This Is Speciesism

Humans are not above flora, fauna, or fungai.

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HI HELLO! AND WELCOME TO MY BLOG!

This is speciesism!

My name is Calico! I'm an adult and I use she/they/it/any pronouns except for he/him along with you/your and thou/thee second person pronouns. And this blog is for anything speciesist or anything that is bigoted or against animals, plants, fungai, or nature in general!

I don't have a dni and anybody can send an ask. I'm friendly towards all folk, creatures, critters, cryptids, humans, and beings. This is also a delusion and IRL safe spot.

Although speciesism is usually defined as "the assumption of human superiority leading to the exploitation of animals," - I am extending this blog towards mistreatment of all of nature.

Forests, oceans, ice caps, mushrooms, nature in general, as I feel as if the assumption of human superiority overlaps and causes the exploitation of all of nature, not just animals.

Please also keep in mind that this blog is not a vegan blog. Not everyone can sustainably become vegan. Some bodies cannot sustain a vegan diet. Some people live in food deserts and don't have the money to drive to a place where they can buy vegan food. Many Native Americans live on reservations and are required to hunt in order to survive. Many religions and spiritual practices see hunting and consuming animal products as a sacred act.

This isn't the place to complain about people not being vegan. But you ABSOLUTELY can bring up how horrific things such as fur farming, mass company fishing, and modern agriculture is. You ABSOLUTELY can bring up abhorrent food dishes that require unnecessary brutality such as ortolan or pinikpikan, but make sure to criticize such dishes without xenophobia or racism.

This blog does not have a DNI! This is a blog about sharing speciesist experiences, not a personal blog! Anybody can experience this and I will not bar somebody from sharing their experiences even if we share differing beliefs!

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Im unsure if this counts as speciesism, but none the less-

In a discord server once, I was gushing on how cute spiders were and how I would adore having a tarantula for a pet if I could properly care for it.

And then, someone who wasn’t even in the conversation just randomly sent in, in all caps: “DEATH TO ALL SPIDERS!”

Just. Dude.

I realize I had spoiled what I was talking about (because Arachnophobia is a very real thing!) but at the same time, in my eyes thats similar to someone gushing over having a type of dog only for someone else to come in shouting about how all dogs are horrible and deserve death.

I reached out to that person, saying that comparison and asking them to please dont do it again, only for them to say they didn’t see an issue with doing so, after all “someone else reacted with a laughing emoji to what I said.”

:l

This is speciesism.

Spiders are an important part of the ecosystem too! To kill all spiders could potentially do massive damage on many ecosystems and animals.

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everytime i see a post that makes a good point on a certain topic it always implies being human is what makes you worthy of respect or something like that

"aplatonics are human too we deserve respect" oh guess im an asshole for being an aplatonic seagull. i know this is more likely kinmisia but those posts imply humans are somehow more special and deserve more respect than nonhumans (theriform or not) so yeah it pisses me off

This is speciesism and alterhumisia.

As another nonhuman alterhuman, I ✨also✨ fucking hate this shit.

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"animals cant make art"

my friend art isnt just a grap a pen and paint on the paper thing. birds make nests for their family, pufferfish make sculpture in the sand to attract mates, plenty of animals make art in their own sense! ive even seen sea lions and penguins paint on paper with their flippers/feet so yeah can we stop underestimating what animals can do

This is speciesism.

Nature is art! Art is nature! Only human made art is not the only kind of art there is. Look at honeycombs, look at tree roots, look at nests, look at nature!

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Dunno if this is exactly what the blog is about, but it irks me so much when people talk about how humans being bad for nature or otherwise pose humans as opposites/separate from nature. Like we are part of nature!! Yes, we shouldnt harm the environment and other living things within it, and so we should put in effort to stop that from happening, but we also deserve to exist here! We arent a plague on earth and the world would be better off without humans, we are part of this and always have been! !! We are not above nor below other species!

I just dont understand this position that put humans as extraneous to nature

- Soul, mod of this is multigenderphobia

This is speciesism and misanthropy.

Yes! We are a part of the cycle of life as well!

Also guys go follow @this-is-multigenderphobia

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The amount of hate dolphins and orcas get makes me super sad, calling any animal evil is fucked up

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Mm yeah, but see obviously wild animals operate by our superficial, societally constructed morals of good and evil. /sar

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speciesism is our father throwing one of our cats halfway across the room and then throwing the other one so he lands on top of the first as they're running away to punish them for not immediately getting off of the porch when asked in english, a human language that they don't understand, after zero attempts to use any other methods to get them off the porch. and then telling us animals can barely feel pain and they won't remember in an hour when we got upset about it

This is speciesism.

Holy fucking animal abuse. Do people not train their fucking pets? Cats can be trained people!

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One of the foremost reasons I like solarpunk is that in the mainstream, being eco-friendly is about sacrifice. Don’t buy new things, don’t buy plastic, don’t take unnecessary trips—etc. It’s not sustainable unless you’re a saint. It’s exhausting to abstain from consumerism without having alternatives like the things Solarpunk emphasizes: community, resources held in common, sustainable hobbies like gardening and mending (and all other sorts of repair), free and accessible public transportation, etc. Solarpunk is about creating a world where being eco-friendly is about joy, not deprivation.

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Not sure if this counts, but;

Cats almost always being depicted as the villains in children's shows/movies, if they're included at all. This had always annoyed me to no end.

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Yeah this is absolutely speciesism. Cats are creatures of autonomy. They'll hurt you if you don't respect their boundaries and well... people in power don't like that. So what do they do? Demonize them.