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i am just sitting here

[grendelsmilf]

Far off in the bending sky was the pearly light; and she felt the largeness of the world and the manifold wakings of men to labor and endurance. She was a part of that involuntary, palpitating life, and could neither look out on it from her luxurious shelter as a mere spectator, nor hide her eyes in selfish complaining.

— George Eliot, Middlemarch, ch. 80

[womansfilm]

"You're a poetry addict. See if you can help me over this. It's Keats." Brief Encounter (1945)

[rrondo]

[savee-baby]

PLEASE DON'T WAIT UNTIL MY BABY BECOMES ANOTHER TRAGIC STORY YOU READ TOMORROW.

I keep imagining the moment someone asks me, "Is Qais still alive?!" I am terrified that one day I will not know how to answer. No mother should ever live with that fear hanging over every breath.

[savee-baby]

Every day, I fight two battles at once: comforting my child through pain and searching for a way to afford the medicine, bandages, and treatment he still desperately needs. I feel myself breaking a little more each day.

[savee-baby]

I am pleading with you as a persecuted mother in Gaza, helplessly watching my baby bleed before my eyes with no way to ease his pain. Please donate today and help me save his life before it is too late.

Please donate now Gofundme

[savee-baby]

I am not asking for miracles. I am asking for the chance to keep fighting for my son. Please donate or share Qais's story today. Your kindness could help protect his future and remind us we are not alone.

[fellahimedia]

I know its Nakba day but I truly do not have the heart to be the bearer of education. If anyone's interested in sources for reading or watching about the Nakba you can find a plethora of it offered on decolonizepalestine.com. they have a reading list for the Nakba

I found a site recently called the nakba archive that interviews palestinian elderly that survived the nakba. What i like about this archive is that they ask these palestinian elderly about their lives and traditions. Theyre not just archiving survival stories but preserving cultural memory

All of the videos are in arabic but if you click on the transcript link, it gives you an english translation

[lenasai]

critically stagnant spotlight campaigns for today (7/17.)

all campaigns are vetted by the organizers of gaza funds. this site has been vouched for by palestinian bloggers. for full transparency, a list of campaigns is available to view on their site. additionally, if you look at my list of individual campaigns, you will see that i personally trust these campaigns and have donated to them many times.

bessan khalaf: 16 days since last donation

dr. isam: 16 days since last donation

nada muhaisen: 13 days since last donation

basim and hla: 13 days since last donation

yasmin's family: 10 days since last donation

yahia hawajry: 10 days since last donation

ghazi mekawi: 9 days since last donation

hassan abdullah: 9 days since last donation

campaigns in danger of becoming critically stagnant:

ghada and abdulrahman: 4 days since last donation

rania alneder: 4 days since last donation

ahmed atallah: 4 days since last donation

individual posts for these campaigns are generally ignored, which is why i've moved to using this pinned post instead. it simply takes me too long to queue up a bunch of posts people will just scroll past. please don’t ignore this, you have the opportunity to throw someone a lifeline and do some real good. even if you don’t have any money, a reblog is free and can help get more eyes on these campaigns. none of them are on tumblr, to my knowledge. nobody sees these campaigns unless people reblog posts about them or make their own posts.

thank you in advance for your consideration.

tags for reach under the cut (you can always let me know if you'd rather not be on this list, or if you want to be tagged in future posts!)

@weirdlizard26 @mohammedaftabqasim1 @visenyasdragon @violentbisexuality @tamamita @transannabeth @eruthiawenluin @loviefrog @xx-obliviousfantasy-xx

@comrademango @dlxxv-vetted-donations @theaulys @0luna123 @myceliacrochet @inbetween2637 @yellowis4happy @rob-os-17 @butchmagicalboi @nogender-onlystars @smartasspikachu @ares-laments @sunmooneclipseandstars @oceanblue971 @slo2004blog

@minighostpan @womenbehotfr @esperantokomencanto @blogsonthefritsnfribbles @random-autie-fangirl @autisticmudkip @comicsanslover @sahara-silver @jolyne-best-jojo @artsy-jandi @ankle-beez @astra--cosmos

@queerquestioning @cooper-klebba @battleteacake @onedumbazz @anreill @yuzensoniktornavida @existent

[gyratorium]

[updownfragile]

Varda par Agnès (2019)

[vintagehomecollection]

Stencilling - A Design and Source Book, 1987

[salonduthe]

Osijek, Croatia.

Leaft art by Nicola Faller of Slama Art project.

August 2021.

(source)

[grendelsmilf]

What’s so stupid about Nolan?

if I had to analyze his distinct brand of stupidity, I wouldn’t classify it as remotely anomalous or unique. I think it’s actually pretty straightforward that his work has been overvalidated by the types of men who hold a similar worldview to him, especially regarding the role of art and how to evaluate its merits. it’s a self-perpetuating cycle of smug complacency that allows him to consider himself an artist of any value despite the fact that he makes nothing but derivative schlock designed to entertain the lowest common denominator audience possible. he has the gall to claim that his movies demand to be seen in the cinema to be properly appreciated, but the cinematography of said movies are always lit and color graded to look utterly drab and grey and lifeless. he’s praised for the cleverness of his writing when every single one of his movies is evidently written for the dumbest member of his audience, with at least half an hour of a bloated runtime dedicated to redundant repeats of expository dialogue that were already established in prior scenes of clunky, expository dialogue. people seem to think that the only backlash his odyssey movie is receiving is on behalf of racists who object to the casting of lupita nyong’o as helen/clytemnestra (maybe one of the only actually good casting choices in this movie, mind you), but having been forced to sit through the trailer during previews at an amc theater (I was there to see moonlight, which was being screened for juneteenth) this movie is honestly giving the atla live action. it looks so fucking goofy and bad and antithetical to the actual tone of the odyssey as a story. I read an except that apparently they excluded the “nobody” scene from odysseus’s encounter with polyphemus because “the joke didn’t work in translation,” which is idiotic for numerous reasons, and really encapsulates how ill-equipped he is as a director to adapt the epic. the tagline apparently being “defy the gods” is especially funny as a microcosm of his misunderstanding of the source material, considering nearly everything odysseus does is at athena’s behest. the casting of matt damon is just sjdnxjdbjfjfjfngkgng Like I honestly can’t even say it aloud without cracking up. sorry but I can’t take these white dudes seriously they’re all so fucking stupid they are sooooo stupid it’s beyond belief. how stupid they are

[outofcontextarthur]

muffy’s lunch consists of three sandwiches and a bread roll

[jackafz]

SCREAMING Muffy sis…………..the carbs

[52stations]

i've got the kind of eyebags that make people in movies say 'you look like hell, detective. go home.'

[wouas]

Beasts - 19x15 cm paper, ballpoint pen

[hellgrub]

free KN95 masks are being given out all over NYC right now.

Masks are available at all NYPD precincts, and public library branches across the five boroughs, including all Brooklyn Public Library and Queens Public Library locations

on.nyc.gov/freemask (shows distribution spots on google maps)

[pansylair]

A great place to donate to First Nations groups impacted by the ongoing wildfires 👇

True North Aid provides practical humanitarian support to northern and remote Indigenous communities in Canada through community-led project

Also consider Mikinakoos' as they're extending support beyond their traditional service areas due to the scale of this emergency!

Donations for Namaygoosisagagun First Nation:

Individuals who support the goals and vision of AN7GC can make a donation. The ways to donate: call us, mail your donation, use Paypal or Ca

Donations for Whitesand First Nation:

[evardstentacles]

fuck everything. whats the media people ASSUME youre into. what are people surprised that you havent watched/played/whatever