April 2012
apdt replied to your post: people keep following me here. So this is another…
OR IS IT?? DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNN XO
bahahaha ZOMBIE BLOG WILL RISE AGAIN.
But on the real though. my other blog is way better.
people keep following me here.
So this is another reminder that this blog is done.
just a reminder, this blog is defunct.
March 2012
so i guess this blog is done or something
and i have another one.
but honestly don’t expect much more than self-indulgence and depression
and “art”
that’s about all I have the energy for right now and i can’t really make a blog thats partially for other people right now. I just gotta be a little selfish.
so yeah. I guess like follow if you want to keep in touch? but it’s gonna be nothing like...
I miss y’all. I wish I could come back and get stoked on the love and support that I’ve found on tumblr, especially when things are rough. I’m taking my life day by day right now and just trying to stay alive and in one piece. When I run into toxicity on tumblr I take it with me everywhere. It’s too easy for me to get sucked in. There’s enough going on for me...
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fantasies for surviving.
It’s August and my voice is deep auburn honey, sliding across my tongue. I smell sickly-sweet like my brother’s bedroom in the summer, but I don’t mind it. The sun reflects off leftover flecks of gold glitter lining the sharpened angle of my jaw. Hair has grown in patchy and awkward all over my body, but I shampoo and condition each strand so it puffs out soft and proud...
stopping by, dropping off some things, and logging out again <3
February 2012
Anonymous asked: Your so called social justice is bullshit.
Sorry tumblr gotta peace out for a bit
I was already planning to check out for a bit tonight, but this asshole was the last straw
I’m gonna go do awesome things like tell cissexists to shove it, take care of my mental health, make-out with my awesome girlfriend, organize workshops around race, gender sexuality, and ability all semester, make subversive films and performance pieces, build and maintain awesome connections with my...
TW and thats about as coherent as I can get right...
Just got this ask:
Oh [here they wrote my old name] (or [my chosen name], or whatever the fuck you want to be called) and your girlfriend [girlfriend’s full name] need to seriously get over yourselves. Go figure that your dad being a [my dad’s career specialty] would be your most extreme act of rebellion. [this, btw, makes zero sense… my dad’s career has absolutely...
hey
not arguing with white people about hair any more today. Stop asking me questions that are already fucking answered in the links to POC writing that I offered. You know how I feel, you’re not going to win anything. Stop wasting your time. Turning off anon, not answering any more. p.s. to the gajillion folks who asked me how I would know if the person with dreads is white or not, I...
a-bayani replied to your post: don’t assume that everyone unfollowed you because of the dreads thing. I’m totally with you on that. Yay anti-racism. I unfollowed because you post more than I can keep up with and I got lost on my dash. cheers.
dang!… i haven’t actually gotten any unfollows (even from the shitty white bro with dreads who said he would hahahaha)
RIGHT? Like I don’t even...
Anyways, moving on
I need to make a moving one-shot video tonight thats due for my class tomorrow and I still have absolutely zero ideas. It’s so much easier when I’m my own subject, but when other folks are in front of the camera I get kind of stopped up worrying. Ack. Any ideas of places I could go for inspiration? I have to shoot indoors at night, my only option for a moving subject is my boo, I...
Anonymous asked: don't assume that everyone unfollowed you because of the dreads thing. I'm totally with you on that. Yay anti-racism. I unfollowed because you post more than I can keep up with and I got lost on my dash. cheers.
Anonymous asked: I'm mixed race (black & white), and I have dreads, but in some contexts I "pass" as white. People--usually white people--lecture me all the time about how I shouldn't have dreads because it's racist, because I'm perceived by them as some racist white asshole when I am a woman of color. So folks, (not just you, delisub), don't assume the person you're...
Anonymous asked: wait so you reall dont think white people should have dreads??
greenbrowngirl asked: Dear white people, If you have a question on specific culture/race or that concerns that a specific culture/race, why don't you ask them directly? Stop going through fellow white people. You can also google resources. It doesn't make sense to ask a white person on matters of black and brown people. It's kind of actually insulting that OUR opinion matters so little to you or that you...
Anonymous asked: Dear white people, you need to hear this. As someone who is mixed, I know you're used to having access to whatever you want but reality doesn't work that way. If someone says don't do it, don't do it.
I didn’t plan to skip class to have a phone appt with my psych. But I did, and it was honestly the best decision. Got to get a lot of health stuff sorted, feeling less stressed. Time to eat that lunch I packed and try to do a last-minute story board for the video that’s due tomorrow (eep!)
Anonymous asked: I'm not unfollowing you because I have dreads (which I don't BTW) but because I find your obsessive behavior over a minor misstep in cultural ambiguity to be tiresome.
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damn. my psych was supposed to call me like ten minutes ago. gonna be so late for class.
miseengarde:
white girls who want my culture’s bindis and saris and henna
take my skin colour too
and my dark brown lips
take my self-hatred because i don’t fit into the euro-centric ideals of beauty
take the oppression too
take the history of colonization that has devastated my country
and the drones that currently devastate my country
take all the bad stuff too
not just the pretty,...
Lol I just lost like 10 followers
Where the fuck did you people come from? I guess I’ve been depressed and mostly posting kittens lately, but this has always been a blog where I’ve posted about oppressive behaviors including white ppl being culturally appropriative and racist. Were you SURPRISED?
Like on the on hand, good riddance, I’m glad your gone. And on the other hand, it might do you some good to stick...
Anonymous asked: Holy SHIT it doesn't matter what kind of hair you have, people. IF DREADS ARE NOT A PART OF YOUR ACTUAL CULTURE THEN DO NOT HAVE THEM, IT IS RUDE AS HELL AND APPROPRIATIVE AS SHIT.
notyrdear replied to your post: honeyneethetomboyfemme replied to your post: In … ‘just like african hair’ #NOPE
truth happened
msamberhazard replied to your post: What about white people who are have joined the religion of Rastafarian and growing dreads is part of their faith.
Seriously though… quit trying to think up a justification for your appropriation.
Really though. My whole ask box right now is just
BUT BUT BUT BUT!
stop. LISTEN TO YOURSELVES FELLOW WHITE PPL. Think about why you are so attached to this?
...
honeyneethetomboyfemme replied to your post: In response to the last anon ask about where to draw the line with who should and shouldn’t have locks: If locks are a bona fide part of your heritage and culture, I as a black woman, would not be offended by you wearing them, regardless of the shade of your skin. However, if you’re like 1/64th black, go and get your own hairstyle.
A friend of mine...
Anonymous asked: What about white people who are have joined the religion of Rastafarian and growing dreads is part of their faith.
Trigger warning on the open letter post link
mermaid-vision replied to your post: Also this post
The open letter post was really triggering for me for child abuse, in case anyone needs that warning.
fuck , thank you. I’m just skimming these posts right now and I entirely missed that
21nsun asked: So, out of curiosity, what would a non-racist hair cut/style look like?Dreads were also worn, abet they weren't called dreads, by ancient Celts. In addition, dreads are traditionally called "Dreads" because of the dread of God, read out of respect for God. That's where they started being called Dreads. In Hindi, they're called Jata. Thus Dreads are also Indian. The Ngagpas...
faysbook asked: In response to the last anon ask about where to draw the line with who should and shouldn't have locks: If locks are a bona fide part of your heritage and culture, I as a black woman, would not be offended by you wearing them, regardless of the shade of your skin. However, if you're like 1/64th black, go and get your own hairstyle.