Noticed A Dip In Posts About Palestine On My Dash, So I Think It Deserves To Be Said Again: Palestine

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.

Here's a map of the original names of Palestinian cities before its colonization.

Why does it matter to know this? Because changing the names as part of colonialism is not new in history.

Learning about the history of colonialism and imperialism is important. When we say educate yourself on these matters, it's because you need to learn to recognize patterns and prevent them from reoccurring.

The idea of the West being civilized is all a sham. The idea of Arabs being terrorists is a mere lie similar to the endless lies that have been told about Native Americans and many other indigenous groups.

If you're going to use the word 'terrorist', it's about time you use it on the real enemy.

Free Palestine.

While a good "apprentice loses mentor" can be a real tearjerker,, the thing that REALLY gets me is "mentor loses apprentice". Like,, "i taught you everything i know. I prepared you as best as i could. I watched when you fell and then scrambled back to your feet. I dealt with your constant groans of exhaustion and annoyance and boredom. I watched you grow day after day. When i first met you you could barely crawl, but now you can outrun me. We laughed and fought and hurt each other. You revealed a part of me i didn't know existed. You cared about me and I cared about you. But despite everything my teachings were not enough. You always wanted to make me proud, and for fuck's sake you did. You made me so proud. And i wish i could've told you how proud i was - how proud i am. It wasn't you who failed this time, it was me. I failed you." ABSHDJSNAHSJHSKGHSBAH yESSSS

bonus points if the mentor is immortal and the apprentice is mortal. You don't know the limits of a mortal, and your apprentice will teach you everything. They will teach you of laughter and love and the beauty of everything fleeting. They will teach you of tears and death and how fragile humans are. How easily they can break. How to mend them when they do. You were the one supposed to teach them, but it was them who taught you. And you will watch your apprentice age and change and you will stay the same. Whether it be today, tomorrow, in years, decades - you will watch your pupil die. And when you add the shit i said above, you can hear me screaming in the distance.

bonus BONUS points if they grow really close - when it becomes almost parental. YOOOooOooOO

seek excellence in your art, never stop looking for ways to improve, but know that there is nothing you'll learn that will make your previous art a waste. there is no prerequisite knowledge besides basic literacy of your materials and inquisitive taste. you will never learn something and wish you'd known it already before you made a piece of art. you will always hate your work after it turns a couple years old, but you too will always come to cherish it again.

“But I’m just one person” WRONG “me buying a drink from starbucks won’t make a difference” WRONG “I’m not able to donate so I can’t help Palestine” WRONG “posting doesn’t matter” WRONG “boycotting won’t actually do anything” WRONG “it’s the government that’s funding the genocide, so I don’t have a way to help” WRONG