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Natural Fashion from Ethiopia’s Omo Valley

Photographs by Hans Silvester

oamisoa-deactivated20160323

y'all think sex work is soo fucking easy like stop with all this ‘fuck school i’m gonna become a stripper’ ‘i’ll just be a porn start it’ll be easy money’ ‘I’m just gonna get a sugar daddy’ bullshit lmao because I can bet ur sweet lil asses you wouldn’t be able to handle a day of it stop trivialising sex work and the work sex workers put into earning their money

maakomori

dwagunlily

My whole family owns/operates/works in Chinese restaurants so lemme tell you: -We chop all our vegetables FRESH -We butcher our own chicken from whole chickens (we strip the breasts/tenders from the torso; we debone the thigh meat) -We use the bones to make chicken stock for our soups -We roast our own pork/ribs in an in-house smoker -We peel and devein all of our shrimp BY HAND (this is what i did as a kid) -We make our own dumplings/wontons/egg roll/spring rolls/breaded shrimp BY HAND (none of these are frozen) -We used to make our own dumpling dough from scratch, but it was a lot of work and we switched to premade but many other places still do this -All sauces and marinates are made by hand (no premade/store bought) -All gravy is made by hand from scratch -All soups are made from scratch -Egg Foo Young takes FOREVER TO MAKE (there are like 7 different steps and you can only make one order at a time) -An average take out restaurant has 3-6 employees (oftentimes family) -Most employees work 6 days a week/60-70 hours a week -Many employees live with their employers, sometimes very far away from their families (ie a father sending money back to his wife and kids in China) -Owners (such as my parents) usually work 7 days a week, 364 days a year (we close on thanksgiving) -Oftentimes kids will be helping out/hanging around bc they can’t afford childcare (I’ve been cashiering since i was 10) SO WITH ALL THIS IN MIND, it’s really hurtful when someone complains about our prices. Averaging $5-$10/person (which is FAST FOOD LEVEL PRICES), the food you get has fresh vegetables, fresh meat, no weird preservatives—all cooked to order. “HOW MUCH did you say this cost??? WHEEEEW!” “You’re taking all my money!” “(Asks for extra thing) Why does that cost extra?” “So what do i get for free for spending $20?” “How’s your pork made? It ain’t dog meat, is it?” —all hurtful things I’ve personally heard and had to grin and bear For some reason, it seems people don’t respect Chinese restaurants. You would never treat a Western-owned restaurant like this. Even places like PF Chang and Panda Express (who DO NOT use fresh ingredients) can overcharge out the wazoo but no one complains because they’re oftentimes being served by Western faces. It really hurts for people to act like my family’s hard work isn’t worth anything to them. Treat your locally owned business with respect. Treat your Chinese restaurants with respect. Really think about the food you’re getting and all the work that goes into it. Think of all the hard working people behind bringing you this meal you’re about to enjoy, a meal you didn’t have to prepare (this goes for fast food too). Above all else, TREAT OTHER HUMAN BEINGS WITH BASIC DIGNITY.

angelsfilth

wondie-deactivated20180817

this moth gotta chicken face on him back

unrar

“Would you rather stay be an artist or go and be a humane person?“ Salaam Cinema (1995), Mohsen Makhmalbaf

zanabism-deactivated20200529

Islam, like all other religions/ideologies, should remain an open ground for criticism, but to say that Islamophobia is absolutely not related to racial persecution and racism in any way is an oversimplification.

Anyone on this earth could be a Muslim, but it’s the brown and black ones that being attacked and killed for being associated with Islam. Anyone could have some kind of tie to Islam, the ideologies presented in Islam, but it’s the brown men and women, the kids with “Middle Eastern” names, the Sikhs wearing turbans, Hindus wearing traditional attire that are being called “terrorists” at the highest frequency. Ask an Islamophobic assailant why he hit a Sikh man with his car and he’ll tell you he did it because he hates Islam, he hates terrorists. Islamophobia has criminalized the brown body, to say that it has nothing to do with racism would be to overlook the suffering of countless victims of such baseless hatred.

ideejayblog-deactivated20161219

But Sikhs and Hindus are not Muslims. They are different religions. Islamaphobia is related to Islam/ Muslims.

zanabism-deactivated20200529

Yes I am aware that they are not Muslims, that’s the point. Animosity towards non-Muslims that fit the “perceived” racial profile of a Muslim become victims of Islamophobia even though they are not associated with Islam, which is why I don’t think it’s accurate to rule out the association of racism and islamophobia.

ideejayblog-deactivated20161219

Does prejudice against religion always go with prejudice against race? I think it usually does but not always. When it isn’t related to racial prejudice it’s usually a prejudice against religion in general e.g. Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, etc. But they would argue that they’re not being prejudiced- they are being intelligent and reasonable.

zanabism-deactivated20200529

Richard Dawkins has argued that Islamophobia CANNOT be related to racism in any way, but the truth is that in practice the two intersect often and severely.

matsudakouta

キノコ団扇 #cactus #サボテン#succulent

hawk-and-handsaw-blog

if u are a cis girl, here are some things not to say to trans girls or transfeminine ppl

you do makeup better than I do!

you have better legs than I do!

you’re prettier than I am!

etc

these compliments are just a way the disguise your shock at the femininity of “fake” women, compared to you, a “real” woman. stop.

insectaffection-deactivated2015

*draws HUGE RED circles around this with a ton or arrows pointing at it*

thepinkestpug

Complimenting an artistic friend’s work

socialjusticevegan

Vegans are not the voice for the voiceless.

Some vegans like to claim that they are speaking for animals because animals cannot speak for themselves, but this idea actually stems from speciesism and the savior complex that often comes with privilege. The animals we exploit do have voices, and they make it very, very clear that they do not want to be killed, they do not want to be harmed, they do not want to be locked in cages, and they do not want to be torn away from their child or parent. If you attempt to do any of these things to them, they will protest loudly and struggle against it. In the cases where they don’t, it is because they have been abused into submission and have given up on the idea that struggle will have any effect. We are not trying to give them a voice, we are trying to get people to realize that their voices are valuable, and that they deserve to be listened to.

fuzzycricket

This is what I’ve been telling people when they criticize me for being too “loud and angry” about veganism…animals are screaming and protesting as loudly as they can and they are being ignored.