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if someone asked yuanfei how old he was then he'd lie and say 21. age 20 is when men come of age but he doesn't want to sound like he just became an adult (so he can be taken seriously) but if he says an older age he doesn't want to come off as too old (his energetic and boyish comportment is of great importance to him). so 21 it is.

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mmmmmmmmmmmm

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yusker kitagawa my beloved

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About Gaza Funds

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free online james baldwin stories, essays, videos, and other resources

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James baldwin online archive with his articles and photo archives.

---NOVELS---

Giovanni's room"When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend's return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened - while Giovanni's life descends into tragedy. This book introduces love's fascinating possibilities and extremities."

Go Tell It On The Mountain"(...)Baldwin's first major work, a semi-autobiographical novel that has established itself as an American classic. With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual, and moral struggle of self-invention opened new possibilities in the American language and in the way Americans understand themselves."

+bonus: film adaptation on youtube. (if you’re a giancarlo esposito fan, you’ll be delighted to see him in an early preacher role)

Another Country and Going to Meet the Man Another country: "James Baldwin's masterly story of desire, hatred and violence opens with the unforgettable character of Rufus Scott, a scavenging Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York. Self-destructive, bad and brilliant, he draws us into a Bohemian underworld pulsing with heat, music and sex, where desperate and dangerous characters betray, love and test each other to the limit." Going to meet the Man: " collection of eight short stories by American writer James Baldwin. The book, dedicated "for Beauford Delaney", covers many topics related to anti-Black racism in American society, as well as African-American–Jewish relations, childhood, the creative process, criminal justice, drug addiction, family relationships, jazz, lynching, sexuality, and white supremacy."

Just Above My Head"Here, in a monumental saga of love and rage, Baldwin goes back to Harlem, to the church of his groundbreaking novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, to the homosexual passion of Giovanni's Room, and to the political fire that enflames his nonfiction work. Here, too, the story of gospel singer Arthur Hall and his family becomes both a journey into another country of the soul and senses--and a living contemporary history of black struggle in this land."

If Beale Street Could Talk"Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions-affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche."

also has a film adaptation by moonlight's barry jenkins

Tell Me How Long the Train's been gone At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, Baldwin shows the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable. For between Leo's childhood on the streets of Harlem and his arrival into the intoxicating world of the theater lies a wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage. An adored older brother vanishes into prison. There are love affairs with a white woman and a younger black man, each of whom will make irresistible claims on Leo's loyalty. 

---ESSAYS---

Baldwin essay collection. Including most famously: notes of a native son, nobody knows my name, the fire next time, no name in the street, the devil finds work- baldwin on film

--DOCUMENTARIES--

Take this hammer, a tour of san Francisco.

Meeting the man

--DEBATES:--

Debate with Malcolm x, 1963 ( on integration, the nation of islam, and other topics. )

Debate with William Buckley, 1965. ( historic debate in america. )

Heavily moderated debate with Malcolm x, Charles Eric Lincoln, and Samuel Schyle 1961. (Primarily Malcolm X's debate on behalf of the nation of islam, with Baldwin giving occassional inputs.)

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apart from themes obvious in the book's descriptions, a general heads up for themes of incest and sexual assault throughout his works.

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GLOBAL STRIKE FOR RAFAH

FRIDAY 10th MAY 2024

We are witnessing the final stages of genocide taking place in Rafah.

We call upon people of conscience worldwide to conduct a global strike in solidarity with the people of Gaza & demand an immediate ceasefire.

Here is what to do:

On Friday 10th May:

1. Do not work.

2. Do not purchase any goods or services.

3. Do not make any transactions on your debit/credit cards

Spread the message —-

• Record your own video/photo or draft a message announcing that you will join

• Share your announcement on social media inc X/Instagram/FB/LinkedIn/Tik Tok and any other platform.

This strike aims to deliver a shock to the global economy and compel political leaders to take all measures to fulfil their moral, political and legal obligations to prevent genocide.

This initiative has no political leader or central organising body. It will succeed through each individual hearing this message, and taking action to the best of your ability.

The power of the people is greater than the people in power. Join the strike and Rise for Rafah.

#RiseForRafah #alleyesonrafah

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I left gaza with tears in my face because my mom and three brothers still in Rafah under attack.. and also we lost home and many of our relatives 😭😭😭

Please donate or share to help the rest of my family to evacuate, believe me every single dollar will make a difference 🙏🥹

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@so.informed

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"spontaneity" as defined by huang yuanfei: i do what i want + i'm always right

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you guys know you can get USB connectable CD, dvd, and blu-ray players right. and you can buy external hard drives with crazy amounts of space for an amount of money that would make the average person from 2009’s head explode bc of how cheap it is. and if you do this and get ripping software such as handbrake for CDs and DVDs and makeMKV for blurays you can both own a physical copy of whatever media you want and make it accessible to yourself no matter where you are. do you guys know this

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Dear kind and caring people!

I have good news and bad new for you.

I am grateful and deeply thankful that some of my family members who need urgent medical care made it out of Gaza before the situation in Rafah gets complex.

Hopefully we will start their medication and the necessary surgeries for them.

You saved some of my family members.

Remember even if you only payed 1 $ you were part of this noble saving for innocent souls.

Yahya, his wife and their daughter aged one year (Najat) are safe now because of your help.

For Yahya's eyes medical care we still need your support whether by donating or sharing the campaign so he can get the medication care required. That were the good news.

The bad news is what you hear and see live on TV.

I am sad to tell you that Israel army invaded Rafah now. My other family members were displaced for 7th time!

I am sad that the innocent kids have to deal with all this horror by the frequent bombing around them.

PLEASE! Don’t stop sharing my campaign. You can be real part in saving innocent souls. Donate, share and talk about us.

The situation in Rafa is really hard and heartbreaking.

All I can do now is praying for my family who is still in Gaza.

And for others who made it out days ago; they need your support financially to cover their medication care and living expense.

Here are two pictures for Yahya and his daughter Najat who has a beautiful name meaning (Survival). These pictures was taken after they left Gaza days ago.

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so I was thinking about my character type and then I spent the evening making a character sheet.

a couple fun examples of my own OCs, who I was thinking of when building this:

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the enablers

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EMERGENCY

I just recieved horrible news from @nael-helles... their family's refuge has been bombed, many of them are injured including him. Please please please help them.

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Israel is now bombing 1.7 million civilians trapped in Rafah, threatening an imminent invasion of the last “safe place” in Gaza.

Israel is committing the worst crimes in modern history, and Western regimes are calling it “self-defense”.

Never forget. Never forgive.

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people need to amplify fundraisers for evacuating palestinians or donate like, NOW. they're going to do a ground invasion in rafah, they are backed into a corner unless they bribe egypt

i'll be doing so as much as possible

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