#it reminded me of Palestine alot

[ab--n]

Lately I've been thinking about the genocide that's been happening in Palestine. More specifically the Zionists and Jewish people defending Israel, and how Israel preys on their want for a safe place where they can practice their religion in peace and make them hate the Palestinians and to be honest Muslims in general.

It's predatory how Israel victimizes both Jews and the people of Palestine. By making this "war" about religion. Saying that Palestinians should go to other Arab countries despite the term 'Arab' being about culture, not a nationality.

Don't even get me started on Antisemitism and How Israel preys on that too. They are defending Elongated Muskrat after he did a Nazi salute for the love of god.

I know that the majority of IDF soldiers knows that killing Palestinians is wrong, if not, then why are the suicide rates so high?

Israel doesn't care for Jewish people and uses them the same way Nazi Germany used the kids born out of the Lebensborn program, to justify their hate. Scapegoats, in case anything goes wrong.

Once Palestine becomes free, I bet that the USA and Israel will blame the Jewish people. Say that they are the ones who committed genocide. Not the money hungry, minority hating, lovers of stealing land nations, of course not! And then the USA will sit back as mindless people start hating Jews yet again because of it.

It's so predictable at this point... I hate this

[a-gay-poptart]

I have found the best ally

Straight and cis people will say that they are allies, but you will NEVER measure up to my dentist.

Me: "Hey, is it ok if I can change my name on my info from [DEADNAME] to Aspen?"

Random woman that I wasn't even talking to in the chair next to me: "Honey, if that's the name you had at birth, [DEADNAME] is your only name."

My dentist, very slowly turning her rolley chair towards the woman: "Shush."

Random woman: "Excuse me?"

Destist: *closes privacy curtain while staring bullets at the lady*

Me: *pissing myself laughing*

My dentist while changing my name in my info (reminder that English is not her first language, she immigrated from Russia): "There, Aspen, you have pretty boy teeth. Smile and make all girls swoon."

Me not having the heart to tell her I'm not transmasc but I'm Agender, and still pissing myself laughing: "Thank you [DENTIST NAME]."

Edit: Ok, this has gotten alot of attention, but right now my other posts is what really needs attention. I have a few fundraisers for people trying to evacuate Palestine and Gaza, but also a diabetic who needs her insulin shot. Please please please, go to my page and at the very least repost those posts, have the day you deserve and free Palestine🇵🇸

[scarz-xo]

Since I'm getting alot of replies, comments & questions in my inbox stating that "Israel has to bomb them as self defense" or "Israel bombs the hospitals & schools to get to Hamas" or the funniest one yet "they're war casualties".

I'd like to present to you an Israeli old war crime that doesn't have to do with Palestine, the "Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing"

Where did that happen?

Egypt.

When did that happen?

8th of April 1970.

Who caused the death of 30 children & injured 50 including teachers?

Israel.

So of course you're asking why did Israel say they bombed a children's primary school?

Does it remind you of something?

Also remember how the US helps Israel with ammunition, money and more?

Guess the type of warplanes Israel used to bomb the school in 1970, yes you're right they were American.

"With American Phantom warplanes, the enemy hit an Egyptian children's school"

Also here's a link about the US-Israeli alliance regarding the warplanes:

In conclusion, don't be surprised by what's happening in Palestine & Gaza, it's not the first time Israel attacks civilians for no reason then come out with the "they have a military base/Hamas underground", also don't be surprised by the US backing them up, it's not the first time & it won't be the last so let me remind you:

This is where the American taxes go.

[httpdwaekki]

real quick reminder, because i’m seeing alot of people streaming the skz version of lose my breath. every version of lose my breath still supports charile puth. he is a writer and producer on the song so he still receives residuals from every version of the song.

here’s a post i made a while ago about why you shouldn’t stream the song or watch any content relating to lose my breath.

remember, skipping the song doesn’t make you a bad stay, it makes you human. someone made a post about this and said something that has stuck with me. their saying is “stray kids everywhere all around the world” that includes palestine and palestinians.

just something to think about while listening to any version of the song.

[neptunescore]

Literally started this blog just to say how hypocritical F1 – both the people working in it, and the sport itself – is becoming. The main 3 things I want to address is: no.1 women in motorsport, no2 the ongoing genocide in palestine and no3 F1's disallowance of anything political, yet enabling the absolute political shitshow that was the 2024 miami gp.

Numéro 1: I just think its absolute bullshit that the FIA genuinely created a whole ‘Women in Motorsport Commission’, assigned SIX STRONG ambassadors to it, and THEN proceeded (come 2023) to launch a wholeass unfair investigation onto one of them, based on the MOST groundless claims?? Like wtf?? (Talking abt Susie Wolff here). Also, the whole Cristian Horner situation really showed just how much they care about women working under them, bc tell me why the possible victim in his situation was the one getting SUSPENDED, while this possible filth of a man is still parading shamelessly around the paddock?? Like??? AND SOME OF THE DRIVERS COMMENTS ON THE SIRUATION?? pissed me off so much u dont even understand. Anyway, my last point on this convo is how women should ALSO be taken accountable of their actions, and not just glossed over because they’re ‘women’, over here im specifically talking abt Bianca Bustamante and her liked tweet which calls lance stroll autistic… girl :| and her apology was so atrocious as well. T-T

Numéro 2: The fact that not ONE driver (excluding Lewis Hamilton — that man is so much more than a driver) has spoken up/ posted about the situation pisses me off SO much bc?? THOUSANDS of people are dying, and with the platform you have, the fans you have, you could have such a positive effect! This is ESPECIALLY targeted on the drivers so I FULLY KNOW have control of their accounts (Charles Leclerec, Esteban Ocon, Lando Norris [GOD DO I HAVE ALOT TO SAY ABT HIM], Pierre Gasly, etc) bc tell me why drivers are fully capable of uploading a post 2 years ago stating how the WHOLE of F1 stands with Ukraine (which i do applaud them for) but cant say SHIT abt the same situation occuring in Gaza, but SO much worse?? Lando can genuinely go f himself, bc as much as i used to adore him there’s no way he did NOT know abt the atrocities happening in Palestine, no way he did not know abt the company boycott when he decided to fully display that Starbucks logo on his little reel. And IF (literally a 0.0000001% chance, bc by then a 1000 articles were already written on it and the WHOLE world was aware) he genuinely didn’t know, then that is just ignorant as fuck. Icel. Anyway, literally all drivers should be held accountable, no matter if they’re ur favs or not; I like Carlos a lot but that doesn’t mean i dont get the ick every time i think abt the fact he’s stayed completely silent on the matter. OH MY GOD, DONT get me started on lance stroll and his confirmed (yes, i DO fact check) Zionist girlfriend, like?? Ew.

Can i also just say, that if any of u are gonna msg me saying ‘oH bUt NeP, thE FIA BanNeD AnY anD aLl PoliTiCaL StAtEmEnTS’ Shut up. If you guys could just READ the rest of the statement, you'd know that this rule only applies to when the drivers are ACTIVELY in the paddock. The FIA has literally included the fact that driver can do WHATEVER the want, stand up for WHOEVER they want in their personal lives – which brings me to my next point,

Numéro 3: The FIA bans any and all political statements in the paddock, (without their written consent) YET INVITES TRUMP (a man who has been charged with EIGHTY EIGHT criminal offenses) to the race, is the most disgusting and hypocritical thing ive seen in all my years of watching F1. And don't even get me started on all the shit lando said abt him, like bro?? What are you saying?? Why are you saying these things?? I get u cant speak bad abt him, but that does NOT mean u need to praise him to the sun and back. T-T

That's my rant! Additional reminder abt ppl bringing up how '*retired driver (insert name)* would NOT stand for this, and would post and talk ALL abt palestine if they were still racing,' this is a reminder that those drivers are still alive and well, with WORKING platforms and can STILL do all those things now if thry CHOOSE to :]

[gryficowa]

Boycott!

When I think that nothing will surprise me anymore, then I discover the existence of GF, where everyone is a chicken…

By the way, isn't it funny that two fandoms with two demons came to life? Hello, apart from GF, the Beetlejuice fandom has also come to life…

I don't know, it's just interesting to me

Now that I have your attention:

So close...

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Yes, I'm combining two types of posts into one, because unfortunately, without it, collections have more problems reaching, and at least here you can add additional tags (Of course, below the limit, because then they disappear…)

[wheelerpilled]

Reminder that if you're pro-israel block me. Dni. Or even if you are remaining neutral!!!!!! 🇵🇸

There is a genocide still ongoing! Read this post before interacting with my page as it's important.

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And no. By supporting Palestine I don't mean supporting Hamas.

I mean supporting the civilians who have been bombed, killed, and displaced by Israeli attacks. The innocents who are being slaughtered. Those who are the victims in this horrific genocide.

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Block me if you remain neutral. I just can't fathom how anyone can remain on the fence after hearing about the one-sided onslaught in Gaza. Stand with Palestine or stay away from my page as you are not welcomed here. Please, if you don't know alot about the situation that well- ATTEMPT to educate yourself! It is not an excuse to remain neutral due to not knowing the extent of the situation. The resources are readily available.

Sorry if this sounds blunt, my intentions are just in support of spreading awareness for Palestine.

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here is a link to a useful masterpost of ways you can educate yourself about Palestine and support them.

Please take a look.

While most of us sit privileged and comfortable there is a GENOCIDE ONGOING. This is not meant to be rude or come across as aggressive. it is just a fact. Alot of people (including myself) will probably (and hopefully) never have to firsthand experience such horrors that Palestinians are going through. the fact that innocent people, including innocent CHILDREN AND INFANTS are suffering in such unimaginable ways is vile. it's heartbreaking how cruel the situation is.

I am forever grateful that I am not in such a horrible situation and it's so important that we never take it for granted, so please, all of us can contribute in some way shape or form, no matter how small it may seem. Every contribution helps. Even if it's supporting in free ways without donating.

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Remember to DO YOUR CLICK EVERYDAY. IT TAKES A SECOND AND IT IS FREE.

-i understand some people can't donate. But there is no reason not to take a moment to CLICK A BUTTON everyday. Everything adds up and helps.

even if you don't, just remember to engage with any pro-palestine posts you come across in your feed. Please, spread awareness no matter how you do it. Educate yourself and others on what's happening in the world and about the conflict if you are able to.

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Yes I am aware I'm a ST blog, a show of which has Zionist cast members- I would like to make it clear now that I do NOT align myself with such vulgar and cruel views and neither should you!! I have no respect for Brett Gelman, Noah Schnapp or ANY other Zionists. I pirate any content I wish to watch from big streaming sites and I will not be streaming ST5 on Netflix or funding a subscription that will benefit Zionists. I won't shame anyone for doing otherwise but I advise people to look into alternative ways of seeing content... especially content of which could POTENTIALLY fund Zionists!!!

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That's all, thank you- please remember to stand with and support Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸.

[luciomylover]

Hc (countryhumans) #2

beware this is a looong one (srry I forgot about this lol)

Countries: 🇰🇼🇮🇶🇶🇦🇸🇦🇧🇭🇴🇲🇦🇪🇸🇾🇵🇸 and Arab league 

mentioned: najd, hejaz

 Okay soo this is mainly for me so I could keep track of the families and siblings because I kinda forgot the dynamics between them lol

Saudi has three families one are his biological parents his mother najd and his father hejaz he was their only son and unfortunately they both died when he was little

Second family is more like he got adopted by Arab league and this family contains his adopted siblings Palestine Iraq Oman UAE Qatar Bahrain Kuwait who all got adopted by Arab league because they were all too little to be on their own.

Third family is the royal Saudi household they didn’t actually adopted him they all act as his family and Saudi does the same this also can apply to almost all GCC countries except for Qatar and UAE for personal reasons.

here’s the order from the oldest to the youngest in the Arab league family : 

Arab league 47, Oman 29, Iraq 25, Saudi 21, Kuwait 19, palestine 19, emirates 16, Qatar 15, Bahrain 14 

The Arab countries are born with something called Crystal hearts (it means exactly what it’s name) so they can “revive” themselves with it, it doesn’t really revive them it just stitch their bodies together again so the body doesn’t die, it can’t be good for the body to re-stitch together for multiple times so alot of countries decided to remove it. The countries that still have it are: ksa, Sudan, Kuwait, tunisia, Palestine, Qatar.

(If y’all want more info about this I’m happy to tell it just I want to make it short ^_^) 

🇰🇼: is one of the sassiest girls you’ll ever see she doesn’t like anyone saying anything about her brothers so you’ll see her punching someone in her words “if they are bold behind our back why don’t they say it in my face and see what happens.” So yea she’s got bruises from fights. 

🇶🇦&🇧🇭: they are not twins tho they look identical but Qatar is older but very short, they both have hybrid features as Bahrain is half shark hybrid and Qatar is a half unfamiliar species but it’s a sea creature by the look of it, Bahrain had a problem with he’s teeth he kept biting his tongue on accident when he was younger, it used to freak out ksa and he always cleaned the blood from Bahrain.

Arab league is a loner so he’s mostly with ksa (they both suck at socializing lol) he has a resting mean face so the other countries are scared of him, he’s secretly a softy and likes to bake bread and cakes, that’s how he shows affection to others.

🇸🇦: he’s clueless on why some countries hate his “attitude” he’s just too honest lol, he’s also patientperson there was one time where he had to explain to his youngest brother Bahrain why Arabs are separated but because he’s young he thought that Arabs hate each other and that’s why Arabs aren’t a one nation, Saudi got tired of explaining and just let him cry which he got scolded for it later on.

🇸🇦: Ksa likes to talk about sea creature he’s fav is 🪼 so he has a little aquarium for them in his room, though he got a bigger aquarium full of them as a gift for his birthday by the royal Saudi family.

🇴🇲: Oman and UAE are that kind of siblings who fight all the time and forgive each other the next morning, Oman is the oldest, he likes to bully Qatar and Bahrain (they all find it funny don’t worry) Oman doesn’t like seafood…it reminds him of Qatar and Bahrain, Oman is the one who taught Kuwait to fight, and finds it funny how she keeps getting away with it.

��🇼&🇴🇲: Oman seems like a chill person buy oh boy would curse your whole family bloodline if you criticize him in the slightest, he and Kuwait would hangout together it’s more like him looking out for Kuwait so she doesn’t get in trouble.

🇦🇪🇰🇼🇮🇶🇧🇭🇴🇲🇵🇸🇶🇦: all of them hate Saudi’s version of a nice outing why? Because that guy think having tea in the middle of melting sun is fun! so they started to do anything to avoid it though they sometimes feel bad so they sometimes go with him.

🇸🇾🇮🇶: they are half brothers, they used to inseparable when they were little but war and conflicts changed everything to them so they just couldn’t trust each others anymore and because Iraq got adopted by Arab league he didn’t feel the same longing as much as Syria :[ 

[theultimatenonbinarynerd]

May 2024 Reading Stats

The Calender

🍉🍉Before I start this calendar I want to start a disclaimer and remind people about what's happening in 🍉🍉 Country and that Disney and Marvel should be held accountable. Therefore I will not be recommending The Disney Novel or Marvel Comic. Disney and Marvel need to divest from Is**el for me to fully recommended and show them physically on camera. Please buy Marvel and Disney books second hand if you must have them.🍉🍉

What a month it has been, with how much I've read this month I'm definitely dubbing it the gay month. June should really be the Gay Month but it sadly won't be so I'm glad I made May that month. Starting with the beginning of the month. My reading pattern is that my last read of the month will very clearly dip into the next one but it doesn't bother me. Pageboy was very easy to finish and whilst I got everyone's criticisms I thought they were exaggerated. It's a really good Trans Memoir but not the best. This Arab Is Queer is something I had for my Readalong for Palestine I'm doing and although no one took part I go alot out of this collection and it was a 5 star all the way. Only took 2 days to finish in May and I'm happy about that.

After finishing the 8th Doctor Adventures first season, I decided to dip into the main range and listen to the first too and they were pretty great in my book. The Sirens Of Time was easy to listen to whilst I did an oc sketch and it felt very much like the Classic Who version of Day Of The Doctor. 5,6 and 7 had amazing chemistry together so even though it's the very first audio your bound to gain some laughs. Phantasmagoria is probably one of the best Mark Gatiss content I have consumed and it was very spooky. It was supernatural with that ever loving Doctor Who sci-fi charm that you know and love. Will definitely pop in to more of the main range in the future. I'm only listening to 8s for now.

Cabin At The End Of The World, loved the book but towards the end I didn't enjoy it as much. Let's just say I hate ambiguity, I also hated the audiobook narrator so I had to read along in a quicker speed which was quite the challenge. So as a result it was quicker than my usual 300 + page reads. Welcome To St Hell was another one of my most anticipated reads and it highly delivered. It took a measly Ten Days which was an achievement itself as without chapters it was hard to split up my read as I'm certainly not the finish in one day type of reader. Still though for my first graphic novel it was very very good.

My side reads for this month exactly were very different. One was terrible for its last very transphobic and ableist story and the other was a very educational jam-packed nonfiction about the situation in Palestine and how simple it is thanks to brainwashing. In the end as good as the other two stories were Happs gave me massive brain rot. Fnaf fans are way too forgiving to Scott. On Palestine was great forever to the point I want to give it to my friend to help him understand the situation. I was able to get through it quickly and absorb alot. It was a good recommendation.

Finally my reads tipping into June. Yep no not until Marvel and Disney divest. I feel okay talking about Star Wars cos alot of authors are anti-israel and anti-zionist. If Daniel José Older gets fired I'm going to be done with them too. J.Elle is a really good writer though and I'm definitely gonna look at more of her books.

June's Stats

Wow just wow. May's stats were like a lightning bolt. I did a lot of reading this month and I expect stats like this will be ever so common in the glorious summer stats. So let's break these chunky stats down.

I read 8 books including 6 physical books/graphic novels and 2 Big Finish audios. That's just chock a block impressive and I'm very proud of myself as that's my highest number yet. As pages that too was my highest yet with 1,477 pages which is 489 pages up from last May. Interesting I also only read 3 books in May last year. So this is a very positive sign at how my reading journey is evolving. And of course my highest hours stats with 3.6 hours logged. I dipped into longer big finish audios this month so it makes a lot of sense.

Up next Genres. When I said this was a very gay month I mean it. I read many genres this month; LGTBQIA+, Science Fiction, Memoir, Horror, Young Adult, Thriller, Politics, History, Graphic Novel and Essays but coming on top with a whopping 4 reads was LGTBQIA+. It makes sense I have a lot of lgtbq+ representation on my tbr and this just happens to be a lucky month where I've gotten through quite a few. It also for the first time topped Science Fiction which is not an easy feet to do trust me. In joint second place with only 2 reads was Science Fiction, Horror and Memoir. I'm so glad that I was finally able to get to have a reading month with more diversity in genre. Let's see what June brings.

Mainly reads is still the same for now. I love my adventurous, dark and mysterious books as well as my medium paced books that are under 300 pages.

Again for moods for the first time in forever Reflective comes at top. The moods this month Reflective, Dark, Informative, Mysterious, Funny, Emotional, Adventurous, Tense And Inspiring. As a result of reading a lot of nonfiction this month I was finally able to tip away from my usual adventurous mood. All the nonfiction reads I had were very indeed thought provoking and reflective. In joint second place was emotional and dark which ie expected as I love books that hit me hard in the heart.

Star ratings were all over the place this month it was a very mixed bag month some amazing, some average, some terrible. My overall star rating for the month was 4.22 a minor improvement from May last year where the average rating was 4.17. There's always next May to get the average score up as long as I pick good books. We had two five star reads in This Arab Is Queer and Welcome To St Hell which was well deserved in my opinion. For the first time ever two 4.75 star novels in Phantasmagoria and On Palestine they were close to being 5 star but not quite there for me. Again two four stars in Pageboy and The Sirens Of Time. One 3.75 star thanks to the icky ending and rushed past and of course one 2.5 star novel that deserves the rating. It'll be interesting to see how June's stats compare against this.

May's Reads/Listens

A jam packed reading month indeed. This Arab Is Queer was an incredible Anthology that heavily educated me and sheeded any internalised bigotry over queer arab folk. It was also a very thought provoking and powerful collection of essays it really helped reshaped alot of the views I've had. The Sirens Of Time was a delightful timey whimey multi-doctor story that basically is the classic who version of Day Of The Doctor. Peter Davison, Colin Baker And Sylvester had amazing chemistry, I definitely want to look into more of the main range now.

Pageboy was definitely overhated it did not deserve all the hate and disappointment in my opinion. Its really not that bad at all. I think people are just fustrated about the non linear and him talking about his experiences prior to his transition but I felt like it was a hundred percent nesscary. Trans experiences aren't linear and Elliot did his absolute best trying to show that in his memoir. Phantasmagoria was a really good Big Finish listen and I heavily enjoyed it. Its one of my favourite project of Mark Gatiss's that I have ever seen, he's an absolutely fantastic writer, I don't care what people say I love his stories. This was a really cool supernatural story with Five and Turlough, the twists were generally shocking and it was a fun ride. Highly recommend giving Phantasmagoria a listen if you haven't done.

The Cabin At The End Of The World was better than the movie until a heavy tragic ending that differed from the movie and absorbed the bury your gays trope like a bubble. I love how Wen's povs were actually written in the style of a six year old girl. It was disturbing yess but made this story way too bury your gays trope than it already is. Might be controversial but that's my whole opinion. I also felt like the message contradicted itself is it about the desperation of religions cults or it a positive normalising gay families and about how gay love it powerful enough to save the work. On Palestine is the best book tok recommendation that I have ever been given. I wanted to fully understand the g-side happening in Palestine and all three authors summed it up perfectly. It was also interesting to learn about Propaganda and how its seeded into Israeli youth from a young age. It also heavily talks about the US and other countries and why they ally with Israel, its not what you may think. Props to Noam, Ilam and Frank for their hard work and important discussions.

Finally Happs and Welcome To St Hell. One of these two is 💩 and the other is 10/10. Yeah it's not Happs. What were Scott and team thinking, I know it might not have been intentional but Transphobia is Transphobia regardless wether or not intentional. It made me feel violated and sick and spoil my enjoyment of the other two stories in the collection. It was horror but not in a good way. Welcome To St Hell was my first graphic novel and it slapped. This was another one of my impulse purchases and I'm so glad I did indeed buy it. Terfs tried to review bomb it but I don't give a flying f** about their opinion. The Art was beautiful and I loved that Lewis didn't primarily feed into the Trans trauma trope and tell a sad story. Also The panels where he narrated and talked to his past self had me in tears of laughter cos as a semi masc Nonbinary person I found it so relatable. It's also really educational. A five star that I highly recommend.

Conclusion

A very very good reading month and it might not be a big deal to everyone else but I'm really proud of myself for what I've achieved, I literally think since I first got back into reading its an absolute record for me. Maybe it's a sign I should go out more but honestly I'm not fussed and couldn't care any less.

Big Finish for the future we're tipping into The Charley Arc as I want to listen to more 8 and one 12 and 11 multi Doctor short trip. Crazy thing is though with my audhd brain I already have next years listens planned. Expect a lot and I mean a lot of Big Finish reviews that might just be paced from Storygraph but who cares.

My next five reads as of this blog are Race To Crashpoint Tower, Jamie, A Test Of Courage, War Of The Worlds and Doctor Who: The Deviant Strain. Very excited to see how the rest of the year goes and I'm absolutely loving the lovely templates I've got from @LEEBEE_READS. So much more to come and I really love looking back and reflecting on my reader tastes.

Have a happy Pride Month everyone 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

-Melody-

They/Them

[icedragon987]

Tunisia

We celebrated New Year's in Tunisia this year, its already 2023. Why is time fleeting by so fast?

Anyways, we saw many things in the one week that we had. We did 2 major tours, had to get up early which I hate to do. But I guess it was worth it.

We saw a mosque which was 1400 years old, here the Prophets (pbuh) barber/hijamist laid. The mosques reminded me of Palestine and very much the streets too. There was a roman arena, the tour guide said gladiator was filmed there. And the best place I went to was the hot natural spring. Apparently it was a volcano underneath and the water gushed out at 59 degrees which was absolutely boiling. The water is supposed to have healing benefits so I poured the water on my mums feet and knees by cupping my hands and filling them up with water. My hands felt like they were going to melt off but I managed somehow.

We went on a pirate ship too with the classic Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean music blasting in the background, the actors did a show for the people and they would collect money for it. There was a lively atmosphere but my cousins kids mainly male were hating it, maybe it was too loud and the actors were being a bit boisterous.

At the bazaar I noticed that the tunisian shopkeepers were rather short fused. I don't know weather it was because of covid and the loss of income or what but they certainly had an attitude.

My cousin was called into a shop as we were passing by it. He enticed her by saying a scarf was for 15 dinars each but when we went to choose they quickly would change the price. A few shopkeepers would do the same thing. But my cousin lost it, she had enough. She told the guy, ur Muslim and you lied. That was it... The guy went crazy. It was like a matchstick being lighted. He was saying things like, you disrespected me by saying such a thing etc. But it was true though.. In the end, after all the hoo ha, he gave the goods for how much she was saying and also told her not to come back to his shop again. I get the feeling alot of them are aggressive sellers over there and they use their religion to receive empathy and get you to buy things by saying, as a muslim you are supposed to help us out muslim brother/sister etc. Religion should not be used like that I think.

[athingofvikings]

#jumblr#poli#tw antisemitism#yeah ALOT of anti-israel people think this is “zionist propaganda”#theyve been erasing the jewishness of mary and jesus for years now#so many people don't even know there was ancient jewish kingdoms predating palestine#my hamsnik sister was a history major and president of a history students union and didnt know either#despite us growing up anglican and being taught about that from a young age#there is a lot of historical education that straight up erases it#i had to give up on encyclopedia bittanica for falling for that#they call the land prior to roman occupation and the fall of the second temple and their renaming it syria palestina by the name palestine#even thousands of years before it existed under that name#the names the land was called before modern palestine#from canaan until syria palestina matter too#to aknowledge when the land's name changed (even though to jews it remained eretz yisrael-the land of israel)#is not anti palestinian to acknowledge real palestinian history (which is long and complex and important on it's own)#but it *is* antisemitic to write jews out of history#especially for the benefit of another group#anyways: CHRISTIAN FRIENDS GO SEE THE MOVIE!!!! BRING FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!!!#im so happy to see a jewish woman cast as mary for once

@gay-jewish-bucky, your tags remind me of this comic:

Not many of the boycotts get under my skin and it may just be due to stress from moving and the recent events in Europe but holy fucking boycott batman, they're trying to boycott Mary (2024) which hasn't even releases yet.

I don't know much about it, however it follows Mary (the religious figure) after she gives birth to Jesus and has to flee.

Now let's lay some facts out first.

Both Jesus and Mary were jewish, not Palestinian. They lived in Judea, centuries before Palestine existed. Jesus and Mary also practiced and followed judaism.

There are a few reasons as to why people are boycotting, all equally silly and due to Mary being played by an Israeli Jewish actress.

Some people are ignoring fact and are claiming Mary was in fact Palestinian. To them, the movie is participating in a historical inaccuracy and erasing Palestinian history.

For anyone who actually knows the history more than reading an Instagram post, knows that, like we've established, Mary was a jew from Judea and not Palestinian. I also find it racist to think that Palestinians cannot have their own history and have to piggyback off of another culture. Palestinian history should be taught and represented in the media, without having another groups history rebranded as Palestinian to give legitimacy. Palestinian history should have legitimacy on its own.

The other reason for the boycott is the Israeli jewish actor playing her, Noa Cohen.

And to this I have a few thoughts.

Firstly, I thought (and still do) that the best representation in media is when a character is portrayed by someone of the same identity. Israel is the closest thing to modern day Judea. You aren't going to get any better rep than that.

Secondly, people need to understand that you are going to be uncomfortable at times!!! If an Israeli person being in a movie makes you uncomfortable, tough fucking titties just cope. Israeli citizens are not their government and it is bigoted to think so. So just learn to cope.

I have zero clue if she served in the IDF or not, but if she has and that's a factor in the boycott, I need people to also just cope. Most Israelis have served. By banning every Israeli who has served from being in movies and shows, you are banning the majority of Israelis from a whole profession.