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Haven't been going out much but have seen 0 shops (of any kind) that do this, so it's nice to hear the LBS you work at takes it seriously. Is it London-based?
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I mean....
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Enjoy! Hope I can work up the stamina to go on some of those longer ones this summer.
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New website cataloguing routes in and outside of London. Most of them are longer distance, but I read they're adding more and also accepting submissions.
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Ah! So that’s what probably ate the head off my sunflower seedling. Sorry about your last one. Have you got more seeds to start again?
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Yes to this.
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I recently learned the origins of the term ‘women of colour’ from activist Loretta Ross. It is actually attached to a specific historic event:
https://youtu.be/82vl34mi4Iw
“Women of color” is a deliberate political designation of solidarity, not a biological term.Personally I find using it as a biological, ethnic and/or cultural category pretty empty — with a little more effort it’s possible to be more specific rather than create a sort of monolith where there isn’t one, similar to what’s been said about the problems with ‘BAME’.
I find ‘racialised’ to be a good alternative for ‘person/people of colour’, and rather than First World/developed vs Third World/developing/‘countries of colour’ (yes I’ve really seen this), Global South and Global North are better options even if they are broad, since they speak to the history and consequences of European colonialism, movement of resources, power, etc. I’ve also seen ‘previously colonised countries’ and ‘colonising countries’ or something like that.
That must be so frustrating and stressful, I'm sorry! Maybe showing them some info like the source marco linked will get them to step up? It's not okay to be putting workers and customers at risk like that.