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ADHD culture is overusing ( ) and — and ; and … in everything you write because you have so many side thoughts that just GO there and wouldn’t make sense anywhere else

New tag game: are you a Too Many (Parenthesis) ADHD, a Too Many — Hyphens — ADHD, a Too; Many; Semicolons; ADHD, or a Too…. Many…. Ellipses… ADHD…? 

“If anyone needs to go camping in my state…” “If anyone needs to visit their aunt/cousin/friend…”

STOP. STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP.

FOR YOUR SAFETY, S T O P.

DO NOT VOLUNTEER TO HOST RANDOM STRANGERS. DO NOT AGREE TO BE HOSTED BY A RANDOM STRANGER.

DO NOT PUBLICLY POST THAT YOUR HOUSE WILL BE AN ABORTION SAVE HAVEN. OFFICIAL NETWORKS TO DO THIS ALREADY EXIST, NETWORKS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BACKGROUND CHECK, AND SHIELD THEIR VOLUNTEERS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

I know how obnoxious this is to say, but please: reblog this. I see these posts a lot, and I know most of you have good intentions. But these unoffical auntie networks are dangerous, both for those trying to help, and those seeking help. Law enforcement sees you. Violent anti-abortion extremists see you.

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Times are troubling and hard right now-but never forget, your Beet loving Grandmother loves you very very much and wants you to be safe.

And for you to eat your vegetables.

If you notice me reblogging

a repost

stolen art

false information

etc.

please let me know, you’re not rude or annoying and I actually do give a fuck and I will correct my mistake, thank you

im sorry to drop this long ass post but i think i meed a second opinion

okay so all my native folks i have a dilemma and an existential crisis and im genuinely uncertain if im like, unintentionally trying to appropriate a culture i dont actually belong to, or if im trying to actively join my community.

so i am largely white, and i am translucent, and my moms side of my family is an amalgamation of french, abenaki, and i think some german. however, for the few years of my life where i was fully under my parents jurisdiction with little outside contact, i was sort of raised outside of culture. culture-adjacent. barely anything you could call heritage except for antique family photos, the occasional mention of a great grandparent, and addiction problems. no traditions. little community. barely any family stories. and when i finally started forming a personality around 7 or so, and meeting humans and talking to them i realized oh shit, everyone has like.... a place. a group.

my french canadian friends visit family in canada every summer, my british and irish friends visit the uk and shit, my portuguese friends eat portueguese food and do their hair different. the people born and raised in my middle of buttfuck nowhere massachusetts town are all the worst and going nowhere. my black friends have a group of friends that know what their life is like

and i was looking for my place as this lost 7 year old. i didnt fit with the hillbilly, learned to rode on a tractor family. i definitely didnt fit with the rich uptight texas family. i didnt fit with the town i was in. and i was going through my genealogy, and talking to my family members, and i learned about my abenaki family members. theyre kinda distant but i do feel liek i fit with them. am i doing a bad? is this internalized racism? im sleep deprived and struggling and i dont wanna hurt anyone or hurt anyone elses culture or insert myself where i dont belong please someone help

Someone just paid me fifteen dollars to tell y'all my opinions on white vegans so here you go.

It's bullshit. The entire premise is bullshit. Everything about veganism is bullshit just in general, but white veganism in general is the fucking SSS-tier FGO Merlin levels of bullshit.

If you're a vegan out of dietary necessity--this post is not about you, move on with your life. That includes "just don't like meat/animal products" because we protect picky eaters indiscriminately in this household.

If you're a vegan because you think it's more ethical your head is so far up your ass you might as well be eating animal products cuz that's what shit sure is.

There is not a single thing ethical about white veganism. It's ridiculous to act that way. Veganism is literally turning your diet into imperialism. What, you think that your quinoa and acai smoothie made with coconut milk and nutella isn't a horrific injustice done to pretty much every indigenous piece of land in the name of feeding your consumerist fad bullshit?

If killing cows is so bad, what's y'all's take on the palm oil plantations they're burning down the Amazon for? Sure, orangutans are really charismatic and all, but what about the 1/3rd known species of birds worldwide and a full 30,000 species of endemic plants in it as well? Where does turning once-staple foods of indigenous people, like quinoa, into massive monocultures which the people who grew it can no longer afford it since it's all getting shipped out via cargo plane to your friendly neighborhood Target factor in?

The meat industry is hurting the environment due to greenhouse gases, you say? What about all the produce that's having to be shipped in from overseas and international waters because it's not like you can fucking grow your pineapples in North Dakota? Where does that carbon footprint factor into the situation? Are you actually being vegan out of concern for the environment, or is it a meaningless gesture to be popular on social media about while refusing to examine the inherent classism and racism baked into the very foundations of your "anyone can do it" diet?

Do you dislike factory farms? Join the club! Neither do most farmers, funnily enough! But where's the exploitation in your neighbor's backyard chicken coop eggs? Is the rabbit fur an angora naturally sheds on its own being spun into high-quality yarn cruelty to the animal? Can you explain to me where the honeybees are getting the bad deal?

If your issue on ethical veganism is animal cruelty, then you campaign for more stringent animal husbandry regulations. You support your local small-scale farmers which treat their animals right that are otherwise getting shoved out of the market due to corporate farm fields. Because if you've got enough grocery money to shop exclusively vegan, you're the kind of person who can go to a farmer's market and actually support your community that way with no real issue, because again, your entire diet culture is wrapped up in needing to be seen as better than others more than anything else. You turned a type of food into evangelical protestantism.

Nothing about white veganism makes any fucking sense the second you look at it for .2 seconds. It is a performative diet made for wannabe Instagram influencers who get off on telling other people that they're evil for eating honey, graciously ignoring that their agave nectar is causing an ecological crisis of overharvesting and throwing desert ecosystems out of whack, among everything else.

It's foolish. It's ridiculous. It's literally not how any of this fucking works. I'm exhausted of people not treating veganism for what it is: Just another fad diet made to take money out of "empaths"' wallets, only this time it's actually managing to fuck over the entire global environment and multiple levels of working class citizens, rather than just being a waste of everyone's fucking time! Congrats, vegans. You have done literally nothing right. You made every single wrong choice and have to double down on it now, because just like in a cult, the second you admit to yourself that maybe this whole schtick isnt environmentally friendly in the slightest, you now have to deal with the repercussions of Literally Everything You Did!

Much easier to just talk about how much healthier you are now that you take a shot of apple cider vinegar every morning on the internet. Takes less effort that way. Get well soon.

EDIT: For clarification just in case any vegans would prefer not to get needlessly mad at me for shit I did not say or mean on a post that I did not tag yet got notes anyway:

"When we say white veganism, we are not saying vegans who are white (as so many of them seem to think). White veganism is a specific type of militant veganism perpetrated by white people in which their diet is a status symbol masquerading as social media activism, where it's more important to stay updated with the current instagram superfood trend than any meaningful activism. The focus has become even less on animal care and has reduced into reactionary anti-animal, and anti-human.

White veganism is a direct cause of purity and social media-based performative culrure and its inherent anxieties, and can act significantly closer to a cult than merely a style of eating. They are often evangelist and militant in their natures, shaming nonvegans out of the concept that "anyone can choose to be vegan" and therefore not living vegan is a moral crime, as well as perpetuating racism, classism, and ableism in their ideals.

I have genuinely no opinion on veganism or vegans. At best I find them often empathetic but misguided and not understanding the full picture (or, if they are vegan out of dietary restrictions or needs, that is not relevant to any of this and i would not presume to speak about nor for them).

But I do have a deep and passionate disdain for veganism as an Instagram trend, especially when those who view it as such act as though it is a moral superiority and prerogative, rather than a fad choice which has become commercialized and sought to make large profits on, often at great social and cultural harm to countless indigenous cultures."

now since tumblr apparently loves to support non-american authors, but is surprisingly mum about this, imma tell you.

you see, everybody's favorite evil corp, Amazon, bought Indian publishing house Westland some six years ago. Now Westland is a very famous and reputed publishing house in India, and has put forth some of the best titles the country has seen. It didn't shy away from controversial and uncomfortable topics, and some of its books quite vocally criticise the current government, which has been responsible for the current state of india as a pseudo-democratic, pseudo-secular, economically ruined country, the most notable one being The Price of the Modi years by Aakar Patel. It also produced Amish Tripathi's pathbreaking Shiva Trilogy.

Now here's the thing that got me nuts.

AMAZON. SHUT. IT. DOWN. A WEEK AGO.

JUST OUT OF THE BLUE, IT IS CLOSING DOWN WESTLAND FOREVER. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS TO COME OF THE HUNDREDS OF TITLES PUBLISHED BY IT, OR OF THE AUTHORS ITS CONTRACTED, OR THE PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY IT.

It has triggered a buying surge in India, as people go on shopping spress to get their hands on the titles they want from this house. Short on supply and high on demand, bookstores across India are showing solidarity and moving surplus books around.

here you go with a few links that i think sum up the problem quite nicely, and please guys. just. please support westland.

here they talk about how this is becoming a trend with global corps.

here they talk about the future of indian publishing houses.

this one talks about a bleak future for literature and how it feels like we're living in a dystopian novel

spread this around. jeff bezos continues to be evil, and will be. he is quite literally, irredeemable.

What are y’all doing to support First Nations/Métis/Inuit People now? We’ve worn orange and waved at a truckers convoy, so now it’s time for deeper commitments.

Decolonization is a wonderful thing but it’s deeper than who we buy our products from or acknowledging who’s land we’re really on.

https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/academic-integrity/indigenous-initiatives/icrc/decolonize-minds

The most impactful way that you can help First Nations/Métis/Inuit People is by contacting your government officials and start making demands (after you’ve learned them) on their behalf; email, call, write, etc.

But while you’re still unlearning, you can definitely shift the power dynamic by buying from and supporting Indigenous owned businesses and people.

Donating to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society is a great start…….

https://www.irsss.ca/

Here’s some other options:

Decolonize your body/hair care:

@ sisters_sage on Instagram

@ yukonsoapcompany on Instagram

@ sequoiasoaps on Instagram

@ ojibwaynatural

Chass at Just for your spa (nails) in Vernon

@ syndelthestylist on Instagram

@ ahshibeauty on Instagram

@ cheekbonebeauty on Instagram

@ skwalwenbotanicals on Instagram

@ pradosebeauty on Instagram

@ lofttan on Instagram

@ atribecalledbeauty (blog) on Instagram

@ ravensongsoap on Instagram

@ satyaorganic on Instagram

@ blendedgirl.cosmetics on Instagram

Decolonize your bookshelf:

@ theytus_books on Instagram

@ irondogbooks on Instagram

@ raven_reads on Instagram

@ elaine_alec_writer_speaker on Instagram

@ barelybruisedbookstore on Instagram

@ thunderbirdwomanreads (indigi book blogger) on Instagram

@ goodmindsindigenousbooks on Instagram

@ librairiehannenorak on Instagram

@ strong_nations on Instagram

@ massybooks on Instagram

@ pixielighthorse on Instagram

@ tanyatalaga_author on Instagram

@ childrenslitworld on Instagram

@ bobjoseph.21things on Instagram

Decolonize your map:

https://native-land.ca/

Decolonize your wardrobe:

@ finawear on Instagram

@ scarlettdesigns on Instagram

https://www.orangeshirtday.org/shirts--gifts.html

Shop Indigenous Women's Market! on Facebook

https://nomidesigns.ca/

@ inuk360 on Instagram

@ teekcasbotique on Instagram

@ creenative.designs on Instagram

@ renegaderoseartistry on Instagram

@ juniper skirts on Instagram

@ saphys_beading on Instagram

@ robinwayneejewelry on Instagram

@ beaded.island.creations on Instagram

@ beadworkbyhema on Instagram

@ adecolonizingdaughter on Instagram

@ rainbowmountain_ on Instagram

@ tania.larsson on Instagram

@ powwowstyles on Instagram

@ eliasnotafraid on Instagram

@ huicholamade on Instagram

@ manitobah on Instagram

@ laurengoodday on Instagram

@ hawkmothbeadco on Instagram

@ j.okuma on Instagram

@ piujutit on Instagram

@ ojibweclothingcosmetics on Instagram

@ kokom_scrunchies on Instagram

@ beadworkbyalexa on Instagram

@ moonlightworks on Instagram

@ sahtu.sweetheart.creations on Instagram

@ inutsuapik on Instagram

@ heatherbouchierdesign on Instagram

@ nuutuittuq on Instagram

@ indigimall

@ metiscaron on Instagram

@ byellowtail on Instagram

@ 4kinship on Instagram

@ lisa.beading on Instagram

@ toltecayotlolinca on Instagram

@ coppercanoewoman on Instagram

@ ahlazuafinearts on Instagram

@ outlierleatherco on Instagram

@ crowfootcollective on Instagram

@ fivefeathersstudio on Instagram

@ unorthodoxyukon on Instagram

@ anouapik on Instagram

@ lesley_hampton on Instagram

@ sectionthirtyfive on Instagram

@ ladybeardesigns on Instagram

@ xbevadx on Instagram

@ beadworkbyparnellarae on Instagram

@ suitejsg76 on Instagram

@ coastalbeadcollective on Instagram

@ reecreeations on Instagram

@ mnkonigt on Instagram

@ teparghuq on Instagram

@ maybell.eequay on Instagram

@ catherinebjewellery on Instagram

@ threesistersbyemma on Instagram

@ aylelum on Instagram

@ whitebuffaloasdzaan on Instagram

@ ginew_usa on Instagram

@ tealfawndesigns on Instagram

@ tawhaio7 on Instagram

@ sagepaul on Instagram

@ metisnorth on Instagram

@ yardhardts on Instagram

@ wolfpackapparelca on Instagram

@ neyatsebeads on Instagram

@ beyondbuckskin on Instagram

@ _chloemade_ on Instagram

@ nativenorthwest on Instagram

@ beadworkbytris on Instagram

@ msq867 on Instagram

@ mikisikahtak.creations on Instagram

@ bunchberrybeadwork on Instagram

@ angelademontigny on Instagram

@ mikmaqprinting on Instagram

@ urbannativeera on Instagram

@ totem design house on Instagram

@ sageandsapphirebeading on Instagram

@ kihewandrose on Instagram

@ luna_and_owl on Instagram

@ nanamomma on Instagram

@ eighth_generation on Instagram

@ saplingandflint on Instagram

@ rosericodesigns on Instagram

@ niwrc on Instagram

@ wild.cedar.creations on Instagram

@ robertaanderson.designs on Instagram

@ enb_artisan on Instagram

@ decolonialclothing on Instagram

@ ataumbimetals on Instagram

@ shinliniintaih on Instagram

@ appik.beads on Instagram

@ manidoominens_adizookaan on Instagram

@ ourfeathercc on Instagram

@ dimalinedesigns on Instagram

@ arnait_creations on Instagram

@ oxdxclothing on Instagram

@ treaty6ix on Instagram

@ shenativegoods on Instagram

@ red_lightning_gear on Instagram

@ injunuitydesignstudio on Instagram

@ harvestmoon.designs on Instagram

@ metisgirlbeads on Instagram

@ neechiegear on Instagram

@ shynatives on Instagram

@ trickstercompany on Instagram

@ moonlightworks on Instagram

Decolonize your marketing/business planning:

@ billiechiasson on Instagram

@ alderhill on Instagram

@ brandigenoushq on Instagram

Decolonize your tattooing/piercing:

@ kanahus.tattoos on Instagram

@ kiramurillo on Instagram

@ dionkaszas on Instagram

@ apowhangod on Instagram

Decolonize your home decor/stuff:

@ sl.francis (kisitaqnbasketry) on Instagram

@ colouringitforward on Instagram

@ onecraftymikmaq on Instagram

@ Hannah Malay on Instagram

@ lodgesoycandles on Instagram

@ millsideceramics on Instagram

@ indigibox on Instagram

Decolonize your music:

@ jodiebmusic on Instagram/Spotify

@ snottynoserezkids on Instagram/Spotify

@ drezus on Instagram/Spotify

@ 1stbigboss on Instagram

@ djkookum on Instagram/Spotify

International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards Show on Facebook

@ thehallucination on Instagram/Spotify

@ sillaandrise on Instagram/Spotify

@ riitmusic on Instagram/Spotify

@ tanyatagaq on Instagram/Spotify

@ kayuulanov on Instagram

@ bobbysanchezmusic on Instagram

@ stenjoddi on Instagram/Spotify

@ dakotabearofficial on Instagram

@ xiuhtezcatl on Instagram

@ djshubb on Instagram/Spotify

@ chiefthomasx on Instagram

@ bebe_buckskin on Instagram

@ tanyatagaq on Instagram/Spotify

@ enbruski on Instagram

@ supamanhiphop on Instagram/Spotify

@ indigenoushiphipshow on Instagram

Search “Indigenous” on Spotify

Decolonize where you get your information:

@ indiginews on Instagram

@ aptn_ca

@ ÿubu_teachings on Instagram

@ raven_trust on Instagram

@ pampalmater on Instagram

@ cbcindigenous on Instagram

@ muchachafanzine on Instagram

@ thecrediblemohawk on Instagram

@ gwincommunications on Instagram

@ bmorinstories on Instagram

@ indigenouscultures on Instagram

@ indigenouspeoplesmovement on Instagram

@ indigenousrising on Instagram

@ kukukwes_news on Instagram

@ shei.lawc on Instagram

https://www.syilx.org/

Decolonize your social media/activism:

@ autumn.peltier on Instagram

@ chevirabbit on Instagram

@ ittakesroots on Instagram

@ sacred_mmiwg on Instagram

@ mgoogoo on Instagram

@ idlenomore on Instagram

Idle No More British Columbia on Facebook

@ braided_arrows on Instagram

@ protectbearsears on Instagram

@ jazmasl on Instagram

@ mmiw_canada on Instagram

@ lil.pharroh on Instagram

@ deborahandersoncreative on Instagram

@ gjigaqaquj on Instagram

@ landbackbaddie on Instagram

@ herbraids on Instagram

@ wiisaakodewinini on Instagram

@ patrickisanavajo on Instagram

@ auntie.katigeorgejim on Instagram

@ fairycreekblockade on Instagram

Stop Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Call to Action on Facebook

@ indigenousaction on Instagram

@ smogelgem on Instagram

http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/

ᕒᐅᐨᐠ ᐅᐧᒪᐣ

@ evelyn.m.alec on Instagram

@ findingourpowertogether on Instagram

@ first_light1999 on Instagram

@ protectnativeelders on Instagram

@ prettywildmama on Instagram

@ shenisesigs on Instagram

@ nativeyyc on Instagram

@ killaatencio on Instagram

@ metismadman on Instagram

@ prestomanifest0 on Instagram

@ shayla0h on Instagram

@ wapahkesis on Instagram

@ indigenous_baddie in Instagram

PART 1

i was tagged by @browneyes-and-starryskies which is so awesome!

Rules: We’re snooping your playlist. Shuffle your entire music library from Spotify or whatever you use and list the first ten songs that come up. Then tag ten people.

1.) Weep No More - Arr. David N Childs

2.) Old Maui - The Longest Johns

3.) Mii Channel Theme - 8 Bit Arcade

4.) Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Tom Lehrer

5.) The Only Good Thing About Bad Bob - Tom Rosenthal

6.) Happy - Marina And The Diamonds

7.) My Lady's A Wild, Flying Dove - Tom Paxton

8.) Sing Sorrow - National Gallery Vocal Arts Ensemble

9.) I Will Go Anywhere With You - Julia Nunes

10.) Ophelia - Natalie Merchant

i love these songs, even if some of them are not really "serious" songs. (poisoning pigeons in the park, mii channel theme) and i definitely suggest them, even if youre not a big fan of classical in the cases of weep no more or sing sorrow. theyre all worth a listen

i think ill tag people i know from my side blog @woodwind-goddess

so, im tagging @flutejesus @flute-jesus @flute-saraswati @band-god @tuba-holy-spirit and @tuba-jesus

I’ve seen the Ursula K LeGuin quote about capitalism going around, but to really appreciate it you have to know the context.

The year is 2014. She has been given a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Awards. Neil Gaiman puts it on her neck in front of a crowd of booksellers who bankrolled the event, and it’s time to make a standard “thank you for this award, insert story here, something about diversity, blah blah blah” speech. She starts off doing just that, thanking her friends and fellow authors. All is well.

Then this old lady from Oregon looks her audience of executives dead in the eye, and says “Developing written material to suit sales strategies in order to maximize corporate profit and advertising revenue is not the same thing as responsible book publishing or authorship.”

She rails against the reduction of her art to a commodity produced only for profit. She denounces publishers who overcharge libraries for their products and censor writers in favor of something “more profitable”. She specifically denounces Amazon and its business practices, knowing full well that her audience is filled with Amazon employees. And to cap it off, she warns them: “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.”

Ursula K LeGuin got up in front of an audience of some of the most powerful people in publishing, was expected to give a trite and politically safe argument about literature, and instead told them directly “Your empire will fall. And I will help it along.”