We’re OK with letting them have this BAR though:

Every time I see this, I am reminded that it is the single greatest joke in the history of the written or spoken word.

Eighth Generation is what modern Native American design looks like without cultural appropriation 

Louie Gong describes his company, Eighth Generation, as “a Native-owned, community-engaged small business that began when I started putting cultural art on shoes.” It’s true, in 2008, Gong began decorating sneakers and skateboarding apparel with indigenous Nooksack patterns — a move that, as a Nooksack himself, set him apart from the non-Native designers who’d been doing so for years. As demand grew, so did Gong’s ambition.

Here you go, kids!

How to procure Native-American-and-First-Nation-themed items without entitlement or cultural appropriation in one easy step.

BUY THE THINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES.

Because if they’re selling these representations of their culture and being fairly compensated, you’re not appropriating, you’re appreciating. And helping good folks make a living while you’re at it.

Everybody wins.

^^^this is the difference. participate in the parts of culture that people CONSENT to sharing!! it’s that simple, if you buy directly from the source, they are creating with the idea that people outside the culture will be consuming, and can pick and choose what they are okay with you having. 

the same idea as wearing traditional dress that someone of that culture gave you as a present vs. buying a knockoff version for “fashion”

I’ve used this argument for a long time as a difference between appropriation and appreciation. If you are buying directly from the people of that culture you are supporting them in keeping certain practices and talents alive. They are choosing what they share while making a living from their work. You are supporting them, while enjoying their culture. This is not only okay but it can really help people from these communities.

With appropriation, you are taking money away from the people. While mocking everything they stand for, and giving money to big companies who only care about profit, and have no understanding of the people they are stealing from.

Eighth Generation is awesome!  They ship fast in addition to having gorgeous merchandise.  Five stars.

I appreciate everything in this post

Because it took like 4 steps to find the damn thing, here is a link to the place:

https://eighthgeneration.com 

(yes ok that was obvious but c’mon, we’re all lazy here)

DID/OSDD FOLX:

THIS is how you handle something properly - Corporate, DID style… A niche, but hear me out:

My initial response:

Justifying my point to someone who said I was being too sensitive:

My response as a consumer, to their international CEO in regards to their Advertisement:

And today, to my shock and amazement:

[TEXT: 

Dear Ms. Hutchinson, Thank you for reaching out to John Gainor regarding the point of sale poster for the banana split seen in Texas. I am so sorry we have upset you and offended you. Please accept my apologies on behalf of John and the corporation. Everyone on Texas Marketing and Operations teams is working to have this removed and destroyed immediately. Kind regards, Carolyn Carolyn Kidder Senior Fan Relations Manager American Dairy Queen Corporation ”: ]

My final response:

Long story short; A+ to Dairy Queen for being so responsive. I love you more than I thought possible :,)

While this blog primarily focuses on physical accessibility and ableism directed towards physically disabled people, this is a great example of how to respond to ableism anywhere- especially at a corporate level. Contact the company politely and explain why something is a problem to someone in charge. Don’t yell at employees- it isn’t up to them to decide. Ask the employees how you can contact the manager and/or owner of this branch. Some will refuse to help or lie claiming they don’t know how to reach their manager. If there is a customer satisfaction survey and employees made bs claims like this and stonewalled you that you fill it out with a complaint about their unwillingness to help you. Beyond that harassing employees does nothing. If they won’t say who to contact go directly to the chain head with what happened. They will get in touch with the manager/owner and ensure the issue is fixed because they don’t want their brand to look bad.

This was how I handled a recent incident where a security guard refused to let my working service dog come with me into hospital. I gave them the laws and wrote an info sheet on applicable local laws as well as federal and provincial around service dogs and disability accommodation. They have asked permission to make my info sheet I made to summarize things as a permanent part of their staff training. By going to the person in charge not just yelling at employees, especially if you are able to explain how to fix it, it ends up not only helping you but others who didn’t know what to do or who don’t have the spoons to handle it.

Inigo Montoya’s Guide to Networking Success

Inigo Montoya’s Guide to Networking Success

no jokes about how just dance is still on wii. it is there for disabled people and rehab centers

y’know what yeah that makes sense

active games have truly revolutionized rehabilitation and exercise. there are so many hospitals that have wiis. and retirement homes. old people will NOT stop bowling. painful exercise used to be boring and now people can rasputin to get stronger. it rocks

The only joke about Just Dance being on Wii is that the Wii managed to outlive the Wii U

A lot of people are actually unaware of what the white savior trope is, and have trouble understanding why it is problematic. So before I continue, this is about Daenerys and if you like her then just—don’t read this. And it’s OKAY to like her but don’t deny that her character is a perfect example of white feminism/saviorism.

A lot of comments (from mostly white women) are “well, were the slaves supposed to stay slaves” or “where would they be if Dany to save them! They chose her!” (and y’all refernce the earlier seasons where she is being carried around by brown and black ppl, thank you @rhaeneystargaryen for reminding me ) Y’all are missing the fucking point, and your whiteness and ignorance of women of color shows.

The fact of the matter that you HAVE a white character who is positioned as a savior for people of color has horrible implications. White authors have—for too long—put white characters in positions of power over people of color where—said people of color couldn’t be saved if it weren’t for white people. 

This idea that, a white person, especially a white woman is some type of savior for people of color comes from racism and it isn’t something that started with Daenerys. This idea was used to justify things like slavery, colonialization and a lot of other terrible things. This idea that people of color (esp black and indigenous people) were naturally unable to lead themselves and or, uneducated and unable to survive without the aid of white interaction is called the white savior trope—and again, this was used to enforce mass genocide, racism and colonailzation.

Because of white feminism and racism, this has been played out in media as a form of female empowerment. By making a white woman the savior and leader of people of color and painting said poc as savage like before her interaction, you are reinforcing those roles. By seeing Dany’s rule as anything other than white imperialism and racism, you ARE justifying and supporting the same tropes that were used to justify white supremacy.

Dany continued to threaten, burn villages, holy sites, conquer, kill poc,  etc if they would not listen to her. And some people may say “well she killed people who didn’t listen to her”. WHY is that good? Why is the face of a white woman killing brown and black people good? Why is it good that the white author INTENTIONALLY set up poc to be brutes so a white woman could burn them or force them into submission if they did not bow to her.

There is nothing empowering about a white outsider liberating a group of ‘savage slaves’, using them for her own goals, and threatening to kill/burn other black and brown people that don’t listen to her. It may be empowering for white women, to see “savage” people of color “tamed” and inferior to a white woman but y’all are racist so it isn’t a damn surprise.

The sheer ignorance of white women to act like there is nothing wrong with that, and to act like various people willingly followed her just shows how racist you are. shows how, for how you all act like you are liberal and woke, conflate feminism with the oppression of people of color.

So when you see people—ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR—complaining about Daenerys, and your responses are to make bitter posts or to call us sexist, then literally be quiet and reflect on your own racism. If you are going to try to use the slaves, and the people of color Dany used to her benefit to act like she’s a good person, then kindly shut the fuck up.

Also white women CAN reblog this but don’t act like a clown.

If you haven’t heard there is a literal massacre going on in Sudan.

People are getting kidnapped, arrested, raped and killed. This has been going on for a few days now but naturally there’s hardly any media coverage.

THE WORLD CARES MORE ABOUT AN EMPTY CHURCH IN FRANCE THAN HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT BLACK MUSLIMS DYING IN SUDAN.

There are a few ways to help:

 - Emergency Medical Aid Donation

- Facebook campaign raising funds for food and other necessities

- International Rescue Committee

- Save The Children

Even if you can’t donate please help spread the news!!

#SudanMassacre

ahh…….. accessible farms………..imagine

if you know of layouts or even concepts for accessible farms (beyond that one accessible gardening book) I want to see

yes you know the one. the one single book that proves accessibility is possible and equality is real. farming is accessible now, the one book says so, and nobody else ever has to think about it again. the one book. the one single book. nobody can complain about accessibility anymore because we have That One Single Book About Raised Beds.

has anyone else written about accessible farming or do people see the One book and call it a day

There’s a thing called AgrAbility that gives out both federal and state level grants. More then that it’s website gives a lot of resources.

Here is a map of where they are:

More then that they have online webinars and they sell equipment, here: http://www.agrability.org/toolbox/

other then that tho, I haven’t managed to find much. CouchLift has a tractor lift, aaaand- that’s about it. I found an article about a wheelchair accessible indoor farm, but the company appears to of since died. Beyond that I’ve found a lot of stuff for “accessible” farming thats “farming for everyone, you middle-class apartment dweller, can also grow your own food” sort of thing and has nothing to do with disability. There might be some good stuff in all there, but i wouldn’t really consider those articles a full onresource.

Which is rather…. aggravating. I mean, I wasn’t expecting much, but I was still expecting to find more then *this*. I live in a rather rural community, and with the people I know like 1 in 10 has a mobility issue. Probably more than that. If someone didn’t fall off of a roof then they got caught in equipment or a sprained something and it never got properly fixed, or they have a something genetic that affects their mobility. It’s so friggin normal to me. Every time i hear someone online say they don’t know anyone with a physical disability I’m like???? Surely you at least know someone with arthritis, or who needs a cane, or wears knee braces or something. Thats a rant for another time but still.

@karpkarp-motherfucker @magic-on-tina

Why do my interests in canning, couponing, and homesteading overlap so often with blogs with titles like ‘The Obedient Housewife’? 

Like, I’m like, “I want to learn to make soap and farm,” and suddenly I see 500 “traditional family” motherfuckers like no you are mistaken. I am just a simple lesbian anticapitalist looking to limit my consumerism as much as possible.

‘these fun crafts will keep your kids occupied until your husband gets home!’ no i want a clothespin crown for me

As a nerd who homesteads, let me share the data I have gathered!

First is my megalist of homesteading-related links I’ve gathered over the years. I’m a mod over at r/homesteading and this is where I’ve put a lot of good sources (not all, admittedly some are still sitting in my bookmark folder waiting to be added). The search function at reddit is wretched, but there’s also been lots of good things I’ve shared there too. Please note that many of these sources are not actual webpages, but PDFs. That’s not an accident, PDFs are where you find the really good in-depth stuff.

Many of my sources are from the Extension Service. They won’t try to relate to you based on your lifestyle or sexual identity or religion or whatever, but due to that, they also won’t be alienating you either.

The Cooperative Extension Service (US only) exists in all 50 states and in most counties. It is taxpayer funded. The Extension Service exists to help people become more self sufficient, for farmers to be more successful, for people to be healthier, for kids to be well adjusted, to figure out how to grow the best plants in your area, etc. Some county offices even offer cheap classes in things like gardening, canning, soap making, and they’re taught by people with training in these areas (I once heard a great talk on composting from a soil scientist that way). Do you want to know what type of plant something is? Do you need help figuring out a plant disease or pest issue? You can now contact them online and get great info.

I HIGHLY recommend checking out your state’s extension service website, because they do offer different types of information, depending on what is grown/raised where you are (and how well funded they are). My county extension puts out a monthly gardening newsletter, which includes a helpful ‘this is the time of the year to do —-’ part.

Here’s an example from North Carolina - check out that left sidebar

Here’s an example from California - this website is HUGE so dig around

Here’s an example from New York - they have a calendar at the bottom, showing how they have things like hydroponic and urban agriculture workshops coming up.

Interested in raising animals? Penn State Extension is really really good. They have tons of free materials and courses available online, some I pulled for my megalist at the top of this.

National Center for Home Food Preservation - they cover the important aspects of food safety, and also have some recipes. Many state Extension Service websites will have lots more recipes.

If you have kids, check out 4-H programs for them. It’s part of the local public school system here. If you’re homeschooling, you can also purchase their science-filled educational and self sufficiency materials (materials are divided by age ranges - Cloverbud Member: ages 5-8, Junior Member: ages 9-13, Senior Member: ages 14-19). One of my coworkers is in 4-H, she’s still in high school, and last year she raised an award-winning heifer.

Congress grants the money for funding these programs, and they’re connected with various universities. There’s a level of cutting edge scientific knowledge and academic rigor you don’t find in blogs or even most books. There’s LOTS of homesteading books filled with outdated information like ‘till the earth every year’ hell I still have older coworkers who do it and I’m trying to figure out how to gently tell them that they’re destroying their soil that way, and that there’s better methods now, methods grounded in science.

Knitting - try this youtube series

DIY Crown - here’s a youtube video on how to make a mermaid crown

Hope this is helpful to someone out there.

HOLY FUCKIN SHIT BLESS

Hilda by Duane Bryers

More Hilda!!

in this family we love and support Hilda.

Yes! Hilda!

What i love about this artist’s depictions of women is even the sexualized ones the woman is always genuinely happy and enjoying herself. Frolicking or making funny faces, she’s living her life and looking sexy while doing it, not sitting in a sexual pose for the audience’s view.

I always forget about Hilda and am so pleased when she randomly shows up on my dash. Always makes my day

I love Hilda so much and I want her to be happy

people going off on peta via pokemon is all ive ever wanted (x)

PLEASE PEEL YOUR SHEEPS

This, though. This is exactly what’s wrong with white people.

This is why shit like Trump happens.

You don’t “agree to disagree” with a rapist, or a racist, or fascist, or a white supremacist.

You agree to disagree about if banana bread is better with or without walnuts.

You agree to disagree if Venus or Serena Williams is the greatest.

You agree to disagree if a sunrise is more beautiful than a sunset.

You don’t agree to disagree about hurting people.

You just don’t.

So fuck your “agree to disagree.”

you agree to disagree on whether pineapple belongs on pizza.

you do not “agree to disagree” on things that actually HURT REAL PEOPLE.

What’s wild is that so many liberal white women are like this and still believe they are “progressive/inclusive to marginalized people”.

closeted does not mean ashamed

bringing this back because it’s pride month. please don’t feel bad about not being ‘out’ or not openly celebrating your sexuality or not attending the festivities. stay safe and comfortable! love you all. 🌈💘