made of driftwood & stardust

DNI: literally everyone

Gay USA (1978) dir. Arthur J. Bressan Jr.

3.) Swearing and slang while discussing deep academic topics

you are the mysterious glimmer under the water, the ghostly hand that rescues the drowning sailor from the storm and pushes them back on deck, whilst disappearing the moment his crewmates rush over. but you have followed the ship ever since, listening to the distant music and laughter while you hide in the shadows of the hull, wishing you could feel their warmth and understand their songs. but how can you find connection with those so far away, who come from a world so different from yours? you long to understand; you wish to be understood. you dive under the water too slowly when they turn your way, and secretly hope they catch sight of your pearly fins. when they are lost, you slip shells and jewels onto their ship and listen in on them as they wonder where the jewels came from.

you are the kindness and earnestness that the crew has a tender spot for, and all of them will take up arms against a sea of trouble if said trouble would do so much as look at you. you might have been an orphan, and so you long for the found family that is the crew on the ship. all of this is new to you--the tireless sun, the seasickness, the towering waves, but you are made of tougher stuff than you look. even if you’re afraid, you draw up your courage and face the fears, and you do not give up after you’ve made mistakes. the harsh sea life will not harden you, and you will remind the crew that even pirates could use some hope every now and then.

anyway

updated version

- buying land is not in itself the issue, rather the issue is how you relate to it. get in touch with your local indigenous nation. ask them what they want and need. pay them reparations – i’ve heard of someone paying her local indigenous nation a land tax equivalent to what she pays her landlord. get involved in efforts to help indigenous, black, and brown people buy land. learn about the history of racist usda lending practices. there’s a lot more to this issue than “buying land is bad.” btw, you can engage in this work even if you’re not planning on buying land. - people should definitely have an awareness of how they are operating within this system, and an awareness of the harm the homesteading movement and white flight did, but this is not 1865. we can’t and won’t undo the harm of colonization by just telling people “stay in cities where you’re harming no one.” that’s ignoring all the harm that happens in cities (ie gentrification, food deserts, homelessness), and in any case, cities in north america are indigenous land too. also, tbh, i don’t think the way to solve the issues of a world where so much harm is based on displacement and movement restrictions is just to place more movement restrictions on people.

@cottagecore-is-good so you don’t act like you didn’t see this. Got an apology prepared? Since we indigenous are “people too” I’m sure you agree I absolutely deserve one for you’re asshole behavior and high horse erasure of the very demographic you’re talking to.

Bruh, so like, honestly, you can go cry about it, cuz I am not

- buying land is not in itself the issue, rather the issue is how you relate to it. get in touch with your local indigenous nation. ask them what they want and need. pay them reparations – i’ve heard of someone paying her local indigenous nation a land tax equivalent to what she pays her landlord. get involved in efforts to help indigenous, black, and brown people buy land. learn about the history of racist usda lending practices. there’s a lot more to this issue than “buying land is bad.” btw, you can engage in this work even if you’re not planning on buying land. - people should definitely have an awareness of how they are operating within this system, and an awareness of the harm the homesteading movement and white flight did, but this is not 1865. we can’t and won’t undo the harm of colonization by just telling people “stay in cities where you’re harming no one.” that’s ignoring all the harm that happens in cities (ie gentrification, food deserts, homelessness), and in any case, cities in north america are indigenous land too. also, tbh, i don’t think the way to solve the issues of a world where so much harm is based on displacement and movement restrictions is just to place more movement restrictions on people.

@cottagecore-is-good so you don’t act like you didn’t see this. Got an apology prepared? Since we indigenous are “people too” I’m sure you agree I absolutely deserve one for you’re asshole behavior and high horse erasure of the very demographic you’re talking to.