#american wellness culture

[enbychu]

it does seem like the conversation around orientalism doesnt always talk about how ppl in the USA have appropriated elements of hinduism and of indian cultural practices. can we talk about that a bit more bc i die a bit inside whenever i see a white person talk about chakras

#tbh this probably fits into a larger discussion around appropriation of traditional chinese and indian medicine into #american wellness culture

[kristiliqua]

CHUNSIK MY BELOVEDDDDDD

#im korean american and BRO #when i tell you that i was so fucking excited and happy #i actually cried bc i got emotional thinking about it all 😭 #the language i hear everyday being shown to an international audience n shit :((( waaaahhh its so cool man #my culture as well :(( i was so fuckin happy (i shared so much random korean shit on my twt LOL) #i died when q said he had a surprise for acau and mentioned the eggs bro #like holy shit YES A KOREAN EGG 😭😭😭 ITS ALL I’VE EVER WANTED BRO #I USED TO PRAY 😭😭😭 #i love chunsik sm he’s such a polite lil gentleman :((( #he dug tina n her horse out when she fell in a hole … #placed blocks when she missed a jump to a ladder … #and opened a fucking door for her 😭😭 he’s such a sweetheart #i love him sm u actually dont understand #anyway normal tags now LOL #qsmp #qsmp fanart #qsmp chunsik #chunsik fanart #chunsik the egg #qsmp korea #he is my everything 😭🫶

[zevranunderstander]

number #1 tactic that people use to not sound as racist as they are when they talk to black people: 'uhh so you AMERICANS need to stop pretending everything is about YOU. why should i know this im not from the us :/' (= is talking about like. a phenomenally internationally well-known black artist)

#myposts #kendrick lamar #drake #i updated it from 'white europeans' to 'people' because some people pointed out that 'gringo' is probably more south american lingo #but the point i wanted to make is like. there is this subset of european people (quite a lot of them) #who try to deflect by saying them not knowing these things isn't because of an active lack of disinterest in black culture and influences #and like. them not knowing who a certain black person is is never an educational failing on their side of any sorts #but instead are pretending that like. they are by virtue of being european always correctly educated on What History And Art Is Important #like. 2 months back that one post pretending that 'us europeans dont need to know all your AMERICAN writers 🙄' talking about james baldwin? #like just because that person didnt know who james baldwin was #they immediately were mad at the implication that They Didn't Know Someone Of Cultural Significance #and twisted it into 'well he cant be that important by virtue of me not knowing him' #like completely ignoring that the european school system also has. race problems and also ignoring that he lived and wrote in France too #but like. its this really racist defence mechanism of like. 'well you stupid americans always make everything about yourselves' #i hope i make sense i didnt think this would blow up lol #and like some people in the notes of that post were so smug about not knowing who Kendrick Lamar is #bc to them thats like 'oh im too cultured to be listening to rap of any sorts' like completely dismissing his music as kind of second class #by virtue of it being rap and black music and him not being in the White Mainstream as much as other musicians #(i mean hes still like 24th most listened artist worldwide but you get what i mean)

[noxious-fennec]

Trying out some new designs (aka playing dress up)

#hi hello it's so soon isnt it :) #anyway i decided cwil deserves some 70s clothing #cus it's just right up my wheelhouse in terms of mix between favourite colors and cool clothing #quackity got a nice zoot suit. it's more of a late 30s/40s style but it's very cool and has lovely cultural aspects. #i do believe the style here is specific to mexican americans that took up the suit because of the more muted colors and stuff #but don't quote me on that! I'm not as well versed in the post 40s pre 70s period alright #i hope you lot enjoy this tiny piece <3 #i do have some interactions between the two of them coming up soon hopefully but this came to me at midnight and i just finished it #it's 5 am for reference. this is a testament to my dedication #I've ranted enough alright bye-bye xoxo #my art #cwilbur #cquackity #dsmp fanart #fennec.art

[karamazovanon]

controversial opinion maybe but it BEWILDERS me when people (mostly americans ime) genuinely seriously with their whole chest complain about how impossibly hard russian names are. like. do a single google search. i don't see how you can comprehend that charles = chuck and margaret = peggy but can't fathom that rodion = rodya. how is this such a huge barrier of entry for people

#and this doesnt apply to ESL ppl or any other ppl who have actual reasons like dyslexia or something #im talking about other americans who go yeah i had to stop reading bc i couldnt understand the names #how are you seeing different cultural naming conventions as an unsurpassable barrier that forces you to quit and give up on ever reading it #instead of an opportunity to learn and expand your narrow worldview?????? and over something SO SIMPLE?????????? #like i know damn well yall know a katherine that goes by katie or a john that goes by jack #and those make even less sense than something like aleksey -> alyosha! #there are general rules and patterns unlike english! like the progression from aleksey -> alyosha -> alyoshka -> alyoshechka is so easy to #comprehend i dont understand how its SUCH a common complaint #i definitely understand the struggle of keeping characters straight when they have the same first name #like katerina ivanovna and katerina ospovna in t/bk etc #and of course the names in general are something you have to adjust to if youve never encountered it before! it takes a bit of thought #but its NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE and its asinine to shrug your shoulders and say welp guess im incapable of ever reading any ruslit! #like ohhh my goddd it grinds my gears so bad #bare minimum effort #anontalks #sorry for rant but i keep fucking seeing this shit and it rubs me the wrong way every time #like yeah its funny that dunya = avdotya and grushenka = agrafena #but richard = dick and elizabeth = betty so who fucking cares read the damn book

[bibliophilea]

Hey guys,

As a Phandom, can we not depict w*ndigos as some cryptid or ghost thing?

The native cultures the folklore is from by and large don't want them to be used or depicted by the general populace. Additionally, the general populace doesn't know them or depict them as the original sources do - rather, they are stripped of their context. Because of this, using them is disrespectful.

Using them is cultural appropriation.

I know a number of people don't realize this - heck, I didn't know it was disrespectful and cultural appropriation until the backlash against Supernatural using them, because most the sites I visited that had them just didn't mention it. (The same goes with s**nw**kers, by the way - the folklore they're from says we shouldn't use the name, and the cultures the folklore is from don't want us using it.)

I know this has come up in the Phandom before - Phanniemay nearly used it as a prompt several years ago, but it was quickly removed once the situation was explained.

I'm not naming any names - but I'm starting to see terms and folklore we shouldn't appropriate crop up in Phandom again, so I wanted to spread the word.

Here are some sources on the actual folklore, and why we shouldn't use it:

Stolen Spirits: The Appropriation of the Windigo Spirit in Horror Literature (Kallie Hunchman, Ball State University)

More Than Monsters: The Deeper Significance of Wendigo Stories (Kaitlin Smith, Facing History and Ourselves)

A Creature Without a Cave: Abstraction and (Mis)Appropriation of the Wendigo Myth in Contemporary North American Horror (Francesca Amee Johnson, University of Warwick)

#danny phantom #cultural appropriation #resources #this is why we need to learn how to research things before we use them #more than just a cursory glance at the first few sites on google #if a site says something is native american or indigenous in origin then we need to see if the originators want us using it #same with if it comes from other cultures as well #i'm not saying you're evil and bad tm if you didn't know #just that you should research more carefully #bib write #bib work #not a q

[michiko-museum]

["Since the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in 1989 and the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in 1990, US museums involved in repatriation efforts have been grappling with the dilemma of sacred Indigenous objects and remains contaminated by toxic pesticides and preservatives."

.....For tribal members, this history can pose hazards. Those interested in incorporating previously held items such as repatriated regalia back into ceremonial practice worry that contaminated objects might endanger their health. For others seeking the reburial of ancestral remains, there are concerns that preservatives and pesticides could potentially poison the surrounding environment."]

Something the article doesn't talk about is how this is a major issue that plagues museums in general and is a health and safety hazard to museum workers. Paraphrasing my professor who said something like; "It's actually a good sign if you have to manage and fight off pests eating away at your natural history collections, because that means they aren't saturated with arsenic. Taxidermy is scary if it's in good condition."

Ensuring the safety of museum workers, the communities repatriated items belong to, and the environment are big issues. If you are getting an occupational/environmental health and safety degree and looking for a thesis topic, have I got some ideas for you....

#museums #anthropology #culture #health #health and wellness #labor #academia #science #native american

[milkbreadtoast]

(random) ngl before i started learning korean i felt like the worst failure of a korean but now i feel like the best failure of a korean (/j) HAHA

like im struggling to speak but least im speaking..!! I feel like I've restored an essential piece of myself that was missing...

#i tweeted this but im prob gonna delete it soon so #puts it here too in case ppl can relate...? lol #since i know its a common immigrant kid experience... #being disconnected from your heritage language i mean #for various reasons... #i thought i was ok w it but its rly a horrible feeling #like i said it felt like smth was missing #and i kinda jokingly self deprecatingly worded it as the best failure of a korean #but thats kind of... accurate fmfbnf like i feel embarrassed that im not fluent and feel like im a baby flailing my arms #but i still feel like even if im imperfect im more... complete #that isnt to say i was incomplete before... or anyone in the same situation is. but its still an exuberant feeling #and helps me get over feeling embarrassed that i suck at kr so bad. like AT LEAST I CAN COMMUNICATE NOW!!! #talk tag #laughing to myself rmbring that me and prob 1000s of other asian americans prob wrote an essay abt being detached from our culture for #our college/scholarship/etc essays #well i didnt know i was lgbt then i had to write abt smth!! and it was eating me up all the time... #i rly hope i can improve my kr more in the coming yrs

[peonycats]

did i just see someone hc South Korea to be the child of North Korea and America post-WWII

#why this fandom has a particular obsession with making alfred the (good) dad of his colonial and imperial possessions (like liberia) #is smth i'll never understand #hws america #hws north korea #// disk horse #hetalia #hws south korea #LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH I COULD WRITE ABOUT THIS HOW IT PLAYS INTO NARRATIVES OF WHITE SAVIORISM AND THE IMAGERY OF AMERICA NEEDING TO “GUIDE” #THE “YOUNGER” “LESSER” NATIONS OF THE WORLD WHO ARE SO OFTEN CONVENIENTLY POC HMMMM AND BASICALLY DOES A MISS SAIGON RETELLING AS WELL #THE BELIEF THAT TODAYS SK HAS NO HISTORY OR CULTURE W/O THAT AMERICAN INTERVENTION AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE ALLOWED TO MODERNIZE AND REMAIN #LIKE IT'S NOT CUTE?? ITS NOT ADORABLE OR FLUFFY THAT IS LITERALLY PRO-AMERICAN IMPERIALIST PROPGANDA #also nk being a shitty mom who's paranoid of sk replacing her is 1) the demonization of asian moms as irrational and inhumane and in need #of white intervention and 2) justification of the usa's shitty alienation of nk as a pariah state #he's a different oriental but edward said is rolling in his grave rn

[bunboygirl]

A butch/femme bride and groom portrait <33

#They're both animals native to mexico so I thought it'd be fun to explore those cultural aspects in their designs as well :3 #Latin american characters save me .. save me latin american characters #furry art #furry fandom #queer art #digital art #digital painting

[torahtot]

ok ive had enough of queering judaism. can we start judaizing queerness now. or something

#like. it feels like so much of this queering judaism shtus just layers an american/secular queer identity over judaism #which i guess is fine for certain communities. but it's only going to push you away from orthodoxy #and if as queer jews we already feel like our queerness makes us into secularized outsiders in our own communities #how does this help? is trying to get our communities to embrace an essentially secular american iteration of queer identity supposed to mak #us feel LESS like outsiders? it's not quite doing it for me #we need a queerness that comes from within judaism that is essentially jewish #ive seen a couple of articles recently from ppl talking abt how word/concept of butch doesnt exist in their language & culture #but they use it anyway #& like. i love being butch. it's important to me ill never give it up #& i am american too. but my whole identity as a butch he/him lesbian is exclusively secular american it came from the outsifr #which is definitely due in large part to the fact that my Gender Problems were really tied up w orthodox jewish gender roles #so naturally to get out of that i'd pull on something not jewish. but i wish there was another option? idk if that's possible #or how it would look #maybe that's why im obsessed w the idea of a butch w long curly payos.... 😦 #i forgot where i was going w this but yeah it's frustrating #this is a large part of why im wary of starting a queer Jewish club on campus bc the people who would wanna start it w mr #well no offense but they are insufferable about this #(incidentally they're also insufferable about chanukah. no surprises there) #nachi speaks #jew blogging #others have Actually written abt all this tho

[itsstillsweetiebythealtar]

I don’t know who needs to hear this but baby I hope them rainy days let up for you soon ❤️ I really do.

#black spiritualist #hoodoo tumblr #black spiritualism #hoodoo #african american spirituality #african american culture #black spirituality #black tarot readers #rootwork tumblr #off topic #black mental wellness #black mental health

[nolongerexistingsadcatface]

Ok yes America hating the cold is funny (eh) BUT. have you considered that I like the imagery of an America sitting alone in the forest in the bleak mid-winter landscape of an east coast woods, all alone in both body and mind, agonizing over her seeming doom to be stuck in the throes of loneliness for all eternity?

#aph nyo america #aph america #i want engagement <3 #secret confession i actually hate that canonically america doesnt do well in the cold #it gives too much ammo to the west coasters (villains) who can’t let my poor baby alfred be the east coast girl he truly is #also in a broader sense i feel like it creates a weird divide in both the portrayal of america and the connection he has with his country #as its representation #america is one of the most climate diverse countries in the entire world and i feel like making the REPRESENTATION OF AMERICA not be able t #handle a large majority of his country’s climate is an Odd choice and creates an unfortunate barrier between american culture #and the way it’s portrayed in hetalia #imo one of the most amazing parts of the geography of the us is its ability to be a metaphor for the american people #so insanely diverse and fundamentally different and completely irreconcilable—but it works anyways. #the land works together anyways //we// work together anyways we become one anyways despite what any and all logic dictates #what any and all logic DEMANDS #so for america to not be able to represent that cohesion + community—and in fact represent an intense and almost INNATE complete inability #to even try being accepting of and embracing our differences—is just.. not something I like + insinuates a very odd view of American cultur #my eyes are shutting as i type this im so tired #sorry if this is horribly written rip #i see this a lot in the hetalia fandom (IK I JUST DID IT IN THIS POST LMAO BUT I SWEAR I DO IT AS A JOKE; I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE WEST #COAST AND AM FULLY AWARE OF ITS ROLE IN THE US CULTURE AND FUNCTION) where people write alfred as being almost hostilely exclusionary??? #towards certain areas of america—city al who doesn’t like the country; country al who doesn’t like the newfangled cities; northerner al #who hates the southerners (because theyre poor + dont fit the author’s view of respectable people BUT THATS FOR A DIFFERENT POST);southerne #al who hates the northerners—and it’s all very gross to me. america is not—at its core—a country/culture founded on separation!! our ideals #are based on being—at our most basic—separate multi-faceted individuals who COME TOGETHER!! as one because of common ideals and love #E PLURIBUS UNUM!!!!!! #ok im done gn

[chaos0pikachu]

wish some folks understood that American queer history is not global queer history

every country is going to have it’s own individual queer history that, yes, may be impacted by things like western imperialism, and colonization but the assumption that like, other countries don’t have their own cultural history that ebbs and flows and is influenced by both internal and outside factors just like America and thus effects cultural exports is like, wild to me

the world is so vast and y’alls mindsets is so small

#i'm mostly talking about media here #with ppl being like this specific thing doesn't align by my western/american pov and therefore it's both bad and homophobic! #like stfu jessica from ohio this ain't really about you #sure there's media that has a sense of unversality to it #themes that can be felt and related to across cultural lines #but some stuff is based on individual culture and some of it might not jive well with your view and that's chill #comedy i've found is a huge culture gap at times but hey roll with it #anyway #chaos pikachu speaks

[fortheturnstiles]

had an absolute whirlwind of an afternoon in class today finding out my film professor is not only a neil young fan but a monkees fan. and like a real die hard michael nesmith guy . isn’t that wild. and i never would have known if i hadn’t brought up the monkees in a conversation that was not about them because i’m a crazy person. he also brought up chrome dreams which completely sent me into the stratosphere i just love music and i love people who love music and that we can share that together as people . isn’t it wonderful. that’s why we’re all here isn’t it

#originally prompted by a comment someone was making about the eagles being the ‘first boy band’ ie constructed by record company people/ #not an organically formed band #and i was like Well hold on. they weren’t the first one #then things went to dylan bc of man in me on the big lebowski soundtrack which was greeted with some grumbling from #my peers about dylan’s influence and importance in american music #which is. i’m sorry i know art is subjective and you can dislike bob it’s fine. but you can’t deny the truth he’s an important guy #also there might be something of his work that you may end up liking. if you tried it out #anyways he also brought up head1968 being a great movie and i was like THATS WHAT IM SAYING!!! YOU GET IT!! #this tangent pretty much concluded in the monkees are Everywhere in american music and film history and culture. there is no escaping them #which is one of my core beliefs so i’m glad to know my professor is on that wavelength #you never know who may be a monkees fan

[strangebrew]

i keep getting wap blogs in my recommended guys im Scared

#im so afraid of the wap fandom bc i just know that modern fandom culture is not being smart abt that book #like 1200 page misogynist novel with homoerotic undertones meets young nerdy usamericans who love gay shipping yeah thats not gonna end well #granted theyre not all from the us but u get what i mean american fandoms r fucking stupid #and additionally similar to les mis a good chunk of these wap fans are brought in from the musical which is. okay im not gonna mean #i will say tho i am insanely curious. this one person i followed for their dosto art also blogged abt wap so i got a little taste #and i am SO CURIOUS about what’s going on in the wap fandom #i don’t rlly wanna join it but unfortunately i will probably make fanart eventually…i have character design visions #lee.txt #w&p