Being Egyptian And Reading The Kane Chronicles Is So Wild Because It Says That The Egyptian Gods Migrate

being egyptian and reading the kane chronicles is so wild because it says that the egyptian gods migrate to wherever the center of western civilization is, implying that ancient egypt was a western civilization or that egypt's a was, and not an is. like why is this non-white civilization which manifests today in a real life country supposedly a western civilization but the actual people whose heritage is tied to that civilization are excluded from it? why is a white british woman (a WHITE BRITISH WOMAN!) the living incarnation of isis - the mother of egypt? there's no cultural nuance. there's no consideration. the image of the egyptian mother, through isis or otherwise, is something so fucking important in egyptian culture, and to have it represented by a british woman - a descendant of those who bastardized and stole our heritage- is just insane to me. perhaps an interesting analysis of post colonial egypt in a meta sense, but that's for egyptian artists to dissect, not riordan. and that's only one thing. egypt - the actual egypt from which everything in the series originates) in that series is so mocked. i remember at some point sadie and walt are walking through egypt and mock the fact that since the arabic language has no "p", they pronounce pepsi as bebsi. no respect. the very foundation of this series is based in racism, in colonial thinking, and, ultimately, white supremacy. why is zia, the only actual egyptian in the main cast, so irrelevant? so quiet and without agency? in a meta way, she's like egypt itself. i just wanted to bring this to light since a lot of rr crit focuses on the racism and homophobia present in pjo and hoo and mcga and toa- perfectly valid criticisms that are well deserved - but barely anyone talks about the inherent colonialist and racist foundations of the entirety of the kane chronicles, which is why i wanted to bring it to light. enjoy the series if you want, i'm not saying you're not allowed, but as long as we're criticizing riordan, let's criticize everything.

Regarding the Amazon Rainforest

I barely have followers here, but here we go:

The Amazon Rainforest has been burning for the last 16 days straight. The Brazilian government says the wildfire is caused by the winter itself, since it doesn't rain a lot there... in a rainforest. It is actually, partially true. Winter is indeed a dry season and wildfires may happen, specially close to the Cerrado (a brazilian biome similar to the african Savanna), but what they're not telling us is that:

The deforestation has increased 80% since last year

The native peoples and animals are being slaughtered for their lands (legally protected green areas)

The government is hiding and lying about scientific data, saying that environmentalists and NGOs are communists trying to destroy the nation. They are brainwashing people to think that sustainability is terrible for the economy

Our Minister of Environment is couldn't care less about the environment and is only there to support the livestock producers and give them what they want. The President and his Minister won't put a single dollar on environmental safety

The wildfires are just so huge that its black smoke and ashes reached the skies of São Paulo, a state over 2.000 kilometers away from the Amazon.

We are hostages or our own government

I could just keep going all night about how our environment is being threatened by this new government. We need every single help we can possibly can.

Please don't let this go unseen. Search for yourself, talk to people about it, make noise, be angry and be scared. Let the world know about it and demand action. This is not about Brazil, is about the planet. The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most important biomes in the world, being responsible for the climate, rains, biodiversity, carbon sequestration and life itself.

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icelyme

4 years ago

HOLD UP HOW WAS I NOT AWARE OF THIS

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icelyme

4 years ago

“Healthy eating” is context-specific and not accessible to everyone, but in general and roughly in order of priority, it entails

eating enough food

eating consistently

eating a variety of foods

eating foods you enjoy

That’s it! You don’t need to buy my book or come to my seminar or sign up for my program!

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icelyme

4 years ago

yes 🙄 but if you drink apple juice, apple juice makes school disappear and I go to the same school as you, how do I still have school eh ???

Wdym I don't have the right profile

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icelyme

4 years ago

that's.. AWESOME

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icelyme

4 years ago

i need help. my landlord is demanding we pay off our rent arrears and then continue to pay our rent in full every month or we could be kicked out. we’ve gotten as much help as the council will give us (which isn’t much because of circumstances). we really can’t be without a home right now - it’s cold and both me and my mother have chronic illness and mental illness. if you want more details, you can dm me. we also need food. every day we only eat something small at night and food supply is running out.

so please help us out! if it helps: we’re ojibwe (but not in america - if you want more details dm me) and severely disabled. i have multiple mental illnesses. neither of us can work. i’m literally begging for help at this point. if you can’t donate, please reblog!

p*ypal: www.paypal.me/chloepg22

other payment options are not available in my country, unfortunately

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icelyme

2 years ago

Surgeries and operations are being cancelled on the day of the queen’s funeral. These patients will have been on a waiting list for months if not years.

Everyone should be absolutely seething with rage.

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