A GOBLIN MANIFESTO
AWE & WONDER AT NATURE - RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO ONLY FIND BEAUTY IN FLOWERS - WE HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED TO REJECT BUGS AND DIRT FOR WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO FEAR SEEMING UNCLEAN. THIS IS COLONIAL NONSENSE. NATURE IS MESSY AND COMPLEX AND ROTTING IS A FORM OF CREATION - EMBRACE ALL LIVING THINGS AND MARVEL AT THEIR PLACE IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
COMFORT IS RESISTANCE - PRIORITISE COSINESS! DOPAMINE DRESS, CUT YOUR HAIR IF YOU WANT, WEAR LAYERS THAT DON’T MAKE SENSE BUT FEEL GOOD ON YOUR BODY. ADVOCATE FOR YOUR NEEDS!
SHARE, DON’T HOARD - YOU ARE A GOBLIN, NOT A DRAGON. GREEDY GOBLINS ARE AN ANTISEMITIC TROPE - INVITE OTHERS TO ENJOY WHAT YOU FIND AND CREATE, INCLUDING NON-GOBLINS - MAKE OUR COMMUNITY IRRESISTABLE
PRESESERVE & PROTECT - NEVER TAKE MORE THAN NATURE NEEDS WHEN FORAGING OR COLLECTING - A FULL BAG FOR YOU IS A CHASM FOR BUGS. RESPECT LAWS THAT PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT, CREATE MISCHIEF BY WRITING TO YOUR MP ABOUT THEIR SUSTAINABILITY ACTIONS TWICE A WEEK.
LOOK DOWN FOR COOL STUFF ON THE GROUND, NOT ON OTHERS - PREJUDICE HAS NO PLACE IN THE GOBLIN COMMUNITY. MANY OF US ARE MARGINALISED AND FINDING FELLOW GOBLINS IS A HAVEN. MAINTAIN THE SAFE SPACE AND RESPECT THOSE OUTSIDE OF IT WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND US - SHOW THEM JOY IN A CULTIVATED COMMUNITY RATHER THAN DESPAIR AT BEING AN OUTSIDER.
