naamahdarling:

12yearsaking:

merkkultra:

do men have resting bitch faces as well or do they not have negative characteristics ascribed to them for putting on a neutral rather than a deliriously happy facial expression

Yes, Black men in majority white spaces do. If I don’t smile every single second of the day my coworkers become in intimidated and start asking me what’s wrong, telling me to smile, make jokes about how I’m trying to be a thug/act hard, why am I angry, etc. And it’s not just white men at my job God FORBID I my large Black ass makes a white girl feel threaten because I’m sitting down with a neutral expression.

I’m not trying to take this post away from women and make it about Black men but I want to point out that wether it’s patriarchy or white supremacy; those who feel as if they have power over you HATE to see you not smile. They are so used to people like you smiling to gain their approval that when you don’t there’s a cognitive dissonance that makes them extremely uncomfortable.

That’s why “angry Black women” is a thing. They have to put on a smile for everyone (yes even feminist white women) or we all get uncomfortable.

This is such an amazing response.

aatoast:

CALLING ALL INDIE ARTISTS!

The Animation Arts Maarket is the heart of TAAFI 2016 Independant artists are invited to grandstand on the second floor of the Maarket space in ‘Indie Alley’. Priced to accommodate independent artists, Indie Alley tables are an excellent space for creatives to show, sell and talk art with attendees of TAAFI 2016. With a history of attracting more than 1,000 registered animation arts students and professionals from across Canada, TAAFI’s Animation Arts Maarket - Indie Alley
is an excellent place to show your work.

DETAILS:

Location:

George Brown College (GBC) - Waterfront Campus, 2nd Floor
51 Dockside Drive, Toronto, Ontario

Dates:

Saturday April 23 - Sunday April 24

Operating hours:

Saturday April 23: 9 am open - 5 pm close
Sunday April 24: 10 am open - 5 pm close

TABLES IN THE INDIE ALLEY AREA ARE PERFECT FOR ARTISTS!

Students, independent freelancers and collectives of four (4) or fewer: The Animation Arts Maarket - Indie Alley offers you the chance to showcase your work to the animation arts industry and the attending general public, and to introduce your fans to the smiling face behind that work. TAAFI offers specially priced tables of 4’ to individuals and collectives who would like to showcase and/or sell work in the Maarket. Studios, schools and retailers are invited to register for a Maarket - Studio Floor Booth or Table. Registration for
both floors can be found at taafi.com/maarket.

EVENT DETAILS

TAAFI 2016, April 22-25 welcomes Eric Goldberg (Aladdin, Pocahontas), Audu Paden (Animaniacs), Tony Benedict, Willie Ito, Jerry Eisenberg (Hanna-Barbera) and Michael Rianda (Gravity Falls) for a weekend of shorts and feature film screenings, behind the scenes, creator Q&As and industry networking events.

• Animation Arts ‘Maarket’ - Studios, Schools, Retailers and Independant Artists
• Workshops - featuring VIP Guest Artists*
• Nelvana Bouncing Ball - Toronto’s Largest Animation Party*
• Screenings and Talks - Shorts, Features and Behind-the-Scenes events*

*Admittance is not included in the purchase of an Indie Alley table. To participate in these amazing events, please purchase a pass at taafi.com/passes.

INDIE ALLEY FLOOR PLAN

The Animation Arts Maarket will be taking over the whole ground floor of George Brown for their Maarket of studios, schools and exhibitors. The Indie Alley will be situated on the 2nd floor of the festival, right outside the doors of main screening area, the Seneca Auditorium, and beside the VIP area, and speaker rooms. There are only twenty 4 foot artists tables available.

TABLE COSTS

4 Foot Table:

• $99 CAN + HST & service fees
• 4’ sectioned table
• Black table cloth
• One chair
• One artist only per 4 foot table

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

Applicants will be accepted at TAAFI’s discretion based on appropriate content and thematic fit in the realm of ‘indie artists’ within the theme of ‘animation arts’.
Fill out our online application form at taafi.com/maarket before midnight on March 31, 2016 for the final deadline. Regular applicants will be juried and successful applicants will be contacted via email by March 23, 2016. Once an applicant is successful they will have five (5) days to complete payment to confirm their Indie Alley table in TAAFI 2016. When applying applicants will be required to enter their credit card information into a secure site, but TABLE COSTS will ONLY be billed if they are successful, and only after they are accepted. If an applicant is not successful their credit card will NOT be billed. Payments can only be made by credit card.

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Thank you for the heads up!

To our knowledge, TAAFI itself has been around for a while with an animation industry focus, but the first Animation Arts Maarket (”artist alley” type area) took place in 2014 (June instead of April). I don’t believe there was one last year (someone please correct me if I’m wrong!), but now it appears to be back!

The table price does appear to be lower than in 2014 ($99 compared to $160); the first year it ran there had been some discussion amongst some exhibitors that the pricing seemed a bit high compared to the scale of the event, so it appears the organizers may have taken this feedback into consideration. It will be interesting to see how this year’s goes!

One thing to note, in the application process it also notes the following regarding refunds:

Refund Information

Orders placed before March 18, 2016 will be refunded 100% minus a $25 administrative fee. Orders placed March 19, 2016 to April 1, 2016 will be refunded 50% minus a $25 administrative fee. Orders placed after April 2, 2016 will not be refunded.

- AAtoast

blamemarktjan:

If all you’re going to do is be angry at every small injustice in the world, you will poison yourself and become a hateful person.

If all you’re going to do is wait for the right person to come along to help with a task, nothing will ever get done.

If all you’re going to do is call out people, don’t be surprised when your friends get tired of your attitude and push you away.