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It's imperative for me to point out how very harmful the vegan community has been and continues to be, especially against those who are poor and disabled. Among the many harmful ideas veganism has perpetuated is the idea that Indigenous hunting is some kind of sin against nature, as if Indigenous people haven't been the very backbone of many environmentalist movements for generations. I fell into this trap of believing that causing the death of any animal was evil and that people who cause those deaths are evil. It's a cult-like mindset that we as vegans need to all think and act the same way, and that involves thinking hunting is purely and always evil and acting out against those practices no matter who is doing them. This leaves out all nuance.

I know now that true environmental activism includes understanding harm being done to the environment and that this harm should rarely ever be pinned on individuals - especially those who are doing work to hunt for food, who have their own local farms, and who need to cull invasive species. Animal death is oftentimes necessary and it isn't a "necessary evil". If I'm going to be properly vegan, I need to understand that it's not vegan if it causes harm to humans or animals - and nuance needs to be considered when it comes to hunting and to the eradicate of invasives.

What I believed and perpetuated in the past was harmful, and it hurt many of my followers - particularly Indigenous followers who have every right to hunt because that's natural and necessary. Going forward, I want to be more mindful of why I chose to be vegan and how I can set a better to other vegans - so far this has pushed me out of online vegan spaces, but maybe that's for the better.

I want this post to be my definitive statement on my past behaviors under the guise of veganism and on my willingness to change - not to erase what I've said and done, but to take a different approach to environmentalism and consider the nuance of any stance I take from here on out. My veganism shouldn't have even made it onto my old blog, but losing that community and losing access to that safety net has truly snapped me out of the antagonistic, self-important mindset I always had about veganism. Someone who hunts and eats animals has absolutely no effect on my life and it's not my place to believe that person is doing anything wrong, and it's definitely not my place to make comments on it.

I am truly sorry for ever falling into the trap of white veganism and the racist, classist, and ableist ideology it perpetuates. I should never speak over those from marginalized groups over something as simple as their right to eat. That's absolutely wrong of me and that's never something I ever want to do again.

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[the-gender-collector-emself]

I never want people to lose access to important resources and information. Queer history needs to be complete and easily accessible, which means we need to be able to keep track of labels being coined and flags being made. We need the chance to archive information so that it remains well after we’re gone. When I’m gone, I don’t want my work to disappear. This folder on Google Drive has every single flag I’ve ever made and is a database for every term I’ve coined. Be sure to look at this list of general terms I’ve coined as well as this list of every gendervir term ever coined. Take those flags, remake them, use them however you’d like, and please don’t change the definitions. @the-other-kind is a blog dedicated to important resources on different issues as well as different aspects of identity, many of which are personally compiled by me. It includes a post on how vegans can support Indigenous hunting and local vegan and nonvegan black-owned businesses because of all the wrongs I want to make right, that's a big one.

That’s all I’ll post here because I’m not trying to show off all the new creative projects I’ve started. Instead, I’d rather people be able to find resources. Someone, somewhere, will see my old user name attached to an old flag or blog post and wonder who I am or where I am. I want this blog with its resources to be the first thing to pop up for them.

Please don’t cyberstalk me and please don’t add my new social media to any blocklists. I’ve moved on from my problematic self and I am working on being a productive and supportive member of my community.

Light and love to everyone. If you see unruly and unjust behavior in your community, do the right thing and let them know that it is intolerable. Everyone deserves to feel safe.

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If you're looking for me, through whatever means, this blog is no longer in use. I used it to be hateful, egotistical, ignorant, and abusive. I wanted attention in the worst way and I always spoke without giving a thought to how anyone else would be affected by it. I had followers who sent hateful and angry asks to people who were involved. It was a mess and incredibly inappropriate for me to do. That won't be found here or on any other blog of mine.

If you want to know how you can better make a difference in your community and be an ally, as well as see my dedication to change, please look at the resources at @the-other-kind. In the meantime, I will continue to unlearn problematic behavior and to be less reactionary. I denounce the racism and classism that happens within the vegan community and will continue supporting black-owned vegan businesses and Indigenous groups' right to hunt.

I do not intend on ignoring who I was in the past. That was who I was, who I chose to be, and I take full responsibility. I believe you know where to find me if you need me to address any issue. I'm sorry for this atrocious behavior and how unsafe I made people feel. That is inexcusable and incredibly harmful.

Thank you - to the person reading this as well as the person who originally took this URL.

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