What is it: It’s no secret that the community is very white and very Eurocentric. #Reclaimtheday is an event that seeks to promote witches of color and grant them visibility.
Reclaim the day is a day in which witches of color post photos of their practice. This includes all aspects of it, be it your altar, grimoire, selfie, etc. As long as it pertains to your craft, you can post it.
When is it: February 10th, 2019
Rules: You must be a person of color. If you’re a white-passing person of color–meaning someone who has recent poc ancestry but due to genetics looks white– then you’re allowed to participate (I only say this because I get these questions a lot, but white-passing people are people of color) tag #reclaimtheday so I can reblog your stuff!
Feel free to ask me if you have any questions!
Also please reblog this post (white witches can relog too)!
Boozhoo (hello), my name is Ken, I am a disabled Ojibwe artist from northern Wisconsin who has recently relocated to northern Minnesota to be closer to my children and have better access to healthcare. I am writing this post because I am having a hard time making ends meet and any donations I could possibly receive at this time would be greatly appreciated. Recent events have left my bank account depleted and I am still having to help cover the utility bills back home on the reservation for my father who is also disabled.
I do have PayPal, that is really the best way to donate at this time, the email I use for that is: baapimakwa@gmail.com, or you can click here.
I know this is a tough time for everybody and I hate to ask but I really need to get back to the reservation so I can pick up some things and I would also like to go visit my daughters, gas money is the issue and I will have to fill the tank twice as these destinations are in opposite directions, any help is greatly appreciated.
I have sent out over 90 job applications since January 2nd and the only job that hit me back was a pyramid scheme I’m about go fucking crazy. I have a little under two months before I’m literally on-the-street homeless again, and if that happens I’m literally going to lose my mind. I don’t know what else I can do but keep trying, I’m begging you to keep me in your prayers.
I’m thiiiiiiiiiiis close to just selling ass at this point, I refuse to lay my head on the concrete ever again.
For those offering help I really appreciate it
You can help by messaging me job fairs you see in NYC, places around the city you see hiring, or donating @ www.PayPal.me/cosmicnoir 💕
I know you guys have helped me before, and I feel so guilty for even needing it again… but rn I just really need to survive.
As always, kind words are also accepted. And to the girl that hugged me on the train this morning, if you see this, please drop your handle because letting me cry on your shoulder this morning meant the world to me.
Decided to make a less extravagant post…I’m an autistic, mentally ill, non-binary 20 year-old who is currently stuck living with my emotionally and physically abusive mother (video / audio evidence) after my father kicked me out. Living here is awful but I have no choice since I have nowhere else to go and I rely on my mother for food, a roof over my head, and access to my college fund. I’m employed but it’s a seasonal job, I can only work on weekends due to classes, and my paycheck is eaten up by my car insurance bill (now 100$ at the end of each month) and gas (about 80$ between paychecks.) My mom frequently talks about kicking me out / me being homeless which are mostly empty threats, but that doesn’t make them any less terrifying. I would be screwed if I did get kicked out as I haven’t been serious about saving money, but that needs to change.
As much as I want to jump ship, that’s not at all a viable option for me right now, so what I need is support until I’m able to move out. I have a friend who would let me temporarily stay with her should worse come to worse, but it’s only temporary. I’m a digital artist, fictional prose author, newbie music creator, and a hobbyist photographer, so I have services to provide. I’m not in an emergency so I’m not asking for donations, but if you aren’t strapped for cash and would be kind enough to support my work as an artist and help me save money, I have:
As someone who actively writes and reads fanfiction, I think y’all have twisted looking at it as a cultural product that has formed so uniquely on the internet(not to say there wasn’t pre-internet versions of that but having a place to share and read it has dramatically changed fanfiction as an art form) and conflated the act of reading something that goes against the grain and reinvents what we think of as literature with thinking that fanfiction is an inherently radical act.
It’s not. Just like with any cultural product it is bound and created and consumed within the realms of our society and while it can be a destabilizing media, it’s not activism. It’s not inherently subversive or anything like that. You guys look like nerds defending the right to write child porn and incest fics and no you’re not writing it in a “I’m a writer exploring dark topics to capture and awe audiences” way but rather in a “this kind of stuff makes me horny!”
Stop acting like wanting ao3 to be moderated is equal to Nazi repression or banning books or anything like that. You want to get your nut and you don’t have the right to nor are you oppressed for writing DracoxHarry slow burn enemies to friends pwp. Fanfiction can be powerful and impactful but you aren’t necessarily a freedom fighter for reading and writing that shit.
If you truly want the medium to be taken seriously, you need to be open to people scrutinizing it the same way we do anything else. When people write overly grotesque torture porn, people call it out. Reviewers mark it as banal and disgusting. People call out writers who just have racist tropes and transphobic elements. Y’all can’t even take a “this needs more indentations” without blocking someone. If you want fanfiction to be taken seriously, it comes with requirements and standards that all other cultural productions are held to. You can’t have it both ways.
