[yourancestors]

everything is gonna be ok forever

[iah-q]

im obsessed with jelly minty-turquoise nails rn ---- and its leaked into my beadwork I think 🦭🐬🪼🧊⛲️🌀🌊🎐🪩

[yourancestors]

summer rotation meal for sure... cilantro lime black bean tacos. i made the black beans from dry beans, im getting better at using those <3 huge money saver its crazy i bet this whole meal was under $3. cilantro from my garden too. goat chz bc i forgot to get queso fresco

[sharkboyry]

um my grandfather died last week and unfortunately I’m all over the place. I needed to make this post days ago but I’m $500 short on my rent this month. I know everyone is struggling; anything helps genuinely. It’s due by the first

Venmo

PayPal

[sharkboyry]

Could also use some help with eating today🥹😭 20/500

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[yourancestors]

Hi cathal :) Its wonderful that you had fun at the foraged feast and everyone had a good time! I noticed in the tags you said that adoption is wildly unethical, and I was curious what about it do you think is unethical? Do you mean specifically adopting kids from other countries or the way that the system is ran or something else? No pressure to answer, I'm just curious about your opinion :)

nah the adoption industry even within the us (&canada) is wildly unethical too. extreme tldr theres a 'demand' for children that's often filled by taking children from low income or nonwhite (esp black + native) families because they 'cant give adequate care'. theres a lot of adoptees that advocate abt this and the effects of knowing they were bought/sold like commerce as children and the way that some adoptive families treat wanting to know your bio parents as like a taboo (which also comes from this idea of ownership over children like possessions etc) also this is just my understanding of it from having an adult adoptee friend and seeing other adult adoptees talk abt this stuff on social media too. i know lots of adult adoptees are like cool with it and its not a monolith but i think ultimately private adoption undeniably a capitalist institution where children are the products which just cannae be good.

adoptions of like, legally taking guardianship of your sister's kid, or your nephew, or a community member's kid are not unethical imo but also so chance-based its nothing i ever banked on and its something that again is chance based so impossible to care for

[yourancestors]

theres an org in my city that is a collective of lgbt, 2s, indigenous, & Black gardeners and its so fucking awesome they steward a plot of land and raise a bunch of seedlings that they give out for free to orgs and ppl to support food soverignty in the city and theyre always running workshops and events. last night there was a foraged feast and i did a printmaking station and it was so fun, there were so many kids and it was so cute and chaotic. it made me think wow omg if i had a kid i would wanna bring them to shit like this so bad and have them play 'guess that herb' and drink nettle tea and run around.. and all the parents were so nice, it was so nice to see all the kids just getting to play and be loud and be kids and not get scolded.

[lovedeluxe92]

i didn't even put on my last post what it was for. hi i'm needing $160 for groceries i tend to buy enough to last me for 2 weeks. i don't even have bread eggs or other essentials. i'm completely wiped out due to my key fob breaking. any little bit helps and pls share, you never know who will see it! 🩷 thank you!

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[lovedeluxe92]

15/160!!

[lovedeluxe92]

nothing in 2 days please keep sharing ❤️ you never know who might see it!

[yourancestors]

ever since i learned abt shipping containers and went to that exhibit abt maritime shipping ive had this world idea in my mind: second age of sail focused around global commerce rather than like genocide and ecocide and these awesome big carrier ship designs full of standardized containers and i want to make a ship of oc blorbos who sail on and everyone globally is kind of re-learning how to like wait for a much slower world and how to do these big sailing journeys and giant sailing ship designs are influenced by chinese, japanese, maori, other pacific islander ships (bc best most experienced sailing societies etc) like i love speculative fiction and i LOVE maritime history #specialinterest i need to get this out of my brain and onto some paper like im thinking i can do different snippets and storylines in this world even just for fun. like OMG JUST WHAT IF GIANT CARGO SHIPS WERE FUCKING SAILLLL BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF STEAMSHIPS AND OIL POWERED ENGINES what if the world's commerce ran on sail in this day and age....

i think theres still a lot of stuff id have to think abt wrt how the world would be built and structured because i wouldnt want it to be like a perfect utopia and the whole reason shipping containers like revoulutionized global industry was they made it more cost effective to ship goods from places where labor was cheaper. i'm thinking maybe post-collapse of the american empire and like REALLY shortly post-collapse and people are trying to reimagine how globalism will look in its wake, how to handle reparations, etc, maybe european nationalism is still a think and euro states are trying to cling to power but without the american empire functioning as a heavily armed offensive ally, they cant maintain the level of extractive industry as is run now ......................................................... many things to think abt but i think i could start doing some warmup comix of some ship guys for sure. i'd have to think abt where the ships are based from and by whom they are owned but i think in my world thered be a huge contingent of people globally trying to spur a post-national world with no borders .. maybe they could own a fleet of ships. ok anyway this world exists in my head do u guyys like it do u have any thoughts or ideas AGE OF SAIL

[lovedeluxe92]

i didn't even put on my last post what it was for. hi i'm needing $160 for groceries i tend to buy enough to last me for 2 weeks. i don't even have bread eggs or other essentials. i'm completely wiped out due to my key fob breaking. any little bit helps and pls share, you never know who will see it! 🩷 thank you!

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[lovedeluxe92]

5/160!

[nonaferatu]

This would have had me crucified on tumblr 10 years ago but maybe we are ready for this conversation now:

If you are a socially anxious person, you have to socialize. Your panic/anxiety attacks will only get worse and trigger more frequently if you constantly avoid contact with The Public. Not saying that you need to be a social butterfly- but there is a genuine problem with not being able to order your own meal at a restaurant. And it cannot be solved by always having someone else do it for you.

This is a PSA to about 3/4s of the Portland Youth populace

[nonaferatu]

everyone who reblogs this and is like "I ordered my own tea this week" or "I only barfed once when I had to give a presentation'- you are doing amazing sweetie. Have patience with yourself, you are relearning a skill so difficult that people get 4 year degrees to do it professionally.

[yourancestors]

my beautiful garden :) EVERYTHING here besides the cherry tree (last pic) is from seed💗💗💗🌷🌷🌷the last 2 pics are veey little, but it's amaranth (theyre so gorgeous and red) and a tiny corn sprout!

[yourancestors]

seriously fucked that they cant prescribe non otc stuff for iud insertions but its IN MEEEE i threw up from the pain and got wheelchaired out but its in! gd willling for 8 years💕🎉now im in the hot bath alll day with treats from my mom and gf.

[yourancestors]

im really glad people are being more vocal abt indie artists from the global north outsourcing all their shit and design work being the least labor intensive part of the process of making acrylic keychains / plushies / enamel pins etc .... peace and love.

[wutheringheightsfilm]

every day it just concerns me how little compassion people have. no compassion for those living in the global south. no compassion for immigrants. no compassion for disabled ppl. no compassion for addicts. no compassion for prisoners. no compassion for children. like holy shit ...

[wutheringheightsfilm]

i made a separate post about this but actually there are plenty of people cough white people who care about animals more than they ever do human people . not what i'm talking about make your own post

[yourancestors]

next set of nails should say: (seasonably for 4th of july)

fuck usa

land back

Voting ended onMay 27

[cocoon2010]

"ohhh wahhh the problem with building out america's rail network is that nobody wants to live next to train tracks-" I DO BITCH!!!!!!!! #I<3INDUSTRIALNOISES #SEXWITHATRAIN

[deltaomicronfive]

My biggest leftist problem with new trains (not to be mistaken with a lack of desire for more of them) is the precedent of building them over black and brown community. So besides that, absolutely #SEXWITHATRAIN

[somefurrythey-them]