marshmallows4toasting:

madamehearthwitch:

woolandcoffee:

I’m really starting to get disillusioned with the amount of individual blame getting levied in the slow fashion movement. Like, y’all really are out here blaming poor individuals for environmental destruction because they don’t have the time, energy, or money to be making their own clothing or buying ethically produced clothing. We don’t all have the kind of salary where we can spend $65 on a t shirt from Everlane, Karen.

It’s like this, disgustingly, across the board. Usually white, middle class women, pick up on some trend that makes them feel close to Jesus or some bullshit… and then they proceed to demonize everyone who can’t live up to their white picket fence dreams.

See also: any go green movement ever, yoga, organic food, carbs vs no carbs…

I agree with this so much. I make 11/hr at a part time job and will probably never be able to afford a $65 shirt. But I can afford 8 different items that total out to $65 from a thrift store. And then those same women who yell at you for not buying the 65 shirt will still look down on your for wearing clothes from a thrift store. Thrift stores do the exact same thing and more than your eco clothing because it closes the clothing waste stream loop for clothes that people don’t want but are still good for others to wear.

I agree with everything that has been said, but want to add that I am also addressing the slow fashion movement that encourages shopping at thrift stores, because even the facet of the slow fashion movement that is accepting of thrifting STILL places a lot of blame on the individual. It is not the fault of the individual that capitalism has caused environmental degradation as well as untold amounts of human pain and suffering, and it is not the job of the individual to end this system by buying from companies like Everlane or buying exclusively from thrift stores. I adore the concept of slow fashion, but when we talk about changing the system of how clothing is produced, we need to shift the conversation away from individual blame and instead focus on how the system can be toppled and what the best way to do that is.

Why You Should Actually Be Terrified Right Now

lastxleviathan:

staneclectic:

raedusoleil:

It’s what happened to Jews in Germany in 1938 when their passports were declared invalid. That is what is beginning to happen here, now, to Hispanic citizens along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Oh, is it bad to compare the GOP to Nazis? Well, if members of the GOP do not like being compared to Nazis, they should consider not behaving exactly like Nazis.

Hispanic U.S. citizens, some of whom were in the U.S. military, are not being allowed to renew their passports. This is reportedly happening to “hundreds, even thousands” of Latinos, according to a report in the Washington Post. They’re getting letters from the State Department saying it does not believe they are citizens. The government claims their citizenships are fraudulent. “I’ve had probably 20 people who have been sent to the detention center—U.S. citizens,” Jaime Diez, an attorney in Brownsville, told The Washington Post.

The Washington Post also reports on ICE officials coming to citizens’ homes and taking their passports away. This is an escalation from a few months ago, when Americans were detained by ICE officials just for speaking Spanish to one another.

The administration is currently launching an effort to take citizenship from people who they suspect of fraud in obtaining it. Fraud in these cases is exceedingly rare. The last time the government tried to strip people of their citizenship was, according to Columbia Professor Mae Ngai, during The Red Scare of the 1950s. As Ngai remarks, McCarthyism is not typically remembered as a good period in American history.

There is good reason to believe that this could portend still worse things to come for the U.S. Hispanic population, unless people begin to speak out loudly, and fast.

First, they came for the Hispanics and I did nothing.

Then they came for (fill in the blanks) and I did nothing.

Then, when they came for me, there was no one to do nothing.

GUYS.

SILENCE IS COMPLICITY.

IT WILL HAUNT NOT ONLY YOU BUT YOUR CHILDRENS CHILDREN.

DONT BE SILENT. PASS THIS AROUND. Let everyone know it’s happening!

Why You Should Actually Be Terrified Right Now

I’m really starting to get disillusioned with the amount of individual blame getting levied in the slow fashion movement. Like, y’all really are out here blaming poor individuals for environmental destruction because they don’t have the time, energy, or money to be making their own clothing or buying ethically produced clothing. We don’t all have the kind of salary where we can spend $65 on a t shirt from Everlane, Karen.

I’m suing the U.S. government for causing the climate change crisis, and I’m 22.

mostlysignssomeportents:

My name is Kelsey Juliana and I’m suing the United States government
for causing and accelerating the climate change crisis. I’m 22 years old
and I’ve been a climate activist for more than half of my life.

I know that young people like me, and others who have yet to be born,
have a right to a safe climate system. The constitution guarantees all
Americans the right to life, liberty, and property. But how is anyone
supposed to live a life of freedom amid a climate crisis? My own
government is violating my constitutional rights by its ongoing and
deliberate actions that cause climate change and it’s not right.

I, along with 20 other young people from around the country, filed a lawsuit against the federal government in 2015, called Juliana v. United States.

We’re not asking for money. Instead, we’re asking the court to order
the government to develop and implement a National Climate Recovery Plan
based on the best available science.

This plan should end the reign of fossil fuels and quickly
decarbonize our atmosphere so that we can stabilize our climate system
before it’s too late.

The longer we go without climate recovery, the more we risk allowing our climate to spiral completely out of control.

And the climate is spiraling out of control, no matter how many
politicians claim we’re experiencing normal fluctuations or, worse, a
“hoax.” All of the expert witnesses in our lawsuit say that we are
currently—already—in the “danger zone” and an “emergency situation” with
only 1°C of planetary heating. Allowing the planet to heat up any more
is not safe for our species, as well as so many others. And according to
the Trump administration’s most recent environmental impact statement,
the planet could heat as much as 7°F before the end of this century. We
cannot allow this to happen because we simply will not survive.

We originally filed our lawsuit against the Obama administration.
That administration tried to have the case dismissed, but the judge
ruled in our favor and found that we should be allowed to go to trial.

In 2017, the Trump administration inherited the lawsuit and it has
done everything in its power, employing every conceivable tactic, to
deny my fellow plaintiffs and me our right to present our case in court.
This administration is so fiercely attempting to silence our voices.

At this point, every level of the federal judiciary—the U.S. District
Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court—has
denied the Trump administration’s efforts to have the case thrown out.
Yet it will not halt its efforts to avoid standard legal procedures and
confront us, the nation’s youth, in court.

Our trial is officially scheduled to begin on October 29, 2018 in Eugene, Oregon.

What we’re asking for could change everything.

My fellow plaintiffs and I want you with us as we head into the
courtroom to confront the United States government for knowingly
violating our constitutional rights. Supporters will hold rallies in
every state around the country, so if you can’t be with us in Eugene, find your local rally here.

Get regular updates by following @youthvgov on social media.

You can learn more about this case and get regular trial updates by tuning in to the No Ordinary Lawsuit podcast here.

Lastly, if you have the means, click here to make a donation to Our Children’s Trust, the nonprofit organization that supports our lawsuit and many others like it around the country.

https://boingboing.net/2018/10/23/our-childrens-trust.html

witchgoatee:

Cottagecore is so Good. It makes me want to clean my house and wake up early and watch the sunset and eat vegetables and take long, long walks and create things with my hands. It makes me want to live, and be pure and good and exist, in simple, mundane way, and with love.