Selchie Productions

This is why I can’t post anything on Tumblr

As people can’t read.

Here’s just one example of this.

Wait, I’m confused… So a Cherokee woman told me that my spirit animal was a fox, and this is actually a big part of my own spirituality.

Of course she did. Of course she was Cherokee. Of course Harry Potter is oppressing your spiritual beliefs.

I am so sorry for making a sarcastic post about the use of a phrase which I find to be annoying and ignorant when used to refer to something completely unrelated.

I, too, get to be a prescriptivist on Thursdays.

I thought you knew this.

Anyway, If including Pullman and Rowling in the same post wasn’t enough, I really don’t know what I have to do.

Instead of having people go - oh, so the phrase ‘spirit animal’, it sounds silly and ignorant when it’s used for things like Doctor Who, people have gone all ‘oh, my patronus is …’

I give up on this world.

Posted on 27th Jan 12

Tags: indigenous

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lord-kitschener said: Jesus, you wrote something that was absolutely true, and pointed out better alternatives, and people are still whining. I really, really don’t want to live on this planet any more.
migizi said: goddammit people. And to be honest, to have a daemon Pullman style would be more radical than a ~*spirit animal~*
1morekissb4wedie said: Ha! Harry Potter oppressing spiritual beliefs. :) lllllllol
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My name is Johan (Jåhha / Eòghan) and I am a linguist, teacher and indigenous rights activist with a Swedish South Saami and a Scottish Gaelic background.

As someone with a mixed heritage - being from both an indigenous culture and a minority culture I find issues of identity representation to be incredibly fascinating and my wish is to start a PhD this September, focusing on the politics of indigenous representation and what happens when minority writers and indigenous writers challenge the mainstream idea of what these writers presumably can write about.

As you can see, I have added a donate button to my site - I know, I know - if you like the things I post about, feel free to show your support as this will help me pay for my Internet in the future.

As far as geekery goes, I guess I have to admit that I am a Harry Potter fan. Other cool things worth knowing about me would be that I've been branded as a terrorist by the previous Botswanan government for my support of the Gwi and Gana Bushmen's right to return to their homelands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. I've also published academic things on Harry Potter as well as indigenous rights and I currently hold four degrees and have lived in Germany, Sweden, the UK, Switzerland, Austria and France over the last seven years.

Any questions, just feel free to ask by adding /ask to my url.