I Hate What Christians Did To Slavic Culture And Religion. They Erased So Much Of It, Deliberately Destroyed

When people with chronic illness vent about their problems it's not because they want some rando from the internet to give them unsolicited advice it's because things are shit and they just need some one to listen and say "that sucks"

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 Please stop, your license has been revoked because none of you bother to get the facts right.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.

I’m tired of this nonsense, y’all.

Thanks for coming to my TedTalk ™

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THIS IS AN AMAZING WAY TO THINK OF CHRONIC PAIN

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If doctors are going to constantly tell disabled people to do yoga for pain relief, they need to make it so yoga is covered by medicaid

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george playing the ukulele while getting a blowjob is insane

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[video description: in this tiktok video, a mixed afro-indigenous person performs various gymnastics tricks. the background music is "see you later (ten years)" by jenna raine.]

[video text transcription: "a part of chronic illness is mourning lost abilities. i've lost so much these past few years. but i've gained a lot too! one of the most important things i've learned is how to accept my limits. i hope to one day be able to continue doing dance and gymnastics, but right now i need time to heal. and that's okay (purple heart emoji). i will strive to be happy anyway. end transcription]