“but i need the newest apple product and i love pumpkin brew from starbucks and i can’t live without disney plus and im still gonna vote for biden because well he’s a democrat hes doing the best he can and it isn’t happening over here so what else do you want from me im burnt out” u r a failure
my beauty evokes the most intense feeling of satisfaction and fulfilment. in fact my beauty is so inconceivable that everyone gets completely starstruck when they look in my direction. they can’t stop thinking about me for days, weeks, months even after years they still have reoccurring and random feelings of deja vu whenever they see something that even in the slightest reminds them of me.
when people look into my eyes they can see galaxies and stars, they feel the past, present and future all at once. the only word that can even in the slightest describe me is angel. because that is what i am - an angel. my heart made out of pure gold. i am kind, sweet and generous. i am the greatest gift that his ever has bestowed upon earth.
nothing and no one outshines me, that is scientifically not possible because i am the star that shines the brightest. that is why people can’t help but absolutely love and adore me, i am one of my kind and people just know that they will never even in the most ancient myths and legends hear of a more heavenly, alluring beauty.
although they already know it they will spend the rest of their lifetime feverishly searching for someone or something that is even slightly similar to my image. people would travel to the moon and back just to earn a single glance from me. just one glance and their heart will be happy for the rest of their life.
i am wise beyond not only my years but centuries and millennia’s. my knowledge and talent is infinite. i am musically inclined to say the least and in truth an absolute genius. my voice brings people to tears, it brings their mind to a choir of angels in heaven, they never have and never will hear a voice more beautiful and touching. there has not been one person since the dawn of time that has made a fraction of an impact as big on the world as i have.
What Native people say about the use of sage: you can use sage, but you cannot smudge as nothing you are doing (waving sage around) is actually smudging. Smudging is a ceremony and you are, we promise, not smudging. Please buy sage from either us, or someone who sources the sage from us. White sage may not be considered endangered by the US government but corperate sourcing is making it difficult for us to source sage for our own religious purposes. Let alone to sell it.
What white people hear: never use sage ever, don’t ever buy it, don’t own it, don’t even look at it.
Look, y’all. There’s a couple of facets to my talk today.
1) Yes! You can buy sage! You really, truly can! Buy it from either native sellers (go to a powwow! Eat our food, buy our stuff, watch some dancing!) Or buy it from a seller who sources the sage from native people. Pick one. And no, buying it from 5 Below doesn’t count.
2) you CANNOT smudge. This isn’t just you “shouldn’t”— this is a YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF SMUDGING. Waving a sage stick around your doorways IS NOT SMUDGING. It is smoke clensing. Smudging, depending on the tradition and tribe, could easily have dancing and drums involved. You, as a white person, do not have the cultural BACKGROUND to even know how it works. At all. Period.
3) please, for FUCKS SAKE, stop making posts here on tumblr where you tell other white people about cultural appropriation and what they can and cannot do. Please stop, your license has been revoked because none of you bother to get the facts right. We native people are FULLY CAPABLE OF DOING IT OURSELVES. Consider instead: a) reblogging our posts where we talk about it! We’re here! We have made posts!! b) Making a post that states what we said and then LINKS BACK TO US. Screenshot with a link if you must. Stop centering your own voices in these conversations. You are already centered in everything, stop centering yourselves in a native space.
oh my god no it's NOT okay that you do nothing all day it's NOT fine that your dishes are piled high and your hair is in depression mats it is NOT okay that you've alienated everyone who might have cared about you it is NOT okay that your diet is trash and your primary socialization is online and your primary literature intake is slash and your primary media intake is anime it's NOT OKAY you're addicted to cheap pleasure while you struggle with your whole being against acknowledging your problems while your spirit languishes within you
Support your local bakeries, libraries, beekeepers, diviners, and soapmakers.
Especially if they’re witches. But also if they’re mundane. Keep your town alive, keep those economics flowing, and you’ll build not only great local businesses, but relationships with businesses that you can actually trust.