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bolto-deactivated20211002

my brother just helped a kookaburra that was getting beaten up by magpies and now it’s chilling in his car

labgnome

Are there people in Australia?

bolto-deactivated20211002

no

pure

as a general rule. if what we’re calling ‘cultural appropriation’ sounds like nazi ideology (i.e. ‘white people should only do white people things and black people should only do black people things’) with progressive language, we are performing a very very poor application of what ‘cultural appropriation’ means. this is troublingly popular in the blogosphere right now and i think we all need to be more critical of what it is we may be saying or implying, even unintentionally.

pyrrhiccomedy

There is nothing wrong with everyone enjoying each other’s cultures so long as those cultures have been shared.

Eating Chinese food, watching Bollywood movies, going to see Cambodian dancers, or learning to speak Korean so you can watch every K drama in existence is totally fine. The invitation to participate in those things came from within those cultures. The Mexican family that owns the place where I get fajitas wants me to eat fajitas. Their whole business model kind of depends on it, actually.

If you see something from another culture you think you might want to participate in, but you don’t know if that would be disrespectful or appropriative, you can just…ask. Like. A Jewish friend explained what a mezuzah was to me, recently. (It’s the little scroll-thing near their front doors that they touch when they come into their house. It basically means “this is a Jewish household.”)

“Oh, cool,” I said. “Can I touch it? Or is it only for Jewish people?”

“You can touch it or you can not touch it,” she said. “I don’t care.”

“Cool, I’m gonna touch it, then.”

“Cool.”

It’s not hard.

You want to twerk, twerk. I’ve never heard a black person say they didn’t think anybody else should be allowed to twerk. Just that they want us to acknowledge that they invented that shit, not Miley fucking Cyrus.

notcayleb

this is a good post.

maskedriderbiocore

Thank you, I was trying to sort this out in my head but you explained it very well.

habibialkaysani

#free exchange of culture is great - taking that culture without invite and pretending yours is an original take#(worse still profiting off it)#is cultural appropriation (by @gnimaerd)

funeralmarketsuperstore-deactiv

like yeah trump and his supporters are generally very shitty people with very shitty, fascist-sympathizing worldviews but ur not breaking any ground by insulting people who support him for being “fat” or whatever that’s just. always a shitty thing to do. don’t fuckin do that. there’s plenty of real shit to criticize within the politics of his supporters like come on

makemelaughblog

quichehound

fuckyeahyonicsymbols

I can’t make this any better than it already is.

televandalist

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capnskull

kushdrinker-deactivated20140817

have u ever tried to look cool in front of ur friends and u

uber-cheeseballs-blog

i have been laughing at this for 10 minutes straight.

sohpies-deactivated20210525

both his pants and underwear came off how did he even manage

putins-boyfriend

(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

pr1nceshawn

Tips That Can Save Your Kid’s Life.

hiddlesherethereeverywhere

THIS IS IMPORTANT

When I was a child, from the time I was about four and could understand things, my mom told me and my brother that we should have a secret word. That way, if we were ever in trouble or felt unsafe and we didn’t want the people around us to know we needed her to come get us, we could let her know. So she let us pick the word and my brother and I chose the phrase “peanut butter cups.” (I’m happy to share the phrase now since both my brother and I are adults now).

I used the phrase twice in my life. Once, I was at a friends house when I eight years old. Her dad got really drunk and was throwing things against the wall. I was really scared and I didn’t want to draw attention to myself on the phone when I called my mom to come get me because I didn’t know if he would get more violent if I asked her to come get me. So I called her and was calm and after a couple minutes I asked “Hey mommy, did you get me those peanut butter cups from the store?” And she said “I’ll be right there.” And she came and got me within minutes.

Second, I was a teenager spending the night at a friends house. Her brother and dad were drinking and they started talking about things that made me uncomfortable - ie: what they liked to do to women. My friend didn’t seem perturbed and said that was normal for them and that I shouldn’t worry. But I was worried because they were really drunk and I was 15 and the only ‘woman’ around that wasn’t related to them. I went in my friends room, told her I needed to call my mom and say goodnight. Before I hung up with her I asked “Next time we go to the store, can we get some peanut butters cups? I’ve been craving them.” And she came and got me, just like that.

Two incidents, one as a young child, one years later as a teen. Don’t discredit this stuff, it fucking works. My brother used it a few times too. Let your child pick the word and no never, ever, ever, ever get mad at them for using it no matter what it is.

titenoute

DO NOT SCROLL PAST THAT.

roamingonwheels

Everyone preaches consent but ignores it when it comes to helping disabled people.

stophatingyourbody

Always ASK “May I help, Do you need any help, Would you like some help” and if they say “No”, LISTEN.

caralynnrose

If someone is struggling it’s okay to ask if they would like help. If they don’t want it, they’ve probably done this a million times and it only looks like struggling cause it’s not the way YOU do it. Think before you act

stelletlicht

brbjellyfishing

beautifulblackmen

The Internet is amazing

cumnog

“According to Billboard, on-demand audio streams of Nelly’s 2002 smash single have sky-rocketed by 219 percent following the initial news of his tax troubles.”