Imagine discovering such a beautiful and useful concept as magic and immediately turning it into a fucking weapon. I hate fascists so much.
I’m not going to repost the image but Operation Werewolf is trying to make an army of obedient nazi drones through use of meditation, ritual, ceremony and sigil magic.
It can be difficult to do witchcraft and connect to nature when stuck in a supremely urban area such as a downtown of a major city where even parks are hard to come by and collecting items there could be considered vandalism. This masterpost is to help all of you stuck witches who wish to be Forest Witches, connect with the forest or use forest related magic despite your urban setting.
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Making Your Own Sanctuary
Let’s start with the simple beginnings of turning your home a bit more foresty so you can have your own sanctuary of nature in your home. Whether this be an altar, a corner of a room or even a full room is up to you and the amount of space you have to work with. In my post here I will be referring to setting up a space that would be considered big enough to sit in for meditation and spells and altar space, if you have more room than that feel free to definitely expand it!
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We learned this in my astronomy class and it’s probably one of my favorite space facts! This mere coincidence is the reason we have solar eclipses like we do! This is the reason we get to see that beautiful glow of the corona when there’s a total eclipse!
I read this out loud and added “cool space facts *with jazz hands*” to my dad and he said “the distance between your left ear and your right ear is completely empty. Cool space facts *jazz hands*”
At home spa day. Shared mud masks, aromatherapy candles, movie playing in the background, getting my hair washed, eating chocolate, getting my nails painted and getting a shoulder rub. Seriously, thatd be a dream date.
Name: Tarasios Pronunciation: tar-ah-see-os Name Meaning: Tower Nickname: Taras (Tare-as) Species: Fuiron Demon Gender: Non-Binary Pronouns: They, Them Element/Energy: Earth, Shape Shifting, Demon, Hyper Vessel: Blue Howlite (Faux Turquoise) Bracelet
😶 Appearance ⚽
In their animal form, Taras resembles a mongoose with their markings and coloration, and they are roughly as long as a bus (in their true size, they are capable of reducing their size). In their humanoid form Taras has tanned skin, brown eyes, and short dark brown hair. They stand at 6′1 and have a lithe build.
😶 Personality ⚽
Always the nosy adventurer, Taras is known for their thieving antics and making nests of their goods in various places. They are also known for being extremely good at soccer, track, and climbing things like trees to burn off their extra energy, or exploring new places with their friends on our plane and on the astral. They love hugs and are notoriously soft for big puppy eyes, although if you bring it up they will deny it until you make them say aw, in which case they’ll mumble shut up while flushing pink.
😶 Magic ⚽
Hexes
Protection
Creativity & Motivation
Grounding
Energy Work
Happiness Spells
Earth Magic
😶 Manifestation ⚽
Feeling like the air is buzzing with energy
mental imagery
things going missing
something clinging to your legs
giggles and pokes
😶 Divination Preferences ⚽
Tarot, Oracle, Runes, Pendulum
😶 Offerings ⚽
Activities: Watching Crime Shows, Working on a Zen Garden
Taras wants to have a friend who can keep up with them and who doesn’t mind the occasional prank (like things vanishing) They love pets and would like if their companion had at least one as they are a sucker for fuzzy faces. An interest in soccer is nice but not necessary.
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Up next in my “Stuck in the City” series – Sea Witches and Sea Witchcraft
ps: stop hating on landlockedsea witches, not everyone has the money, means or ability to move to the coast especially if their state or country has no coasts to speak of.
this was in the netherlands and there were also two at my local bus stop, its been the poster ive seen replaced the fastest
What’s funny is that the Netherlands is known as a super progressive and pro LGBTQ country (they were the first country to legalize gay marriage, pride here is a huge deal, and many of my friends deem it safe to be out), but even in my friend’s ultra-leftist neighborhood these posters were vandalized. It makes me so mad when people say “you don’t need more rights//you can marry, what else do you want//what oppression lol everyone is equal in the West :))))” because it’s so fucking ignorant and false.
Why would you take a stupid teen, who did a stupid thing, like steal a pair of fucking sneakers, and charge him as an ADULT?… ESPECIALLY when you got stupid little wyte girls, the same damn age, tryinna walk out of Nordstrums with $500 worth of shit stuffed under their winter coats. ON THE FUCKIN’ DAILY! SINCE FOR, fuckin’, EVER!! Where’s THEIR ‘Tried as an adult and sentenced to 5 years’?!?!
I mean, the question is rehtorical. Y’all KNOW why.
😠The prison industrial complex needs their *slaves* to keep that billion dollar industry at the top. 😧
eucalyptus trees are full of flammable oil that causes the trees to explode during forest fires, killing other trees and spreading its seeds to grow in their place. koalas survive solely because nothing else in their environment Wants To Eat The Fucking Bombs
oh u like that? try this one: the main natural cause of death in koalas is starvation, because
1) their dumbass teeth are SHIT. to be a herbivore and chomp cellulose all day u need some real tough grinders in there, and almost every other herbivore in nature has SOME sort of dental adaptation to make sure they dont run out of tooth by the time they hit middle age. horses have big tall teeth, wombat teeth grow forever, kangaroos have got a little conveyor belt system goin on, etc etc everyone’s doin SOMETHING except fuckign koalas. idiots have tiny fuckin shortass normal teeth that do an okay job for maybe like 15 years and then wear down and leave them with ridiculous fuckin useless old man gums that do shit all. but thats fine bc all koalas do anyway is sit in trees and sleep 22hrs a day then wake up and scream and eat poison and they do this all day every day until they run out of teeth at which point they just fall out of the tree and die
2) idiots can’t die any other fuckin way bc nothing in nature wants to eat them bc their bodies are chocker block with LITERAL poison. fuckin USELESS their flesh just sits around and slowly rots bc its too gross-tasting and toxic for any animal w half a brain cell to think abt going near it. have yall ever seen koala viscera. bc i have and let me tell u that shit is RANK. looks like the inside of a smoker’s lung from some fuckdamn nicabate ad bc the tannins in eucalypt leaves stain their organs like khaki black. like some fuckin dark!steve irwin costume well better piss ur way right off from this one anti-steve bc thats a natural defense mechanism meant to warn u that koalas should in no way be alive and if u touch them theyll drag u into their stupid evolutionary dead-end where they get to sit around all day doin fuck all and pumpin themselves full of brain-killing poison while we run around makin them our olympic games mascots and pretending theyre cute and honest to god looking for ways to save them from the brink of extinction which actually is unnecessary bc a) theyre not really endangered at all, nature is a fuckign miracle and b) the drongos clearly want to die so i say let em
by the way i never elaborated on “koalas sit in trees all day screaming” but heres a lil fuckin. heres a fun nugget heres a lil soundbyte this is what koalas sound like
Koalas are absolute mistakes of nature, and I adore them. They’ve been riding the evolutionary short bus in circles for eons, never quite reaching a final destination, but wasting a lot of gas in the process.
It can be difficult to do witchcraft and connect to nature when stuck in a supremely urban area such as a downtown of a major city where even parks are hard to come by and collecting items there could be considered vandalism. This masterpost is to help all of you stuck witches who wish to be Forest Witches, connect with the forest or use forest related magic despite your urban setting.
**(If you like what I do and enjoy my posts feel free to support me or tip me at my Ko-Fi page or IM me for direct paypal information. Every dollar is helpful!~)**
Making Your Own Sanctuary
Let’s start with the simple beginnings of turning your home a bit more foresty so you can have your own sanctuary of nature in your home. Whether this be an altar, a corner of a room or even a full room is up to you and the amount of space you have to work with. In my post here I will be referring to setting up a space that would be considered big enough to sit in for meditation and spells and altar space, if you have more room than that feel free to definitely expand it!
Simply clear out some space, make some room so you can comfortably practice without risk of knocking anything over or causing safety issues for yourself (such as when candles are burning). Now in this space it’s time to decorate it and set it up to feel like a nice little cut of forest placed in the comfort of your home.
Things to consider adding to your space: branches and leaves, acorns, pinecones, walnuts (in the shell), tablecloths/altar cloths with forest, leaf or tree prints on them, photos and art of the forest, antlers, deer/elk skulls/teeth, fur (legally obtained), feathers (legally obtained), and the colors brown, green and brown. Potted plants and moss are other wonderful ideas to keep in this space especially plants native to your state, if you are unable to keep large plants try some local herbs or moss.
If plants are still not an option for you to grow due to either just not having the skill for it or the time or just not being a good location for them for lack of sunlight or tight space, crystals and stones are always options as well. Any crystals or stones associated with earth are wonderful to use as well or ones that are either green or brown or a combination of the two. Some suggestions of crystals to keep in mind would be: Moss Agate, Green Calcite, Tiger’s Eye, Citrine, Emerald, Jet, Jasper, Peridot, Quartz, Petrified Wood, Botswana Agate, Dendritic Agate and Malachite are all wonderful stones to keep on an altar dedicated to nature and the earth.
Modernize your space a bit too if you wish, get some nice sounds of birds playing over some speakers or from your phone, set up some posters and images of nature and wildlife and add anything else that makes you think of the trees you love. It doesn’t matter what it is, all that matters is that it’s something that you find connects with your craft.
Grounding and Meditation
It is difficult to ground yourself with the forest when you are miles away from one, but it can be done inside your little forest corner/space. Cleanse yourself and your space as you see fit, light any candles or incense if you desire (make sure its not close to any cloth, paper or plants) and make it comfortable for you. Sit or lay down depending on what is best for you and your health needs, in a position that you prefer, remember this is no wrong way to set up for meditation. If you have a device near you play some sounds of wind, birds and ruffling of leaves to help you feel like you are in the forest. In each hand hold either some crystals associated to the forest or earth, some wood/sticks, a wand, rocks gathered from a forest or park or anything else that will help you feel connected to nature. Close your eyes and begin focusing the energy of your chest and stomach to spread through your body and connect yourself to the ground like roots. Imagine these roots being like that of a tree connecting you to it in the heart of a vast forest. Don’t forget to take deep breaths through your nose and release them out your mouth. Meditate as long as needed until you feel a deep connection and ready to do your craft.
Portable Forest Altars
For when you are on the go or traveling but need a bit of the forest in your pocket or bag, you can make yourself a portable forest altar. Portable altars are used by many witches who are on the go or just keep their craft secret. They are very easy to make and can be very convenient for when you need to cast a spell away from home.
First you will need a small container to carry your supplies in. Some witches prefer pocket sized things like small boxes that jewelry may come in, altoid tins or other small containers, other witches prefer journal sized ones inside boxes, plastic containers or tins. It really depends on what you will need and what you will personally be carrying it in. Whatever you choose to carry it in make sure its durable enough not to be crushed inside a purse or bag so that whatever is inside of it does not get damaged or ruined. Preferably make sure there is a way to close the container or tin you are using tightly, if needed tie it shut using ribbon or yarn to help prevent it from popping open inside your bags.
Now it’s time for the fun part of making your travel altar, selecting the items to go into it! Now depending on the size of your altar it will change what can fit into it, so feel free to play tetris a bit with what you are fitting into it. You want things to be a bit snug to prevent them bumping around and breaking but you don’t want it so tight that you can’t get anything out.
Some common things and suggestions to put into your travel altar: birthday candles, tealight(s), travel matches or lighter, crystal shards or small crystals, beads, packets of salt, packets of black pepper, dried herbs in small containers/bags, dried flowers, pine cones, acorns, leaves, branches/sticks, bark chips, tea, small sachets for on the go spells, images of animals or plants, feathers, small stones/rocks, runes and sigils written onto bark or paper, seeds and small figurines of animals or creatures.
For larger travel altars also consider adding: scissors, plastic or cloth baggies, small travel books on herbs, plants and/or trees, pocket notebook/sketchbook, pencils and pens, crystals and a portable wand.
Forest Witch Crafts, Spells and More
For this section I’m going to talk about a few at home crafts and spells that you can make and cast while in an urban setting once you have set up your space and gotten down your grounding. These crafts are all beginner friendly and can be done by entry level witches once they have gotten down grounding and centering their energy.
Forest Witch’s Ladder for Protection
You will need:
Twine
Scissors
7 Oak Branches/Sticks
2 Pine Sticks
Pine Cone
White Ribbon
Something to hang it from such as a repurposed clothing hanger or hook
Cut your twine to the lengths you desire it, though making sure all three are the same lengths. At the top tight a tight knot of your choosing, I usually use a simple square knot. Leave enough extra on one side of the knot to tie it to your hanger or hook. The rest of the twine should be long enough to allow you to work. Braid it in a simple 3 way braid before tying a tight knot, placing an oak branch below the knot (the pine are for the end) and snuggly securing it with the twine wrapping it in whatever way you feel fit. Secure it again with a knot pressed tightly below the branch and continue the braid. You may space out the branches however you like, whether they are close together or far apart. While braiding and securing branches, focus on the energy that is given off by the oak branches. Once you have secured all of the oak branches you add the pine branches until all branches have been secured into the braid. Use the bottom of your twine to begin securing the pine cone in whatever process you prefer, I am simple when it comes to my witch’s ladders so I often prefer to find a good section near the top of the pine cone and wrap my twine around it and secure it with a series of simple knots. Take your white ribbon and to close and finish your spell, tie a bow around the bottom part of the braid just above your pine cone.
Find a secure place in your bedroom or in any main room you spend most of your time in and hang it either upon the wall or on a door for protection. Every full moon it is recommended to cleanse and charge your Witch’s Ladder in the full moon’s light then rehang it in its place come morning.
Forest Poppets
These little poppets are easy to make using only a few items. Using an acorn or a pinecone for the head and if desired drawing a face to it and tying it either to some cloth, paper or sticks you can create a simple little doll for magickal workings.
Use these poppets to bring positive effects into your life. Create your doll and on some part of it write your name, initials or use a taglock such as a bit of hair tied to it. Different wood types will attract different things into your life. A few examples would be:
Apple: blessing, protection, love, inspiration
Ash: creativity, inspiration, healing, moving towards a goal
Cursing using these poppets can be quite easy too. Simply select a wood type with correspondences to the opposite of what you want for that person. Such as using cherry wood to remove romance from their life instead of bringing it in. To reverse after you have made the poppet and added the persons taglock, take black thread and bind them up tightly or use tape. Then seal the poppet into a jar and fill it with nasty things like muddy water, puddle water, black pepper, rotting vegetables/plants, dirt, etc and seal it tightly. Bury it in a dark place or keep it hidden away where it is is dark such as under sinks or in closets that are rarely used. To break the curse, open the jar, remove the poppet, cut the tape/thread and then dispose of the poppet properly.
Forest Witch Bath (from my bath post)
Supplies:
Pine Needles
Pinecones
Pine essential oil (2 drops)
3 bags of green or black tea
Green sachet
Mint
Cedar Chips
Green Candles (optional- tree or plant scented ones)
Steps: Light your candles and begin filling your tub. In you sachet add 1 part cedar chips and 1 part mint. Tie it shut and add to your bath as it fills. You may then add the pine needles to float freely or you may add them in a sachet as well. Add your two drops of pine oil once the tub is half filled to ensure it is well diluted in the bath. Add your tea bags into the water, line your tub with the pinecones and get in.
Note: essential oils can be harsh on certain skins, dilute the oil with a carrier oil and test on your skin to see if it affects you. If your skin is too sensitive for pine oil omit it from the spell.
Forest Witch Teas
There are several teas made from different trees that have several health benefits and magickal properties that are wonderful for spellcasting and overall forest witchery. A few helpful examples of these teas that are easy to purchase and find are listed below.
Pine Tea
Health: Health wise, properly gathered or purchased tea of this type is extremely good for you seeing as it is a ton of vitamin C. It is commonly used a vitamin C replacement for some individuals. It also has large amounts of vitamin A (though this one should be taken smaller amounts).
Correspondences: Pine corresponds mostly with endurance, strength, rebirth, celebration, and health
Willow Bark Tea
Health: Often referred to as “nature’s aspirin” or “the natural aspirin” willow bark tea is often used as a pain reliever for people and historically has been used for centuries. It is also often used for anti-inflammatory purposes. Though it can upset sensitive stomachs.
Correspondences: Willow trees often correspond with femininity, glamours, secrecy, invisibility, healing, sleep, fertility and emotional ties
Spruce Tea
Health: Spruce trees are very high in vitamin C making them great for immune systems and often used for vitamin supplements. Spruce needles are often used to soothe sore throats and coughs when made into a tea. It is also a great source of potassium.
Correspondences: astral travel, cleansing, purification, flight, creation, transformation, shapeshifting and ancient wisdom.
Deities of the Forest
This is a huge list of deities from different religions and mythology from around the world, none of which to my knowledge are closed religions. I did not list closed religion deities due to them being closed religions or religions such as Hinduism that requires someone to be initiated into it. (If I did accidentally list any closed religions please do let me know).
Baltic
Medeina: Goddess of forests, trees and animals
Celtic
Abnoba: Goddess of forests and rivers
Artio: Bear Goddess of the wilderness
Druantia: Goddess of Trees
Sucellus: God of agriculture, forests and alcohol
Vridios: God of vegetation, rebirth and agriculture
Egyptian
Ash: God of oasis and vineyards
English
Apple Tree Man: Spirit of the oldest apple trees
Chunnmilk Penny: Guardian spirit of unripe nut thickets
Finnish
Lempo: God of wilderness and archery
Tapio: God and Ruler of forests
Mielikki: Goddess of the forest and the hunt
Germanic
Ostara: Goddess of spring
Herne the Hunter: God of forests and wild animals
Greek:
Actaeon: God of wilderness, male and wild animals and the hunt
Artemis: Goddess of the hunt, wild animals, nature, wilderness, childbirth, virginity, fertility and health
Chloris: Goddess of flowers
Hegemone: Goddess of plants
Oxylus: God of forests and moutnains
Persephone: Goddess of spring and its growth
Physis: Primeval Goddess of nature
Mesopotamian
Abu: Mino plant God
Damu: God of vegetation and rebirth
Emesh: God of vegetation
Ningikugai: Goddess of reeds and marshes
Ninsar: Goddess of plants
Ua-Ildak: Goddess of pastures and poplar trees
Norse
Joro: Goddess and personification of Earth
Fjorgyn: Goddess and personification of Earth
Skadi: Goddess of mountains, skiing, winter, archery and hunting
Vidar: god of the forest, meditation, silence and wilderness
Roman
Ceres: Goddess of plant growth
Diana: Goddess of hunt, wild animals, wilderness and the moon
Faunus: Horned god of the forest, plains and fields
Feronia: Goddess of wildlife, fertility, health and abundance
Flora: Goddess of flowers and spring bloom
Fufluns: God of plant life, happiness, health and growth
Nemestrinus: God of the forests and woods
Pilumnus: God of nature and child growth
Pomona: Goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards
Silvanus: Spirit and Deity of woods and fields, protector of the forests
Slavic
Berstuk: Evil God of the forest
Jarilo: God of vegetation, fertility, spring, war and harvest
Porewit: God of woods, Protector of lost adventurers and voyagers, Punisher to those who mistreat the forest and nature
If you shoplift don’t reblog posts about respecting retail workers doing holiday seasons.
It’s very clear you don’t respect them if you’re willing to ignore the fact that they say they risk being laid off, having fewer hours, etc. as a result of people shoplifting. You are fucking over someone’s livelihood.
I’ve started taking photos of stolen merchandise I find around our store (empty boxes, torn open packaging, etc).
That money literally comes out of my paycheck. I’m struggling to pay my mortgage and still be able to feed myself, let alone my bills, medication, or even just A Nice Thing every once in a while.
(All of that is from two or three days, by the way. I could go on.)
If you shoplift, or condone shoplifting, go fuck yourself. Don’t fucking pretend you care about respecting me or anyone else working retail this holiday season, or ever. You clearly don’t.
I’m currently doing security for a mall and I have to deal with shoplifters quite often. Lemme tell you, they are some if the most self absorbed and stupid assholes I’ve ever met.
They are typically fairly young, around 12-21, and are not in hard spots in life. The mall I work for stocks some fairly high end products, so these things that these shitheels take are not necessities. They’re things like iPhones, makeup, jewelry, expensive clothes, and the like. They don’t need these things, and we know this because after we arrest their dumb ass we check their record with the police to determine what we will do with them.
One case I had to handle was a group of girls stealing hundreds of dollars in goods from stores that their friends worked at. They exploited the trust of their friends so they could get some fucking yoga pants. Upon my arrival and speaking to the shopkeep, it was decided that I would let them off the hook so long as the merchandise was to be returned. They returned most of it, but STILL stole from their friend’s store. Last I heard, they got busted trying the same stunt elsewhere, one of these idiots is currently in County.
Many of them, once caught, are already running a record as long as my fucking arm, and here in Utah retail theft cam escalate to a felony. Meaning, after enough reported cases of a person stealing goods (either by arrest or if they have video evidence of the person stealing) or after a certain dollar amount stolen the crime is moved from misdemeanor to felony and is punished as such.
To you shoplifting shits out there, quit while you’re ahead. You are ruining people’s lives for trinkets and you will be caught sooner or later. You will ruin your lives for absolutely nothing, and you will always be known as a dishonest individual and barred from numerous employment opportunities as well as losing certain rights.
If your employer is taking stolen goods out of your paycheck, that is wage theft. That is your employer paying you less than you are owed, as punishment for something you did not do. Please explain to me how shoplifters are responsible for your boss violating labour law? Why are we implicitly defending the cruelty of a person in a position of power threatening subordinates for things beyond their control?
Except they don’t literally deduct it from the worker’s paycheck.
They give them fewer hours. Instead of giving them 40 hours in a week they may only get 16 hours that week as a result of people repeatedly shoplifting. Retail workers have repeatedly made posts about how shoplifters cause them to get laid off, get fewer hours, make it harder for them to pay their bills, etc. yet you still try to defend your own shitty behavior. It costs literally z e r o dollars to not shoplift and make shit harder for retail workers. Why is it that you’re so ready to make bad and rude customers take responsibility for making shit difficult for retail workers yet you can’t even do the same thing?
Not to mention y’all are stealing shit YOU DONT NEED when I worked at Target we didn’t have to deal with people stealing food, we dealt with people stealing literally dozens of electronics or, at one point, a woman walking out with at least $200 worth of clothes on her person. Fuck off with this “well it’s not MY fault” shit, you’re making my already hard retail job even harder
Maybe misusing the name of God isn’t so much about saying the shallow words, “Oh my God,” as it is about using the name of God to justify discrimination, oppression, injustice, racism, slavery, xenophobia, poverty, sexism, islamophobia, ableism, homophobia, war, & the list can go on.
Amen
When I was a wee little Gaslight attending Catholic Sunday schools, and then later in college when I was taking a Bible as Literature class, both my stolid neighborhood deacon and my dapper Protestant professor said almost the exact same thing:
“Taking the Lord’s name in vain isn’t when someone says ‘God damn it.’ It’s when a mortal, fallible human being presumes to put words in God’s mouth and say ‘This is what God wants you to do.’“
This article from Native Amerian Peoples points out that before the arrival of the Europeans there was no arrangement of guidelines that people needed to submit to keeping in mind the end goal to be viewed as a “typical” man or woman from their tribe.
In reality, individuals who had both female and male qualities were seen as talented by nature, and along these lines, ready to see both sides of everything. As per Indian Country Today, all local groups recognized the accompanying sex parts: “Female, male, Two Spirit female, Two Spirit male and Transgendered.”
“Every tribe has their own particular term, however there was a requirement for an all inclusive term that the overall public could get it. The Navajo allude to Two Spirits as Nádleehí (one who is changed), among the Lakota is Winkté (characteristic of a male who has an impulse to act as a female), Niizh Manidoowag (two soul) in Ojibwe, Hemaneh (half man, half lady) in Cheyenne, to give some examples.
Everyone deserves to love their body. I don’t care if you’re underweight or overweight, fit or unfit, healthy or unhealthy. Your body is your home, and it is worthy of celebration.
what you’ll need: 🌹rose water facial spray (make your own, or if you prefer I use Mari Badescu Rosewater Spray) 🌹rose quartz
time of day: 🌹full moon
how to: 🌹set your rosewater facial spray and rose quartz next to each other under the light of the full moon. allow the full moon to charge your spray and the quartz. 🌹for an extra charge, pass spray bottle through smoke 🌹use anytime you need a glamour pick-me-up, or just an everyday extra spritz of power for that busy witch on the go. not only will you feel glamourous, but you’ll smell amazing too!
When you decide that it’s okay to be cruel or callous towards certain people, or to see those people as undeserving of human dignity, the first people to end up on the chopping will be marginalized/vulnerable people.
That’s how it works, I’ve seen this play out time after time, and no “privileged feelings don’t matter” had ever actually ended up primarily targeting the privileged in question. It doesn’t work like that.
“It’s okay to mistreat prisoners” = most prisoners are people of color
“It’s okay to bully white people” = white women and disabled people are the ones who get singled out
“Rapists should be killer or castrated” = false rape accusations are rare but when they happen it’s almost always against brown or disabled men
“It’s okay to make fun of ugly people if they’re white” = Jewish and disabled features get singled out. Also poor people don’t have access to cosmetic surgery personal trainers etc that rich ones do.
“It’s okay to accuse people of pedophilia even if they haven’t committed it, if they creep you out” = I have literally never seen a callout on this site for “pedophilia apologism” that was directed at a cishet dude. Not even once. It’s almost always women, especially queer women, non-binary people, trans men, and occasionally cis gay/bi men.
—(Honestly, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a cishet dude called out on here period.)
“It’s okay to characterize men as inherently evil and violent, because they have privilege” = brown and disabled men are already seen as unduly threatening, and it’s not because of privilege
“It’s okay to make fun of people who are cringy, they should learn to take a joke” = by “cringy” people 9/10 times mean autistic, women over 30 that have hobbies other than knitting (already frowned upon due to misogyny and ageism) and middle schoolers
I could go on and on here but writing this out exhausted me already and I’d rather go do literally anything else.
“Straight people are evil oppressors and their feelings don’t matter” = bi people (esp bi women) almost always count as straight in these discourses, whether it’s staged explicitly or not
If I smashed the reblog button any harder I’d punch a hole in the coffee table.
Dairy industry is as evil as meat. No less harm for animals. Does it look natural that calf can’t drink milk so you can taste your piece of cheese?
GO VEGAN.
WRONG
That calf is wearing a nose tag. Nose tags are put on calves so that they are able to stay with their mothers longer, but are unable to nurse. They don’t NEED to nurse as they get older, they just get greedier and pushier and will bash up the cow’s udder and bruise it with their noses.
This nose-tag is so that calves can stay with their mothers, their mothers can remain pain-free and healthy, and nobody is stressed.
Educate yourselves you ignorant fucking tarts.
…really? You don’t think it might have anything to do with the milk being stolen for human consumption? At all? Not even a tiny bit?
Militant vegans can fuck right off
Based on fur texture and face shape, that calf is at least six months old, probably older. Calves can survive without actual cow milk even at three months, though older is better (calves weaned that early are usually fed a sort of formula for another couple months).
Also, nose tags like that one don’t go through the cow’s septum. They basically work like those fake septum rings for humans.
In addition to weaning the calves, another use for nose tags is protecting non-lactating cows. Sometimes weanlings or even adult cows will suck on themselves or other non-lactating cows; this can cause internal teat scarring bad enough to prevent that teat or teats from ever working. I’ve seen this happen, and it’s ugly, probably at least somewhat painful, and, if bad enough, would lead to the cow being slaughtered at a very young age because she can’t produce milk, has chronic mastitis, and/or can’t be milked with automatic milking equipment. So, nose tags actually prevent animal cruelty.
Also, calves will suck on anything remotely oblong (and attempt to eat literally anything), even if they are being adequately fed or overfed. Often they will suck on other calves’ ears, and, since ears are longer than teats and cows have upper as well as lower teeth in the back of their mouths, many calves get bites on their ears, which often become severely infected. I’m not sure if nose tags would work there, because physics—a non-toxic but bad-tasting ear paint would be better—but yeah, letting a calf put anything it wants in its mouth is not always a good idea.
reblogging for educational purposes.
reblogging for people being schooled
This was the funniest argument about false cruelty I have read.. Thank you.
I love this for 2 reasons: Most people don’t realize that in farming areas agriculture/horticulture/animal husbandry is part of public school education from as early on as 7th grade. (Though I remember dissecting cow eyes in 4th grade science sooo) I assure you fifteen year old farm kids know more about what constitutes animal cruelty in farms than thirty year old vegans with, or without an agenda.
Also that if you really want good quality beef/pork/eggs/milk/etc you don’t abuse your animals. Ever. That’s not the point and if you want to make any kind of money off your career choice, you are going to treat those creatures better than you treat yourself. You’ll call a vet five times for an infection in your herd before you visit the hospital for a missing foot on your own leg.
So. Yeah. Watch out, because we’re getting internet access these days. We’re on tumblr too.
P.S. The immigrant workers farming your supermarket produce have no health care or legal protection, and the Bolivians farming your 365 Organic Quinoa can’t afford to eat it. But PLEASE won’t someone think of the poor baby cows who won’t get off the tit?!
Also this is a LOT nicer than what mother cows do to calves that won’t be weaned. You know what mother cows do to calves that won’t wean? kick them in the head. Now I don’t know about vegans, but I’d rather have a nose tag that discouraged me from injuring my mother (because calves that don’t wean tend to chew on udders and make mother cows bleed) rather than being kicked in the head. Source: I grew up on a fucking cattle ranch. I have seen chickens skeletonize a mouse I KNOW SHIT.
“I have seen chickens skeletonize a mouse I KNOW SHIT.”
I’m sorry, what? What??? WHAT??? you can’t just leave it there please explain @thehornedwitch
Happy to explain! See, chickens are omnivorous. They eat bugs, plants, and meatstuffs. Y’know how crows and ravens and things eat meat? Well, chickens too. Ours had a particular fondness for ham when someone accidentally put it into the bucket of good scraps we set aside for the chickens. A bucket we tried to keep as meat-free as possible, because few things are more terrifying than a chicken looking you in the eyes as it scarfs down ham. Anyway, back to the mouse. One day i was doing Chicken Chores, like gathering eggs, putting out grain, emptying the bucket of greens, etc, when a mouse runs across the pen. All at once, eight or so chickens stop dead, look at it, and SWARM. Now I’m six at this point in time and developing a healthy fear of chickens, and so do nothing. By the time the chickens are done, all that is left of the mouse is its bones. I left the chicken pen very, very quickly. Chickens crave meat. They were dinosaurs. They did not forget that they were dinosaurs. They will also cannibalize each other with reckless abandon. Sometimes we just had to remove one chicken to its own private pen away from the others because no matter what we did, that specific one always tried to eat the other chickens. We had one that really liked other chicken’s eyes. Bear in mind, our pens ensured each chicken had about five to six square feet all its own if you managed to space every chicken out evenly, we never locked them in teensy pen things, and fed them LOTS. These chickens just really, really wanted to maim. Chickens that are not Buff Orpingtons are the devil. Buff Orpingtons are sweethearts. If you must have chickens, have that kind. And never get Guineas. Guineas are SATAN INCARNATE. THEY SMELL FEAR.
Holy shit, I dont think I’ll ever use chicken as an insult again.
Holy Shit, same here that is terrifying
Will I’m using it as a compliment
I love farm animals.
“Chickens crave meat. They were dinosaurs. They did not forget that they were dinosaurs.”
If you’ve ever looked a chicken in the eye you know that they don’t just remember; they’re patiently awaiting the day they become dinosaurs again.
I have reblogged this before because watching farmers school vegans is always hilarious, but now we’re into birds, specifically fowl, and I have got stories.
I had to give my turkey an antibiotic injection once upon a time, and she turned the needle puncture into a six inch by three inch hole in her back overnight as she attempted to eat herself because apparently turkeys find themselves to be delicious. She had to spend 3 months duct taped into a tea towel (the bandages underneath cleaned and replaced daily, mind you) until it healed because she would not stop ripping the bandages off to continue consuming herself.
Your chickens strip a mouse to the bone? Mine draw and quarter them and run around with the parts shrieking. My peacocks grab mice, beat them to death on the ground with this insanely fast back and forth head twisting motion, and then swallow them whole. You would not think an entire adult mouse would fit in their face, and you would be wrong.
I knew a guy that used to regularly post photos of the 5-6′ long Copperhead snakes his peafowl would destroy. And I don’t mean kill, I mean destroy. These venomous snakes would get into the pens and the peas would just peck them into oblivion like nbd.
Fowl didn’t just used to be dinosaurs. They are still dinosaurs.
Thankfully they are small dinosaurs
and we can just tape them into tea towels if we have to
BEGGING for a Jurassic Park reboot where farmers run the place instead of brogrammer scientists, and the raptors frequently get scolded and taped into tea towels
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If the cow portion of this pleased you I recommend the Anime/manga Silver Spoon.
It’s basically middle school kid from the suburbs tired of the test taking rat race and pressure from his parents/society goes to an agricultural high school. There is a lot of enlightening farm stuff, the exploration of that disconnect between food source-supermarket (ie: oh yeah eggs come from chicken butts), the difference in not intelligence but specialization of subject matter, and finding value/goals in yourself.
reblogging for chickens and birbs that never forgot they were dinosaurs
Guineas are just ugly bug eaters, also, I havent seen chickens go crazy for meat, but……….cowpie? They crave that mineral.
Amongst other animals, I raised chickens. They’d go after anything they thought they could catch, I watched our flock of about fifteen chase the shit out of a rabbit.
They are unopened Aura Cacia essential oils one is Myrrh and the other is Mango-Orange hair care oil mixed with almond carrier oil. The lady pulled them out of this big box and she is a guest whose been here a few days. I’ve been the main one helping her.
As far as I can tell they aren’t a mlm scam product and have rather good reviews
I’m pleasantly pleased to see on the labels that they encourage you to NEVER to ingest these oils and to always diffuse them and dilute them with carrier oils. So that is good, it doesn’t seem to be a ‘cure everything with essential oil’ brand. Lady who gave them to me is one of our wealthier guests who is in one of our largest Suites.
They are unopened Aura Cacia essential oils one is Myrrh and the other is Mango-Orange hair care oil mixed with almond carrier oil. The lady pulled them out of this big box and she is a guest whose been here a few days. I’ve been the main one helping her.
As far as I can tell they aren’t a mlm scam product and have rather good reviews
A guest just gave me essential oils >->
So excited almost done with my very large post I’ve been working 2 weeks on >u>
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