[Image description: a collection of various social media posts.
First and second image; ID in alt text.
Third image: two tumblr posts by @/gothhabiba:
the way that white travel & food writers write about 'aswaq is so eyes- rolling-into-the-back-of-your-head stupid
My host takes me into the narrow, winding, crowded corridors of the supermarket, holding my hand tightly to ensure that I'm not lost among the sounds, the smells, and the vibrant, rich, exotic colors of the brightly lit aisles. A necessary precaution, it turns out, as things demand my attention from all sides: the white, tiled, slightly dirty floors, the narrow passageways occasionally made narrower by boxes of produce yet to be shelved, and the wrenching and shoving from people pushing through to their various inscrutable destinations. People in jeans, hoodies, and light jackets inspect produce and reject or accept it for mysterious reasons. The occasional employee pulls boxes out of a damp, dark, dank storage room and then pushes them about on a palette cart that has been painted a lush blue.
At the butcher station, a young man with a sharp knife actually carves into animal carcasses before buyers' eyes as they shout their desired cuts at him: such unusual, surprising choices as "deli sliced" or "hank." The aroma of raw flesh combines with the waftings of the bakery nearby to produce a confusing, enticing, almost erotic sensory jumble.
This is where the European goes to buy his food, to socialize, to argue, and, when a sample counter appears somewhere among the well- trodden paths, even to eat.
Fourth image: a post by someone named Milton:
I discovered the river you see behind me here in London. I don't know what the natives call it but I gave it a proper name -- River Gulu. Like Sir Samuel Baker you can now call me Sir Milton…. who discovered River Gulu in London.
Below is a photograph of a Black man smiling with his arms folded, standing in front of a river in London.
Sixth image: part of a twitter thread by Jew Who Has It All:
Dear Teachers,
As some of you may know, if you have any students who identify as Christian in your class, they may be absent while observing the Christian holiday of Christmas.
Officially, the holiday commemorates the birth of their prophet. In modern times, the holiday incorporates many pagan winter solstice rituals as well.
Some children may believe that a man named Santa Claws (aka St. Nicholas Ha'Kadosh) will visit their house on a sled pulled by flying deer while they are asleep.
As terrifying as this belief sounds, apparently the children really look forward to his home invasion because they wake up to presents that Santa left for them in the middle of the night.
Seventh and eighth image: a tumblr conversation between various users:
teaboot
Okay, new rule: if you regularly consume the blood. and flesh of a demigod in a room full of chanting elders you're not allowed to call other religions primitive and evil
candidlyautistic
This is oddly specific and leaves some very interesting questions unanswered.
uirgiliana
Catholicism sure does sound weird when you put it that way.
birthdaypigeon
could u imagine if ppl talked about catholicism the same way they talked about like… indigenous ppl's religions….
birthdaypigeon
girl in horror movie holding a bible open: "according to legend, a mob tortured a half-man, half-god, and nailed him to a wooden cross, leaving him to starve to death. But days later, on this very night, they found he had clawed his way out of the grave. Now those who believe lie in wait for him to rise again, To honour him, they have weekly gatherings where they chant and sing, and at the end of it they eat his flesh and blood."
girl's friend: "wow.. thats so creepy…"
horror movie jock: "it's only a myth, don't worry"
izzy806
andulkaphoto
s-u-f-j-a-n-s-t-e-v-e-n-s
romaincrisis
stormborns
origamiaround
amandla
