Not people saying āFandom has always been like thisā in that vent post I made. No. It hasnāt always been like this. Fandom has NEVER been like this until recently and if you were in fandom pre-tumblr purge, pre-twitter, pre-netflix boom, pre-tiktokā¦.then you would fucking know it was nothing like this.
We still had the drive to create. We still sold prints and charms and made zinesā¦but it was never like this.
The introduction of streaming, binge shows that drop all at once, tiktok and vine RIP i still love u vine but you were the beginning of a particularly ugly era) creating this bite sized, quick paced ācontentā era of creation and it bled out into fucking everything else.
Fandoms didnāt die down when the show ended or the season was over. You didnāt mass unfollow artist, writers or moots just because they changed fandoms. There wasnāt this need to please the algorithm in order for your posts to get seen by people and enjoyed.
Fandoms used to last YEARS. Star Trek is literally the oldest running fandom out there and you got people in there that could care less about the new stuff and still have been happily prancing through their fucking fifty year old fandom today. Hell, even SPN after all itās fuckups and shitshows has a dedicated fanbase STILL creating tons of art and fic.
There is no patience anymore. No calm feeling of taking in fandom and friends at a pace that which doesnāt make you stressed and is still fun.
Do I blame fandom for this? Of course not, but people are complacent with it and start changing their vocab to accommodate and end up making the situation so deep it cant be fixed.
We call Art & Fic Content now, completely stripping the value of what it is to a level of consumerism instead of personal entertainment & community bonding.
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FundsForGaza is a page of a rotating list of fundraisers for Gazans - individuals and families who are in Gaza right now and facing genocide.
It is explained in more detail in this post from the official instagram account, but to quickly summarise, six verified fundraisers are highlighted at a time, allowing you to provide direct support without being overwhelmed by the amount of fundraisers, worrying about outdated information, or falling for scams.
Sharing this link and, if you are able to, donating even one dollar to one of the fundraisers listed will make a direct difference.
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the way the war in gaza has been constantly about targeting flour, targeting hospitals, targeting universities, targeting water containers, targeting anything that brings life in order to "thin out the population" and "encourage palestinians to move to tent cities in egypt"
and then you have western media readily calling it a "humanitarian crisis" therefore fulfilling israel's goal of manufacturing a humanitarian crisis. this entire war was with the purpose of collectively punishing a civilian population of 50% children. that's why it was immediately understood and labelled as a genocide by multiple genoide scholars, by the lemkin institute, and is currently on trial for genocide at the hague
like the starvation and the blocking of aid and the dropping of parachuted MREs to just barely salvage the reputation of a few politicians is not a byproduct of the war. it's not collateral damage. it is a central pillar of the genocide. acquiescing to israelis blocking aid by building ports and dropping pallets of food means acquiescing to famine as a strategy instead of trying to stop it. famine is not collateral damage, it is a central pillar of genocide. killing children is not collateral damage. it is a central pillar of the genocide. we don't need hindsight to say this plainly, anyone who denies it now is another pillar of genocide.
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Fundraiser masterpost
This is a masterpost for the evacuation fundraisers I've vetted so far, a few other fundraisers I find trustworthy but have not been able to vet (inability to communicate with the organizer), and a few semi-completed fundraisers or fundraisers for a different purpose (like house rebuilding, or aid distribution). The numbers next to the names have no significance beyond ease of navigation for me for when I check their progress in the future. Occasionally I will update these with new info.
VETTED FAMILY ESCAPE FUNDRAISERS
Walaa Abusamra (1). 10 family members. 13k out of 80k ā¬.
Ezzideen Shehab (2). 6 family members. 3.7k out of 32.5k ā¬.
Madleen Abu Jayyab (3). 4 family members. 4k out of 70k USD.
Jehad Shehada (4). 1 individual. 1.7k out of 15k CAD.
Aser Alassar (5). 5 family members. 258k out of 550k SEK. Or 24k out of 51k USD.
My friend Mona Abu Hamda (6). 9 family members. 52k out of 75k USD.
Mohammed Shamia (7). 7 family members. 1.9k out of 35k USD.
Abdullah Al-Saghir (8). 9 family members. 65k out of 100k ā¬.
Randa Abubakr (9). 6 family members. 10.1k out of 14k ā¬.
Fadi Alshrafi (10). 9 family members. 40k out of 85k USD.
Osama Abdelrahman. (11). 9 family members. 27k out of 45k ā¬.
Alhaw family and the Albittar family (12). Between 18 and 12 family members. 1.9k out of 90k ā¬. (EXTREMELY LOW, NEEDS FUNDS)
Verified Fundraiser by Palestine Asdiqa to help a malnourished baby with cerebral palsy. (13) 6.3k out of 31k USD.
Rana Abu Ahmed (14). 6 family members. 63.8k out of 66k CAD. NEARLY COMPLETE.
Mohammed Abu Matar (15). 6 family members. 5k out of 34k CAD.
Moataz Abu Sakran (16). 3 family members. 10.4k out of 20k $.
Ayah Abu Sidu (17). 10 family members. 15.2k out of 50.4k USD.
Said Fadel (18). 7 family members. 19k out of 50k USD.
Tasneem Nabil Musa (19). 7 family members (ALL INJURED, NEED MEDICAL CARE.) 13.2k out of 50k USD
Belal Azmi Msallam (20). 14 family members. 7.1k out of 160k AUD.
Mortaja Family (21). 11 family members. 28k out of 70k ā¬.
Abu Ramadan family (22). 14 family members. 10k out of 148k ā¬.
Mai Rajab (23). 42.3k out of 50k USD (CLOSE TO COMPLETION)
Amal Abu Shammala (24). 4 family members. 33.1k out of 42k ā¬.
Maryam & family (25). 29.5k out of 50k USD.
Haneem Abdelhalim (26). 8 family members. 31k out of 40k USD raised.
Ahmed Masoud (27). 12 family members. 8.3k out of 60k ā¬.
Mohammed Fareed (28). 21.7k out of 60k CAD.
Lena Nofal (29). 32.7k out of 35k ā¬ (NEARLY COMPLETE)
Rasheda Alfaiomy (30). 6+ family members. 22.3k out of 65k USD.
Ula El Hindi (31). 1+ individuals. 8.2k out of 15k ā¬.
Muhammad Safi (32). 5+ family members. 4k out of 30k BP.
Yazan Khalaf (33). 18 family members. 12.4k out of 40k USD.
Afaf Masoud (34). 5+ family members. 55.1k out of 75k ā¬.
Motasem Khayal (35). 5 family members. 442 out of 43k ā¬ (26.5k needed for escape.)
Youseff Abu Saeed (36). 3 family members (1 is already out for treatment). 154k out of 200k USD.
Abdulaziz & Abdullah, escape & surgery (37). 2+ family members (1 has already been treated). 95k out of 150k BP.
Nadine Abdullatif (38). 8 family members. 103k out of 130k AUD.
Sami Salhab (39). 6 family members (5 already evacuated). 13.1k out of 26k ā¬.
Jehad Al Ghandour (40). 5 family members (1 already evacuated). 30.6k out of 100k USD.
Mahmoud Algharabli (41). 16 family members (4 already evacuated). 48k out of 57.6k USD.
Dr. Marah & family (42). 2+ family members. 5.1k out of 40k USD.
Khaled Alshabrawi (43). 5 family members. 1.4k out of 35k ā¬ (25k needed for escape, but will begin with 10k for stable housing).
Muhammad Osama Alzaq (44). 5 family members. 2.1k out of 60k BP.
Mohammed Wishah (45). 7 family members + 1 pet. 2.3k out of 71.5k ā¬.
Muhe Ayman (46). 5+ family members. 3.6k out of 60k ā¬. (CAUTION: If you scroll down in the GFM there are photos of mutilated and dead babies.)
Ottawa4Palestineās vetted fundraiser spreadsheet (76 different families with listed fundraisers)
UNVETTED, BUT HIGHLY LIKELY LEGITIMATE ESCAPE FUNDRAISERS:
Rasha family (1). 5 family members. 483 out of 15k ā¬ (EXTREMELY LOW, NEED FUNDS)
Natasha Matar (2). 14 family members. 18.1k out of 200k CAD (140k needed for escape).
Islam Daher (3). 6 family members. 2.3k out of 50k CAD.
Qasim Al-Kafarneh (4). 12 family members. 5.7k out of 80k AUD.
Ahmed M. Saleh (5). 4 family members. 7.8k out of 35k ā¬.
Salwa Zarifa (6). 4 family members. 1.6k out of 50k ā¬.
Moutasem Quffa (7). 6+ family members. 7k out of 65k ā¬.
OTHER FUNDRAISERS:
Eman Abdel Rahman. Need help rebuilding home and access to food. 7.1k out of 42.6k USD.
Ibrahim Adil Osman. All intended beneficiaries have escaped, they just need some financial support to start being stable enough to make money to get more family members to escape.
Abd Al Karim Adnan Alakklouk. Most intended beneficiaries have escaped, they just need some financial support to start a new life and send more family members money to survive.
Samar Elrayih Hydoub. It seems that most family members have been evacuated, but they need an emergency 1.5k for medical expenses.
Bana AZ. All intended beneficiaries have escaped, they just need a bit of support in establishing a new life. (only 866 ā¬ left to meet goal)
Kareem Abu Samra. All intended beneficiaries have been able to escape. They just need support to establish a new life.
Helping the People of Gaza ā Mutual Aid Fund (run by my friend Mona)
Supporting Displaced Families in Gaza (CareForGaza)
Emergency Medical Relief for Gaza Refugees.
Help Sudan Tarada Initiative.
Amer Qudaihās Relief efforts in Gaza.
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