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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, and then there is #NonBinary…
International Non-Binary People’s Awareness Day
Published in 2025"In Africa, we have the existence of non-binary as far back as there were humans on the continent. Throughout various cultures. The different languages and terminology such as non-binary, #GenderQueer, #Agender and #Genderfluid may not have existed– but the people were there! There is evidence of different genders on the continent long before #colonisers arrived.
What is Non-Binary
While non-binary people generally identify themselves as being outside the binary of male:female, there are many ways to be non-binary: some identify as a third gender, while others identify with more than one gender, both genders, no gender (agender), being fluid between the genders (genderfluid), or having a gender identity that is fluid and changes. Non-binary people see gender as a spectrum, rather than a binary construct."
Read more:
https://transintersexhistory.africa/non-binary-awareness/#Africa #GBLTQ #VictorMukasa #EstianSmit #NeoMusangi #RejectColonialism
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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, and then there is #NonBinary…
International Non-Binary People’s Awareness Day
Published in 2025"In Africa, we have the existence of non-binary as far back as there were humans on the continent. Throughout various cultures. The different languages and terminology such as non-binary, #GenderQueer, #Agender and #Genderfluid may not have existed– but the people were there! There is evidence of different genders on the continent long before #colonisers arrived.
What is Non-Binary
While non-binary people generally identify themselves as being outside the binary of male:female, there are many ways to be non-binary: some identify as a third gender, while others identify with more than one gender, both genders, no gender (agender), being fluid between the genders (genderfluid), or having a gender identity that is fluid and changes. Non-binary people see gender as a spectrum, rather than a binary construct."
Read more:
https://transintersexhistory.africa/non-binary-awareness/#Africa #GBLTQ #VictorMukasa #EstianSmit #NeoMusangi #RejectColonialism
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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, and then there is #NonBinary…
International Non-Binary People’s Awareness Day
Published in 2025"In Africa, we have the existence of non-binary as far back as there were humans on the continent. Throughout various cultures. The different languages and terminology such as non-binary, #GenderQueer, #Agender and #Genderfluid may not have existed– but the people were there! There is evidence of different genders on the continent long before #colonisers arrived.
What is Non-Binary
While non-binary people generally identify themselves as being outside the binary of male:female, there are many ways to be non-binary: some identify as a third gender, while others identify with more than one gender, both genders, no gender (agender), being fluid between the genders (genderfluid), or having a gender identity that is fluid and changes. Non-binary people see gender as a spectrum, rather than a binary construct."
Read more:
https://transintersexhistory.africa/non-binary-awareness/#Africa #GBLTQ #VictorMukasa #EstianSmit #NeoMusangi #RejectColonialism
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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, and then there is #NonBinary…
International Non-Binary People’s Awareness Day
Published in 2025"In Africa, we have the existence of non-binary as far back as there were humans on the continent. Throughout various cultures. The different languages and terminology such as non-binary, #GenderQueer, #Agender and #Genderfluid may not have existed– but the people were there! There is evidence of different genders on the continent long before #colonisers arrived.
What is Non-Binary
While non-binary people generally identify themselves as being outside the binary of male:female, there are many ways to be non-binary: some identify as a third gender, while others identify with more than one gender, both genders, no gender (agender), being fluid between the genders (genderfluid), or having a gender identity that is fluid and changes. Non-binary people see gender as a spectrum, rather than a binary construct."
Read more:
https://transintersexhistory.africa/non-binary-awareness/#Africa #GBLTQ #VictorMukasa #EstianSmit #NeoMusangi #RejectColonialism
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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, and then there is #NonBinary…
International Non-Binary People’s Awareness Day
Published in 2025"In Africa, we have the existence of non-binary as far back as there were humans on the continent. Throughout various cultures. The different languages and terminology such as non-binary, #GenderQueer, #Agender and #Genderfluid may not have existed– but the people were there! There is evidence of different genders on the continent long before #colonisers arrived.
What is Non-Binary
While non-binary people generally identify themselves as being outside the binary of male:female, there are many ways to be non-binary: some identify as a third gender, while others identify with more than one gender, both genders, no gender (agender), being fluid between the genders (genderfluid), or having a gender identity that is fluid and changes. Non-binary people see gender as a spectrum, rather than a binary construct."
Read more:
https://transintersexhistory.africa/non-binary-awareness/#Africa #GBLTQ #VictorMukasa #EstianSmit #NeoMusangi #RejectColonialism
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How we name things is closely connected with how we perceive them. Why else would #colonisers rename everything?
Donna Goddard, Nanima: Spiritual Fiction (Dadirri Series, #1)
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Hmmm, nothing to see here
Move along#Palestine #landTheft #colonisers #lawsAreGreatYouJustMakeEmUp #freePalestine
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-> land restitution, curriculum reform & most importantly, justice through treaties. It calls on the Victorian Government to honour the truth by acting, not just acknowledging.
Colonisers always wrote their version of history directly into the history books.
#colonisers #justice #colonialism #victoriangovernment #firstpeoples #aboriginal
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The Identity Politics of Masculinity as a Colonial Legacy
"The #PreColonial #Indonesian notion of personhood diverges from a western conceptualisation and is expressed instead through #cooperation, #mutuality, #sharing, #caring, and a readiness to #negotiate and #compromise – all of which are characteristics that are associated with feminine qualities and were thus considered inferior according to #Eurocentric understandings of the #subordination of women in #WesternSociety"
by Desi Dwi Prianti
03 Nov 2019"[In this paper] I argue that a hierarchical structure between masculine and the feminine was introduced by the #Dutch #colonisers – a structure in which they considered themselves to represent the superior, masculine side of the binary, whereas the colonised were seen as their effeminate subjects."
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07256868.2019.1675612#d1e112
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You committed genocide against our people. Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us – our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty. We want a treaty in this country. You are a genocidalist. This is not your land. This is not your land. You are not my king. You are not our king.
Fuck the colony. Fuck the colony. Fuck the colony.
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John Oliver discusses how the West Bank settlements came to be, what their presence means for everyone in the region, and why the weight of the world rests squarely on the shoulders of Ben & Jerry’s.
https://youtu.be/NqK3_n6pdDY?si=E159GRlEg3idL8Bu
#Palestine #WestBank #Israel #colonisers #JohnOliver #settlements -
@RememberUsAlways @palestine @israel and this is what it is like to converse with a zionist.
#fascist #humanrightsabuser #warcrimes #apartheid #colonisers #racist -
How to #decolonize your #Thanksgiving dinner in observance of #NationalDayofMourning
Meredith Clark
Wed, November 22, 2023"Thanksgiving is almost upon us, a time when many #Americans gather together to eat turkey and talk about what they’re most thankful for. Growing up in the #UnitedStates, almost everyone can recall the 'First Thanksgiving' story they were told in elementary school: how the local #Wampanoag #NativeAmericans sat down with the #pilgrims of #Plymouth Colony in 1621, in what is now present-day #Massachusetts, for a celebratory feast.
"However, this story is far from the truth - which is why many people opt out of celebrating the controversial holiday.
"For many #Indigenous communities throughout the US, Thanksgiving remains a National Day of Mourning - a reminder of the devastating #genocide and #displacement that occurred at the hands of European #colonisers following their arrival in the Americas.
"Every year since 1970, #IndigenousPeople and their allies have even gathered near #PlymouthRock to commemorate a National #DayOfMourning on the day of Thanksgiving. 'Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of Native people, the theft of Native lands, and the erasure of Native cultures,' states the official website for the United American Indians of New England. 'Participants in National Day of Mourning honour Indigenous #ancestors and Native resilience. It is a day of #remembrance and #spiritual connection, as well as a #protest against the #racism and #oppression that Indigenous people continue to experience #worldwide.'
"This year, the 54th annual National Day of Mourning takes place on 23 November - the same day as Thanksgiving. While not everyone can support the event in person, there are still many ways people can raise awareness toward issues affecting Indigenous communities from wherever they are - by '#decolonising' their Thanksgiving dinner.
"#Decolonisation can be defined as the active resistance against #settlerColonialism and a shifting of power towards Indigenous sovereignty. Of course, it’s difficult to define decolonisation without putting it into practice, writes Eve Tuck and K Wayne Yang in their essay, #Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor. Rather, one of the most radical and necessary moves toward decolonisation requires imagining and enacting a future for Indigenous peoples - a future based on terms of their own making.
"Matt Hooley is an assistant professor in the department of Native American and Indigenous Studies at Dartmouth College, where he teaches about US colonial powers and Indigenous cultural production. 'Decolonisation is a beautiful and difficult political horizon that should guide our actions everyday, including during holidays like Thanksgiving,' he tells The Independent. 'Of course, Thanksgiving is a particularly relevant holiday to think about decolonisation because the way many people celebrate it involves connecting ‘the family’ to a colonial myth in which colonialism is inaccurately imagined as a peaceful event in the past.'
"By decolonising our Thanksgiving, we can celebrate the holiday with new traditions that honour a future in which Indigenous people are celebrated. This year, we can start by understanding the real history behind Thanksgiving as told by actual Indigenous communities.
"While Americans mainly dedicate one day a year to give thanks, Indigenous communities express gratitude every day with the #Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - often called: 'The words that come before all else.' The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address is the central prayer and invocation for the #HaudenosauneeConfederacy, which comprises the #SixNations - #Mohawk, #Oneida, #Onondaga, #Cayuga, #Seneca, and #Tuscarora. When one recites the Thanksgiving Address, they’re giving thanks for all life and the natural world around them.
"According to Hooley, one of the most straightforward actions people can take to decolonise their Thanksgiving includes supporting Indigenous land acknowledgments and land back movements. #LandBack is an ongoing Indigenous-led movement which seeks to return ancestral lands to Indigenous people and the recognition of Indigenous #sovereignty. While the movement is nowhere near new, it received international attention in 2016 during protests against the #DakotaAccesSPipeline - which continues to disrupt land and #water sources belonging to the #StandingRockSioux Tribe.
"This year, sit down with family and friends to discuss an action plan and highlight the concrete steps you plan on taking to support Indigenous communities. 'Another, even simpler way would be to begin participating in what’s called a ‘Voluntary Land Tax,’ whereby non-Indigenous people contribute a recurring tax to the tribal communities whose land you occupy,' said Hooley.
"Food is perhaps the most important part of the Thanksgiving holiday, with turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes taking center stage. However, there are many ways we can make sure our dinner tables honour Indigenous futurisms too. Donald A Grinde, Jr is a professor emeritus in the department of Africana and American Studies at the University at Buffalo. Grinde - who is a member of the #YamasseeNation - tells The Independent that crops such as #corn, #beans, #squash, #tomatoes, and #potatoes are central to #IndigenousHistory and future.
"'A good thing is to be thankful for the abundance in the fall and note that Native people created over 60 percent of modern #agricultural #crops,' he said. 'People can be thankful for the crops that Native people created, #medicines created, and traditions about #democracy, #WomensRights and #environmental rights.'
"Rather than buying food from major corporations this year, Hooly also recommended people consciously source their Thanksgiving dinner from Indigenous producers. 'Industrial agriculture is one of the most devastating contributors to the destruction of land and water everywhere, including on Indigenous land,' he said. 'Instead of buying food grown or made by colonial corporations, people could buy their food from Indigenous producers, or even simply make a greater effort to buy locally grown food or not to buy meat harvested from industrial farms.'
"Thanksgiving is just a day away. While it’s important that we’re actively working toward highlighting Indigenous communities on this special holiday, decolonisation efforts are something that should be done year-round.
"'People can also learn about political priorities of the Indigenous communities near them and support those priorities by speaking to their representatives, participating in a protest, or by making sure that their local school and library boards are including Indigenous texts in local community education,' Hooley said."
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/decolonize-thanksgiving-dinner-observance-national-213225020.html
#Decolonization #CorporateColonialism #LandTheft #CulturalGenocide #CulturalPreservation
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#Israel has attacked the Church of Saint Porphyrius, one of the oldest churches in the world, while Christian and Muslim #Palestinians were praying and sheltering there. The #colonisers will desecrate anything in their desire to slaughter.
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Free #Palestine
If you think it's a coincidence that #Irish MEPs have spoken up about the #EU's decision to support and sympathise with #Israel when Netanyahu has called #Palestinians "#human #animals", it's not.
#Colonisers out. #Dehumanisers out.
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If you support the occupation of *any* country by the murder of the indigenous people...
... I will block you.
As an Indian, I'm not really keen on #colonisers
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Most questions about the display of human remains and cultural objects are not "complex questions about #provenance and #consent."
Charles Byrne ("the #Irish Giant"), for instance, expressly stated that his human remains must not be displayed. Hunter stole his body and made it into a medical freak show.
#Theft, #violence and (lack of) #consent are not complex. Except in the minds of #colonisers who still disregard the #humanity of people #different from themsleves.
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#Splintered review: #Queer #Caribbean #cabaret is overflowing with #joy and #catharsis
Across the Caribbean, LGBTQ+ people are made to feel #unloved, #unwanted and #unsafe. In many countries there are harsh #laws which can see #gay people put in #jail – in all cases, these laws were instigated by #British #colonisers
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Carribbean #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/19/splintered-review-soho-theatre/
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watch the whistle and tune? the #colonised britain.
#colonisers tend to perceive #colonised as Theirs
to dominate.Some dominions are allowed to get a feel in appearance only, that the playing field is open
If
and only
If
they agree to
sound, look, behave, think and imagine
like the colonisers.That kind of a process tends to be called something
that indicated taking
the colonised
up a notch.