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Boycott Israel Cheat Sheet: Cosmetics, Health and Personal Care

When I began this blog, it was my intention to keep it strictly focused on the art of Palestine, and not to use it as a sounding block for pro-Palestinian politics. This is not to say the two things are unrelated – to the contrary, the art coming out of Palestine and from those living in exile is often explicitly political, and in all cases is shaped by the ongoing occupation of Palestine. My feeling was, and largely still remains, that this is a place for contemplation rather than debate. In light of the latest assault on Gaza, however, I have been doing a lot of talking with friends about BDS. What started as a conversation bemoaning the affiliation of MAC cosmetics with Zionist causes rapidly turned into a project; I spent the better part of a day compiling a list of cosmetics, health and personal care brands to avoid if you’re boycotting Israel, along with alternative products to use.

The process was abysmal. Surely, I have taken care never to underestimate US corporate ties with Israel, but even so, the explicit connections and the vast scope of products involved is frankly demoralizing.  That said, the boycott of Israeli goods is a vital step towards liberation for Palestine, and if you are interested in learning more, visit the BDS website and consult the list below.

A note about the scope and content: I focused on health and beauty items because they are the items I use most in my daily life, and because my friends – who seem disproportionately to be incredibly beautiful and well-groomed femmes – wanted to know about the products they are using. To do an exhaustive list is impossible at this juncture, though I hope to make lists focused on different sales arenas in the future. Topically, it bears repeating that Palestine is a feminist issue – we as women and/or feminist advocates should remember this as we make choices about the kind of products we buy for our bodies.

The list is after the cut, please share widely! 

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there is something so darkly comical about tumblr potentially outliving twitter

tumblr, which is held together with duct tape and madness, run by three raccoons in blood stained Yahoo! hats and a handful of crabs, its only discernible source of income the sale of shoelaces from an inside joke so inside no one knows the original source anymore and fake blue checkmarks... that website still lives on

truly the cockroach of social media and I love it for that

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ok so i know i’ve posted a lot about this, but i need fandom to remember and understand why ek johnston is NOT a good choice to continue telling stories within the gffa

1. she wrote a book series about how colonialism was good

it was an au, futuristic version of the british empire that never fell and somehow eradicated racism because queen victoria arranged the marriages of her children to the leaders of the countries she was colonizing - and this somehow led to a world where racism didn’t exist anymore but a colonial empire still did. i wish i was making this up, but i’m not

2. she wrote a different book series that appropriated west asian history and lore - retelling stories that weren’t hers to retell

the book series is set in an alternate universe that is supposed to be the “middle east”. her version of the region is depicted as oppressive to women, dangerous, and exotic, like many other harmful depictions that have had lasting negative impacts. despite her statements that she wanted this to be empowering, the series is filled with blatant orientalism - including the common western supremacist themes about the middle east as a place where daughters are worth less than sons, and husbands not allowing their wives to speak outside their homes, etc. extremely condescending and wildly offensive

3. her commentary about where she would like to take barriss offee’s story and her desire to write more terrorism

when fans became upset over this, and brought up the harm and bigotry present, she responded by telling us all to “take a deep breath”

yeah.

4. instances of racial stereotyping in her previous star wars books

from designing an entire clan of criminals after a south/west asian family, to stating that they all looked exactly the same, to taking one of the only handmaidens of color and giving her a criminal history and describing her as a “conwoman”, when all her white handmaidens have prestigious and privileged backgrounds, to her plans to write barriss offee under an islamophobic narrative - and that’s just a few

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The world to me:

Calm your tits

Me:

😤😤😤

#unhinged #my boobs fall out of things #don’t fucking tell me what to do #chaos tiddies

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just an artist's lil ✨wishful thinking✨

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incorrect bobadin (2/??)

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Gandalf: I’m a very creative person.

Elrond: What do you create?

Gandalf: Chaos.

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bonus:

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hi here are some doodles of my jedi oc kota. he’s a fun guy he’s a dilf and he’s thirty bad seconds away from his next dark side moment at any given time. please appreciate him

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not enough men named hieronymus these days

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‘Leia’

The art of Terese Nielsen, for the packaging of ‘Star Wars: Miniatures’

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We love impractical fashion moments. Yes fennec is a professional assassin, YES her hair looks like it takes 2hrs to style every morning. So? Ok thought I just had while typing this but do we think boba knows how to French braid

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Fulcrum

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Ahsoka vs. hair

There’s that one clone wars episode where Padme just casually pops off her wig at the end of her day at the senate and I’m still shook about it.

(if anyone knows which episode it is, please tell me because I never found it again)

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