#demonisation

no-one deserves to be called toxic. people may consistently do terrible things but they aren’t an inherent Bad Thing. you have any idea what it’s like to believe you’re fundamentally evil and worthless? to call yourself a monster? no-one deserves that. 🌹🌹

maybe you might be right in terms of etymology. but given the modern connection of those words to stigmatised disorders, you can no longer claim that it’s harmless to use those words as if they have their “original meanings”. you are still being ableist, and you just need to find new words to use

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, neuroscientist

Today in the England and elsewhere in the west is celebrated an ancient tradition now commonly called 'Halloween', which stems from the contraction of 'All Hallows' Eve' - a time when the indigenous of the land would take time out to remember and venerate the departed as well as exemplary Ancestors! Stigmatised due to the imposition of Roman Catholicism via the Roman Empire, it has survived to date by a 're-branding' to become a commercial and still celebrated event even to date, in so doing, allowing the tradition to continue under various guises. It is but an example of how we all unwittingly or not are forced to participate in venerating European-derived traditions and Ancestors whilst many Africans/Blacks still, on the other hand, accept the demonisation of their Ancestral culture and traditions by still clinging to colonial stereotypes created around it. So today we share with you this invocation to call in your Ancestral lineage and departed family members as they still work on your behalf regardless of if you have been remembering to venerate them or even disconnected from them due to current religious beliefs! If you'd like to know more ways in which to keep that spiritual connection with them always to enrich your life experience, then take advantage of our 40% off offer on all our learning resources now as it ends TODAY!! www.bhm.ancestralvoices.co.uk #halloween #halloweencostume #halloweenmakeup #invocations #stereotypes #demonisation #colonial #ancestors #ancestorsoverreligion https://www.instagram.com/p/B4SDT8JjwHY/?igshid=ot7y3k6xwo48

In our culture, and historically, Native Americans, Jews, women and rape survivors, the poor and unemployed have all been regularly accused of 'playing the victim' by the more powerful groups that were/are actively persecuting them. I think it's referred to as gaslighting, or a form of it? This is a bigger problem than 'playing the victim'; this quote only further confirms my low opinion of Goblin Slayer and its distressing appeal to Trump voters.