It Goes Against So Much Of What I Stand For To Share "palestinians Are Humans, They Have Hobbies, They

it goes against so much of what i stand for to share "palestinians are humans, they have hobbies, they have pets, they laugh and cry" kind of posts because i've spent so much of my life and career completely rejecting the notion that we should humanize ourselves, that we should ever be defensive, that we should entertain this racism at all

but it breaks my heart when i have to share them from people in gaza, who are using their five minutes of internet connection, their 25% of battery charge collected from a macguyvered car battery, emotionally exhausted, thirsty and hungry, sleeping in schools that have turned into refugee shelters and still making the time to say "please, i am human too, i am still alive, please fight for me" in english to appeal to the only people who have the power to help

i shared a tweet from a jjk artist in gaza i follow about a bts photocard being found in the middle of the rubble. even the love of anime and kpop and sports is no longer just a hobby, but an appeal to humanity. what was once a source of joy is now proof of life.

the worst part is that you won't find this content in arabic. palestinians don't post like this in arabic. but when they translate themselves, they recognize that they must humanize themselves first. it's an unspoken understanding of dehumanization, one that has dictated a whole region's understanding of the value of human life. in arabic they speak with dignity, with anger, with sorrow. in english, they appeal for their existence.

i share these posts not just because we have to reach everyone we can, because im being asked to and i will not refuse. but i also share them because they're evidence of how deep the racism has run. at what dehumanization leads to. of war crime after war crime. this too i will not forget.

URGENT MUTUAL AID REQUEST‼️

hii i know i haven’t really been active lately but i really need help and i would appreciate any effort to spread this message.

i’m currently in my senior year of college and i am unable to register for classes due to a hold on my account because of my past due balance from the fall semester. i have recently lost my job and i’m in the process of getting a new one. i currently have no money for groceries or rent or anything.

i was relying on my mothers disability check to pay for the overdue balance, but she received a call the other day saying that she no longer qualifies.

the last day to register for classes is during add/drop is feb. 7 and i don’t know if my mother will have the money by then. i need $3000 to register for classes and complete my senior year of college. i’m so tired of struggling to pay for college and i really just want to be done. please help me finish out strong.

you can donate to my cash app or my venmo if you have anything to spare and if not i’d really appreciate a reblog so that someone who does may see it.

venmo: aresmorris1020

cashapp: aannaaiirb

i apologize i no longer use paypal because they have a habit of holding funds for suspicious activity when i crowdfund.

ADDITIONALLY if anyone would like to help me pay my rent or buy groceries until i find another job i’d appreciate that as well. i’m sorry to be asking for so much but i’m in a really tough spot and i could use the help as i don’t have any financial support besides my mother.

thank you. i’ll be tagging some mutuals for visibility i apologize for the inconvenience.

@dejwrld @satorhime @satorubi @leftsidebonfire @punkgibsons @tristitia @wurm-food

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osamigiri

3 years ago

haha vb little mermaid au just so i can make arthur a frustrated singing crab on the side

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osamigiri

1 year ago

“Blood sweat and tears” such an excellent method of measuring investment. Yeah I worked really hard on this, hurt myself a lot, cried the whole time. stress nosebleed, sweated profusely, sobbed openly. Bleeding sweating crying etc. And everyone goes oh. Well done.

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osamigiri

2 years ago

Theme explorations/exercises by Idea Xu

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osamigiri

1 year ago

Dreams of Gaza children

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osamigiri

3 years ago

The director of cybersecurity from the Electronic Freedom Foundation is offering to help women who have been threatened with compromise of their devices.

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osamigiri

3 years ago

Very interesting to me that T. S. Eliot is often quoted as saying "Good poets borrow. Great poets steal." When in fact what he actually said was "One of the surest of tests is the way in which a poet borrows. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different from that from which it was torn; the bad poet throws it into something which has no cohesion. A good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest." Which of course has a completely different meaning, less "All the greats plagiarize," and more "Completely original ideas are a fantasy; the originality lies in how you weave an idea that has been previously woven differently."

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