#'if you look at any piece of popular media you can probably find something somebody'll get offended by' YES but like
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remind me never to try talking to my white mom about indigenous issues again. oh my god
#aND SHE WAS THE ONE TO ASK WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THERAPY#like if you're just going to shut down me talking about something vitally important to me why did you even ask#like i was going down the whole list of just horrifying things and then god forbid i mention#like 'hey it's just all a lot especially considering the shoddy representation i got growing up like peter pan and pocahantas'#she then proceeds to DEFEND like 'oh they probably didnt know they probably werent educated like now'#'if you look at any piece of popular media you can probably find something somebody'll get offended by' YES but like#why are you fucking blaming the people for being hurt by bullshit??? instead of calling out popular media on its bullshit???#like d*sney knew EXACTLY what it was doing tf#and then i even START explaining the problems with that fucking pocahantas movie and she shuts me down like-#'it doesn't affect you' IT LITERALLY DOES#then she goes on about my 'obsessive personality' like. ?!!!!#not sure if you're talking about my having adhd or actually caring about important issues but HELLO?!#idk. but i just.. come on now#i'd talk about this with my dad because at least he's also native and hopefully maybe at least understands these issues#but also idk how he'd be about certain facets of it..#lmao i literally just had therapy this morning and already have a whole session's worth for next week
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