[tw] the bullshit of ‘gypsy magic’ in the pagan community

trigger warning for the inclusion of racial/ethnic slurs in a deconstructionalist manner, and short discussion and links of hate crimes. EXTERNAL LINKS ARE NOT SAFE SPACES, DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS i used to consider myself a part of the pagan community. i admit, i was originally one of those obnoxious teens that read generic [...]

re: the racist alexandra wallice vid, responses & cultural/social privilege

(sloppy post is going to be sloppy, y’all will just have to forgive me. maybe i’ll fix it later, i just don’t think dragon’s gonna be able to help me this time around.) regarding the vid itself, i don’t have the spoons to rehash just why exactly it’s racist. if you don’t already know or [...]

Of Video Games and Reclamation: Moving On

Yes, you read the title right. I won’t say that I don’t like WoW anymore, because that’d be a lie. But I will admit that it’s been wearing on me as of late. With the pigeonholing and simplification of specs, constant references and examples of racism that are essentially encouraged through quests, and the continuation [...]

Hey, Vama! Why do you misrepresent the Roma?

Note: This post includes an ethnic slur commonly used against people of European nomadic cultures, as well as discussion of hate crimes and social perspective of Romani people. While spoken of from a deconstructionalist point of view, it may still be triggering. Please keep this in mind before continuing. And yeah, I know I said [...]

I Am Not: An Option, Apparently

There’s this annoying little trend that I keep finding in places that offer avatar creation for self-representation. It’s not that there isn’t enough diversity to represent my unique quirkiness, or that they’re unrealistic (like so many of them are). It’s that frequently, my skin tone doesn’t seem to exist. Often they do their best to [...]