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Anonymous asked:

What is your stance on the issues?

edgar-allan-possum:

yourlegacysnotyourstosee:

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School is great because it asks the question “What if Classic Horror Monsters were Girl Dads?”

Also it gave us her

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apocrypals:

patrickrennie:

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deservedgrace:

I’ve been thinking about resurrection eggs today, those plastic eggs with items related to the crucifixion they give to kids around Easter, and thinking about how disturbing the whole thing is

Like, I think the whole concept of essentially celebrating human sacrifice is disturbing enough, but imo it’s even more disturbing that we’re told about the crucifixion as kids, that we’re told about the torture and violence in detail, that we’re told his suffering is our fault because we specifically are so evil and horrible and sinful that someone had to be tortured to death to make up for it, that we’re told it should have been us up there, that we deserve suffering and violence and abuse and torture simply for existing… and probably other things I’m not thinking of right now, it’s all just so sickening

But to do all that while trying to wrap it in a ‧˚₊*̥∗*‧˚₊*̥ uwu cute and innocent little interactive activity for kids uwu ‧˚₊*̥∗*‧˚₊*̥ where they physically have items like a mini spear that represents the one that pierced his side, a crown of thorns to represent the one he was forced to wear, nails to represent the ones that were used to hold him on the cross, leather cords to represent the whip he was beaten with, dice to represent casting lots for his clothes, cloth to represent the linen he was wrapped in after… i don’t really have proper words for how disgusting it feels to me now. It’s such a “look at what you’ve done, look at how you did it, look at what you personally contributed to by existing being sinful” while actively trying to make it more appealing to kids in the hopes that they’ll internalize it better

Idk. The whole thing is just extremely repulsive to me. It’s one thing to talk about the resurrection specifically, but I don’t understand how so many people believe graphic depictions of torture and violence are totally fine for kids on its own even without all the other shit that comes with it

ALT

I’m wondering if these aren’t as common as I thought 😅

ALT

On Easter my church would give the kids their own egg carton and/or plastic eggs (keep in mind I went to a megachurch and they had funding/staff/volunteers for stuff like this lmao) with various items related to the crucifixion in them, the last egg being empty to represent that Jesus is no longer in the tomb and has risen. We’d go through them one by one and talk about what the item represents and what verse it’s connected with. It usually goes in order of the crucifixion story and is just an interactive way to get more kids engaged.

There are pre-made kits available online but people also DIY them. And since there are only 12 slots and accessibility of items can be an issue, sometimes the items vary. I don’t think we ever had a chicken in ours (representing when Peter denied Jesus), I think it was usually a feather, but sometimes they’d focus on different parts of the story and leave other things out, stuff like that.

But it’s like… if you’re gonna have things like a whip, or a spear, or nails, or the crown of thorns, even the cross, you have to talk about why they’re there and talk about the torture that occurred. That’s wild to me in and of itself even without the added “btw remember this is your fault for being so evil :)”.

And I know why this is the case, but it’s still kinda wild to me that the “sex is dirty, swearing is bad, media is evil, we must be pure and holy” crowd is often sooo desensitized to violence that they don’t even think twice about the crucifixion or some of the other stories in the bible being told to their children.

The whole thing is wild.

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Whose severed hand is that

There’s actually two hands stuck together (zoom in close and you can see the outline of the other one)- they represent the agony in the garden because I guess the best way to represent a man having an existential crisis over his imminent demise is to… show us praying hands?

We had a version of this same set when I was a kid, I have a vivid memory of being my brother being extremely pissed off that the coins weren’t chocolate and then me getting grounded because I said that the reason Judas killed himself was because his coins also weren’t chocolate.

rudegirlsusie:

yahenni:

please reblog this i spent way too long on what was supposed to be a quick edit

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It’s about to get cold again but today was beautifully sunny and warm enough to go to the park for the first time this year! Jima enjoyed herself quite a bit.

Sitting on my lap, but outside.

I thought she was gonna eat the quail egg but no, she wanted to sit on my lap.

bitegore:

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aconissa:

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pencildragons:

pencildragons:

bro i LOVE indigenous fusion music i love it when indigenous people take traditional practices and language and apply them in new cool ways i love the slow decay and decolonisation of the modern music industry

I WILL !!! I WILL DO THAT

some of my favourite indigenous artists, in no particular order:

Inuit artists:

• the jerry cans (esp their album Inuusiq)
• beatrice deer
• twin flames

Māori artists:

• jordyn with a why

Indigenous australian artists:

• tilly tjala thomas (i particularly love ngai yurlku nhiina)
• kardajala kirridarra (srlsly check out ngajabu (Grandmother’s Song))
• i’ve also heard good things abt Baker Boy, but i haven’t checked out his stuff yet

Another one for Inuit artists is Piqsiq! Two sisters who’ve been doing traditional throat singing since they were kids. They make some really gorgeous, eerie, atmospheric stuff. Highly recommend watching this video of them performing live a cappella using a looping machine, because they might be the coolest people on the planet actually

(Jo March nearly in tears voice) women,,,,

For anyone into North Asian and Central Asian folk music, there’s this incredible Siberian folk-pop band called Otyken! The group is mostly women and they’re from multiple indigenous groups in Siberia, with songs being sung in their range of different languages. They’re so much fun and their music videos are amazing!

i’ll go ahead and recommend The Halluci Nation (formerly known as A Tribe Called Red), an EDM group from First Nations Ontario that do really cool fusions of First Nations music with dubstep, moombahton, and hip hop.

I really really really appreciate people who share videos on posts like these, because almost without a doubt every time I love the music but I’ve never got the spoons to click on links and look through a bunch of music or worse google the artist I always end up too overwhelmed to start and I hate that

Haven’t seen Belle Sisoski here yet so here we go: she’s the current Artist of Year for BURO impact Awards. She’s from Malaysia and knows how to play an insane amount of ethnic instruments and mixes them with her own voice. She does covers and her own songs, mixes ethnic instruments with Techno and shows the process. And she’s also a live DJ at 19!

And one of her own:

Oh and of course there’s also the HU and Bloodywood for people who like more rock and metal mixed in:

1876 is a Pow Wow punk rock band from Portland, Oregon

1876

1876

Arka'n Asrafokor - a band fusing metal and Togolese traditional music!

My turn! Arandu Arakuaa are a folk metal band who sing in Tupi-Guarani and blend heavy metal with traditional Brazilian music. They use indigenous instruments too, like foot rattles and pan flutes.

There’s a vibrant indigenous metal movement in Brazil- Accla’s another one I really like!

(They’re singing in Portuguese- the groups that are part of what they call Levante do Metal Nativo don’t all sing in indigenous languages.)

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kaijutegu:

I gotta block it but I’ve finished my first baby blanket! It’s for my two year old niece.

Working on one for her sibling, The Sequel (who is still in utero, but I wanna give this to my sister this weekend.)

sreegs:

fucking what??

I’m not a teen but mine is the guillotine, for obvious reasons.

kaijutegu:

kaijutegu:

WHOSE SHOE IS THIS

My office mate is WEARING his shoes and these aren’t his bike cleats who does this belong to

(Yes I know our office floor is disgusting, it’s 50 year old linoleum that had never been replaced, there’s nothing I can do about that but that takes away from the crux of this post which is WHOSE SHOE IS THIS??????)

Sent out an email to a few other people who have been in this office over the years to see if it’s theirs. She might actually get to keep this. (Here, because I’m not taking somebody else’s shoe home, that would be weird. If she gets to keep this it’s an office toy only.)

The shoe’s owner has been identified and she is happy for her to have it! (One of the DNA people who graduated a few years ago- those were her “I’m wearing heels and I need a pair of flats if I’m gonna be in the clean room bc the tyvek covers don’t work with heels” shoes.)

So Jima just… has a shoe now. And a second one, that’s also back in that storage area, but I’m not dragging it out for her. If she wants a second shoe, she can get it herself.

kaijutegu:

WHOSE SHOE IS THIS

My office mate is WEARING his shoes and these aren’t his bike cleats who does this belong to

(Yes I know our office floor is disgusting, it’s 50 year old linoleum that had never been replaced, there’s nothing I can do about that but that takes away from the crux of this post which is WHOSE SHOE IS THIS??????)

Sent out an email to a few other people who have been in this office over the years to see if it’s theirs. She might actually get to keep this. (Here, because I’m not taking somebody else’s shoe home, that would be weird. If she gets to keep this it’s an office toy only.)

pentimint:

thatchronicfeeling:

mousegirlheart:

if your disability makes it difficult for you to leave bed to brush your teeth, Colgate makes a product called Wisps that are single use, no-rinse toothbrushes you can use while in bed. They have a bead on the brush that dissolves and acts as toothpaste and can be swallowed. The other end has a toothpick.

[Image Description: Toothbrush that has a blue gel bead at the centre of the brush part. End ID.]

Reblogging in case this is helpful for anyone.

Also sharing a post I made a while ago about dental hygiene when you’re chronically fatigued. (including some awesome tips from @energysavingselfcare)

I wrote that post when I used to brush teeth sitting down; I’ve now been brushing my teeth in bed for several years. I can only brush my teeth once a day (using an electric toothbrush) and use a higher fluoride toothpaste, prescribed by my dentist.

from How To Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis (quoting Imani Barbarin)

Wisps are great! The bristles are quite soft and have a different texture than regular toothbrushes, so they may also be helpful for you if you have sensory issues surrounding toothbrushes.

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WHOSE SHOE IS THIS

My office mate is WEARING his shoes and these aren’t his bike cleats who does this belong to

(Yes I know our office floor is disgusting, it’s 50 year old linoleum that had never been replaced, there’s nothing I can do about that but that takes away from the crux of this post which is WHOSE SHOE IS THIS??????)