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“I had time to run home and pack a bag and get to the beach where the boats were waiting,” said a member of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation (Collins). “We literally had minutes to get on the boats and flee before it took our town. “Once we left my house finally after packing what I could in a pack sack, the fire was right behind our place. We had to run to the beach and once we got there, it was only moments before the fire had jumped over the (train) track and was coming for us.”

it has since been confirmed that namaygoosisagagun first nation has completely burnt to the ground. if you would like to help the community navigate an ongoing crisis, i urge you to donate to the anishinabek nation 7th generation, a registered charity seeking to improve the lives of first nations people. donations are going directly to members of namaygoosisagagun first nation.

Body Horror: Things that cannot happen in real life. EX: The Thing, stomach mouths, eyes on hands, etc

Gore: Fresh injuries, often severe. EX: Severed leg, gutspill, deep gashes, etc

NEITHER: Healed injuries and burns, congenital differences, missing appendages, etc. If I could theoretically go to the store and see that character browsing the isles- It isn't body horror or gore. That's just a person. *AND the amount of people that tag, not just fictional characters, but real human beings as body horror is staggering. Its not solely a fandom issue, ableism and bigotry against anyone that looks sufficiently "different" is prevalent in real life and has devastating consequences.

Self harm scars are not body horror.

Pregnant people are not body horror.

Burn scars are not body horror, that includes chemical burn scars.

Prosthetics are not body horror.

NOT having prosthetics is also not body horror.

There is no disability aid that is body horror.

Congenital differences + disabilities are not body horror.

AND acquired differences + disabilities are also not body horror.

Real people are not body horror.

"You're right, I only have two rational choices... But plenty of irrational ones."

The Kingdom of Hawai’i was illegally overthrown with the help of American businessmen and we have suffered under the iron grip of America.

Our land is simply seen as a vacation spot, my people are simply seen as tour guides and hula dancers. We have had our culture, our history, and our people turned into a commercialized joke by America.

The rampant tourism kills our islands with endless hotels, attractions and overcrowding. The housing and living costs are out of control because of the false “paradise” narrative. The Navy poisons our water and destroys our land. Covid has killed so many of my people due to the reckless and selfish nature of tourists. I have lost loved ones to this virus, because tourists “couldn’t stay away”.

My people have suffered. I have suffered.

We are more than your vacation. We are more than an aesthetic.

We are a sovereign nation illegally occupied by the United States of America.

Restore Hawai’i to Hawaiians. End the American Occupation.

See the links below to learn more and to read up on your Hawaiian history.

How much of that lie Hawaii needs tourism. Or any island nation in our Pasifika Oceabic mainland for that matter. Is tied into exploitation by the settler state and ongoing land theft. I refer to Polynesian Micronesia and Melanesia as a whole as an Oceanic Pasifika mainland.

If we do become sovereign and we keep tourism. It will be with our agency and consent. Like god fucking forbid right. But the difference is it’s with our sovereignty and independence.

Something settlers have a hard time comprehending for some reason. We traded with other nations before being illegally occupied by the colonizer empire.

Free Hawaii, Papua, Guahan, Samoa etc from colonizer occupation. Hawaii isn’t a state. It was overthrown with the help of dole company. Hawaii was never annexed Hawaii is an illegally occupied sovereign kingdom.

Hawaii needs tourism is a lie haoles say to justify land theft displacement and illegal occupation. The settler state engineered it this way. To continue the land theft and illegal occupation of sovereign indigenous land.Tourism without our consent agency sovereignty and independence is unethical. Remember that.

In case some haole brings up Pearl Harbor again. The only reason why Hawaii was attacked in the first place was cuz America was occupying a sovereign Indigenous kingdom. I dream of a day when America isn’t squatting in Indigenous stolen land.

Tourism without our agency consent independence and sovereignty. Just adds to more land theft and displacement. Makes our culture a spectacle to be performed for haole amusement.

Coincidence?????

i'm over 2 weeks late but happy 20th anniversary to the Most Important comic book cover of all time. here is my homage