#i feel so powerless

[tamagotchikgs]

tw sh mention

i know im actively fighting for my life (probably literally) against a wound rn but i have never had stronger urges in my life

[waaaaaoooohhhhhme]

I don't wanna be in a world where genocide is justified. I don't wanna be in a world where people cannot live freely without fear of being killed, where people cannot live freely in their own homes. I don't wanna live in a world where propaganda rots everyone's brains and makes them believe that the oppressors are the oppressed. I don't want to live in a world where Palestine is wiped off the face of the Earth because of disgusting, blood thirsty leaders. I don't wanna live in a world where Palestinian people can't be free. Everyone deserves to live, no one deserves to die because they fought for their land.

[ughgoaway]

not knowing the setlist is so weird... like what are they playing rn I have no idea

[brosif40]

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[verysmallgirl]

somebody that means the world to me was in a really terrible domestic violence incident over the weekend and is in the hospital (and will be for at least another week) and she’s STILL planning on going back to the guy that attacked her when she gets out. i would sell my soul, do anything, to save her from this, but i know that’s not how it works. i’ve been so upset and i’m trying to make sure she knows i’ll love her and won’t abandon her no matter what choices she makes, but i was really hoping she’d choose to leave.

[whiskrs]

What are you supposed to do in this godforsaken country if you need a life saving procedure that costs TWO. MILLION. DOLLARS. Where are you suppose to get that money.

Genuinely asking. What are you supposed to do.

What am I supposed to do for my friend??? Watch him die???

Is Gofundme the only option? To extort money from my other friends and loved ones? To sing and dance for strangers, and hope his story is more marketable than someone else’s?

If any knows any resources for sickle cell patients in Virginia please please send them to me.

I don’t know what I’m supposed to do.

[abandonmutt]

If any of yall want front you can honest to goodness have it

[purplelea]

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[lillybean730]

we have no protein in this household -_-

[uservernon]

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[whyyoualwayssoradical]

i can't believe i grew up at the heart of some of the evangelical zionists. when i moved away i thought i was never gonna hear about any of that craziness again. i thought it was fringe beliefs and i had no idea how far reaching some of it is. there wasn't even anyone i could talk to about it outside from home that even knew what the fuck i was talking about if i ever brought it up, i usually never did because no one i met outside of home held remotely any of the same beliefs, even if they were also a christian.

i grew up terrified of the thought of ww3 breaking out and the second coming of christ happening because Israel is supposed to be the epicenter of the war that triggers it or something like that and i was afraid of the so called being "left behind" because that's all i had been taught. like i attended these huge events at mega churches that played out the scenarios of the post second coming. people dressed in military garb carrying fake weapons throughout fake streets entering fake homes and fake executing christians for praying in their homes and mark of the beast and much more.

i thought this was all "normal" by the way. i had like no clue of the outside world so to speak. i thought id never have to think about any of it again once i moved away. seeing zionism and israel talked about on here started breaking cracks some number of years again, i think when the march of the return protests happened, that was when i actually started to learn about palestine. the people of palestine are conveniently left out by the protestant evangelical zionists, they simply speak of israel and her "enemies". i did not know much about palestine before this but i knew much about israel, i know many many people who personally went to israel often. they spoke so much of israel and of the land, never mentioning palestine or palestinians. sometimes they would speak of praying for israel and her people because of the terrorist attacks or the attacks from her enemies how the US protects israel because the US is a godly nation or whatever.

i dont really know the point of this post, i never expected any of the above to ever be relevant, i didn't know how horrible the world was until i left home. it's crazy all the different things i was led to believe growing up.

i don't have the language to express what i wish i could. i just know it's all so wrong what's happening, so very terribly wrong. others have expressed it all much better than i ever could. the moment i heard about the hamas video i knew what was to come, i knew israel had been waiting for something like that to justify against palestinians and of course the US was so ready and willing to back it all up.

[tsugacanadensis]

y’know if you asked me in 2008 i probably would have said that i didn’t think the u.s. was going to do, or enable somebody else to do, another genocide in my lifetime, and i certainly wouldn’t have thought the democrats would be the ones enabling it

well ha ha ha ha ha

[sncwbaz]

so, watched ep 1 of the atla live action and uhm, imagine not wanting one of your main characters to depict sexism because you believe it doesn’t read well in Current Times, so instead you double down on the character’s obsession towards leadership in order to give him that extra edge. but in order to make that work u have to make his sister quietly obedient instead of an outspoken leading presence that has the potential to overshadow him. because silencing a female character in order to write out a male character’s story arc of unlearning sexism is obviously a better and less sexist outcome.

[wherewolf]

the responses i’ve seen to shiv’s ending seem very quick to write her off as just another sad victim of the cycle, which isn’t without truth BUT!!! that is not even remotely the summation of shiv’s story.

i don’t think she votes yes to “save kendall” or to try to finally set her brothers free. and i don’t think her main concern was that ken was becoming their dad. she absolutely noticed and didn’t love it, but that was not her motivation in betraying him. she was thinking about herself.

it’s tempting to make a martyr out of her as she is the only female child and we see her suffer the onslaught of misogyny that comes with that. but to make her into a saintlike figure who got beat takes away the power and intelligence behind her decision.

at this point she’s stuck between two non ideal choices, but she recognizes that they have accidentally made her the single most important player in the game. because while she can’t have the outcome she’d prefer, she has the power to decide the fates of everyone else. the written off lone woman now holds in her hands the fate of every man in her life.

so she thinks about the long term benefits of both options and realizes that one side leaves her completely without any leverage.

her brothers have proven to her multiple times in the last few days alone that they will cut her out and walk all over her the first chance they get. siding with them leaves her nothing to bargain with. she would just have to hope that ken would actually take care of her. and that level of vulnerability is not only unacceptable to her, it’s stupid. and shiv fuckin roy is not stupid.

so she thinks about the other side and about what she actually wants for her life. and against her better judgment, it’s becomes unfortunately clear that she wants tom. the way she wants him is not altogether loving or even good but it is necessary to her. she sees relationships as having winners and losers and she chose this man specifically so that she could be confident in her ability to win. except now he’s grown some balls and made himself unavailable to her.

she may not like the way her husband is evolving but she already placed her bets on him, so she’s sure as hell not losing to him now. there’s also a part of her that feels intrigued by this new man she’s married to. it’s interesting to have a sparring partner in him instead of having to looking for excitement outside of their marriage.

so for maybe the first time ever, she processes what tom has said to her and thinks about what he actually wants.

he needs her to prove that she cares. he needs to know that she is capable of sacrifice. if she can’t find it within herself to do this for him, then she will lose him, and by extension, she will lose.

siding with tom gives her the opportunity to once and for all make a grand-stand gesture of love, but more importantly, it creates leverage for her. never again will he be able to hold the moral high ground over her head. never again can he say she doesn’t love him. never again can he call her selfish or uncaring. above all, he can never betray her again, because she just removed all of his moral justification for turning on her. he doesn’t realize it yet, but she’s just taken back all the power in their relationship. just in a more subtle way than she’s used to operating.

and just like that, she has the ceo of a multi billion dollar company in her pocket, while situating herself as the only descendant of logan roy to still be playing the game, having removed her brothers from the equation permanently. she may still be far from the top but she’s creating a path for herself to climb.

so yes, she’ll let tom play king for a day, and she’ll have his baby and say “congratulations,” and play the gracious wife, but tomorrow is a new day with lots of room to maneuver. and when her husband puts out his hand, she’ll place her own on top. but she won’t grasp it because she doesn’t need to.

[plastic-kaiju]

I am so anxious/sad rn. I am worrying about something that is basically out of my control but i feel responsible for it. No matter how much ive tried to get the problem fixed myself ultimately its another person's responsibility to actually fix it. i can only encourage them, give my advice, and tell them my concerns. The person was receptive initially but unfortunately has been starting to make excuses and dodging the real problem at hand. This is a huge mistake on their part, and i can see things only get worse if they dont do something. But any resolution ive tried to bring up they shoot it down. I feel like ive done all i can rn but also feel like i havent done enough and feel very guilty. Ive been trying to tell myself that its truly out of my control and its not my fault if things get worse because ive tried all i can without stepping out of bounds.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The girls are plottinggggg

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