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[notaplaceofhonour]

hey there person searching my blog for mentions of israel palestine jews palestinians arabs gaza zionism genocide apartheid jewish jumblr judaism white settler colonialism

i explicitly do not want palestinians or arabs or anyone to be genocided. i want a just and equal peace for literally every ethnic, racial, religious group, no exceptions. i do not believe jews are better than arabs. i believe palestinians have a right to self-determination in palestine, just as much as jews have a right to self-determination in israel. if i say something is antisemitic, it is not because i think it is antisemitic to criticize israel or support palestinians.

if you say i believe any of the above or am advocating for genocide or violence against palestinians or hate people for being pro-palestine, you are lying.

if you hear me say the word antisemitism, and kneejerk to believing i want people to die, you need to take a timeout and chill.

if you hear me criticize or disagree with popular palestinian narratives, that does not make me islamophobic or anti-palestinian or anti-arab. criticizing israel is not antisemitic; neither is criticizing palestine anti-palestinian. anti-islamism is not islamophobia.

yes, accusations that use tropes that have historically been used to genocide jews are in fact antisemitic regardless of intent or who or what you are criticizing.

criticizing israel is not antisemitic; criticizing jewish israelis in a way that uses tropes like blood libel, rootless cosmopolitanism, and the like, is antisemitic. if you cannot parse that sentence, or try to present the latter clause as refuting the former, you are either lack the reading comprehension skills to be taken seriously or you are being dishonest.

[avoid-avoidance]

Thanks to Eridian memories being very reliable & their in-person communications being very sound-based, I wonder how Erid's cultures compare to human cultures re: the weight and significance of 'writing things down'? Maybe the act of creating a physical record of somebody's speech and thoughts is considered to be a gesture of deep respect and honor to the Eridian being 'recorded' -- as if to say, "even though no information would be lost if I simply relied on my memories to reference your words later, I believe what you're saying is significant enough that that isn't sufficient by itself".

So, when Grace participates in cultural-exchange meetings with Eridians who are experts in their various fields, imagine how surprised and baffled and flattered and flustered they would get when almost as soon as they start sharing their knowledge, Grace starts taking down notes.

[gravehags]

thank you to everyone for their kind words!! now i can finally use this!!

[crushed-sugar]

Special shoutout to all the queer, intersex, and trans het folks. Sorry for all the “it’s illegal to be straight this month” jokes you’ll have to endure. Y’all are still very much part of the community.

[catchymemes]

[spookberry]

lowkey kinda hate how all the pride flags are just stripes, can we get some shapes up in here pls

[schnuffel-danny]

OK bisexual (czech)

[spookberry]

Hell yeah 🤙

[the-ghost-king]

Biczechual

[itisiives]

[pride-knightess]

@snozzberries96 @awkwardsocialfailure @ambientradiation

[im-kickn-it]

THAT-

that is coheed and cambria. That is the man who wrote the song.

[pride-knightess]

Its mr coheed and cambria

[prof-grace-aspen]

I think if you call trans men whiny bitches you did not in fact unlearn sexism or misogyny.

[genderkoolaid]

hey everyone. if you haven't seen it, ansel @transfaguette posted a queued post on his blog, stating that he is likely deceased now after taking his own life. there is a chance he is alive and simply hasn't been able to access his blog, but he stated he was confident in his means, and that his attempt would've been about a week ago. if he is alive, i hope he sees this and knows how much he means to me and many others.

i am deeply saddened by the loss of him to our community. i wish i had been able to know him better personally. i admired him a great deal. i am thankful he was here. i am glad we were both around on this earth for enough time to know each other. he made the world a richer and better place by having been here at all. i can't thank him enough.

suicide is an immensely personal and final choice. he was unhoused, disabled, and without options for a life that felt meaningfully survivable. it was his right to choose to end his life, he expressed this himself. as painful a choice as that choice is, i am glad he felt able to make it with an appreciation for life and a genuine belief in our ability to fight for a world where disabled trans people never have to make this decision out of desperation again. i am glad he went with a sense of peace and love for himself and the world.

His final words on his last post are: "Keep fighting comrades, and never lose your compassion for yourself and others."

if anyone needs it, Trans Lifeline is a suicide support hotline for trans people which will not call 911 on you without consent, and Project LETS has a collection of non-carceral resources. take care of your grief however it needs, take care of yourselves, and each other. he is gone but not forgotten.

[makingqueerhistory]

Watch this to learn more about the books being banned in America.

[chiimeramanticore]

i wanna see more art of trans men with boobs where the point of the art is anything other than the fact that they have boobs. i want the idea of trans men with breasts to stop being novel. i want people to stop perceiving trans men as only either having already had top surgery or always binding. i want people to stop assuming everyone with visible breasts is a woman or woman-aligned. i want breasts to become a completely genderless feature. i wanna be allowed to let em hang without being misgendered. i wanna be able to stop worrying about what to put on my chest every day for the sake of other people's perception of me without feeling pressured into getting expensive surgery. i want that to stop being the only two options for transmascs

[burninglights]

fucking insane to be a person of colour in the uk right now

[burninglights]

When my family first moved to the UK, we faced a similar risk to our wellbeing & safety as many are facing now, albeit for different reasons. in light of everything happening in Ireland & the tensions increasing in Glasgow, and the perennial England, here’s a list of actionable things to do for people who may be targeted & anti racist allies.

MY HOME IS ON THE LIST/LIKELY TO BE TARGETED, WHAT CAN I DO?

* it may bring you peace of mind to have a go-bag ready, just in case. A go-bag is a bag with everything in it that you need to get out a volatile situation quickly. Any bag that can be secured (buttoned or zipped) will do. In your go-bag, you should include;

- identifying documents; passport/driver’s license/asylum card/ILR certificate/British Residency permit card

- Wallet and/or banking books

- A spare charger & cable and/or a power bank

- any shelf-stable medication (tablets, inhalers etc.) if you are on medication that needs to be refrigerated, leave it in the fridge until you have to leave

- Sanitary items; toothbrush, toothpaste, sanitary pads & tampons, deodorant. If you have very young children with you, you may also want to take your nappy bag.

* If you have to leave, a go-bag is a convenient way to ensure you have everything of importance with you.

* If you are being supported by an asylum seekers or refugee charity, or are a member of a gurdwara/temple, mosque, synagogue or church, reach out to your religious leaders. They may be able to provide direct support, or put you in contact with organisations or other congregants who can help. If you are friendly with your neighbours, it may be worth contacting them too.

* IN THE EVENT THAT “PROTESTORS” DO COME TO YOUR HOUSE, CALL 999 IMMEDIATELY, AND FOLLOW ANY INSTRUCTIONS THEY GIVE YOU. MOVE AWAY FROM ANY WINDOWS. DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY EMERGENCY SERVICES.

I’M AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT/CARE WORKER/NHS WORKER, WHAT SHOULD I DO?

* Contact your student welfare office/NHS Trust/agency for advice, support and referral to organisations that may be able to provide assistance

* if you live in or commute through an area that is likely to be targeted, contact your lecturers and your faculty to find out whether remote study is possible; if you work in care or as part of the NHS, find out if it is possible to change shifts.

* If it would provide peace of mind, prepare a go-bag as listed above

* Reach out to your the uni society or student’s organisation for international students or students of specific ethnic origin; they may be able to provide you with direction to resources and peer support. If your university has a Marxist or Socialist society, reach out to them for mutual aid with a travel buddy etc., for getting to and from your place of study/work

* If you are a member of a gurdwara/temple, mosque, synagogue or church, reach out to your religious leaders. They may be able to provide direct support, or put you in contact with organisations or other congregants who can help.

* If you are friendly with your neighbours, it may be worth contacting them too for assistance with travel to & from work.

* Report any racism or racialised violence you are subjected to. NHS staff have a right to refuse to treat patients who harass, abuse, threaten or insult them; if a patient is racist to you, where possible, ask another member of staff to take over their care.

PERSONAL SAFETY:

* do not leave your home unless strictly necessary. If it is necessary to leave, don’t do it alone.

* use NextDoor, WhatsApp, social media and word of mouth to avoid commuting through “protestor” road blocks, areas of active conflict etc.,

* When travelling, use Share My Location or Life360, and keep at least two people aware of your expected time of arrival at your destination with instructions to contact the police if you do not let them know you’ve made it safely

* do not directly confront any individuals involved, or allow them to bait you into becoming confrontational

* only record if it is safe. Do not record individuals directly/from up close

* Do not directly intervene. If you see violence occurring, contact emergency services and if safe to do so, record what’s happening.

ALLYSHIP & HOW TO HELP:

* if you have neighbours, friends, coworkers or acquaintances form targeted communities, reach out to them. Ask them what you can do to help them feel safe.

* If you live in an area likely to be targeted, reach out to any vulnerable people you know. If safe and possible, offer to let them shelter with you in the event they need to leave home

* If you see any incitement to violence online screenshot it; it may prove useful in the event of individual “protesters” being prosecuted

* If you see any specific areas being discussed as targets, alert anyone you know at risk in the area

* Reach out to local refugee & asylum seekers’ organisations, to organisations supporting foreign national care & healthcare workers, and to churches, mosques, gurdwaras; they may be looking for short term assistance in helping to provide for vulnerable members of their community

CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE & TO SUPPORT:

* NASC Ireland; refugee & asylum seeker charity

* Doras.org; migrant, stateless persons, refugee and asylum seeker rights advocates

* Jesuit Refugee Service; religious refugee & asylum seekers charity

* Irish Refugee Council; supporting stateless displaced persons & refugees in NI & ROI

* International Student’s House (IE & UK WIDE): provides hardship funding and help to international students

* PathFinder (UK WIDE); supports international students

* Care International (GLOBAL); global carer’s charity

* Choose Love (IE & UK WIDE); charitable organisation supporting refugees and asylum seekers

* Praxis UK (UK WIDE); supporting refugees & asylum seekers

* The Runnymede Trust (IE & UK WIDE); antiracism education charity

* Migrant’s Rights Network (IE & UK WIDE); advocacy and support for migrants and refugees

* ShareTheMeal (GLOBAL); providing meals for refugees and those fleeing conflict globally

* Amnesty (IRELAND, UK & WORLDWIDE); human rights NGO

* UNHCR & UN Refugee Council (GLOBAL); UN refugee bodies supporting those seeking asylum, fleeing conflict & internally/internationally displaced worldwide

[snowviolettwhite]

I am so sick of people saying if someone is a person of color or queer in some way they can’t be antisemitic, despite the fact history books will tell you the opposite, multiple times.

Non Jews want Jewish allyship while praising people like Kayne West as geniuses, if he was a white man you would call him a white supremacist and a nazi.

Having a nazi and racist phase a teenager is not normal. Also just saying if I had friends who hate-crimed me, I wouldn’t still be friends with them. You cannot say nazi symbols are racist while saying Jewish people are white.

[unsolicited-opinions]

I know Israel isn't an apartheid state but I remember twice when I was arguing with my aunt about that--who is one of the few people I know who will listen to facts, she brought up some law that Israel passed sometime in the last couple years that limited Arab rights in someway.

I can't remember which exact law it was but I remember when it passed that alot of people used it as proof of apartheid, but I saw multiple Jewish/Israeli blogs explaining why that wasn't true. I wish I could remember exactly what it was so I could look up those posts because I know she's gotten it wrong somehow.

Is there any chance you know what law I'm talking about? She claims Arab knesset members stood up in protest during or after the vote for it, if that narrows it down (if that even happened).

She's talking about the Nation State Law.

The law passed 62-55 in July 2018 and yes, Arab Knesset members did protest it.

The Nation State Law declares that the Land of Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people. It says that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people in which it realizes its natural, cultural, religious and historical right to self-determination.

Beyond that, it codifies the state's symbols (flag, menorah emblem, Hatikvah), declares Jerusalem the capital, establishes Hebrew as the state's language while giving Arabic a "special status" (with an explicit clause that nothing in the law harms Arabic's existing legal status), and commits the state to ensuring the safety of Jews abroad who are in danger due to their Jewishness.

The strongest critiques I can find in English come from Israeli centrists and liberals, who address what the law omits rather than what it contains.

The Israel Democracy Institute's position is that the Nation State Law's flaw is in its failure to explicitly address equality, democracy, and the Declaration of Independence. Their recommendation was simply to amend it to include an explicit statement that Israel is also the home of its minorities and add an explicit guarantee of equal rights for all citizens. Having lived my entire life as part of a tiny ethnic minority (2% of my nation's population), I think I agree.

However, the law did not limit the rights of any of Israel's citizens, whether Jewish, Arabic, or of any other ethnic/national/religious heritage.

The Arabic language point specifically

People often cite the language provision as the most concrete example of harm. Arabic's special status, though, was preserved - and the law explicitly states that this clause does not harm the status given to the Arabic language before it came into effect. Arabic went from being formally co-official (in practice, a status that was already largely symbolic) to having "special status" with its existing practical protections intact. That's a demotion in symbolic standing (which is worth noting) but it didn't strip Arabic speakers of any legal protections, access to services, or any practical right.

The Double Standard

Israel is targeted with outrage for defining itself as the homeland of a particular people and prioritizing that people's self-determination - this is characterized as uniquely monstrous and unjust.

It is, however, common to countless constitutional democracies.

Ireland: The Irish Constitution explicitly states that "the Irish nation cherishes its special affinity with people of Irish ancestry living abroad who share its cultural identity and heritage." Ireland is the ethnonational homeland of the Irish people. No one calls this apartheid.

Germany: Article 116 of Germany's Basic Law grants ethnic Germans (people of German descent living in former Eastern Bloc countries) the right to return to Germany and claim citizenship. German legislation provides unique opportunities for persons of German origin to obtain citizenship based on proof of German ethnic origin, through a repatriation process based on proof of German roots. Germany's constitution privileges ethnic Germans. Nobody calls this apartheid either.

Greece: Greek law maintains a separate, expedited naturalization track specifically for ethnic Greeks abroad, and derives ethnic identity and citizenship eligibility from a single grandparent. Nobody accuses Greece of apartheid.

Poland: The Polish constitution commits the Republic of Poland to providing assistance to Poles living abroad to maintain their links with the national cultural heritage. Apartheid never comes up when discussing this.

All of these countries define themselves constitutionally as the nation-states of specific ethnic or cultural groups. All of them maintain special relationships with their diasporas.

None of them have had this characterized as apartheid.

When Israel is held to a standard applied to no other nation, one cannot help but ask: Why is Israel uniquely held to a different standard?

It's the nation of the Jews. That's what they find uniquely unacceptable.

When every other nation gets to define its ethnic and cultural character and Israel alone is called an apartheid state for doing the same thing, the question isn't whether a double standard exists - it obviously exits.

The only question is if those acting on the double standard will admit it's only explanation.

____________

(You can read the text of the law in English here)

(Israelis - please do jump in if I get any of this wrong? My understanding of Israeli politics is obviously limited by ~6,000 miles and my lousy Hebrew.)

[i-enact-postvore]

You ever think about many peices of media have zero women and thats just perfectly normal but if a peice of media has an all female cast people get... like that? Women should be allowed to kill over this btw

[loveshoplifter]

same but it's black people

[i-enact-postvore]

That's right

[pangur-and-grim]

I've read a few recently published books, and there's this recurring pattern where if anyone does anything bad and interesting, they have to later talk about it in a way that makes it clear that it was a misunderstanding/ justified/ not their fault, so they're still a good person. and if they have a disagreement with another character, they have to therapy talk it out, regardless of their background. it doesn't matter if this is a street urchin with three teeth who just stabbed and kidnapped someone, you will get eloquent sterile therapy speak that will smooth out any possible emotional tension. and everyone asks for permission before they kiss, and waits for a clear enthusiastic yes. again, doesn't matter the character's background or situation, they will ask "can I please kiss you," because if they didn't, that could get all yucky and uncertain, couldn't it? and if a character is from a rich family, they will hate being in a rich family, and hate wealth signifiers, and actually be all for class equality. and everyone is casually queer, without thought being put into how that would mesh with the society that is being described. like yes, this is violent class-based system obsessed with inheritance, but no, it's not actually a problem that the child they've coldly groomed to take on the family mantle is unwilling to beget an heir because of gay. the parents might be terrible, cruel and fascistic, but they're not homophobic! I don't know, it just seems like EVERYTHING that could actually be messy gets sanded and sanded until it's smooth as a shark, but the Fun Violence is allowed to stay, because bloodshed doesn't actually bother anyone or have any consequence apart from your rogue character shrugging and going oops, was that me? the rogue is still a good person though. if you think they're not, just wait for the two solid pages of introspection. and yes they started the book by slitting two throats, but that was fine. they will ask permission before hugging you.

[topazadine]

There are many reasons for this that are braided together, but I'm going to be bold and say it: I think a lot of this has to do with rising illiteracy.

I just read a Fortune article the other day about the fact that some college students can't read a single sentence. One. They cannot parse the meaning of a single sentence. That's terrifying. (Here it is on Yahoo without the paywall, btw.)

The thing is that you do not have to be wholly illiterate to struggle with reading. About half of Americans have low literacy, meaning they read around a sixth grade level or less.

This puts publishers in a terrible position. They need to sell books to an audience that cannot read books made for adults but that doesn't want the simplicity of grade-school books. The books need real adult problems without the nuance, hence the therapy speak and the black-and-white thinking.

Another thing is that cognitive flexibility influences literacy, meaning the reverse is also true; cognitive inflexibility determines lower literacy. Cognitive flexibility is the ability to update your schemas or combine multiple pieces of information without being expressly told to do so. It also impacts whether you can identify the mismatch between what someone says and what they do, which is the gold standard way to avoid therapy speak.

Poor cognitive flexibility means you can't have messy situations, because then the reader doesn't know what to think. Everyone has to be sorted into Good Person and Bad Person, and if the Good Person does something that may seem Bad, then they become a Bad Person unless the text assures us that they are still Good.

You will see many positive Goodreads reviews for these books. I'm not saying every single person with a positive review for a book like that has low literacy, but it's more likely than not. The same thing that drives you insane is what compels other readers who can't handle more complex texts.

Basically what I am saying is that if you want something with nuance, as a reader or a writer, you probably need to seek out selfpub stuff. I know that a lot of selfpub is garbage specifically because of the lower barrier to entry, and a lot of good selfpub stuff is not highly rated because getting reviews takes time and energy.

(I'd like to say my own stuff is good but doesn't have a lot of reviews because that requires active solicitation and I'm busy. I'm competing with millions of authors, both selfpub and tradpub, who have larger budgets. Anyway.)

Still, if you go sifting, ask for recommendations, and follow selfpub authors, you're likely to find more complex work that was not brutalized to fit the lowest common denominator.

[genderkoolaid]

whenever someone tries to make you feel bad about being fat, acting like being fat is some unnatural modern corruption of our Naturally Thin Ideal Human State, just remember your neolithic ancestor çatalhöyük skeleton 2058, a possibly disabled "obese" woman who carried heavy loads and stayed active till she died OVER FIFTY!!!! which was a good long life for the time!

would skeleton 2058 want you to waste your life and ruin your health chasing thinness??? NO!!!!!!!!!! she wants you vaccinated and active and eating a glorious amount of delicious food in your home with your loved ones. and also collecting auroch skulls

[json-derulo]

Source! good for her omg

[bstrdr]

[ID: text: "In conclusion, 2058 was a woman over fifty, obese, who had been in the habit of carrying heavy loads slung over her shoulder. She had sustained an injury to her right foot at some time and possibly limped slightly. This disuse may have brought on the osteoporosis of the calcaneus. The degenerative changes in the neck vertebrae may be the result of neck strain during carrying; otherwise there are virtually no degenerative changes to any of the joints and she remained mobile to the end of her days." /end ID]

[queeranarchism]

A thing I find extra exciting about this is that çatalhöyük also shattered the assumption that the abundant figurines of fat women in ancient archeological sites all show pregnant women and were items meant to worship or stimulate fertility. (it was never a very credible assumption, but very persistent). An item recovered at çatalhöyük looks like this:

That's not what pregnancy looks like. That is what being fat looks like. That is a lovingly crafted, accurate depiction of the way gravity pulls on the fat body, which would be hard to make without seeing a fat person. Screw 'mother goddess figurines', that is just a fat person.

Which calls into question the assumption made about other 'mother goddess' statues. Are they depictions of pregnancy? or did archeologists just assume that pregnancy would be what people valued enough to depict? People were always fat. Ancient people valued their fat friends and/or themselves enough to depict fat people. Move over fatphobic 'this statue must be pregnant' assumptions.

[queeranarchism]

#it only makes sense#during most of human history food was scarce and hard earned#famine ran rampant#in a world were everyone is emaciated and hungry#fat is highly desirable

NO. You're doing more assumptions without evidence.

There are a lot more çatalhöyük skeletons that have been analyzed and they do not show an 'emaciated' population. They show infections and violence, but not that much hunger. They show a population with an abundant range of body shapes and sizes, pretty much as diverse as humanity today. Including fat people! çatalhöyük was a remarkably egalitarian society, so it also wasn't a 'rich people had food, poor people didn't' situation either. Some people were just fat.

We can't know for sure why someone made this figure, but the most likely explanation is the simplest: it was made because a person who looked like this existed and someone depicted that person.