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just catching the end of lesbian visibility week but !!! ndn lesbian love <3

REALLY in love w this design, i had it sitting in wip for ages bc i wanted to get it done just right. tip me or cop this on my bonfire and inprnt !

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happy lesbian visibility week btw(!!!)

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This is why I love Danai❤️🙌🏾

TW: SA

IG Caption: Shockingly, sexual violence in Conflict Zones against women and children, is being committed all around the world. This issue has become vast and widespread. From Colombia to the Ukraine, to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Haiti and closer to home for me, as a Zimbabwean: to the DRC, Ethiopia, Central Republic of Africa and Sudan, this issue has now become prevalent in more countries, not fewer.

Earlier this week, at the @unitednations Security Council Open Debate on preventing conflict-related sexual violence, I spoke to the Council and other member states about how we must acknowledge women and survivors ALL over the world and, due to my personal connection, to more specifically shine a light on people of Africa in particular, and fight impunity. Nothing is more dangerous than crimes that are not acknowledged and that are unseen and allowed to persist. My hope was to amplify the voices of those who are never seen or heard. To acknowledge their suffering, make sure they are not forgotten and to hold those who allow this to continue responsible

To learn more visit: https://www.un.org/ sexualviolenceinconflict/about-us/about-the-office/

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This bloodbath has gone on for far too long. At the start of this aggression, the school year had barely just started. The academic year ends in just a month. Everyone, from first graders to university seniors, have lost an entire year at least. I say at least considering even if there is a ceasefire today, Israel had destroyed literally all universities in Gaza and damaged over 400 schools. Lest we forget also Israel's deliberate targeting of university professors and academics.

You absolutely cannot mistake the intent behind all of this.

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“Palestinian women and a girl at the annual Palestinian pilgrimage to Nabi Musa.”

Photographed by Hanan Isachar, 2002.

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...this world never got better. it just got better at pretending to be better...

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From the Freedom Flotilla, April 27 2024:

On Thursday afternoon, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was contacted by the Guinea Bissau International Ships Registry (GBISR), requesting an inspection of our lead ship – Akdenez. This was a highly unusual request as our ship had already passed all required inspections; nevertheless, we agreed. The inspector arrived on Thursday evening. On Friday afternoon, before the inspection was completed, the GBISR, in a blatantly political move, informed the Freedom Flotilla Coalition that it had withdrawn the Guinea Bissau flag from two of the Freedom Flotilla’s ships, one of which is our cargo ship, already loaded with over 5000 tons of life-saving aid for the Palestinians of Gaza. In its communication informing us of this cancelation, the GBISR made specific reference to our planned mission to Gaza. It also made several extraordinary requests for information, including confirmation of the ships’ destination, any potential additional port calls, and the discharge port for humanitarian aid and estimated arrival dates and times. It further demanded a formal letter explicitly approving the transportation of humanitarian aid and a complete manifest of the cargo. Again, this is a highly unusual move from a flagging authority. Normally, national flagging authorities concern themselves only with safety and related standards on vessels bearing their flag, and are not concerned with the destination, route, cargo manifests or the nature of a specific voyage. Just like when you register your car, the authorities don’t require you to detail to them every place you are going to go with the car. Sadly, Guinea-Bissau has allowed itself to become complicit in Israel’s deliberate starvation, illegal siege and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is showing the world the extent to which it will go to deny Palestinians the aid they need to stay alive, in direct contravention of International Humanitarian Law, UN Security Council resolutions, and two orders of the International Court of Justice. [...] without a flag, we cannot sail. But, this is not the end. Israel cannot and will not crush our resolve to break its illegal siege and reach the people of Gaza. The people of Gaza and all of Palestine remain steadfast under the most horrific, unimaginable conditions. We take strength from their incredible, inexplicable ability to maintain their humanity, dignity and hope when the world has given them no reason to do so. It is our responsibility to keep that hope alive. WE WILL SAIL.

The Freedom Flotilla, which was set to depart from Turkey on the 27th of April with 5000 tons of life-saving aid, has now been delayed because Israel and the United States has pressured Guinea Bissau to withdraw its flag from the Flotilla's lead ship.

Seeing as how their tactics worked on Guinea Bissau, organizers now fear that Israel and the US will exert the same pressure on whichever country the Freedom Flotilla attempt to register their ship under next.

To help the Freedom Flotilla reach Gaza, please keep an eye out for further updates from the organizers. Right now, as of April 27th, they're asking people to help boost their visibility, and to donate to their member campaigns.

For more info, see their webpage.

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man of the house (lesbian daughter)

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happy lesbian visibility week 🫶 (clocking in before it ends 🙏😭)

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femme lesbians' femininity is unique and beautiful and refreshing and claiming that it conforms to heteronormativite gender roles discredits it so much. it's not a performance of femininity catering to men and it's insane to even claim that. it's a complex, nuanced identity that reclaims feminity in a way that it doesn't conform to heteronormativity. it's genuinely so sad to see people not understanding the label and misconstruing what it means

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DAMN RIGHT!!!!!!

from ottomann_ottman, 2/Apr/2024:

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Don't lose focus! Yes, the university campus protests are excellent, but remember WHY and WHAT they are protesting.

from Bisan, 27/Apr/2024:

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TWO MONTHS BEFORE Hamas attacked Israel, the Pentagon awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to build U.S. troop facilities for a secret base it maintains deep within Israel’s Negev desert, just 20 miles from Gaza. Code-named “Site 512,” the longstanding U.S. base is a radar facility that monitors the skies for missile attacks on Israel. On October 7, however, when thousands of Hamas rockets were launched, Site 512 saw nothing — because it is focused on Iran, more than 700 miles away. The U.S. Army is quietly moving ahead with construction at Site 512, a classified base perched atop Mt. Har Qeren in the Negev, to include what government records describe as a “life support facility”: military speak for barracks-like structures for personnel. Though President Joe Biden and the White House insist that there are no plans to send U.S. troops to Israel amid its war on Hamas, a secret U.S. military presence in Israel already exists. And the government contracts and budget documents show it is evidently growing. The $35.8 million U.S. troop facility, not publicly announced or previously reported, was obliquely referenced in an August 2 contract announcement by the Pentagon. Though the Defense Department has taken pains to obscure the site’s true nature — describing it in other records merely as a “classified worldwide” project — budget documents reviewed by The Intercept reveal that it is part of Site 512. (The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)

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aint that the truth

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Hi everyone! Here's your Daily Reminder to Click for Palestine!

It only takes a couple seconds!

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this is how sudden it is. every time. constantly. for months. this must end.

from Mohammad Azaiza, 27/Apr/2024: