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In my experience as a third culture kid who travels a lot the best indicator that you as a non-x is appreciating x culture is if the locals actively invite you to participate in it with them

Yes, you are allowed to buy those handmade Inuit winter clothes if an Inuk is literally selling them to you. They would not be offering you a price point if they didnt want you to buy and wear them. And you might discover that theyre the best winter clothes youve ever worn because of COURSE they would be if theyve kept this culture warm in harsh winters for thousands of years.

Yes, you are allowed to join those Cambodians in that local holiday theyre celebrating during your visit if they literally invited you to it. They would not have invited you if they didnt want you to participate. And in the process you might learn a lot about a culture you never wouldve interacted with and you can all have a laugh together about your clumsy but genuine attempts at getting your footwork right in one of their traditional dances.

Yes, you are also allowed to ask if you can participate in something from the local culture you are visiting. Sometimes you will get "sorry, thats a closed practice" but in my experience most of the time you'll get "of course, let me show you how to do this!" And in my experience people tend to appreciate when others make an active effort in sharing their culture and wont stone you to death if youre clumsy about it while youre learning. I guarantee that the local children doing all of this for the first time too make the same mistakes you do and they can tell if youre being disrespectful or genuine.

So much "cultural appropriation" discourse really starts to sound like "you cant participate or visit any other cultures if youre from a Colonial Culture and have to stay in your little box and never relate to other people"

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Every time puritan ghouls try to push for censorship online, KILLJAM XXX is gonna get even more aggressively queer and violent to spite them. That’s a promise. So why not check out the show and enjoy the deranged, counter-culture ride with us?

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O Youth, your passion is so quickly betrayed. You never gave me the time to welcome your ephemeral gifts before taking them all back like a capricious sibling. [Portents of the Gods]

I am a writer buried in the amazon and social media algorithms. Currently working on a series of tales that may or may not see the light of a publishing day, considering how little interest my stories are generating. Haven't given much thought to the title, but the subtitle likely will be "Strange subversive tales of a queer boy." In the meantime, if thought-provoking literary fiction with a serious, metaphysical edge appeals to you, check out my self-published works.

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#she is me #i am her #we are one and the same

SUPERGIRL (2015-2021) | S02E02 'The Last Children of Krypton'

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Getting thiiiiiiis close to bringing back One Drop Rules.

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Eric Bogosian and Luke Brandon Field as Daniel Molloy INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

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People in the UK especially, please don't give your ID to Spotify

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The first rule of cable management is "out of sight, out of mind"

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Always make sure everyone in the group is acknowledged.

For example, say you run into some friends while you're out in public, but they have with them their roommate who you've barely met. In this case, don't just ignore the roommate in favor of only acknowledging and speaking to your friends, make sure you acknowledge and greet the roommate too, even if it's just a smile or even just a polite nod.

Humans are by our nature a communal species, and as a result tend to be pretty affected by feeling ignored or excluded. Even if you're not ignoring them on purpose, you just feel awkward acknowledging someone you barely know, try to consider how you might feel if you were totally brushed off and ignored by someone who is acknowledging everyone else but you.

Even if you personally don't think you'd personally be hurt by being brushed off by your roommates' friend, know that your feelings aren't universal and plenty of people would feel bad about feeling ignored, especially if they're someone who has a history of being excluded by their peers.

This doesn't apply to people you are trying to avoid because they make you feel uncomfortable or even unsafe, safety comes first before good manners. But if they're not someone who you think is a risk to your safety and/or someone who makes you uncomfortable, it won't hurt you to politely acknowledge them.

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The Light Seems Safe - submitted by @thetwistedwhiskersshow 

#9fb5d1 #bf9f6b #cfb57f #e6d9ae #7f663c 

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Doctor Who The Power of the Doctor | 2022

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Fat people are beautiful by the way.

Outside of kink and fetishes and body positivity fat people are just beautiful.

My great-aunt, who was also a kind and loving person, who was 600+ pounds for a significant portion of her life and was never ever even close to not-fat, was one of the most beautiful people I have ever known. She had an inimitable sense of style, great hair, and a gorgeous face with an incredible smile and dancing eyes. She glowed from the inside out. I loved her and admired her with my whole heart.

Fat people are beautiful.

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Genuine friendly summer reminder for my fellow fat people.

We have more body than skinny people so we also contain more water and therefore need to drink more. 2 Litres is something skinny people need to drink we need more. I aim for 4 litres a day.

While any waterbased liquid is good try to not drink all 4 litres in coke or soda. I absolutley do recommend sport drinks or similar things. Fat people like us, or at least me, sweat a lot in this heat even without sport. Refill those electrolytes. Your body will thank you.

My go to drink at home is a 2 litre jug of water with just enough store bought raspberry or orange syrup that it has a taste thats not water.

Please stay hydrated in this heat and take care of your body. Its the only one you have.

(If you clown on fat people in tags/replies/comments I will hunt you for sport)

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out trans people like to try to convince closeted/repressed trans people who are in a position to transition, to transition as soon as possible, by saying "i badly regret not starting earlier". i don't think it's a very effective argument on its own. most closeted/repressed trans people have heard the same thing numerous times, they're deathly aware of it, they're already wracked with the regret of not transitioning today, every single day. simply telling them that the regret never leaves you doesn't have any convincing power. it might only make them feel even more hopeless or guilty. to draw from my honest personal experience, i would instead tell them:

"eventually—maybe slowly, and not always all the time, but surely—you'll notice that the regret of not starting earlier is drowned out by the joy and contentness of finally feeling truer to yourself. you won't have to live stuck permanently ruminating on past what-could-have-beens anymore, you'll be able to live in the present as yourself."

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the weed dispensaries should ask if you would like to round up your purchase to donate to PBS. and if you say yes you get to scan a QR code that gives you 30-day free access to the full run of antiques roadshow. this is how drugs can win the war on drugs again.

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honestly maybe theee most underrated house md c-plot is kutner running an online medical advice forum in house's name and house obviously finding out about it almost as soon as he sets it up. and instead of just telling kutner to shut it down, house spams the forum with incomprehensible symptoms and eventually hires a woman to PRETEND TO DIE due to kutner being unable to diagnose her in time. and, STILL not done, he then "resucitates" her in the morgue in order to scare the absolute shit out of kutner and taub