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my anthropology textbook really talks about neurodivergent people (specifically autistic and schizophrenic people) like they're sea lions or some other distant creature that definitely won't be reading that textbook
#ableism#sanism#anthropology#nanda and warms#culture counts#is there a fandom tag for an anthropology textbook#probably not lmao
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(common superstitions from the perspective of a USAmerican- would love to hear superstitions from other regions and cultures!)
(follow the most often when the situation arises, or believe in the strongest)
#(i doubt any of these actually *originate* in the US i just mean what we have commonly culturally adopted)#not counting blessing a sneeze cause that would for sure win i think#poll#polls#tumblr poll#tumblr polls#superstitions#psychology#sociology
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you all need to be my minions i think it’d be wonderful if we made hope posting a trend on tumblr
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i’m sorry but Percy being the token white boy of camp half blood will forever be hilarious to ME
#CAN YOU HEAR ME CACKLING???#TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY FACE#CANT STOP LAUGHING#HAHAHAHA#Hes pulling up pictures of Uma and Ariel to prove hes got some culture#italian nico counts too ig#percy jackson#pjo#percy jackon and the olympians#percy jackson the lightning thief#pjo tv#percy series#annabeth chase#pjo tv show#walker scobell#percabeth#the seven#heroes of olympus#thalia grace#grover underwood#luke castellan#jason grace#nico diangelo#hazel levesque#frank zhang#piper mclean#leo valdez
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ok so my friend keeps calling me a twink no matter how many times i correct them by saying hey im not really hairless or thin? there are so many other terms to use????? and it definitely feels like its bc im a trans man who acts/looks feminine sometimes... like girl no have u seen my pits n tits ?
STOP CALLING TRANS MEN TWINKS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE TRANS CHALLENGE!!!!
#trans things#trans man#trans#girl learn queer culture!!#queer culture#twink????#WHERE?????#transmisandry#does this count???#it does to me#transandrophobia
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it's kind of baffling to me that entire sub-groups of queer folks endured a decade of being singled out and targeted for being asexual, aromantic, bisexual, pansexual, nonbinary, polyamorous, etc. and i have yet to see any substantial apologies from people who were directly responsible for causing genuine harm. i find it completely bizarre that there are so many people who want to sweep their past contributions to widespread lateral aggression toward specific queer groups under the rug like it didn't happen so they can wash their hands of it... there are people who are irreversibly traumatized because of this. there are people who took their lives because of it.
i'm wording the post like despite the fact that exclusionism targeting these groups (and more) continues to persist partly because it was a really frighteningly common trend to harass people just because they were ace, aro, bi, pan, nonbinary, poly, etc... and it's crazy to me that many of the people who were affected by this massive multi-pronged public online bullying campaign against the 'unacceptable types of queers' are the ones still receiving messages like "my url got put on an aphobe blocklist in 2016 because apparently a post i made making fun of asexuals got some teenage asexuals harassed and i still distrust asexuals to this day because of that" ...are you fucking kidding me?
we will never achieve any kind of unity as a queer community while we are insisting upon ignoring the hurt that lateral aggression has caused, and acting like the burden lies on the shoulders of the people who were harmed to forgive the people who harmed them and 'just move on', many of whom are not sorry for what they did! or they don't consider what they did to be wrong! how is that not deeply disturbing and troubling to more of you?
03/06/2024 edit: i’m putting a complete moratorium on this post because i am really sick and tired of having my point not only completely misconstrued and distorted entirely but also weaponized against transfems (particularly in replies i have decided to delete about how “ugh yes, exclusionism, and now transfems are bullying transmascs”) i find that really sickening and i’m demanding that it stop, and i can make it stop by turning off reblogs. so i have.
my objective in writing this post was never to request an apology from people who have been laterally-aggressive exclusionists in the past. i don’t think we’ll ever get more than a handful of apologies from those people, anyway. my point was that it was pretty terrifying to witness and experience a lot of lateral aggression that transferred from the real, in-person world to the deeply online spaces back into the real, in-person world in a really fucked up feedback loop and being a young queer person during this time and having that shape me, snd shape the experiences of my queer friends who have been traumatized by it.
however, it is absolutely unacceptable to me that the issue of transmisogyny is so blatantly overlooked by our entire community. for decades, transfems have experienced oppression and exclusion from transmisogyny-exempt women and queers. their exclusion from political queer liberation movements has caused many of the major schisms within our community we are still having arguments about to this day. if you want collective queer liberation, you must uplift transfems. there is no other option. you don’t get to write off all transfems just because one person who happened to be transfem was mean to you online or something.
i have answered and responded to way too many conspiracy-brained transmisogynist reactionaries to allow this post to keep fucking snowballing with people writing paragraphs in the tags about “transmisandry” or “transandrophobia.” please get your heads out of your asses.
this absolutely is the transmisogyny website, as always, and the place where all basic textual comprehension skills go to die, apparently.
#and we wonder why the fuck this site has such a massive transmisogyny problem#don't think i wasn't there when you were harassing and bullying my pan and aspec transfem friends#the way that trans people with any of these labels were excluded from being 'allowed' to call themselves queer...#literally on that basis. and had their transness ignored completely or invalidated.#i hope we're at a place now in 2024 where we can remember and accept that trauma happening online doesn't make it less traumatic#the damage that it did to so many of my friends and myself to be told over and over again we didn't count as queer#while actively being abused and beaten and harassed by queerphobes in our real day to day lives#extra especially for those of us who had to grow up rurally and/or disabled whose portal/lifeline to queer culture of any kind was online
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - Penguin Clothbound Classics Edition
#books & libraries#antique books#clothbound books#books#art#vintage#the count of monte cristo#alexandre dumas#penguin clothbound classics#reading#book#booklover#books and libraries#books libraries#currently reading#book collector#book collection#classic#culture#literature#photography#aesthetic#bookworm#booklr#bookblr#reader#reading books#read#to read
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"Дати гарбуза" (daty harbuza) - "To give a pumpkin"
In older times, when somebody would want to decline a proposal, they would give the person who proposed a pumpkin, as a way to say “no”. Today, Ukrainians use this phrase metaphorically, to signify any rejection in general.
@yourcubitoyourculture
Prompt used: Customs, superstitions, traditions
#nuno draws#your cubito your culture 2024#your cubito your culture#hermitshipping#<- personally I don't think it counts as such but leaving the tag just in case#hermitcraft#hermitcraft fanart#iskall fanart#iskall85#hermitcraft iskall#joel smallishbeans fanart#smallishbeans fanart#joel smallishbeans#smallishbeans#украрт#украртпідтримка#укртамблер#укртумбочка#український tumblr#ukrart#ukrainian culture#ukrainian tumblr
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the worst part of reading tcf and not actually knowing korean is that every time i read the sentence 'cale speaks informally' i know there is a cultural context there that i don't understand and i'm kind of desperate to know just how rude cale is, on the regular.
#tcf#trash of the count's family#cale henituse#like. i specifically want to know just how he talks to alberu and white start#it seems to me those would be very interesting#but also#i would really like to know how people are speaking to cale#is choi han formal? how about the kids? his enemies?#i just think that there must be some pretty interesting cultural context here that i as an english reader am just not privy to
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Thinking about how Obi-Wan genuinely thought Ahsoka was his padawan, and how for the first time ever he actually got to do what he wanted to do with his life. A padawan wasn't forced on him when he wasn't ready. He actually made the decisions to take one.
We all know that didn't actually happen, but it made me reflect on the Jedi's own customs around child rearing and raising children. Because Obi-Wan looked at how difficult raising Anakin was and thought, "hmm, let's do this again :D!"
And how as Jedi they take it upon themselves to be paired with a child that's not related to them, usually a different species, with it's own personal issues, personality, etc.,
And they're just all so eager to do that. It's such a normal thing to do amongst the Jedi. To take a child and raise them in the formative years of their life, and teach them to be good Jedi and a good person.
They're not parents in the sense that non-Jedi are, but they still have the innate urge to raise and teach. Even Dooku did.
(not like parental instincts? But Jedi instincts lmao)
And I think that's such a genuinely beautiful thing about them. That even when Anakin gets a padawan, he's pissy about it at first, but the Jedi side of him takes over and he's suddenly bound himself to Ahsoka's life and future and I just love that about them.
He's willing to do anything for her.
The Order cultivates this culture of teaching and care. It's their duty to raise the next generation.
Every Jedi Master you see, you know they got there because they poured their heart and soul into a child that grew up and became another Jedi.
#jedi order#star wars#jedi appreciation#ahsoka tano#obi-wan kenobi#anakin skywalker#count dooku#plo koon#as the q wills it#jedi culture
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"This fandom is so queer friendly!" This fandom literally hates, bisexual, trans, nonbinary, and aspec people but ok.
#text#fandom#fandom culture#“queer friendly” you mean gays an lesbians? because i sure as hell don't see the same friendlyness towards anyone else#bisexual character exists “noooo they were comphet” or “they're dating the opposite sex right now so it doesn't count!!!”#Trans character exists and their story still has to focus on them being gay or else it's not queer or interesting enough#not to mention the sexualization they will face solely based off their trans identity#and the debates on if they're “really” gay or not because of being trans#Nonbinary character or character with complex and nuanced gender exists#and it's all about what their ACTUAL gender is and “I'm just going to use [gendered pronouns] for X because i see X as a boy/girl”#Character uses a specific set of pronouns and everyone decides to toss those to the side in favor of other (gendered) pronouns#under the guise of “nonbinary people can use gendered pronouns too! they are still nonbinaryyyyyyy i prommy”#Aspec character exists and it's “nooo you can't prove their aspec” “I can still ship them because aros can still date”#“Aces can still have sex so I can sexualize this ace character”#“okay but i headcanon them as a different sexuality so it's fine!”#and if you headcanon ANY of these identities? “Nooo you can't PROVE that they are bi/trans/nonbinary/aspec!!!!!”#queer#lgbt+#lgbtq+#lgbtqia+#bisexual#aro#ace#aromantic#asexual#aroace#aplatonic#aspec#acespec#arospec
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Disney, releasing Wish: "so it's all about legacy--the new generation surpassing the old, overcoming the evils perpetuated by them, relinquishing singular power... and there's an old man in a tower, uh... animal sidekick, i guess..., ah... magic...?
Miyazaki, just out of frame, sledgehammer raised:
#the boy and the heron#not tagging wish 'cause i'm being a little acidic#this isn't to be negative in the slightest--I really respect both films--but it's interesting to see how visceral boy+H gets with its story#what evils have to be rejected and what they represent--and how characters and the world suffer from those evils--as well as how the whole#'rejecting' part goes. in terms of animation powerhouses discussing their legacies - disney and miyazaki both - I find it interesting that#one makes a pretty safe and nostalgic movie about imagination and dreams; the other is a long trudge through the land of the dead.#b+h is a hard watch - and a look at the legacy of a man questioning his whole purpose in the world - after his cultural touchstones#have long passed by. Mahito needs to understand his grief to keep living--but if he drowns in it he'll just continue the cannibalistic and#violent world of his granduncle. how the hell do you make art when the trauma of your entire life has colored it forever? How can anyone?#maybe after a while... it's time to detonate that damn tower and keep living.#this is to say#if you have enough money to make whatever you want#Make It Fucking Count
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Well, obsiously...
#dracula#christopher lee#cinema#vampires#gothic horror#splatter#cult cinema#cult classic#horror movies#blood bath#photooftheday#aesthetics#esthetics#urban#urban art#urban fantasy#movies#favorite movies#the 60s#the 70s#vintage culture#count dracula#dracula daily
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Un-Actions, or Restriction of Activities
This is my first post in a series I’ll be making on how to increase biodiversity on a budget! I’m not an expert--just an enthusiast--but I hope something you find here helps!
There’s a good handful of ways you can help increase biodiversity in your yard that don’t require buying things--in fact, these may actually help you save money in the long run! They may seem small and simple, but every bit counts! Whether you can do these in totality, or just limit how often you do these actions, it’ll make a difference.
Not Mowing, or Mowing Less Often
Turf grass lawns are considered a monoculture, meaning they don’t provide much opportunity for insects to find habitat--so few other creatures find them enjoyable either. An expanse of turf grass is, in many ways, a barren wasteland in the eyes of wildlife--too exposed to cross, with few to no opportunities for food or shelter, leaving them exposed to blazing hot sun, freezing cold, or any predators that may be lurking nearby. A place to be avoided. The simple act of letting your grass grow unbothered gives a chance for wildflowers to grow, and for your grass to grow taller--providing more habitat for insects, which then provides more habitat to birds and other creatures that feed on said insects. Wildlife want nothing more than to skirt by unnoticed, so even leaving the grass tall along the edges of a fence or yard can help a little. Even restricting mowing to every other week, or at a higher blade setting, can be a huge help. If HOAs or city ordinances are fussy about lawn length in the front yard, you can likely still keep grass higher in the backyard. Or, you can create a ‘feature’ where grass is allowed to grow long in a specific area. If it looks purposeful, people are more likely to accept it. Not mowing under trees or close to shrubs not only leaves space for wildflowers to grow, but also means you don’t have to deal with mowing over bumpy roots and other difficulties. Cutting different areas at different times can be an option for letting grass grow long in some areas while still having available places for play and entertainment. I’ve seen some people plant flower bulbs when pulling up weeds, so in the future they'll bloom in early spring before mowing is usually necessary. This could be another fun way of adding biodiversity to a lawn without--or before you--begin mowing in spring.
Not worrying about mowing, or doing it less often, saves you in time, money, and energy. You won’t have to buy as much gasoline for your mower, and Saturday afternoons can be free to be enjoyed in other ways aside from being sticky and sweaty and covered in grass stains. In addition, you’ll likely be lowering your own carbon emissions!
If you do have to mow your lawn, I’ve got ways you can use your grass clippings to boost biodiversity later in the post series!
Not using pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc.
One of the next-biggest non-actions you can do asides from not mowing is using fewer fewer to no herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides in your yard. This’ll easily allow for more biodiversity. Allowing more insects and a wide array of plants to thrive will feed back into the entire food chain in your area. In addition, these types of chemicals have been tied to algae blooms, death of beneficial insects, harm to birds, fish, and even humans. Soil is supposed to be full of fungi, especially fungal mycelium that essentially acts as a network for plants to communicate, share nutrients, and support each other--fungicide kills that, and typically makes all other lawn problems even worse in a negative feedback loop. It may take awhile to see the benefits of avoiding these chemicals, but once you see it, it really is astounding.
However! I can’t lie and say that there haven’t been points where I needed to use pesticides at some points in my gardening journey. In these cases, try to use products that are organic--like diatomaceous earth, neem oil, etc--and use them accurately, correctly, and sparingly. Follow instructions on how to apply them safely and responsibly--for example, on non-windy days and during times when bees and other pollinators aren’t likely to be out and about. With some pests (read: oleander aphids, in my experience), a simple jetstream of water is enough to force them off the plant where they’ll be too weak to get back. Eventually, you should have a balanced enough ecosystem that no one insect pest causes a major issue with the work you’re doing to boost biodiversity.
If you can bear to, try handling pests manually. Squishing pest bugs in your hand is a pretty foolproof way to get rid of some problems, or spraying them with a mix of soap and water can do the trick on some insects. Alternatively, picking them off your plants and into a bucket of soapy water is also a valid option. You’ve heard of baptism by fire, now get ready for… baptism by soap?
But also! Try reconsidering what you consider a pest! Tomato hornworms are hated by gardeners, for devouring the foliage of beloved tomato, pepper, and potato plants. But killing the tomato and tobacco hornworm means getting rid of sphinx moths, also known as hummingbird or hawk moths! Hawk moths are vital to the survival of many native plants, and are sometimes even the only species that pollinates them. If you can bear to, consider sacrificing a few tomato plants, or growing a few extras, so we can continue having these beautiful moths for years to come. After all, they may not even do significant damage to the plants!
With that in mind, be friendly to your natural pest managers! Lacewings, ladybugs, praying mantises, wasps, birds, bats, and more will help manage pest populations in your environment! Encourage them by planting things they like, providing habitat, and leaving them be to do their work! Avoiding pesticides helps make your garden a livable environment for them, too!
Letting Weeds Grow
Many of the plants we know as 'weeds' are actually secondary succession species and native wildflowers. Milkweed was regarded as a noxious, annoying weed for a long time, and now people are actively trying to plant them after learning about the important role they play in our environments! Weeds are adapted to take over areas that have been cleared out of other plants after a disaster, so they're doing much of the initial work in making a habitat for other creatures. In fact, many of them will simply die back as the environment repairs itself.
An important thing to note is to please make sure that your ‘weeds’ are not invasive species. Work on learning how to identify native and invasive species in your area, and pull out what’s harmful to leave room for what’s good!
Don’t Rake (Or At Least Don’t Bag Your Leaves)
Many insects overwinter in piles of leaves that we often rake away and bag up in the fall and winter. By doing this, we are actively throwing away the biodiversity of our neighborhoods! If you can, leave the leaves where they fall!
If you do need to rake, put the leaves in places wildlife can still access it instead of bagging it up. Move your leaves into garden beds to serve as mulch, or along the edge of fences to rest while keeping egg cases and hiding bugs intact and free to release come spring.
Leave Snags Where They Are
Snags are dead trees/dead branches on living trees. They provide an important wildlife habitat--many birds nest in them, or use them to seek cover from rain, and many insects will also live in snags (making them an additional food source for birds and other creatures). Tree cavities are used as nests by hundreds of bird species in the US, and many mammals use them as well, such as bats, squirrels, raccoons, and sometimes even bears. Some trees form cavities while they’re still alive, but in conifers they’re more likely to form after death. Crevices between the trunk of a dead tree and its peeling bark provide sun protection for bats and amphibians, and leafless branches make great perching areas for birds of prey to hunt from above. The decaying wood is home to insects and fungi, who then feed birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles. Do check on the snags regularly to ensure they don’t serve a threat to any nearby structures, but whenever possible, leave them be!
Keep Your Cat Inside
If you have an outdoor cat, consider making the adjustments to have it be an indoor cat. If you have an indoor cat, keep it as an indoor cat. Free ranging cats impact biodiversity through predation, fear effects, competition for resources, disease, and more. Keeping little Mittens inside does a lot more to help than it may seem from the outside.
That’s the end of this post! My next one’s gonna be on things you can add to your space that aren’t directly related to growing plants. For now, I hope this advice helps! Feel free to reply with any questions, success stories, or anything you think I may have forgotten to add in!
#biodiversity#solarpunk#gardening#outdoor gardening#lawn culture#anti lawn culture#environmental stewardship#(i think that counts)#ani rambles#out of queue#the biodiversity saga#I know I said this in the masterpost already but another reminder some people aren't in a position to do all or some or even any of this#i have so far been unsuccessful in convincing my parents to not mow or rake because we live in an HOA neighborhood#but do what you can/are able to! it'll help!
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crk characters in hanbok!!
#i really liked drawing this. it makes me feel a little tiny bit more connected to my culture#i needed to put smth in the left corner. jungkook counts as a crk character i think#cookie run kingdom#caramel arrow cookie#clotted cream cookie#black pearl cookie#vampire cookie#alchemist cookie#prune juice cookie#capsaicin cookie#kouign amann cookie#wildberry cookie#crunchy chip cookie#black raisin cookie#dark cacao cookie#thats a lot of tags.#ar0rin#cookie run#hanbok#jungkook
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I’m a system of 24. Call that 23 and me
#rusty speaks#my bf started calling me that when I updated him on my system count#funniest shit to me rn#did#did system#did osdd#did alter#did community#dissociative amnesia#dissociation#dissociative identity disorder#plural system#plurality#plural culture is#plural memes#dissociative system#dissociative alters#complex dissociative disorder#other specified dissociative disorder#dissociative identities#plural stuff#osdd system#traumagenic system#system stuff#system things#sysblr#system tag
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