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thoughts from an extra ordinary suburb

they told me that re-entry shock was a thing, and i brushed it off. me? i was ready to return home, see my family for the first time in four months, step on american soil, eat a good burger. i knew exactly what i wanted to do. 

and now, i sit here, changed and unchanged. i am back in “my world.” i take classes that i hate and work a job that bores me. i escape into the fictional worlds of video games and books. i live inside a screen. i see the same faces and hear the same things and everything is all the same color and hue. how extra ordinary. 

and then there are the moments. i’ll be sitting here, reading a story for my fiction writing workshop and i’ll see burma at five in the morning when the sky is the color of molasses with no light pollution, or tokyo on a rainy afternoon, or the busy streets of beijing. i’m back in barcelona buying sunglasses, or cape town, standing at the top of table mountain, laughing with my roommate who had spent the entire hike vomiting up last night’s party. i see india in all its life and wonder if it ever gets grey there--the red soil, warm skin, the impossibly bright smiles. i see the ocean and feel it rock me to sleep and wonder how in the world i got that opportunity, how i can manage to stay here, restless but sedentary and not traveling, seeing new things, meeting new people, feeling full and wondrous and happy. 

they told me that re-entry shock was a thing, and i didn’t believe them until i was homesick for the world. 

Everyone please watch and share this!!!

Street market in Yangon ❤️ A treat for my last night here #yangon #myanmar #food #streetmarket #streetfoodmarket #instayangon #traveling #travelingmyanmar #travelblog #travelblogger #travelingsoutheastasia #citynights #fud #burmesedays (at 19th Street, Yangon) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4z62ovHgVq/?igshid=1jkabqa6fu712

How can you miss a traditional show and dinner?! #yangon #karaweikpalace #traditional #traditionaldancers #myanmar #beautifulcostumes #traveling #experiencedifferent #differentcultures #colorfulmyanmar #travelblogger #exploringtheworld #becurious (at Karaweik Palace Royal Culture Show) https://www.instagram.com/p/B42WKaGHHZl/?igshid=1uo2ohg5w2sf3

Shwedagon Pagoda, the golden pagoda of Yangon (Dagon) is beautiful bu day but incredibly stunning by night. #shwedagonpagoda #yangon #myanmar #myanmartravel #travelingsoutheastasia #beautifulplaces #travelblogger #travelblog #mytravelgram #travelphotography #picsofthedays #shwedagonpagodabynight #dayandnight #passportlife #citiesoftheworld (at Shwedagon Pagoda Yangoon Myanmar) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Bq7Bpn-3E/?igshid=4sysu0uht95p

A stroll among the temples in beautiful Bagan #bagan #baganmyanmar #temples #latergram #travelingsoutheastasia #travelingmyanmar #myanmar #burma #burmesedays #travelphotography #travelblogger #travelblog #picsoftheday #beautifuldestinations #neverstopexploring #tbt (at Bagan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ZrASZnhSe/?igshid=lki8esm977i8

i just think that the double standard with how everyone (and i'm not just talking ab the west btw) has treated the ukraine invasion vs issues literally anywhere else. and no i'm not just talking about the straight up racist journalists (although that was also . whew ! shocked but not surprised) but rather how it seems that this time around, everyone seems to understand that you can't 'separate business / art from politics'. remember when a muslim soccer player spoke up against the atrocities that the chinese government perpetuates against the uyghur muslims and then arsenal terminated his contract because they are 'apolitical as an organization'? and yet manchester united players standing up for ukraine have been applauded for it. remember when iceland held up the palestine flag during eurovision as a show of solidarity and they were fined 5000 euros for it? and yet russia is banned from this year's contest.

and i know white people are going to misunderstand this on purpose, so i'm just stating this upfront: i completely support ukraine, and i think it's important that russia is shown, on a world platform, that they cannot get away with the invasion of a sovereign state. but the fact that suddenly, mixing politics with sport, business and art has become the new normal and socially acceptable because it's europe and the west and not filthy violent brown people is just too ironic for me to not point out. and btw if anyone starts talking about the 'oppression olympics' or wtv to discredit the very real differences between the treatment of white & brown people on a global level and the dehumanization of asians i will smash your head into a brick wall.

Golden Temple located at Balaghata in Bandarban, Bangladesh

Guys pls help imma be serious here this is actually serious and not a joke we have to save our fellow brothers and sisters so pls help in anyway you can and if your a rich influential person help pls

I apologize for the unrelated tags but I’m trying to get as much exposure out there as possible

Change.org

Sign the Petition

Save Myanmar and honor the 2020 Election result

Bagan, Myanmar

A woman conducted her aerobics class in Myanmar without realizing a coup was taking place. Behind her, a military convoy arrives at parliament. (Source)                         

People & countries mentioned in the thread:

DR Congo - M23, Cobalt

Darfur, Sudan - International Criminal Court, CNN, BBC (Overview)

Tigray - Human Rights Watch (Ethnic Cleansing Report)

the Sámi people - IWGIA, Euronews

Hawai'i - IWGIA

Syria - Amnesty International

Kashmir- Amnesty Summary (PDF), Wikipedia (Jammu and Kashmir), Human Rights Watch (2022)

Iran - Human Rights Watch, Morality Police (Mahsa/Jina Amini - Al Jazeera, Wikipedia)

Uyghurs - Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) Q&A, Wikipedia, Al Jazeera, UN Report

Tibetans - SaveTibet.org, United Nations

Yazidi people - Wikipedia, United Nations

West Papua - Free West Papua, Genocide Watch

Yemen - Human Rights Watch (Saudi border guards kill migrants), Carrd

Sri Lanka (Tamils) - Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch

Afghans in Pakistan - Al Jazeera, NPR

Ongoing Edits: more from the notes / me

Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh/Azerbaijan (Artsakh) - Global Conflict Tracker ("Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict"), Council on Foreign Relations, Human Rights Watch (Azerbaijan overview), Armenian Food Bank

Baháʼís in Iran - Bahá'í International Community, Amnesty, Wikipedia, Minority Rights Group International

Kafala System in the Middle East - Council on Foreign Relations, Migrant Rights

Rohingya - Human Rights Watch, UNHCR, Al Jazeera, UNICEF

Montagnards (Vietnam Highlands) - World Without Genocide, Montagnard Human Rights Organization (MHRO), VOA News

Ukraine - Human Rights Watch (April 2022), Support Ukraine Now (SUN), Ukraine Website, Schools & Education (HRW), Dnieper River advancement (Nov. 15, 2023 - Ap News)

Reblogs with Links / From Others

Indigenous Ppl of Canada, Cambodia, Mexico, Colombia

Libya

Armenia Reblog 1, Armenia Reblog 2

Armenia, Ukraine, Central African Republic, Indigenous Americans, Black ppl (US)

Rohingya (Myanmar)

More Hawai'i Links from @sageisnazty - Ka Lahui Hawaii, Nation of Hawai'i on Soverignty, Rejected Apology Resolution

A Book in the United States, Myanmar, and Liberia: She was wearing a red sock on one foot and a purple one on the other.

The Same Book, But Everywhere Else: She was wearing a red sock on one 0.3048 meters and a purple one on the other.

Fundraiser Pins | 🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩🇾🇪🇲🇲🇺🇦

A little something different from what I usually post on here, but thought I should share so it can reach people across other corners of the Internet :)

I co-run an Etsy shop with my sister, and we have a whole section dedicated to Fundraiser pin badges - where all profits made (minus a tiny manufacturing fee) go towards a charity. So far, we have managed to raise small amounts over the last few months, which have contributed to several different causes. See below:

Here is the link to the Fundraisers section on our Etsy shop!

Thanks so much for reading, I really appreciate it! :) It would be super awesome if you could do the cool tumblr thing and reblog this so that it can reach as many people as possible, so that together we can raise funds to support those who need them! ✨

🃏 ⤷ Maya (they/he)

The Tribes of Kumandra

In Raya And The Last Dragon, the film is set in a fictional fantasy land called Kumandra, inspired by Southeast Asian cultures from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, and the Philippines. The production team traveled to the aforementioned countries in order to gain inspiration and portray these diverse nations respectfully through attention to detail in the design aesthetics of the characters, costumes, architecture, and landscapes.