It’s Snowed All Day Where I Live

this is how i imagine myself when i’m crying

…smash

I know I sound like a broken record by now: repeating the same things others have said before but I think banality of it all is the point of my post. The fact that I have nothing new to say– not about the genocide in Gaza, not about the dwindling attention of allies, is HORRIFYING. 

It has been 11 months of a genocide that the UN calls “war on children”. Malnutrition, diseases, lack of suitable medical care have caused Gazan children to lose their childhood; to lose their lives entirely!  

There is no hope left for a future unmarked of pain and my friend Siraj Abudayeh ( @siraj2024 ) , who is father to three sons describes it as a “feeling of oppression”.  He laments that his children have been forced away from their schools, hopes and dreams  by colonizers and where before there were ambitions to excel in either studies or sports, all they know now is helplessness, fear and anger. 

Siraj has told me how his children- Abed, Muhammad and Amir have confessed to their father about how they have begun to  feel guilty for surviving at all now ; after having lost so many of their friends to the genocide they are experiencing survivor's guilt and it breaks my heart to hear that. Abed, the eldest son, is ONLY ELEVEN!!  Can you imagine an eleven year old feeling guilty because he has managed to survive while his friends haven't ? And what kind of survival it is– Half starving, drinking unclean water, forced into tents where sand mites pester him throughout the day?

I am not sure what happened or why the engagement with fundraisers has dropped so drastically lately but there is nothing more atrocious, more horrible than apathy when children are suffering.  It is so strange that we can quote James Baldwin so easily and yet have failed to understand what he meant when he said,

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; ...whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. ”

We have the power that is not afforded to Gazans and therefore it is on us to be attentive no matter how repetitive these posts feel. It is ridiculous and dehumanizing that during a genocide one has to worry about making a post original enough to maintain attention. And yes I know that we won't be able to stop the horrifying banality of Israel’s evil in a day but WE CAN help provide FIVE families that are dependent on this fundraiser with a lifeline during times such as these.  

Please we have managed to get this far after struggling for so long, it cannot be that we will fail Siraj when he is so close to the end goal of 82k !!

So DONATE AND BOOST. Find it in yourself to not just reblog but circulate the fundraiser among your colleagues, friends and family. Share it in your whatsapp chats and discord servers. Share it on every other platform that you may have a reach on.

Currently at $72,987 CAD of the short term goal of 75k. We have 2k left to raise by tomorrow. 

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this is exactly why i’d rather have tiktok be banned instead of it being bought out by a US based company. the app being back up isn’t some celebrating matter, our voices are being censored. stop uplifting trump for “bringing back the app”, when he quite literally had no problem inciting the ban in the first place. some people don’t stand on any of their beliefs/opinions, and it’s becoming clearer by the day

Free Palestine cannot be said on TikTok, in comment form without a violation. Bend the knee to American censorship or get punished. You cannot comment about Luigi Mangione. Someone posted 10 comments reading "Free Palestine" seven got removed. Meta noticably has a presence in the app and vice versa.

Shame, I figured I wouldn't ever be returning to TikTok after it went down, proved why in gold inked calligraphy. This Tumblr has been made to find and spread awareness on what I find in a similar way to how TikTok helped me. I thank those golden souls I learned from. (Jan22/2025)

kristen stewart in the twilight saga

edit by me with the polarr app, #made by vvio13t if using

trying to have a single thought but all i got is a nice little loop of 🎶 H-O-T-T-O-G-O 🎶

the bear is my roman empire for REAL <3