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thinking of Palestine. thinking about Palestinian art and artists, the hopes and dreams of Palestinians, Palestinian traditions, Palestinian music, Palestinian writers and their stories, Palestinian children, Palestinian adults, Palestinian homes, Palestinian food, and everyone in Palestine right now.

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here. take it. it doesn't take more than two seconds to help.

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In Rachel Corrie’s last email to her family, she told her father she didn’t feel as if she were in danger. She spoke of plans to return home and continue traveling the world. She asked him what he thought she should do with the rest of her life. She believed she had so much more time. Rachel Corrie gave up the time she had left to protect Palestinian families. Men, women, children who did not have the privilege she did. Privilege that she bet her life on and was killed for. Rachel Corrie was killed by Israeli soldiers because she cared about people being murdered.

#remember her name #talk about her #twenty years is not nearly long enough for us to forget #free palestine #free gaza #please read her emails #she talks about her time in Gaza #and the things she saw there #in a way that shows you how horrific it really was #still is #and she speaks on the privilege she has #because israeli soldiers wouldn’t shoot a white woman #an American citizen #(but apparently they’ll run her over with a bulldozer #until her heart stops beating in her chest)

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poem by Rachel Corrie 1979-2003 (american activist killed in Gaza)

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“self immolation as a form of extreme political protest has a long history all over the world, and aaron bushnell’s death should not be discussed solely as a suicide”

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“people who are already hurting and vulnerable can do more to help while they are still alive than they could in death, and should not repeat aaron bushnell’s actions”

are statements that can and must coexist, actually.

he felt that he was complicit in genocide as an active duty us service member, and, to an extent, he was. but also as an active duty service member, he was legally not allowed to quit his job as a member of the military.

his final act was to take drastic measures to draw attention to a genocide that many people in this country are turning a blind eye towards, and i commend him for his sacrifice. it should be honored and remembered.

that doesn’t mean i want anyone to feel that they should follow in his footsteps.

he should not have been made, by nature of his employment, to feel that he was complicit in genocide, because those in power should not be funding and supporting it in the first place. but they are doing so, and he made it clear that did feel that way. we can’t change that. that doesn’t give us the right to dismiss and ignore his actions.

“this [genocide] is what our ruling class has decided is normal.” and it shouldn’t be.

keep bushnell’s message in mind as you organize. protest, fundraise, call your representatives. these are actions that have a tangible effect. and they do far more to help than dying.

but i’m not going to condemn him, just as i’m not going to condemn the likes of thích quảng đức. i’m not going to say that his death was worthless, because it brought undeniable attention to the matter at hand, despite attempts by american media to gloss over why he did what he did.

i understand where people are coming from — self immolation is a deeply disturbing thing to witness, even blurred. i was very deeply affected by the video. but that’s exactly why he did it; to get through to people that this matters.

i don’t want anyone else to die, either. but remembering aaron bushnell and what he died for is not synonymous with encouraging suicide.

his last words were “free palestine” and, as people living in countries that are funding extermination, it is our job to carry on that cry until palestine is free.

that means living to see it through. ensure that he did not die in vain.

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Oakland, California

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A little gift~ 🍎📻

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ARE WE IGNORING THE CANON WLW BLACK CLOVER RELATIONSHIP RIGHT NOW!? I JUST CAUGHT UP AND I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY IM THE ONLY ONE FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW 

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I just found out that people aren’t freaking out about the wlw in black clover because “they’re demon worshippers” like,,,, is that a turn off for you? sorry, can’t relate

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so was anyone gonna tell me that black clover has a wholeass lesbian filler arc