(and while I'm at it here is the YouTube link to the video also. ive been trying to save/access it in the wayback machine to link that instead for archiving purposes but I'm having difficulties so I'll try and add it later but if anyone else is able to add it sooner it's appreciated)
You should be furious that people trying to escape genocide in Gaza, Sudan, Congo all need raise an absurd amount of money just to survive
You should be furious at how these people went through atrocity after atrocity and still need raise tens of thousands of dollars to get away
You should be furious at this insidious thing that completely encapsulates how capitalism feeds off of blood
since y’all didn’t respond to my well thought out post. have some memes calling y’all out, as well as a link to my other well thought out and written post. i’m tired of seeing people complain about their dash being dead, when they only like shit. reblog or shut up - LINK
for reference -
I was born within religion. As in almost all christian religions, I too was taught that people were to be loved unconditionally... under certain conditions. I left that world now, with great cost. I feel privileged nonetheless, because the price that I paid wasn't as high as the one that other people, from the same religion, pay.
Every day, I'm amazed by the fact that a person can love unconditionally despite any diversity. We have the Incredible opportunity to love and to celebrate our differences, as the world is connected like never before. I never felt so free to love before, and I hope to experience this feelings throughout all of my life, and that others, now blinded by hate, will reach this realisation, if not in this life, at least in the next. There is nothing more freeing than loving unconditionally, and hate is nothing but a heavy boulder chained at our feet.
One of the most important things (to me of course) that I've learned as an ex-jw is that having doubts is a good thing. Before, if I had doubts about one of the teachings, that meant that my faith and my loyalty towards Jehova (and the Organisation) weren't strong enough. And that was my fault obviously. I had to work harder to get rid of those doubts, I had to study more, I had to pray more, and of course I couldn't stray away from the informations that were given to me. All the other sources, other than the watchtower, were of Satan, I couldn't trust them. There were only lies outside this particular religion and outside the organisation.
Outside of this toxic, controlling environment, I was very happy to be able to use these other sources and what I learned will prevent me to be brainwashed again in that way forever.
The thing is, if I hadn't been so scared of doubts, if I had acted on them and asked my questions, did my research etc... I could have been able to leave that place long before I did, and I don't know If I would have been a better person than I am today, but I surely would have been a person who made their choice with their head.
A reasonable Doubt, is what make us grow. It makes us grow as individuals, it makes us grow as a society. It makes us wonder why things are the way they are, and if we see that something "normal" is wrong, it makes us fix it.
Let's be doubtful of the world we live in, and let this doubt fuel our curiosity and our desire to improve the world
I love being a nobody on here because I could make one of those ‘if this gets ‘x’ amount of notes I’ll go and actually work on my original works’ and it wouldn’t get near the goal
Dear Friends,
My name is Laila, and I am writing to you from a place of deep despair. The conflict in Gaza has forced us from our home, and we now find ourselves in Khan Younis, struggling to survive. My mother is pregnant, and her life is in grave danger.
I feel utterly helpless and overwhelmed by our situation. There are moments when I wish for my own suffering to end, but my only hope now is to save my mother. I have started a campaign to raise funds for her evacuation and medical care.
Please, I beg you to share our campaign on your social media platforms. Your help can make a difference and give my mother a chance to live.
Thank you for your compassion and support.❤️🙏🏼
Sincerely,
"this fundraiser is vetted by nabulsi, fallahifag, el-shab-hussein, ibtisams, sayruq"
I often feel like I have to be loved by everyone. If I ever so slightly feel like someone might dislike me I get a really bad anxiety about it and so, I'm working on it.
In this ongoing Journey to Self Love, I've realized that, of course, we don't need the love that others are Willing to give us, to have value, or to be worthy of all the love we can receive.
And As I was making more Friends, I also realized that even when we are true to ourselves, we will find someone that will love us, flaws and all.
Not everyone will like us. It's inevitable.
But the right people will find us, and fill the holes that need to be filled in ourselves, to be our better selves.
I'm sorry if my English is bad, it's not my first language!
Having different kind of animals with different kind of personalities really makes you appreciate every kind of love manifestation*-*
I've been out of my home for almost two days and one second after putting my foot inside my lovely, little cutie pie of a dog came running to me and spent ten minutes literally ON me, licking and light biting until she tired herself out.
The loveliest of the storms.
Two seconds after she finished it's the turn of my lovely potato of a cat (one of the three). She's much more discreet, and she limits to sit on my lap and purr SO loud, with her intense, emotionless stare. Not that she needs many expressions to demand cuddles.
Point is, they express love in different ways, but none of this ways is better than the other. All of their behaviours show the love and affection they have for me, and I can receive and notice it because I know how they show it.
I think it's the same for people. Every person show love differently, an example can be neurodivergent people that show love differently from neurotypical people. But if we are receptive to all kind of love manifestations we could see it in places we never thought before!
(I am excluding the types of toxic "love")
making a list of all of the fundraisers of people who have reached out to me directly on here in order to have them all in one place. all of them have either been vetted by other users or i verified them personally by checking their other social media accounts (like twitter or instagram) to confirm. everyone here definitely needs support, a lot of their family members are injured or in need of medical care that is not available in gaza. i am also linking their tumblr accounts so that you can follow them to keep up with their campaigns.
Ezzideen Shehab - his tumblr was banned but his close friend and campaign runner is @boshradaoud - €18,227/32,500
Haya Orouq - @haya-orouq19 - $46,998/55,000 (USD)
Nesma Ahmed - @nesmaah - $16,212/45,000 (USD)
Hala - @hlabarka22 - $4,738/50,000 (CAD)
Sahar El Tibi - @eltibisahar - €4,046/30,000
Haneen Atya Altalla - @haneenatya - $25,646/70,000 (AUD)
Sujood Odeh - @sujoododeh - £22,089/50,000
Fatma Bassem - @fatmabassem - $16,483/40,000 (USD)
Donia Tanani - @doniatanani - €71,697/100,000
Nozha Emad - (Donia's sister) - €1,964/18,000
Said Tanani - (Donia's brother) - €33,177/50,000
Abdullah - @amhdes90 - $4,086/47,000 (USD)
Amal Abushaban - @amalabushaban - €6,834/50,000
Mahmoud ElTibi - @mahmoodeltibi - €5,170/60,000
Heba Maqadma - @hebaalmaqadma - €41,439/60,000
Fadi Sharif - @fadisharif - $16,886/62,500 (USD)
Mohammed Bardaweel - @mohbardaweel - €295/37,000
Ahmed N. Abubaker - @ahmednabubaker - €11,823/85,000
Alaa Al Khateeb - @alaaalkhateeb - £4,115/16,000
Ahmad Shaban - @ahmadshaban - £231/150,000