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it’s bc y’all (not op) don’t know what the word zionism means. you think zionism is anything from “a jew who disagrees with me” to “a person who says that the jewish people originated in israel and it would be cool if we could live there again peacefully” to just “an israeli (just the jewish ones tho)” bc you have drowned yourself in tankie propaganda. so you go around calling any jew you run into that disagrees with you abt anything regarding israel and palestine a “filthy zionist” and then wonder why people keep calling you antisemitic. i have very strong feelings about the current israeli government, the current messages of political zionism, the way a lot of jewish institutions use the very real fear of persecution and eradication a lot of us feel especially now to push the idea that the only safe place is israel. i have a lot of opinions about how to combat that.

Oh my god, food extract is not the same as an essential oil.

Like maybe my tone is hard to read, maybe it just comes off as really angry but it’s not, it’s fear and worry. I read posts and clutch my head in alarm going “no! No! That’s how people die!” And then I get exasperated because a bunch of people not formally qualified chime in with “um actually this is a lie” and it’s not, it’s really, really not.

I see this so often in the Mommy world. There was a lady not long ago in one of the mom groups who was really worried about her toddler. He’d had a persistent cough for weeks and the doctor couldn’t figure out why. Someone asked, well what have to tried to treat it with, so far? She said she was using a humidifier, honey, and eucalyptus EO in the shower every night.

Sadly I don’t wonder. I have a friend whose daughter died from a home made menthol oil chest rub. She wasn’t even ten yet, but her mom– a qualified aromatherapist– thought she’d be old enough to handle it. She went into respitory distress and died seizing in her mother’s arms on route to the hospital. It was one of the most harrowing stories I had to listen to during my holistic training. She stood up there, on this podium next to a bunch of ponzy scheme essential oil sellers who looked like they wanted the floor to swallow them, and said “I killed my child with good intentions”.

I apologize sincerely for bringing this long post back into your lives, fam, but I’m getting inundated with questions about what can the possible harm be if you dab a little neat peppermint oil on your child’s skin to help them with a little head cold, and this is the most succinct way I can put it.

I have almost no followers and so am probably screaming into the void here, but! An important addition to this:

This is also relevant to pet owners who may have some idea that essential oils have any role in “holistic pet health.” Just. DO. NOT. Cats, especially, have delicate little livers and lick their coats extensively, so tea tree oil and other terpenes can kill them if applied to their fur.

Your only occasional reminder:

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An absolute queen:

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As someone who has actually studied the English language there's a common phrase about English that kinda annoys me because while it makes for a funny haha line it's such a gross oversimplification that it actually ceases to be funny. It's the one that goes "The English language is just three languages stacked on top of each other wearing a trenchcoat" or something to that effect.