I WOULD PAY TEN TIMES AS MUCH FOR CHOCOLATE IF IT MEANT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF SLAVES IN THE WORLD? HOW IS THIS ANY KIND OF PROBLEM.
good news, you can! the company’s called Tony’s Chocolonely and their entire purpose is to make slave-free chocolate and reform the chocolate industry.
Whole Foods carries it. If you don’t want to support an Amazon-owned company, World Market carries it. You can also buy it directly from the company.
It’s the best chocolate I’ve ever had and it’s 100% slave free. Tony’s Chocolonely works really hard to push for transparency within the chocolate industry and actually has and is following an action plan to eliminate slavery within cocoa production. They’re good people who make good chocolate.
Indigenous women experience exponentially higher rates of violence, which often goes unaccounted for. The MMIW Database seeks to fill these gaps in data by logging cases of missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and two spirit people. Help us do this work by supporting our records request campaign–you can make a difference with as little as $3! All donations will be used to cover the costs of records requests to law enforcement and government agencies for MMIW case data–we pay MuckRock $3 per request for their services in helping us to file these requests (it’s a mess, and their help really streamlines the process!), and in addition to that, sometimes agencies will ask us to pay for the time and labor it takes for them to pull and scan these records. Your donation will go straight to MuckRock, to help cover these costs. If we reach our goal of $1500, that will pay for over 400 new records requests! We are submitting requests to tribal, city, county, state, and federal law enforcement, as well as correctional facilities (for deaths in custody), so we have a long way to go, but we can get there with your help.
For more information on the MMIW Database, please see mmiwdatabase.com, or contact us at mmiwdatabase@gmail.com.
Evry single Native knows someone who has lost a sister, an auntie, a mother, a friend. Every last one of us. That’s how bad things are. And it’s not in The News because who cares about a bunch of indians?
WE DO.
Donate if you can, pass it on even if you can’t.
(also this is why I look at you like I’ve tasted something foul
when you wear a “Sexy Indian Princess” Outfit
for Halloween or a festival. It’s not ONLY the racism.
It’s the fetish fueling the kidnapping, rape and murder of my sisters.)
In its latest round of shareholder disclosures, Wells Fargo admitted
that it “unnecessarily foreclosed” on 400-odd householders (that is,
stole their houses) and failed to grant loan modifications to 625
qualified borrowers (this is just the latest revelation about Wells
Fargo stealing houses); it’s also being investigated for its practice of purchasing low-income housing credits. (via Naked Capitalism)
[image description:
Series of text exchanges.
Person 1 (August 18, 10:29pm): Okay, serious question here, please don’t take offense as i am just super curious. Have you ever let a partner ejaculate in your armpit?
Person 2 (August 19 11:09am): That’s not a serious question. Here’s one: do you think all women are biologically obligated to be the objects of your sexual curiosities, or do some of them deserve to be treated as individuals, separate from their sexuality and the benefit it potentially provides you?
Person 1: Well I disagree with your assumption that I feel that women are biologically obligated to do anything. Human sexuality is a diverse subject, highly subjective as it is diverse. As I stated, I was curious, and was looking for a yes or no answer. The only benefit it would potentially provide me is an answer to a question.
Your viewpoint that people should be treated as individuals separate from their sexuality, is agreeable.
Person 2: Have you heard of Kant’s categorical imperative?
Person 1: I have not.
Person 2: it’s a philosophical theory of morality claiming that a person can narrow the subject of boundaries of morality by applying their actions to a “what if everyone did this?” scenario. Such as, what if everyone littered? Trash would be everywhere and that would be objectively wrong. Or: “what if every man made inquiries of cum in this woman’s armpits?” Right or wrong?
Person 2: Because maybe you’re contributing to a woman’s lifetime of being treated like a sex bot under the guise of being open about human sexuality and forgetting that sometimes you consider other people’s feelings and boundaries if you’re not a self absorbed asshole who doesn’t want to make women uncomfortable.]
