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Why the term and practice “otherkin/fictionkin/-kin” is racist.

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This has been bothering me for a few months now and I finally decided to write about it. Now you’re probably wondering how and why. Well I’ll explain. Otherkin did start in the 1970s. It started with white people who called themselves elfinkind (or otherkind) and sent out a newsletter to other Elvenkind called the “Elfinkind Digest” which started out as a reader subscription to talk about mythical creatures/etc but grew into something a lot bigger. People started identifying as a changeling, an animal, ect. and a sort of religious explanation popped up afterwards, which was a poorly stitched together combination of many East-Asian and upper Indian/African cultures and religions to explain it’s legitimacy. The source for that is here. The site that claims it’s “like Native culture” is here http://dreamhart.org/2012/01/a-revised-otherkin-faq/ and the Otherkind/Elfinkind digest is here http://www.murkworks.net/~elflist/ 

The only faults in that post is that the otherkin movement started around the 70′s and not the 90′s. When asked to explain what otherkin was, they took away the belief of reincarnation, totemism and animism away from other cultures, which is heavily appropriative. This site (here) directly states that their belief is just like Native totemism.  

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Now the idea of having feelings of relating to an animal/creature is not new and does not solely belong to the cultures I mentioned above. There is Therianthropy. Which is the mythological belief that one can transform into an animal. It dates way back to the early 1900′s. People in Japan, France, and multiple other countries held this belief. However the idea of having “kinship” to an animal/character/ect or that you’re the reincarnation of something literally has its roots in racism, and is stolen culture. Participating in it, is forwarding the belief and encouraging cultural appropriation. 

Next, I know there are a lot of people who have identity issues linked to mental illness and use otherkin/fictionkin to fill the gap. If you chose or if it’s beyond your own will to identify as something non-human or something fictional then please use the term “identify as” and not the term otherkin/fictionkin/-kin. As someone who has Native heritage and has family who practices totemism, I am offended by the term otherkin and it’s origin. I would appreciate it if this post could be spread around as much as possible, especially to those who are unaware of how it’s appropriative. Thank you for reading
 

iwillendyouokay

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last post I swear

I’m super irritable these past two days and I feel pretty confident that it’s directly related to the mental shit I’m currently going through. Hopefully it will get easier as the week goes on because I already got so pissed at someone today I cut myself so yeah. Uh.

the thing I'm trying to work through was my coping mechanism for violent thoughts so now I'm just like '... I want to destroy everyone. wha maybe this wasn't such a good idea. either way I'm sticking through til the end of the week. I want to feel like I at least TRIED to fight instead of what I originally did which was basically 'oh. I guess I'm x now lol' snca
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Anonymous asked:

As a teacher in nursery school, the problem I have with kids on a leash is that it teaches them that it's better to be restrained than to actually obey their parents. and if you give up so early in their lives, what will happen later ? Also it won't teach them anything about security except being either too shy to run around and get hurt. Kids needs to run and fall and stand up again. I've never seen a kid on a leash in France and their kids don't die/ get hurt more than ours. Kids are no animal

ughsocialjustice answered:

  • On the lighter side of kid leashes, after being in retail for about 2 years now, I totally support them. Parents, you need to control your children. 
  • i never understood the hate ‘white people’ get for using toddler leashes, either. y'know i’d much rather have my brats on a leash where they can’t get away from me than, yknow, wander off and get hit by a car or kidnapped or lost. clip the thing to your belt and you’ve got both hands free to shop or whatever people do when they take their mini-mes out 
  • Child leashes really aren’t bad things; my friend had one when she was little, not because she was special needs, but simply because she was raised by a single mom who knew that, as she was the one person in charge of this child, if she got distracted then something with serious consequences could happen. 
  • As a kid I’d get distracted so easily. If I found something I liked, I’d go to it. I’m really glad my mom did a child leash. It’s not like a dog leash where something has to be around their throat. It’s simply a latching backpack, like what kids wear to school every single day. It’s a safety thing. I’m honestly really glad my mom did it. She knew what could happen if I happened to see something and wonder off and she not realize. She wanted to keep me safe.
  • Can toddler leashes be used to swing them around like a mace, or nun chucks? Because that sounds fucking hilarious
  • Wait child leashes are really a thing? It’s real? Why do you need that? No one use that where I live. Pretty sure people would call the poilce if you did… Wtf
  • Depends how you define bad parenting ? Most kids I see run off, on my part, is when parts take their eyes aways for one seconds, or just don’t hold their hand for 2 seconds because they need their two hands for something else (like a wipe or a kleenex for said kids). And if you define that as bad parenting, then it means you haven’t been with enough kids, yet
  • I used a child leash briefly when my daughter was young. She learned to walk at 10 months, and was running fast long before her self-control or listening skills were good. Instead of holding her hand every second, or buckling her into a stroller, I had her on a leash near roads and other dangers. Personally, i would rather wear a backpack type harness than walk around with one hand held above my head for extended periods of time.
  • I firmly disagree with the teacher. If a kid wants to play with other kids then that’s fine. If my dumbass son is gonna wander off into the sunset when he’s bored of me that isn’t. When he can learn to stay close enough to be safe he can be free
  • Small children are inherently careless and stupid. “Don’t put things in the toaster” *starts a fire* “don’t touch that” *burns hand* They don’t listen to you until they see for themselves. Some kids are especially dumb regardless of parenting skills.
iwillendyouokay

My mom tried to use a child leash on me but I’d just sit on the ground and refuse to go anywhere.

I was a piece of shit as a child apparently