wondermumbles:

fandomsandfeminism:

You know what the most frustrating thing about the vegans throwing a fit over my “Humans aren’t Parasites” post is?  I really wasn’t trying to make a point about animal agriculture. Honestly, the example about subsistence hunting isn’t the main point. That post was actually inspired by thoughts I’ve been having about the National Park system and environmentalist groups.

See, I LOVE the National Parks. I always have a pass. I got to multiple parks a year. I LOVE them, and always viewed them as this unambiguously GOOD thing. Like, the best thing America has done. 

BUT, I just finished reading this book called “I am the Grand Canyon” all about the native Havasupai people and their fight to gain back their rights to the lands above the canyon rim. Historically, they spent the summer months farming in the canyon, and then the winter months hunter-gathering up above the rim. When their reservation was made though, they lost basically all rights to the rim land (They had limited grazing rights to some of it, but it was renewed year to year and always threatened, and it was a whole thing), leading to a century long fight to get it back. 

And in that book there are a couple of really poignant anecdotes- one man talks about how park rangers would come harass them if they tried to collect pinon nuts too close to park land- worried that they would take too many pinon nuts that the squirrels wanted. Despite the fact that the Havasupai had harvested pinon nuts for thousands and thousands of years without ever…like…starving the squirrels. 

There’s another anecdote of them seeing the park rangers hauling away the bodies of dozens of deer- killed in the park because of overpopulation- while the Havasupai had been banned from hunting. (Making them more and more reliant on government aid just to survive the winter months.) 

They talk about how they would traditionally carve out these natural cisterns above the rim to catch rainwater, and how all the animals benefitted from this, but it was difficult to maintain those cisterns when their “ownership” of the land was so disputed. 

So here you have examples of when people are forcibly separated from their ecosystem and how it hurts both those people and the ecosystem. 

And then when the Havasupai finally got legislation before Congress to give them ownership of the rim land back- their biggest opponent was the Parks system and the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club (a big conservation group here in the US) ran a huge smear campaign against these people on the belief that any humans owning this land other than the park system (which aims at conservation, even while developing for recreation) was unacceptable. 

And it all got me thinking about how, as much as I love the National Parks, there are times when its insistence that nature be left “untouched” (except, ya know, for recreation) can actually harm both the native people who have traditionally been part of those ecosystems AND potentially the ecosystems themselves. And I just think there’s a lot of nuance there about recognizing that there are ways for us to be in balance with nature, and that our environmentalism should respect that and push for sustainability over preserving “pristine” human-less landscapes. Removing ourselves from nature isn’t the answer. 

But apparently the idea that subsistence hunting might actually not be a moral catastrophe really set the vegans off.  Woopie. 

#love seeing discussions about this#because everyone wants to see western conservation as infallible#without realizing that it’s still built on white supremacist and colonialist beliefs

- @finding-my-culture

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the-trans-eggplant:

catnip-cryptidd:

bopulence:

madejsbian:

every male celebrity stands like this on the red carpet 

This post has crossed my dash multiple times and every time I see it theres a different picture of a generic white male celebrity

this post took on a whole new meaning in light of recent events….

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pregnantseinfeld:

girtheemoninja:

solitarelee:

politijohn:

politijohn:

Yes, this is really a thing…

Yep, because baby formula is one of the most shoplifted things in America. Which should ALSO radicalize you.

Or… We stop shoplifting? 🤔 Are we demonizing acts to stop crimes now?

ill tear your head off your shoulders you dumb fuck

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enajcosta:

mirukaiam:

siobhanblank:

I remember some YouTuber tweeting like “TV shows are too political these days old shows like Fresh Prince didn’t have all this sjw bullshit” and like the first episode will and uncle phil talk very sternly about malcom x

If anything, sitcom shows even from Disney esp if they're black were bold in your face political about societal issues

ima just leave these here

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bandit-o-s-usb:

exculis:

“ Remove the first 4 letters from your name and add Fuck. “

this is people with 4 letter name oppression. my name is now just Fuck. height of comedy.

Fucknelle

Fuckit

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sherbet-weavile:

electronictragedy:

hundondestiny:

elwurd:

hundondestiny:

Can these directors please learn to use dark palettes without making all the details in the shots imperceiveable? I can’t fucking see!!!

the characters: go into a darker room
me:

this is by far the funniest thing tht could have been added to this post

More like

I fixed it

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ramenforafool:

In depression the whole world disappears. And also the language. You have nothing to say. Not a single word, no experiences. Cause the voice inside your head you is much stronger and more urgent; It wonders how should I live? what should my future be like?…

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ilsa-fireswan:

letmetellyouaboutmyfeels:

We talk a lot about consent, and that’s a good thing. We talk a lot about autonomy, and that’s a good thing. We talk a lot about privacy, and that’s a good thing.

But we talk mostly about all of that in respect to sex, and relationships, and it’s important to remember this applies to other things, too.

If someone says, “don’t tell anyone I got this new job,” and you then tell people, you’ve violated their consent, their privacy, and their autonomy.

If a friend says, “I don’t like it when people touch my hair,” and you keep touching their hair, you have violated their consent, their autonomy, and their privacy.

If a coworker asks you not to tease them about their new boyfriend, even if it seems like gentle and friendly fun to you, and you do it, you’ve violated their consent, their autonomy, and their privacy.

People remember these things, and they hurt. Not as much as sexual assault, obviously. But those small violations of your wishes, those instances of disrespect, still hurt, and they can add up.

Consent doesn’t just apply to sex. Respect the wishes of others.

If someone one says to stop tickling them. STOP! This applies even if they are a kid. Consent is for everyone.

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