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I missed most of the Iraq war due to being a baby, but every time I read about it I start wondering why we aren’t all talking about it all of the time

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I'm volunteering for a literary journal right now and there's two things I think you all should know.

1. Most people that submit to literary journals are cis white men. We know this because our journal has an anonymous survey about demographics for people that submit.

2. Most things that get submitted to the creative non fiction section are on the level of middle school "What I did over the summer" essays.

I cannot see the demographics of the people whose essays I'm reading, but guys, if you are wondering if you should submit your work to a literary journal or not, I promise you that just in terms of statistics there are a lot of mediocre cis white men and people in general confidently submitting weird crap that isn't literature to literature magazines. Do it. Submit your work. Please. If you want there to be more diversity in literature, be the diversity. Do it. Do it do it do it.

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vetted palestinian fundraisers

this is a list of campaign's i have been personally sent to help share & donate to, every one i have included here has been vetted by palestinian tumblr users. i cannot personally verify fundraisers, so everyone i have included has already been verified. please take the time to donate to one of your choice & reblog this post.

Help Dina and her children survive through the war // @dina179 // on the vetted fundraiser doc #245 // 6,923/20,000 CAD

Help Moamen Majed rebuild his life after the war // @moamenmajed99 // vetted by @/90-ghost // $7,360/$30,000 USD

Mohammed Alazaiza's family // @isra-elazaiza // on vetted fundraiser doc #236 // $3,500/$48,000 CAD

Fadi Ayyad's family // @mayadayyad81 // on vetted fundraiser doc #174 // $28,508/$35,000 USD

Wafa's family // @wafaaresh // vetted by @/ana-bananya // €6,320/€100,000

Mahmoud Alkhaldi's family // @mahmoud1995 // vetted by @/90-ghost // $3,881/$50,000 USD

Yousef Hussein's family // @adham-89 // vetted by @/90-ghost // $9,672/$50,000 USD

Mohammed Taysir's family // @yazanfamily // vetted by @/northgazaupdates // €2,944/€50,000

Doaa & his family // @dodoomar147 // vetted by @/90-ghost //kr49,206/kr300,000 SEK

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Fundraisers for people who've lost everything and everyone

Three fundraisers have recently been brought to my attention in particular for individuals who've lost their entire families and homes to the zionist occupation.

Hamdy: a video of him carrying his dead baby sister following an attack on their home has made been widely circulated on Instagram. He didn't just lose his baby sister, but his mother and nearly all of his siblings, cousins, nephews, and nieces. Everything he knew gone in the blink of an eye. He and his sister and father are now stranded without help.

Hossam Bardaweel: having lost all his parents and siblings, he is now responsible for caring for his siblings' wives and their children. Despite the unsurmountable pain he and his brothers' widows are in, they still need to find a way to care for the surviving orphaned children. He needs help in caring for them while he battles his own grief.

Mahmoud Bardawil: he lost his entire family in the bombing of his home. He is the last survivor of his family, unable to say goodbye to them while he himself was being treated at the hospital for an injury he sustained in the bombing. His treatment did not go well and he needs to get treated outside of Ghazzah but it will be expensive. He needs help to evacuate and start a new life.

Do not hesitate to donate to these fundraisers, they all need the help. Whatever you can spare please try to split it between the three of them.

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art by the.gauntlets

Dr. Huda Abu Khater's Instagram

gofundme to help them

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Let me make one thing extremely fucking clear

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You can take the apartheid out of South Africa but you can never take it out of a white South African

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about to say something mean but i feel like every "male-specific" issue is something that also happens to women its just that a lot of you dont seem to see women as people

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birds of paradise

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im not sure you know what ancient rome is

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these are the eyes of Palestine. do not look away.

"A Palestinian boy was injured in the occupation massacres in Rafah last night, which was subjected to very violent bombing.

فتى فلسطيني أصيب في مجازر الاحتلال برفح الليلة الماضية والتي تعرضت لقصف عنيف جدا.

from Palestine Pixel, 12/Feb/2024

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The Israeli occupation dropped leaflets in Al-Bureij today (Times of Gaza) that read:

"You are located in an critical battle zone. For your safety leave immediately and head to known shelters in Deir-Al-Balah" (25-12-23)

Here’s what the situation in Deir-Al-Balah has been this past week up until this morning:

Dr Ebraheem works in the Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Hospital in Deir-Al-Balah. This is what he’s got to say about the situation in Deir-Al-Balah

In a post written on his blog, Dr Ebraheem describes the situation at the hospital further:

“I saw bodies coming spewing dust as if they were a sponge dipped in ash. I saw children bleeding and sinking into a coma because heavy stones came on their weak heads. I saw people whose colors, shapes, and names changed, where at a certain moment it was not possible to know who was injured, as they said: ‘Clean his face from the dust, perhaps we might recognize him.’

They do, and discover that he is so-and-so, the kind and simple man, as he was sitting in his house because he had no other place to escape.

I saw people confused by the number of victims - because of their large number—‘How many dead did we count today? Did we miscount? I told you, in the last hour, two girls came as martyrs, two children with bleeding heads, ten young men who came without vital signs in one fell swoop at the very least, lumps of flesh (parts) in a small bag, and open heads from which the brain can be seen.’

I sat with someone who was talking to himself and asking: ‘All these injured and martyrs were like us an hour ago, they were with us.’

A little while ago they were alive (like us), so when will our turn come?”

meanwhile, we have people making excuses saying palestinians are given “ample time to evacuate”. evacuate where?! where should they go? everywhere they go there is murder, rubble, bombings and destruction. nowhere is safe. it’s all a trap!

where. should. they. go?

this is their homeland. there are not going anywhere else. ceasefire and end occupation NOW!!

CONTACT YOUR REPS AND CALL FOR CEASEFIRE AND AN END TO OCCUPATION

PROTEST!

let the world know you stand with palestine. let the world know it MUST at any cost, dismantle the state of israel and free the palestinians.

demand the rights of the palestinians. demand they be given back their land. THIS is what land back means. the palestinians must be given their land back in its entirety.

from the river to the sea, palestine must be freed.

there are no more negotiations to be made. they must be free. this has gone too far for too long. israeli aggression is intolerable and the world will no longer stand for it nor make excuses for it. this is not a war. these people are not collateral. this is a textbook case of genocide and it, and the israeli occupation, must be stopped.

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I think it’s really weird that the average person needs a home and a car and an education to effectively function at all in a capitalist society but those things are all such an exorbitantly high price that the average person would never ever be able to pay for them one lump sum and thus we decided that upon entering adulthood every average person would likely have to sign their life away to various powerful banks to pay for these things and everyone was just like “Ok, that seems legit and not fucked up AT ALL.” and now it’s such an accepted and normalized part of society that everyone looks at you like you’re dumb for thinking it’s weird. I just think it’s really fucking weird.

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