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btw anyone can be an angel, no angel is more angelic than another because theyāre āmore pureā or because of how they look (white, blonde hair, etc.)
Thatās human propaganda!
You, no matter how āflawedā you are, can be an angel if you feel like you are one. Thereās no rules to being angelic, and thereās especially no look or skin color thatās more angelic than another.
My other kin friends seem to like the feeling of being free under stars best, but I find myself enjoying the feeling of being surrounded by clouds as best I can on earth. āļø
hey shoutout to black angels. all the angel iconography is very euro-centric, and i js wanna let y'all know that you're valid, and the color and shade of your skin does not equate to the amount of "purity" you have. y'all are so awesome sauce!
hello. I have no intention to start any fight with this post, but this is something that needs to be adressed in the nonhuman/alterhuman spaces. Some of you are very reluctant to recognize that these communities also have hierarchies and opression inside them.
With this phrase I mean a lot of stuff. I want to talk specifically about species, race and gender here. This is not exactly a post about intersectionality, but you can understand it this way.
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Starting with species.
I myself am birdkin, despite my host being a caninekin. I am talking about MY experiences inside these spaces. Consider this post as made by a non-canine.
My point here is: canines have privilege in these communities.
The alter/nonhuman communities do not have "species equality" or "species equity". Canine's experiences are usually considered "common experiences between all alter/nonhuman beings" and universal characteristics that a lot of us don't identify with.
Of course, this is NOT about me saying that "not everything online is for me and I'm mad about it !!". I am not saying that "I dislike" those experiences, and thus should only block them and move on. This is not a new thing and it has been happening since the beginning of these communities and their spaces.
There is no representation of non-canines in these communities. Specially not on tiktok, where felines also have a lot of space there; but I don't want to talk about tiktok here. And we all know why.
This is not a "you can't have that kin because it is bad". Don't even get started with this shit, same thing that most of yall did in the k9 discourse (I will talk about that later). It honestly seems like, as a non-canine, I'm not even in the same community as most of you. Some of the few spaces I have been, originally spaces exclusive for non-canines, have turned into "general alter/nonhuman servers" and then almost canine-exclusive servers. We also don't really have tags for us, since a LOT of you spam every kin you have in your tags while talking about a very specific experience, so we can enter tags like "birdkin" and find canine experiences there.
I am not saying that having a kin is wrong. I am not saying that "canines are faking nonhumanity because there are a lot of them" and I am not blaming you for having those experiences & sharing them. It's perfectly normal. But I have seen some of you say that we non-canines "should just block the tags and quit complaining", that we should simply "create spaces for us".
We want to be PART of the alterhuman and nonhuman spaces. We want to have visibility too !! We don't want to get confined with the same 20 critters in discord servers to talk about our experiences. We want ways to express without seeming like a completly strange thing to canines here.
And being honest, I really hate when people treat us like different beings. You wouldn't say "omg what a cool kin !" to a wolfkin, now, would you ? So why treat us that way ?
most of us are not human, but some of us constantly feel like in a zoo. "your kin is so rare !!", "this kin is very cool", "ooh a []kin !! This is new in this community". I know that some don't care, but why say that ? It seems like we are fundamentally different despite having common identities together.
I know that our experiences are new to you and you want to express that you find it cool that we are expressing it. But please say it in a way that does not "desalterhumanizes" us; in a way that does not makes us more different than you. I kindly ask that.
But this post is about adressing things. I also want to talk about race here.
There is racism inside the alterhuman communities.
if you feel ofended by that phrase, it means that you are a part of the problem.
I don't have any right to talk for BIPOC creatures in the community because I am white and with that I am biased and racist, even if I don't see why. Even in the small things.
I recognize that I still need to learn a shit ton of stuff and to unlearn various ideologies that I have learned through my life. Even if I am living in a south american country and not in the US or the UK. I still am racist in little things as a white person.
I am not saying that I love racism and being racist. I fucking hate racism. I have a lot of BIPOC friends and it's heartbreaking to hear them talk about opression and discrimination they suffer daily. But as a white person, I AM unlearnING racism. Not "have unlearned". It's a constant process.
and I don't want a gold star for that.
this should be a common thing. Critters that are trying to fight internalized racism and express that, while not being BIPOC, do not deserve a praise for that. They don't deserve anything extra for that. Everyone should do that.
Before saying that a BIPOC alter/nonhuman being is wrong about [] while talking about how white people inside these communities are excluding them, ask yourself first. Are you being racist without realizing ? What gives you the right to contest what they said ?
The k9 discourse is stupid. NO ONE is saying that "you have k9 as a kin, so you are wrong". This phrase is just another example on how WE, WHITE alterhumans and nonhumans twist BIPOC's words to make them better for US. This is racism. This is opression.
The same thing I said about "treating some fundamentally different than other people" earlier in the species stuff goes in here too. It's so weird to see someone say something like "ooh a black alterhuman !! I've never seen one !!" or "omg are you hispanic ? That's cool !! Hispanics in the nonhuman community are a rarity". Please, man. This is wrong in so many levels.
As a brazilian I have suffered with that too, but this is not a "I suffer just like you BIPOC do" statement. It's just that this kind of phrase affects a LOT of things in different contexts.
Again, I am not BIPOC. I am white. I have privileges and I try to educate myself on these privileges to fight them. But everyone should do that, specially as alter/nonhumans, who have access to a shit ton of information online. Specially you, that is reading this post right now. Educate yourself.
To end this post, I want to talk about gender.
Cis people do not need exclusive spaces in these communities.
The gender part of this is going to be brief in this post because I want to adress one thing specifically.
Trans and non binary people do not have privileges over cis people in alter/nonhuman spaces. I can't believe that I need to talk about this.
Please listen to trans and nb folks. PLEASE listen to us. It is so fucked to see someone say like "there are a lot of alter/nonhumans that are queer and we cishets have no representation here" you have it everywhere else. Most alter/nonhuman posts don't even talk about gender and sexuality.
This is different from the species thing I said earlier because those are inside alterhuman and nonhuman exclusive spaces. Cis people do not need exclusive spaces because they already have. Most spaces are transphobic in some way; even some trans spaces are transphobic too !!
Transphobia is a thing and we CAN'T forget that. I live in a country that is, for the 17th year in sequence (aka since 2008), the country where most trans folks are killed in the entire world. I know what I am talking about.
So what if we have a safe space online for ourselves ??? We almost don't have it IRL. Hell, most of us can die if we out ourselves to someone else. So WHY complain about that ????
"with 105 deaths in 2024, Brazil is the country that most kills trans people - the country has been leading the ranking of murders for 17 years".
Also, stop saying that women are "rare here". Or that cis men are too. This is very transphobic, even if you don't realize it; women are a minority, yeah, but what this phrase usually intends to say is that "I don't see enough cis women and cis men in these communities and I want to say that out loud so trans people will feel wrong".
This is all I have to say. Please don't start fights over this post. If you dislike it block me and move on.
I think this is the last post I will do on discourse.
I am genuinely so proud to see someone else openly acknowledging that they have to unlearn their own racism and that there is inherent racism and that thatās just an unfortunate fact of life that we shouldnāt deny. Denial isnāt how anybody learns to change, and itās rare to see someone loudly acknowledging their own tendencies in that way.
I am Latino by heritage, but white passing and I was primarily raised by my white family, and while it should go without saying that I hate it, I will also acknowledge that I have a lot to learn and that there are times that I have to fight prejudices that I didnāt even know I had.
The first step towards a kinder and more fair world is admitting to issues that we may be ashamed of, educating ourselves and each other, and working to fix them.
If we pretend that problems like racism and sexism arenāt present, it denies us all the opportunity to do better for ourselves and others.
Asking bc Iām very curious, no one around me has imaginative fun like a kid anymore, doesnāt tend to have the same beliefs as me, doesnāt seem to actively go out of their way to embrace and learn about the āweirdā;
(Non abrahamic?) Agelkin, what is it like? Do you have active real followers? Do you get worship? Do you want to be worshipped? How important is the concept of divinity (to you) ? Do yāall see yourselves as some sort of saint or saviorā¦? Do you follow god? Are you a messenger of god? Do you see yourself as god? If youāre ānew ageā then do you have some form of gear that I just never seeā¦? Iāve seen white/arctic fox type therian kids in public before and lots of new age therians with their gear at the ren fest but never angels. Is it just a ācultureā thingā¦???
Iām not sure what brought me to the conclusion to ask. I believe in therians and a hell of a lot of other stuff that other 25 year olds donāt for one reason or another. I like my whimsy and I think itāll help me understand it a little better if an Angelā¦ explains???
I am an angel, but Iām alsoā¦not? I am an angel because thatās the closest I can get to describing that part of myself.
I donāt have anyone following me really, i have a lot of people who look up to me and Iām an example for a lot of people but it isnāt because of any divinity. I donāt consider myself a messenger of any deity, I donāt think of myself as godlike personally, nor do I believe fully in any one god.
I donāt have any gear that makes me look more non-human but I do like wearing more flow-y clothes and sometimes when Iām feeling fancy, gold or white makeup makes me feel closer to my angelic self.
For me, Iām an angel as in
- I am the protector of those I love because that is what I was put on earth for
- I have a deep and constant desire, maybe even need, to stay as close to perfect as possible because I am an example for those around me
- all creatures of all kinds are under my protection within my domain
- everyone deserves grace and mercy. But once you cross a line into unforgivable crimes, justice should be swift and mercy will carry a much darker and heavier meaning
- I always tell the truth or it tears me apart inside. People should always be able to trust me in any circumstances, as long as they donāt make me break my moral code in the process
- my personal set of morals revolves around the constant desire for peace, kindness, compassion, and honesty, and the standards for the people I keep in my life are higher than most other people because most people seem to try to lead me away from those needs
- the god that I serve isnāt any particular thing or person, my strength comes from the ebb and flow of the universe. I am pulled by the natural tide of the world around me
But I am also an angel as in
- big fluffy wings that glow (I call it nightlight mode š„°)
- when Iām wanting to fight, especially when helping people, my form in headspace gets more eldritch in a traditionally angelic way (more eyes, more wings, but I also have a lot of details I find neat but unnecessary to get into. I call that āguardian angel formā)
Hi! I'm an angelkin, and I don't have followers. I am meant to help people, I'm a guardian, and I expect nothing more from other people. I would love gear, just haven't got to make any yet! I also believe we are less .. popular? Than arctic fox/wolf/cat therians. I'm a protector, not a saviour or a saint.
*we might be inactive for a while because of something happening irl, we will be logged out of this account* We will come back, just letting y'all know
I apologize if this is insensitive or rude. I read your vent post and wanted to say something.
You are an amazing guardian angel, whether or not you help people. It is sad that you don't have your wings. If you have a headspace I hope you have them there.
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thank you so much, and it isn't insensitive or rude :3
i feel as if I have no purpose, don't help people... I used to be a guardian angel, but now I am on Earth. For what purpose?? Why am I here if I am not helping anyone?
