First of all, boycott eurovision. However, I AM loving all the various stories of pro-palestinian rebellion that are coming out surrounding eurovision.
Apparently security surrounding the event is through the roof, and the Eurovision team literally frisk searched all the contestants to make sure they didn't smuggle any palestinian scarves or flags in, but despite this:
there was the guy who wore his father's kufiya as a wristband during his performance
there was a performer who painted "CEASEFIRE" and "FREEDOM" on their face using ogham script, and who then did a post on social media talking about it and how EV officials (who had found out the meaning of the facepaint by then) refused to allow them to do it again for a later round.
there was the indigenous Australian who used his body paint to paint a watermelon on his chest and later made a statement drawing attention to it and stating that he stands with the Palestinians
there's the 10,000-strong pro-Palestine protest that happened in Malmö, the city hosting the ESC this year
there's the crowd, who booed Israel during their dress rehearsal and shouted Free Palestine so loudly that the performance itself was nearly drowned out and the broadcaster (clumsily) tried to alter the audio so that the audience couldn't be heard
It's great, I love it. They can try all they like to block every mention of Palestine, but they haven't been succeeding and they'll continue to fail.
Fuck Israel, fuck Eurovision, and Free Palestine. 🇵🇸
A huge crowd of pro-Palestine protests have gathered ahead of tonight's Eurovision semi-final in Malmö, where Israel will be one of the participating countries.
Israel's representing artist, Eden Golan—who was initially supposed to perform tonight with the song "October Rain," before the EBU forced Israel to rewrite it into the little less overtly genocidal "Hurricane"—has promised that the first thing she'll do after returning from Eurovision, is to join the IDF:
Reminder again to BOYCOTT EUROVISION 🇵🇸
And if you're in Malmö, please join the protesters!
does this setup look Super Cool or Super Lame honest answers only OK. I'm having sooooo much trouble deciding the layout of my patch jacket my perfectionism is choking me OUT
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BDS has called for an official boycott of Eurovision2024
Everyone...you know what to do
[ID 1: text on a black background reading: "Boycott Eurovision: Artwashing Israel's #GazaGenocide". The Eurovision logo is edited such that red barbed wire appears over the heart in the center.
ID 2: a tweet from "PACBI - BDS movement" @/PACBI reading:
We call for the boycott of #Eurovision2024". We urge all participating broadcasters, national competitors, finalists, production crews, and viewers to boycott the contest following the refusal of the organizers @/EBU_HQ to ban genocidal Israel. #BoycottEurovision2024
Been a hot minute since I last updated. Over the winter season I got the chains added to the bottom of the jacket, and added keys in the middle of each loop in a pattern. I also added a Plugg Jeans key-ring that I found. (I didn't know what Plugg Jeans were, turns out they're a brand that was popular in the 90s for their Y2K style clothes)
At least 12 patches have been added too. Taking a break on the jacket for a mixture of physical health, irl business, and wanting to try to make a hood for it one more time.
Also one of my favorite patches didn't fit on the front which really makes me sad!