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the-garbanzo-annex-jr · 8 months

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The Guardian was the only international media outlet to cover the publication of an open letter that was recently signed by a number of “Palestinian intellectuals, artists and other public figures” in condemnation of the antisemitic remarks made by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at an August session of the Fatah Revolutionary Council.

However, unable to simply unequivocally denounce Abbas’ repugnant speech, the 96 signatories also used the letter to attack so-called “Israeli settler colonialism” and to spread the well-worn apartheid libel.

As reported by The Guardian’s Bethan McKernan, the signees include individuals such as “Rashid Khalidi, the historian, Dana el-Kurd, the political scientist, and Sam Bahour, the prominent businessman,” who all apparently “condemn the morally and politically reprehensible comments” made by the octogenarian leader.

Yet, as is par the course for the publication’s longtime Jerusalem correspondent, McKernan was selective about what information she included in the piece.

A quick examination of the missive reveals the signatories comprise a who’s who of Palestinian antisemites, including writer Refaat Alareer, who has repeatedly compared Israel to Nazi Germany and once posted online that Zionism and Nazism “are two cheeks of the same dirty arse,” Democrat Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, whose hatred of the Jewish state has frequently crossed the line into antisemitism, and Ubai Aboudi, a convicted member of the PFLP terrorist organization.

Read Israellycool’s in-depth piece for more details about other names attached to the letter.

On further researching the backgrounds of some of the other individuals who signed the letter, we were disappointed to discover that someone who works for a highly influential international media outlet and frequently reports on Israel and the Palestinian territories was apparently a signatory.

After looking into the circumstances of how the journalist ended up being associated with this letter, we found out that their name had been added allegedly without their knowledge. The journalist, who we are not identifying, later contacted the letter organizers and had their name removed.

It is not wholly clear why this person was erroneously included among the letter’s signatories, but the fact that at least one signature has been called into question and erased raises further questions surrounding the credibility of the entire letter.

Were any of the other 96 names added without their knowledge and in the hope they wouldn’t notice or care?

And will The Guardian ever do any due diligence before republishing this letter or any other like it?

#the guardian #anti abbas letter #antisemitism #palestinian intellectuals

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doddloddle · 6 years

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#dodie #dodie clark #doddleoddle #doddlevloggle #dodes #leadley #bethan #musicalbethan #iamleadley #pals #musical bethan

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blurhawaii · 4 years

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yuletide 2020

dear yuletide writer,

hello and happy yuletide! i’m pretty sure my letters get longer and longer every year and yet i’m still terrible at putting what i like into words. just know that the prompts are just suggestions--if you’ve got something else in mind, go for it. and sorry this is so disjointed.

likes:

dysfunctional relationships eg. codependency, messed up father/son dynamics, enemies to lovers, power imbalances.

vulnerability in men, uncertain intimacy.

UST, slow burn, first times.

magical realism/cosmic horror. weird hints of it in an otherwise normal universe.

redemption arcs.

found family.

big loyalty kink. love it when trust is earned and kept.

praise kink.

open and honest communication between partners.

polyamory. it’s the journey of them getting together and making it work that interests me the most. or how a couple goes about bringing in a third person.

stories set in canon. or a divergence of canon. fix-it fics.

dark/bleak fics. don’t be afraid to drag characters through the mud. happy endings are welcome but i like the struggle.

i’m fine with anything from gen to porn but would be happiest with something in the middle.

canon typical violence is fine and to be expected from some of my choices.

characters and their relationships are more important than plot for me.

dislikes:

AUs that are completely disconnected from canon e.g. high school, coffee shop AUs.

established relationships

crossovers

genderbending

feminisation of male characters

fics that are entirely fluff

A/B/O fics

PWP

mpreg

first person fics (i have no problem with second person fics tho if you think that could work.)

The Departed (2006) *Billy Costigan *Sean Dignam

one of my favourite films ever. i request it every year so you can't really go wrong with this as i'm just thirsty for anything.

most of my love is for dignam and his tough love attitude towards his job and the undercovers he's responsible for. i am endlessly endeared by his wild card quality, expletive fueled speech and hair trigger temperament. the father/son relationship with queenan that’s contrasted against billy’s father/son relationship with queenan. his complete disregard for everyone else in that office, especially sullivan. and how despite all of that, it's obvious that he cares. i don't think you could do a job like that and not care, and it’s those few and rare moments where we see him soften around billy --we need you, pal-- that's what i would like to see more of. that juxtaposition of good cop/bad cop coming from the same guy. shipping fic is preferred but whatever you are comfortable with is fine. due to the nature of the film i am perfectly comfortable with violence and the screwed up relationship they are bound to have. the friction born of the situation vs the fact that they need each other to get through this is what i am all about.

things that really get me with these two: codependency, power imbalances, the enemies to lovers trope, vulnerability, the whole constructing intricate rituals which allow you to touch the skin of other men thing they have going on, as seen in the gif above.

fics where billy survives are my usual go-to. i'd love something that explores the angst of billy's ‘where the hell were you when i needed you’ reaction towards dignam following queenan’s death all the way up to the ending, and beyond that assuming billy lives.

i’ve spent far too much time thinking about the line --why don’t we just meet up, sweetheart, let me buy you an ice cream. the jokey seriousness of it just kills me. if you can somehow write that happening in a believable, in character fic you would earn my eternal respect. whether that’s a clandestine meeting during billy’s undercover period or some kind of post-film scenario where dignam makes good on his promises, i have no idea.

daemon au - very curious how this would impact going undercover. daemons expressing feelings that the characters otherwise can’t. the intimacy of touching/comforting each other’s daemons.

soulmate au - either having their names on each other or their first words. this is admittedly a longshot but interests me for the same reason the daemon au does, because i’d love to see how this would work in a universe where you’re undercover.

time loop/groundhog day fic where things go better. or worse, i guess.

Godless (TV 2017)

*Roy Goode *Bill McNue *Alice Fletcher

i’m a massive fan of westerns. the harsh way of life, the violence, the isolation, drawn out revenge plots, the murkiness of good vs evil or sheriff vs anti-hero, the importance of honour and heroism and how that differs for men and women, especially in this universe and its town full of widows. having said all that, i’m still very much a sucker for cool cowboys in a shallow female way.

my favourite thing to do is turn every love triangle into an ot3. so i’d love a fic post canon where roy comes back once he realises his found family is just as important as his real family. i imagine bill would try to do the gentlemanly thing of bowing out and letting roy and alice be together but i’d love for alice to have the agency of choice, getting to have her cake and eating it too by choosing both roy and bill. however you jigsaw them together my main thing here is that i don’t want bill to get left out.

i feel the roy/bill aspect in particular could be explored a lot more. i love the earned mutual respect and how easily they move around each other during the gunfight at the end. (bill’s deteriorating eyesight side plot fascinates me, how it goes with his loss of purpose and comes back when teaming up with roy to defend the town.) the usual ideas of western masculinity get all twisted around when roy and bill are in the presence of alice and they both seem kind of subby towards her, which yes please. the way alice kisses the scar she gave roy and the fact that he simply lets her is *chef kiss*

i’m actually very okay with letting them be soft with each other after all of their tragedy.

honest communication between partners could work wonders here.

Locke (2013)

*Ivan Locke *Donal

i honestly think this film is an underappreciated masterpiece. a hour and a half long car ride that's totally compelling, and it's all down to tom hardy and his welsh accent that's not even welsh. of all the relationships broken down, strengthened, or tentatively started, it's the one between ivan and donal that interests me the most. you're given just enough background to know there is a history between these two. whether donal is his right hand man on the project or is just an assistant that effectively gets promoted because he's the only one still there willing to take ivan's call. either way, there's trust there, on top of the shared knowledge of donal's capacity to get drunk on the job --this has clearly been a problem before-- but ivan still trusts him enough to get his baby of a building built when he can't be there personally, and that fascinates me.

the film ends very much in a lurch and i can't bring myself to see the ending in a positive light. a baby with a woman he doesn't particular like is not a recipe for a fresh start and i honestly can't see ivan not following up on the progress of his building.

i have this image of ivan sleeping on donal's couch because his wife won't take him back, bethan realises she just wants the baby and not him, he's lost his job and he has nowhere else to go and so he's just backseat driving this buildings construction through donal’s position. you've got this man who's lost everything and an alcoholic just wallowing together, maybe clinging to the idea that with this buildings success, they can fix themselves.

i also ship it and if you manage to take it in that direction i would be totally into that too. i guess i'm just looking for something post film with these two.

i don't know anything about concrete farming tho so feel free to fudge that as much as you need to.

The Boys (TV 2019)

*Billy Butcher *Homelander

what i like about this show is that it’s dark, it’s violent and the relationships between the characters are about as fucked up and convoluted as you can get. i am specifically interested in the relationship between billy and homelander and how the power is constantly shifting. i’d love something that just takes into account every horrible reason why they want to kill each but also all the reasons why they haven’t. ship fic is more than welcome.

details that interest me the most:

all the bizarre family dynamics - their shared bad relationships with their fathers. loved the scene where billy learns about homelander’s childhood and how that tiny humanising moment might affect his view of the man. especially in season 2 where we see them both interacting with ryan. love the inverse of homelander trying to be a good dad and billy wanting absolutely nothing to do with the kid. i wish we could have seen more of the dynamic immediately following the cliffhanger at the end of season 1. what happened between that moment and billy waking up somewhere else. maybe some kind of bizarre hostage situation family in this small suburban home.

i am fascinated by the idea of having the buffer of both becca and ryan between them. not being able to kill each other at the end of season 1 because of the deal becca made, and then again at the end of season 2 with homelander not wanting to be seen as a villain in front of ryan. maybe billy doesn’t ship ryan off at the end of season 2. maybe he thinks he can keep him safest by raising him himself and you get this weird co-dadding situation where the kid is the only thing keeping them from killing each other.

the public cleaning of the slate post-season 2 with billy not being a wanted man any more and homelander having to appear as a united front with the seven. would love something with billy pushing things in public because homelander can’t do anything about it.

homelander’s desperation to be loved. the potential of obsessive one sided relationships.

thank you writer and best of luck.

#yuletide #yuletide 2020

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nanaaa02 · 3 years

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Chloe Ferry squeezes her very ample assets into a TINY designer bikini top and matching skirt as she soaks up the sun during Portugal getaway

She jetted off to Portugal earlier this week alongside pals Abbie Holborn, Sophie Kasaei and Bethan Kershaw.

And Chloe Ferry put on an eye-popping display on Friday as she squeezed her very ample assets into a tiny bikini as she soaked up the sun during her getaway.

The Geordie Shore star, 25, wowed in a brown Louis Vuitton bikini top and matching skirt as she hit the beach with co-star Bethan. Chloe ensured all eyes were on her as she displayed her incredible physique in the tiny two-piece as she made her way along a walkway and headed toward the golden sand. เกมสล็อต

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harryisntstraight · 6 years

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Bethan I love you too!! And harry always harry, but he's so great isn't he?? He's like that big brother I've always wanted, I feel like he's there for me yanno? But also loooooving how out there and how strange he is because I sometimes wonder if we'd be friends if we went to the same school bc I always think he'd be waaayy too popular and cool for me but then I think again and it's like no...he'd be super weird, we'd be best friends obviously!! Hope you've had a nice day!!!

u gonna make me CRY!!!!!!!! he is literally the biggest fucking strange dork in the world and would absolutely be ya pal. i have a had a lovely day even lovelier now harry is out there doing that, hope you have too!!!!!

#Anonymous

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ryanlennox-77 · 6 years

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Would you ever be friends with Katie again

Not now no, definetly not when with Bethan, would totally fuck things up, and don't plan leavin Bethan so don't plan being pals with Katie

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shima-draws · 7 years

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I wanna make a bethan fanvid so badly but I can't for the life of me find anywhere to get the episodes aaAA

SAME THO…literally the only place I’ve been able to find it is on Netflix and. Ghh it’s frustrating.

If anyone can lend a hand and tell this wonderful person (and me) where to get some good quality downloads of MBAV lemme know!!

Anonymous said: Omg I love all your mbav headcanons esp trans ethan & pan benny and I actually got ready player one yesterday because I saw you talking about it and I’m so excited to start it as soon as I finish my summer reading

AAAA TY!! I love…pan Benny it fits so well and.

Omg that’s so exciting! I really hope you enjoy it, it’ll definitely be more fun to read than a summer homework assignment lol

Anonymous said: i kind of ship benny and rory but bethan will always be my number one ship so i wanna ask besides bethan what are your other mbav ships and when did you start drawing and drawing benny and ethan and watching/liking mbav

Ooh boy me too!! Ronny’s a really cute ship but Bethan will always be the top fave for me ^^ They’d be super adorable but like. God honestly I’m too attached to Bethan to see either of them with anyone else really

Hmm…other ships? Let’s see

Ethan/Sarah is cute, I think I like them better platonically tho. Same goes for Benny/SarahI ship Sarah and Erica a lot! Vampire girlfriendsI also really like Rorica :’) You can blame the Blood Drive episode for that but yeah Rory’s just so cute how he follows her around like a puppy, imagine how he’d be if she actually returned his affections ya knowI can’t ship Ethan and Rory that’s too weird lol I can only see them as close pals, nothin moreI don’t think I’ve ever shipped Bennica I just. While I love Erica I just don’t think she’d treat Benny right and they’d always get on each other’s nerves it would just be a bad time overall so yeah;;I do like the idea of an OT3 with Ethan, Benny and Sarah tho it would be really cute!! The boys would treat her so well and each other and she’d always protect them and have their backs it would be super good!

Aaaaand yeah I think that’s it :0

I started watching MBAV waaaaay back in middle school, about when the movie first came out actually :0 I wasn’t really there when the seasons were being released but I did watch them afterward! So yeah since 2011 so that’s like. Five, six years I’ve liked the show? I’ve kinda been there since the beginning so that’s cool.

I actually didn’t start really drawing Benny and Ethan until about a month ago. I mean very rarely I’d draw them in my sketchbook but I hated the way I couldn’t get their appearances right…until now! Now I’ve had more practice and I’ve developed a lot as an artist so it’s easier for me :’)

Anonymous said: hi im a big bethan and mbav fan they’re my otp ship and i love the show so much and miss it and benny is my fav i love him so much hes my crush and i want a season 3 so badly but anyway so i want to ask when did you start shipping bethan and what are your fav moments between them in the movie and show and what are your fav episodes of season 1 and 2 ps i also ship erica and rory they so cute aslo low key ship benny and sarah a little bit lastly please write more mbav fanfiction

Hi!! Me too, wow…

Benny is the big fave and I’ll be honest I had the BIGGEST crush on him back in middle school sjnfdj

I’m still hoping for season 3 too, at this point I don’t think it’s gonna happen but there might be a sliver of a chance for another movie so!! I’ll hold on to that hopeApparently Vanessa knows what happens after the cliffhanger of the season 2 finale but she’s not allowed to say anything about it!! Which is frustrating but it’s kinda cool that she knows what happens to everybody!

Hmmm…I think I started shipping Bethan after I stumbled across some decently-written fanfiction of them :0 At that point I was just getting into shipping in general beyond the “Oh those two are cute together” sort of phase, so yeah! Slowly but surely they wormed their way into my heart and now they’re one of my top OTPs!

GUH-OSH I have a LOT of favorite moments but uhh lemme see*When Ethan helps Benny into the car after he got hit in the movie*The whole entire seeing Sarah as a vampire scene. Mmmm*When Benny leaps in to rescue Ethan from Jesse even though he’s still injured*“You went to the bathroom together?” also “You took a shower at the same time?” “Different showers, Rory! Different!”*When Ethan’s dragging Benny along at the party*When Benny tries to touch Sarah to get a vision and Ethan slaps his hand away lol*The part where they’re cuddling in the cage after the whole love potion fiasco (duh, that’s the most obvious one)*When Benny gently guides Ethan into his closet to help him after he was temporarily deafened by the siren’s attack*Benny freaking out about the whole “geek brain” thing in the Frankenstein hockey player episode*How Ethan got really worried about Benny when he got bit by a zombie*How Benny got really worried about Ethan when he got bit by Jesse*When Benny pretends to be Sarah and Ethan asks him on a date and his dad walks in on them flirting lmfao*Evil Benny. Just. In general (especially when he’s like “I want my own evil best friend”)*First episode of season 2 when they’re talking by their lockers and Benny summons that chick :’) I just really liked that scene it’s so cute*When they’re making noodles together and have pink aprons on*”You can do it, magic man.”*When Benny helps to pull Ethan out of the mirror*That time when Benny was in the shopping cart “Ethan, this pizza is topped with another pizza!” Also right after when they got beat up by children lol*When Ethan was speaking to Benny through his gym shorts //sniggers*And also this is kinda sad but when Benny promised to uphold his bet with Ethan about asking Sarah out and plans to give him $100 in coins (I think it was that much? Idk) I think it’s funny how Benny gave him an entire YEAR to ask her out and he waited until the last day pfffpt

Favorite episode of season 1: Tie between Double Negative and Smells Like TroubleFavorite episode of season 2: Siren Song

Mhmm! I have a couple of oneshots I have lined up, idk when I’ll finish them but hopefully it’ll be sometime soon!

#MBAV #My Babysitter's A Vampire #Ethan Morgan #Benny Weir #Bethan #Rory Keaner #Sarah Fox #Erica Jones #Whew sorry for the overload #You guys ask a lot of questions #Also there's too many Bethan moments for me;; I love them all #Shima answers questions #Ask #Anon ask #Long post

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motherofkittens94 · 8 days

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tagged by @a-mountain-girl

Answer & tag 9 people you want to know better or catch up with.

Favorite color: pink

Last song I listened to: too sweet hozier

Last film I watched: Abigail

Currently reading: city of stardust

Currently watching: rewatching got ive reached season 4

Coffee or tea: Tea

tagged @myrxellabaratheon @softironman @lyledebeast

#personal stuff #bethans pals #shut up bethan

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pubtheatres1 · 7 years

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18-22, ATTRACTIVE, INSECURE by Bethan Leyshon & Elaine O’Dwyer Etcetera Theatre, 21st – 25th August 2017 Presented by Grean Theatre Part of the Camden Fringe ‘Very strong production, they will go far’ ★★★★ 18-22, Attractive, Insecure is really well written, really well directed, and really well performed. Beth Leyshon and Elaine O'Dwyer lay down their Celtic pride from the moment they enter. The show is about two girls, pen pals when they were younger, who come to live and follow their dreams in this big city of London that is so far away from everything they've ever known. Skipping past the settling down transitional phase (although there is a lovely Celtic vibe to the short unpacking pre-show scene), the action starts when they've clearly been in London a while. One is organised and driven, one is more carefree and seems to have the luck of the Irish, but they are equally proud of their roots and equally stubborn. It's an interesting exploration into friendship under difficult circumstances and the audience find themselves rooting for both girls equally. All except one sudden, seemingly out of character, near-violent moment, it is a completely plausible script. The set design, with marked out areas for bedrooms and communal areas, is clear and clever and they use it well. It is a good concept as it allows us to see the goings on behind closed bedroom doors. Also, the lighting cues were spot on. Both girls being recent graduates, it is nice to see they have used this as a chance to show their range of talent – singing, guitar, languages and accents are all involved without being a distraction or feeling forced. O’Dwyer plays the more laidback of the two, and she has a lovely stage presence and a very good, natural, emotional journey. She also has enviable, beautiful red hair. Leyshon’s character is the complete opposite – organised yet super supportive, but then feeling taken advantage of. She plays the part very convincingly, with a phone call scene to her mother and later to her boyfriend being especially emotive. There is little fault to this production, as mentioned before, it is well covered in all areas. Directors Grainne Byrne and Emily Cameron have not left any detail unnoticed, and as a result this realistic friendship journey is realistic without being boring or predictable. It may have been nice to see all problems resolved at the end, as it finished on a bittersweet note. But perhaps there is no definite ending here; there are many different ways a friendship can go when put under too much pressure. One thing’s for sure – people shouldn’t forget their friends or forget who they are. Nor should these actors. The production was very strong and they deserved a much bigger audience than they had on the night this was reviewed but they will certainly go very far. H. Hemming is a professional actress writing under a pseudonym

#18-22 #ATTRACTIVE #INSECURE Etcetera Theatre Camden Fringe Review

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