Tweet from Twitter user @hakan_geijer: “Today I released the first edition of Riot Medicine, a public domain book to help street medics in the struggle for liberation, autonomy, and dignity for all. You can download all 466 pages for free here: https://riotmedicine.net/downloads”
other than listing petitions, places to donate, and where to call/text, it also compiles resources such as threads debunking misinfo, education on black history, and information for protestors. it’s being updated regularly
“I couldn’t find any pictures that are-” is a very lousy excuse to whitewash PoC. There are plenty of PoC models, stock images, and editorials out there. You just have to find it. Here are some of the blogs that are dedicated to PoC editorials/models that I follow. Feel free to add and suggestion more.
i sure can! i read a lot of indigenous authors because i, you know, wanna see people like me in fiction. i’m going to link to the good reads page for these, and i encourage people to either check out the e-book options at their local library or to support local, independent bookstores before turning to amazon.
this book is the first in robinson’s trickster trilogy and is both extremely funny and heartbreaking. it follows jared, 16, as he tries to break the cycle of dysfunction his family is stuck in while also coming to terms with the fact that maybe there’s magic—and cannibalistic river otter—in the world and maybe he’s more closely tied to those other beings than he thought.
set in 1975, this book follows lewis (nicknamed “shoe”) as he forms a friendship with recently-moved-to-town white kid, george. the two boys form a bond over their shared love of music while lewis grapples with internalized shame over the poverty his family lives in on the rez and deals with bullies at school. this book addresses cultural clash really, really well and the love lewis has for music is palpable in the book. sometimes you read stuff that makes you wanna make a playlist even if you don’t normally listen to the music the characters love and this is one of those cases.
you want some indigenous dystopian scifi? this is what you’re looking for. i am just going to copy/paste the summary here because i don’t want to give too much away, but this is harrowing and also really, really good.
“In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America’s Indigenous people, and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow, and dreams, means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a fifteen-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with loved ones and take refuge from the “recruiters” who seek them out to bring them to the marrow-stealing “factories.”
this is a collection of sci-fi and fantasy short stories by indigenous authors that focuses on lgbt+ and two-spirit characters. they’re all very, very good. i’m especially fond of gwen benaway’s ceremonies for the dead (of course i am). there is a wide range of content here, 11/10 you should read this collection.
the lesser blessed by richard van camp
this book absolutely shattered me. it’s heavy and definitely comes with trigger warnings, but it’s
how about a graphic novel rec? please take a graphic novel rec! in this series, echo, a métis girl in a new home and new school, finds herself slipping back and forth through time after a particularly momentus history class. echo meets people her own age in the past who act as her friends and guides. there is also nb rep in these books in the form of one of echo’s teacher’s, mx. francois.
:0 i hope this is enough to get you started, anon!
categories r growing + changing as i put more time into organizing these files and receive more stuff to add. also a lot of the new stuff i’ve received from other ppl i havent had time to look thru properly so i know i’ve miscategorised some stuff but w/e ill get to that in the summer.
if u have anything u’d like to add to this drive, please email me @ tevyefegeleh@gmail.com
basically if youre in the place to educate yourself on these topics and you arent
a prison abolitionist,
a harm reductionist,
for decriminilization,
and giving the land back
i really do not think your assertions of “ACAB” or “be gay do crimes” or “revolution” hold much weight
this is getting a lot of questions that could be solved with a google search into any of these topics, so i just want to respond with my own that isn’t: if you advocate for abolishing the police force but don’t support prison abolition for [x] reason—what happens to prisons in a post-police society?
you might come up with several answers here.
shit, i don’t know. we need prisons as prisons are to A) withhold certain people from harming their communities, B) punish certain people, C) kill certain people.
uh, i guess i can kind of answer this. the criminal justice system still exists. why don’t we just leave those people in charge? they’re not cops! and we should definitely let people who have committed non-violent offenses go. drug charges are stupid.
ok, i feel a little more confident answering this. we need to change the prison model for the better and follow the example of countries with restorative justice practices. incarcerated people need better access to healthcare and education, as well as access to opportunifies post-prison so that they are less likely to face reincarceration.
wait. if we’re abolishing the police for upholding white supremacy and terrorizing marginalized communities, we need to abolish a lot of shit. restorative justice sounds cool, i agree with that guy above. but shouldn’t these efforts be run by the communities affected? wasn’t the problem a white supremacist state? wasn’t the goal community terrorism? wasn’t the power taken out of our hands, especially the hands of people being systematically criminalized? i think i have things to read about.
anyway, whatever your conclusion: here are some things to read about.
is prison necessary? an article featuring ruth wilson gilmore & explaining prison abolition to children who were very good at asking “but what about [x]?” questions
and here’s an FAQ about prison abolition by people against prisons aotearoa
if you have trouble getting ahold of any reading materials i can usually find you a pdf if you DM me. if you need epub i can’t guarantee i can get one for you, but i can try.
you know what shoutout to any addicts out there whose lives have been extremely disrupted by the quarantine. i can’t even imagine how much hell this would be to live through if i was still using. stay strong, stay safe
if you can’t go out and cop right now because you’re stuck inside, if you can’t use because your family is all at home constantly now, if you’re going through withdrawal, if you can’t access suboxone or methadone clinics because they’re closed, if you can’t find a meeting nearby because they’ve all been canceled, if you’re thinking about or have already relapsed because of all the stress in the world right now…
im sorry. your suffering is real and it deserves sympathy and understanding. life as an addict is hard enough without all of this, and i hope things improve for you soon
Recovery ResourcesHey, for anyone who would like the info, there are a number of meetings and resources still available!
1) There is The Buzz (Link) who is specifically open during COVID-19 and has options for online, texting, or phone.
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“Our free and confidential helpline services continue to be open and available.
Specialists are here to help if you are having difficulty in accessing support for your family. If your loved one struggling with addiction faces care or treatment challenges resulting from COVID-19 circumstances, we are here to guide you.
You can connect to us in the following ways, with support available in English and Spanish.
We’re available from 9:00am-midnight ET weekdays and noon-5:00pm ET on weekends.
Free Virtual Meetings daily, options for women only or LGBTQ+ meetings
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“Unity Recovery + WEconnect + SOS Recovery + Alano Club are now offering free virtual recovery meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are now offering online recovery support groups which will be available five times daily at 7AM, 9AM, 12PM, 3PM, 6PM, 9PM, and 11PM EST.
We are also offering one daily family and loved one recovery support meeting at 8PM EST; and a weekly LGBTQ+ (Wed at 11AM EST) and Women’s Only (Tue & Thurs at 7PM EST) all recovery meeting. All recovery meetings are non-denominational, agnostic to any specific recovery pathway, and are open to anyone.”
3) The motherload of resources (the previous 2 sites are from this list) specifically during COVID-19 has been compiled by the
I add my profound feelings of support for anyone struggling with these issues personally or with family in a time of extreme stress, and I just want to send my love out to you, you who are reading this, that I don’t know you in person, but I do cherish you and support you as you are.
三ᕕ༼✿•̀︿•́༽ᕗ ༼✿• . •༽ ༼つ✿ᵕ༚ᵕ༽つ♡
AA and NA are doing zoom meeting now, you can join any one it doesn’t have to be your local
Native artwork is honestly fucking gorgeous and it infuriates me that when you think of or try to look up “Native American art”, you get fetishistic, colonizer bullshit.
I’m so fucking sick of it. We’re always defined by how other people see us.
That and native art is so underrated too. It’s hard to get attention to my artwork, it’s hard to get attention to any native artist, art competition, gallery.. anything. We all spend hours, days, even weeks honing our skills and creating art for ourselves and others. People only want the creations we slave over when it’s cheap or free. They don’t recognize each detail and it’s meaning or the intricacies we took time to sketch out or bead in or sew or anything.
I go to festivals in my area where lots of indigenous people (namely First Nations or Salish) are. A lot of their tents have the stereotypical fetishing native art incorporated into a product somehow and it makes me a little forlorn, but there isn’t much I can do but be sad. Now that’s a part of a bigger issue I can’t get into now, but you see the problem.
Art from all nations needs to be recognized.
I bought art from a creator named Harmony Hoss. She was so friendly and she sells her art at Pike’s Place in Seattle as a Tlingit woman. Tell me her formline isn’t absolutely gorgeous. But she goes so unrecognized because people are so unimpressed with her hard work.
Anyways, support native artists.
For anyone who wants to support Harmony Hoss, she has a website!
Unfortunately, it’s incredibly difficult finding real Native artists online just because of how many people blatantly lie or use misdirection to make people think that they’re Native. If anyone has recommendations for Native artists, feel free to share them!
Here are some native artists and businesses!
Sa-Cinn - https://sa-cinn.com/ - Northwest Coastal-based native business that showcases different artists who make a variety of items such as prints, blankets, jewelry, and drums.
John Isaiah Pepion (Instagram link)- Blackfeet contemporary ledger artist who also has earrings, phone cases, and blankets on his site which is linked on his IG bio. My fave t-shirt is from one of his pieces back when he was first testing out merch and he ran some off. I’m still crossing my fingers and trying not to hit him up like “this would be dope on a shit” every time he posts a new piece
The Chief’s Daughter (Instagram link) - Karli Crow Shoe a Pikanii/Blackfoot/Nez Perce designer who focuses mainly on beadwork; she does a ton of custom works and is influenced heavily by Niitsitapi culture for sellable work
Bunky Echo-Hawk (Instagram link) - Pawnee/Yakima visual artist and visual performer. You’ve probably seen his work floating around Cyber NDN Country even if you’ve never heard of him; he’s the one who painted Yoda as a Pawnee that one time years and ages ago. He sells prints and stickers on his website where there’s a link in his IG bio; he’s pretty popular but Imma always feel like everybody needs to know Bunky’s work
Tumblr’s own resident Bear But Not Really That Kind, @baapi-makwa who’s Insta link is here. An Ojibwe artist working almost exclusively with ink and pens, there’s a link to his Patreon in his bio as well
Kiamichi who is on and off tumblr as @mahtheyzhawey and can be found on Instagram here and is an amazing beadwork artist from the Ponka and Chahta Nations. She made my sweet ass piece with the big ol coyote medallion got me lookin like my cousin on Tribal Council and shit
The Cauldron & The Crown (Instagram link with a link to the shop in the bio) - BlackNDN Tsalagi jewelry maker whomst is on here as well but tbh I can only remember their personal blog and not their arty blog which is my fault but to keep it a hunnid, @crouchingtiger-hiddennegro is funny as hell and I have no room in my heart for anything else
Needle Knot And Thread (Instagram link) - May’s a textile artist from the Tsalagi Nation and makes such dope lil embroidery samples, earrings, patches, and quilt squares n stuff! There’s a link to an etsy shop in the bio
Ali Watson (Instagram link) - an Oglala Lakota jewelry maker who’s also a cool person! My fave pair of earrings was made by Ali! The turquoise ones with the dentalium drops; there’s a link to a main website in the bio
Panda Moon (Instagram link) - Y’all remember that dope beaded moon pin I got not too long ago with the little bat dangle? The homie Jennifer made it! She’s Southern Cheyenne and beads jewelry and pins. She could REALLY use the capital right now as she’s in a financially dire situation having recently escaped a horrible situation. If you don’t want to buy anything from her which, why wouldn’t you but that’s none of my business; there’s a link to her GoFundMe on her bio too!
Project 562 (Instagram link) - Matika Wilbur from Swinomish and Tulalip Nations. Now, she’s a photographer so this isn’t strictly the kind of art that we’re discussing BUT I feel it’s super important to include her because Project 562 is about photographing Indigenous People BY an Indigenous Person FROM an Indigenous perspective. It’s about reclaiming imagery, narrative, direction, and power that was written for us by the Olde Timey white ethnographers like Edward S Curtis
I have DEFINITELY forgotten people on this list and if any of y’all who know I fuck witcha the long way come across this and don’t see yourself on here, know that I am sorry, that was unintentional I can only blame it on the fact that I’m tired as hell and I got the Brain Rot at the best of times
If you have ever had to write a resume for work or for an application, then you know the hardest part is figuring out what type of words to use that sound professional and and intelligent.
Example: If an application asks you if you have any relevant experience for a job at a day care center and you have experience, like you have babysat children. You would look at the words in the columns to see what words you should use that will help your resume stand out. You might put down “Have supervised and attended to children on a regular basis.”
I hope this is helpful to you.
Now this is a great resume list of action words. I love that it’s broken down by types of jobs. Saving for future use.
An excellent list of words to use on a resume! I’m always looking for better ways to phrase stuff like “Stalked rich people” and “pretty good at excel” :D
