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Half-read a post the other day (and then got distracted) about what vegetables the poster would plant in a garden tailored to surviving food scarcity--which, to be clear, I think is an important and not at all crazy subject. Food scarcity is a possible outcome of several converging trends in the US and elsewhere--authoritarianism has led to some of the worst famines in recent history, for example, as has a rich and powerful "aristocracy" deciding that profit matters more than feeding people (ask the Irish). And then there's climate disasters, obviously. I'm not trying to be scary. I'm trying to nudge past the kneejerk reaction a lot of leftists understandably have to anything that smacks of "survivalism" and its associated hyper-individualism. The point isn't "oh god we're fucked", the point is that concerns about food scarcity are not unreasonable, and choosing to work on your (and your community's) food independence is a really good goal for those who have the resources.
That post is long gone from my dash, but I do remember it mentioning lettuce and tomatoes and corn, and me thinking that honestly those would NOT be my picks for a survival garden. Like, I want to be clear, I grow those things, and those are good things to grow! But lettuce produces almost no calories and relatively few nutrients. Corn...corn has caveats. First, it has to be planted in large blocks in order to be pollinated, because it's wind pollinated. You can't just plant a row or two. Also, if it's sweet corn, it's very highly perishable, and if it's a dry corn, like a dent corn meant for flour, it requires processing. More on that later. And tomatoes kinda combine the above problems--large, not a ton of calories, and highly perishable, PLUS they take a bit of skill to get good yields (source: me. My tomato plants always suck ass.)
I think everyone's veggie picks are going to vary wildly based on their eating habits and growing conditions. But when I think about survival gardening, I think about calories per area. That is, in a given area, with a realistic yield, how many calories you can expect to get out of a crop. Because in a survival situation, what you need more than anything is calories. Nutrients matter, but I'll be honest, if you're really suddenly eating mostly unprocessed plant foods, along with what weeds you can forage (which is quite a lot where I am), you might be doing better nutritionally than pizza and tacos. And when it comes to calories per acre, potatoes and sweet potatoes (which are not actually related botanically) are basically the undisputed kings in temperate climates.
There are a bunch of other things along those lines that I would choose to grow--beets, turnips, carrots, onions, and things less known now like skirret and salsify are the calorie-dense vegetables that my European ancestors ate before the Columbian Exchange. Everyone once again say thank you to Precolombian agronomists and farmers for potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, squash... Or there's sunchokes, which take a little getting used to in the kitchen, but in most places they absolutely cannot be beaten for plant it and forget about it perennial food.
If you do have more space, the dry corn really is a good idea, but you need some means to grind it or nixtamalize it, and that and getting it off the cob, etc., are going to take time and energy. Another crop that takes a lot of space but has a great yield of calories and easy processing is winter squash, like pumpkins. The big advantage of those is that if you pick the right varieties, these will store for months, in their original form, if you just put them someplace cool but not freezing. You can have a hubbard squash in the garage until March and then cut it up and have food in half an hour. Also, as we all know from all the adorable zoo videos, a whole lot of animals will eat squash, including chickens.
Anyhow. There's a million things you could grow, including more nutrient dense greens like mustard or collards, herbs to make staple foods more palatable, etc. But when I think gardening for food security, I think calories.
Ok- I've read about salsify, but never skirret!? WHAT is?!
this year - I am attempting sweet potato for the first time. send me goodvibes.
Skirret is a delightful multi-rooted perennial member of the carrot family! Harvested fall through winter, and propagated by seed or crown division. I've become a huge fan and proponent.
Good luck with the sweet potatoes!
A short comic I made about my experiences as a seasonal worker, and the way places change you.
source: The Little Butch Book, written by LeslĂŠa Newman
Diving swans captured by Viktor LyagushkinÂ
Source: The Wild Good; Lesbian Photographs & Writings On Love - Edited by Beatrix Gates
2014: oh wow! some social media platforms have started "verifying" prominent users with a little symbol next to their names! this is a great way to separate them from all the copycat accounts, what a neat idea
2023:
smoking weed does turn people gay but it doesn't happen to everyone it's like a cilantro soap gene deal
The LGBTQ community has seen controversy regarding acceptance of different groups (bisexual and transgender individuals have sometimes been marginalized by the larger community), but the term LGBT has been a positive symbol of inclusion and reflects the embrace of different identities and that weâre stronger together and need each other. While there are differences, we all face many of the same challenges from broader society.
In the 1960â˛s, in wider society the meaning of the word gay transitioned from âhappyâ or âcarefreeâ to predominantly mean âhomosexualâ as they adopted the word as was used by homosexual men, except that society also used it as an umbrella term that meant anyone who wasnât cisgender or heterosexual. The wider queer community embraced the word âgayâ as a mark of pride.
The modern fight for queer rights is considered to have begun with The Stonewall Riots in 1969 and was called the Gay Liberation Movement and the Gay Rights Movement.
The acronym GLB surfaced around this time to also include Lesbian and Bisexual people who felt âgayâ wasnât inclusive of their identities.Â
Early in the gay rights movement, gay men were largely the ones running the show and there was a focus on menâs issues. Lesbians were unhappy that gay men dominated the leadership and ignored their needs and the feminist fight. As a result, lesbians tended to focus their attention on the Womenâs Rights Movement which was happening at the same time. This dominance by gay men was seen as yet one more example of patriarchy and sexism.Â
In the 1970â˛s, sexism and homophobia existed in more virulent forms and those biases against lesbians also made it hard for them to find their voices within womenâs liberation movements. Betty Friedan, the founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW), commented that lesbians were a âlavender menaceâ that threatened the political efficacy of the organization and of feminism and many women felt including lesbians was a detriment.
In the 80s and 90s, a huge portion of gay men were suffering from AIDS while the lesbian community was largely unaffected. Lesbians helped gay men with medical care and were a massive part of the activism surrounding the gay community and AIDS. This willingness to support gay men in their time of need sparked a closer, more supportive relationship between both groups, and the gay community became more receptive to feminist ideals and goals.Â
Approaching the 1990â˛s it was clear that GLB referred to sexual identity and wasnât inclusive of gender identity and T should be added, especially since trans activist have long been at the forefront of the communityâs fight for rights and acceptance, from Stonewall onward. Some argued that T should not be added, but many gay, lesbian and bisexual people pointed out that they also transgress established gender norms and therefore the GLB acronym should include gender identities and they pushed to include T in the acronym.Â
GLBT became LGBT as a way to honor the tremendous work the lesbian community did during the AIDS crisis.Â
Towards the end of the 1990s and into the 2000s, movements took place to add additional letters to the acronym to recognize Intersex, Asexual, Aromantic, Agender, and others. As the acronym grew to LGBTIQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIAA, many complained this was becoming unwieldy and started using a â+â to show LGBT arenât the only identities in the community and this became more common, whether as LGBT+ or LGBTQ+.Â
In the 2010â˛s, the process of reclaiming the word âqueerâ that began in the 1980â˛s was largely accomplished. In the 2020â˛s the LGBTQ+ acronym is used less often as Queer is becoming the more common term to represent the community.Â
CW: trans death
I donât usually post about losing our trans siblings but Eden Knight, a popular Twitter user, is being ignored by media. Her story seriously deserves more coverage. Eden was a young Saudi trans woman living in the U.S. until yesterday. Her family hired a popular Heritage Foundation-backed âfixer,â Michael Pocalyko, who arranged for her to undergo forced detransitioning. His associates trapped her in D.C. through financial coercion and threatened her with her undocumented status. She couldnât take it anymore after a month of this treatment. She left a heartbreaking note that has been shared on Twitter thousands of times. The popular phrase âdeath before detransitionâ isnât an exaggeration.
Not only was Eden influential in her own right but her story shows how the broader landscape of anti-trans fundamentalist organizing reaches across borders, religions, and ideologies. If youâre in media, please consider writing about her story. Her family has now confirmed all of it. Her family just confirmed everything. Unlike many posthumous trans narratives, she left us with information about exactly who/what killed her and how it happened. Iâve been in touch with her partner, who is as shocked about this information as we are. This dehumanizing treatment needs to end immediately. We are using #JusticeForEden and #HerNameWasEden for more information.
Update: Edenâs friends have compiled everything about her abduction in one place.
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Diving swans captured by Viktor LyagushkinÂ