#pinrose

I ain’t seen y’all mad about Earthbound Trading Co and they literally appropriate:

https://www.earthboundtrading.com/white-sage-smudge-stick

“Cleanse the energy in your abode with this California White Sage Smudge Stick! This smudge stick is a bundle of authentic White Sage (Salvia Apiana), an evergreen perennial shrub from the coastal mountains of California. Known as a sacred herb, sage is often used in rituals of energy cleansing called "smudging." To practice smudging in your space, light a White Sage bundle from the top end or crush its leaves and put them on a burning charcoal tablet on a safe surface. Relax as your space is cleared of negative energy!” https://www.earthboundtrading.com/namast-ay-in-bed-tank-top

“ Lounge around in zen-comfort in this fitted and lightweight grey racerback tank top with the phrase "Namast'ay in Bed" on it.”

but then again what do i know?

UPDATE: The original artist licensed out their work, so these are legal derivative works.

Following the hype regarding Pinrose’s upcoming “Starter Witch Kit”. I have feelings regarding the use of white sage (appropriation plus impact on those communities) as well as the rose quartz (mining practices and impact on marginalized groups/communities in those areas).

They’ve responded and now people are mad they’re choosing to not release the kits anymore. Understand, from a business point of view, their choice to not release the kits now is not to spite the witch community. It’s because there’s now too much negative press surrounding it and they’re just trying to cut ties with it completely. No company [with a good business plan lol] wants to be caught up in internet outrage culture. It’s best, for the company, to just end the whole thing rather than try to put a positive spin on it.  

There was even a change.org petition to get witch kits off the shelves

This is what the community seemed to want. Albeit the petition only got 47 supporters but reading the petition description and the comments it’s pretty clear that a lot of people didn’t use any common sense in this whole mess.