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“The ongoing disappearance of sex-segregation in all our major places of socialisation such as schools and workplaces means nowadays entire generations of women in Western capitalist countries have never experienced interaction that wasn’t physically monitored by boys and men, where surviving and adapting to their sexually abusive behaviours takes up all or most of our social efforts, where we are kept in all ways possible from bonding to women. Almost two generations of women have been conditioned to despise and fear women-only spaces, to view them as a threat to our social existence, as something backwards, revolting, from a dark distant patriarchal time. This has immensely contributed to destroying our capacity to socialise with and to identify to women early on in childhood and to increasing our trauma-bonding to men / idealisation of maleness, and self-hatred. Indeed, destroying our relationship to ourselves and to women is probably the worst, most deeply traumatic effect of men’s oppression. Intentional male violence is essentially relational, as in, their actions deliberately annihilate our bond to the world and to ourselves, which, when it doesn’t kill us, is an act of spiritual killing — as they need us emptied of our selves in order to be useful for them for very large amounts of time. In the same way, an essential part of healing from trauma caused by male oppression is through reconnecting to women and to ourselves. My own healing largely progressed along with my ability to form stable friendships with feminists, as well as reconnecting to my body and my soul. Our raised consciousness, our leaps, our movements of liberation and solidarity networks are inherently relational. Feminism is entirely dependent on the bonds we create with women, on our continued interactions, and nothing of this would exist if we didn’t meet and spend time together, away from male surveillance. The more we do this (and learn how to do it in healthy, respectful conditions obviously), the stronger our feminism.”

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“Individualism” and relational deprivation, by Radical Wind

(via adayinthelesbianlife)

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In the early phases of colonisation, the white man’s burden consisted of the need to ‘civilise’ the non-whites peoples of the world—this meant, above all, depriving them of their resources and rights. In the latter phase of colonisation, the white man’s burden consisted of the need to ‘develop’ the Third World, and this again involved depriving local communities of their resources and rights. We are now on the threshold of the third phase of colonisation, in which the white man’s burden is to protect the environment—and this too, involves taking control of rights and resources….The salvation of the environment cannot be achieved through the old colonial order based on the white man’s burden. The two are ethically, economically and epistemologically incongruent.

Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva, Ecofeminism (pp 264-265)

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This is a video by Israeli “defense” minister released in Eid of 2021, to threaten civilians in Gaza by telling them "if citizens of Israel have to sleep in shelters, then Gaza will burn,“ meaning that he believes that because Israelis were forced to sleep peacefully in their shelters, then that’s more than enough excuse to burn Gaza and it’s people (who don’t even have shelters to sleep in)

He also said that the last bombing campaign on Gaza was in the Eid holiday of 2014 and that the upcoming bombing campaign in 2021 will be “harder and more painful than the one in 2014″

He ended the video with “there will be no holiday in Gaza today”

According to the UN 2,254 Palestinian, including 550 children, were killed by Israel in 2014′s bombing campaign and 85% of which were completely innocent civilians.

He’s basically saying that he plans on killing more than 2,300+ Palestinian this year and is already falsely accusing the people’s he’s planing on killing that they’re being used as human shields.

{Hamas officials has said that they’re willing to stop the fighting and asked for a ceasefire twice now, Israel’s prime minster has rejects both the ceasefires plea}

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Mona Alkurd , one of the Palestinians Israel is trying to kick along with 28 families out of their decades long homes in Sheikh Al Jarrah , the last Palestinian block in Al Quds ( Jerusalem ), to complete the restriction of the area to Israeli Jews .. simply an Apartheid by settlers.

“ Your posts and tweets are treasures to us “

Here a rough translation of what she said:

“ It falls on us and Palestinians and the honorable people supporting us with posts and tweets. You have no idea how much that means to us. Everyone who shares even one short post or tweet. Don’t feel like you’re doing nothing. Those posts and tweets are treasures to us. Help us get our cause heard. We are 28 families. 500 individuals. If we are removed, then there will be no Palestinians in Al Quds. And in the end, Allah is our hope. And it falls on us. And we will remain here to our last breath defending our lands and homes”

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Watch ""And I think to myself, what a wonderful world."" on YouTube

Hong Kong Protests on August 5th, 2019

Read the uploaders pinned comment.

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I get so angry hearing and reading about what's happening in Palestine right now. I don't even know what to do and it all feels hopeless 😔

The situation around Sheikh Jarrah should make everyone angry. For those of you who might not know what’ going on here’s a brief breakdown:

Indigenous Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah, for a very long time, have been fighting lengthy legal battles in Israeli courts against eviction orders which aim to replace these indigenous people with illegal Israeli settlers. 

On May 7th, the illegal Israeli settlers along with courts (an apparatus of Israel’s apartheid regime) have started a campaign to illegally take over the home’s of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah. These families were given until today (May 10th, 2021) to “reach an agreement” with the occupiers. This obviously prompted protests. The IDF has also brutally responded to these protests. Now the world is watching and global protests have started happening.

Some important things to note:

-Sheikh Jarrah belongs to the Palestinian families. It is part of the occupied Palestinian territory, and therefore any Israeli settler presence in it amounts to a war crime under international law. 

-There has been a mountain of UN Security Council resolutions demanding that Israel withdraw from East Jerusalem which Israel continues to ignore.

-This is ethnic cleansing

I know you feel hopeless but here’s what we can do:

-Support BDS (Boycott, Divestments, Sanctions) movements (What”s BDS?) Boycott Israeli products from their colonial settlements

-Understand whats happening in Palestine and the crimes of apartheid/persecution being committed by Israel. (Check out this great report by HRW on the situation) After getting an understanding. SPREAD AWARENESS. Especially in the US. This is key to combatting Evangelical propaganda and Israeli lobbyists. Do this through social media.

-Contact your local reps and pressure them to stop giving Israel military funding or any form of financial support. Fight against zionist lobbyists such as AIPAC or Christians United for Israel.

-Donate if you can. Here’s a few links. If you can add more (reputable) donation links to this, I ask that you please do. 

International Medical Corps

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

Grassroots Al-Quds

I found this great twitter thread of donation links

Here is another

This is a start and we can honestly make change happen. I personally believe social media outrage coupled with supporting the BDS movement is a great way for you to help even by sitting at home. 

Most of all, it’s important to spread awareness.

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Israel is currently using WHITE PHOSPHORUS, an internationally banned weapon, on civilians in Gaza.

Israel is currently using WHITE PHOSPHORUS, an internationally banned weapon, on civilians in Gaza.

Israel is currently using WHITE PHOSPHORUS, an internationally banned weapon, on civilians in Gaza.

Israel is currently using WHITE PHOSPHORUS, an internationally banned weapon, on civilians in Gaza.

Israel is currently using WHITE PHOSPHORUS, an internationally banned weapon, on civilians in Gaza.

Israel is currently using WHITE PHOSPHORUS, an internationally banned weapon, on civilians in Gaza.

Israel is currently using WHITE PHOSPHORUS, an internationally banned weapon, on civilians in Gaza.

Israel is currently using WHITE PHOSPHORUS, an internationally banned weapon, on civilians in Gaza.

Israel is currently using WHITE PHOSPHORUS, an internationally banned weapon, on civilians in Gaza.

Israel is currently using WHITE PHOSPHORUS, an internationally banned weapon, on civilians in Gaza.

Israel is currently using WHITE PHOSPHORUS, an internationally banned weapon, on civilians in Gaza.

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now if only we knew….. of a person in the royal family who has ever before made cruel, blunt and offhanded remarks about a literal baby’s physical appearance….. especially as it concerns certain socially-loaded physical traits………. oh wait lol

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created from a single soul.

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Azealia Banks is being openly transphobic and no one has been speaking about it except for a few trans people who I follow

People have been trying to explain to her in the comments but she just continues to spew TERF ideology.

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I luuuh this

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Snapchat maps world stories is completely just thotty men driving and yelling. the whole world, every fuckin city had the same snap stories

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Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome from Moonlight (2016) win Best Kiss at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards

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infuriating how white women approach feminism when it comes to woc..the way they act like all women are a homogenous group and they will all be liberated in the exact same way…like im begging to understand that so much of white feminism is influenced by a white worldview

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Saw some folks doing the classic “haha hope everyone in the south dies from the ice” type jokes! If you are doing that, fuck you!

Anyway here’s a quick list of some mutual aid groups down south (primarily in TX)

Austin Mutual Aid (link is to their “Kick The Cold” efforts)

Dallas Stops Evictions (Housing justice union; getting in housed people into hotels and with hot meals/hygiene supplies/groceries)

ATX Free Fridge Project (free food around Austin, linktree in their bio)

Street Forum ATX (Austin; trying to get people clothes/blankets/sleeping bags/etc)

DFW Mutual Aid (Dallas-Fort Worth; link tree in bio)

Feed The People Dallas (Dallas mutual aid)

Southern Solidary (New Orleans based; trying to get resources for unhoused people during the freeze)

Please add more if you can!!! There are many more I haven’t listened and am not familiar with!!!