#olly alexander

[one-time-i-dreamt]

The talent pool Skins had is actually crazy

[ladychlo]

BDS has officially called for EUROVISION Boycott. So any other bs justifying the support and participation in this competition is simply participating in genocide.

"the unifying power of music" be fucking for real, this shit talk is useless, this unifying power of music will no bring back the limbs of toddlers, will not build back the destroyed homes, will not put life back to the +30,000 killed Palestinian, will not feed the starved ones, will not take back the horrific pictures witnessed by palestinians, will not give back the land to its people, will not release kidnapped Palestinians from the occupation's prisons, this bs will not free Palestine.

I seriously better not see any of EUROVISION content on the timeline, anyone who puts any EUROVISION content should be reminded that they are crossing the boycott line.

[sky-daddy-hates-me]

So disappointing, I truly hoped he might withdraw just on principle.

[e-von-dahl]

I’m seeing people get excited about Eurovision now that olly alexander is representing the uk… Palestine is still calling for a boycott as long as Israel is in it, and yet people who were previously encouraging boycotts and saying “free Palestine!!!” are now ignoring all that just because they happen to like one of the contestants.

Y’all clearly only care about Palestine as long as it doesn’t disrupt anything about your life, and we can see that.

[michaelsheendaily]

😆 Michael!

[crashing9against9the9walls]

Before any of y'all could begin to dunk on Olly, may I remind you all that Israel once urged the BBC to pull out Olly Alexander for petitioning against Israel's participation in Eurovision since last year.

I get what Queers for Palestine is urging him to do but to put him in the pedestal ALONE like that and not call out for all the other artists (or at least the other LGBTQ artist) is just so infuriating. And the worst part of it is, whatever he does will not be enough for them. He already release a statement and it wasn't enough for them (it had likely gone through many revisions in order to get past the BBC). Had he remained silent, people would start accusing of of being complicit despite the fact he's been vocally pro-Palestine from the beginning.

Also, I feel like people are not getting the financial and legal consequences of him or any of the other artist just withdrawing all willy-nilly especially since they are all under contract with the broadcasters*. Like, some of them might be working part-time job, some like Silia are still in High School, some literally have music as their only source of income and we all know that's not enough to cover the legal fees and potential lawsuits that would entail. Also, there's a huge risk of being blacklisted, not only in the broadcaster from ever returning to the song contest, but also in the entire music industry, which is already hard to enter/make it. On top that, poorer countries like Albania or Moldova just couldn't afford to do that and jeopardize everything.

It's literally just impossible to win.

This whole mess is a lose-lose situation where nobody but Israel wins. Like, if they do withdraw, that's exactly what Israel wants because less competition for them. But if they compete, that's also what Israel wants because it meant validation of them being there even thought everyone wanted them gone.

All and all, this is literally the EBU's fault by allowing Israel compete in the first place. They literally created a impossible situation where, one way or another, the artist will be thrown under the bus.

Tl:dr... BLAME THE EBU, NOT OLLY!

Edit: * I just really need to put the one out there.

[twopoppies]

did you see this?

https://twitter.com/Heidipie10/status/1762168428033396995?t=hPx1WyGtPPMJ4NZ-j1k-9g&s=19

No, I hadn’t. Thank you for sharing it. It truly is just the same shit that we hear over and over. It makes me furious to think about how Harry and Louis were manipulated for so long at such a young age. What they’ve dealt with is literally traumatizing.

x x

[artfilmfan]

Enter The Void (Gaspar Noé, 2009)

cinematography: Benoît Debie

[ohdeargodwhy]

Cinema for GAZA Auction now live until 12th April, raising money for MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)

Featuring a lot of Doctor Who goodies:

Signed DOCTOR WHO shooting script with amazing cover artwork by Peter Capaldi

Clapperboard from DOCTOR WHO signed by Jenna Coleman + Peter Capaldi

Zoom with Arthur Darvill & Karen Gillan + signed DOCTOR WHO script

Zoom with DOCTOR WHO's Pearl Mackie + signed gift

Plus other auction items from Tilda Swinton, Joseph Quinn, Jonathan Glazer, Rose Matafeo, Louis Theroux, Annie Lennox, Olly Alexander, Gurinder Chadha, Brian Cox, Ramy Youssef, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and many many more!

[alex-dontknow]

Olly Alexander, Eurovision contestant for the UK, has called out Israel for genocide and apartheid.

The BBC cannot complain about impartiality when their government has voted against a ceasefire in the past AND has abstained from UN votes to put an end to Israel's terrorism.

Pinkwashing plays a huge role in Israeli and Zionist propaganda, meanwhile if a Palestinian flees to Israel, they will be met with persecution through deportation or house arrest. Queer and trans Palestinians are erased from the public and slaughtered as we speak, and the letter Olly signed gives them a voice:

"Queer and trans Palestinians have long highlighted that pinkwashing plays a significant role in Zionist propaganda… We stand against any and all harassment and discrimination against Jewish communities.

"For the many queer and anti-Zionist Jewish individuals invested in liberation, this unthinking philosemitism, which hesitates to criticise an ongoing genocide out of fear of being seen to criticise Jewish people, is simply the other face of anti-Semitism."

This goes to show just how easily butthurt Israel is when somebody points the finger towards them for heinous crimes they project onto the Palestinians. We stand with Olly Alexander as allies with Palestine against the Apartheid Israel.

From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free. 🇵🇸🍉

[convertgrapeling]

Olly Alexander is everything wrong with queer activism right now. "Let's memorialise terrible things that happened in the past but when there are queer people dying of genocide right now, risking my career is too much to ask for."

If you can't stand against injustice in the present, shut the fuck up about queer history. You have no claim on it. Those battles were fought by people far less selfish than you.

[solopezoncillos]

OLLY ALEXANDER

[rice-crackerz]

Some of this year's Eurovision stars on the situation in Gaza:

Source.

Edit. Added ALT text.

[michaelsheendaily]

[barve-oceana]

[tuituipupu]

OLLY ALEXANDER OFFICIALLY REPRESENTING THE UK CONFIRMED 🇬🇧