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Reminder to be kinder to Palestinians on this platform (and in general tbh). They deal with a lot of hatred, insensitive comments/questions, and a lot of things in general both on this platform and in real life. They're human beings. They have emotions too. Please be kinder.

My heart hurts every time I see Palestinian creators here deal with so much negativity and having to constantly remind people that they're humans too. Again, please be kinder. Stop dehumanizing them.

It takes nothing to stop posting about your interests for a week

Just seven days

Innocent Palestinians are dying every day. It is the very least we can do to take seven days out of our plush comfortable lives and spread awareness for them, uplift their voices and experiences, donate funds to humanitarian aid, individual fundraisers for evacuation, or esims. Boycott brands that support isr@3l, get in touch with your government's and demand a ceasefire (be polite about it tho).

But the very fucking least you can do is stop posting about fandoms or personal things this week. The ICJ and governments have failed Palestine, the internet is their best hope right now, keeping people aware of the atrocities being committed against them every single day, spreading resources to aid them ... And every voice matters.

So use it

Use your voice

Speak up, be loud. Silence is what allows this to go on, it's what allows genocides to annihilate entire civilizations without hindrance.

Your silence aids the oppressors and murders

DON'T STAY SILENT

SPEAK UP

KEEP SHOUTING UNTIL PALESTINE IS FREE

It couldn't get more dystopian than the fact that we live in a world where most people are so morally apathetic that not even the massacre of children shake their feelings; instead, they choose to ignore the suffering of others with willful ignorance. The way so many people have shown absolutely zero regard for Palestinian genocide and ethnic cleansing should terrify us all.

What to say when a stranger asks about your cane in an uncomfortable way:

Most recently used: “It’s for emotional support”

Immortality is hard on the knees

I’m a professional pole vaulter

(Look side to side conspiratorially) …you can see it too?

I keep my quarters for the car wash in here

Huh? Sorry I didn’t catch that? Sorry what? (Make them repeat it until they get loud and/or embarrassed)

You should see the other guy

Do you wanna guess?

I drank raw milk once

Nothin’ gets past this guy! (loudly, pointing)

It’s actually for fitness, like ankle weights

Mmmm I just like the fact that I’m disabled is way more interesting to strangers than anything else about me

It’s a very rare pez dispenser

Wow!

I’m never gonna dance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm

Walking? In this economy? Psh!

Essential oils go in it

For shits, giggles and a debilitating neurological condition

My no-good-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather forgot to carry madam zironi up the mountain

Cane?

It’s how I sneak snacks into movie theatres

Well it’s not for walking

(Croaky voice) I’Ve wAiTed 400 yEars for sOmEoNe to aSk mE thAt QUesTion

Finally someone noticed!

Thirst trap

Have you heard of Benjamin button syndrome

To hit small children!

I’m donating my leg to science

I’m going to be Tiny Tim this Christmas, you know, from the musical

To humble me

I mastered walking and thought I’d like a challenge

I keep rolled up $2 bills in here (whisper) …I don’t trust The banks

It’s sexy and cool

You tell me ;) no really, what’s your best guess? (wait for ittttt…. Boom now they are uncomfortable too)

Religious reasons

Then the last one on my notebook page is just a drawing of those 2 dogs from the ‘y’all got legs’ animation in sunglasses and “I got legs”

So there you go

wheelchairs and canes and glasses and hearing aids and every single other disability aid should be free btw and if you disagree i hate you

"Starbucks is not in the BDS list" yeah well, the BDS is not the only list, listen to palestinians and what are they asking you to boycott certain brands.

Starbucks is a shit company even if they changed the CEO. They benefit from Brazilian child labor, the deforestation of the Amazon is part of their fault too, they don't pay fair to coffee farmers in Mexico and steal from them and I'm pretty sure they are like that in every country they have a shop. Stop supporting them PERIOD.

Fuck your boycott fatigue, people are dying.

Fuck your boycott fatigue, you have internet access and millions have no contact with their families

Fuck your boycott fatigue, you won’t die without Starbucks or McDonald’s, but real people are dying BECAUSE of them

Fuck your boycott fatigue.

"It's not that deep, let people drink coffee" It's not that deep? more than 30k people have been killed over the course of six months. the next generation of Palestinians is going to have birth defects because on average, 10 kids a day become amputees. premature births have increased by 20-30 percent. 13 libraries containing old and important texts have been burnt down. people are actively trying to erase a whole culture and drive them away from their homes. a university that is more than 1000 years old has been reduced to a pile of rubble. more children have been killed daily than in the holocaust. Palestinians, even if they don't currently live in Palestine, are going to have trauma over this. this is the most well-recorded genocide ever witnessed and yet it is still going on.

all this but you can't stop buying far-too-expensive and shitty coffee from a multimillion-dollar company that is funding the group responsible for this genocide? grow up and start to realise that you, even as one person, have the power to affect a company because when you start, you will somehow influence the people around you. and there are way better and cheaper places to buy coffee from.

so, yes. it is that deep.

I posted about Palestine on social media for years with zero interaction. No one wanted to talk about it and it has always seemed too far removed for americans to give a shit about.

So again I just want to remind people, it's never been like this before (in the us). This movement has always been here, but they can no longer bury it.

The fact that protests and boycotts have been sustained for going-on 6months, that's not nothing. This should be evidence to you that we can sustain the momentum, we must, and use this momentum for radical changes within ourselves, our habits, and our education.

We have the rest of the world to catch up with.

LET GAZA LIVE, FREE THEM ALL, VIVA VIVA INTIFADA

we've been watching a horrific genocide for 4 months now, and your silence in complicity. ceasefire is the bare minimum, and just the beginning.

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commissions for palestine

I focus a lot on Palestine in this blog, but holy shit, the silent genocide in Sudan gives me the creeps. So much unspeakable shit is happening, and we're blind to it. No coverage, no journalism, nothing. How can you even mobilize people to act in that direction when we can't even see what's happening?

People who’re trying to “This is just Tumblr” their way out of being informed about Palestine (re: a genocide) are so fucking weird. This is a social media. Thousands of dollars have been raised from people sharing information about Palestine on Tumblr. Just say you’re not saying anything bc you care more about your Tumblr blog aesthetic—or because you don’t want to put the effort into learning what’s happening. Like just own up to not giving a fuck

Gaza is not starving. Gaza is being starved by Israel. their condition is so bad that they are forced to consume animal feed just to keep their stomach full. but it isn't providing them any nutrition which is causing malnutrition. this is one of the most well documented genocide of all time and yet there are people who deny it or worse, they don't care. please don't turn away from their suffering and keep talking about Gaza.

palestinian artist sliman mansour

do not forget or refuse to include palestinian men. despite the genocide, they are kind. they are gentle. they are innocent lives who continue to give tender care even in the face of death.

palestinian men, women and children are facing genocide.

Keep talking about Gaza. Keep talking about Palestine. Keep talking about Palestinian martyrs. Keep talking about Palestinian survivors. Keep talking about Palestinian children. Keep talking about war crimes. Keep talking about genocide. Keep talking about colonialism. Keep talking about forced starvation. Keep talking about forced adoption. Keep talking about Israeli occupation. Keep talking about the Nakba of 1948.

KEEP TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO PALESTINE

Keep boosting Palestinian history. Keep boosting Palestinian graphics. Keep boosting Palestinian poetry. Keep boosting Palestinian fashion. Keep boosting Palestinian textiles. Keep boosting Palestinian art. Keep boosting Palestinian culture. Keep boosting Palestinian values. Keep boosting Palestinian stories. Keep boosting Palestinian voices. Keep boosting Palestinian life. Keep boosting Palestinian loss. Keep boosting Palestinian love. Keep boosting Palestinian grief. Keep boosting Palestinian hope.

KEEP BOOSTING PALESTINIAN HUMANITY

I will support Palestine and the Palestinians until I take my last breath.

I know I’ve been reblogging a lot of stuff about Palestine recently, which might be off putting to some of you who followed me for art or tntduo or whatever else. Here’s what I have to say to you if you’re wondering why:

What’s happening in Palestine is genocide and it is the most important thing in the world to keep talking about it, no matter what your account usually looks like or how many followers you have or how much engagement you get.

If your account has an aesthetic, forget it. Talk about Palestine. If your account is dedicated to one thing and one thing only, drop it. Talk about Palestine. If you just got here and you only have 1 follower, it doesn’t matter. Talk. About. Palestine.

The more we talk the more we force people to remember, to look at the horror and death and despair they’ve cultivated against so many innocent lives.

Your voice matters. 🇵🇸

please keep unfollowing me. you stay silent, you are complicit with what’s happening. i don’t want fake ass friends.

to the ones who would rather ignore it and the ones who just don’t fucking care; you’re pathetic. you’re disgusting, and i wish i didn’t know you.

i feel sick to my stomach. i’m sick to my stomach. disgusted even by the fact you’re blatantly ignoring a genocide. scrolling past videos and posts about the real world where people are dying every minute, and instead you sit there giggling like a complete twat. literal fucking idiots asking me why i’m mad. the question you should be asking yourself is, why are YOU not mad? why are YOU not upset? why are YOU not pissed off? why are YOU sitting there and acting like nothing is happening?

ya’ll for real make me wanna rip my hair out. you have these big platforms, but you don’t even wanna use it? you state you give a shit, but you’re silent the fucking second something happens? spare me that shit. be for real. if you cared, you would be speaking out more. no one has time for your fake ass excuses anymore.

to the ones who are using their platform and using it to spread awareness. i love you. i love you for using your voice. i love you for simply reblogging everything you see. thank you. you all are amazing.

but for the ignorant assholes? fuck off. get away. you’re all complicit, and i don’t care about you.

As usual, Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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noticed a dip in posts about palestine on my dash, so i think it deserves to be said again: palestine is not a trend. caring about genocide is not a trend. there are still reports about humanitarian aid trucks intentionally blocked off from gaza, meaning so many fucking gazans, a big portion of them children, are just bleeding out with no help. it just came out recently that israelis disguised as women and medics infiltrated a west bank hospital, at which point they killed 3 palestinians (whom they claim were militants. right). these people are living day to day without even the most basic utilities. anyone who claims to have “activism fatigue” needs to question why they’re so severely lacking in the most basic forms of compassion. you don’t get to just grow bored of talking about palestine. please never stop calling attention to the genocide happening full force in front of us.

it's been almost 6 months - half a year!!! - of the genocide in gaza. if you still believe israel "has the right to defend itself", you use the hostages as an excuse or just simply call yourself a zionist... well, I hope you'll get attacked by an angry herd of buffalos