venusfrommilos:

that’s on everything

firstfullmoon:

Habibi (2011) dir. Susan Youssef

Habibi, a story of forbidden love, is a fiction feature set in Gaza. Two students in the West Bank are forced to return home to Gaza, where their love defies tradition. To reach his lover, Qays grafittis poetry across town. Habibi is a modern re-telling of the famous ancient Sufi parable Majnun Layla. The full Arabic title is ‘Habibi Rasak Kharban,’ which translates as “Darling, something’s wrong with your head.” — from the Palestine Film Institute

iridessence:

dreamyyujin:

Me after putting on my mascara

Credit is Dayris Felix

eazzy–pink:

meishuu:

stelleum:

Out of curiosity, what stereotypical “pick me” girl traits do you guys have?

I like beer

I like sports

I never wear makeup

I never wear skirts/dresses

I hate the colour pink

All of my friends are guys

I only play REAL video games, not like the sims or animal crossing /j

I hate shopping

More than one of the above

And no, these traits do not mean ur a pick me 😵‍💫 this poll is just a silly play on the widely popular memes on this theme

prove than the “pick me” thing is just another way to socially control women (women as enforcers of patriarchy).

anyway, none of these make you a pick me, they make you a human.

I literally fill all of these except “all of my friends are guys” huh

That isn’t what the word ever meant tho

“Pick me” has always been about Black women perpetuating misogyny against other Black women. It’s always been about misogynoir. Specifically.

This is just another thing people have taken from AAVE and completely divorced from its original context which is, unsurprisingly, detracting from what the actual problems with pick-me bitches are about.

For once, I would like for people to stop encroaching on AAVE and turning it into Everyman relatable memes. It isn’t a joke and like watching people take something that was a knock against people who perpetuate misogyny and calling folks misogynistic for daring to use the word—like how do you take something from someone, redefine its meaning without their consent, and then get mad at them because you’re the one using it wrong?

palipunk:

Massive fuck you to everyone who is talking about Palestinians as if we’re already all dead and sharing more solidarity with our corpses than us living. “We will never forget the beautiful Palestinian people-“ how about you stop “making peace” with Palestinian extermination. My people are not going to be forgotten because we are going to live. Palestinians have already survived one genocide and have been surviving one ever since.

Do not ever let the idea that all Palestinians are going to die exist in your mind. Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living.

bevigilantiloveyou:

starlightshadowsworld:

As always, the Irish speak nothing but facts.

How many more innocent civilians have to be killed by Israel before you condemn that for it?

That is a genocide.

That this is a crime on all accounts.

And deserves to be punished to the full extent off the law.

Video transcript, because some of the video captions are inaccurate. Transcript begins:

I have a simple question for you.

How many innocent Palestinian civilians - men, women, and children - does Israel have to slaughter? How many war crimes does Israel have to commit? How much death and destruction does Israel have to visit on the people of Gaza and Palestine, before you will call for and impose sanctions on Israel, and expel the Israeli ambassador from this country, and call for the immediate referral of Israel to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes?

Because in front of the world, by their own admission, Israel is committing war crimes. They have stated it publicly. This isn’t a matter of opinion.

Uh, they declared their intention to force through the threat of military bombardment more than a million, and it is now well more than a million, Palestinians from their homes in northern Gaza and ethnically cleanse them. A crime against humanity.

They stated publicly, and have done it in front of the eyes of the world, their intention to deny to 2.2 million people water, electricity, medicine, life saving equipment, in front of the eyes of the world, and they’re doing it.

And every minute children are being slaughtered by their artillery, the relentless bombardment of residential complexes, of hospitals, of schools, of civilian infrastructure.

They just go on and on and on, and you do nothing. Nothing. Words of concern, but no action to hold them to account. And it is clearly pre-meditated war crimes and genocide. Genocide. We have Jewish people in the United States and Canada, around the world, and Israel, calling a genocide. Scholars, academics, saying this is genocidal.

Let me quote you a few things. Israeli general, quote: “Human animals must be treated as such. There will be no electricity or water, there will only be destruction.”

Uh- Yoav Gallant, a minister, says “we are fighting human animals”, we will, quote, “act accordingly”. We will remove, quote, “every restriction on the IDF.”

Smotrich, another minister, “there is no such thing as the Palestinians.”

The president of Israel refers to the people of Gaza and says they are all responsible. Before October the 7th Netanyahu appeared before the UN general assembly with a map of Israel that had removed all references to Palestine: a clear declaration of intent to destroy the Palestinian people and steal all of their land. 6000 Palestinians killed between 2008 before October the 7th. Thousands of Palestinians hostage in administrative detention without trial. When are you going to move beyond words of concern and impose sanctions and expel the Israeli ambassador of this apartheid murderous state.

Transcript ends.

nutnoce:

Chore Scorpion: I come from the toughest meanest place you can imagine. I want to be gentle, I want to die gently, but It seems that when life gets hard I have to get harder to match.

pinkcanceress:

whx-m:

I will NEVER FORGET the Palestinian delegation showing up to Standing Rock. NEVER. THEY SHOWED THE FUCK UP EVEN FROM A WORLD AWAY.

I will never forget how Palestinian authorities stood up against Apartheid in South Africa. They showed up for us from a world away.

coisasdetere:

Palestine, 2006 - ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS 

colorisbyshe:

colorisbyshe:

colorisbyshe:

colorisbyshe:

colorisbyshe:

my timeline is full of tweets like this. i’m going to throw up

Attacks are worse than ever and no one has any way to document it or cry for help.

the red crescent cannot reach their teams and is deeply worried about their safety

albertserra:

Shop Palestine

Shop Palestine

Shop Palestine

I’ve linked to them before but if anyone is interested in authentic pottery, wood work, spices, olive oil, ceramics, and more from Palestinian artisans this shop is run by MECA (Middle East Children’s Alliance) who from everything I’ve researched looks like a reputable organization. It is as we know near impossible to get aid and resources into Gaza right now but they sent out this email on the 13th:

They also sell things like cookbooks to engage in, support, and preserve Palestinian culture. As their website states it is difficult for them to get orders out right now but some of the things I ordered last week arrived quickly!

mymarifae:

palestinians refuse to lose hope, and you need to do the same. it is very difficult to not spiral into despair when it feels like all you can do is watch this unfold on social media but you can’t let that happen. you cannot let yourself become numb and exhausted and indifferent. stay furious and stay devastated. hold onto your grief and let it give you the power to keep pushing. to keep protesting, boycotting, calling your state representatives and congress members if you live in the us - you have to stay emotional. israel and the us want to bully you into numbness and despair because that’s the key to getting away with this. either get your citizens to accept your propaganda as gospel truth or make them give up the fight.

apathy and doom-spirals only aid in israel and the us’s genocide of palestine. you have to keep hoping and you have to keep believing that yes if you try hard enough you can contribute to making a difference. don’t look away, and don’t give up either, okay? 🇵🇸💗

determinate-negation:

i really hate the revisionist holocaust history that is dominant in america and i really recommend ken burns documentary the u.s. and the holocaust. a lot of people know about hitler taking inspiration from the us but not the true degree of apathy and antisemitism from the american public, and us political and financial entanglement with the nazis. also, the holocaust and especially its jewish victims were not publicly discussed until years after the war and holocaust survivors in displaced persons camps across europe were kept in horrible conditions by their american “liberators.” the way that american history is constructed to explain its role in ww2 and reasons for supporting israel is false

Ken Burns Turns His Lens on the American Response to the Holocaust

Commemorating the Holocaust has become a central part of American culture, but the nation’s reaction in real time was another story.

The New Yorker

The US and the Holocaust review – unmissable Ken Burns doc reveals how Hitler was inspired by America | Television | The Guardian

The revered documentary-maker brings us a fascinating and unflattering portrait of a nation built on a myth of immigration. This is six hour

amp.theguardian.com

ill just add this quote from the guardian review

“There are fascinating details about the complicity of most Hollywood studios, for whom Germany was a big market. About 80 million Americans went to the movies once a week in the 30s, but when they were there they would hear nothing against the Nazis. In 1938, a poll asked Americans if they felt Jews were to blame, partly or entirely, for what was happening to them in Germany. Two-thirds of respondents said they were.”

whx-m:

whx-m:

DO NOT FORGET TO COVER YOUR FACES/TATTOOS/HAIR AND LEAVE ANY IDENTIFYING GEAR (like a backpack with patches etc) AT HOME IF YOU GO TO DEMOS!!

do not post photos of protestors where you can see faces or identifying apparel!!! do not post photos of protestors where you can see faces or identifying apparel!!! do not post photos of protestors where you can see faces or identifying apparel!!! do not post photos of protestors where you can see faces or identifying apparel!!! do not post photos of protestors where you can see faces or identifying apparel!!!

avianhaven:

petalsbleedingbeak2:

queenie-says-free-palestine:

muslimintp-1999-girl:

IMPORTANT

Boycott:

• McDonald’s
• Starbucks
• Disney+

Plz you can always watch the shows on pirated sites and find better alternatives for burgers & coffee, nothing is more important than stopping a genocide. It’s a global boycott.

longer list of what to boycott here

cmon yall i promise you can survive without burgers and coffee

Longer list here

The BDS movement has their own list of what specific companies they’re currently boycotting and have a good explanation of it on their site. Overloading people with many companies to think about is less helpful than have a smaller group of directly harmful companies at a given time.

Current companies they’re boycotting are:

• HP
• Siemens
• AXA
• Puma
• Israeli fruits and vegetables
• SodaStream
• Ahava
• Sabra

I haven’t seen anything about Pillsbury being currently under boycott