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Refused to hand over medicines to be distributed by shelter staff

Refused to be separated from their child/ren

Shelter has a curfew that is incompatible with their job

Shelter does not have accommodations for their disability

Shelter requires attendance of religious services - possibly including open participation in them

Shelter does not have food that meets their dietary requirements and will not allow them to prepare their own food

Shelter is a hotbed of disease

Shelter does not prevent sexual abuse, from either other residents or staff or both

Shelter demands payment - it's free if you have no income, but if you have Social Security or job payments, they demand some of that

Shelter has limited beds and you need to be in line by 4pm for when the doors open at 7 to get a chance at one of them.

american indian men are at the 2nd highest risk of death by murder compared to all other ethnic groups. in their lifetimes, 82% of native men report having experienced domestic violence. yet the overwhelming majority of perpetrators are non-natives (88% of native men and 92% of native women who reported violence said their attacker was non-native). what’s more, tribal governments are often stymied in their attempts to bring justice against non-natives, meaning that many of these cases go unresolved.

this was an intersectional attack. the fact that he is indigenous matters, even if the motivation was homophobic, because it made him even more vulnerable and disposable in the eyes of his killer.

transition

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but also, sometimes it isn't a matter of needing to eat for the sustenance. sometimes you just need to indulge yourself in a little want. a piece of chocolate. a muffin. buttery noodles. an apple. stinky cheese. some leafy greens. whatever simple little food bring you joy - that can make all the difference in your mood.

also also, sometimes it isn't about the eating at all. sometimes its about the ritual of the communal meal. maybe you just need to break bread with another person to feel like a basic human again.

Do not fucking see this movie. Do not waste your money on this. Period.

They made Nani give Lilo up to the American government. They made Nani LEAVE Hawaii and pursue being a marine biologist. They made a native Hawaiian character give up her sibling to pursue a dream that she originally did not have. This is imperialist propaganda at its FINEST.

The original fucking movie is about family staying together. It's about indigenous people being able to stay with each other and stay in their home and be together! That's the whole fucking point! Nani is Lilo's last living relative on her homeland—it is jarring, it is disgusting and disturbing that Nani would not only leave her last blood relative alone, give her up to the very government that is harming native Hawaiians TODAY, but also travel to the "mainland" for her dream!

Not to mention, Nani's actress isn't fucking Hawaiian. She's much paler in photos and real life. They fucking darkened her for this movie.

Don't even get me started on the transgender subtext of Pleakley's "human" disguise from the original movie being completely erased in favor of him being played by a regular ass white man. Jumba doesn't have his accent, they made him more villainous, and his "human" disguise is a non-fat white man—which part of his original joke, I know, is that he was bigger and was more clumsy in the movie because of his size, but to have the main shape of his character completely removed is also fucking weird.

This live action movie is a desecration to the original. I encourage you to not see it, please. Don't give Disney any of your money on this one. Just watch the original. Please just watch the original.

The new message in the live action movie is disturbing and gross.