an extremely exciting prospect), and what her corner of the Earth Kingdom was like before her legendary exploits, about 380 years before Korra arrived in Republic City. For reference that would be approximately equivalent to 1500s China, but Kyoshi herself and the culture of Kyoshi Island take more inspiration from Japan, so it will be very interesting to see how the worldbuilding takes shape. Overall there’s a lot to look forward to here!

This is a really cool development for the franchise and will hopefully open up the avenue for more books about different time periods and characters from the world of Avatar, something we’ve been asking for for a long time!

The Rise of Kyoshi is 336 pages long, it’s coming out on July 16th 2019, and it can be preordered here.

via Entertainment Weekly

weirdmageddon:

hi on twitter hideo kojima linked to nintendos official website for an interview with toby fox and he talked a little about homestuck this is absolutely fucking wild

shotgunheart:

I have seen this post countless times but never once did the twitter account name register to me. This is just relatable.

tariqah:

violaslayvis:

Twitter discourse is literally washed up tumblr discourse

L*me

davidalleynes:

irishfino:

davidalleynes:

davidalleynes:

kishimoto: Sasuke is a prodigy ninja

me, who spent the last 300+ chapters reading about Sasuke getting his ass beat concave:

LIST OF PEOPLE WHO BEAT SASUKE’S ASS:

That kid from the first arc with the mask

That dude from the first arc with the huge sword

His brother

Kakashi, I think

Orochimaru

I’m pretty sure Rock Lee beat his ass physically, emotionally, or spiritually at least three times

Naruto

That big tiddy lady from the chunin arc

A math problem

Killer Bee

His brother, again

Gaara

I don’t remember if Neji ever physically fought him but I’m pretty sure Neji used his petty gay shade powers to own Sasuke at least once

Jiraiya I think

Tsunade, definitely

Literally all of the Akatsuki

Himself

18. op of this post

19. Everyone who reblogs this post. RB to kick sasuke’s ass

beanybooboo:

hey reblog this with ur race/ethnicity and whether u eat rice with a spoon or a fork

podcastslover:

starmashine:

mrfritzteufel:

realtransfacts:

You’re more than just dysphoria and a target of transphobia (img source)

this is why I’m against the narrative of “being LGBT is defined by suffering, if you don’t suffer you don’t belong to LGBT or Pride”. it’s incredibly damaging to queer people, especially queer kids who are just figuring out how their sexuality or gender identity figures into their overall identity. this narrative shoves them back into the closet if they don’t suffer “enough”, and how much one must suffer is completely arbitrary

also hey most young folks dont have super diverse experiences under their belt yet due to being, like, young. there are only a few narratives of queer suffering out there, and thus the definition of queer suffering and what that looks/feels like is very narrow and doesn’t always apply to a lot of queer youth.

so, like, promoting the concept of “LGBTQ = suffering” means queer kids may not recognize when something they’re going through is because of their queerness, and disregard that and themselves even if it is.

also pressures queer kids to come out for the sake of suffering and feeling ‘valid’ even if they aren’t safe or ready to.

There’s this thing that happens with minority groups. We come together because of the discrimination but we stay together for the culture. But people seem to forget that – LGBTQIA+ people aren’t just together because we suffer, we’re together because we have something to celebrate in the uniqueness we share. There’s something fundamentally wrong about working towards a better world with less discrimination and then gatekeeping newer members of the community because we don’t feel they’re suffered enough. THAT WAS THE GOAL.

Every queer person you feel hasn’t suffered enough to qualify as queer is proof of a better world. A better world is what we said we wanted, but it’s not going to be what we get if we let our identities be defined by suffering.

Serena Williams responds to catsuit ban by winning US Open match in a tutu

profeminist:

“On Monday night, the 23-time Grand Slam champion dominated in her first US Openmatch against Poland’s Magda Linette wearing an asymmetrical Virgil Abloh x Nike tutu paired with sparkly silver sneakers from the same “Queen” collection and compression fishnet tights.

“Willing to design dresses for her for life,” Abloh wrote on Instagram.

Williams’ choice of hosiery is particularly significant in that it’s meant to prevent blood clots, just like the “Black Panther”-inspired Nike catsuit the tennis champion wore while competing at the French Open earlier this year — which recently sparked controversy in the sports world.

Last week, the French Tennis Federation implemented a new dress code barring unique performance looks like Williams’ catsuit, which the organization’s president Bernard Giudicelli confirmed “would not longer be accepted” in an interview with Tennis Magazine.

“You have to respect the game and the place,” Giudicelli told the publication.

The new ruling sparked an outcry among Williams’ fans, but the champ herself, who suffered life-threatening blood clots after giving birth to daughter Olympia last year, took it in stride. “I feel like if and when they know that some things are for health reasons, then there’s no way that they wouldn’t be OK with it,” she said. “So I think it’s fine.”

Read the full piece here