Anarchy Anthropology

I'm B | She / They / It | Musing and random things. Mostly on anthropology, though mostly not.

[anthropofox]

Delta Independent, Volume 41, Issue 42, Oct. 19 1923

[anthropofox]

Also: Why is Egyptology a thing?

[depsidase]

[anthropofox]

Crabelona 🦀

[northern-punk-lad]

The damage that has been done to the disabled community after the BAFTA’s situation cannot be understated like the fact that ugly laws have re-entered popular discourse

[ayeforscotland]

It’s slowly starting to dawn on people but worth continuing to highlight that the BBC absolutely manufactured this situation with zero regard for the black community and the disabled community.

Given absolutely everything else that had the spotlight - particularly the Epstein files and Mandelson/Andrew Windsor’s arrests - this served as a convenient way to get marginalised communities infighting. It feels deliberate and calculated, and was absolutely targeted at a public that has been trained to jump to hot takes and picking sides.

The BBC are absolute masters at this. As an institution it’s what they do best, and the discourse around it will now be dripfed into the likes of BBC Question Time and other political channels over the next few months.

[fifthnormani]

For anyone who doesn't know:

On the 2026 BAFTAs, there was a man named John Davidson (a well known disability advocate). He has tourettes - and if you didn't know, tourettes makes you say and do things without your countrol (called "tics"). It is literally not possible for the person to control it. So sometimes, yes, the tics a person does end up being things that that person WOULD NEVER DO if they could control it. But they can't.

So, enter the part where Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo are on stage at the BAFTAs getting recognized for their work on Sinners. John Davidson screams out the n word. This is not taken away from the BBC broadcast; it stays on the broadcast, for everyone at home to see/hear.

Now, since then, more and more pieces of this puzzle have come into view. For one, John Davidson also used homophobic slurs when Alan Cumming was there - but the BBC censored that part. For another, the BBC censored someone saying "Free Palestine" at one point in the awards ceremony (I am not sure who said it). So clearly they know how to censor things.

More than this, though: John Davidson was sitting 41 rows back from the main stage when he said the n word. WHY did he have a microphone on him loud enough for it to be caught on tape/heard all the way up on stage?

In conclusion, people are furious because the BBC did not apologize. John Davidson reportedly apologized in private to Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, but the BBC has made no apology for refusing to censor that word and giving all the Black people watching at home (and in the audience!) trauma from hearing that word.

Even if John Davidson didn't have ill intention (he can't control it), THE BBC seems to have ill intention. Why was there a microphone on John Davidson? Why wasn't it censored out? Because, quite frankly, the BBC wanted attention. "All attention is good attention". They did get it, at the expense of both the Black community and the disabled community.

[chimaerakitten]

So the banner ad didn’t scale down for the mobile browser and it took me multiple minutes to realize that this stock photo of people in business suits was not, in fact, an illustration of what oathbreaker paladins in service to an evil power are supposed to look like

[wizardshark]

business majors as soon as they're done with that pesky "ethics" class they have to take to get their degree

[anthropofox]

This got me thinking of the time when for a final project in ethics I had to write and then actively debate others on the topic of being trans...

The project tasked us with developing an argument comparing identifying / changing ones race to gender transition... an interesting concept to think about in an LGBTQ studies class... just not in an ethics class required by business majors. We read media and reports on Rachael Dolezal, then compared it to a trans woman's memoir (Redefining Realness, by Janet Mock). Comparing a trans woman's painful realizations and struggles to the divisive, manipulative actions of a malicious actor. Wish I was surprised... par for the fuckin course.

[taxidermycatgirl]

would you rather be taxidermied or be a wet specimen wait dont leave

[ageae]

[uniquecrash5]

Oh hey tomorrow is Wolfenoot.

[injuries-in-dust]

Happy Woolfenoot everyone.

[exitheinsane]

Happy wolfenoot

[magicratfingers]

merry wolfenoot !

[ithelpstodream]

[politic-offical-deactivated2026]

Jobs under communism

Twinks will be upheld as the backbone of the service industry their grasps reach far and wide through maid cafes to small town bars. We must allow them to flourish like a rose in a snow dusted garden and parade them as vital to communism.

[akamuffintop]

Remember my post about the bike path cat mayoral election? Well the candidate space blew up. I took a video of all the latest signs. It’s cookoo bananas!!

Voting ended today. Results will be announced next week!

@massachusetts-official

[anthropologist-on-the-loose]

An incredible display of populist art, just amazing. We've got pet names, general cultural attitudes towards pets, we've got political commentary, intentional emulation of common electoral imagery and language, intentional subversion of common electoral imagery and language, we've got people using this as an actual advertising medium, we've got an entire spectrum of artistic skill levels, we've got people understanding the parameters of this (spontaneous!) community activity and finding ways to participate if they don't fit the obvious parameter of owning a cat - I could write whole academic papers about this art installation. And best of all is that it's fun! It is a genuinely enjoyable piece to look at!

[anthropofox]

Ok, let’s for a moment talk about the “Yard signs don’t vote” yard sign. Let alone the irony of posting that on a yard sign (very meta), it also speaks to the point that merely showing your support for a candidate (or in this case cat-idate), is not the end of your participation in the democratic ritual that is elections.

You must also exercise your autonomy as a non-yardsign to go out and vote when the time comes.

Posting about, talking about, donating to, or otherwise supporting / spreading knowledge and awareness of a candidate or campaign is not equivalent to voting for the candidate.

The amount of people in the college I attend who talked about supporting Harris, who were in favor of Harris and her policies, and / or posted about her campaign during the run up to the election and then after admitted they didn’t vote when the time came was honestly scary; or worse yet, voted for the competition because “she’ll win anyway, look at how popular she is”.

Once again: Showing support for a candidate does not equate to casting a vote for the candidate.

Yard signs don’t vote, but you can. You must, for the good of yourself and your neighbors.

[kattheamazingcat]

Accessibility for mobility aid users, elderly people and other physically disabled people, IS a human right. Not just when it's convenient or is cheap, blah blah. All the arguments ableist people use are disgusting. They just don't want us mobility aid users, elderly or other physically disabled people to participate in society. They treat us as subhuman and would rather see us institutionalized than being happy, contributing members of society. It shows very clearly.

[anthropofox]

The societal perception that afab enbys are somehow more valid than amab enbys is like half the reason why I’m on estrogen. Lowkey if I was afab, I’d probably have less imposter syndrome when it comes to calling myself nonbinary.

[animentality]

[verysadpaper]

small victories people, they can get you through a lot!

[anthropofox]

Delta Independent, Volume 41, Issue 42, Oct. 19 1923

[ebb-is-learning]

being anti ai is making me feel like in going insane. "you asked for thoughts about your characters backstory and i put it into chat gpt for ideas". studies have proven its making people dumber. "i asked ai to generate this meal plan". its causing water shortages where its data centers are built. "ill generate some pictures for the dnd campaign". its spreading misinformation. "meta, generate an image of this guy doing something stupid". its trained off stolen images, writing, video, audio. "i was talking with my snapchat ai-" theres no way to verify what its doing with the information it collects. "youtube is impletmenting ai based age verification". my work has an entire graphics media department and has still put ai generated motivational posters up everywhere. ai playlists. ai facial verification. google ai microsoft ai meta ai snapchat ai. everyone treats it as a novelty. every treats it as a mandatory part of life. am i the only one who sees it? am i paranoid? am i going insane? jesus fucking christ. if i have to hear one more "well at least-" "but it does-" "but you can-" im about to lose it. i shouldnt have to jump through hoops to avoid the evil machine. have you no principles? no goddamn spine? am i the weird one here?

[boatgrave-deactivated20250901]

[mysteryteacup]

*Scrolls past*

*reluctant sigh*

*scrolls back up*

*rebogs*

[anthropofox]