[samwisethewitch]

*takes your face gently in my hands and looks sincerely into your eyes* listen. your home does not need to look like a showroom. homes are meant to be lived in, and that means a certain amount of mess. it's okay if there is clutter on your desk or if you don't remember the last time you cleaned your oven. mess is morally neutral. but at the same time, you deserve to live in an environment that is safe and comfortable, and that means someone has to clean sometimes. things like mold, spoiled food, and dirty litter boxes are genuine health hazards and need to be dealt with before they make someone sick. think of cleaning less as "my home needs to be completely spotless" and more as "I am an animal and I need a habitat that is free of hazardous material." it's okay. *kisses you on the forehead and tucks you into a blanket*

(and of course it is always acceptable and even good for you to ask someone else to help you with cleaning if it's physically or mentally difficult for you. even if you're paying them to do it.)

[nativenews]

[plumslices]

Also don’t buy nasty pasta from her company Goodles.

[charc-arts]

For anyone in the area looking to protest the LA screening live, it will be held at the Museum Of Tolerance on November 8th, 2023. Here's the address:

9786 W Pico Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90035

Article abt it says entry is "invite only" but afaik nothing stopping ppl from protesting outside the location.

[gambolcelicas]

Very important, but Palestinian groups recommend NOT protesting at this event unless you're white or jewish! It seems to be a trap to take photos of protestors of color to accuse them of antisemetism. Jewish Voice for Peace and other orgs WILL be holding a protest, so if you're jewish, you are highly encouraged to protest! Please stay safe! Wear a mask!

[nativenews]

[nativenews]

🚨 FLORIDA! Protest Real-Time Laboratories, an Elbit Systems of America company. Elbit is manufacturing genocide in our backyards - SHUT IT DOWN!

📍990 S Rogers Cir #5, Boca Raton, FL 33487

📆Thursday 11/9 at 3pm #ShutElbitDown

[homealonejackskellington]

[homealonejackskellington]

[thepoisonroom]

beauty standards are so fucked up what happened to i love your body because it's you. what then.

[thepoisonroom]

people get hotter the more you like them that's just science

ETA: turning reblogs back on but if any transphobic freaks touch it it's going back to the chokey

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

hey hellsite

[zahroreadsthings]

The idea of contacting the author directly is so wild but anyway here's reviewing common courtesy

Reviews are for readers/potential readers. Don't come over to an author's socials to dunk on their work.

If you're posting a negative review there are entire sites you can do that

Authors typically don't engage with reviews (directly or indirectly), especially with negative ones. There are many people who remove a book from their TBR if an author responds to a negative reviewer

'If you cant be nice about it, contact the author directly' DONT DO THAT

[lorbanery]

I genuinely DO NOT understand how we shifted so DRASTICALLY from "fandom space is fandom space, trying to include creators/actors/bts folks/etc is an INTRUSION and also weird and rude" to "you, as a consumer, have an OBLIGATION to give the people involved in creating the thing you consumed a bulleted list of everything you think they did right and wrong, and don't forget to demand their opinion on RPF involving them and their coworker(s)".

Like, not to sound like a Victorian grandma, but jfc get some perspective, and also some gd manners. Learn to recognize a parasocial relationship and realize that these people are complete strangers to you, you do not talk to complete strangers like this.

How would you feel if some random person handed you a copy of the last essay you wrote, or a fic you wrote, all marked up in red pen. And they were like, "So I like the general premise, but it is a little cliche. Your grammar could use some work, and I hate this character, I also just don't like the actual overall subject in general, so I had to give you 1 star. Honestly wish I could've given you less." You'd think they were a fucking weirdo and feel kind of like shit that they felt the need to tell you, personally and directly, how much they thought this thing you worked hard on sucked, right?

So why the fuck are you doing that to other people??????

[nativenews]

[gayvampyr]

here is an article detailing the US involvement in the Sudanese genocide

The US and the Sudan Conflict: Motives and Ability to Influence Events

The United States and Saudi Arabia announced on June 17, 2023 that both sides to the conflict in Sudan—the Sudanese Army Forces (SAF) and th

this Medium article about Congo is paywalled but should work with 12ft.io extension

Silent Suffering: Unmasking Racism’s Veil on the Congo Genocide

Since 1990, a devastating genocide has been unfolding in the heart of Africa, claiming millions of innocent lives- several of whom have…

[liamnotpayne]

Sugar…..spice…..and everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girl. But Professor Utonium accidentally added an EXTRA INGREDIENT to the concoction…. CHEMICAL X.

[stephanemiroux]

For those who want to catch up.

[pileofknives]

The Unified Theory of Viral Song Describing Extremely Specific Social Phenomena

[huffylemon]

[foone]

This is a joke and all but this is seriously a good idea. It's possible to get yourself in a real depressive funk because all your creative works are big complicated things that you have to work on for a long time and you keep coming up short or failing. That lack of success can really start to burn you out.

But you know what I guarantee you will be able to do? Put together this little Lego plane. Go get a small set for like 25$ and just put it together. You're not trying to make a Big Artistic Statement, you don't have to deal with perfectionism, you don't have to go learn a bunch of new skills and buy a bunch of new tools and supplies, you're just gonna make a little Lego set. You will succeed, I'm sure of it.

Maybe it's just my particular flavor of ADHD/autism, but his has really helped me from time to time. When you're in a rut because you're trying to do great things and failing, maybe try switching to something simple and offline that you can definitely do. Put together a Lego car or plane or train. You'll have fun, I promise.

And then when you get back to work, you can have that little set sitting on your desk, and look up at it every time you take a break. See, you can succeed at things, your brain is just being mean.

[bloglikeanegyptian]

it goes against so much of what i stand for to share "palestinians are humans, they have hobbies, they have pets, they laugh and cry" kind of posts because i've spent so much of my life and career completely rejecting the notion that we should humanize ourselves, that we should ever be defensive, that we should entertain this racism at all

but it breaks my heart when i have to share them from people in gaza, who are using their five minutes of internet connection, their 25% of battery charge collected from a macguyvered car battery, emotionally exhausted, thirsty and hungry, sleeping in schools that have turned into refugee shelters and still making the time to say "please, i am human too, i am still alive, please fight for me" in english to appeal to the only people who have the power to help

i shared a tweet from a jjk artist in gaza i follow about a bts photocard being found in the middle of the rubble. even the love of anime and kpop and sports is no longer just a hobby, but an appeal to humanity. what was once a source of joy is now proof of life.

the worst part is that you won't find this content in arabic. palestinians don't post like this in arabic. but when they translate themselves, they recognize that they must humanize themselves first. it's an unspoken understanding of dehumanization, one that has dictated a whole region's understanding of the value of human life. in arabic they speak with dignity, with anger, with sorrow. in english, they appeal for their existence.

i share these posts not just because we have to reach everyone we can, because im being asked to and i will not refuse. but i also share them because they're evidence of how deep the racism has run. at what dehumanization leads to. of war crime after war crime. this too i will not forget.

[homealonejackskellington]

Glamour kills clothing in 2023.

[radicalgraff]

"Stop bombing Gaza"

Train graffiti in Rome

[brigatebajor]

the smaller graffiti on the doors say "bisogna stare in silenzio quando i bambini dormono... non quando muoiono!" aka "you need to be quiet when children are sleeping... not when they're dying!"

[odissea]

+ “Palestina libera!” aka “Free Palestine” and “antifa sempre” aka “always antifascist”

[terrorconartist]

1 2 3

Also the source on the “12 licenses”.

[el-shab-hussein]

Celtics fans in Scotland.

[wisdomlikethis]

Some additional context:

This was a part of a coordinated movement by a particular fanclub for Celtic, the Green Brigade, who have become well known for organizing displays like this in support of things like BLM previously. They have experienced a huge amount of controversy and active pushback from it, and this time is no different, as Green Brigade members with season tickets are now being told they will not be allowed to attend home games in future:

Celtic ban Green Brigade fans’ group from attending home matches

The move comes after the Green Brigade ignored the club’s pleas and went ahead with a Palestinian flag display in the Champions League

I think it's worth pointing out that this wasn't a spontaneous thing, but a deliberate, carefully coordinated effort on the part of this group of fans.

[tamarrud]

I am losing my mind

Convoys of ambulances taking the injured out of Gaza to get treated in Egypt (as agreed and coordinated between all parties) got targeted by Israeli warplanes

The convoys were in three separate parts of Gaza and all of them were targeted and bombed.

15 killed so far and tens are severely wounded.

I literally just posted a couple of hours ago about Israel deliberately targeting civilian cars fleeing the north in response to death threats and now this

This is as deliberate as can be

Israel is literally revelling in its impunity. This is exactly what happens when cunts run around in circles when Israel's crimes are brought up. Literal massacres against medical convoys. Just like there were massacres against refugee camps and massacres in hospitals and literal schools.

Keep advocating, keep posting, talk about this and call israel what it is: a terrorist state.

[normal-thoughts-official]

Here's a source (3rd of November 2023)