#sometimes people are lovely

[wmnylander]

happy international women’s day! 🩷

[astrabear]

Thank you for voicing what I've been thinking and saying. Right now, there is a lot of distrust and hate for Jewish people. I am not Jewish and for a very long time obviously my focus were the Palestinians and getting them free. That still is and will always be my goal. (They will be free. I see a lot of people giving up and saying Palestine will be wiped out and erased but I know in my heart they will survive and they will get their home back. May Allah bless every single one of them who has lived on this Earth.)

However I cannot and will not allow and accept the antisemitism that is rampant in Pro Palestinian people. Note: I am fully aware that not all pro Palestinian individuals are antisemitic. I am also not saying to support Palestine is antisemitic. Zionist propaganda has made everyone believe that Israel = all Jews. Zionist propaganda has fooled everyone into thinking it is Jews versus Arabs.

I know everyone views it as Jews versus Arabs because people keep saying Jews and not Israel/Zionists (in their minds all are the same thing.) I know this because people keep saying "How could the Jews do this?! The Arabs never oppressed them! If the Arabs oppressed them like they oppress us the world wouldn't support that!" But the world doesn't support Israel because they're Jews. Israel is just another weapon for the West to use. White USAmerican conservatives who obviously hate Jewish people back Israel because it is a weapon. I am also witnessing people view Jewish people as being just another group of white people who faced a little bit of what nonwhite people experienced (which is obviously antisemitism and not the case.)

I am seeing people who are anti Jew even deny the existence of Palestinian Jews because they think people who mention them are centering "the oppressors." I am seeing people outright say Jews don't belong in Palestine when Palestinian Jews, Christians and Muslims lived there together long before "Israel" was created. It is so hard to talk about anti Jewish behaviour right now because 1) people will automatically view you as a zionist which is fucked up and 2) people will think you're trying to center the "oppressors" and hate the victims. (I even saw people say that the Jews aren't hurting like the Palestinians so there's no need to think or talk about them. Yes the Palestinians are suffering the most but Jewish people are suffering too and to undermine that is evil.)

My heart hurts so much for both Arabs and Jews. Please know that there are non Jews who will fight antisemitism just as we fight the hatred of Palestinians/Arabs. As a nonwhite person, as a human being, I am not letting the colonisers, who are 100% the reason for all this and are definitely laughing as marginalised peoples turn on each other, just continue to ruin this world and ensure a worldwide hatred for both Arabs and Jews. Stay safe and have a great week.

I have read this three times already today. This is so kind and thoughtful, and I really appreciate it.

I wish people would stop trying to divide the world into "oppressors" (who it's ok to hurt and dehumanize) and "oppressed" (who can never do anything wrong.) Marginalization is fluid and context-dependent, intersectionality is real, and there is a difference between systems and individuals.

Back in 2014 I attended a rally, "[city] Stands with Gaza." The organizers invited multiple clergy to speak, including a rabbi. I made a sign that read "I am Jewish and I stand with Gaza." I never felt at all unsafe, and in fact some of the interactions I had with other attendees were so moving that I still get choked up when I talk about them. One woman hugged me and cried because it meant so much to her just to know that people outside her community saw and cared about what was happening.

Your ask made me feel seen and cared about. Thank you and be well.

[mythtakens]

“these characters should be mentally healthy before they get together 😌” ummm no I actually think we should smash their mental illnesses together like clumps of play-doh and see what colors it makes

[doccywhomst]

[christadeguchi]

i'll let phie-san say it:

[thatrandomblogsays]

Annabeth: I, a child, had to earn Thalia’s love, that’s how the world works! I have to earn my moms love. Love is transactional, you gotta be worthy of it first silly :)

Percy, listening to this on the train

[platoapproved]

louis + cruelty

[alirhi]

Bless the doordash customer who canceled their order when we were almost to their house. My sister got paid the full amount, we were able to donate some really good stuff including baby food to the local food pantry, and when her car battery died and we had to wait almost 2 hours for a jump, we had delicious snacks to keep us from getting hangry.

I hope that person has a wonderful day and something unexpected and lovely happens to them.

[tempo-takoyaki]

Listen, I love the "XL helps HC to see how beautiful he is" scenario as much as the next person... But I also see it like this.

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

I am incredibly serious right now when I beg you all, please, and if you have Twitter or Tiktok or whatever to please spread the word: click on an author's profile on Ao3.

You want to know if an author has written more? Want to know if they're still writing? Want to see more from them? Want to know if they've written a trope or kink or sex scenario you enjoy?

Click on their name. And look at their profile.

I cannot tell you how many times in the last six months someone has read a new or newer fic of mine and said they (a new reader who has read nothing else I've done) "can't wait to see what you do next!" I've written 50+ fics and over a million words already.

"I don't know if you're still writing..." click on my profile. I am. I literally wrote a 128k+ fic for that ship last month.

"Would you ever do X?" "Please do Y!" I already did. Click on my name and look at my works.

Archive of our Own is a library. It's an archive. Not social media. It is your responsibility to fight back against the laziness that corporate algorithms have trained into you.

Click my author name. Just click it. Just click it.

Before you demand more, or ask if a writer will do XYZ, or wonder if the author still writing, or anything - click on their profile. Click on the author's profile.

I'm not trying to be mean or condescending or anything like that. I'm just exhausted. It's disheartening and frustrating to repeat myself ad nauseam, because someone couldn't take thirty seconds to do the tiniest bit of work to see if I've written lately, if I've written more for their ship, or scan my works to see if I've written what they're asking for. Please. Please. I'm begging.

Click the author's name, and explore before you ask.

[robert-edwin-house]

[astrabear]

I think you are pretty cool. 😎 Have a great day!

Well shit. When I saw I got an anonymous ask shortly after I posted something touching on Israel/Palestine, I was filled with dread. But this so nice! Thank you! I hope you have a great day too.

[windfalling]

1.02 // 1.06 // 1.08 The Stranger vs. Sol on recognizing and differentiating Osha and Mae

[non-stick-pansexual]

If your trans activism ignores, excludes, infantilizes, or actively targets trans men and transmasculine folks, you need to re-evaluate your activism and your stance as a trans ally.

You do NOT get to ignore and exclude trans men just “because they are men”, that’s antithetical to trans activism and actively harms the community as a whole. As a trans community, and as a greater queer community, we need to do better.

[zoe-oneesama]

Some "Special" Girls! And the late girls.

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