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nymphomatique · 23 days ago

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hello, my loves!

as i’m sure you all know, the elections just passed and needless to say, i’m honestly in a state of shock. some of you might not know this, but i actually am not american, but nonetheless donald trump winning is just horrid and plain disgusting. truly appalling for the state of the entire world.

not even as someone with a relatively large platform, but just as a black and queer woman, i’m so worried for the safety and livelihood of people like me— women, queer, and ethnic minorities. people who’s lives are in danger grossly.

in a time like this, where things like project 2025 are looming as well as multiple attacks on the rights of others, in both north america and places like sudan, congo, haiti, palestine, yemen, and more, i can only encourage you all to stay strong. to fight for each other. to engage in your communities in a time so perilous, as it’s needed now more than ever. volunteer locally, share mutual aid, mobilize, wear a mask (!!), protest, do all you can, because the next few years will be as hard as ever. increased surveillance, increased militia, and increased police presence— they’re doing it all.

my blog is first and foremost meant to be a safe space for all. i don’t tolerate bigots of any kind. homophobia, sexism, xenophobia, zionism, racism, all are hard drawn lines, and i beg of you now to unfollow me and quit engaging with my content otherwise.

below i’ve left some resources for anybody struggling in this moment mentally, and unsure what steps to take next. if any of you ever need to speak to someone, pr share mutual aid requests, please don’t hesitate to send me a private message or ask, i will happily answer you for anything.

as always, i love you all so dearly and deeply. stay strong. stay safe. stay brave.

IMPORTANT LINKS

doctors who will perform sterilization (usa, canada, europe, australia, africa): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d1Djia_WkrVO3S4jKn6odNwQk7pOcpcL4x00FMNekrb7Q/htmlview#

sterilization, contd. (reddit thread, not accessible through app): https://www.reddit.com/r/childfree/comments/1gkv2hw/sterilisation_info_and_faqs/?rdt=39600

contact the white house, encouraging for a recount: https://t.co/T8dOvnMTrq

menstrual resources (twitter thread): https://. x.com/brokencyclespod/status/1854194310675137006?s=46&t=17MU4VpfeXL1DYhQpdcGQQ

finding aid (usa only): https://www.findhelp.org/

find your local food bank (usa only): https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank

legal support for those in need of abortions (twitter thread): https://x.com/latenightsushl/status/1854018807502897262?s=46&t=17MU4VpfeXL1DYhQpdcGQQ

prevention and crisis hotlines for lgbtqia and minority folks (twitter thread): https://x.com/glusong/status/1854214065897304544?s=46&t=17MU4VpfeXL1DYhQpdcGQQ

free masks: http://maskbloc.org

palestine relief: http://gazafunds.com

congo relief: http://congoaction.co.uk

sudan relief: http://salesianmissions.org/lp/relief/

haiti relief: http://actionaid.org.br/noticia/emerge

yemen relief: https://t.co/piYNxI2gWr

*will be updated with more informational links. if you would all prefer this condensed into a master doc i’ll try and compile it all into one.*

#important stuff

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fantasticsandwich · 1 month ago

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Stockholm in Oslo

au/short story from a series I have

tw: suggestive content, implied drugging

You keep running the numbers, re-tallying the sums, but all the signs point to the fact that somehow, you're barely scraping by. Well, more accurately, Kit is. Not you; you don't pay a dime to live here. In this tiny apartment at the heart of Oslo, your days begin atop crumpled sheet in your shared bedroom. The other side of the bed is always cold. The floors are cold on your bare feet, and the halls are arctic maws spitting you out into the kitchen, where an even colder breakfast awaits you in the fridge.

Shoving articles aside, you find a plate balanced atop another. A sticky note attached to the top designates it as 4 AM's omurice. Kit finds cling wrap redundant, so instead of removing a filmy sheet, you set the other plate aside and dig into the meal, too tired to bother to heat it up. What have you done to be so exhausted? Yesterday, you'd completed your household chores early, so your day consisted of channel surfing and intermittent naps, snacking on prepared meals. Even if Kit insists you don't lift a finger, you're ashamed that you can't even bother to wash the dishes most days.

As you sit and spoon cold leftovers into your mouth, your phones pings, alerting you to an email, from someone from another life. Kiko must be doing well these days. From the message's contents, you learn that he has a foundation now, offering aid to underprivileged minds in Haiti. He has contacts across the globe to make their dreams possible in the same way you almost let yours. If only you hadn't fled the States, then Spain...

But it isn't too late for you; he dangles an opportunity like fertilizer, bonemeal to your mincemeat soul. One of his dream-making contacts wants your creative spirit to thaw on a residency where it all began. A summer-long retreat to the wilderness of New York, just you and a handful of peers, if you can still call them that. Maybe if you could, you would've jumped at the chance, but now, the prospect of leaving your new life and return to a fragmented version of the old is obscene.

Can you leave for that long? Survive or thrive? Kit won't be there to make your breakfast. You'll dine on instant meals, peel the cellophane, then wrap leftovers in cling wrap. In your search for something beautiful to paint, you'll trail a bird to your demise.

Your finger hovers over the reply button. Before you can even dream up a draft, your phone pings again, this time, with a message from Kit. He wants you to take inventory of the produce. He'll go shopping on his way back from the office today. Maybe you can ask to join him.

Yawning, you close out of your email. Somewhere, in a corner of your mind, the concept of a draft lingers, waiting to be ensnared by cobwebs. Drawing up the notes app, you inspect the barren pantry and hastily type a list. Before you can permit your tiredness to make you forget, you promptly take a screenshot and send it to him. Bored again, you fish a feathered fan from a cupboard beneath the sink to do some dusting, but there isn't much surface area to clean. In the city center, everything is compact, apartments included. An Ikea bookshelf houses an array of trinkets that gather dust.

Staring at those exotic destinations, you think about going outside, but the winter is far too cold. The room is cold, too. Shuffling to the thermostat, you crank up the heat. Feet padding across the frigid surface of the laminate floor, you venture to your shared bed to swipe the comforter. With it bunched into your arms, you plop onto the couch. When the day began, you'd thought about all the productive things you'd do, but even washing the plates leaves you feeling groggy.

The remote has been consumed by the cushion. When you finally wrangle the device free from its plush depths, you mindlessly flick through channels, all spluttering in a language you haven't even began learning. Still, you see glimpses of the world you're hiding from. Some type of festival is going on downtown. Do you want to go? Before you can decide, you hear the lock turning, the jingling of keys. The door slides open and gently shuts. You hear the sound of shoes being toed off, then the impact as they hit the hardwood floor.

His voice calls out to you, beckoning, "Love? Where are you?"

Summoned from your linen doom, you arise as a gauzy-eyed phoenix. With the blanket draped over you like a shawl, you peel off the couch enough to turn and face Kit. Hefty bags dangle from his arms. Ignoring their weight, he approaches in three quick strides and snaps over at the waist to press a chaste kiss to your lips. Winter frost clings to him faintly, like a prostitute's perfume. With him leaning over the couch, you grip the canvas handle for purchase, fingers tracing each fiber.

He only goes shopping on Fridays. Ever proud to advertise, he only uses bags with your designs. Imprinted with your most recent surrealist portrait of him, this one is fresh from the manufacturer, still stiff and fresh. Your usual vibrant colors are muted and monochromatic. You painted him blue, the same color as the walls and sky. In the city center, there is only sky and its reflection on the window.

A waxy slip of paper juts out from one of the bags. Snatching it, your eyes widen as you scan the list. Only fresh produce and ingredients, your limited Norwegian tells you. Kit has made your household one of ingredients only. If you want a snack, you'll either have to muster the energy to make it from scratch or call upon him and squander his precious free time for your own selfish desires.

"How much are you spending on groceries?"

He quickly snatches the receipt back. "You don't need to worry about that," he pointedly says, crumpling the paper into a ball before tucking it into his pocket.

"But I'm hardly contributing anything to help cover the costs," you lament. Flopping over, you crush your ribs against the couch's bony spine. "I only get a few commissions here and there. I'd make more with a part time job."

You miss feeling like you were doing something with your life. Instead, you've become a glorified maid, and even then, Kit does all the shopping, deals with the paperwork, and prepares the meals most days. Your energy expenditure isn't enough to warrant lunch, so you've never touched the stove. The seasoning rack is coated in a layer of dust. Damned Kit, who has a palette becoming of someone from the British Isles. Your days are blander than his food. Your soul is empty. Simply existing is brutal and unfulfilling. Sure, you're able to pursue your hobbies. Yet while you were never a social butterfly, you sincerely miss interacting with others. You never thought you'd be one of those people, longing for those hazy college days, when you worked three jobs, only to have to take out another loan to pay your remaining fees. In a sick way, you wished you were still stuck juggling it all, barely managing to scrape by.

Unable to find the pit from which these sentiments arose, you'd never tell Kit about these strange beliefs. He works too hard for you to be ungrateful. Instead, you'll pretend to enjoy your bleak days, how the world beyond the window is a perfect, unchanging snow globe. His steady hands will ensure your vision is never clouded. Here, you are safe and protected.

From who? From what? You no longer remember. You resigned your fate and faith to him long ago.

"When you add it all up, I'm sure it covers our groceries," Kit quickly dismisses. His voice tapers as he disappears into the kitchen. You hear rustling bags, then cupboards slamming as he crams the dry groceries into place. You don't like how he organizes the pantry. He stacks boxes as if he's trying to make paper skyscrapers.

Briefly, you envision that drab outcrop as a gleaming skyline. Another diorama. Made from his toil, of course. If you can manage to sneak out of his grasp during the night, you'll reorganize the pantry, reaching your arms into that thin space, fingers brushing the edges, prying into the dark to dredge sense of the chaos.

"Could," you correct as he shuffles into the living room. "You only let me pay if we go out together, and only if it's a place I want to go."

"It's teatime," he says, setting a saucer down on the coffee table. His thigh rubs against yours as he settles onto the couch beside you. He tries to press the porcelain into your grasp, but your fingers skim the side. The heat seeps into your chilled fingers, restoring warmth.

You wrinkle your nose. "Too hot."

"Alright, but drink when it cools. You've been having trouble sleeping."

Your several micro-naps and incessant exhaustion beg to differ, but you don't want to tell the breadwinner about your pitiful qualms. "And you have trouble letting me do things for myself."

"Your money is yours. If you feel bad about it, then just get me flowers. Or keep painting for me. Paint me. You never used to do that."

Who or what else could you paint when he is all you see? He has become the anchor to your ship, your sky and horizon, the bringer of dawn and daylight. You'd go mad without him. You're going mad at his side. He floods your head with sweet, gentle delusions.

"But I want to be useful, too. I could... I could make and sell more art," you offer. Cold and unfeeling, you'll transform into an industrial machine. You need to be useful before you break and are discarded. "Or I'll apply for a residency program. Kiko sent me the information to one, and I'm sure I'll get it if I apply. In the meantime, I could get a part time job bagging at a supermarket or even cleaning—"

"Y/n," Kit sharply says, bringing a hand to rest on your shoulder. His touch is gentle, almost a caress. He slides his hands down to cradle your elbows. In a single, swift motion, he draws you closer until your chest presses against his. You feel his heart beating in tandem with yours. "If this is something you want of your own volition, then by all means, pursue it. But if you're trying to find a reason to leave me, then I simply cannot allow it."

Your voice sounds leagues, lifetimes away, like you're a ship rotting at the ocean floor.

"It'd only be over summer," you say, shivering as his hands clamp over your thighs. "I'll come back to you."

"You have to," he says. "I fought to have you at my side, so don't you know that I'll do anything to keep you here? If money's such a concern, then let's review our budget."

"But..."

What if you're just a burden? What if having you here is ruining his life? Keeping him from being successful? You couldn't even support yourself working two jobs back home. You crashed and burned, and in the fallout, paralyzed your taste for life. Kit is still young and lively. He should be out on a Friday night, not consoling his pathetic girlfriend because you can't cope with your own incompetence.

Fortunately, you don't need to speak. He hears the implications in your implicit silence.

"Y/N, I chose to make you my priority. If that means that I need to pass on things, then I don't care as long as you're taken care of. Missing a few meals here and there won't do any harm, but if I don't have you..." Drawing in a sharp breath, he pins a piercing gaze to you. "To me, that simply isn't an option. You came here, knowing I'd be taking care of you as long as you stayed."

"But did you know I'd be such a mess?"

"Yes. And I still accepted you because I want to love you. Now, you'll just have to keep your end of the deal and let me do just that."

Tears sting the corners of your eyes. Kit has already done so much for you. Removing you from that wench's clutches, rescuing you, sweeping you off to a foreign land where the painful memories of what she did couldn't follow. He is permitting you to be free.

"But..." Blubbering, you wipe at your face, unable to meet his gaze, "how could you still want me? I can't ever repay you for everything you've done for me. I'd still be in a terrible place if it weren't for you. I wouldn't be here without you. That's impossible to repay."

Kit sighs, fingers ghosting across your cheeks to wipe away your tears. Once satisfied, they dance lower and lower, slipping down your sides, eventually intertwining with your frostbitten hands. His smile is innocent, but the thoughts it conjures should be enough to condemn you to hell. You feel an unwelcomed heat flood your face, a gentle lurch in your stomach when his head plops onto your shoulder, hair tickling as teeth rake across your neck. The low rumble of his sultry tone echoes against your collarbone, melodic with your heart as a metronome.

"It isn't about transactions, but if it makes you feel better, I'd be more than glad to show you one way."

His words rouse something fearsome in you, sending a chill down your spine. But you look up and accept that manic gaze, the pleading, linen-clad look. Your eyes are circled by rings of cotton as you caress his cheek.

"I love you."

Pleasantly surprised, Kit momentarily relents control as you kiss him, but not for long. Pressing you down into the cushions, he quickly regains it, looming over you. Your heart thumps furiously in your chest. His eyes bear into yours as his hand crawls beneath your shirt, up your torso.

"Good. Wanna see how badly I need you?"

an: again, unfortunuately not cillian, but I'm a bit out of practice and needed to write something. and although i love writing him, cillian isn't the yan i'm most fond of, so i wrote about kit, a character from my other series. the lore is heavy with this one, so i won't explain it, but i hope that doesn't stop y'all from enjoying it.

#yandere #yandere oc #yandere x darling #yandere x reader #yandere male #pigmo #x reader #reader insert #tw dubcon #suggestive #cw suggestive #cw dubcon

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loserchildhotpants · 9 months ago

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My Notification of the End of the World

Pharmacy: you have (1) prescription ready for refill

Bank: Low Balance Notice

Bank: your unique login code will expire in 30 seconds

[spam call]

Friend: idk why she doesnt invite you, everyone else is always there

Social Media App: 5 bots and 30 morally antithetical strangers have replied to your post

Newsletter: there are fires, floods, starving, suffering people and animals, rampant corruption in establishments of power, and you can do very little to stop it, but there were some great outfits spotted at the Oscar’s!

Email: buy our thing

Pharmacy: you have (1) prescription ready for pick up

News Alert: There are 2 more new active epidemics, and the state you can’t afford to move from is one of the most egregiously sick

Social Media App: lots of people you know are enjoying an event you couldn’t afford to go to, even if you felt safe in such crowded spaces

Bank: Low Balance Notice

Mom: well, I guess I’m just the worst mother in the world…

Email: buy our thing

Dentist: It’s time to schedule your cleaning!

Friend: hey, im having a shit day, can i call?

Email: we noticed you were on our website — why didn’t you buy our thing?

[spam call]

News Alert: several government bodies have rolled back rights and freedoms you have grown up always having access to

Social Media App: 3 people acknowledged your personal post

Friend: i WANT to break up with him, i just don’t know how to

Father: Google it. Just sign the papers

[AMBER alert]

Bank: your unique login code expires in 30 seconds

Pharmacy: you have (2) prescriptions ready for pick up

Husband: do NOT use that card - hold on I’ll call and take care of it in a minute

Animal Clinic: test results are back, please call

Friend: idk why I pay a therapist when I can just call you lol

News Alert: the phone you’re operating is a direct result of the on-going genocide and inhumane cruelty in the Congo

Email: buy our thing

[spam call]

[scam caller]

Social Media App: your friend posted for the first time in six months

Father: well your aunt wants to know how you’re doing so give me a call and let me know how the year went for you

Email: These 5 paid studies rejected you

Bank: Low Balance Notice

Husband: it’s gonna be another late night

Mother: not that you girls care

Sister: I’m just going to ignore it

[Flood Warning]

Psychiatrist: We cancelled the appointment because when we charged the $150 co-pay to your account, it was declined, and all appointments must be paid for in advance

[scam caller]

News Alert: The on-going genocide in Palestine is perhaps the best documented genocide in history, but is still being denied on all major news outlets as it escalates

Email: 200 people enjoyed your passion project, 3 people left you any form of encouragement

University: A prolific criminal that got away with his hate crime very publicly is here to talk about his side of the story in a sympathetic frame, and we encourage the marketplace of ideas, so please come politely tolerate his hate speech

[spam call]

News Alert: the crimes against humanity in the Sudan, Congo, Palestine, Haiti, Papua, Ukraine, Cuba, Yemen and Amhara are getting increasingly brazen, and unless you can spare more money, there’s little you can do to effect real change

Friend: oh, I’m sorry you’re feeling badly - we can talk later

Email: buy our thing

Distant Relative: I just don’t understand why you can’t spend time with your mother

Social Media App: to appease the conservative CEO’s of the companies connected to our ad revenue and relevant mobile banking apps, we will no longer be allowing whatever we loosely define as immoral or distasteful artworks

Friend: I’ll definitely read your thing later!

[scam caller]

Pharmacy: you have (2) prescriptions ready for refill

[High Wind Warning]

Bank: Low Balance Notice

Friend: it was just supposed to be for fun

Husband: No, I’m out of PTO, and I don’t have that high a fever, it’ll be okay

Friend: you need a vacation

Bank: your unique login code expires in 30 seconds

News Alert: New York Times journalist describes how your unhappiness and anxieties are a symptom of serious pathologies, and also entirely your own fault

Me: sorry it took me so long to reply. I had to put my phone down for a little while.

#melanie writes #poetry #melanie’s original writing #my stuff #personal

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arislary · 1 year ago

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I’ve realized I’ve neglected tumblr and have been utilizing other platforms to discuss and spread information on Palestine and how we can support them during an ACTIVE GENOCIDE that many are still refusing to acknowledge.

The BDS Movement has narrowed down organizations to boycott:

Download the app 5 calls and begin calling your local representatives calling for a Ceasefire Resolution. Call every Tuesday and Wednesday.

If you go to ceasefiretoday.com there you will be able to not only sign a petition, but have an email drafted already calling for a ceasefire! I highly recommend adding something to make it personal.

We have to keep talking about Palestine. We can’t stop. From the river to the sea! Palestine will be free!

And as we talk about Palestine, let’s not forget the Congo, Haiti, Tigray, and Sudan. Active genocides have been happening for years and it’s just now really surfacing the mainstream media. To the illegal occupations of Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam. We will see them all free.

#free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #palestine #bds movement #ceasefire

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aliyahwritings · 2 months ago

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౨ৎ ⋆ ｡˚ important:

minors DNI!!! i feel very uncomfortable knowing that minors are reading the shit i write about.

obviously, no racism/homophobia/bullying/transphobia. you will instantly be reported and blocked 'cause i really don't joke about this. so get your ass off my page if you're gonna be hateful and ugly.

about SMUT. i am open to writing most things but incest, fecal related shits, cnc, somnophilia and all that type of shits. i am not into it and i won't be writing it. i put a warning at the beginning of every 18+ content so if you aren't comfy with that, you can scroll :)

about ASKS. i don't even know if i'll have any but if i do; i'll do your prompt if i like it and have inspiration for it. i beg of yall to remember i'm a student and i am very busy so don't get pissed if i don't answer right away. be as descriptive as you can 'cause i am not a mind reader, i won't be able to achieve what you want me to if you don't give me enough to work with + if yall wanna talk about obx or marvel or jjk in the asks i'm completely open to that and would love it fr cause i love yapping :)

about my !READERS! they all have curly hair and i will mostly be writing them as pocs. i just can't see myself writing for non-curly hair people so if any of you have an issue with that... womp womp. CURLY HAIR PEOPLE WE TAKE OVER!!!!!!!!

i'm on this app to joke around so don't take anything i say too seriously + i am open to criticism as long as it's not meant in a bad way + i will mostly be writing female!readers... i'll try to include afab/non-binary!reader but i can't promise that (sorry pretty people).

i stand with Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Haiti, Yemen, Lebanon, etc... and i will be rebloging content related to those topics as they are very important and should be shed light on. i don't want no "i don't support x" or "your posts about x make me uncomfortable" because what makes you uncomfortable for 20 seconds is the every day for those people.

౨ৎ ⋆ ｡˚ tags:

aliyahs works is all works such as imagines, fics, moodboards, blurbs/drabbles, head canons can be found under this tag.

aliyahs misc is random things, yapper me, edits, vids, etc...

#aliyahs misc #rafe cameron #rafe cameron fic #rafe cameron fanfiction #peter parker #peter parker fanfiction #peter parker x reader #obx

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darkmaga-returns · 1 month ago

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By Chuck Baldwin

Chuck Baldwin Live

October 19, 2024

Most of our country’s major media, politicians and government employees, as well as the owners and representatives of Big Business, are not only mute on the subject of America’s broken borders and the invasion of illegal aliens—including violent criminals—into America, but they are also capitalizing on this criminal activity.

My wife and I recently purchased a new refrigerator from Lowes, and it was delivered by two Venezuelans, neither of whom could speak a word of English. They then proceeded to take pictures of our house as they left. There could be no GOOD reason for doing that. Needless to say, that was the last appliance we will ever buy from that company. And this is in our little town in Northwest Montana.

The true nature of the increase in criminal activity (the very fact that illegals are here is illegal) associated with the invasion of illegals into America will be hidden by governments and newsmakers for as long as possible. In the meantime, the U.S. is becoming less and less safe—no matter where we live.

Of course, the jeopardous situation that we are forced to live in is the result of the Biden-Harris administration over the last four years that has—for its own political purposes—shown us Americans that they care absolutely NOTHING about our safety, peace and tranquility.

Just five months before Luis Miguel Calzadilla-Rojas — a Venezuelan migrant and alleged Tren de Aragua gangbanger — was arrested after a shooting outside a probation office in Aurora, Colorado, he was welcomed into the US — thanks to a controversial immigration program launched by the Biden-Harris administration.

Calzadilla-Rojas entered the country using CBP One — an app that is designed to allow asylum seekers a legal pathway to entry into America.

He’s just one of 1.3 million migrants who have come into the country through legal routes created by the Biden-Harris admin in less than two years. [Emphasis added]

The programs were created unilaterally, without Congressional approval or input.

Homeland Security sources tell The Post that there’s almost no vetting involved for most migrants, especially if their home countries — including Venezuela, Haiti and Cuba — refuse to cooperate with American law enforcement.

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buggywiththefolkmagic · 1 year ago

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Saw your book post and I think you've confused a few things...

You seem to mix up Hoodoo and Vodou a lot. They are not the same. Hoodoo is not a closed practice nor religion. It's just fking weird and poser-ish if someone claims it without ever growing up in the culture for it. But many Hoodoo practioners will tell you their practice is not closed. Vodou/Santeria is closed.

Also saying to be careful not to fall into Hoodoo while doing Conjure... you know rootwork is similar across all cultures right? This just feels like a gatekeeping statement and prevents people from really digging into their folkwork by making them constantly worried they're appropriating.

The thing with smudging: you make no mention of which kind of smudging is closed. You just said it generally, which is a bit ridiculous. Burning herbs for the sake of energy and cleansing is not inherently a Native Indigenous practice. Bayabas, or guava leaves, have been used in the Philippines pre-colonialism. Frankenincense in Europe and Old Christianity. Ti Leaves in Hawaii. Rose in Ancient Rome, and Blue Lotus in Ancient Egypt. As a latina, and as half of one myself🇨🇺, we both know our people love to use incense at altars. SAGE, particularly white sage, is where the line is drawn. Same with palo santo. I agree with your points, but I think you need to be specific if you're being critical.

Much love from 🇵🇭✨️

Hello there anon! I see you sent another ask apologizing for assuming I was Latina, and you're quite forgiven! I am as they say white as white can be.

As a white person I went to an American BIPOC friend of mine in order to answer all of this as honestly as I possibly could. Hoodoo by means of origin IS a closed practice. It's roots come from Ghana and was created in America as a very specific response to slavery. Both Hoodoo and Vodu are tribal/family based, and both require a initiation of sorts through community in order to practice them. Vodu's roots are in Haiti, and through community, enslavement, and initiation needed through the "family" as some groups of Vodu practioners call themselves, are required therefore it is also closed. I shall include some links below to help with the distinction of Hoodoo and Vodu and why they are both closed practices/religions. Hoodoo could be considered a religion in Louisiana specifically due to it's usage there and sometimes it's blending with Vodu. https://medium.com/@empressnaima/my-hoodoo-initiation-5086e375e378 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_(spirituality) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/magic-matters/2021/11/10 https://brizomagazine.com/2020/06/15/the-appropriation-of-magic-how-white-people-demonised-voodoo/ Now that I've cleared up through BIPOC voices/history/links on why Hoodoo is in fact closed...let me address the specific comment of

"You know rootwork is similar across all cultures right? This just feels like a gatekeeping statement and prevents people from really digging into their folkwork by making them constantly worried they're appropriating." Rootwork in of itself is a Hoodoo term iirc, but I may be wrong on that front. As for worrying about appropriation...white people SHOULD BE worried about appropriating. Hell currently in America we still through simply social climate and judicial systems are failing our BIPOC/Indigenous communities.

As a folk worker who has some herbalism that stems from Cherokee and Creek peoples I am so beyond careful to make sure my practice is not appropriating from them. White people demolished them, slaughtered them, and took away their homes and sacred spaces, hell, we stole and demolished their LANGUAGE. And you're telling me I don't need to worry about taking anything else from them? The best option is to contact the people you believe is being appropriated from and just...asking them. Wild concept I know. Make friends that are not from your station! Send emails and letters to community leaders in these appropriated cultures in an honest and respectful way to see if what you're studying is appropriated. A good example of this was I found recently an ancestor of mine worked closely with what she called "Grandmama Spider". Grandmother Spider is a Cherokee creation deity. Referencing the above horrors and terrors us white folk did and are still doing to the Cherokee people...I will not be following in her footsteps. Individuals like Cat/Catherin Yronwode has perpetrated that Hoodoo is open, and has caused catastrophic issues with her large standing in the American Folk Magic world. A link to an open letter about Cat Yronwode and her severe appropriation/dismissal of the real history of New Orleans Voodoo being "fake" and "not a slave based religion" is here: https://conjureart.blogspot.com/2013/10/open-letter-to-cat-yronwode-and-lucky.html I don't want to pick on any specific religions/groups of people but all you have to do is read through ONE "witchcraft for beginners" book written in America or England and find at least two stolen items from Indigenous Americans AND the BIPOC/Black community. It's THAT common. Totems and Spirit Animals? Not entirely Indigenous but the ones these authors are teaching about ARE. The same goes for the word smudging, when I mention a book has smudging in it I am talking about white sage. White Americans love to use their white sage with an illegal owl feather and a shell to hold their bundle of sage in. The word smudging in of itself comes from the 15th to 16th century Germanic language and was actually talking about using smoke to rid a home or building of insect infestations. The word we SHOULD be using for cleansing with smoke should simply be...smoke cleansing. It avoids the person reading from having to guess if it's appropriated or not.

Having said all of that I guess all of this boils down to one thing: Listen to the voices of the cultures first. If they say something's appropriated? Stop. If they say it's closed? Stop. I have no authority on anything at all, but if I can speak up just once and give others a platform to say, "Hey this is kinda fucked up" I will. It's the least I as a white person can do.

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Half a million Cubans, Haitian, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans were welcomed by President Joe Biden using a legal tool known as humanitarian parole, granted for seven decades by Republican and Democratic administrations to people unable to use standard immigration routes because of time pressure or their government’s poor relations with the U.S.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: "Subroutine" and Archive of Our Own

Subroutine and all its related stories are no longer available on Archive of Our Own. I will not passively or actively support the website's Zionist leanings on top of denying the active genocide (by calling those declarations an "antisemitic trope") going on in occupied Palestine.

I'd say that was a tough choice, but honestly?

I'm glad to be away from that cesspool.

I urge anyone to withhold monetary or publication support from the OTW/AO3. Name and shame them, because they've already done a bang up job of suppressing their actions, and uncritical AO3 supporters are complicit in helping them do that.

Remember to:

Listen to and amplify the voices of Palestinians on the ground (wizard_bisan1, motaz_azaiza, ismail.jood) or in the diaspora (iamsbeih, anat_international, byplestia).

Read about the history and culture of Palestine.

Support LGBT+ Palestinian voices pushing against US and Zionist peddling of Pinkwashing, Islamophobia, and anti-Arab stereotypes (of pre/post-9/11 xenophobia that allowed them to invade the Middle East and destroy millions of lives)

Boycott, Divest, and Sanction all parties and actors (lit., actors) involved with the genocide of Palestine, it's people, land, history, and culture. Yes, that means local, non-profits, or non-corps offering sympathy or monetary support of the Zionist movement and all forms of military or government bodies here in the states or abroad.

Do your research: visit the Palestine Archive, Palestine Academy, Decolonize Palestine.

Support organizations like Jewish Voices For Peace and Students for Justice for Palestine.

Call your representatives and demand they vote no on the numerous anti-Arab/Palestine bills or resolutions Zionist organizations such as the ADL and AIPAC are trying to push through. Keep calling them, make yourself a nuisance to these people.

Look into projects like Open Secrets, Olive Grove, Vote Socialist 2024, and in general, become more involved in your community and general elections. Look into what unions like United Auto Workers (UAW) and [Iowa City] Starbucks Workers United (SWU) are doing with regards to Palestine.

Look into supporting Unions working toward a General Strike.

Support anti-Zionist Jewish voices (sexualityscholar). They're gonna be your best source on why you shouldn't support a white nationalist movement that's, in part, responsible for the spikes in Islamophobia and antisemitism across the world.

Support Pro-Palestine content creators (realgodivagoddess, jupiterbaal, blacademics) trying to raise awareness about the genocide going on right now, but avoid grifters like Shaun King (aka, Talcum X/Yasser Arafraud).

Support news publications like Aljazeera or Jewish Currents who are covering the ongoing genocide and pushing back against disinformation and misinformation peddled by ADL and AIPAC.

Avoid Zionist websites like Facts for Peace and Jewbelong (dot org). - Honestly, start using adblockers to avoid being blasted by Zionist ads on YouTube, and etc.

Download the No Thanks app, and use bdnaash to avoid Pro-Zionist brands.

Be wary of/avoid Washington Post/Times, LA Times, BBC, Sky News, the Guardian, ABC News, WBAL CH11, JZ13, CNN, Fox News (srsly), or any other legacy news org. They are actively aiding in the misinformation and disinformation campaign against the Palestinians, and have fired news anchors or journalists questioning the Zionist agenda.

Watch Israelism, Tantura, and Palestinian cinema/films (GQME, PC).

Read the Goldstone Report, IMEU article on broken ceasefires, amnesty internationals report of illegal settlements in Palestine

Look into ongoing genocides or destabilization efforts in Haiti (bertrhude, flowerboyserge), Sudan (bsonblast), Lebanon (meriam awada), Syria (AJ), the Democratic Republic of Congo (sincerelysparrow), Yemen (AJ), etc., going across the Global South. Look at who the common actors are, who benefits from this chaos.

Archive and save all information about this current genocide and cultural history of Palestine. Because they will be trying to rewrite the story, and are doing it as we speak.

There are some just a few of the things you can do to support Palestine and support your own liberation from systems that have brought most of to the brink of poverty, zero job security, lack of proper healthcare, the destruction of our education system, erosion of free speech, and houselessness.

Happy New Year.

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