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If you’re considering telling/asking an adopted person any of the following, or anything similar to such:

“You’re so lucky you weren’t aborted.”

“Aren’t you glad your mother didn’t abort you?”

“You should be grateful that you have a better life now.”

“Why would you want to know what your birth mother is like? You have a perfectly good life now.”

“It takes a very special person to want an orphan child.”

“How can you be pro-choice? You wouldn’t be here if your birth mother had been.”

May I make a small suggestion?

Don’t.

#koushiro relevant #orphaned koushiro #IMPORTANT #adoption #adoptees #adoptees issues #non normative families #non normative families issues #discrimination #bigotry #microaggressions #racism #bionormativity #bionormative assumptions #abortion #abortion rights #bodily autonomy #fandom harassment #things i cut people off over #fuck you #if you ever say this to adoptees or people from non normative families #especially if weve already lost our birth parent #as someone whos bioparent has passed almost 7 years ago by now before i could even MEET THEM IN TIME {I DID talk to them still But} #fucking STOP #THIS SHIT #ALREADY #they know WHO THEY ARE #anyway my OTHER PARENT is going in for potential life saving surgery today #so if youre wondering why ive been suddenly making tons of psa reblogs over the past year or so #thats been why too

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#thelatestkate #mental health #mental health art #mental health affirmations #mental health positivity #cats #cat art #cute art #pretty colors #survival #future #theme: drink #theme: coffee #theme: autumn #glowing #brightness #theme: orange

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Shout out to all the non-binary folks whose native laguage is gendered.

Shout out to non-binary folks who cannot use their prefered prouns because there are no neutral pronouns in your laguage.

Shout out to all the non-binary folks that grew up in so heavily gendered society that it’s hard to view something as genderless or gender neutral, even your own identity.

I know how it feels, I know it’s hard to fight back something that you’ve been taught your whole life. It might be hard to battle these ideas, but just because society told you that your gender doesn’t exsist doesn’t mean it’s true. You are wonderful, you are valid and real, and I am so proud of you❤

#lgbtqiapn #lgbtqiapn issues #lgbtqiapn positivity #positivity #lgbtqiapn+ #pronouns #pronouns positivity #language #language issues #gendered languages #gender neutral #gender neutral issues #gendervague #agender #autigender #nonbinary #nonbinary umbrella relevant #hebrew relevant #hebrew issues #this #not up for debate!

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#body positive #mental health #mental health affirmations #mental health art #depression #self compassion #neurodivergency #pretty colors #cute art #animals art #theme: animals #fat positivity #theme: seal #theme: ocean animals #theme: fish #theme: jellyfish #brightness #glowing

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someone said “your art is never a waste of time” and i thought that was such a beautiful and truthful sentiment that i should share.

#positivity #fanworks #fanworks positivity #art #arts #all fanworks makers are artists #your art is never a waste of time #good commentary

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I'm sure I'm not the first person to notice this but it IS super weird to see so many leftists

get told they're being rampantly antisemitic

fact check (which is a good instict!)

realize they've been hitting Antisemite Bingo with every post they make

...and instead of going "oh shit, I didn't realize it was that baked into all of society, I really need to listen to more Jews about this and do better not to perpetuate hatred towards them"

they go "well, I do all of this, and I'm a good person, so those filthy Jews Zionists must secretly control the media!"

It's especially weird when they know better than to do this to any other minority, but somehow when it's Jews it's acceptible as long as you call them Zionists before hate-criming them.

This is probably why the denial is so high, though. They HAVE to believe leftist antisemitism isn't a problem, because if they believe it's a problem then THEY are the problem, and that interferes with their mental image of themselves as Righteous Revolutionaries.

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D I G I M O N 02 x Tri {x T.x.t P o s t(s) M e m e} ~ K O U S H I R O x T A I C H I {KOUxTAI}

{Cap’d by Me} {DO NOT R E-P O S T} {DO NOT C O P Y} (Please ASK to Use/Share!) {DO NOT RE POST TO OTHER S I T E S WITHOUT MY PERMISSION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!}

#koutai #koushiro x taichi #taishiro #taishirou #taichi x koushiro #koutai silliness #koushirouizumi cap #koushirouizumi advs #koushirouizumi 02 #koushirouizumi tri #koushirouizumi koutai #koushirouizumi koushiro #koushirouizumi taichi #koushirouizumi 02 koushiro #koushirouizumi 02 taichi #koushirouizumi tri koushiro #koushirouizumi tri taichi #koushirouizumi advs koushiro #koushirouizumi advs taichi #advs cap #02 cap #tri cap #koushirouizumi dgmn #koushirouizumi own #*DO NOT RE P O S T TO OTHER S I T E S #(I WILL ASK YOU TO R E M O V E IT) #*L I K E S OK! #*Re B L O G G I N G OK!!! #koushiro positive #autistic koushiro

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Wanted to share this find…a quiz book! I want to say it’s for younger kids because of how stupid easy all of the questions are but then it uses kanji without the readings written near it like you usually see so for later elementary?

#digimon theme: school #02 #refs #official #official 02 #koutai #02 koutai #official koutai #advs koutai #02 yamato #yamatos band #teen age wolves #knife of day #miyakari #takeru and iori #daisuke #kensuke #official kensuke #otp: live #tentomon #chibimon #miyako and ken #yamakoutai trio #yamakoutai #trio: our war game #02 mimi #02 jou #jou and hikari #mimi and miyako #ken

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D I G I M O N 02 {x Txt Post(s) M e m e} ~ 02 Chosen

{Cap’d by Me} {DO NOT RE-POST} {DO NOT COPY} (Please ASK to Use/Share!) {DO NOT RE POST TO OTHER SITES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!}

#motomiya daisuke #yagami hikari #hida iori #inoue miyako #koushirouizumi 02 #koushirouizumi dgmn #source: koushirouizumi #koushirouizumi no rb #(I f OUND THE REF{ERNCE} AGAIN T H A N K) #*DO NOT RE POST TO OTHER S I T E S WITHOUT MY P E R M I S S I O N #(I AM m AKING THIS FOR *ME*) #(but this IS O F F I C I A L STUFF) #(D i s c l a i m e r b4 Ppl Y ell: I DO think Daisuke improves as time goes on BUT IN THE SAME s PREAD *KOUSHIROS t EACHING THEM TOO* #({C O M I N G B A C K TO T H I S}) #({Inspired by a talk with {m u t u a l} recently where we talked abt what Koushiro MIGHT do not long post '05 era}

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I still remember the nurses who laughed at me after major spine surgery when I was walking around with my butt out because I didn't know to bring shorts to the hospital and wasn't allowed to double my gowns due to the incision location. I still remember the aid who told me that I smelled after days of being unable to move my limbs or get out of bed while sweating uncontrollably from spinal shock and agonizing pain. I sat and cried after that because I had overcome so much that hospital stay just to be dehumanized. Never did they ask if I wanted something to cover up or assistance bathing. Just laughed at me and joked with each other.

I also remember the nurse who checked on me extra during the night with a hospital stay in the middle of covid because they kicked my mom out and I have trauma about being in the hospital alone. She made extra visits to make sure I was okay just like she promised my mom. I remember the nurse who held my hand and called me honey as my limbs trashed and shook from spinal shock.

Basically being a good nurse and being a bad nurse to patients does stay with a person. It's been years and many other hospital stays since a lot of these instances and I still remember them clearly. I know nurses are burnt out, traumatized, and exhausted. Nurses deserve better treatment. But so do patients.

#family tag #jewish parent tag #chronic illness #chronic illness informative #spine #spine surgery #surgery #health informative #disability issues #nursing #ableism #spinal shock #medical abuse #medical ableism #trauma #trauma informative #im truly hoping everything goes well for my parent tomorrow #({my 70+ year old JEWISH parent getting major spine surgery}) #(but) #this #(im keeping this in mind too) #(the doctors at the place are pretty good so our hopes are high but) #what they said #if i have to help advocate for my parent somehow i fucking will #just as id do for myself #i dont know who needs to hear that #im not putting up with trolls today OR tomorrow #covid is NOT OVER #({Speaking as someone whos also had my fair share of TreatmentTM from nurses while I was in recovery after even smaller surgeries yEAH...}) #({Ive had overall 'Good' experiences but mAN when I could Barely ask forstuff or Move while waking up&MAN when I went NUMB in one side&yET}

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Jewish women are the number one authorities on how Jewish men wield misogyny. It is not an issue of our religion being regressive or misogynist, it is an issue of men using whatever culture / ideology etc they can get their hands on as a lens for their misogyny. The day I let a goyische feminist come trampling into my culture and my religion, spew their unnuanced interpretations that are devoid of context and understanding, tell me how oppressed I am, spread antisemitic hate speech, and talk over me on my own experiences, is the day I die. Jewish women must and will be the foundation of our revolutionary liberation from misogyny. Jewish women will be the voices speaking up about how men do us wrong within our own religion and cultures. Not you. Us. If you really want to help us, listen to us. You are not our mouthpieces or better interpreters of our lives than we are. 

#jewish #jewish issues #jewish women #feminism #misogyny #sexism #jewish men #xtian antisemitism #*Not My Post #('The day I let a goyische feminist come trampling into my culture and my religion') #('spew their unnuanced interpretations that are devoid of context and understanding') #('tell me how oppressed I am') #('{ACTIVELY spread antisemitic hate speech}'?!????!) #('and talk over me on MY OWN EXPERIENCES') #is the day I die #*GOYIM DO NOT DERAIL #religious harassment #things i cut people off over #fandom sexism #fandom misogyny #stop saying judaism when you mean xtianity #*Reblogging for Archival #(I admit theres a few lines here Id have Worded Differently myself but like overall yEAH) #({YELLSENDLESSLY INTOMYVOID AT FANDOMBLOGGERS WHO REFUSE TOUNDERSTAND JUDAISMISNOTXTIANITY}) #*NOT UP FOR DEBATE I AM JUST REBLOGGING IN AGREEMENT

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#the prince of egypt #poe: gifs #poe: edits #moses #poe moses #poe ensemble #miriam #poe miriam #poe zipporah #zipporah #tzipporah #moses x zipporah #miriam and zipporah #moses and miriam #jewishness #passover #pesach #the passover story #parting of the red sea #poe theme: red sea #poe theme: immigration #the seas werent literally parted #poe spoilers #brightness #bright blue #theme: water #flashing animated gifs #*Reblogging for Archival

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“That’s why Papa says she’ll never get married!”

#dreamworks #us animation #the prince of egypt #poe: gifs #poe: edits #zipporah #poe zipporah #theme: restraints #(Moses in background) #(of last gif) #(but) #(ZIPPORAH MY LOVE) #poe spoilers

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Hey I hope this is ok to ask! My partner is Native American (Mvskoke) and considering conversion. They are considering conversion but worry that joining the Jewish people would mean turning their back on the Mvskoke people and would override their peoplehood in the Mvskoke. I know you probably can't speak for the Mvskoke aspect, but would you happen to know of any Native American + Jewish bloggers or people who talk about this topic or any books? (esp those who have converted?) I asked my rabbi but he didn't have any ideas unfortunately.

Hi anon,

You are correct that I cannot personally speak from the Mvskoke side of things, or even from the POV of needing to integrate an existing culture into my Judaism - my journey as a white ex-Xtian has very much been about moving as far away from my origins and assimilating into Jewish life and culture as thoroughly as possible. There were very few things of my background that I found worth retaining, and those that I intentionally brought with me have direct correlates within Judaism anyway.

Prospective gerim who do have strong and positive connections to their heritage and/or faith of origin are going to have different challenges and opportunities than me. Judaism does not syncretize with other faiths well by design, and so integrating these identities - while likely possible - will almost certainly be a balancing act. Your partner is going to have to decide what trade-offs are acceptable in cases where things don't mesh well. I don't know much about the traditional Mvskoke religion or the extent to which your partner follows it (if at all); however, if it involves any form of polytheism or an incompatible form of monotheism they are probably going to have to make a choice. That's an excellent rabbi question if/when they reach that point of exploration. The other big potential areas of clash I see are if there are traditional foods that cannot be made in a kosher way or if there are important events that consistently happen on Shabbat. These latter issues are going to be more acute the more traditionally observant they are wishing to be as a Jew, and become less acute if they take a more flexible approach to halacha, such as through the Reform movement.

All that said, I have seen plenty of Jews by choice and/or Jews with multiple cultural backgrounds live out their other culture(s) in combination with their Judaism in ways that are beautiful, authentic, and personally meaningful. There may be challenges, but also opportunities to bring unique perspectives and Torah to the Jewish people.

Regarding resources, I'm going to put this out to jumblr, to see if there are folks who can speak to this experience or who have recommendations for specific books or other sources. I unfortunately do not have good recommendations off-hand, and would love to connect them to the right people and reading if possible.

#jewish #jewish issues #jewishness #judaism #judaism issues #gerim #gerim positivity #conversion #culture #cultural differences #jewish culture #monotheism #interfaith families #interfaith issues #ask your rabbi #i dont know who needs to hear this #judaism is not xtianity #judaism is not judeo xtian #(that said) #*Reblogging to Inform #*Goyim can Reblog but Be Respectful Please #judaism does not proselytize #multiethnic #multiethnic positivity #*Reblogging for Archival #i genuinely am at a loss about how to explain this to people who seem to constantly refuse to grasp these kinds of concepts #(but this was one of the most kindest + informative responses I had seen about the topic) #reform judaism #reform judaism is not judaism lite #(and Im always really happy when Reform gets included and acknowledged positively after so many years on here)

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#repeat inspiration #the prince of egypt #family tag #dad tag #childhood #poe: gifs #jewish community #jewishness #the passover story #moses #poe moses #poe ensemble #immigration #jewish diaspora #s: when you believe #emunah #faith #destiny #jewish survival #we will outlive them #who is like you #theme: dancing #theme: singing #poe spoilers #poe scenes ive remembered mostly in full since i was young me #the movie my jewish parent took me to see #theme: sheep #theme: animals #theme: camel #(The last gif with Moses is in time with the swell of the music and overall these sequences also bEST PARTS OF THE FILM IF NOT *THE* BEST)

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There's something deeply satisfying about reading the work of a researcher I admire and seeing that we're both drawing from the same sources. Like, hell yeah, I'm playing with the big boys now. :D

#me #research #sourcing #primary sources #fact checking #history #historical references #historical sources #(though theres still A Lot of book recs I need to check out)