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The original push behind naming cultural appropriation and having these conversations were so that we as a society could evaluate why we were punished for our heritage while white People were not. It was supposed to be about seeking solutions. The idea was to create a society where we could celebrate our cultures with impunity. It was never about telling white people that they “weren’t allowed” to do certain things. We did ask that white People stop doing certain things because they weren’t doing them respectfully and were not invited to do them, but the primary reason we asked them to desist was to reclaim the things they had stolen and to reassign them culturally back where they belonged.

White “allies” saw these conversations happening and instead of trying to aplify our own voices or even try to learn about the complexities behind why we were saying what we were saying, they instead began screaming over us and creating a narrative that was hardly even the bones of what we originally set out to say. It was like they took the conversation we were trying to have, completely decontextualized it, and stripped it of all it’s nuance in order to gain social currency by seeming progressive.

So the conversation around cultural appropriation went from “This aspect of our heritage belongs to us and we find it egregious that we are shamed for it. What steps can we take to address the racism that’s creating this situation as well as rehome the things that have been stolen” to “you’re not allowed to do that because if you do that you’re racist, we don’t really understand why that’s racist but you’re not allowed to do that and if you do that you’re a klansman no exceptions. So you’re not allowed because because”

At the end of the day, did I like the fact that sally was wearing dreads? No. But my primary concern was not that sally was wearing dreads but rather that sally could wear dreads and I couldn’t. THAT was the intended focus of those conversations. It was about addressing the inequality. It was about us. Now the conversation is just about sally and were completely forgotten.

“The boys had apparently gone into the girl’s bathroom to protest the use of the boy’s bathroom by a student who is transitioning from female to male, the state representative said. That student was not directly involved in the incident.”

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stop! just stop. eat the special snack. drink the expensive hippie tea. use the incense or the bath bomb or whatever you paid way too much for because you were feeling really bad and retail therapy makes u feel alive

when we save things for special occasions/rainy days it contributes to us feeling like A.) our day to day existence is lackluster and B.) you have to be feeling a certain level of Bad, or have to reach a certain level of Socially Accepted Achievement, to enjoy things

just give yourself stuff. there are definitely sometimes reasons to withhold things from yourself - as motivation, if it’s something you consciously want to use sparingly, etc - but at least for me half the time it just turns into self-flagellation and also cool things and cool experiences and nice treats just collect dust while i wait for some fabled day when i convince myself i finally Deserve it

Memo To The Media: Chick-fil-A Condemns, Discriminates, And Campaigns Against LGBT People

https://thinkprogress.org/memo-to-the-media-chick-fil-a-condemns-discriminates-and-campaigns-against-lgbt-people-3e2dbb7b8056/

Hey! So I noticed a lot of anime now is… well, stressful to watch. Things like Death Note and Devilman Crybaby are on the rise. But some of us just wanna sit down and watch something super cute, right? Something to get us away from the harsh world.

Well that my friend is why this list exists! These are just a few animes that I like and find non-emotionally threatening(aka it doesn’t stress me the fuck out).

Note: most of these will be rather cutesy and not very serious. If that’s not your shtick, sorry :/

1: Love Live!!!

Love Live is an idol anime, about girls whose dream is to enter the “Love Live School Idol Project” competition. This one is super funny and cutesy, and I really love it! But it also teaches important lessons on working hard, trying your best, and being true to yourself and your friends.

This anime has a few seasons of each. There’s the original Love Live! series, and then there’s it’s predecessor, Love Live! Sunshine!! This is one of those animes where you will undoubtedly choose 1 or 2 favorite characters.

2. Aikatsu Stars!

Aikatsu stars is another idol anime that takes place at Four Star school for those who want to pursue lives on the stage. The series follows Yume Nijino, a happy go lucky girl who wants nothing more than to be like her idols, the girl group S4. Especially the singer, Hime. As the series goes on, it goes slowly from an anime where everything is a breeze for her, to something more challenging. They also were smart not to introduce characters right away, so there’s always someone new just around the corner.

The anime is normally in 2d, but when they transform for the stage, it goes into stunning and we’ll made CG. The one fault I have with this show is the fact that for a while, they use the same song for 3 performances in a row… (I don’t fault you if you eventually start to skip over ones you’ve already seen. I do that too)

This anime has TONS OF episodes and can easily be found on youtube, uploaded in English Sub all in a row.

3. Sanrio Boys!

Now this one is a little more emotionally challenging in the beginning but I assure you, it’s WORTH it. This anime is about a highschool boy who claims he is average in every way. However, as the series goes on, it’s revealed he loves Pompompurin, a sanrio puppy character modeled after pudding… and struggling with how “unmanly” and weak he might be seen as. He soon meets Shunsuke and Yuu(pictured above), two other boys who love sanrio characters(Yuu loves My Melody, Shunsuke loves Hello Kitty). This anime not only has funny moments and cute moments, but also battles Toxic Masculinity at its very core.

This anime is fresh out of the woodwork, with only a few episodes out and releasing every week!

4: Nichijou!

If you like animes that are cute but also make almost no sense and can make you laugh at the absurdity of it all, this show is for you! Nichijou was my first real jump back into anime after my long 2-3 year hiatus. It’s funny, features cute characters, and oh boy is there tons and tons of jokes ahead. This doesn’t quite have too much of a plot going on, but it at least has a sense of coherency, as time progresses.

This is a rather short anime (in my opinion cause I binge watch) with about 20-30 episodes. It works more like a sitcom in many ways, but without the cheesy sitcom stigma, and ACTUAL humor in place of it.

Bonus: Gudetama!

Okay, so Gudetama isn’t REALLY an anime perse, it’s more of a series of shorts by Sanrio, but it’s still super cute! Sanrio came out with a brand new character over the last couple of years, Gudetama. The lazy egg. He’s cute and lazy and adorably lovable, and it’s rather calming to watch after a long day in my opinion! He doesn’t really have episodes but you can see all the shorts gathered together into one long video on youtube.