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good day:

make coffee

regular day:

put water in coffee maker

put coffee in coffee maker

turn on coffee maker

bad day:

take pot from coffee maker

turn on sink

fill up coffee pot

turn off sink

pour water into coffee maker

put coffee pot in coffee maker

open cupboard

get coffee filter from cupboard

get coffee beans from cupboard

put filter in coffee pot

measure coffee

pour coffee into filter

close coffee maker

turn coffee maker on

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The NEW WOMAN | A Late 1890s Mix & Match Set

Mix-and-match tops and skirts were much needed in my late Victorian save, and thus began this long, arduous work…but it is, at last, FINISHED! This set contains 4 tops, 4 skirts, and 1 bow overlay that you can mix and match to your heart’s content. Please read additional details & view additional preview pics below the cut.

DOWNLOAD (early access on Patreon) Public Release: 09.01.20

As allies it’s essential for us to educate ourselves and support in every way we can. If you are unable to make it to a protest (and even if you have and want to further provide support) and have the means to do so, please consider supporting these Canadian black-led organizations/funds instead:

Resources for non-Black folks to support Black communities in Canada

COVID-19 Black Emergency Support Fund

Justice for Regis Korchinski-Paquet

Black Lives Matter Toronto

Toronto Protester Bail Fund

Black Lives Matter Vancouver

Black in BC Community Support Fund for COVID-19

It’s important to offer support, and let black voices be heard. It’s important to understand that as a non-black person, we are ignorant of black struggles. It’s important to educate ourselves, and our children, on black issues.

What’s happening now, affects our future. Protests have always made a difference. For woman, for the lgbt+ community; Protests bring change, and we desperately need change.

i am not black, but i hear you.

i am not black, but i mourn with you.

i am not black, but i see the injustice that you face.

i am not black, but i see the fear for your sons and your daughters. your brothers and sisters.

i am not black, but i will stand with you.

inaction is also an action. and i will not stay silent.

i don’t see your color. i appreciate and honor your color and your roots and experiences. you are valued and respected.

Imagine worrying about a window when people are being beaten, tear gassed, and murdered by police at you big fucking age

I can’t get behind the violence and the destruction in the name of justice.

It makes me wonder, did they get behind the violence and destruction of an officer kneeling on the neck of a black man in the so-called name of justice? Is that something “they can get behind?”

It does nothing but take away the focus and validity of your cause. If you want others to be open to your cause, if you want your cause’s impact to have longevity…  

Your, your, your. No “our cause” or even “this important cause”. For this individual, this is NOT their cause. It’s yours and they don’t seem to want to show any compassion or solidarity with it. And so they label it as “your cause”, please don’t expect them to support YOUR CAUSE unless you do so within the boundaries of what they deem acceptable.

“protest peacefully – no matter what they throw at you.”

I didn’t even have to bold this part, this person put it in bold themselves. “No matter what they throw at you?” This person wants me to ignore the long list of black people being brutalized and murdered in America- that’s not enough to get angry about. No matter what they throw at you? What they’ve thrown at me is the constant fear and terror and anxiety and profound sorrow and worry that MY SON, MY FATHER, MY PARTNER, MY NEPHEWS, MY COUSINS, MY FRIENDS may possibly be brutalized and murdered because they are black.  That’s what’s being thrown at me, but for this person- it’s apparently not enough.

Don’t go and destroy your own city. - 

This person can’t or refuses to see that this isn’t about property damage and destroying a city. This is about dismantling a violent, racist and destructive system that has taken too many lives because we are black.

“Silence is not neutral. Silence is looking the other way and protecting your privilege - thus continuing to uphold white supremacy. White silence is violence. White silence protects the system. […] When you stay silent, you stay complicit.” - Layla F. Saad, Me and White Supremacy Workbook

I made this piece yesterday to share on Instagram (which uses my real name and therefore won’t be linked here), but TBH my following on tumblr is much larger so I wanted to speak up here as well. Earlier this week, I planned to be silent online about the current events in Minneapolis, Louisville, Atlanta, Brooklyn and beyond. I had anti-racist conversations at home and we donated to the Minnesota Freedom Fund as well as the NAACP Legal Defence Fund. I thought that I didn’t need to add another white voice to the online discourse; I wanted to listen. As this week progressed, it became clear to me that this was not enough. Silence is complicity. Black lives matter. It is not black people’s responsibility to educate white people; we must do that work ourselves. 

Below are some resources I’ve found helpful in educating myself and that I would recommend any of my white followers look into for themselves as well (and not just those in America! Other countries are not exempt from racism): 

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