#decolonize love

[robinlovexo]

what i’m listening to tonight 💞

[robinlovexo]

love this

“why do i believe this” and “who benefits from me believing it” are the first steps to decolonization and we should all be doing this more

[houseofpurplestars]

A Resistance fighter mid-air, jumping for joy after defeating a zionist tank with an RPG.

[carletes]

Checo pushed carlos’ helmet????? Not to be dramatic but we should bring back the inquisiti–

[chickenstrangers]

ONLY FRIENDS | EPISODE 4

YOUR EMERGENCY CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY by CHEN CHEN (2022)

[sentientsky]

i love you boundaries i love you consent i love you open and honest communication i love you respecting the autonomy and personhood of others

[songsofbloodandwater]

Settlers and newcomers, Black and Indigenous: the history we learn in elementary school is rooted in explorers and settlers. We learn about brave colonists fighting for freedom. [...] We all learn about how these countries were the ones that ended slavery. Somehow in this history, the very people who created the problem are transformed into the ones who saved us. Together we learn about immigrants and refugees who came here in search of something better and built a great country. The United States and Canada are positioned as communities of safety and refuge for newcomers leaving behind or sublimating their old identities and becoming American or Canadian. These histories become central truths, and when other histories are told or when somebody makes a racist remark, Americans say with surprise, “That’s not who we are!” Your collective memory is filled with stories about cooperation and communities, brave people banding together to defend their home and working together to create something for everyone. Our collective memory is filled with other stories. Other centers. [Our collective memories contain stories of displacement and disruption, occupation and domination. Even when we try to fit in, when we try to assimilate, we aren’t truly accepted.] Sometimes the center is created simply through the act of revolving around it. What if the things you have been told are not who you are?

— Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future (2022) by Patty Krawec

[wisp-of-thought]

Instead I say: Falasteen

Because I hope

That when the colonizer comes for me

Somebody says my name right in the eulogy

Like my mother intended

With all the history of my homeland

I hope in one final act of rebellion

I refuse to fit comfortable in their mouths

I hope these consonants cut their tongues

I hope they choke on these guttural vowels

[moonmanatee]

10 movies I like

@apricitydays-lazynights and @xalandrix and @greattemptation and @beloved-child-of-the-house tagged me to share some movies! i’m so not a movie guy, so i was avoiding this, but there are 10, i do like 10 movies, so here we are.

no idea who hasn’t done this yet. @basicallyahedgehog? @geesenoises? @glassf1re @academicdisasterfic @enparallel ?

[moonhedgegarden]

feel good

[thenuclearmallard]

I know I've made a lot of activism posts and I enjoy doing them. I also enjoy utilizing social media by sharing my life in vague but relatable ways for others to know they're not alone.

If you'd like for me to try this style of art, please let me know. I'd love to have some feedback. I have had a lot of life experiences that I feel are best to share as I'm getting to a point of acceptance in my life.

[lettersxcaffeine]

The biggest downside of AI: the erasure of names.

As of lately, the AI "overview" on Google will provide information/responses for my searches, but I *really* don't like this. Reading a caption that states the artificial intelligence is "experimental" feels wrong. Someone discovered the information-- someone processed it, studied it, discovered it-- and yet, if this becomes the norm, we won't ever know their names. This will disintegrate credit where credit is due and inspire knowledge that isn't clearly defined and less likely to be refuted. 

Let's make sure this doesn't happen. Names matter. In fact, I enjoy clicking on links and reading up about people who have been published in magazines or who have written their own blogs. Yes, I think it's cute that Katie's recipe site features a photo with her dog and a description of her weekend plans. I also think it's great that Lamar's website gave me insight on economics and featured his accomplishments on the same page. 

I don't use AI tools-- I don't trust them, I think that companies are lying about them, and I think they're dangerous-- but I really hope that we don't lose the power of learning someone's name and appreciating them for being able to teach us something. 

Have you learned something exquisite from an internet search lately? I recently found this amazing quote from Gary's Economics: "If you want to get rich, you get rich by working together." 

[cigarette-room]

during the month of june i just wanna say out loud&proud that idgaf about polyamorous mfs, your choice in multiple partners doesn't make you inherently queer and also you people have the worst PR in all of social media history 💀

[wanderingibon]

writing the draft for my inquiry into getting a tattoo ceremony ough... filled w a lot of feelings and also uncertainty but also a little hope i think

[houseofpurplestars]

"The video represents a microcosm of the Resistance in Gaza today and previous days. What is interesting about the latest video, however, is that each clip starts with a door opening followed by a fighter pointing a tandem or a Yassin-105 shell towards an Israeli military vehicle from a very short distance.

The message that the Resistance tried to convey is that the next shell or bullet could arrive from anywhere and at any time, though always with the same assured outcome: a massive explosion."

[sentientsky]

do u guys know Leanne Betasamosake Simpson? my beloved? yes?

not sure how well known she is outside of northern Turtle Island, but she’s a really cool Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar and artist and i 100% suggest reading anything and everything by her, especially if you’re interested in decolonial feminisms and Indigenous resurgence <3 (my personal favourite so far is Rehearsals for Living (2022), by her and Robyn Maynard)