Hello again everyone. I'm never active on here. While I won't be deleting this account (this is a sideblog) I can't say that my faith in God has improved at all over the years. I am at the point where I don't believe he is fully merciful or fully loving. There is simply no way that he can be a God of Love and Light when marginalized people are quite actively having their pleas for mercy and safety denied. Every day that white supremacy thrives is God saying no to Black people, to Indigenous people, to people of the global south etc who are praying against it. Every day that patriarchy thrives is the same (not that God is even against patriarchy).
This feeling has been festering for ages, but the depths of the Epstein files is making them erupt. And, frankly, I'm tired of confronting Christians about these societal ills and being told "we don't know! And thats okay :) you should still have faith :)" faith in what, exactly? Because if God decides that I'll be the victim of a hate crime tomorrow, if he decides the same for my friends, according to those of you of faith, I don't even have the right to be upset about that.
In my experience, God has been and is siding with the oppressors more than he does the oppressed. I don't think he can be the god of the oppressed if there's a ring of pedophiles eating children. Literally peoples worst nightmares are coming true every day, and have been for years. Decades. Centuries. Thousands of years. I cannot be convinced, as some Christians will pose to me, that anyone "deserves" this kind of suffering. That's a gross position to take. I also refuse to believe that any given bigots right to free will should supersede any given minority's right to life, as has been implied to me as well. Why must a white supremacist have the right to do as they wish to a Black person? A CHILD?
I have no smooth way to end this. Those are my thoughts. I still believe in God. I don't think he's kind, or merciful, or loving.
My name is Maram, I am 25 years old from Gaza. I dreamed of a peaceful life, spending my life with my husband and my three children... but the war turned this dream into an impossible one 💔😭. We lived through this genocide with all its painful details and we are still suffering from it😭. We were so happy when the ceasefire was announced, and we returned to our homes in northern Gaza after being displaced for a year and a half in a tent in the south of the Gaza Strip. After repairing a small room in our destroyed house, we began to live there and start over. Unfortunately, the war came back, and it was even stronger than before 💔. Now, we have no shelter or source of income. We have used up all our savings during the war. I know I created my campaign very late, but that's because I have no other means to help my family 🙏. I am completely confident and hopeful that someone here will help us as much as they can and save my family in these tough circumstances 😔.
I know how painful and frustrating it is to start over from scratch, but I hope to get any amount for my family 🥺🙏.
My name is Maram, a Palestinian woman from Gaza. I am 26 years old and a mother of three children: Malik (8 years old), Ibrahim (6 years old
So, please, donate to my campaign, even if it's a small amount—it will have a big impact on us 🥺. May God bless you, my friend 🥰❤️.
I’m not seeing much coverage of Gaza in mainstream media. Apparently, a genocide isn’t “trending” enough. Must be something more important… like a celebrity feud.
When famine in Gaza made headlines, the media flooded the airwaves — Israel couldn’t lie its way out. But genocide? They look away.
The mind of the displaced person is torn between displacement and displacement. A lost mind searching for a tent, a bathroom, or a safe place that does not exist. The south is death, Gaza is death, and the occupation changes its methods of humiliating us every time, as if it were its first experience. Death here is more merciful than an endless journey of displacement.
In case anyone finds it helpful because mobility aids are horrifically expensive and inaccessible…
And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…
Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.
He also is working on cheap, open source, accessible designs for beach chairs, off road chairs, motorized attachments (think smart drive), and so on. Plus he skateboards in his wheelchair. Cool dude, helpful info, pass it on.
It's incredibly sad people have to resort to this, but it's a damn good resource. Use it. Spread awareness. Maybe one day people with physical disabilities won't need DIYs like this. But until then, reblog and share.
On 28 January 1917, Carmelita Torres, a 17-year-old Mexican maid who worked in the United States, refused to take the mandatory gasoline bath given to day labourers at the border, and convinced 30 other trolley passengers to join her.
Her protest spread in what became known as the bath riots. Torres was one of many workers who crossed the border between Juarez and El Paso each day. In the name of public health, Mexican workers were frequently subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment. They had to strip naked, brave, undergo a toxic gasoline bath, and have their clothes steamed. The stated aim of the programme was to kill lice, which can spread typhus. However, it was not applied to everyone crossing the border: just working class Mexicans.
In addition to gasoline being poisonous, it was also a deadly fire risk. A group of prisoners in El Paso being treated with gasoline were burned to death in an accidental fire. Furthermore, US health workers were secretly photographing naked Mexican women.
On January 28, anger at the practice finally exploded, and within a few hours Torres had amassed a crowd of several thousand mostly women protesters. They blocked all traffic and trolleys into El Paso. They pelted immigration officers with rocks and bottles when they try to disperse them, and when US and then Mexican troops arrived they received the same treatment. The riots were eventually suppressed by the soldiers, and Torres herself was arrested. This appeared to have the effect of discouraging future protests.
The enforced bathing and fumigation of Mexican workers with toxic chemicals like gasoline, and later DDT and Zyklon B, continued until the 1950′s. The use of Zyklon B at the border appealed to scientists in Nazi Germany, who in the late 1930′s began using the agent at borders and in concentration camps for delousing. Although notoriously they later used it to exterminate millions of people in the Holocaust.“
@ the gringos in the notes whining about how they didnt know this and how their education system is shit…
1- the US consistently ranks higher than mexico in education
2- WE dont use that excuse, no one else but you does. google is free, shut the fuck up
3- if youve ever used that excuse you are now legally obligated to read about the following (on the internet, which again is free and you have access to)
operation condor
jacobo arbenz and how the US installed a brutal dictatorship in guatemala in order to turn the country into a banana republic
banana republics in general (no, not the brand)
the school of the americas + how the US government is directly responsible for most of the violence we have had to face in latinoamerica
the tlatelolco and corpus christi massacres (see above)
the mexican dirty war (see above)
the 43 missing students of ayotzinapa and the CIA and DEA’s role in the mexican drug war + the mérida initiative/plan mexico(see above)
the plaza de mayo mothers + the death flights and how the US put both Videla and Pinochet in power (see above)
how the nazis based the holocaust off of the genocide of indigenous peoples comitted by the US (this is something that the nazis EXPLICITLY stated, btw.)
how the US’s response to the jewish refugee crises of the 1930s led to more people dying in the holocaust
operation paperclip
the US-backed dictator fulgencio batista + all of the atrocities that he was comitting in cuba before the cuban revolution
most if not all of these have articles on wikipedia (i linked them), which again you can access for free RIGHT NOW. if you fail to do this i will hack you to pieces and feed you to the dogs. you have no excuses for being ignorant
Everytime someone says that being trans is just a phase because there are no old trans people, I think of situations like this. So many people hid who they were because the world wasn’t as accepting.
@abdalsalam1990 is the same age as my youngest brother. Nader is only seventeen years old and living through a genocide. He has taken the responsibility of working hard every day to reach out to people online and spread his family’s story, in hopes of raising the money they need to survive with the rapidly increasing food prices in gaza, his father Ahmed’s cancer treatment, and eventually save up enough to evacuate so that Ahmed can get the treatment he needs to survive his illness. This is a huge task and difficult work that no one should ever have to do just to survive, and especially not a teenager. It’s so much responsibility on his shoulders, at an age where he should be hanging out with friends, going to school and preparing for his future, not fear for his life every day. But of course he continues to do it because he loves his family and desperately wants to bring them to safety. Nader has hopes and dreams for the future, but this genocide has taken so much from him, and this is his only chance to live the life and future he deserves. You can help give him that chance ❤️🇵🇸 any donation helps
Lola needs to survive. I can't put this any more clearly. Basically every day she doesn't eat or drink enough to thrive and it's been affecting her health for ages. Donations on this aren't moving at ALL.
Dear beloved friends, My name is Mahmoud Alkhaldi. I am a Palestinian refugee living with my fiancée and family in a catastrophic situation-in tents- in Rafah. However, for 116+ days, me and my family have been under intense bombing and warplanes rockets in the Gaza strip. I’m asking funds to evacuate (5) members of my family from Gaza to a safe place in Egypt, including my younger brother (Mohammed, his wife, and his 1 and half year son Yasser), and me and my fiancée Sujood). It could be very expensive and costly to evacuate a war zone at a miserable time like this. We will need approximately $50000 and a lot of prayers
Dear beloved friends, … Sara A needs your support for Help Gaza Family
My home was cozy, beautiful, and warm before the war. Here is some pictures for our house before the war
Our home was targeted in a tank bombing on the 25th of November 2023 that left it unlivable, along with the entire neighborhood of Al-Burij refugee camp, in Gaza City.
When we returned back to our home to get some needed itemsand clothes, we found that Israeli soldiers also steal our belongings. Since that day, my family has been sleeping in a miserable tent in Rafah, in the south of Gaza, which has become a home for all people from the Gaza strip, whose homes were also destroyed by airstrikes, but they have survived thus far.
I can't express how useless and depressed we felt after finding out what they'd been through and are currently going through. Each moment, we worry about losing them. Without connection settings, we cannot constantly contact them. During the moment of typing, over 25,0000 individuals have been killed in Gaza. They are without electrical power or heating for a period of three months, food is limited, and their drinking water is unsafe for human consumption. My family's only hope is to evacuate to to a safer place out of Gaza. My family went through the loss of several friends, and many of them have lost their spouses and children. I am afraid of losing my family. They are the light that leads me through my life. I cannot live or survive without them.
The expenses of travel for 5 people are as follows:
• $50000 for the boarding pass (Egyptian coordination) to pass Rafah border, 10000$ for each person.
We are need your help and support in raising $50000 to transport them from Gaza to Egypt. Once the cash are put in the US bank account, they will be deposited to my family's bank account. He intended to utilize the funds to cover the costs of going to Egypt as soon as feasibl
if you're feeling powerless right now—and god knows I am—here's a reminder you can donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds, the Trans Law Center, Gaza Soup Kitchen, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and hundreds of other charities that will work to mitigate the damage that has been and will continue to be inflicted
life continues. we still have the capacity to do good, important work. that matters
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