#intersectional environmentalism

[bfpnola]

[katiajewelbox]

“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”

― Robert Louis Stevenson

Source: Grow Your Garden Instagram page

[queerbrownvegan]

The US government can afford to support environmental justice, improve community health, increase quality of education, upgrade infrastructure, and provide opportunity for all.

Our leaders just choose to fund genocide instead.

[actiwitch]

i think a lot of people mistake vegans for believing themselves to be "morally superior" rather than the actual, and very reasonable stance that IF YOU HAVE THE OPTION NOT TO KILL OTHER LIVING BEINGS, YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT.

most of us can understand that it's stupid to wield "oh so you think you're morally superior" against any type of human or environmental rights activists because how do you even respond to that? sure? Because its NOT ABOUT MORAL SUPERIORITY. IT'S ABOUT NOT UNNECESARILY CAUSING HARM.

Also, an activist could be the most annoying, self righteous person on the entire planet, but their stances having NOTHING to do with that. An asshole saying "trans rights" doesn't mean you shouldn't support trans rights because an asshole said it.

PLEASE start looking at veganism like you look at any other form of activism and resistance, and consider what disinformation and propaganda you've been fed about it.

[puffpuffponcho]

A climate scientists recommendations on climate change books :D🌎📚

For Absolute beginners!

•The Intersectional Environmentalist -Leah Thomas Gives a look into how social justice issues such as racism, sexism, and classism, further the climate change problem

•The uninhabitable planet -David Walles-Wells is an introductory level to the effects of climate change such as rising sea levels, greenhouse effect, etc

•Silent Spring -Rachel Carson, the book that is credited as one of the foundations to the start of the environmental movement. Explains how early observations of birds migration patterns from Carson hinted at the change in climate back in the 60’s

You’ve been to a rally or two

•This changes everything Capitalism v The Climate -Naomi Klein A lengthy read but highlights just what systems of power are in play in a global capitalistic economy, and how those systems abuse their power in name of profit over well being

•A (very) short history of life on earth - Henry Gee Gee explains the way life has existed on earth and just what extinction events took them out. Good intro to the geologic time scale but i don’t recommend if you don’t know basic biology as Gee uses a lot of vocab words

•Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid -Thor Hanson Highlights how animals are adapting to climate change, a gentle reminder every extinction event has had climate change correlated to it. Hanson shows what species are doing as a response to a biological hazard and the early steps of potential evolution (great adaptations kenneth catania is a similar read i havent gotten to yet)

You know what intersectional environmentalism is and support land back

•Braiding Sweetgrass- Robin Wall-Kimmerer- lengthy read again as Kimmerer highlights the struggles of bringing indigenous values into a white male dominated field as biologist and a white male dominated society through a collection beautiful essays (top 3 fav books)

•Countdown - Shanna H Swan Using many scientific terms but attempted to be simplified Swan uses her research on reproductive systems both human and animal to correlate pollution to decline in reproductive health. (for queer people! this book has an uncomfy chapter on intersex in animals and i dont think queer people were consulted when it was written tbh. I myself am queer and found it an odd chapter to read but it wasnt hateful, more just confused)

•As long as grass grows - Dina Gillo-Whitaker Whitaker explains the indigenous communities/allies fight for environmental justice indigenous values. Touching on just what those values are and the long history of fights to give indigenous communities the rights to their land and also incorporate indigenous values about land into the fight against climate change

[diddyrivera]

hi just created a tumblr acc :)

so, i'll be making a lot of feminist critiques abt a lot of stuff and if anyone is seeing and has interacted with my posts on tiktok or instagram reels, then i just wanna say hi bestie :)

just wanna note that you need to keep your feminism intersectional or otherwise you're not a feminist; no terfs and swerfs are allowed on my page

interact if you are part of following feminist positions:

intersectional feminists

marxist feminists

anarcha feminists

eco feminists

womanists

psychoanalytic feminists

decolonial feminists

:)

[bones-ivy-breath]

It is the grand masculine colonial tradition to talk about women as if they were a conquerable landscape—from Sir Walter Raleigh's naming of Virginia after a virgin queen, through the way that residents of the Kingdom of Fife adoringly calling the Lomond Hills the 'paps of Fife', or the 'breasts of Fife'. In the pale teal mornings I would lie back on my grandmother's cold garden lawn and compare my growing chest bumps to the horizon.

Unfuckable by Cara Ellison, from Becoming Dangerous

[nikok0re]

If you go somewhere on vacation you better treat the workers there like fucking royalty bc they spend 9 fucking hours a day helping and smiling to rich assholes who had never worked 40h a week on minimum wage to fucking survive and instead just spend hundreds of dollars on being shitbrains and having fun while shoving it on your face while you get treated like literal shit

[ananyapathak]

I disappeared off of the Internet, only to resurface with a forty-minute video of myself blabbering about language & literature. Typical.

[bfpnola]

hey! as y’all know, Better Future Program is an entirely youth-run nonprofit and we provide over 3,000 FREE social justice, mental health, and academic resources. but because the majority of our volunteers are full-time students in middle school, high school, and college, we need YOUR help!

the screenshotted sections above have WAYYYY less resources than some of the others. do you think you could help us out? if you have leftist, anti-capitalist resources that align with these topics, please submit them here!

to reiterate, we are looking for leftist, anti-capitalist resources pertaining to: Jewish rights, Muslim rights, immigration, climate change, reproductive rights, classism, children’s rights, educational equity, and fat liberation

[queerbrownvegan]

As long as humans are alive on Earth there will be hope. Do you understand that? Even with a crisis on our doorstep, we aren’t going to roll over and give up so easily, especially not when other like our family and friends still rely on us for love.

-qbv

[vavuska]

Why trolls behave like lefties women are supposed to educate them? We are not their social workers or their therapist and we are not forced to bear all their insecurities and problems on our shoulders. They need professionals. Not seeking attention in inclusive and intersectional feminist or LGBTQ+ spaces. Those spaces are supposed to be safe for us all, not to be social places in which trolls are welcome to harm. Don't feed the trolls!

[puffpuffponcho]

What does it mean to be a scientist?

During the past 4 years of my undergrad I’ve learned a lot of different definitions of scientist.

From the white men with Phds i’ve learned it means to be overly critical of everything and over work yourself to find the “right” answer. From the few women in my field i’ve learned it means to question everything and never take anything as full truth. From my classmates i’ve learned its to be filled with wonder and hypothesis’. From being a student i’ve learned its lab reports and analyzing everything to a “correct” answer. From myself i’ve learned its to care enough for answers, to see importance and love for the answer. I’ve learned my definition of scientist may be completely different from the person next to me, even though we’re both scientists.

Moral of the story? we all approach finding answers and forming questions in different ways, effecting what we find, even if the same scientific process is used. The way we approach our fields with the human diversity in thinking, analyzing, and questioning, brings such a beautiful and important philosophy to our fields. No one can bring exactly what another person can to the table, so why pressure yourself to fit into the homogeneous STEM narrative of being critical and finding the “correct” answer

[parse-c]

RISE | polvo todo

MMXXIV | ΛΥΝ.ΕΝ.Θ | ΚΥΛ

Words have a beautiful way of teaching. Let's see if we can philosophize our way to a golden insight, shall we?

We take a phrase and analyze it, then provide critical mechanical functions to generate fruitful meaning with a twist of historical irony.

Here's several "directions" thoughts flow in: CARDINA

INFORM = initial information input | inception REFORM = re-present in new form | re-creation DISSEMINI = sown seeds | conception META = beyond + form | metamorphosis GESTALT = inverse parity | integration SUMMUS = maximus ipsissimus | realization Let's goooooo!

INFORM | authorization i await your answer REFORM | re-creation await | awa ↻ eme eme + it = emeit  eme | m ↻ ш (sh) eшe | eshe.

DISSEMINI | conception eme | m ↻ ш (sh) : "forth from his mouth came the roar of rushing waters" — Ezek. 42:3 roar (r), rushing (rus)

eshe + r = esher esher (אֶשֶׁר) - blessedness emeit + rus = emeritus bought + country = retired

and the land was radiant the land (τηε λανδ) + iridescent (i) the laudi META | metamorphosis rus><sur (reflexivie) sur x 2 + i = susurri susurri - whisper  GESTALT | integration insusurrans : whispering SUMMUS | realization “Speak softly, carry a big stick, you will go far.” –Theodore Roosevelt, President, USA 1901-1909

In this case, I suppose the stick is a measuring rod or a staff, or both. I feel guided in this, not led along or punished:

"Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me." (Psalm 23)

٠ع إِ ن ة ئ

MMXXIV | ΛΥΝ.ΕΝ.Θ | יט:מט

ABOUT GESTALT

inverse parity i defined as the opposite of individual sameness. segregation is an example of individual sameness, separate sameness. equal but opposite. water fountains for blacck. water fountains for white. the sameness is in the water and the drinking. we all need water. the civil rights movement is an example of the desire for the opposite of that individual sameness. individual sameness smothered individuality among the discriminated by grouping them as a whole. but integration allowed enrichment of our culture.

inverse parity | the opposite of individual sameness gives rise to individuality, or maximus ipsissimus.

رالام

[bcm628-blog]

Crenshaw breaks down the idea of intersectionality and simplifies it for a universal understanding. Very inciteful.

[jewlsiverse]

To the lady I just had a conversation with on the street,

I really hope you move out of your anger and fearful mindset. It creates more division amongst us than it unites and sets our opposition firmly against us. I hope you open your eyes and compassion to others doing environmental work that’s not the same as yours; it is not a competition. We must all work together in anyway we can. I hope you grow past the idea that graduate science education is of the highest value and recognize that a masters degree does not give you an automatic superiority over others. Not everyone has access to higher education and “facts” are not more important than “social justice ideals.” They are in fact, two sides of the same coin. I hope you stop assuming that someone who cares about the intersection of social violence and climate violence is not from “a science background.” I hope you learn to recognize reality beyond numbers and graphs on a page. I hope you learn to open your ears and heart to other ideas especially from younger generations like mine. I hope you overcome the “overpopulation is the problem” and “hate to men” mindset. It reads very white supremacist and ignores how patriarchy harms everyone. I hope you stop blaming the Global South for problems we’ve pushed onto them. I hope you learn to take criticism and alternative ideas not as an attack on you or what you’re doing, but an encouragement to be and do better. I hope you continue to fight for what you believe and revel in the beauty of nature. I hope your garden has a fruitful harvest and the flowers bloom beautifully. I hope you find peace in solidarity. Finally, I sincerely hope you read The Intersectional Environmentalist like I recommended.

Best wishes,

The woman “without a science background” who’s activism “is weaker and not based in facts” (untrue)