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Totoro en el estado de Guerrero, MX
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Welcome to Métis Hangout! A space for Métis people to get to know each other, learn, chat, and form a community!
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cw// r*pe, murder
in 2019 alone, at least* 1006 women were victims of femicide in Mexico
in 2020, the statistics have skyrocketed - already over 1000 women have been murdered this year as COVID-19 restrictions trap women in dangerous domestic violence situations
Mexico experienced its most recorded female murders in April 2020
just last month, in Mexico, 103 women were killed in femicide crimes. 36 were killed in their own homes, 60 in public, and 1 at her place of work.
in july 2020. a cop in Zacatecas abused a citizen by r*ping her
in march, women protested and were also involved in a digital protest where women stayed home and didn’t use social media, to simulate how life would be without women
the average age of victims of femicide is 25; however, the oldest women killed was 80, and the youngest was a 1 year-old.
heads have been found in plastic bags and bodies have been found with signs of abuse
today is 3 August and the first this month of femicide in Mexico has already occurred. her name was Genebit, a 20 year-old from Mexicali
more reading: femicides in Mexico: impunity and protests
petitions to sign:
no a la reducción de presupuestos para las mujeres - say no to budget cuts for the National Women’s Institute in Mexico
Niñas Sin Miedo (girls without fear) - demand to the State that girls live without fear
Sanción a quienes publicaron fotos de Ingrid Escamilla - petition to punish those who published photos of Ingrid Escamilla, a women who was brutally murdered and dismembered by her partner in her own home
Justice for Nadia Rodriguez - Nadia Verónica Rodriguez Saro Martínez was murdered on March 8, International Women’s Day. she was found in her car brutally shot to death. she was 23 years old
Justice for Leonila - Loenila de la Cruz was an indigenous woman who was sexually abused and murdered in her home
exigir cese a los femicidios en México
share and support:
amplify voices of women in Mexico because your voice and public pressure can help victims obtain the justice they deserve. movements against femicide in Mexico (and latam) can be tracked on social media with #niñassinmiedo #undíasinmujeres (#onedaywithoutwomen) and #niunamenos
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Mazahua woman in a lace-trimmed blouse from San Simon de la Laguna, Estado de Mexico. source
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Being mixed Indigenous and white does not make you Métis! I've seen this idea perpetuated both by mixed and non mixed Indigenous folks before, so I'm here to help clear that up (like many before me).
The Métis are an Indigenous group of Canada, and one of three federally recognized Indigenous peoples; First Nations, Inuit, and Métis. Our heritage is rich with the mixing of European (French, Scottish) and Indigenous (Cree, Ojibwe) traditions, and we are widely known for our beautiful floral beadwork. We have our own unique culture, language, and even fought a rebellion against the government. Many of us were forced to leave our lands and hide away any hint of our culture, considered traitors by many.
So for example, having a Cherokee mother and a Polish father doesn't make you Métis! It just means you are mixed :)
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My Thoughts on Iredescentblossoms’ Criticisms of Onyx Equinox
(& Why I Think They’re Really Bad)
I am a Nahua person, who has also asked other Nahuas for extra opinions on their criticisms of Onyx Equinox to see if there were any agreements. I speak Eastern Huesteca Nahuatl.
When I asked each of my friends how they felt, every answer I got seemed to be like a broken record, so I have decided to put them simply and tell you all why you should not let that post gain the light of day. Said post in question, this one, was brought to my attention by someone I greatly admire who wished to know my thoughts on it, and I wanted to know the thoughts of my friends on it. I realized that this post was all but meaningful words, and full of long, hard, reaches that must’ve made you two inches taller.
On Opinions & Culture
We know that certain pieces of media are not always ones cup of tea, but it was taken a little too far when considered poor representation, caricaturation, and even fetishization. All of the Nahuas and Maya my friends and I know are excited and anticipating for this show to come out. We know that like any other media, it will not be perfect. What we are is prepared, not impatient, not assuming, not disappointed. Sofia Alexander explicitly said that this show is dedicated to the people she is telling the story about and learning the cultures of, it’s inspired and meant for all of us. She consulted real historians and as Nahua people connected to the culture, we should be willing to offer our criticisms and thoughts to the creator. However, a claim that this is all fetishistic and inaccurate is entirely untrue.
This show isn’t even out, and there is suddenly an attempt to boycott the show over it’s trailer when you don’t even understand the trailer or the contents of the trailer. A grand majority of the show’s storyline, plot, characters, and representation havn’t even been revealed. This show was explicitly created with a mix of Mesoamerican cultures in mind, particularly Nahua (Izel & the gods shown) and Maya (the twins & the settings of the trailer). There is also fantasy elements involved. In regards to the Maya elements you see, before colonization, our cultures were not separated at birth and they were not stopped by borders. Our people co-existed then, and they do today. Classical Nahuatl was a lengua franca in precolonial Mexico. The Aztec empire was not one ethnicity, but full of multiple. Teotihuacan was full of Mexicans of different ethnicities. In Nahua culture and religion, many different traits of older cultures were taken or borrowed. The Maya elements are explicitly on purpose.
Mestizaje
Depending on family history, yes, the show creator Sofia Alexander can be considered white. She benefits from white privilege and so does much of her casting (if not white privilege, lightskinned privilege). However, mestizaje has absolutely no bearing or relationship to the creation of the show itself. Although a long history of mestizaje in the media correlates to us not being the ones telling the story, this is someone’s passion project, and the only way to make passion projects made by ourselves is through the support of our own hard work and the allyship of others who utilize their privilege. To tell native stories is to throw them into the world, which is the opposite of what you’re doing.
Coyalxauhqui & the Tweets
These ones are just reaches at this point. Coyalxauhqui was an incredibly minor figure in our precolonial religion and thus is not as known as other figures, as well, these words are representive of people in fandom obsessing over characters made after gods, not the gods themselves. You are trying to point out these details in incredibly bad faith with a lack of knowledge about your own history and religion.
Additional Notes:
- Aztec represents the people/civilization of the basin of Mexico, not Nahuan people. Mexica was one past culture of the Nahua ethnicity. It’s not Nahuatl, that is our language. Aztec was a word created by a white man.
- Your usage of Aztec is incredibly regressive, your explanation for why shows you must’ve conflated “Nagua” with “Nahua”, which are two unrelated words. The word “Nahua” means “clear-speaking.”
- We did practice human sacrifice, the Spanish inflated the numbers and purposely lied about our practices to make us seem worse. There is archeological evidence of the tools we used and sacrifice-ees. Human sacrifice was integral to the precolonial religion.
It just feels like you’re looking for something to be upset about. Kualli youalli, chontal.
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#my pic#nahuatl#im not fluent in spanish or nahuatl so please forgive my mistakes#indigenous#native#indigenous languages#native mexican#nahua#nauatl#native language#mesoamerica#guerrero#native american languages
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#indigenous#indigenous art#nahua#nahuatl#art#aztec#native#aztec art#native american art#digital art#traditional art#native american
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ICE made a decision to order all international students whose universities are online to leave the country or risk facing immigration consequences and getting deported which essentially means that students will have to decide between leaving the US or risk their health. many countries don’t even have their borders open and some people may not even have places to go so please sign this petition which requests that international students get the option to finish their degrees and remain in the USA
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cards about things happening around the world right now which need attention
blm
lgbtq+ in poland
yemen crisis
trans rights
stand with hongkong
free palestine
aid for indian migrant workers and transgender people
we need to talk about papua
junk terror bill in philippines
signal boost. if there are other cards which need attention dm me.
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"Cïsinú" es Perrito en wixárika ❤️💙💛💚
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I designed symbol for karelian ukonvemmelrahvas - feel free to use it if you’re one of us! (the second one is see-though, and third one with Karelian flag is edit made by @morethanbeardogs).
The symbol has it’s base on old sun and moon symbols, as well as the role of Sun and Moon goddesses as protectors of ukonvemmelrahvas - a rough translation to which would be lgbt+ people.
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