imstillgibby
the incoherent ramblings and ravings of the woke mind virus ☆ she/her
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never been to europe but my favorite countries are ukraine and slovenia for the ever after high girlies there that voted for cupid to win thronecoming queen. yall the real ones
PSA: If you do nothing you are helping the oppressors
Any kind of pushback is better than watching in silence but continuing life as normal. Your quite acknowledgement of the evil things happening in this country is not enough. It means nothing.
If you are aware that mega corporations are funding genocide/rolling back their dei programs/treating their workers in an unethical way/hurting the environment and are still continuing to buy from them then you are in the wrong.
You can't feign ignorance and act like your purchases won't change anything because obviously it can. Obviously boycotts work when people actually do them and stick with them.
If you absolutely have to buy something from these places it's okay. Almost everything is owned by some evil company the the goal is to atleast limit the spending. And if you continue your normal amount of spending as if you are unaware then you are the problem.
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This isn't just about boycotts. This is about choosing to stay uninformed. This is about being aware of current issue around the world and within the country (ice raids, Palestine, womens rights, etc.) and not to taking the time and learn more.
Those in power want you to stay uninformed. They want you to ignore all the horrible things happening and you're doing what they want.
You can not say you care about womens issues, and not stay up to date with womens issues.
You can not say you condemn Israel's genocide of Palestinians, and not pay attention to what's happening in Palestine.
It is not acceptable to play the "I havent done my research yet" or "I havent looked into it" or "I dont know much about it right now" cards but leave it at that and not actually care to do the research.
If you are not standing up against the oppressors, you aren't sitting down, you are standing with them.
The commodification of Asian culture
I'm definitely not the only one who has noticed the way that asian culture has been appropriated, rebranded, changed and sold in a watered down more "digestable" way. Atleast here in America, so many pieces of cultures have been turned into a trend that is completely removed from its original history. It's not even just asian culture it's the culture of every marginalized group (the queer, trans, indigenous, hispanic and black communities) that has been impacted by this phenomenon.
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A few years ago there was a big boom in ube products. Ube is a purple yam from the philipines that is in many Filipino dishes. Ube has so much cultural significance in Filipino culture as it has been used for hundreds of years but suddenly you would see ube flavors in stores like trader joes and in dozens of dessert shops who didn't bother to make traditional filipino deserts but would add the ube to oreos, cupcakes, brownies and other American desserts.
Now there is nothing wrong with using ube in non-Filipino desserts but the issue is the profiting off of the culture without giving credit to or appreciating where it's from.
It is sanitizing the culture in a way that is digestible for, let's face it, white people. God forbid they have to eat ensaymada so let's just sell then ube doughnuts instead.
The amount of times I've seen people assume that ube is Japanese drives me mad because not only does it show how much ube has been removed from its origins, it shows how the ignorance of Americans lead them to see Asia as simply just China, Japan and South Korea.
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Around 2020/2021 boba tea went viral on tiktok. Before you knew it there were boba shops everywhere. It was and still is super popular and is considered a trendy "gen-z" drink. It has been completely removed from its history and boba enjoyers in the west couldn't even tell you what the boba pearls are or where the drink is from. Just like ube, I've seen most people assume that boba tea is from Japan.
Boba tea originated in Taiwan during the 1980s and the chewy pearls that make it unique are tapioca pearls made of cassava root as a cheap alternative to sago pearls.
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I could go on and on and in depth into countless other examples like matcha,Buddhist iconography,bindi, yoga and so much more. People just pick and choose what they like about asian cultures, sanitize and repackage it, then profit off of it. All while continuing to oppress and silence the minorities they steal from.
To be honest I don't see this improving. For this to stop it would take people actually caring about cultures and practices outside of their worldview enough to do the research. It would take people have curious enough minds to question what is being sold to them and why. Is it someone trying to share their culture with others or is it a corporation trying to profit off of a culture they couldn't give less of a shit about?
When it comes to people having a problem with Sony Angel's I feel like that's them sexualizing this little guy. Maybe they need to take a second and ask themselves why they think its weird.
They are not inherently sexual just because they are nude. They are literally babies. It's not weird your just making it that way.
