I’m Ace So Lots Of Tumblr Likes To Pretend I’m Straight 💜🖤

Anyway, daily reminder from a culturally isolated Romani person.

Gypsy does not mean wanderer.

It literally means ‘people from egypt’ or similar, as europeans believed Romani people were from Egypt. It has become known similar to nomad due to how our ancestors have been forced to be nomadic due to racism and ostracization, but it is a SLUR.

Romani people are STILL being forcibly sterilized.

Romani people are STILL being forced into ghettos.

Romani people are still facing violence and danger in countless European countries- and recently, I’ve seen the beginnings of the extremes in the United States.

Have a little fucking respect and DON’T USE A SLUR THAT’S BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES AGAINST US.

And for the love of whatever’s up there, ESPECIALLY do not use it to describe your witchcraft. It is playing on the ‘magic gypsy’ trope, and is EXTREMELY insulting.

non romani people, please reblog this.

Absolutely insane that the only modicum of sexual desire Riz ever expressed was for the sexy rat

Hey American followers!

I know you don’t tend to reblog any politics of countries other than your own… but the Canadian Federal Election is going to be this year in October!

In Canada we don’t replace 1/3 of the government every couple of years, we replace every single seat. EVERYONE has to run for a seat all at the same time, through the whole nation. Party that gets the most votes? Their leader usually becomes the Prime Minister.

We need your help (And you can help by reblogging this too!)

Not enough information on Canadian politics and issues is circulated on tumblr. Despite there being a lot of Canadians, somehow most of us can go a whole year without seeing a post about Canada, even when we make a point about following Canadians.

The US election will be ramping up in the early primaries when Canada’s entire election happens (We don’t campaign very long and we have a LOT of rules about campaigning too).

Trudeau has failed us. Entirely. He is doing nothing about climate change, he’s chummy with Trump, he violates land treaties, he pushes pipelines through unceeded territory, he’s having our native peoples arrested for protesting this, he has not investigated the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, he’s been a HUGE fan of The Glass Cliff while calling himself a feminist, he has repeatedly broken promises including electoral reform (our system is actually not great! Maybe not as rigged as yours, but it badly favours the Liberal and Conservative parties!), and been over-all pretty bad for us. It’s especially infuriating that we see all of this and also you guys reblogging photo-op pieces of him going on about how great he is for going to pride and being cute (That’s actually not an indicator here when only one party leader hasn’t gone in like, 20 years).

We need the NDP or the Greens this year. We need them to have a loud voice at the very least. We need your help to do this. We need you to blog this time, for once, about an election that isn’t american. Our politics affect you too. We affect you as much as you affect us, we are neighbours and unless y’all invade us again some time soon, it’s not likely to change. Help us get someone better into office. Please, reblog posts about the Canadian Election when they start appearing in September/October.

Americans Can And Should Reblog This Post Please.

i know there’s a lot going on but ICE are now one step closer to literally creating gas chambers. they are spraying a chemical called HDQ neutral roughly 100 times a day, every 15 minutes at the adelanto detention center (one of the biggest in the country). people are getting rashes, headaches, their insides are bleeding, etc. the guards are wearing gloves and masks but the detainees have NOTHING. and here’s a quick reminder - america inspired the nazis to create gas chambers when they gassed latino people during the 1917 bath riots. 

here’s a petition to sign. it’s close to it’s goal. if there’s anything else we can do to help i’ll update this post.

If you think about it, there's a good chance that Ayda and Fabian could've crossed paths long before Sophomore Year. Since Fabian said that Bill had taken him to Leviathan several times before and would've undoubtedly met with Garthy, even in passing, I don't see why the two of them couldn't have been friends for the day or two.

A bored seven-year-old Fabian finding Ayda curled up underneath a table with her spell book because it's the only place in the Gold Gardens that's quiet enough for her.

The two of them introduce themselves with their full titles (Fabian Aramais Seacaster, son of Bill Seacaster and The Wizard, Ayda Aguefort, Mistress of the Compass Points Library) which both appreciate and agree that the practice should be more widespread.

Fabian being immediately on board to test out any and all of Ayda's known spells. Rushing up to somewhere high to test out Feather Fall, Jump, and Longstrider. Trying to see if they could stretch the 120 feet limit of Message any farther or make Sleep work on someone with Fey Ancestry. Fooling around with Prestidigitation and sending secret letters in Illusory Script.

Heading up to Compass Points to stargaze and test out their knowledge of constellations. Fabian proudly points out the formation that he's named after. Ayda proudly shows off her collection of books and gets Fabian to sign up for a library card though he can hardly read yet because all the letters won't stop moving. Which is okay because she will read to him as long as he'll listen.

He teaches her how to dance. She takes him flying. Fabian scraps his knee and with Cathilda nowhere around he's this close to crying and though Ayda has no healing spells, she brings him an orange and that's good enough. When night comes, they sing sea shanties to each other until they fall asleep on the other's shoulders.

They say goodbye like they've been friends for years instead of days and Fabian promises to write to her and that his Papa will bring him back soon. But Ayda doesn't see much of him until he's back in her library with a band of strange, young Solisians looking more haunted than she's ever seen him.

Just... Fabian and Ayda being like summer camp friends without the summer camp.

like to get jason verified next update

reblog if you want him to keep suffering

F for Jason Todd tbh 😔😔😔

p.s. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE LOVELY MESSAGES ABOUT ME GETTING THE POSITION!! it's not actually a job, it's a non-profit student organization!!! but i'm beyond glad to be part of it!!!

I’ve been seeing a lot of anti-Nazi ones, which is great, but I felt like we needed one to show our support for the Jewish community.  

DC has to kill Jason in every universe because if they don’t him and Bruce just become too emotionally stable and powerful together and they solve all of Gotham’s problems before Jay even graduates high school. They kill him to keep the story going and this is the truth Batman personally told me so just now

Greek Oracles: Oh, great Ares, will there be victory in our battle tomorrow? Egyptian Oracles: Yo so I want to buy this cow from my neighbour but he’s kind of a skeev, is the cow okay?

WHAT TO DO AT AN ICE CHECKPOINT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE A WHITE CITIZEN

(please, please, please copy, paste, and share widely):

-Border Patrol can verify citizenship within 100 miles of a border or “external boundary.” This includes coastlines so NYC is within the 100-mile zone.

-Border patrol can only ask brief questions about citizenship, and they cannot hold you for an extended time without cause.

-You always have the right to remain silent. You do not need to answer their questions.

-***WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU ARE A BORN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE WHITE, YOU NEED TO SPEAK THE FUCK UP.***

-The most important acts of resistance are the small ones. Make it difficult and uncomfortable for ICE agents to do their jobs. They are counting on citizens to turn a blind eye and allow them to deport undocumented citizens without challenge. Disabuse of that notion.

-If you are on a train, bus, or anything else and ICE or CBP boards, you need to stand up and loudly let everyone know that they have the right to remain silent or only answer questions in the presence of an attorney, no matter their citizenship or immigration status. There have been numerous reports that confronting the agents in this way has caused them to leave without verifying citizenship. THIS CAN SAVE LIVES.

-If you see anyone being held up by immigration, loudly ask if they are being detained and if they are free to go.

-Immigration officers cannot detain anyone without reasonable suspicion, an agent must have specific facts about you that make it reasonable to believe you are committing or committed, a violation of immigration law or federal law.

If an agent detains you, you can ask for their basis for reasonable suspicion, and they should tell you.

-Always say no to a search and let everyone know that they can and should refuse consent to a search.

-They cannot search or arrest anyone without facts about that make it probable that they are committing, or committed, a violation of immigration law or federal law.

-Silence alone meets neither of these standards. Nor does race or ethnicity alone suffice for either probable cause or reasonable suspicion

-As white citizens, we have a level of privilege which protects us from retaliation from ICE for being “rude” and making a scene, which makes it our DUTY to speak up and make sure people without the same privilege know their rights. GET LOUD. YELL. YELL IN SPANISH IF YOU KNOW IT. LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY DON’T HAVE TO SAY SHIT. MAKE ICE UNCOMFORTABLE. THROW SAND IN THE GEARS OF WHITE SUPREMACY.

BONUS INFO:

-It is perfectly legal to record immigration agents as long as you are not on government property or at a port of entry. If your train/bus gets board, pull your phone out and start videotaping immediately.

-If you are detained or see someone getting detained, get the agent’s name, number, and any other identifying information. Get it on tape.

-Contact the ACLU if you see someone’s rights being violated.