Where Are All Of The Other Bigenders I’m So Lonely :’(

I haven’t yet seen a tumblr post with these resources so I am making my own and hoping it shows up in the tags. I ASK EVERYONE WHO SEES THIS TO PLEASE REBLOG THIS.

THE INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT (ICWA) IS UNDER ATTACK. AND WE NEED HELP TO PROTECT IT USING THE RESOURCES BELOW.

I am not going to go into heavy detail on the bill, on its history, anything like that, the resources have a lot of information, but as a little bit of background:

It is a bill passed that forbids Native children from being adopted by non-Native families. This is for a good fucking reason, there have been historically large scoops of children taken from their Native families, at a much higher rate than white children (see the 60s scoop in Canada). These children are often abused in these homes, and their entire culture is taken from them (many end up not even knowing what tribe/nation they came from), hence the point of why they were taken in the first place (forced assimilation). Now, this does still happen through the foster care system, but this has protected in the case of adoption. It makes it that only Native families can adopt Native children.

White people hate this and have been smearing it for years (think of the whole Lexi Choctaw/Alexandria P. situation, which was so fucked how they used that little girl). Now, the state governments of Texas, Louisiana, and Indiana have taken it to the Supreme Court to be ruled unconstitutional. This case is called Haaland v. Brackeen. Because white people … really want to steal Native children. This is being heard by the court, oral arguments start WEDNESDAY. ICWA could be overturned in the matter of weeks or even days.

PLEASE USE ALL OF THESE TO PROTECT ICWA:

Petition that will involve you sending messages to your Congressional leaders through their text automated system, only available to those in the US (BUT NOTE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A CITIZEN, OR ELIGIBLE TO VOTE TO SIGN, JUST NEED TO BE IN THE US):

https://resist.bot/petitions/PCCPGW 

Petition to send a message to President Biden and leaders at the Department of Justice, this does have a place to put in your country so seems like it may be available for those outside of the US but I am unsure (consider also donating to the Lakota People’s Law Project if you are able to):

https://action.lakotalaw.org/action/protect-icwa

Petition to be sent to the Attorney General and Secretary of the Department of the Interior, since it is through change.org it likely can be signed from outside of the US:

https://www.change.org/p/protect-the-indian-child-welfare-act

PLEASE SIGN AS MANY AS YOU ARE ABLE TO. PLEASE REBLOG IF YOU SEE THIS. PLEASE HELP US PROTECT ICWA.

fuck u bitch

uhh I have a question

so I’ve been thinking about also using xe/xir pronouns but idk if neurotypical people are allowed to use neopronouns. please help me!

now that trump has tiktok, twitter, facebook and insta in his pocket, get ready for a massive wave of internet censorship. one of trump's greatest weapons has always been misinformation; it's going to become harder and harder to spread facts and criticism going forward. posts that aren't made invisible will be magically ignored by the algorithm. dissidents will have their accounts deleted and voices erased.

this is a suppression tactic. this is another stage of fascism.

Soooo this is my first official post! I am a HUGE fan of the bromance between these two and so I drew BBH as a butler and Skeppy as a maid! I really hope you guys enjoy this art! There is much more to come on this account!

Able bodied parents I'm begging you to teach your kids about disabled people. Not just because they could become disabled themselves one day but also because even if they don't, they have a very real chance of being rude to us if you don't teach them.

Yes, kids just say shit. They have no filter. That doesn't make it any less humiliating when your child sits near me on the bus and incessantly grills me on why I have a stick when I'm not old. Or laughs at us for things our disability causes. It doesn't take away the hurt when they bully a disabled classmate. For a large part these things could be avoided if you just taught your kids to respect us. It's really not that hard.

Skephalo Week Day 1: Knives

TW// knives

Sooo I'm late...lol. Sorry about that and the fact that I chose the more triggering one. I just remembered how Bad can use throwing knives so I thought I'd make that little reference heh. Anyways, enjoy the art!

Tl;dr: A Canadian company is planning on a project in Africa that will take up 1/6 of the world's remaining carbon budget. This is an issue of neocolonialism and environmental racism.

[Image description: Infographic slideshow from Fridays For Future.

1: Recon Africa: Stop drilling in the Kavango Basin, a project that will take up one sixth of the world’s remaining carbon budget.

Global Day of Action: June 4th

#SaveOkavangoDelta #KavangoAlive

2: Reconnaissance Africa (ReconAfrica) is a Canadian-registered oil and gas company which has begun drilling for oil in the Kavango Basin, located and Northeast Namibia and Northwest Botswana.

Their license areas cover a total of 34,325 square kilometers (8.5 million acres).

Including parts of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin (traverses through Angola, Botswana, and Namibia) and along the Okavango River, which feeds into the Okavango Delta.

3: The Okavango Delta is a large inland delta located in Botswana and is a world-renowned hotspot of biodiversity.

It is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a Wetland of International Importance by the The Ramsar Convention.

It is home to many endangered species, including the African wild dog and the last remaining population of African savanna elephants.

4: ReconAfrica's license areas are home to around 200,000 people.

The company has failed to properly inform and consult with the local people and receive the free, prior and informed consent of the Indigneous San communities.

Several local inhabitants have stated that they were not consulted or even informed that drilling would be taking place.

The few consultations that have occurred happened too late in the process, and were inaccessible to many members of the community.

5: Based on ReconAfrica’s own projections of 120 billion barrels of oil equivalent, a carbon gigabomb of up to 51.6 Gigatonnes of CO2 will be emitted.

The equivalent of one sixth of the world's remaining carbon budget.

6: Activists across the world are calling out and pressurizing Recon Africa along with the Canadian government to stop this catastrophic project.

This is a classic example of neocolonialism, corporate ecocide, environmental racism, and the abuse of power for profit yet again from countries in the Global North. This must be stopped!

Stand in solidarity with frontline activists and take action!

7: Calls to Action:

Check out the toolkit at: bit.ly/SaveOkavangoDelta

Register for the action calls on June 4th:

5 AM GMT: bit.ly/SOD-ActionCall

6 PM GMT: bit.ly/SOD-ActionCall2

Registration for artbuild by @climatestrikecanada on June 3rd at 10 PM GMT: bit.ly/KavangoAlive_ArtBuild

Organize or attend covid-safe in-person actions at Canadian embassies and/or ReconAfrica in your country.

Participate in the Digital Protest by posting/sending over your picture to @fff.digital

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Note: Social media handles refer to Instagram

Please spread this!

Again, you can help by going to bit.ly/SaveOkavangoDelta.

I don't have anyone to tag but I'll do it anyways lol

Relationship Status: lonely asf (gonna try to date in college)

Favorite Colors: pink, black, light blue

Song in my Head: i have a lot of stuff stuck in my head i'm ngl, but I do like Kickback (CSM op)

Favorite Food: i don't think I have one, i like a lot of food but i also don't like a lot of food lmfao-

Last song Played: "I Know" - Kanii (PR1SVX Edit)

Dream Trip: Japan!

Last thing I Googled: origins of Dark Brandon lmfao

if this somehow reaches one of my followers feel free to reblog or not :) /gen

Thanks for the tag @spiced-wine-fic!

Rules: Tag 10 or more people you want to get to know better

Relationship status: the Silmarillion. the rock operas.

Favourite colour: it's a tie between blue, purple and turquoise, and it has been a tie for many years

Song stuck in your head: Now and for Always, from the LotR musical

Favourite food: a homemade traditional pasta-like dish (it's local and very specific, hard to explain)

Last song played: Lothlorien, from the LotR musical

Dream trip: to Beleriand to New Zealand, to see the locations of the LotR movies

Last thing I googled: the weather

Tagging @curiouselleth, @violecov, @solarcola, @general-illyrin, @emeraldskulblaka, @tvoyakrisa, @curufan, @quixoticanarchy, @dreamingthroughthenoise, @totally-not-one-of-the-fae

Skephalo Week Day 7: Flying

god damn it, I'm late aGAIN- (and I missed like two days in a row oops-)

anyways, I decided to go with the fluff one for today! the bloodvines makes me kind of emotional and I don't like letting that out much heh-

anyways, please enjoy the art! love you all!! <3 <3