#Like this is not you boycotting something you need to live youre not doing anything but watching or not watching a show which is literally

[surpriserose]

The weirdest reaction to like the writers strike and like...idk the previous media related strikes to me is the people who are like omg guyssss!!! 🥺🥺🥺 dont boycott ANYTHING until people tell you to or else youre HURTING the strike its literally going to be dead in the water if you stop watching a tv show without being told to uwu like god. Shut the fuck up i dont watch shows all the time for no reason if you stop watching a show during a strike its not a boycott youre just...not watching a show even if youre like hey mutuals/oomfies/besties ^_^ dont watch this show because of the strike ^_^ youre literally not doing anything either way. Youre just a couple of people...not watching a show thats not a boycott and why are you so concerned with...reasons to NOT boycott like oh my god god forbid someone actually calls for a boycott and youre like hmmm sorry my comfort character is on that netflix show i cant but i definitely support the strike ^_^

[primofate]

About boycotting Genshin Impact: Natlan skin colour issue and McDonalds.

(Read if you care about these issues and care about what I'm doing.)

If you are only here for a TLDR and want to know if I'm still writing Genshin fanfiction here's the short story: (I appreciate all the encouraging messages and all the love, but I may need to find another platform if things aren't working out here. If that day comes I will surely post over here and let you know where I've gone, but for now, though it is quite unpleasant, I do like and am used to the tumblr format. )

Long post starts here:

Decided to finally say something about this, because I feel like I've read up adequately about things.

First off, to the anon who claimed that I didn't care (who revealed their real identity in my inbox and apologized) I appreciate your bravery and also appreciate the apology. But I'm not going to lie to you, I don't really care for your presence around here, specially after what happened.

About the Natlan issue and the lack of tan/brown/dark skinned colour characters,

I understand why people are upset. I had a conversation with someone about this on tumblr, on how me, myself, I get upset when there is a lack of FEMALE main characters in games (I am mostly talking about the Persona Franchise, the main characters are always MALE, time and time again I always wait for a FEMALE MC, but am always disappointed that it hasn't happened EXCEPT of course, for P3 Portable and P2EP. Finally you had the option to play as Female, but that was it. I mean, it's 2024. WHY is there a lack of FEMALE MC in Persona? Anyhow, that is a different topic altogether.) so I can see how it could be disappointing for POC to see less or even NO characters that are POC.

That part, I totally understand.

All of your actions, boycotting, not rolling, not playing the game, being free to play, I UNDERSTAND all of that.

Now, recently there has been a big issue with Genshin Impact collaborating with McDonalds, because the chain supports Israel (but McDonalds is a franchise... and different owners have different ways of using their ownership of the chain/profit they make off it, so idk how that equals to all McDonalds support Israel. Educate me on this if I'm wrong.) People are saying that they are uninstalling the game because of it.

Again, I UNDERSTAND why you would do that.

I think what I need to address is what I am going to do.

And I'm not gunna lie to you, I don't think I'm going to stop playing the game (and I don't spend much money in game in the first place).

Does it mean that I support the bad situations they've put themselves in or the bad choices they've made? No, but of course there will be people who will say I play the game = I support their thoughts. Can it not just be simply I play the game = I enjoy the game/story?

I am being transparent and I think that's better than some of the people online who keep saying they won't play anymore but you KNOW some of them still do. Like, come on. Don't lie.

If that makes me a bad person according to you judgers out there, then so be it. Who really are you to claim I'm a bad person just because I play a game? Do you know what kinds of things I do in real life? What groups I help out and what organizations I donate to? What really do you know about what I do in real life? Maybe think about that before pointing your finger at someone online, and maybe think about what YOU are doing in real life too, instead of just being keyboard fighters, have you done anything to enhance the lives of other people?

Am I still going to write Genshin fanfiction?

Honestly if I stop doing it, it's because the interaction here on tumblr has been so toxic. LESS people commenting and interacting, I don't really mind much because I enjoy writing in general, I don't do it for you, I do it for me.

I am STILL writing, but at a slower pace because of my real life plus everything that's surrounding the game and the toxicity at the moment. I am even considering not posting on tumblr and just releasing stories like Ruthless Prince, stories that would be available through physical copy or ebooks that you have to pay for (that way I don't get nasty interactions and messages and those who really want to read my stuff can just pay and enjoy it) but as you all know, I'm not money hungry, I still post a lot of free stuff over here, but again, I'm not going to lie, there isn't much reason for me to post on tumblr anymore, specially with all the controversies and attacking going on.

I appreciate all the encouraging messages and all the love, but I may need to find another platform if things aren't working out here. If that day comes I will surely post over here and let you know where I've gone, but for now, though it is quite unpleasant, I do like and am used to the tumblr format.

The End.

[dropoutconfessions]

This is less of a confession

But as someone who's not in the fandom and has only had drop out for a few months I'm confused as to why a lot of people are cancelling their subscription

Has anything specific happened? Have they done/said something bad?/genQ

Cuz i don't want to support them if they are but i also haven't seen anything from their accounts that sounded bad

They haven't said anything bad, nor do I personally believe they need to be boycotted based on their actions (but also I'm not an authority figure of any kind, so whatever, do what you want, live your life)

This particular boycott is over transfem representation within dropout being low. Pretty much the only current show with tranfems regularly on it is Monet's Slumber Party (since Play It By Ear isn't being renewed) so unless you're into drag, there's not much going on for you. A combination of Play It By Ear not being renewed for further seasons and a Dirty Laundry episode where every time anything vaguely sexual was the secret, everyone guessed Persephone Valentine, has also caused some people to start to feel like Dropout isn't as supportive of tranfems as they'd like it to be.

Then you throw in 2 seasons of Misfits & Magic, a dimension 20 season(s) that is inherently related to Harry Potter, and therefore J K Rowling, and therefore TERFs, without having a transfem cast member despite the fact that like, a third of Dropout's regular tranfem rep has been on D20, so they had people to invite (which ofc we don't know if they did or not for sure, but people do believe having a tranfem / jewish person on the cast was important).

People on tumblr have been talking about this for a bit now, among other details (people can add to this in the notes if they want) and due to a lack of an immediate response compared to the last issue that we brought up with dropout, have felt like their best option to be heard was by putting their money where their mouth and canceling their subscription until something changes.

[druidshollow]

hey u can just delete this after you dont need to post or anything

please tag your politics/palestine related things, ik its important but im very prone to paranoia and i don't want it on my feed

sorry to bother ^^'

i willlll try my best to remember but im not going to make any promises, i really do sympathise with you but with the frequency of fundraisers i reblog + the people in my inbox begging to be believed and helped every day i dont think its entirely fair to just turn a blind eye to it, to be honest. ill try to remember to tag it but please if youre going to block the palestine tags you should be mindful of *atleast* boycotting. at the very least. i think that everyone not living in that circumstance should be incredibly grateful that theyre free of genocide

paranoia is certainly a justified reason to want to not see it on your feed, but people on this website have gotten much too comfortable with demanding not to see it in my opinion. people are acting entitled.

not saying you are anon, this was a very polite ask and an understandable one as well. i just get very frustrated when i see posts on my feed like "my tumblr is for fun i shpuldnt have to see it when i dont want to". the entitlement at play here is so unfair and i think these people who get angry about people asking for help in their inboxes seriously need to re-evaluate their priorities.

tldr i will try my best to tag the posts but i *seriously* think that if youre going to look away you should try to be doing something. if you cant donate thats fine. if you dont want to see the posts i suppose thats fine. but you should still be mindful. please boycott. do your daily clicks (seriously do your daily clicks)

[hadesoftheladies]

answering TRA, MRA, and feminist's arguments against separatism speedrun:

-"it's sex segregation"

segregation is organized by the oppressor, separatism is organized by the oppressed. hope this helps.

-"separatism is disconnected from reality"

bad faith take of the propositions of separatism. serious separatism is mainly focused on not participating in the delusion or perpetuation of patriarchy (that is male power and dominance) by divesting from relations that empower it (e.g. relationships with men, marriage, etc) since sex-based oppression is primarily relational. in the sense that it is men who benefit from relationships (sexual or emotional) with women, and women who are disadvantaged in relationships (sexually, emotionally and financially) with men. an ideal form of separatism is escaping to womyn's land, but it is not the only (or most popular) form of separatism. furthermore, patriarchy is not inevitable reality, it is made up bs imposed on us. it is a culture, a way of relating, that can and must be resisted.

think of it as drawing a boundary that excludes people who are prejudiced against you and take more than they are willing to give :)

-"separatism is for lesbians"

. . . the male­-defined concept of woman is one who is sexually for a man, one who is to be fucked by a man. This concept denies women an independent existence. Indeed, 'for a woman to be independent means she can’t be a woman – she must be a dyke'. . . Women cannot overcome their oppression if they cannot imagine surviving it, which is to say, if they cannot imagine themselves as other than men have defined them. -Kate M. Phalen

-"separatism is not intersectional"

you know what isn't intersectional? misogyny. do black women share racial oppression with black men? yeah. black men also share male privilege with white men which is why it hasn't stopped them from betraying black women in support of white male misogyny. same for every other demographic of men.

furthermore, there is little evidence that being with men benefits poor women. if anything, they live in more abuse, are more likely to face domestic violence and sexual assault, and are more likely to be femicide victims. the problem (men) cannot be the solution, regardless. (which is why the lucky ones are rescued by outsiders and taken to shelters, also usually women's only spaces). if women cannot do basic separatism, then they likely can't do any feminist activism (boycotting, petitioning, etc) for the same reasons, which means they are the kind that need rescuing by feminist activists in the first place. (and most of them go to rape or dv shelters, so separatism is still a solution).

also, you can be a separatist and still engage with men on a professional basis, that is, in the corporate sphere and in activism. you can still do other activism with men. you can march with them in the streets. the main concern is not to invest in male hegemony and to focus your energy on female community. (you can still do this if you have sons or are married to a man, even though the most effective mode of separatism is still not marrying or dating men.)

-"separatism is bad/individualist activism and bad for activism"

it would be bad activism for something like "men's rights" but it is absolutely integral to feminist activism. one, because it promotes consciousness-raising, a prerequisite to feminist thinking. most women only see their suffering as deliberate exploitation in women-only spaces. furthermore, most only ever feel free to talk about how this affects/bothers them in separatist circles.

two, because it energizes the community and genuinely empowers them to fight back. not only do women-only spaces inform women, they revitalize and radicalize women, mobilizing them to demand better. there is never going to be female liberation without the de-centering of men. so long as women regard men as default, inevitable, authoritative, they will default to them, their wishes and feelings. which is exactly what patriarchy says women are for. separatism is not only necessary to feminist activism, it empowers all other forms of activism.

-"separatism is a cult/encourages groupthink"

patriarchy is groupthink, lol. male supremacy is an ideology based on nothing but male pee-pee. secondly, separatism has no leaders. that's like saying marching is groupthink. it's group action. furthermore, it is community building. women need women's spaces to create female culture. female culture is needed to fight (mentally and physically) patriarchy. women's spaces are the only places where authentic female culture can develop. and no liberation movement has succeeded without a defined culture.

one of the most morally and intellectually courageous things a human can do is oppose male supremacy in every way they can.

feminism is radically anti status quo and exists in a world that is ideologically postured against it. we are born hearing the "other side." we grow up reading and breathing men's perspectives. if anyone is to more afflicted by bias, it has to be misogynists/anti-feminists.

-"separatists are hateful towards men"

men are hateful towards women by raping, beating, killing, humiliating, selling, abusing, torturing, starving and cheating women. when you walk down the street, do you fear separatists? or is our greatest sin against you simply annoying you?

[mourningdewey]

this isn't my typical pfp edit or post but i'm hoping it will do something

boycott overwatch season 9 ; don't play , don't buy anything , spread the word . jen cohn is an outspoken zionist and an appallingly poor casting decision for our beloved pharah . we need our message to be heard by blizzard . we will not tolerate their silence in regards to jen cohn's support of the palestinian genocide . recast pharah .

please remember to keep boycotting brands on the bds list . keep reposting and liking coverage on palestine . donate if you are able . get your daily clicks in on arab.org . call your representatives , demand a ceasefire . this is not a passing trend . hundreds of thousands of palestinian lives , men women and children , are in danger . thousands have been lost already . silence makes you complicit . be on the right side of history , keep screaming for palestine .

please also be aware that not all jewish people are zionists , and not all zionists are jewish . antisemitism is completely unnecessary , distracting , and vile . the israeli government does not speak for all jewish people . do not try to hold innocent people accountable for israel's actions . do not lose sight of who and what we are fighting for . free palestine .

[einsatzzz]

i’m sorry if this is a rude question, but I was a bit surprised by the housework part in your ship meme. i just doubt that tsuna is such a good housewife material considering that at the beginning of the manga he had nana doing everything for him, he had a messy room, so i seriously doubt his talent goes beyond heating up food…. i just thought that kurumi and tsuna would just set the house on fire together because they can't both do anything

Thank you for dropping by my inbox, anon! No worries, I didn't read it as a rude question, I actually even got inspo from your ask lmaooo I'm just gonna put it here hahaha 🤣

Also, here's the link for the ship meme mentioned! 🐟🎀

Ok, now to actually answer your ask!

I do agree that Nana practically did all the work in the house for him. His room is also quite messy as you said 😭 and highly likely, the only reason it gets cleaned up is also Nana (it's even shown at the room previews). There's even that one episode in Future Arc where Haru & Kyoko boycotted them, and they just kept eating instant noodles because they can't cook a proper meal. All in all, that's just how much of a Dame Tsuna he is, being crap at housework as much as he is with school grades.

Though, this doesn't mean he'll just "absolutely" stay like that forever. Just like the growth his character had throughout the entire story and his shows of courage (or just him stepping up when needed) in situations where we know he's scared too, I believe this characteristic of his can also spill over to other aspects of his life which includes something as common as housework. And it's not like he doesn't personally want to grow as a person too, you know?

Another important thing to consider for this is the dynamic between Tsuna and Kurumi (a character who's an added variable to what we initially have as canon, which can affect Tsuna's character as well). A key part of their relationship in general that we want to portray is that they provide each other more opportunities for personal growth. Of course, this includes Tsuna stepping up in taking over for most of the housework.

A nice analogy for this would be when you pair up an introvert and an extreme introvert together for a project, so now the introvert will have to step up their game for the other introvert even if they're bad at it.

So if we apply this example to them, while Tsuna is quite bad at doing housework (with Nana doing it all for him), Kurumi is even way way worse (with having multiple servants at their family's disposal to handle their housework + spoiled even more by her family + whatever black matter cooking fuckery she has going on). In the end, Tsuna is forced to step up his game, for both his and Kurumi's safety in their shared living space. He won't be perfect at it especially during the period when they just moved in together, but at the very least I can see him improving to somewhere around below average to barely average skill, which is as the anime dudebros would call "mid" jfmdhdjdjdhd 🤣🤣🤣

We never really said that he'd be a good housewife material, but instead! ✨He will be Kurumi's housewife when they're together in their home 🙏✨

He won't be able to cook those five-star restaurant steaks for her, but you can at least expect him to cook some fried eggs that are a bit burned on the side (or maybe even underneath lol) - it's still edible. I can see him learning to cook other easy fried dishes or boiled dishes (boiled eggs ftw 👍) or maybe just plain eggs over rice (can you tell i love egg dishes, but I've never tried eggs over rice, I just discovered it in Gin//tama).

Then when he washes the dishes, he definitely broke glass plates or cups while attempting to do so. As time goes on, the frequency of that happening would decrease, but he'll still break a few from time to time. I can imagine even more scenarios but I'll stop there hehe He's not perfect, but he's doing his best!

One can also argue that they can just hire servants (or Kurumi can just bring a maid with her) since they're both Bosses of their respective Families, but they're also the type of characters who wants to live a normal life away from the underworld (at the very least, in their home life). Having "servants" or "guards" is off the list for that! So, it's just the two of them trying to live a simple life together in a comfortable apartment (...as simple as they can. They're not exactly normal people to begin with 💀).

I'll be stopping myself from any further rambling, this is long enough kdhddkhdjd Thank you for coming to my Housewife Tsuna and Domestic TYL TsunaRumi TED talk!🥰🥰🐟🎀 I've been wanting to yap about this, thank you again for sending this ask, yippeeee!!!

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reference for the short above, the og user in tik//tok alr deleted their acc unfortunately huhu

[txtaetertots]

hi all.

i’m hoping to get back to updating soon. it’s something i dearly miss and cannot wait to get back to when i have time. ive been putting a lot of my focus lately into not only my last semester of grad school but also into action for palestine. it’s more important to me to invest the little free time i have into doing what i can to push the fight for a liberated palestine. i refuse to sit here and act like everything is okay when millions of people are suffering a genocide.

hybe is complicit in this ethnic cleansing as well whether you want to accept it or not. they’ve allowed scooter braun to have the power and influence to spread zionist propaganda. scooter braun has always shown himself to be a despicable excuse for a human being, and if him being a zionist on top of all of that isn’t enough for you to consider his termination a crucial goal to work toward.. you do not truly care about palestine.

palestine cannot be free if we allow zionism to become normalized. it’s our duty to call it out and shame zionists out of our spaces! they are not and should not be welcome ANYWHERE. which is why i’m one of many moas who have made the decision to BOYCOTT HYBE. i refuse to put money in the pockets of these greedy, capitalist pigs who don’t care about anything but squeezing every penny they can out of fans. it’s not about the music anymore for bighit. all they care about is how much they can get away with because they know we’re willing to spend anything if it means getting content and merch. i don’t want to hurt txt’s comeback, but in my opinion, a comeback isn’t more important than a fucking genocide. plain and simple. i refuse to give hybe any more of my money through streams, album sales, tickets, or merch until they get rid of fuckass scooter braun.

if you don’t want to boycott, that’s fine. that’s your choice and i don’t blame you for not wanting to. as long as you’re doing what you can to help palestine in other ways, i see no shame. but i still do encourage you to consider boycotting as well. if not, but you’re able to buy multiple albums and concert tickets? i think you can also donate to palestinian aid and families as well. i just ask you not say you care about palestine yet do nothing to help their resistance.

that being said: i hope you don’t shame fans who do choose to partake in this boycott, because you need to understand this isn’t an attack on txt or any other hybe group. i’ve seen so many people attack boycotters and accuse us of wanting our idols to fail. it makes my blood boil because that couldn’t be farther from the truth. you must be truly out of touch and thick headed to think this is a personal attack on them. there are more important things than a comeback. especially when one of the songs (the killa) on txt’s new album was produced BY AN “ISRAELI”!! this is what we’re talking about when we say scooter braun is playing a huge role in welcoming zionism to hybe. people are losing their homes, their land, their families, their LIVES.. this is about removing the facilitators of genocide from positions of power in every industry they leech on. and if you somehow can’t seem to understand that, you’re a zionist too. chart positions, views, album sales, whatever are not more important than the liberation of indigenous people. choosing to believe otherwise is cruel and evil, and choosing to argue with us over this makes you no ally to palestine. it makes you complicit to the normalization of zionism which is the primary force in the oppression and dehumanization of palestinian people.

i encourage you to download the songs elsewhere (so many google drive links and free streaming apps exist (for example: musi)). don’t stream the killa. refuse the normalization of zionism. make zionists UNCOMFORTABLE! they don’t deserve to experience peace when palestinians are living in constant fear because of the barbaric attacks by that illegitimate state trying to forcibly steal palestinian land.

below i’ve attached graphics from twitter made by palestinian fans and allies who are leading the boycott against hybe. if you would like more information i will link other important twitter accounts you can check out for more. you don’t have to follow the whole list but they ask we at least adhere up to priority 3!

i’m open to providing any other information you need. thank you for reading.

- yuri

important accounts/threads:

hybe boycott priority list thread

ARMY4PALESTINE

Music Lovers for Liberation

Zionists in Music

HYBE Boycott Update

Care for Gaza

[stories-untold]

The plight of the Palestinians (an unfair fight against dehumanisation, and the impact of our activism)

before I start, I want to preface by saying that, I'm not writing about the Palestinian genocide because I find it fascinating in some morbid way, or for any other fucked up reason. I'm writing this because I love to write, and I want to be able to use my love for writing as a means to amplify the Palestinian cause, as everyone should with their talents or hobbies, if possible. (I know no amount of words that I've written here could be enough for the lives we've already lost, so I'll just keep writing until I physically can't anymore. my heart goes out to evey single Palestinian. ) also, my thoughts were a extremely jumbled bc the Palestinian cause is extremely important to me, so I apologise if its not the smoothest read through.*also, I have a public Palestine playlist on tiktok, with over 2000 tiktoks filled with information, ways to help, and every gofundme that I come across, and I would be an idiot to not use this post as a way to ask you to check it out (my username on tiktok angelwingsdotcom, no need to follow me just save the playlist) thank you, and free Palestine 🇵🇸‼️*

there's a very depressing pattern that's hard to miss while watching the Palestinians displaced within Gaza as well as their families outside of the country ask people to donate to their gofundmes or PayPal accounts, and it speaks to a much larger issue. they must always try to convince the viewer that they to, are worthy of living a normal life, through self humanisation as a direct pushback to dehumanisation that they face by the hour. they speak of the ages of their youngest children, the ailments and disabilities of their family members, and talk of their hobbies, jobs and likes and dislikes, and it serves as a reminder. a reminder that they are all human, as are we, the ones on the other side of the screen, safely away from the carnage that they face at the hands of the "Israeli" offense force. I find myself being disgusted at the world that they need to do this, use a love for video games, or a 10th birthday missed, or the cries of a newborn baby, to contextualise that this genocide is happening to real people, kind people, undeserving people.

the global pandemic of apathy is currently attempting to bury any sense of solidarity we have amongst each other alive, shovel in its bloody hands. the amount of people who vehemently refuse to boycott any brand, with a shrug of their shoulders and a swift "I have my own problems, and I don't live there so." stands between the space of distressing, delusional, and blood curdling. since when did the metric for whether or not you should care about the ethnic cleaning of a people, depend on your proximity to them? how can any living, breathing, feeling person watch on and see the corpses of lives that we will never be able to get back even if a ceasefire is called tomorrow, and decide to simply not care? I ask these questions rhetorically, because I don't want to hear anything from someone who does not care about the lives of others.

sustenance of the self is extremely important, that is something I acknowledge, but the acts that one can undertake in order to support the Palestinian cause are so simple, that they should not incite so much defensiveness from those who have their own internal issues. all it takes is a repost here, a comment or a follow, lending and an eye and an ear to bare witness to the atrocities that Palestinians are being subjected to the IOF and the billions given to them by the USA (a country which had many issues of its own, none that will be fixed by the relocation of money to an active genocide), boycotting pressure targets and finding alternatives of which there are plenty. all these acts culminate towards the eventual true freedom of Palestinians, and yet, people refuse. individual efforts are deemed useless, and people are able to comfort themselves in their apathy through the belief that their efforts would nevertheless be in vain. but that could not be further from the truth.

its incredibly easy to feel useless when watching the violence being inflicted by isnotreali murderers posing as soldiers on Palestinians in real time, but I want to remind you that each little action you take helps. I remember a few months ago, my brother asked what I thought I was doing by boycotting McDonalds when almost no else in the country is, and my answer was simple. I don't care what others do, I know what and who I care about, and I care about Palestinians, and they asked me to boycott, so I will. and my boycotting, however small it is on an individual scale, is made so much more impactful by people who similar beliefs, thus making my boycott significant through unity. and that is the one weapon we can wield against our oppressors, togetherness. they try to convince that you can't do it alone, and the truth of the matter is that you can't. but you're not doing it alone. I'm just a girl living in South Africa, and you're probably somewhere else in the world, and yet, your and my efforts mixed with everyone around the world, will incite change, do not be discouraged or manipulated into believing that you are not helping, because you are, no matter how small your effort may feel.

if your individual effort truly didn't matter, then zionist would simply turn the other way, and yet, they consistently parrot each other "boycotts don't do anything" "reposting a video isn't gonna help anyone" but they know the power of people standing together. they use it too, flocking to pro Palestine posts and floding the comments with the same falsified information and zionist rethoric, and if they can he united in their hate, then surely we can do the same. so keep posting, keep commenting and sharing, keep donating, and keep your eyes on Palestine, because you mean so much more to the people currently in gaza than you could ever know.

the goal of zionism is not to get people to hate Palestinians or Arabs, the end goal is disinterest. they want people to hold their tears and roll their eyes when they hear the cries of a Palestinian baby, and the current generation is already so uncaring even with no ties to zionism. its disgusting, and the attitude of "what can I do?" only works to aid the zionist agenda. its especially disheartening to Palestinians displaced within gaza right now, as they only have us to count on. they've pleaded with us to listen, and given us simple instructions, it is truly the humane thing to do to follow them. my fyp is almost exclusively Palestinian informational videos, updates, and gofundmes, and that's thanks to my personalised algorithm. but if I were to take this very platform as an example, 3 or 4 months ago, Palestine was first on trending, but now it isn't even in the top ten. people are losing interest, and it's heartbreaking.

people are even going as far as to defend others for not using their platforms to speak on the Palestinian genocide and its truly mind-boggling to witness. they deflect by asking why we put pressure on influencers and celebrities instead of politicians, but I can't help but wonder, since when were the two mutually exclusive? I've seen countless videos of protesters interrupting politicians during events and calling them out for not only being complicit in genocide, but actively defending and funding it. we can do both, and I refuse to be shamed for expecting people who have large audiences to do the right thing, the humane thing, and speak on the genocide of Palestinians. if anything, all the celebrities and influencers staying silent, whether it be for money or to keep their status within the entertainment industry, or simply because they couldn't be bothered to care, they should be ashamed.

it's obviously impossible and frankly unhealthy to be consuming the harrowing updates and videos of corpses run over by IOF tanks, the bodies of starved babies, and the blood in the hands of parents who cry for the children to wake up, and that's not whats expected of you. find a balance that works for you, that's vital. but completely taking your eyes away from the genocide, muting the word Palestine, and carrying on exactly as you were before the genocide started, isn't the answer. please, use social media to help Palestinians, it's easy, it's effective, and people are counting on you.

Palestine will be free, and having a small hand in their eventual freedom, is worth so much more than fame, or money, or a big mac, or coffee. even in the midst of a genocide, Palestinians continue to exhibit a care for others, they help those around them, use the tiktok sounds dedicated to other genocides and crisis around the world, and they always express their gratitude for people donating, liking, commenting and sharing. they show more humanity and kindness than us who are sitting comfortably in our homes, not constantly surrounded by rubble, blood, screams and cries for help, and drones flying above, remnants of what once was. they deserve to live, and we should not need convincing of that irrefutable fact. I am not in proximity to Palestine location wise, I'm not Palestinian, or Muslim, or Arab. but I don't need to be, and neither do you.

Free Palestine.

[rpfofficial]

if people refuse to vote for kamala its not like boycotting a product. it will make her lose, yes, but the alternative isn't better. i dont really understand the strategy, is it to convince dems in 2028 that they need to vote in primaries for someone pro palestine if they want their candidate to win? what happens between 2024 and 2028 though?

idk why you are asking me, a european communist, this, because i dont have enough knowledge on the american electoral system to add anything new to the table as all my political experience is with greece which is so different from the us. and there is not a single presidential candidate that i would vote for if i was american. The only thing i have to say about it is that people need to start standing the fuck up for themselves and their beliefs and pressuring their politicians into complying to the peoples wants. because there's more of us than them. and if people are scared of trump winning, as they should be, they also need to know that kamala harris isn't someone they "settle" for. they need to pressure her into a better position on the palestinian genocide that will not condemn the lives of so many living in gaza, and there is a way to do that because as much as it has felt hopeless lately there is still power to the people and protesting and rallying does work. basically, condemning her online is not going to do anything. reblogging "no one for president" and sitting on your ass is not going to do anything. and different people have different strategies and different beliefs, which is infuriating to witness from the sidelines, because the only way to solve this is to be united. and unless millions of people rally to vote independent or something, idk how the message is going to get through that so many people do not want kamala harris as president any more than they want donald trump. so people need to start actually uniting in a way that at least shows kamala harris what people think of her and the democratic partys position on the palestinian genocide. And that's about all i have to say. doubt this made any sense and i still don't know why you'd ask me but i thought I'd give u an answer anyway.

[pebblemae]

I saw on TGC's most recent video a comment about how players who helped them break a wordl record don't get anything. I just-it's a live game. If you are not happy with something, you need to let tgc know about it so changes can be made. I understand the upset and frustration! Sky has been having increased pricing and more IAP cosmetics! But I feel like venting online does absolutely nothing. Did you know on the TGC website, you can email them? If you are very unhappy, you can email them. I'm serious. It might get them to change their thinking. I understand the safety of being able to talk about this to another tumblr user - hell, I'm doing that right now! But if you do feel like you have a complaint that could help shed light on players' feelings, email might be the best way to let them know.

I wish sky's website had a survey option for this reason, cause it would be great to see how many people have ideas to improve the game!

Whooo this took a while to finish. School work, am I right? Any way.

I’m with you on this one. While posting your thoughts online can help change how things are done, the best way to enact change is by telling the people you want to make the changes directly. There’s of course an argument for boycotting and the power of negative responses online (look at the sonic movie) but there is still, with that, a difference between raising a complaint/critic, and just ranting on main.

A big reason my posts about these kinds of topics run long/take long to write is because with my experience and opinion, I want to back it up with info I’ve looked into and also acknowledge the positives too. If you tell someone the box they made looks bad but don’t explain why or where they went right, it’s very hard for them to improve and very easy for them to write off your comment altogether.

It’s important to speak up when things are bad or not working. But if you want change, you have to offer some kind of balance in your comment. Not necessarily a solution, but some neutral or positive point as well.

[smonk-wonk]

Yesterday I was looking into some of the boycotted companies, verifying who supports and/or funds Israel and stumbled across this absolute joke of a headline:

This is from March 2023, and the dramatics are astounding. Hershey's, the chocolate company is as big of a threat as what they believe to be a terrorist organization? Do they truly cower in fear of Hershey's killing their families the way they claim to fear Hamas?

And before anyone says "well they didn't know how big a threat Hamas is before they attacked!" It was confirmed that Hamas warned them in detail of their planned attack over a year before October 7th and they ignored it. The plan was never to "kill all Jews", and they expressed what they were demanding, why, and what they would do if not dignified with a response and government action. They have expressed that they wish for the Israeli occupation to leave Palestine and allow them the agency to self govern and exist as an independent state as well as allowing displaced Palestinians to return to their homes. That's it. It would hurt no one.

And since Israel dismissed Hamas, it seems Hamas was not perceived to be that big of a threat to them despite being aware of the potential scale of the attack on their own citizens. You'd think for something they refer to as "our 9/11" (extremely manipulative and disrespectful btw) they would have allowed them independence and given them back their land and homes. This was a peaceful approach, and they were warned that if peace did not work they would resort to violence. Any violence against citizens was not justified and is terrible but it is important to understand why this occurred and how Israel allowed it to happen.

And do you want to know why they claim Hershey's is such a threat? Their Woman's Day campaign featured a trans woman and as you may be aware, many people were angry about that. The article says that this "mass insanity" of the "(leftist) death cult" is "worse than Soviet Communism". You'd think Israel would care about how many lives the USSR took during WW2? During The Holocaust?

It goes into some stupid transphobic tangents, and does not explain how trans representation is just as much of a threat as the people they claim they need billions of dollars and should get away with war crimes to defend themselves from. They whine and bitch about what they consider to be radical and dangerous. Like turning Western historical icons from "heroes" to villains. You know, like Columbus? The Founding Fathers? And they claim the left wants people to "starve and freeze to death" (the irony!!) for the sake of climate change. It truly is a wild read if you wish to experience whiplash and psychic damage

While many chocolate companies do not ethically source their products, they are of no threat to the general public and are not feared by the people. They will not take your life the way the IDF so carelessly does to everyday Palestinians. And despite the fact that many such companies use slave labor, that's not even a slight concern in their discussion of why Hershey's is dangerous. It's the trans person they put in an ad.

If there's anything we can take away from this, it's that if you're trans you are very powerful in the eyes of Israel and they tremble in fear of you 💕💕💕

[ilovescaredysquirrel2]

The problem with Disney right now...

I know I usually state my opinion on movies I see recently and give reviews but sometimes I give my opinion on movies that are going to come out soon. So, I heard about the unnecessary sequels for Moana and Inside Out, which are great movies but they don't need sequels. In all honesty, after seeing what they did with Wish, I think Disney should take a break on making animated movies for a while! Not forever, just for a short time.

Okay, so I think we all can tell that they used A.I on Wish. It's not the animation and stuff, it's just the story! I even think the songs were written by real people, it's purely the story that feels A.I generated. Watch them use A.I on Moana 2, Inside Out 2, and Frozen 3... oh gosh that would break my heart to se them ruin the sequels with A.I. I don't consider myself a Disney fan, in fact, even as a kid I wasn't a Disney-movie kid, but I did have a Frozen phase back in the day. Every kid had a Frozen phase. Inside Out is okay but it was kind of emotional, but the first Moana was really good. The thing is, Frozen is based off the Snow Queen while Moana and Inside Out aren't based off any fairytales and are Disney's own original ideas for once. Plus, I think they're only making these sequels because their original ideas like StrangeWorld and Wish are failing so they're proffiting off live action remakes and making sequels of already existing characters because they're desperate. They're just so greedy and can't stand to see the competitors, who are smaller animation companies, beat them!

I'm mostly boycotting Disney (and have been ever since I saw Zootopia) but I'll watch Disney movies pirated on free websites like Actvid and Moviesjoy. The only thing I like from 2024 Disney is Kiff! LITERALLY KIFF! KIFF! Of all things, I never thought KIFF would be the only thing that's stopping me from abandoning Disney all together. I don't use Disney plus but the website I watch Kiff on doesn't have the recent episodes and I refuse to get Disney plus. Disney should focus on stuff like Kiff and Phineas & Ferb anyway. The only good show they got on Disney channel now is Bluey and Bluey is NOT EVEN DISNEY! Bluey is an Australian show and should be seen as that, instead of having the greediest corporation in the world act like they own an Aussie show that they didn't have anything to do with. Bluey should be on PBS kids or something, not greedy Disney! Who agrees? I'm American, but If I was in Australia I'd be so mad at Disney. Disney literally censored episodes, removed episodes, and stopped the writers from throwing in a Bible reference... when they weren't even making the show! If I was in charge, Disney Channel/Disney Junior would have shows like Jungle Junction, Phineas & Ferb, Bear in the Big Blue House, Good Luck Charlie, Suite life of Zack & Cody on Deck,... ect. Basically I'd bring back everything except JESSIE because it was racist (R.I.P to Cameron Boyce tho, he wasn't a bad guy he was just on a bad show).

Anyway, Disney is on my last nerve rn, and if it wasn't for Kiff I'd hate it all together. I still do hate Disney but the only thing that keeps me from wanting it to go away is Kiff. If you haven't heard of Kiff, it's a recent show by Disney, about an orange squirrel who's really energetic (and no, she's NOTHING like Scaredy Squirrel). As far as movies go, I know for sure that I will never see another Disney movie in theaters and I encourage you too, as well. They'll end up on Actvid or Moviesjoy before they even end up on Disney plus anyway, because Disey is popular and people care enough to record it off some hidden camera in theaters. I'm not saying you have to follow in my footsteps and boycott Disney, I'm just telling you on how I do it. Like, the day they come out in theaters is the same day they end up on free websites. Plus, you don't have to waste your money if the movie is going to be bad, like how Wish ended up being bad.

So yeah, please share your thoughts! If you're a Disney fan, I'm sorry. You have to know that they've been really shady recently (they always have been shady but particularly now).

[sleevebuscemii]

whats so disheartening about palestine, any crisis in the middle east/the global south, is that there is no investment to care. at the hozier show i went to on friday he called on us to urge representatives for a ceasefire, citing the us involvement in ending ireland’s occupation. the UN director who resigned sees this as a failure of the UN to do their job. the world is calling on world powers to intervene. but none of that means anything when the united states the united nations any world power has no investment in saving the lives of people in sudan or the congo or yemen or afghanistan or pakistan or libya or syria and i can go on. white supremacy dictates what lives are worth living and worth SAVING even at a global scale. colonization dictates what people what countries what ethnicities will live in this world and what people/countries/ethnicities are meant to die in it. the global narrative allows for it to be wrong for the irish to suffer for ukraine to suffer for jewish people to suffer but something about palestinian children dying or sudanese families getting torn apart or families in the congo being eradicated by disease seems inevitable. its tragic and its horrible but it doesn’t ever feel wrong enough to put a real end to. its only enough to provide aid or support or humanitarian relief but a real collective response to ensure these atrocities stop completely and never repeat is never on the table is never an option is never the aim. you’re only worth saving if you’re at best an asset or at the very least not something we’ve invested in the destruction of.

this is in no way meant to be a hopeless post at all. but people need to start thinking about this differently. they need to understand the bigger picture and what colonialism does on a larger scale. you have to think about every common denominator of who is suffering and who is causing the suffering and who is in a position to do something about it. keep calling your representatives. keep protesting. keep boycotting. keep speaking out. but do not treat this as an isolated incident do Not treat this like a new occurrence in history. think about how we got here think about what it will take for real change think about Who will usher in real change.

[aleck-le-mec]

Pagan ways to honor Palestinians

Like every other respectable human being these days I feel absolute terror, sadness and guilt seeing what’s happening to the PEOPLE of Gaza. Paganism has always been a way for me to deal with emotions and difficult things so I’m here to share what I’ve done and what I will continue to do to honor the people we have lost.

Of course donating funds, signing petitions, voting, protesting, talking about the genocide and boycotting is all a given but these are my spiritual/ grieving ceremonies. It’s important to balance both activism and the human need to grieve/ process in order to keep one’s humanity, avoid burnout and desensitization to this kind of violence.

Veiling

Veiling is a thing that some pagans do for all of their own reasons but I’ve found it to be a good way to honor others. If you veil with a kufiya, a historic scarf of Palestine this is also sending a message of exactly what and who you're standing for. I veil with a scarf that I inherited from my grandmother, like the martyrs of Palestine I never got to meet her, I never got the chance to know what she feared or what she loved. That symbol of loss and what could have beens’ remind me that we are all united in loss, we all are losing something through this genocide family, friends, lovers, coworkers, doctors, students, peers. Because of that loss we have to keep fighting we don’t have a choice, this genocide is everyone’s problem, it’s evryone’s loss.

Veiling in public spaces as a pagan can also help others feel more comfortable and like they have a friend in otherwise foreign places. I’m always reminded of what I heard a Sikh man say about his turban. He said that he wears it to let others know that he is there, someone you can pick out of a crowd at a glance and find easily if you’re in need of help. I always thought that was a simple beautiful sentiment that anyone can follow regardless of religion or spirituality.

Conscious grieving and candle light practice

Sometimes all you need to do is to sit down and think about things, cry a bit and be angry. Candle light visuals are important in almost every culture, they’re a universal sign of grieving and honoring someone so why not hold your own? If you have a coven/ group to do one with that’s cool but it isn’t any less honorable to do a private visual, hold that space to remember what you’ve lost and what you’ve seen. Think about what could have been, think about it and let it burn, let it hurt then promise yourself never again. Promise that this will never happen again, not if you have anything to say about it. Promise that as long as you live you will not stay silent as anyone feels this pain no matter their race, religion, or beliefs. Decide once and for all that this isn’t fair.

Displaying the palestinian flag and having one with you

It’s not uncommon for pagans, especially witches, to carry charms with them or on their person, it can be a sign of devotion or protection. So if you keep a symbol of Palestine with you it will remind you gently throughout your day that this will not go away. It's also a call to others to remember. Personally I have a bracelet that I made at the beginning of the genocide and I haven’t taken off since. I’m 50% irish/scottish and follow a lot of celtic paganism, knots are really important in celtic beliefs they’re strong, complex and can symbolize an everlasting devotion or connection. Having a knotted bracelet I made specifically with the intent of remembering Palestine in the flag’s colors is important to me and I will not take it off until I see a free Palestine.

Offerings to the wild/ learn

In general a lot of pagans make offerings to the wild without it being for a certain reason but it can’t hurt to put an intention around it. By offerings I’m not talking about blood sacrifices or anything crazy, tough people do that sometimes and honestly respect that level of commitment. I’m just talking about food scraps or planting seeds in your garden, you must remember to take care of your local wildlife too. Plant some wildflowers and as they grow remember that life finds a way, remember that the people we have lost live through you. Try and learn about Palestine before the occupation, learn about what they loved, what they feared and carry that with you, share it with other people. As long as you live and as long as you continue to speak, let it be for those who couldn’t make it, say their names and never stop growing your garden.

[alarrytale]

The "fan" was unintentional LOL but I believe they were together at some point and for a long time, but maybe they're not now, maybe they are. And I believe Liam's last relationships were stunts, I believe he is bi or pan, just like Zayn. But I don't think about it too much, what matters to me is that they are happy, whether they are together or not. Zayn loves his daughter and loves being a father, that's as clear as day. Liam loves his son, he is beautiful like him and C decided to preserve his identity. Furthermore, I think that saying that the children are not theirs is to doubt the character of both of them, that is absurd, to think that they would be capable of bringing innocent children into the world just to prove something.

I feel like Zayn is happy, very happy, and that's what matters to me. He's single, doing what he wants without having to show it to anyone, and happy with his first tour.

Liam continues to be sabotaged by his team, he was going to release the album last year or early this year and was blocked - he is starting from scratch. A very hard-working boy, but who needs a break, needs to be truly happy and have a good team. That he knows how to recognize his talent in his work, promote it in the way it deserves, and take better care of his career. He doesn't seem really happy right now.Someone needs to remind his team that he is a singer, we love hearing about his life, but not like this. Not with him acting, They should be smarter and see that no matter what Liam does, people WILL attack him, and it would be better if he didn't show up so much so that doesn't happen, so as not to take everything he says out of context.

He's not happy this way, being boycotted, and I'm sad that we can't do anything about it. He deserves better.

I'm sorry for the long text and I'm sorry for the mistakes either, english is not my first language but im still trying LOL

Hi, anon!

You never have to apologise for your english! Not on this blog! If i don't understand you, i'll ask you to clarify, and i did. It was the "ziam fan" that was throwing me off, not your english!

Okay, so i get more where you're coming from now. I wouldn't consider you a ziam right now though if you're not convinced they're currently together, even though you're convinced it was true in the past. I haven't seen anyone who are convinced they're currently together think they're both fathers.

I agree with you that Zayn seems the happiest and most confident he's even been. On the other hand, Liam is really struggling mentally and being the most unhappy i have seen him ever. Every new video i see of him is more incoherent than the last. So i guess i can't picture them being together while they seem to be on polar opposite sides of life contentment, leading two different lives and are on different career paths. Zayn has found meaning, who he wants to be and what makes him happy. Liam is struggling with all that. I can't picture them together if they don't have the same lifegoals, agree on which lifestyle they want and which continent to live on.

Regardless, the most important thing is that they're both happy, and Zayn seems to be, but Liam i worry about constantly. I don't think Liam is being sabotaged at all, his music isn't selling so the label can't afford to put it out. They'll lose money. It's no ill will from his label. They're trying to breach out and get positive attention on him by him being a talent show judge, and he might endear himself through that. Because Liam needs image rehab in order to sell his music, and he isn't mentally ready to do that right now. It's hard to watch his attempts at fan engagement through his unhappy, manic and cringy ramblings. I think he needs to sort himself out before attempting to win over his people to his side again. The TV job might help position him to put out an album that will sell. So i don't think he's being sabotaged, it's just that they don't want to set him up to fail, because they can't afford that. And honestly, i don't think Liam's mental health can either.