reject all american!

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

If you’re a system and you’re here because…we are also a system…….hi 

As for any other info:

  • Our host situation: Van (He/They) & Roxie (Any)
  • Collectively aroace spec & queer & transmasc (butch & agender labels also work!)
  • Introject heavy & polyfrag
  • A handful of alters have their own blogs that are linked to via the hub blog
  • This blog changes frequently based off of who is most active usually
  • Struggles with DPD, OCD, & Bipolar Disorder
  • We’re also autistic as well as selectively mute (the STRUGGLE)

AND unrelated to that, we have several sideblogs of varying activity:

Pinned Post sooper personals
killbaned
scarlet--wiccan

On related note, a few years ago, the Entomological Society of America officially discontinued the use of "gypsy moth" and "gyspy ant" as common names for Lymantria dispar and Aphaenogaster araneoides. L. Dispar is now known as the "spongy moth," so named for the appearance of their eggs, but I don't think a new common name has caught on for the ant species yet.

These changes we brought about, in large part, by the advocacy of Romani people in academia. You might not think that bug names are a very serious issue, but I believe that language matters. These species became known as "gypsies" because their attributes were likened to certain stereotypes and negative perceptions of actual Roma, so the continued use of those names reaffirmed those negative associations in the public consciousness. Slurs and pejoratives can never be truly decontexualized.

In my mind, one of the biggest obstacles that Romani people face when we are trying to advocate for ourselves is a lack of recognition as a marginalized group that deserves the necessary consideration. Even for seemingly trivial matters, like bugs or comic book characters, the way that people talk about us-- and talk down to us, when we get involved-- is telling. So, I always think that changes like this are a win, because it means that people are willing to learn and grant us the dignity we deserve. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to effect change in your own field, even arts and science.