leftist non-jews want soooo bad for everything to be the new holocaust or worse than the holocaust so they can minimize jewish suffering and avoid acknowledging that jewish people were and are an oppressed minority.
I’m not sure when exactly this happened, but I think it’s clear that the aro community really is a community, now.
For the longest time I’ve felt like we were still in stasis, not quite there; a proto-community, yes, but not quite a community. But we have more history now to lean back on, more of each other to talk to and laugh with and cry with and learn from. More people that’ll go forward and make a part of modern aro history. More people that believe us, believe in us, will stand with us if we ask them.
I wouldn’t consider myself an aro elder yet, though each year I’m surprised at how long aromanticism has been a part of my life, how long I’ve been free of doubt or insecurity about my aromanticism, how far we’ve come since I was questioning. Then again, when I was questioning, some of the people I looked up to for guidance were probably close to the age I am now, so I might be there sooner than I think.
And, I’m so so hopeful for all aros, young or old, new or not, because we’ve come so far. Day by day, progress is slow (and yes, it’s unfair, it should be so much faster), but looking back it feels fast. We are our own role models, the people we look up to for guidance. We carve our own path through life, making things up as we go. I used to find that terrifying, because I had no idea what the future would bring. But it’s actually amazing, because I can ignore all these silly “rules” and guidelines about what my life should be, and instead ask, “what do I want my life to be?”
Younger me, you have no idea how awesome your future is gonna be. I’m sorry about the pain and hardship you’ll go through first; it won’t be fair and you shouldn’t have to deal with it. But you’ll make it through, and one day you’ll be me. I can’t wait for you to get here.
Palestinian children from the family of Al-Hajj were found under the rubble of their home after being killed in the bombing of the Nsairat refugee camp, Central Gaza. 21.11.23
This is haunting. Remember that there are no resources to dig people up from the rubble. So civilians use their own hands to dig if they could, which in this case is impossible. So even if you're alive crushed under the rubble, there is no way to get you out. And if you manage to get out, there are no functioning hospital in Gaza except for one. Demand a ceasefire, this isn't normal and never will be.
“I am wearing the ERL sunset puffer jacket with a vintage union-made quilt skirt and supreme Nike Af1s. I'm drawn to pieces created from quilting or embroidering fabrics. I'm really picky with textures, and today I wanted to feel like I was walking in a blanket.”
positively obsessed with how Rockstar Lestat is the exact kind of guy one of my friends would show me a picture of and swear he’s really sexy and cool and brilliant. Whole time I’m thinking “oh dear GOD” staring at a trainwreck weirdo and wondering what’s happened to everybody else that is absolutely missing me. jesus christ he’s blond
[EDIT: i have since expanded these commissions, please reference this post instead]
i'm opening up writing commissions to raise money for an evacuation fund! i've seen similar posts that aim to raise money for any vetted fund, but i'm aiming to raise money for a specific one so that we have a better chance at evacuating this family. i've chosen doha almosalami's family - their fundraiser has been vetted and is line 79 on the operation olive branch spreadsheet. they are nearing their goal of $60,000 and have only $11,000 to go, and every single bit counts!
commission guidelines:
-$1 per 100 words
-contact me and tell me what you want me to write. once i have agreed to it, send me proof that you have donated to the fund via a dm or an ask off anon (that i will answer privately). the amount you donated must be visible but feel free to redact any personal information
-once written, the piece will be posted publicly and i will tag you! let me know if you want to remain anonymous!
please please please donate to this family if you can, it includes a lot of children and it's absolutely crucial that they get to safety. again, every single little bit counts!
Miiverse yeah! trend but with clones (: !! feel free to use anywhere
based off the sw app rex emoji. i'm currently in the process of making different helmet type variants and plan to post a big thing for everyone to use as they see fit to make their own custom emoji, but that's while off ^^; this is taking me a long time to do.