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What are your thoughts on Greta Thunburg? It seems to me like she's a child being exploited by her parents and used as a puppet while being put on a pedestal as some kind of child martyr/saint.

Hi :) There’s an editorial by Greta and fellow activists that neatly sums up what the climate change cult is really about. “The climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice and of political will. Colonial, racist and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fueled it. We need to dismantle them all.” In almost every speech she gives, she calls for the end of capitalism and life as we know it. Her agenda is about dismantling our economical, social and political systems and replacing them with socialist ones, ridding ourselves of the patriarchy and racism, and maybe saving the planet along the way. 

I have no doubt her first protests were self-motivated. She first read about the looming apocalypse when she was just eight which caused her to fall into a deep depression and suffer anxiety, nightmares, turned her into a vegan and a mute. She also started skipping school to spend all day standing in front of Sweden’s parliament. Rather than calm her phobias and reassure her that none of the crises predicted by Al Gore or the prophets have even come close to becoming reality and mankind is in better shape than ever, the adults in her life have only encouraged her, or have given into her. And now the media and the newest wave of the global warming movement are only too happy to make her the face of their alarmism and exploit her fear in order to stoke even more fear. 

If the adults in her life really cared about her psychological and emotional well-being, they would sit her down and explain that climate change isn’t on the brink of destroying human civilization. Yes, the climate is changing. Climates tend to do that. Yes, sea levels change, they rise and fall consistently over thousands of years. Yes, natural disasters have always existed but they are killing less people now than ever. I'm sure Greta’s parents do care, they just want her to be happy. They watched Greta spend many years of her childhood depressed, she stopped going to school, she stopped talking and eating, so rather than fight it, they joined her. They started to call her disorders “superpowers,” they turned into vegans with her and embraced Greta’s new lifestyle and demands. Her dad has already said they did it to save their daughter, not the planet. 

By all means, teenagers should be encouraged to think deeply about issues of importance to them and educate themselves on current world events. Yes, let kids recycle, pick up trash and plant trees. But to use the fears of one helluva troubled teenager to rebrand a socialist political movement and use her fears to emotionally manipulate the masses is an act of cowardice. Allowing her to think she’s only got ten years left to save the world is cruel. It’s no wonder she cries and becomes hysterical in her speeches. The only way any credibility can be found in any of this is if her guides take her to the real problem. 

China alone produces more carbon than the U.S. the U.K. and the entirety of Europe combined. Add India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Japan into the mix and the Asia Pacific region accounts, by itself, for 50 percent of the world’s carbon emissions. The air pollution is so severe in China that solar panels there don’t work. It’s even worse with water pollution. Five Asian countries put more plastic in the ocean than every other country on earth combined. Overall, 95 percent of the plastic deposited in the ocean from rivers comes from Asia or Africa. Eight of the ten most filthiest rivers on the planet are in Asia and Africa. The Citarum river absorbs about 20,000 tons of waste every day. All of it is ferried into the ocean. 

Yet Greta only screams at those who aren’t even relevant players in the game. I get it, it's not very good optics for a little Swedish girl to go screaming at Africans and Asians in their own countries, that might be seen as racism or colonialism after all, it’s much better to stay in countries that will apologize, pledge money, give in and make new restricting laws, but that’s also precisely why we know none of it has anything to do with saving the environment. It's all about money and power, and as Greta says herself, dismantling our systems. 

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A Midsummer Night’s Blog Post FAQ About FAE

Tonight is Midsummer, the pagan celebration of the first day of summer. It’s marked with lots of bonfires and celebrations by many different cultures around the world for hundreds of years. But why bonfires, you ask?

To keep away the fae.

There are many holidays that are associated with fae, but none so popular as Midsummer. During this time of the year, the fae can be very active and find lots of ways to mess around with you. This was most famously shown in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in which a bunch of fae decide to trick some silly humans for one night.

But what are fae? Why do they play tricks on us? What do they want? And, are they dangerous? I’ve been getting these questions in my inbox for a few days now, almost nonstop, and I honestly don’t think it’s a coincidence that it’s right during Midsummer.

So let’s explore.

WHAT ARE FAE?

Fae are another word for fairies. There are hundreds of different kinds of fae in all shapes and sizes.

WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?

Every culture in the world has fae. They all have stories of people that live in an alternate dimension that can cause trouble for humans.

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

Most of the time, fae just want to be left alone and not be bothered. They are nature based creatures that are very in tune with the earth, and typically one specific element. Bothering them can result in a lot of danger for you.

WHERE DO THEY LIVE?

Fae exist in their own realm, which can be called Faeryland. This is a realm we cannot enter, but fae can go in and out between ours and theirs. You can find entrances to the fae realm any place where two worlds meet. For example, a cave where water meets earth, or a tall tree where sky meets earth. Not to mention you’ll get a certain wary feeling, like something is telling you to keep away. The biggest fae entrance I’ve ever found was near my home one time.

WHAT KIND OF FAE ARE THERE?

Like I said, there’s hundreds of different kinds. There can be aziza, banshees, brownies, bunyips, dokkaebi, domovoi, dryads, duendes, elves, gnomes, gremlins, hobgoblins, leprechauns, merfolk, mogwai, nereides, ogres, pixies, pukwudgie, selkies, tengu, trolls, undines, will-o-the-wisps, and so on. Certain kinds of fae can be found in only one part of the world (like tengu, that originate from Japan) but they certainly can immigrate when their cultures do to other parts of the world.

ARE FAE DANGEROUS?

Yes. I cannot state this enough. Yes they are. Fae can kill you. Fae can drown you, stab you, let you wander the woods until you starve, trick you into jumping off ledges, and many other horrible ways. Whenever you hear about someone being taken in fairyland, it’s not that they’re on a magical adventure with beautiful pixies and splendor. They’re dead. The fairies killed them.

You should absolutely never try to contact fae. Doing so could very well result in your death. But there are other, more common outcomes too, like stuff vanishing, important items getting moved around your home, appliances breaking, or even you finding yourself feeling lost in your own home.

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

Fae don’t want anything. Fae have their own little agenda that we don’t know of, but they want to be left alone to do it. They are not a fan of humans, however, since we tend to ruin their environment constantly. Fae take great delight in tormenting humans.

But there are a few fae who tend to be friendly, the most common being brownies. Brownies are fae that like to live in people’s homes, particularly homes that are cozy, have a pleasant atmosphere, has a lovely garden and plants, and is well kept. Brownies will sometimes slip into our world to help us keep the home tidy, and they really don’t have any intention to harm us, but it’s not like they’re our friends either.

HAVE YOU SEEN FAE?

Yes, a few times. I’ve seen a brownie when I was a child, and I had a lot of bizarre experiences when I lived in that house. When I moved in, my whole area was full of daddy longlegs, so I went through and killed them all, and kept killing them as they appeared again. I was harassed by local fae until I stopped killing them, and the fae left me alone. Also in that place, I reportedly saw a gnome.

HOW DO YOU CONTACT FAE?

Like I said, you don’t. The only time you should be reaching out to fae is if they reach out to you. If they’re bothering you, figure out what could be going wrong, and fix it. Apologize to them. Leave them an offering of natural, sweet things like honey or milk until you feel that they decided to leave you alone. You can incorporate local fae into your spellwork, but DO NOT initiate contact with them in order to have them work for you or do favors for you. They will not comply, and could seriously harm you.

I’ve received so many messages from people around the world who are shocked at the ignorance of fae I’ve been receiving. Many cultures around the world teach children to not mess with their local fae and respect them. This is common knowledge for many people, but in the US primarily, we are taught that fairies are cute little girls in skirts who are sweet and beautiful. This is absolutely not the case. Tinkerbell is actually a pixie, but if you watch the original Peter Pan, Tinkerbell actually sells out her friends in order to kill Wendy. Pixies are a lot like the ones in Harry Potter more than the Disney ones. Very dangerous, and not to be messed with. There are many stories around the world where people know not to mess with fae, especially in Iceland and Ireland.

Keep those bonfires bright tonight to keep out the fae and bring in good luck. My ask box is always open for any questions about spirits and the paranormal, Ouija boards, fae, and dismantling the patriarchy.

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