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melisscan

veiligplekje

headspace-hotel

oh yeah, so the thing I was attempting to research yesterday was like...the connection between “cottagecore” and colonialism. It sounded very ridiculous to me when I first saw that discussion. Now I’ve seen many many posts talking about it (and have now seen more) and I sort of see the connection but many of the sentiments expressed in those posts are incredibly confusing and I don’t know how to gain clarity.

I’m still completely lost on farming specifically being colonialist, or wanting to live in a rural area being colonialist. How is rural living more colonialist than city living? Something just isn’t clicking for me, I guess? Cities are also built on stolen land? Isn’t everywhere made of land? I’m not denying that the land is stolen, but that is true of all of America, not just the rural areas. If it’s a colonialist fantasy to farm in a rural area, would that not be extended to a limited degree even to suburban gardening? Or is the criticism for the romanticization of rural farming/gardening, and the individualism, and not just having a garden/farm while living in the middle of nowhere?

It was so confusing to read about at first because it seemed like the posts were arguing that (white) people should...interact with??? the land as little as possible or something, but that didn’t make any sense to me. Not doing activities that make you physically connected to the land and the ecosystem doesn’t make you less connected to colonialism.

I can see that current modern farming practices are unsustainable, and that “cottagecore” is a romanticization of an individualistic lifestyle. That makes sense. I can also see that the concept of “owning” land is messed up in a way, but I’m really uncertain what can be done about that. Is the ethical thing to do just to live on as small an area of land as possible? To rent property? To...what?

I also have done a lot of googling about the idea of “giving the land back,” and I still have no idea what, practically, that would mean. The writings and articles about it are all so...abstract. I have researched who used to live in the places that I live or have lived, but that’s not giving the land back, that’s googling. Then I’m advised to “form relationships” with Native American people in my community, but to be completely honest, I don’t know how that works as a thing that I can just go out and do. It seems incredibly weird to hit someone up just because of that, and how would you even find them in the first place? Isn’t befriending minorities to become more educated about issues that affect them the exact sort of creepy thing we need to not do? What if there aren’t many (or any) cultural events and things I can go to that are reasonably nearby?

I feel like I sound dumb writing this out, but I feel like everybody who is writing about this topic is writing from a perspective that is somehow really different than mine, and I’m being left confused because of that. I want to figure it out. It’s just hard to work out how to engage with an issue in a useful way if you can’t figure out the logic behind what’s being said.

grandparentcore

I will forever love simple, domestic things let’s bake together, go grocery shopping, drive around, just spend time together

somnolentsuggestions

hmm. hm. think i will spend my entire life devoted to creating art and being as kind as i possibly can

metasisyphus

Cottagecore, but make it poc.

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crosstheaegeansea

nature gifset

chloelemay

12 frames of animation I made using knitting! I spent a long time on this and I’m so pleased with the results, really looking forward to trying more ‘yarnimation’ in the future. Process video out now too! 🐑