haven’t been on here in forever, just came to say I’ll probably delete this app and not come back. I had a lot of hope when I started this blog and over a decade later my life is worse than I could have imagined. I’m not in danger, for anyone who’s actually reading this, but I’m really starting to believe I’ll never be happy again. I wish I didn’t let it all get away from me. thank you to anyone and everyone who followed me and treated me like a friend. stay in school and hold onto the people you love or you’ll lose them forever 💗

Truth vs. Twilight

vaenire:

painted-starlight:

curiouschiroptera:

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In collaboration with the Quileute Tribe, this site seeks to inform Twilight fans, parents, teachers, and others about the real Quileute culture, which indeed has a wolf origin story, a historic relationship with the wolf as demonstrated in songs, stories, and various art forms, as well as a modern, multi-dimensional community with a sophisticated governance system. We also hope to offer a counter narrative to The Twilight Saga’s stereotypical representations of race, class, and gender, and offer resources for a more meaningful understanding of Native American life and cultures.

More from this website: 

Misconceptions and Appropriations from Twilight: Their community gets fucking NOTHING from the Twilight Franchise, despite Stephenie Meyer using their name to abandon as one of the major plot points.

Racial and Class Stereotypes in Twilight: How Stephenie Meyer reinforces racist and classcist dynamics in her stereotypical depictions

Cultural Theft in Twilight: Wherein a white woman profits from a Native American community and STILL can’t be bothered to do basic research. 

Happy Thanksgiving! Help the Quileute Tribe move their tribal school to higher ground!

antifaspiderman:

antifaspiderman:

food sovereignty >>>>> absolute veganism for everyone

im not kidding when i say it makes your life 1000x easier when it comes to this subject if you just abandon the vegan vs antivegan dichotomy entirely and invest in learning about food sovereignty

for those who have never heard about it: “Food sovereignty, a term coined by members of Via Campesina in 1996, asserts that the people who produce, distribute, and consume food should control the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution, rather than the corporations and market institutions that have come to dominate the global food system. It also encompasses the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. The phrase "culturally appropriate” signifies that the food that is available and accessible for the population should fit with the cultural background of the people consuming it.“

food sovereignty is inclusive of both vegan diets and those who cannot go vegan whether it’s because of chronic illness, sustenance needs or anything else

it also addresses the economic root cause of animal and land exploitation, ie who controls the means of production and whether their goals are to feed the people or expand profit margins

food sovereignty is an indigenous and peasent led movement that seeks to end the abuse of land and animals by empowering the workers who grow and harvest our food instead of greedy corporations

i highly suggest checking out via campesina’s website to start learning about food sovereignty and i encourage everyone to stop investing so much time in endless arguments about veganism when we could all be doing much more useful things to organize against the big agribusiness that is harming all of us– humans, animals and the land

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my favorite thing about this filter is that it works on me AND my Sukiyaki Western Django shirt 🥺