𝒜𝓋𝒾𝓈 𝒮𝒸𝓇𝑜𝑜𝑔𝑒

‘Appy Valentine’s Day, my loves! ❤️

“Yes, it certainly was. My Ebby always knows how to make me feel loved and special.”

@littlerani @kriswilliams00 @redheadedanimallover00 @redheadgenz @meiwilliamslittlelove @iloveyoutoinfinity @joshuawilliams74

Happy Hanukkah, my loves! ✨

*Lights the menorah* @sweeneytodddemonbarber @ebbyscrooge @iloveyoutoinfinity @joshuawilliams74 @strangestephendoctor @dochj7 @cunningwarrior @edward-hyde-0914

What white people hear: never use sage ever, don’t ever buy it, don’t own it, don’t even look at it.

Look, y’all. There’s a couple of facets to my talk today.

1) Yes! You can buy sage! You really, truly can! Buy it from either native sellers (go to a powwow! Eat our food, buy our stuff, watch some dancing!) Or buy it from a seller who sources the sage from native people. Pick one. And no, buying it from 5 Below doesn’t count.

2) you CANNOT smudge. This isn’t just you “shouldn’t”— this is a YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF SMUDGING. Waving a sage stick around your doorways IS NOT SMUDGING. It is smoke clensing. Smudging, depending on the tradition and tribe, could easily have dancing and drums involved. You, as a white person, do not have the cultural BACKGROUND to even know how it works. At all. Period.

3) please, for FUCKS SAKE, stop making posts here on tumblr where you tell other white people about cultural appropriation and what they can and cannot do. Please stop, your license has been revoked because none of you bother to get the facts right. We native people are FULLY CAPABLE OF DOING IT OURSELVES. Consider instead: a) reblogging our posts where we talk about it! We’re here! We have made posts!! b) Making a post that states what we said and then LINKS BACK TO US. Screenshot with a link if you must. Stop centering your own voices in these conversations. You are already centered in everything, stop centering yourselves in a native space.

I’m tired of this nonsense, y’all.

Thanks for coming to my TedTalk ™

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I hope You like it!!! I made this tribute video for You! When I did Your voiceover and mine, I got LITERAL CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE!!! I love You!!! 💖✝️🏳️‍🌈

I love you, too. Oh, My—*overcome with emotion* thank you so much, Mun! This is beautiful!

@iloveyoutoinfinity

This was me, five years ago!!!

You did your country proud, and I’m so proud of what you’re doing, on and off the rink! The fact that you want the next generation of skaters to shine, and not just you, speaks volumes!