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do you have any tips for becoming more confident wrt to cooking? i want to enjoy cooking, but i always end up getting really anxious and stressed especially when cooking for other people :(

honestly, just practice and let it be fun. let it be an experiment and a new experience and a space to learn and grow. i know this has been talked about before but there is so much pressure to turn things that are natural joy of human life (ie. cooking, dancing, singing, making art) into something that you should only do if you can perform it at a professional level. cooking is for nourishment, for some space to work with your hands and create, let it be fun. i’m by no means a great chef, just a home cook, but it brings me joy. start with simple things and let the simple act of doing something with your hands that creates a meal (alchemy! magic!) propel you to keep making. as you keep going, you will learn what tastes you like, you’ll build a little storage cupboard of knowledge. you deserve to feed yourself w love and intention and nourishment! food is healing, you’ll find your way ☺️

plumtusion

<3 <3 <3

tana-the-dreamchaser

valtsv

*knife thrower throws their blades at me but i, a sword swallower, swallow them all perfectly*

icewindandboringhorror

Just a walking pile of mismatched scarves, I suppose

llovinghome

Sweethearts

hwainio

She's studious. A real intellectual. If she could, she would be wearing a beret.

rootworkingmyway

“the magic is within us” ☪︎·̩͙ black witch aesthetics ☪︎·̩͙

rootworkingmyway

“Conjure was born in the united States out of the absolute need to overcome oppression, to create opportunity, and to provide the ability to magically stick up the middle finger to their oppressors. It was a way to counter the deeds of the slave masters and execute works of enslave and commit atrocities against them. This work was desperately needed, and it was the spirits of these slaves and their ancestors that evolved into Conjure—one of the most potent spiritual and magical practices.”

- from Working Conjure: A Guide to Hoodoo Folk Magic by Hoodoo Sen Moise

braidsforblackgirls

http://instagram.com/glowprincesss 😍

feu-follet

sonofbaldwin

I got dressed in my traditional Indian regalia, but there was a man, he was the producer of the whole show. He took that speech away from me and he warned me very sternly. “I’ll give you 60 seconds or less. And if you go over that 60 seconds, I’ll have you arrested. I’ll have you put in handcuffs.”

- Sacheen Littlefeather in Reel Injun (2009), dir. Neil Diamond.

They were MAD, CONFUSED AND PRESSED that Marlon Brando would betray White Supremacy in this way. To this very day, they are TWISTED over this. And when Littlefeather got up there and READ THEM FOR FILTH, they GAGGED. For eons.

zeldahime

So I imagine there are people like me out there who’ve never even heard of Marlon Brando and are extremely confused over why this is important.

Marlon Brando was the Don in The Godfather, and in 1973, he was nominated for and won an Academy Award for it. However, he was also a huge Natives rights activist, and boycotted the ceremony because he felt that Hollywood’s depictions of Native Americans in the media led to the Wounded Knee Incident (which I was always taught as “the second massacre at Wounded Knee” but apparently that’s not the real name). He sent Sacheen Littlefeather, an Apache Native rights activist, in his stead. Wikipedia’s article on her explains the rest:

Brando had written a 15-page speech for Littlefeather to give at the ceremony, but when the producer met her backstage he threatened to physically remove her or have her arrested if she spoke on stage for more than 60 seconds.[5] Her on-stage comments were therefore improvised. She then went backstage and read the entire speech to the press. In his autobiography My Word is My Bond, Roger Moore (who presented the award) claims he took the Oscar home with him and kept it in his possession until it was collected by an armed guard sent by the Academy.

That is what this gifset is about.

jadebrieanne

You have GOT to read up on this. The Wounded Knee Incident, Marlon Brando and Sacheen Littlefeather, Anna Mae Aquash. ALL OF IT.

laughterbynight

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but she was also threatened with physical harm by actors that were there. I believe John Wayne aka the duke aka Marion Mitchell Morrison, was one of them. Reports said he had to be held back by others backstage.

taankhsrealhoodoo

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