Can't help but notice this quote at the bottom of the article.
Mattel has also been criticized for a typo contained in the Cherokee Nation seal found on the Barbie’s packaging, which reads “Chicken Nation” rather than “Cherokee Nation.” Had Mattel sought the input of the tribe’s robust language department, the error could have been avoided, she told CNN.
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WILMA MANKILLER // PRINCIPAL CHIEF OF THE CHEROKEE NATION
“She was the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation - a position she held for 10 years from 1985-1995. Under her leadership, she advocated for better job training, housing, education, healthcare for her people. She doubled the annual Cherokee Nation tribal revenue, and tripled tribal enrolment. Mankiller was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton in 1998. She passed away in 2010.”
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ok never mind all that cuz i am supposed to be a reading slash writing slash book slash personal blog so here’s my list of all the books i read this year
over here - david kennedy (wwii history)
a scrap of paper (wwi history)
toward perpetual peace - kant (political philosophy)
on tyranny - leo strauss (political philosophy)
sex and social justice - martha nussbaum (political philosophy)
big chief elizabeth - giles milton (indigenous american history)
annihilation of caste - br ambedkar (political philosophy)
every day is a good day - wilma mankiller et al (indigenous philosophy)
zen and the art of happiness - chris prentiss (spirituality)
maria of guadalupe - paul badde (indigenous / religious history)
the pearl - john steinbeck (fiction)
we - eugene zamiatin (dystopian fiction)
the prophet - kahlil gibran (poetry)
tears and laughter - kahlil gibran (poetry)
the law of peoples - john rawls (political philosophy)
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What is beautiful is good and who is good will soon be beautiful. - Sappho of Lesbos
fuck it. higher class english woman from a jewish-italian family and her cornish childhood friend-turned-housemaid that slowly fell in love over the 1910s.
on a more personal note, i don't think i can describe the big old smile on my face when i saw the antique wheelchair from @lilis-palace and the accompanying poses. disability related cc is few and far between, and finding historical disability related cc is like finding a dolphin in the desert. disabled people have always been here, and will always be here.
we've existed throughout history! shanidar one was a neanderthal who had brain damage and possible paralysis, and is estimated to have lived to be between thirty-five and forty-five – pretty old for a neanderthal! disabled people show up often in medieval and biblical texts. the greek god hephaestus is famously described as "lame," "deformed," and/or "impaired". various disabled bodies are portrayed in ancient egyptian art. some people with developmental/learning disabilities were honored by western european courts in the renaissance and believed to be closer to god. closer to the time period portrayed in this post, rosa may billinghurst was known as the "cripple suffragette" and was involved in near constant rallying for women's rights. disabled people are overlooked in studies and perceptions of history for so many reasons; mistreatment, abuse, erasure, eugenics, different ways of categorizing and labelling disabilities, and simply being lost to time and translation. but we've always existed. for every iconic figure of disability history, there's hundreds more who simply existed and had their lives forgotten.
there's names you know like helen keller, frida kahlo, franklin d. roosevelt, and names you don't. if anything i've said at all has interested you, here are a few more notable disabled people from history and modernity to research if you'd like: brad lomex, wilma mankiller, niccolò paganini, ivar the boneless, and barbara jordan.
cc used under the cut! (if it's not linked, it's from the game)
see my resources page!
all/multiple - lilis-palace's antique wheelchair + poses / rheallsim's fancy hairline / mlys' sibel rolled updo / the-melancholy-maiden's edwardian bandeau / citrlet's ivy freckles / plumbobteasociety's fancy fascinator hat / waxesnostalgic's toque hats / blueraptorsden's vintage stockings / satterlly's elizabeth boots / waxesnostalgic's edwardian heel pumps / xldkx-cc's rogue brogues
everyday - linzlu's hattie dress (download link) / sokea-cc's sweater dress
going out - dzifa's holmes dress / dancemachinetrait's priscilla set
wartime - waxesnostalgic's female war worker uniform / waxesnostalgic's v.a.d. headwear / satterlly's v.a.d. nurse uniform
formal - madameriasims4's laurel wreath headpiece / satterlly's silk dress / simlaughlove's alyssum succulents / retro-pixels astor dress
athletic - vintagesimstress's 1897 cycling hat / waxesnostalgic's armistice blouse / waxesnostalgic's female knickerbockers / waxesnostalgic's open collar blouse
sleep - vintagesimstress's 1893 aesthetic dress / sunivaa's lola dress
party - simverses's hat with plume, bow, and roses conversion / historicalsimslife's tea in the garden dress / pinkpatchy's sunless walks hat / twentiethcenturysims' fern dress
swim - linzlu's bathing belle swimsuit / eirflower's bain de soliel bathing shoes / lollaleeloosstuff's historical swimwear
summer - happylifesims' 1910's day dress #1 / waxesnostalgic's open collar blouse (short sleeves) + 1919 skirt (i think) / twentiethcenturysims golden ring accessory
winter - simverse's edwardian tapestry coat conversion / waxesnostalgic's cloche hat / linzlu's florence outerwear (download link)
thank you to @lilis-palace @rheallsim @mlyssimblr @the-melancholy-maiden @citrlet @waxesnostalgic @blueraptorsden @satterlly @xldkx-cc @linzlu @antiquatedplumbobs @sokea-cc @dzifasims @dancemachinetrait @madameriasims4 @simlaughlove @losts4cc @vintagesimstress @sunivaa @simverses @pinkpatchy @twentiethcenturysims @eirflower and @happylifesimsreblogs !!!
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Are there any Lakota feminists you admire?
It's a little hard to compile a list of Lakota feminists specifically. While there are some, there aren't enough, and I'd like to broaden my answer to cover more than just Lakota women fighting for feminism for Indigenous women all over the world. I hope that's okay.
These are women I encourage anyone to look up and check out their work, we all come from different backgrounds so I might not agree with/have experienced everything shared by them but I think every Indigenous woman's voice is important!
Jihan Gearon - Navajo, feminist and artist
Tarcila Rivera Zea - Quechuan, feminist activist, founder of multiple organizations for Indigenous women
Debora Barros Fince - Waayu, activist and human rights defender and lawyer in Colombia
Rauna Kuokkanen - Sami, professor and Indigenous feminist activist
Aileen Moreton-Robinson - Goenpul, Indigenous feminist and author, Australia's first Indigenous Distinguished Professor
Sarah Eagle Heart - Lakota, author and co-founder of Return to the Heart Foundation
Madonna Thunder Hawk - Lakota, civil rights activist and co-founder of Women of All Red Nations
Mandeí Juma - Chief of the Juma
Ávelin Kambiwá - Kambiwá, specialist in public policies on gender/race, feminist in Brazil
Jodi Voice Yellowfish - Creek, Lakota, and Cherokee, founder and chair of the MMIW Texas Rematriate organization
Wilma Mankiller - Cherokee, first female principal chief of her nation
Annie Mae Aquash - Mi'kmaq, member of AIM, deserves justice for her murder
Jolie Varela - Paiute, led a hike with indigenous women across their cultural land as an expression of sovereignty, founder of Indigenous Women Hike
Lee Maracle - Stó꞉lō, feminist author
Tillie Black Bear - Lakota, activist for domestic violence towards Indigenous women
Other Indigenous women I look up to/admire, not necessarily feminist specific:
The Bearhead Sisters - Sister trio singing group, Wilhnemme
Acosia Red Elk - Umatilla, jingle dancer
Deb Haaland - Laguna Pueblo, Interior Secretary for the USA
Amelia Marchand - Colville, warrior against climate change
Lydia Jennings - Pascua Yaqui and Huichol, warrior against climate change
Roberta Tuurraq Glenn-Borade - Iñupiaq, warrior against climate change
Robin Wall Kimmerer - Potwatomi, fantastic author, please read her book Braiding Sweetgrass if you haven't already
Fawn Wood - Cree and Salish musician
Moving Robe Woman - Lakota warrior, fought against Custer in the Battle of Little Big Horn to avenge her murdered brother
Buffalo Calf Road Woman - Cheyenne warrior who was the one to knock General Custer off his horse during the Battle of Little Big Horn
Bernie LaSarte - Coeur d'Alene, program manager for the STOP Violence Program
Mary Jane Miles - Nez Perce, tribal vice chairman
Crystalyne Curley - Navajo, first woman to become Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council
Article about multiple Indigenous women in Mexico who run Indigenous women's centers
Lily Gladstone - Blackfeet and Nez Perce actress
Rebecca Thomas - Mi'kmaw poet and activist
Sacheen Littlefeather - Apache and Yaquim actress. Keeler is a horrible person and not worthy of listening to whatsoever, Sacheen Littlefeather did more activism for Indian Country than Keeler will ever accomplish in her miserable life
Brianna Theobald - Not Indigenous to my knowledge (I could definitely be wrong), but researched and wrote a wonderful book about the treatment of Indigenous women in regards to reproduction and sterilization
The brave woman at Standing Rock photographed by Ryan Vizzions. She has since passed away due to a car accident I believe, but I'm struggling to find her name. Once I find it, I'll update this post.
Honor the Grandmothers is a good book to hear Lakota and Dakota women elders share their experiences.
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