Evil Katey/Good Katey

fantasyofcolor:

Shirkster by ~brainwreck

beyondvictoriana:

lokisgift:

hawkschild:

Something I was reminded of:

Nobody ever talks about the problematic elements in the source material for Steampunk.

I tried to bring it up at a Steampunk-themed convention and got crickets and a room full of stinkeye. Nobody wanted to be reminded that one of the core tropes of the genre was White Male Is A Genius And Builds A Gadget/Robot, Then Goes And Conquers Those PoC Over There And Then Steals Their Treasures.

And damaging Victorian worldviews, morality, and social mores.

And these things DO leak into the revival of Steampunk. Or Neo-Steampunk. Or whatever we want to call it.

And people either don’t know the history of the genre or, if they do, they want to ignore it all.

LET ME THROW LINKS AT YOU

Silver Goggles - “Worn by the steampunk postcolonialist when engaging with issues of race, representation, diversity, and other such exciting adventures as one might find in our genial genre”

Beyond Victoriana - “the oldest-running blog about multicultural steampunk and retro-futurism—that is, steampunk outside of a Western-dominant, Eurocentric framework.”

Ay-Leen the Peacemaker makes zines about antifascism, asian-americans and anti-King Coal activism in steampunk.

Nisi Shawl is writing a steampunk novel set in the Belgian Congo (I LOVE HER)

Amal El-Mohtar is amazing, and has specifically talked about the problem of writing steampunk-without-steam, and addressed it in fiction: To Follow The Waves

(tl;dr I love all these people, and I will really be sad to miss WisCon this year)

 

Thanks so much for the rec! Let me throw some more at you:

Steampunk Magazine: THE first magazine about steampunk, founded by anarcho-anarchist Magpie Killjoy. They are very much into discussing the -“isms” of steampunk, and are actively pro-social justice and stuffs.

Steampunk Emma Goldman — Putting the politics into your steampunk and steampunk into your politics. And her Facebook too is worth a follow.

The Chronicles of Harriet — On the forefront of steamfunk, African/African-American steampunk, run by Balogun Ojetade

moniquill aka Monique Poirier, social justice blogger, Seaconke Wampanoag steampunk

jhameia aka Jaymee Goh — Owner of Silver Goggles. This be her tumblr.

There are other steampunks who are politically-conscious and want to talk about that. Many of them answered my question about steampunk & politics here: http://beyondvictoriana.tumblr.com/post/47042618748/what-role-do-feminism-and-queer-politics-have-in

Other folks, feel free to shout-out here too!

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ryuuchan1010:

rawrchan:

aishaneko:

oh, turpentine erase me whole
‘cause I don’t want to live my life alone
[x]

also thIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR the original gifset that got me hooked on these guys omfg. Apparently I reblogged it from izizizizizizi who used a different url at the time bUT DUDE

IZIZIZIZIZIZIZIZIZIZIIZZIIZ

YOU GOT ME HOOKED ON LIKE MY ONE AND ONLY FANDOM how does that make u feel

Reblogging for later because it has caught my interest =U

Aaaaaaaaaaand now I’m addicted to this song *o*

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fantasyofcolor:

Sepia Tone Smile by ~Strangeknowledge

typette:

these are awesome, it’s like am action battle skirt. just high enough not to step on, the front has ample leg maneuverability, and it looks rad. Want

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brianfatahsteele:

Original Artwork by Brian Fatah Steele

Steampunk Dan and Deep Chick

misssociallyawkward:

let-us-keep-it-classy:

f-l-e-u-r-d-e-l-y-s:

Steampunk heels equipped with gears, tubes and LED lights / The Trendaholic

I want this

OMG these are FABULOUS!!

I have decided…that I am going to make these!!!

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lightispaintingshadows:

things i like: steampunk corsets

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theartofanimation:

Brian Kesinger

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cosplayingwhileblack:

SUBMISSION

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cosplayingwhileblack:

X

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Click on through for the RPP spring issue, cover by the fabulous S.A. van Muijden.

faerieeglow:

protowilson:

jhameia:

Hey, hey, remember last month’s swag mofo?

THIS swag mofo is Tony Ballard-Smoot, also known as Captain Anthony LaGrange of Columbus-based Airship Archon.

Check out my interview with him. Also check out his impression of Hooper X (in which he kills Steampunk Boba Fett) if you got time.

And don’t remove this text.

Classy as fuck!

I AM IN LOVE

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