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@lissai77
The real me!! My other social media accounts show me laughing and having a great time for my thanksgiving and everyday, actually. But they are a fake positive. I have a full range of emotions that surface often.
But in actuality, I am alone and crying. I spend 90% of my time alone. I am actually sad a lot.
THIS
IVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS
YOU FLAMING ASSHOLE
And that person, I’d like to add,might have a learning disability like dyslexia, and yes, they deserve a living wage. Maybe it was an employee with Down Syndrome - LIVING FUCKING WAGE. I’m an academic, I value good spelling and clear communication, and you know what? None of it fucking matters when it comes to the fundamental right for a living wage.
I Have No Sense of Humour
A distance member of my family posted that the Native People who walked off Adam Sandler’s and Netflix’ movie set need to have a “sense of humour”. I strongly disagree. You can joke to me about how I am mistaken for Asian, or In the summer I how brown faster than burnt toast.
I have as much sense of humour about the contents of this movie as I do about the Holocaust, or my mother dying of cancer, concentration camps, residential schools, family violence, rape or whatever traumatic event that a human being is battling with.
How Native People, their language, and their culture are portrayed in our entertainment has and continues to influence the North American audiences with false information. Specifically, the disrespect to our women, while we are still fighting for recognition from our government for the missing and murdered women. This false information continues to breed tension, racism, and an obvious divide. Our education system needs to educate our countries with the horrific and systematic genocide of our race and in some cases their extinction!! SURVING this as my grandparents and father have is not funny, and I do not have a sense of humour about it. #notyourhollywoodindian
Tell Adam Sandler, Netflix, and Happy Madison that #RidiculousSix is not funny - its inexcusable. Native Americans are not hypersensitive. We are the first people to laugh at ourselves but this is not funny. Period. Native American women are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted than any other group. Our traditions are not a joke. I fight against this content so #NativeYouth don’t have to grow up in a world where they’re very existence is considered a joke.
Token It is assumed that I am a good Indian. That I am just white enough to be a good companion. Perhaps that I can be that token friend, "See, I am not racist. See, my Indian, er I mean Native friend." They do not see what is simmering underneath. They do not notice that I don't laugh at their jokes. They cannot understand the shame of allowing myself to be that............token. Will I be that token to my daughter? Will she know my people? Hear my language? Understand why I am the way I am? Am I her token Indian, that she will tell my great-grandchildren about?? Please, let me have to strength, and courage to not let that happen. Let me pass on a legacy of Pride.
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MY HEADDD HURTS
Then there’s Taylor Swift
and in that moment, even those that hated taylor swift loved taylor swift
BUT HERE’S THE THING THIS MISSES
Taylor Swift used to be one of the women who rejected the term feminist. When she was asked in 2012 if she considered herself a feminist, her answer was “I don’t really think about things as guys versus girls. I never have. I was raised by parents who brought me up to think if you work as hard as guys, you can go far in life.” (Source)
Now that she’s openly calling herself a feminist, she’s said multiple times that she didn’t in the past because she didn’t understand what the term really meant. For example, here’s what she told The Guardian in 2014:
As a teenager, I didn’t understand that saying you’re a feminist is just saying that you hope women and men will have equal rights and equal opportunities. What it seemed to me, the way it was phrased in culture, society, was that you hate men. And now, I think a lot of girls have had a feminist awakening because they understand what the word means.
And she said it again on an interview on The View:
I was never really taught the definition of feminism when I was a little girl, and I wish I had been.
In fact, that’s exactly what she’s saying in the interview that gif is from. Here’s the full context of what she was saying (she was talking about Emma Watson’s UN speech):
Taylor Swift didn’t call herself a feminist for years because she didn’t properly understand the term. So don’t you dare frame this as “Oh, Taylor Swift is better than all these other women because she understands feminism”, because guess what? Until the last year or so that wasn’t true.
When Taylor Swift talks about feminism, what she’s stressed over and over is that so many women don’t call themselves feminists because they don’t understand what feminism really is. Just like she used to be. And when I look at those quotes up there? That’s exactly what I see. None of those women are saying they don’t believe in equal rights for women. But they think of feminism as having a “negative connotation,” as meaning you’re aggressive or unpleasant (”Get out of my way. I don’t need anyone.”), as being “a word that discriminates”. They haven’t been taught what feminism really is. And maybe once they understand better they still won’t be feminists, but at this point the rejection clearly isn’t coming from a place of real knowledge. It’s a knee-jerk reaction, from a society that’s conditioned them to see feminism in a negative light.
The answer here isn’t to shame women who reject feminism because they don’t understand it. The answer is to spread awareness and education so that more women will gain a better understanding of feminism. And I guarantee you that’s what Taylor Swift would tell you to do (and has said, repeatedly), instead of holding her up as a special snowflake who is Better Than The Other Girls. She’s not. She used to be just like them. Now, to her credit, she is better educated and was humble enough to admit she was wrong. That’s the message we need to be taking away from this. Humans grow. They change. People are not born Perfect Feminists TM. Give them a chance.
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS^^^^^^^^^
THIS IS EXACTLY THE MESSAGE PEOPLE NEED TO SPREAD AND STOP SHAMING PEOPLE FOR IGNORANCE OF FEMINISM BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT SOCIETY WANTS THRM TO THINK
Top 10 indigenous films of all time
Indigenous cinema, at least in its contemporary form, is only 40 years old, and the fact that there are films to be left off a list like this is testament to its rapid development and to the artists who have taken up the camera to tell their stories.
Here are 10 amazing films that are a great starting point for a journey into indigenous cinema history.
1. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, 2001 (Canada)
The first Inuktitut language feature is also the most important film in Canadian history, bringing epic film making to a Northern legend. It won Official Selection at the 2001 Cannes International Film Festival, and remains the highest grossing indigenous film in Canadian history.
2. Bastion Point Day 507, 1980 / Incident at Restigouche, 1984 (New Zealand / Canada)
These two activist documentaries were often paired on the festival circuit and are among the most important films in contemporary indigenous cinema. Directors Merata Mita and Alanis Obomsawin seemingly willed indigenous cinema into life with these two endlessly fascinating historical documents.
3. Bedevil, 1993 (Australia)
Tracey Moffat’s dreamscape/ghost story began indigenous cinema’s move away from traditional cinematic narrative structures and remains an under seen masterpiece.
4. The Dead Lands, 2014 (New Zealand)
Toa Fraser’s martial arts epic is bloody and bold, recreating pre-contact New Zealand and featuring remarkable, bone crunching performances. Coming soon to theaters.
5. Four Sheets to the Wind, 2007 (U.S)
Sterlin Harjo’s gripping feature is a descendant of Smoke Signals, portraying contemporary Indigenous life with an unflinching eye and open heart. It won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance for Tamara Podemski’s remarkable performance.
6. Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, 1993 (Canada)
Alanis Obomsawin’s documentary epic chronicles the Oka Crisis in Quebec and helped shift the dialogue around Indigenous issues in Canada and globally. It was the first documentary to ever win the Best Canadian Feature award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
7. Once Were Warriors, 1994 (New Zealand)
Lee Tamahori’s ferocious and exhilarating portrait of an urban Maori family was the first indigenous feature to have a truly global presence. Among the highest grossing films in New Zealand history.
8. Rhymes for Young Ghouls, 2013 (Canada)
Jeff Barnaby’s debut feature brings the anger to indigenous cinema, a clarion call for both the cinematic community and the indigenous community. A director to watch for years to come.
9. Samson and Delilah, 2009 (Australia)
Warwick Thornton’s Camera D’or winner is a searing depiction of modern life in Australia and a marvel of naturalism and restrained storytelling.
10. Smoke Signals, 1998 (U.S)
Chris Eyre’s road movie based on Sherman Alexie’s screenplay is a touchstone for indigenous cinema, bringing humour to a story of contemporary Indigenous life. Also features the core of young performers such as Adam Beach, Michelle St. John, Irene Bedard and Gary Farmer who would go on to star in numerous other films in the ensuing years.
More films not listed here — Ten Canoes, Charlie’s Country, Patu!, Barking Water, Trudell, Before Tomorrow, Mohawk Girls.
This article was initially published in Muskrat Magazine, edited by Jesse Wente (via cbc.ca).
Bi-Racial
You are more than one A hybrid of authenticity Ethnic traits grace your body, your heart, and your soul. You are born empathetic You are human after all.
mixed race people with white ancestry aren’t “part white” unless they personally identify that way
it’s like mixing blue and red paint to get purple and then, after that’s done, asking “so which part of the paint is blue?”
none of it. that’s the point. it’s mixed.
Something completely new and unique is born from the mix.
I came across this really awesome social media campaign called “You Don’t Say” by Duke’s Blue Devils and I thought I’d share it.
https://twitter.com/youdontsayduke
I really like how it doesn’t try to be clever or gimicky, it’s as serious as it needs to be, but it’s still relatable for the people they’re trying to teach.
period.
(a photo series shot by sisters rupi and prabh kaur. art direction by rupi kaur.)
i bleed each month to help make humankind a possibility. my womb is home to the divine. a source of life for our species. whether i choose to create or not. but very few times it is seen that way. in older civilizations this blood was considered holy. in some it still is. but a majority of people. societies. and communities shun this natural process. some are more comfortable with the pornification of women. the sexualization of women. the violence and degradation of women than this. they cannot be bothered to express their disgust about all that. but will be angered and bothered by this. we menstruate and they see it as dirty. attention seeking. sick. a burden. as if this process is less natural than breathing. as if it is not a bridge between this universe and the last. as if this process is not love. labour. life. selfless and strikingly beautiful.
there’s nothing wrong with this.
My Dad took in my Mom's 4 kids as his own, before they added to the family. Dad was 33 years old when she was born. Was it perfect? no. Did he struggle? Yes. My beautifully Cree father created a wonderful family for us all. I told him once that I was dating a boy from the Rez. He said "Why would you do that? He'll end up a bus driver or worse." My dad was a bus driver, all I wanted growing up was to marry someone just like my dad. Then he said that to me......
