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self portrayt

Karelian activists, associations etc follow and aid

Kondien Fed'a aka Tuomo Kondie twitter - blog

Raine Rysä aka "riähkä" twitter

Antin Maura aka Maura Häkki twitter - instagram - tiktok - blog

Karjalazet Nuoret Suomes-Karjalaset Nuoret Šuomešša ry twitter - instagram - website

Karjalan Kielen Kodi website

Viena Karjala Association instagram

Карельский дом в Чашково aka Karelian house in chashkovo - instagram

To be continued...

Baby if i had a Time machine

silly fear entities passed out on tha sofa

designs for some of the watership down warren folk :)) !!

I just wanted to watch a film about bunnies.

El-ahrairah Frith and one of the Elil

2self portraits 👍 god how i love being karelian

hi!! i LOVE your art 🥺

ah thank you so so much !!!!

what a good therapist huh !

anyeay just listened to tma 200 who else is going through a moderate to high depressive episode rn 😂😂😂👍❗❓

i need ppl who are starting or thinking of reconnecting to karelian culture to realize that we’re still facing racism, bc its becoming way too fuckin frequent for ppl to find out that karelians are indigenous n decide to reconnect to either feel ‘exotic’ or escape their white guilt, n then act surprised when they find out we face so much racism in our daily lives.

ever since i started reconnecting ive noticed ppl treating worse bc of it, like my interactions w my support person assigned to me by a social worker especially turned hostile the second i started being open abt it w them. ppl forgive them, ignore their racism towards me and even PRAISE their work in front of me, most of these ppl are school counselors, social workers, nurses and doctors, you know, ppl who white ppl expect to not Do That Shit or ppl who take pride in being anti-racist. its gotten to the point where im showing symptoms of selective mutism as a direct result of their treatment.

before i started reconnecting it felt like i had no emotions, now i feel like anger is my default state bc of all the shit ive experienced n watched others experience.

i know ppl whove been harassed, abused n assaulted for being karelian. i know ppl whove been yelled at n hurled slurs at in public for speaking karelian. ive seen so many finns say absolutely fucking vile shit abt us n not a single finn will stand up for us or even publically disagree. even self-proclaimed “anti-racist leftist activists” wont give a shit, actually theyre often the ones saying that shit. finns love giving posts spreading blatant misinformation n nationalist propaganda thousands of notes, while posts criticizing em or talking abt racist suomitumblrs get fucking nothing. at best they’ll like the post, but theyre too chickenshit to reblog to their finnish followers.

its so fucking tiring to watch suomitumblr refusing to deplatform popular racists in the community. its so fucking tiring to listen to finns brag abt how ‘everyone in finland has the equal chances of success despite ethnicity or skin color’, when youve seen your rroma friends be denied basic rights, when youre personally crushed by the knowledge that youll never as successful as finnish adult babies who ignore any and all accusations of racism or even just being told to do the bare minimum towards being actually a good ally, all bc your existense threatens their worldview.

its so fucking tiring when the amount of actual anti-racist finns youve met can be counted on a single hand.

ppl need to realize that existing as a karelian can be straight up traumatizing. its far from whatever Wannabe Exotic Free Opression Points bullshit ppl like to make it out to be.

actually make a fucking effort.

any other will graham haters online rn

the coward

Today, 29 november, is a flag day in Sápmi. All in celebration of this woman, so let’s get to know her!

Picture 1: This is Elsa Laula. She was born 29 Nov 1877. She was a Sámi activist, feminist and politician.

Picture 2: In 1904 she wrote a pamphlet in Swedish called “Do we face life or death? Words of truth about the Lappish situation”. She was the first Sámi woman to have her writings published. The same year she also founded the South Sámi Fatmomakka Association, which was the first Sámi activist organisation.

Picture 3: She was also the char(wo)man of the organizing committee of the first Sámi Assembly in Trondheim on 6 Feb 1917. Does that date ring a bell? Well it just so happpens that 6 Feb is Sápmi’s National Day*.

*I forgot to add in writing on the picture that the date for our National Day is in celebration of that first assembly. So the assembly happened first, then afterwards it was decided that that’s our National Day

Picture 4: So why did she do all this? Why did she go through all this work and struggle? Elsa Laula’s father and brother had a court case against some Swedish settlers over a land dispute. Before the court case eve got taken up in the court room, Elsa Laula’s father and brother died in a mysterious drowning accident. The drowning accident was never investigated but Elsa Laula’s mother, alongside other Sámis travelled all the way down to Stockholm to see King Oscar II. This resulted in a letter from the King stating that the land belonged to Elsa Laula’s mother.

“Traditions heal you. Beading, weaving, woodcarving, embroidery… All the traditional crafts tie you more strongly to those who came before. Your hands follow the paths theirs did and you can feel them, moving in rhythm with cyours.”

—

Purtin An’a, Karelian wise woman (via

parantajanpolku

)

This post has been reblogged by so so many cottage-core and knitting-inspo and similar blogs, and while I am glad that her words resonate with many people, please understand. This is a post about healing from overgenerational trauma. This is post about reclaiming our culture. This is not aesthetic post, or inspiration for you to knit pair of socks. Please respect us, and our healing.

(via parantajanpolku)

Martin: "Elias? Are you there?"

Jonah:

Snufkin (from Moomins) is Karelian!

back on my bullshit 😐😐 heres literal crayon doodles of michael lmao

i keep thinking abt these two,,,

just made this account & genuinely have no idea how this website works but if you are gay (a tma fan) please like and follow