“scientists don’t want you know” is a phrase that always cracks me up because if you actually meet a scientist they will be shaking and crying like an overstimulated chihuahua with the need to let you know
sk8 the infinity really said anything can make you better at skating: the power of autism, the power of adhd, the power if being an annoying 13 year old, the power of abs, the power of a 10 year old grudge, the power of an 80s glam metal outfit, the power of internalized homophobia, even the power of sexual harassment, but it all means nothing if you're not willing to be gay about it
Rightfully so, I have gotten messages worrying if everything I post is legit (I try my best to make sure the answer is yes), but here’s a masterlist of ones that one or more people have confirmed are legit Palestinians. Most are from the blogs @el-shab-hussein, @ibtisams, @palestinecharitycommissionsassoc ,@90-ghost, @nabulsi and @palipunk
I will also be making individual posts for most of these
Help Khaled and his family escape Gaza
Help lara and abdalla Family to be safe in Gaza
Emergency: Help Ibrahim's Family Find Safety - $50 is 500kr
HELP Ezzideen & his Family to EVACUATE Gaza
Your help is the only hope to save us from war.
Hope : Help Little Elen Fetch a brighter Future
Help Aseel’s family evacuate from Gaza.
EMERGENCY: HELP evacuate Bashar from Gaza
Help Mohammad Hammad evacuate his family from Gaza
Help Madleen's Family From Gaza
Help Jehad Evacute From Gaza
Help a med student & his family evacuate to safety
Help Fadi's Family Rebuild Their Life Amidst Crisis
Help Us Safely Evacuate a family from Gaza
Help child with Cerebral Palsy evacuate
Protect an open source engineer and his family
Help Bring Ayah’s Family in Gaza to Safety
Call to Action: Keep Gazas Talent Alive
Help Belal and His Family Escape the War in Gaza
Urgent Rescue Mission for the Mortaja Family
Save my family from the war in Gaza
Urgent: Help Evacuate My Family From Gaza War
Urgent help to evacuate my family out of Gaza
Help evacuate Safi’s family from Gaza in warfare
emergency : Help Support the Khalaf Family in Gaza
Help AbdulAziz and his family
Help Yousef escape Gaza and treat his cancer
Help my family rebuild home und evacuate Gaza
Please Help Me Evacuate My Children To Safety
Escape From War Nightmare: Support Gazan Family
Help my family in Gaza
Salaam Animal Care, find a safe home for animals
URGENT HELP help my family to evacuate Gaza
Help me & my Family Evacuate from Gaza
Urgent Appeal for Support: Help a Photographer
Help Jana's Family Find Refuge and Peace
Help me to save my family from the war in Gaza
Help evacuate my brother and his family from Gaza
Urgent apeal to help Elzomar family leave Gaza immediately
Help my mum to travel to a safe place
Help Afnan to find safety and to complete her education
Support getting Linda and her family out of Gaza
Support Mohammed and His Family Affected by the Gaza War
Help Ala's Family Overcome Crisis in Gaza
Freedom and home repair for Aesha an family
Help us evacuate and rebuild what's left of our lives
Help Tamer and his Family in Gaza!
Help my family escape death and reunite with me.
Help me and my family escape the Genocide in Gaza
Help rebuild Ahmed's family life in Gaza .
Emergency : Saving My Mother and only brother From War Zone
Rescue Mahmoud's Family: A Call to Escape Gaza's Devastation
Help Mohammed & His Family To Safety
Help Almoghrabi family to evacuate Gaza strip
Urgent Appeal: Help Save Ruba & Muhammad in Gaza!
Urgent help to evacuate my family from Gaza
Help Alia's family and their children get out of Gaza
Urgent Appeal: Save Little Yusuf and His Family Amidst Gaza
Support My Family Escape War in Gaza
Help me get my family out to safety
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Help my children and family from the Gaza war !!
Please Help Evacuate Fadi's Family from Gaza
URGENT: Help Hayam and her Family Escape the Genocide
For what remained in us من أجل ما تبقى فينا
Please Help Restore The Sharifs home & Help Leave A War Zone
Help Shymaa's Family Reunite in Egypt
Help Mahmoud’s family evacuate from Gaza
Donate to help Deyaa and his family escape Gaza
Fatima’s Journey to Restore Artistry in Gaza
My family under fire, help them evacuate Gaza.
Help me to evacuate from the genocide
Help Mahmoud to evacuate from Gaza to continue education
Help my family evacuate from Gaza
Help Sana’a and her family evacuate from Gaza
Haytham needs your help to support his family
Help my family survive and evacuate from Gaza
Help me rebuild a shelter for my family in Rafah
HelpYoussef and his family get out of Gaza for a better life
Let my family be safe and live in peace!
Relief Appeal: Secure Evacuation from Gaza War
Please Help Tahani save her children and husband
Urgent Help Appeal: exit the war of Gaza"
Help My Family Get Out Of Gaza
Vegetables, food, and water for Palestinian families
HELP Muhammad evacuate his family out of GAZA
Secure a Safe Future for Youssef’s Family - Act now
today's vetted campaigns. please please continue to share and donate. i know lots of my posts are like this now, but we can't lose energy. these families need us.
june 18th:
Tahani Shorbajee and her family of ten (including her three children, all needing urgent treatment for hepatitis) ($11,329/$50,000) - @tahanishorbaje2, verified by @/el-shab-hussein
Fadi Ayyad and his family of eight ($9,446/$35,000) - @mayadayyad, @aymanayyad81, verified by @/nabulsi
Shahad Abu Musa and her family of seven ($11,574/$40,000) - @shahdhatem, verified by @/sar-soor
Muhammad Al-Habil and his family of six (including his chronically ill parents and wife, and three acutely malnourished children) (€3,928/€50,000) - @mohammed-family76, verified by @/el-shab-hussein
Shahed Nahal and family ($4,342/$50,000) - @shahednhall, verified by @/nabulsi
Reem Shehab, her husband Fahed, their five children, and the children's grandmother (€13,730/€50,000) - @malakshehab, @danashehab, verified by @/ibtisams
Amani Hasan and her three children ($9,103 CAD/$17,732 CAD) - @amani93gaza, verified by @/nabulsi
Ahmed Abu Shammalah's family of eight (€7,541/€100,000) - @ahmed8311, verified by @/nabulsi
Skater Hani Alhajjar's family of ten (they lost their father to kidney failure due to lack of treatment, Hani is the family's only support) (€27,993/€50,000) - @skatehani, verified by @/fallahifag
not yet vetted but likely legitimate:
Dalia Mohisen and her family (€6,391/€35,000) - @daliamohisen
Ramez Hilles and his family of ten (€105/€37,000) - @ramezderar
i know link-heavy posts like this can seem like a lot, but if you can pick even just one of these fundraisers to donate to or promote today, it makes a difference
@staff I love that almost immediately after I saw a post about tumblr settling with NYC’s human rights agency about bias against LGBT content in the tumblr porn ban, tumblr determined (for the third time) that this pic of a fully clothed man giving CPR to another clothed man was ‘mature’ I’m tired of appealin for this picture I’m about to go full Karen
Okay, I saw someone say that Nimona, while being good representation, “didn’t take the big step forward in queer rep that everyone says it did”.
That is wrong. So wrong, my dude.
Yes, an explicit and open queer relationship in children’s cartoons is not new, per ce. Hell, just this year, two famous kids’ cartoons had the main character in an open, adorable, plot-based queer romance. But this is different for a few reasons.
Reason number one, it isn’t left in suspense. Yes, they had that split for three odd weeks, but they started the film as a couple. One of the very first scenes is them together as a couple, Ambrosius saying he loves Ballister, them holding hands, Ballister leaning on Ambrosius’ shoulder. Ambrosius says he loves Ballister three times during the film, and none of them are any more than halfway in. It’s very clear, from their very first interaction, that they are an established relationship, which isn’t something I’ve seen…at all in other animations.
Secondly, they are the plot. Ambrosius not believing Ballister, Ambrosius cutting off Ballister’s arm, Ballister trying to get the video to Ambrosius - this is what drives the plot. In any other children’s animation with queer relationships, the relationship is not the main focus. Even The Owl House, which is so amazing with its constant representation, would still make sense if Luz and Amity never happened. But Nimona’s plot wouldn’t make sense without Ballister and Ambrosius’ relationship. It, quite simply, can’t be erased. It could work as a friendship, yes, but that’s the point. They could have just been two close friends that fell on opposite sides of a fight, but they weren’t. They were two lovers that fell on opposite sides of a fight.
Thirdly and finally - they aren’t perfect. I don’t know about you, but three weeks of thinking your boyfriend/maybe ex is a murderer? Doesn’t sound like a healthy few weeks to me. I have only seen big relationship arguments portrayed in straight relationships in cartoons - think Star Vs The Forces Of Evil - whereas queer relationships either have the massive fight prior to being canonically gay - She-Ra - or have conflict, not arguments, that are dealt with quickly - Dead End/The Owl House. But Goldenheart? Goldenheart suffers. Their relationship is pushed to such extreme boundaries as for them to be pretty much exes throughout most of the movie. And yet, they are clearly healthy, happy and very much in love at the end.
TL;DR - Nimona is amazing with the queer representation, and it is a milestone for LGBTQ+ cartoons. Not only is the relationship romantic for the entire movie, the plot is driven by Ambrosius and Ballister’s sort-of-break-up. In short, they are treated the same way straight people are. They have flaws, they have massive arguments, they have plot importance, they have backstory. They are in love. And that’s what matters more than anything else.
First thougths, i LOVED Nimona!! I loved it loved it loved it!!
She was the funniest, greatest, sweetest character!! And i resonated a lot with her. She doesn't need an explanation to present herself, she's just NIMONA!! And i feel that's something all queers Identify with.
Usually, when we say to the people outside that we are queer, they want an explanation just like Ballister. "What happened to you? Why are you like this?"
BITCH, i don't need to explain it, i didn't have a sad backstory or anything. I'm just ME!
"I'M NIMONA" is an enough answer!
She was just born that way! SHE IS THAT WAY! She wasn't cursed, she wasn't granted a wish, she's just her! And being herself makes her happy!!
Queer people shouldn't had to explain their queerness. We were just BORN with it! There's no sad story behind it! We love what we are!!
The only sad backstory here is the one where the people that don't understand something as simple as "Im Nimona!!" "IM MYSELF!" start to reject us.
Nimona's sad backstory doesn't ties to her powers. It ties to the reaction of the people around her about said powers. That's just-
I don't know what to say. I love this movie. I need the book now 😭
like i get ambrosius and ballister gay kiss at the end and all but nimona as a character herself was so fucking trans coded??? and it was done so well that i could, as a trans person myself, who's had to hide their entire life and been bullied for it, literally relate to every word she said and everything she did. the conversation with ballister on the train? where he tells her to 'just be normal', and how 'its easier' and she responds with, 'easier for who?' i think thats what really sold me on her as a trans allegory. the bits where nimona had to keep specifying that she was 'just nimona' to ballister? ugh. perfect. 'i feel like if i don't shapeshift i'll die'? actually so fucking true. i love this movie. this movie was SO SO SO good i swear i love it SO MUCH. please go watch it and make it a staple for animated movies that started off the 20's with a solid bang. please i need this.
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