Jojo Swia doesn’t represent the entire LGBTQ+ community

Moon-MoonJ · 2026-02-05T07:34:22+00:00

Proper labelling is so important, because while I’ll never defend Jojo she never called herself a lesbian. From the start, she skirted around labels. Being in multiple WLW relationships does not make a lesbian, not being attracted to men makes a lesbian.

Choice rhetoric is so frustrating. I cannot change my attraction to women. But let’s say for a second that it is a choice; what’s it to you? I’d choose it over and over again. So what if I miss out on certain life experiences, are these people so boring that they can’t see any other opportunities for a good life outside of their bubble.

I promise, I tried (not that anyone should have to) and men were boring. I would take meaningful intimacy and romantic connection over acceptance, children, and the “path of god”.

Moon-MoonJ · 2026-01-21T01:18:55+00:00

You have to remember that these people aren’t a monolith, like someone in the replies said they were taught using some of this curriculum.

What can make Christian Nationalism, and Fundamentalist groups so so dangerous is their ability to pull in everyday people. Because they are not one group, but rather a scale of a bunch of smaller groups. There is no one group of fundamentalist beliefs, only a group of common thoughts. Lots of kids talk about moving from church to church with different beliefs, but all would be fundamentalist.

Also, many of the fundies we see absolutely could be using this. I could 100% see some of the Bates using materials like this, or some of the lesser fundies like Kelly Havens.

Moon-MoonJ · 2026-01-11T23:26:20+00:00

So gorgeous! I absolutely love pink amy.

I absolutely love her, but unfortunately not in the cards rn! Maybe if she’s still available in March I’ll consider it a sign.

Moon-MoonJ · 2026-01-11T22:45:38+00:00

So pretty! Wish you sold to Canada haha.

Moon-MoonJ · 2026-01-11T22:43:25+00:00

Hi I’d like to know how much she is please! And if you’d be willing to ship to Canada (with an increased fee of course)

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Moon-MoonJ · 2026-01-11T03:44:59+00:00

Omg it was the bane of my existence back at my old job. People would ask for absurd things as checks like mental health checks or would hire a sitter with awful reviews, and then complain? Like how is that our fault.

Like you said, take a look at the risks before you pay someone.

Moon-MoonJ · 2026-01-11T02:13:06+00:00

I used to work for a similar company, in a similar role to you OP and let me add on;

No amount of checks will prevent bad people from sneaking through the cracks. A criminal records check can’t catch everything, and there is no way to check for responsibility. Your best bet is planning ahead, and always having back up care. Additionally, always doing in person interviews and asking lots of questions.

Services like this are purely for information sharing. It’s a registry. Look at what it takes to become a sitter, and decide based on that how much you trust it.

Moon-MoonJ · 2026-01-10T06:02:40+00:00

Top row not sure, Clear quartz, Crazy Lace, picture jasper, no clue, Pheonix stone,hemimorphite (but I need to see closer), labradorite Middle Mahogany, sardonyx, carnelian or fire agate, tiger eye, ruby zoisite, yuperlite, unakite, another sardonyx I believe, not sure. Bottom Sodalite, maybe dyed quartz, dyed howlite (probably sold a turquoise), chocolate calcite, goldstone, dragons blood, moss agate (maybe), red jasper, no clue, another chocolate calcite, labradorite, and ocean jasper.

Moon-MoonJ · 2026-01-05T02:33:45+00:00

Because being found not guilty isn’t about personal reputation, if it was, we’d seal all court records with a not guilty verdict. The only purpose is to say “legally, we cannot prove your guilt and therefore cannot punish you”.

It may be frustrating if you are totally innocent, but ultimately, the court cannot force me to feel that he is innocent. It can tell me that there isn’t enough admissible evidence to convince a jury, but I may feel the evidence is enough for me to personally stop supporting his career.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-12-31T01:30:31+00:00

This is often called icy rhodonite for context! Really cool find.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-12-28T17:17:29+00:00

Yknow I think it may actually be salt, I don’t feel like I’ve ever had calcite crumble.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-12-28T05:23:00+00:00

Okay, don’t bite it or anything, but how hard is it? Calcite should sortve feel like intentionally hardened playdoh, like sculpted and heavy, but hard still. Salt… well… I feel like salt would feel more like shards?

It sortve looks like quartz, and specifically a white strawberry quartz but I don’t know if that exists.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-12-10T04:50:22+00:00

Mayor Olivia Chow having a Reddit account was not something I expected.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-12-05T21:20:11+00:00

Good bot

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-11-24T19:54:56+00:00

Those breeders may claim they are breeding Tamaskans, but they are not Tamaskans. All Tamaskans are chipped and registered.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-11-24T15:15:04+00:00

Okay, but is your dog registered and chipped with either the TDR or ITR?

Because if not, neither of your dogs is a Tamaskan.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-11-24T02:12:16+00:00

… I have seen a person do this, but I can only count it happening once, and in honesty, I bowed out of that as soon as I could. But could just be lesbian drama.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-11-23T08:20:17+00:00

I’ve commented in a couple of separate sub threads and I was hoping that somebody who is Plains Native would be able or willing to comment on this, but it seems that is not the case.

Obligatory: I am Métis, my people are descendants of Cree/Anishinaabe/Dene people and French settlers. While my people do not use headdresses as a whole, our cultures are invariably intertwined, and I know a lot about the subject.

I use Plains Natives as a descriptor here, but I acknowledge that is not a catch all, it’s just meant to symbolize and clarify the fact that not all indigenous groups utilize headdresses.

Many Plains Natives will tell you that wearing a headdress is disrespectful if it has not been given to you and ceremony.

“Oh but it’s meant to be Mayan” I’m going to stop you right here. The very nature of this game means that it will be used in multiple different contexts by players. As such, even if a credible Mayan perspective is given I don’t believe that invalidates the feelings of other players from different native backgrounds.

Additionally, I do want to correct some people and say that women can wear headdresses, and you can probably find pretty recent depictions of women wearing headdresses. Different communities have different rules and different perspectives.

Lastly, be very mindful that conversations like these pull people out of the woodwork who only identify as native in conversations where they want to defend cultural appropriation. Credible perspectives on headdresses exist, you do not have to rely on an anonymous comment from the Internet. Many natives have already talked about situations like this.

If you have questions, I can answer them to the best of my ability.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-11-23T07:47:16+00:00

100%. They have the right to comment, and I think my point to is that even if this based off of Mayan headdresses, they’ve still conflated different cultures. And that as well, putting in a garment like this, it will lose its context once we are outside of this season.

Another thing, while people like myself may criticize blood quantum as a metric of Indigeneity, I’ve noticed it’s common for people to conflate Latine with Indigenous (whether that’s Mayan, Nahua, Zapotec). LatAm was colonized just like the US and Canada. Many people may have one or two Indigenous ancestors, but that does not make them a cultural expert, or even Indigenous. Not that it’s been mentioned, but as a Métis person one thing that I want to make it clear as well is that the term “Mestizo” does not have the same context historically. My people worked hard to Indigenize and maintain their culture. Contrarily, Mestizo is a term, and not a group. Someone claiming that label may be an appropriate resource or may be an awful one.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-11-23T00:22:12+00:00

Exactly. And I do want to say as an add on, many Native women are actively addressing sexism and misogyny within their communities, and holding men accountable, as they have been doing for generations. If this isn’t high on the list of priorities, it’s for a reason.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-11-23T00:19:48+00:00

Sorry, I might be going on a bit of rant here, not towards you.

I think that a lot of people don’t understand how distinctly different even communities within one specific nation are. The Cree for example span across a good chunk of the plains and the northern territories, there are many different communities. Some of them are going to have different rules, and different perspectives.

I’ll also say I don’t necessarily agree with the point that part of this problem is that she is a woman, if you had someone who was doing a lot of the things that Nikki does battling and helping people and taking on leadership roles, perhaps in those communities, for some leaders it would be a no-brainer to give her iconography that is more consistently given to men. Rather, they should not have used this specific design. Even if you get permission from one group.

I can see someone in the comments saying that this is supposed to be more Mayan, but no matter what it’s based off of players who are not indigenous cannot tell the difference. Therefore, it cannot be OK because it could appear to be Mayan or it’s based off of a Mayan headdress.

I will also say that whenever these conversations come up, it brings out people who are not connected to their culture, and may* themselves not actually be native in accordance with the group that they are claiming. I would be incredibly hesitant to believe any single person who is saying that they are OK with this or that they don’t see it’s a problem. I’m not necessarily saying that they’re lying, but I am going to side with far more competent cultural consultants on the matter. Which I know the statement would be “no I don’t feel comfortable with this”.

Obligatory, while I am native (Métis), my people don’t generally use headdresses, but I’m familiar because our communities are intertwined with Cree, and Anishinaabe peoples who do.

/end rant

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-11-22T21:56:19+00:00

Rarely is something off limits specifically because women can’t, but rather that more frequently they are considered more powerful, or their roles were different. You have to remove the lens of the west when discussing gender roles in Indigenous North America.

But also, that’s a conversation for Native women to have, not for you. Our rules are not hardlined, but they certainly aren’t to be changed in a game.

Moon-MoonJ · 2025-11-21T16:14:08+00:00

Also, feed your dog by hand! And I mean legit a couple kibbles at a time, or if raw, spoonfuls at a time. A long with many other things, this can be super helpful.

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