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fayna. 7. lentat. radical separatist learning to love myself in a casteist society. blues and reds (including clean/former reds) don't interact. [OOC: this is an amenta rp blog]

[to-new-planets]

“Purple jobs are unskilled jobs.”

Have any of you ever-ever made silk pants??

[openamenta]

Today the Voan federal government has unveiled the new Department of Transition, a subdepartment of Domestic Affairs, and announced that they will begin cleaning Voan reds on a model similar to Tapa’s.  An initial batch will be selected to be sent to Miolee while domestic facilities are in progress.  The Department is soliciting comment about how to avoid exacerbating the purple/other caste ratio skew in the process and comments can be submitted here with your Voan Citizen Number.

[prioritizingpurples]

@brighter-than-creations-dark 

[yearbyyearrecedesbeforeus]

The whole “purples are dumb! all they do is deliver food and sweep floors!” perspective is so ridiculous that the only reason anyone believes it is casteism.

Purples design spacecraft. Purples create prosthetic limbs, x-ray machines, and medical instruments. Purples improve manufacturing processes. Purples planned every road, building, airport, tunnel, dam, and bridge you’ve ever encountered in your entire life.

The average purple IQ is lower than the average green IQ, sure. But there are a lot of purples. Many of the smartest people in the world are purple.

[yearbyyearrecedesbeforeus]

I think one of the underrecognized problems with the caste system is that all our knowledge comes from greens. Our stories are written by greens; our art and music are made by greens; our anthropology and economics are conducted by greens; our theology and philosophy are written by greens. 

Every way we have as Amentans to communicate with each other about Amentan experiences is dominated by greens and green perspectives. 

Does a purple feel comfortable telling the complete truth to a green anthropologist? Do our movies and books and poetry tend to be about themes that are emotionally resonant to greens, at the expense of other castes? Are there subtle ways the green perspective distorts theology and philosophy, making some ideas more plausible than they would seem to an audience of oranges or yellows? 

It’s hard to know.

[imperialtrellis]

And all of this is strongly guided, circumscribed, originating from decisions made by, manipulated by, itself distorted by, and so on, by blues.

[prioritizingpurples]

“all of our knowledge comes from greens” is shitty phrasing but this is pointing at something important

i think it’d be more accurate to say that— the knowledge that’s /formalized/ is the knowledge that comes from greens and guided/manipulated/distorted (depending on your point of view) by blues

they don’t control our knowledge and ideas. we’re gonna have those no matter what greens and blues say. but they’re the ones making the rules of whose knowledge and ideas are taken seriously. and that’s important to notice and fight against.

[scaronhiatus]

I survived an abusive relationship. At this point I have talked to and worked with hundreds of people in abusive relationships.

Guess what? telling us to leave never works.

ever.

I could write a post about ways to help people leave.

I’ll probably do that one day.

but don’t be that person in the mean time.

[scaronhiatus]

This is real quick off the cuff but:

AN ABBREVIATED GUIDE TO ‘holy shit my friend is in an abusive relationshit what do I do’

1. Don’t start shit with the abuser. Your friend? Will pay for it.

I once had a friend slap my abuser.

I am not going to tell you the price I paid b/c I’ve already puked once today and I would like to not do it again.

I once threatened a friend’s abuser.

I almost lost that friend over it.

Don’t do the thing.

2.  Understand that the abuser is going to be isolating them.

They may be telling your friend how terrible you are. Any slight- no matter how small will be played up into a big thing. and even if the friend doesn’t hold it against you- it will probably effect how much they reach out to you.

Abusers like to tell their marks things like ‘Oh? A missed your call. Its because they hate you and think you complain too much’

The best way I can tell you to combat that- is just… don’t hold it against them. If they withdraw, don’t be that person like ‘well if you really cared about me you’d have fought for me’ 

The people who helped the most were those that I felt like.. I could go weeks without talking to and then they’d still listen if I got the courage to come back around. 

If you can- work with them to try and schedule things so that they can have support without their abuser getting suspicious. School projects, open places. shit like that.

3. Don’t argue with them that shit is abusive.

Don’t be that person. It will make them feel unsafe with you.

The friends who argued were friends I lost. They were the ones it was easiest for him to make go. Cause here’s the thing… people view isolating as an abuser saying ‘you can’t talk to them!’ and a lot of times its not that.. its an abuser sitting down and saying in a real quiet voice ‘you two argue a lot, and they aren’t respecting you. But I’ll always be here for you okay?’  

The most you can do is say “hey.. you know you deserve better than that right?” and if they argue go “I’m not going to argue with you. I don’t want to upset you. 

4. If they ask for resources, help them get them.

Don’t offer them unless asked or it will turn into a fight and see above.

5. If they say they’re out of options- help them brain storm ones.

here’s an easy opening to ask if it’s okay to help them find resources.

don’t shove.

6. Be nice to them. consistently.

Too many people were too busy trying to convince me that he was a bad guy- that spending time with them just hurt…

and at least when I was with him it only hurt some of the time.

I got out because I had 4-5 good friends who I had good times with and I finally…. there was the light of ‘oh god this is what healthy relationships feel like. ‘

7. Don’t shove. Don’t pressure.

You can say “I’ll be here for you when you’re ready to leave”

You can remind them of this occasionally.

But don’t be a coercive dick.

Don’t be gross.

Don’t hurt people being abused.

That should not be that hard of a lesson.

Don’t say victim blaming shit to convince them to leave.,

Don’t threaten to leave them if they don’t leave.

Don’t be gross.

[naaaaaaaaaah-deactivated2020112]

I need to remind myself of this every day because i can get in a state where all i wanna think about is hurting their abuser but if ur like that as well u need to understand that a lot of that rage is just you wanting revenge on your own abuser. But this isn’t about you. Stay as calm as you can. Stay away from their abuser as much as you can. Support your friend.

[prioritizingpurples]

That person absolutely deserved to die. The only reason Evalee didn't go down like Orvara is because they did. Fucking cleenz.

“cleenz” just say “purples”

why are you following my blog if you hate purples this much. js

[sacrificecode]

if the price of red rights is killing clean people, that doesn’t mean killing clean people is correct

it means red rights is wrong

[prioritizingpurples]

internalized clap anti clap purple clap casteism clap is clap still clap anti clap purple clap casteism

i mean

yes?

and like, it’s fine if you personally never show sympathy or friendship towards purples w anti purple casteism, but i'm not gonna stop reaching out in solidarity with other purples even if they’re problematic

i mean i’m still gonna call them out when they express anti purple views but i still think that they can be fundamentally decent people who deserve friendship and support?

[prioritizingpurples]

uhhhh if you think someone can be pro-red and pro-purple you're deluding yourself. to be pro-red is INHERENTLY anti-purple. every pro-red policy is purple oppression in more or less disguise.

oh yeah don’t get me wrong almost all pro-red policies are anti-purple as all fuck

but a lot of pro-red purples are misguided potential allies and it’s better to win people over by emphasizing our shared interests and experiences than to just look at a person suffering under anti-purple casteism and go “oh but you aren’t educated and radical enough to reject your own oppression that society has successfully convinced you that you deserve so i guess i’m just going to condemn you without any nuance instead of having an ounce of empathy & kindness"

[prioritizingpurples]

Because so-called red rights people are cruel monsters who want nothing except to shatter all we hold dear. Obviously.

eh, not all of them

there are red rights people who i consider potential allies and friends

they’re just not the ones who come into people’s inboxes to say “innocent people deserve to die! also cleenz suck”

(coincidentally, all the red rights people i know who are decent are also… purple. wow. what a shocking revelation. i am so surprised right now. it’s almost as if some purple red rights activists are fellow victims of purple oppression who are extending their solidarity too far due to being misinformed by people preying on their empathy and/or seeing themselves as ‘basically just clean reds’ due to persistent anti-purple cultural messages, while nonpurple red rights activists are almost all just using their “strong political views” as a smokescreen to hide the fact that they hate purples and like harassing us and talking about how uneducated we are and how we should die and how purples having opinions and boundaries is the same as structural oppression! but no, we all know that can’t be it. obviously. /s)

[prioritizingpurples]

That person absolutely deserved to die. The only reason Evalee didn't go down like Orvara is because they did. Fucking cleenz.

“cleenz” just say “purples”

why are you following my blog if you hate purples this much. js

[prioritizingpurples]

oh also even if the massacre WAS the only reason evalee’s doing better than orvara, which is a heck of an assumption that still wouldn’t mean a random innocent person deserved to die. what the fuck is wrong with you, anon

[openamenta]

also … how is being like orvara bad?? they managed a transition to a clean country without anyone dying, something no other country has accomplished! they’re doing really well! orvara is /really successful/ right now!

[prioritizingpurples]

honestly? point

there are just so many things that are issues with this ask that i didn’t even know where to start

cmon red rightsers biyan is right there why did you go for the place that in fact did better than evalee depending on how you measure it (for example, significantly fewer massacres and kidnappings!)

seriously though how do you say “innocent people totally deserved to die” and still.... remain convinced that you’re the good guy. anon’s mindset is so wild to me on so many levels

[prioritizingpurples]

That person absolutely deserved to die. The only reason Evalee didn't go down like Orvara is because they did. Fucking cleenz.

“cleenz” just say “purples”

why are you following my blog if you hate purples this much. js

[prioritizingpurples]

oh also even if the massacre WAS the only reason evalee’s doing better than orvara, which is a heck of an assumption that still wouldn’t mean a random innocent person deserved to die. what the fuck is wrong with you, anon

[prioritizingpurples]

That person absolutely deserved to die. The only reason Evalee didn't go down like Orvara is because they did. Fucking cleenz.

“cleenz” just say “purples”why are you following my blog if you hate purples this much. js

[openamenta]

she’d have been eleven this spring

i can’t say i knew her very well. she was my sister’s friend, not mine, and i never paid super close attention to her friends.

she was nice to me, though, even though i was little. she’d ask questions about what i was learning in school. one time my sister was late getting home from computer club and she showed me how to unlock the secret island in waterleapers. i didn’t know anyone her age even played waterleapers. she taught me how to braid beads into my hair.

she made my sister smile. one time my sister was sad and didn’t tell anyone but she figured it out and brought her cookies shaped like tiny kittens. the two of them built a computer in my sister’s bedroom because they wanted to see if they could. and they were happy.

i think my sister blames herself. she didn’t know the details but she knew something was up. i think she thinks if she’d pressed harder she could have found out. could have stopped her.

the last time i saw her she asked me to show her the catapult i’d built for school.

i was two when she died. they sent us home from school because of the shooting and i knew there’d been a shooting but i didn’t know what had happened and i didn’t know she’d died and neither did my sister and she texted her to ask if she’d heard or if she know what happened and 

well

she didn’t get a reply.

anyways. i don’t really know why i’m telling you this.

but i saw someone saying it was good that she died.

fuck that. she was a person and she mattered.

#evaleen massacre

[nationaltree]

I'm sorry you're having a hard time and everyone is yelling at you! That sounds really stressful. Here's something I hope will help! [link to a free dictionary app]

its amazing how offended people get if youre purple and don’t give a shit about seeming smart to them

like it clearly ruins their entire life, they just can’t handle it

and it’s my pleasure, really

[prioritizingpurples]

right? sorry about all the people being jerks to you right now, it truly is incredible how everyone bends over backwards to be personally insulted and send this type of crap whenever a purple types words on the internet, sure do wonder why that would be, i’m sure it’s because we all just love and appreciate being condescended to by strangers :///

anyway, anon, if you’re reading this: hi! you’re a dickwad!

[prioritizingpurples]

It was your fault.

there’s only one thing i can think of that you could be talking about and if it’s that? no it fucking wasn’t

but you’re probably not talking about that so, like, if you want to actually explain what i did that was my fault, send me a message and we can talk. or i can block you. we’ll see

[prioritizingpurples]

hey baby ;) i'm a lentat blue looking to show separatists what they're missing ;) wanna fuck? i guarantee once you try it you'll never go back

ooc: fayna blocks this blog immediately and then spends a while shaking and listening to purple folk music to calm herself down. if it was a bot, it doesn’t take too long, and she tells herself she’s being silly; if it looks like a real blog, it takes a while, and she ends up huddled in a corner almost-but-not-quite crying.

[prioritizingpurples]

kink meme: temperature play

oh hell yeah!!!! i love sensory stuff so much y’all, it’s one of the few things where i’d be fine either giving or receiving (usually with kink stuff i’m solidly on the “i do this to someone else, don’t touch me” side of things but temperature play is an exception, mmmm wax mmmm ice cubes)