By: Sipala

does hollywood owe anyone anything?
isn’t its role to sell?
i’m a gay indigenous woman and I don’t put my faith into capitalist film that must sell and sell to foreign markets that are far more conservative and racist. hello to anyone looking to distribute a film in Asia or the MENA region.

lily gladstone will have a wonderful career and be inspiration to many of us. i have a rich culture outside of pop culture that doesn’t need validation from american capitalist structures

the concept of a queer or PoC deserving, begging to be seen by a mainstream audience is a moot point. My land, my culture, my heritage doesn’t need the white mans blessing, or a wealthy colonizer Black or White or Brown. I find it patronizing coming from a white author who thinks we “deserve” something-we don’t need your blessing or you panhandling for our attention.

what we need is solidarity - news making changes in our schools and medicine and water access. i will never ask for feed from the hand of the white man or the white queer author who speaks for us as if we were children. we can handle a loss from Emma Stone and understand why she won.

Why do you ask what we deserve? why would you pursue as a white person for our own culture the vultures of american entertainment?

american entertainment is not the end all be all and representation from a few native actors paid 6-7 figures doesn’t fix the real problems we have everyday.