Mystic's Nook

Musings, thoughts, quotes, and pictures that inspire and resonate with me. Controversy, nature, art.

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ashtrays: Comic. (Taken with instagram) I’ve noted an interesting trend on a lot of body positivity blogs: Skinny Shaming. The few discussions I’ve had with people about it have said things like “Oh, well I mean you’re -closer- to the standard of beauty than we are so you get all this privilege that we don’t and so it’s not really unfair for us to criticize skinny people and make jokes at their expense.” Which leads me to pose the question, “Well does it mean that I don’t still suffer from extreme insecurity?”So I’m doing a short comic about how insecurities affect all of us and that loving yourself in whatever form you come in doesn’t give you a free pass to criticize those who have a different body type.  I acknowledge the different benefits I get from being a tall and skinny girl, but I feel the issue of some body positivity blogs rejecting positive information about all bodies and all people is something that needs to be addressed, in exactly the same way that thinspo blogs that shame heavier people need to be addressed. 

ashtrays:

Comic. (Taken with instagram)

I’ve noted an interesting trend on a lot of body positivity blogs: Skinny Shaming.

The few discussions I’ve had with people about it have said things like “Oh, well I mean you’re -closer- to the standard of beauty than we are so you get all this privilege that we don’t and so it’s not really unfair for us to criticize skinny people and make jokes at their expense.” Which leads me to pose the question, “Well does it mean that I don’t still suffer from extreme insecurity?”

So I’m doing a short comic about how insecurities affect all of us and that loving yourself in whatever form you come in doesn’t give you a free pass to criticize those who have a different body type. 

I acknowledge the different benefits I get from being a tall and skinny girl, but I feel the issue of some body positivity blogs rejecting positive information about all bodies and all people is something that needs to be addressed, in exactly the same way that thinspo blogs that shame heavier people need to be addressed. 

Mystic's Nook: One person can't make a difference?

cynicallyabsurd:

mystic-spiritus:

I always hear condescension towards the phrase “one person can make a difference.” They say it’s not true, that one person can’t make a difference.

But one person can make a difference.

One person can cut down many trees, one person can dump many pollutants. One person can waste hundreds of…

I heat the same in terms of vegetarianism: that one person cannot make that big a difference. Assuming the average omnivore eats 31 animals worth of meat a year (not including marine life), that is 31 animals PLUS the land used to support these animals, PLUS the lives lost during pest control and harvesting, PLUS the exploitation of workers, PLUS the degradation to the environment that a vegetarian does not support. If vegan (or limited dairy) you are not longer supporting the abuse laying hens, and dairy cattle, and calves go through.  How is this not making a difference? The average human may not notice it, but is certainly making an impact on the lives such choices affect. 

One person can’t make a difference?

I always hear condescension towards the phrase “one person can make a difference.” They say it’s not true, that one person can’t make a difference. 

But one person can make a difference.

One person can cut down many trees, one person can dump many pollutants. One person can waste hundreds of gallons of water. One person can buy over 10 lbs of non-reusable packaging in one week and not think that it is excessive. One person can justify spending hundreds on an airplane ticket to Africa to “help the needy”, pollute on their way over there, and then say it’s justified because they went over there and “worked hands on”.

 One person can make a huge difference.  

The earth I tread on is not a dead inert mass. It is a body—has a spirit—is organic—and fluid to the influence of its spirit—and to whatever particle of the spirit is in me.

—Henry David Thoreau (via thedeerandtheoak)

(Source: geopsych, via driftingdruid)

The Dead Ráibéad: 7 Common Habits of Unhappy People

megutron:

1. Aiming for perfection.

Setting the bar for your performance at an inhuman level usually leads to low self-esteem and feeling like you are not good enough even though you may have had a lot of good or excellent results. You and what you do is never enough good enough except…