[primadonna-grrrl]

fyi non-natives wearing moccasins isnt cultural appropriation but if you want moccasins you should definitely be buying them from natives. otherwise youre creating profit for the white people who were/are trying to exterminate us.

[feministwomenofcolor]

I was told this by a Native American guy I went to school with so now I do that. I’d rather put money back where it belongs. This resonates deeply with me as a black woman who tries to support Black and Non White individuals. - K

[rifa]

!!! Please this thing, don’t buy crappy moccasin rip off shoes from chains, please make sure you buy authentic ones made by us!! Also stop wearing them in the fucking rain and ruining them goddamnit

[roseburger]

also the ones made by first nations are always way better anyway????? there’s this woman named Sunshine Tenasco-Brazeau in eastern canada that makes them for babies and they’ve been known to sell like crazy because they’re amazing. You can get them here and she employs tons of other first nations women and it’s a great little native-owned company. 

[dedalvs]

Reblogging this for the links in the last comment. It’s really cool to raise awareness, but it’s even cooler with something like this to provide links to places where you can actually buy the goods in question!

[kazoomusic]

Beyond Buckskin has a whole list of native online retailers, so you can get your fix and feel good about where you’re sending your money!

[elegantblonde]

I want a Gothic squad, roaming around dark castles by candlelight, sultry makeup, silk and lace gowns, literature for days, where a constant and ominous fog clings to the grounds

[probably-a-velociraptor]

Friendly reminder to eat breakfast, take your meds, and vote!

Before you say “look at that asshole wearing sunglasses inside” consider:

[cutetastrophy]

•They have an eye deformation they do not wish to show

•They have snow vision and literally cannot see in bright light conditions

•They are blind or partially blind

•They get migraines and could throw up or pass out from the fluorescent lights

•Don’t be an asshole

[autisticliving]

· That they have sensory processing issues that makes bright lights uncomfortable or painful and therefor could make them unable to focus and function.

[theconcealedweapon]

• They don’t want to be judged by their eye contact or facial expressions.
  
• They just like wearing sunglasses inside. It’s none of your business why.

[blu-yolky]

Fair ‘nuff.

[elbiotipo]

there are like… a LOT of tiny insects that only eat plant sap, and sometimes from a SINGLE plant species… and they are often tiny aphids, beetles, wasps, flies… Ecology is a thing of scale… we see vast forests and landscapes… but every single tree can be an island, a continent full of different species of these insects just roaming around, having their little invisible insect lives, and even inside them there are little communities of bacteria and microbes that provide them with essential nutrients, and there’s just no end to life and where it can be found, and if you don’t think that’s the tightest shit get out of my face

[johnnyghoul]

No offense but can ya’ll like also normalize trans guys that DON’T bind.  Like there’s guys who don’t want to, choose not to because of the risks, and guys who CAN’T because of medical reasons.  Not every Trans dude is wearing a binder 24/7 and some don’t ever. 

[alovelyrebecky]

Titties out is a gender neutral look.

[smallest-feeblest-boggart]

Titties out is a gender neutral look.

[biggest-gaudiest-fish]

TITTIES OUT IS A GENDER NEUTRAL LOOK.

[biggest-gummiest-fish]

TITTIES OUT IS A GENDER NEUTRAL LOOK.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

TITTIES OUT IS A GENDER NEUTRAL LOOK AND ALSO MY FAVORITE CLEO-I-DON’T-GIVE-A-SHIT-PATRA PORTRAYAL

[theconfusedshitshow]

I’m a nb person (maybe even a dude? idk i’m constantly trying to figure that shit out) and i have chest dysphoria, so personally i can’t do tits out, but HELL YEAH TITS OUT IS A GENDER NEUTRAL LOOK FOR ANYONE THAT’S COMFORTABLE W IT

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

TIDDIES OUT IF YOU WANT THEM OUT IS A GENDER NEUTRAL LOOK

[mentalgator]

TITS OUT IF YOU WANT THEM OUT IS A GENDER NEUTRAL LOOK

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

👏TIDDIES 👏 OUT 👏 IF YOU WANT 👏 THEM OUT 👏 IS A 👏 GENDER 👏 NEUTRAL 👏 LOOK

Art Ref Source

So full disclosure I started working for Ricki’s a while ago. It’s a canadian womens clothing store with clothing from size 0-18. They dont segregate their plus size clothing, whoch I thought was pretty cool when I started working there. I’m supposed to be knowledgeable about our online stock and promotions in addition to in-store so I follow them on instagram and facebook.

Well today I was looking through my insta and I realized their pictures would be really good for art references!! They even share photos taken by their staff and fans, so you might get ones with backgrounds or multiple people that have different body types and skintones.

These are some of their proffessionally taken photos:

So it’s @rickisfashion on instagram if you want to screenshot some pics for drawing like I did :)

[d1rtypaws]

Me: I love being out at night, I’m not scared of the dark!

tree: *exists, looking very vaguely like a person*

Me:

Howl has Borderline Personality Disorder and Sophie is his FP 2k18

[naturewitchpagan]

Why gypsy is considered a slur

There’s an (in)famous post that is going around explaining why the word “gypsy” is a slur. It has a lot of profanity in it, and some people don’t like that. So, with that in mind, this is a post that explains WHY it’s a slur, but less profanity (I’m NOT knocking cursing by any means, but some people would like to pass it around without as much profanity in it).

Also ,please note, I DO have Romani/Rroma in my blood, so these are actually my ancestors we’re talking about.

Alright, so way-back-when,there was a group of people (aka “gypsies”, I will use the word traveler) who migrated from India (and geographically close) to Eastern Europe. This group was the Roma/Romani people.

Some Europeans who came in contact with them, thought they were from Egypt, hence the term “Gypsy” (Egypt). This was also around the time when the camera first became “mobile” (aka it could much more easily be carried from location to location). The people who were featured in “foreign photographs” were people of different cultures, across all cultures (India, Japan, China, Indonesia, etc.) in South Asia and East Asia who were often forced into very uncomfortable and/or offensive photographs, for the sake of being photographed for what the PHOTOGRAPHERS (NOT the natives) viewed as “beautiful” or “sexy”.

The Roma/Romani people were NOT nomadic (traveled from place to place) by choice. Due to government persecution (effectively making it illegal to hire Roma/Romani), they were forced to travel light and only “settle” for a small amount of time, before the local time villagers forced them out.

Sadly, this is STILL going on in Europe. Here’s some examples of what’s going on (espicially eastern Europe):

• “Forced sterilization (yes, it is still happening)
• Eviction
• Harassment (by law enforcement as well as civilians)
• Fingerprinting (this is happening in Italy right now – all Romani people are being fingerprinted, simply because our race is considered ‘criminal’)
• Concentration camps
• Starvation
• Exclusion from public schools and welfare programs
• Bombings (it is not uncommon in places like the Czech Republic for people to throw molotov cocktails into the windows of Romani homes)”
• There’s been a recent string (2017) of many Roma camps being attacked and Roma people murdered in Ukraine with NO justice being served

The “gypsy costumes” you might see in Halloween stores are made from the gross (as in large) romanticization from the photographers who traveled the lands and forced the people into uncomfortable positions and clothing. 

Some Roma/Romani people have attempted to “reclaim” the word “gypsy”, but many in the community still are very hurt by the phrase. It is a harsh ethnic slur by most people in the community (it’s on-par with the “n word” from the POC community). Different Roma tribes havent been exposed to the negativity of the use of the word gypsy, BUT THIS DOES NOT MAKE IT OK TO USE THE WORD.

There are a few documentaries (as well as clips from documentaries) floating around YouTube that shows the hardships contemporary Roma/Romani individuals go through (it’s hard to watch,warning).

Saying you’ve been “gypped” is also hurtful, because it comes from the term “gypsy”, which as explained above, NOT ok. The Roma/Romani people were FORCED to be scam artists/thieves/”rip offs”/etc. BECAUSE of government persecution.Razzle dazzle the average Jane/Joe with some “mystic” bullshit (fortune telling, palm reading, crystal balls, etc.), tell them what they want to hear, and it’s a quick buck because the government will NOT let you work anywhere. It is NOT the “dream life”.

Honestly, the Neopagan and some witchcraft communities need to quit the “Gypsy Witch” bullshit, because it’s equivalent tosaying “Nxxxxr witch”, which is NOT ok in ANY sense.

The reason why so many Americans are ignorant to this, is because we don’t have a large population of Roma/Romani here, nor does America share the same history as Europe does with the Roma/Romani. 

If you do NOT have Roma/Romani in your background, it really isn’t up to you to decide whether or not a word is “ok” for you to use. It would be like an Asian attempting to use phrase “wetback” (common slur for Mexico and geographically near it) for themselves.