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“Costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo ensured the cast wardrobe enhanced the authenticity of each episode. […] As the series segued from black and white to color, Rubeo collaborated with the director of photography and production designer to ensure they achieved the perfect overall look. She describes the first three episodes as ‘particularly stunning,’ including a psychedelic 1970s print dress for Wanda in the third episode.”

Wanda Maximoff + outfits WANDAVISION (2021)

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🌿 My Name is Rola, and This is My Story 🌿

I never thought I would be writing this. I never thought I would be begging for help just to keep my children warm, just to feed them one more meal. But here I am, reaching out to you, because I have no other choice.

My name is Rola. I am a mother of two beautiful children, and before October 7th, we had a life filled with love and laughter. We had a home. My children had their own room, filled with their toys and drawings. We would sit together on our balcony, drinking coffee in the early morning light. We had dreams, just like any other family.

But in an instant, it was all gone.

A missile struck. The earth shook beneath us. The air filled with dust and fire. My husband and son ran, stumbling over each other in terror. I stood frozen, the ringing in my ears drowning out my own screams. Our home was shattered—windows blown out, doors ripped from their hinges. And when I looked outside, our neighbor’s house, a place that once echoed with children's laughter, was nothing but rubble and ash.

That was just the beginning.

The bombs never stopped. Every night, I held my children close as the sky rained fire. The sound of explosions mixed with the cries of mothers searching for their babies in the darkness. I covered my children, whispering words of comfort, but how do you comfort a child who is terrified of dying in their sleep?

We had to leave. We walked away from everything—our home, our memories, the warmth of our life before. My children left behind their favorite toys, their books, their safe space. Now, we have nothing.

No home.

No food.

No clean water.

No way out.

I went to buy sugar the other day. It cost $20 for just a kilo. Food is disappearing, and the little that remains is impossible to afford. Every day, I fight to find just enough to keep my children alive.

I am exhausted. I am scared. I need your help.

I never imagined I would have to beg for my family’s survival. But today, I am.

Please, if you are reading this, help us. Help me save my children. Help us find shelter, food, a way to rebuild even a small piece of the life we lost. If we ever have the chance to leave, we need support. If we are forced to stay, we need a home again.

Every donation matters. Every share helps. Every voice that speaks for us keeps hope alive.

💚 Please donate if you can. Share our story. Help us survive. 💚

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There is nothing prideful about the things your mother had to go through; there is nothing prideful about your mother's suffering. Why say "my mom went through all that but never said anything"? Are you boasting? Your mother was silenced, hurt beyond your comprehension, but her not saying anything about it is not an act of bravery—it's oppression. Instead of saying, "women in our time were so obedient, they never rebelled or spoke against their in-laws," stop glorifying their suffering. Why don't you ask yourself why they had to suffer? Why were they silenced? Why weren't they allowed to speak against the wrongdoings others did to them? Glorifying their suffering seems easier than ending this cycle.

-vesper

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In English we say "I can't make eye contact". But in Urdu, we say:

"Unki nazron ka rukh aaj meri taraf hai,

Aaj meri palkon ne uthne se inkaar kar diya hai".

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ada limon accident report in the tall, tall weeds | radclyffe hall the well of loneliness

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- My liberation notes (2022).

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“Mulaqaatain adhoori reh gayi, kayi baatain zaroori reh gayi.”

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— David Foster Wallace

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Why is it always :

I’m in Love With Her

But never :

"duniya kisi ke pyaar mai, jannat se kam nahi

ik dil ruba hai dil mai jo, hooron se kam nahi."

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“Mulaqaatain adhoori reh gayi, kayi baatain zaroori reh gayi.”

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How do I say goodbye?

It was worth it to have known you.

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– K

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“What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?”

— Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

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Meeting The Man: James Baldwin in Paris

(via Mubi)

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web weave ft these two

• José Olivarez, Citizen Illegal • Nitya Prakash • Richard Silken, Crush

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