There are some bad takes on the internet
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oooOOOOOH my body is doing something weird as shit, hooo boyyyyyyyyy the random pulled muscles while literally just sitting still are on the old side but the violent tremors sure is new hi what the fuck @ meat prison are you cold did I overload you with too much salt?? please just say words so I can be informed, k thx
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hrrgnh colonel im trying to sneak around but im dummy crip and the crack from every goddamn joint in my body keeps alerting the guards
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I regret to inform you that buffer tags don't actually work anymore and haven't for about a year and anything you tag a post means it ends up in those tags. But I do agree and also like that Momoe being cis or trans or intersex or perisex is left up to interpretation because it highlights an overlap in experiences a lot of us have with each other and I wish more people would focus on that overlap instead of arguing about what kind of girl she is when the important thing is she is a girl.
Buffer tags are for keeping posts out of /tagged, but there’s nothing anybody can do to stop from showing up in /search (aside from toggling the setting that also makes their own blog unsearchable in turn) because that tracks the body of the post as well.
But the WEP tag on my post(s) is for me and my organization. First and foremost, my blog is for me and I like being able to find stuff on it, which means that I put relevant tags on every post I make, even if they contain “inflammatory” opinions. I realize this is contrary to how the vast majority of this site uses tags, but it’s sensible and that’s what tagging is for, not the arbitrary tumblr etiquette stuff.
My post was also under a read more with a discourse warning. It’s anybody else’s fault if they’re doing a WEP /search looking for fun stuff and choose to read a hot take (which isn’t even that hot), if they chose to look at the /search page instead of the /tagged page, and if they couldn’t be bothered to consider the “pls no rebagel” tag which was on the post.
I specifically like Momoe being ambiguous because it’s realistic. In the real world, you don’t know other people’s genital configurations or medical histories or birth assignments. I’ve seen punk androgynous teenagers and wondered whether they were queer or genderqueer or trans or cis and in what direction. I’ve clocked adult men as trans only to see childhood photos of them later that verify they’re likely amab. I’ve had friends who look and live their lives as unambiguously cis except they’re closeted trans. I’ve been taken for a cis girl, cis guy, trans girl, trans guy, even before any “medical” transitioning, especially around Momoe’s age. To this day, I’m still not entirely sure whether my queer studies professor had ever transitioned or not because their appearance screamed a certain binary, but it was impossible to tell whether it went through “natural” or “artificial” puberty (those being such terrible ways of describing it, but I can’t use “cis” and “trans” because the prof was non-binary).
So yeah, just like in the real world, the important thing is that she’s a girl. Because in the real world, you’re not entitled to nice simple “canon” answers, and that shouldn’t affect how you view, love, or treat a person.
The problem with trying to find quality tiny origami paper is that people don’t know how freaking product reviews work. I am deliberately searching for tiny dimensions, but I want to know the thickness and texture of the paper. Instead, I have to wade through a sea of dozens of people being outraged that they received tiny 2″ squares of paper that are “unusably” small and a “total ripoff” after they selected and checked out on a product with ‘2" X 2"’ right in the listing.
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What to know about Fair Trade chocolate
Note: this post is meant to be informative to people who care about their “buying power” and are already invested in the ethics arithmetic of the chain of production and want to further maximize their utility as consumers. But if you’re already down with “no ethical consumption under capitalism” and find brand purity to be a game of diminishing returns, I doubt you’ll enjoy this post very much (feel free to skip it).
I like fair trade chocolate as much as anybody else, but “buy [very large brand commercially available in most if not all grocery stores] instead of Hershey!” is a pretty big red flag that that helpful post doesn’t actually mean anything.
As an example, DAGOBA is a super common brand that I see listed on Fair Trade masterposts. But DAGOBA is owned by Hershey. It’s entirely in Hershey’s interests for you to think you’re being socially responsible by diverting your money away from them… and ultimately just buying from a different brand they also own instead.
If the goal actually is to undermine the slave chocolate industry and support worthwhile practices/businesses, it’s not enough to simply see the words “Fair Trade” on a label and trust that the product aligns with those politics, especially without even knowing what various Fair Trade certifications even entail. Because there are many different organizations that can certify a product as Fair Trade, with varying standards.
What you probably see most often on these very big, commercialized brands the are Fair Trade USA and Rainforest Alliance labels. This is because Fair Trade USA is a weak certification and only requires 20% of ingredients to be certified, allows brands with ongoing environmental and human rights violations to get certified, and doesn’t include safeguards for small-scale farmers; it gets worse with clothing certifications, too. Meanwhile, Rainforest Alliance is not actually a fair trade label and doesn’t include increased wages for workers in its standards.
Megacorporations will use these really common seals in misleading ways, too. A chocolate bar brand I like touts “Fair Trade Certified” on their website but actually only produces two bars which are certified, and doesn’t readily disclose which two bars they are.
Instead of trusting the widespread Fair Trade USA label, keep an eye out for any opportunities to buy from brands complying with more rigorous or ethical standards.
Strong labels that benefit farmers in the Global South:
- Fair for Life
- The Fairtrade System
- Naturland Fair
- Small Producers’ Symbol (SPS)
Labels for strong worker justice or fair farms that benefit small-scale in the Global North:
- Food Justice Certified
Fair Food Program
Responsibly Grown, Farmworker Assured
Membership organizations based on mission values or other criteria:
- Cooperative Coffees
Domestic Fair Trade Association
Fair Trade Federation
World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO)
Labels to watch out for, with significant shortcomings:
Fair Trade USA
Rainforest Alliance (not fair trade, but keeps appearing on fair trade references and resources)
Even the “strong” labels have different considerations, though, whether it’s the specifics of the organization’s ethical standards or their enforcement mechanisms, so it’s nonetheless good to look deeper into these organizations.
The Fair World Project is a great resource for learning more about the work that these various organizations are doing and why it matters. The information I provided above about these certifications is essentially just pulled from this page: https://fairworldproject.org/get-informed/movements/fair-trade/certifiers-membership-orgs/
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Actually, I really like when authors on ao3 reply to comments I’ve left. Because I’m pretty good at churning out compliment comments on most fics I read at this point, so I’ll just forget I left those and then get the surprise of inbox notifications where the author wrote back to say thanks and to gush about the world they so lovingly crafted. It scratches the engagement itch in the same way.
And if the author is inactive or never replies or whatever, it’s no skin off my back. But recently I commented on an 11 y/o fic I happened to stumble across, and the author replied to the comment to talk more about it! And if that’s not cool, I don’t know what is.
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If any of my mutuals want to be added to my Nintendo Switch Online family subscription for free access, hit me up.
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