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LISA MADE HISTORY AT MTV VMAs 2022

the song made me giggle a lil as a trans guy

In light of the recent attack upon an elderly Muslim gentleman in India, who was assaulted by Hindu extremist sanghis on a train for carrying beef, here are more essays to read, demonstrating how the concept of "pure vegetarianism" in India cannot be separated from ideas of caste hierarchy, oppression of marginalized groups and how foods and diets of different groups are shaped as much by economic disparities as by belief and spirituality:

BehanBox

How Caste Smells: Notes From A South Asian Beauty Salon In London - BehanBox

In a London beauty salon run by women from the subcontinent, links between caste, food and odour echo the arguments in the debate in India o

Qurbatein

Decoding Desire and Dining in India: A Hidden History of Food Hierarchy - Qurbatein

“Food in India is closely tied to the moral and social status of individuals and groups. Food taboos and prescriptions divide men from women

The Third Eye

“I know what you people eat.” - The Third Eye

Food has been an issue for most of my life. It has stood like a giant question mark between my relationships, my friendships, outside my hom

Times of India Blog

Digital recreates the social: What ‘pure veg’ fleet says about caste

In India, food is not just a biological need but is deeply connected to social identities like caste. In pre-liberalisation India, caste-bas

Note: I know this shall breach containment soon but yeah, white vegans, "pure" vegetarians, and sanghis don't touch this post.

it really frustrates me to think about how people are inevitably going to take Remmick’s one (1) singular statement about how much he resents the way the Irish were colonized and forcibly converted to Christianity and use it as fuel for “actually he had a point” and “he was right actually” and “he’s not really the villain here” posts, when the whole point is that Remmick is, through the vampiric hive mind he’s creating, forcibly assimilating people into yet another manipulative and parasitical system. he doesn't value the cultures of the people he assimilates—notice how all the vampires he turns dance to his culture's music using his culture's dances, and how he only uses the languages or knowledge other vampires have to offer when he needs to manipulate someone. Remmick is extremely transparent about the way he sees the people he turns as resources to exploit.

he’s perpetuating a cycle that he claims to hate and resent, and I think the movie is pretty damn clear about the fact that he doesn’t see anybody as valuable or useful to him except as prey and as pawns—otherwise he would just, you know, focus solely on people who actually consent to being turned. but he looked sad in that one scene and he’s an apparently attractive white cis man so people are gonna bend over backwards justifying all the harm he did.

I love every fucking part of this.

FL!Pthat – Chuu