Hollerin’ At The Void

Ilyas, 27, Suffering for a Ph. D

[thedreamthieves]

i think one of the worst things the left wing internet ever did was push the idea that oppression is basically a virtue, and being oppressed is a sign of your morality. it has made it like…impossible for some of you to hold the idea that most people are privileged in some ways and oppressed in others. AND a lot of you seem to have it in your mind that terrible people cannot be oppressed, and that oppressed people cannot do terrible things, which is a dangerous rhetoric to hold imo.

[cardassiangoodreads]

Not only is it important so you don't get taken advantage of by terrible people wielding their oppressions as weapons, but also your convictions against oppression should not be contingent on the morality of the people suffering. Shitty people don't deserve to be oppressed either. Human rights are one of those things you only really understand and believe in if you see them as universal, not conditional.

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[guldaastan]

[eddieintheocean]

Introductions to academic papers will be like "everyone knows that the sea is cold (citation), as well as salty (5 different citations). Things live in there (citation) and the environment is important to that (2 citations)"

[disorganisedautodidact]

these tags gave me thesis writing flashbacks

[saltedweather]

the thing about writing history. Is that you get used to this. And sometimes, some of us get too comfortable and so we're writing shit like

"Murder is bad. In the time period discussed, people sometimes committed murders (2 citations). And most people agreed that murder was bad, but it was widely known that murders still happened."

And your advisor goes, "Did most people agree, though? Was it widely known?"

And you go (sigh.). Okay. And do twelve hours of going back through your readings. And rewrite.

"Murder is bad (4 citations). In this time, people sometimes committed murders (6 citations). People did not all agree that it was bad (2 citations). There was disagreement about exactly how bad (3 citations)."

And you look at your draft. And you go. But. But we all — I mean, the archival sources from the time are in fact QUITE CLEAR about how widely known it was! Like–! I've read hundreds of letters and a third of them mention murder! I've talked to so many historians of this time and place and we ALL talk about the murder thing!

And you look at the twelve goddamned hours of searching you did. And you write several increadingly desperate emails to colleagues. And after another few days, you come to the agonizing realization that, in fact, there are no citations of published work establishing that people knew murders occurred despite them being bad and against the law. And then you spend another week looking up those archival sources. And you rewrite again.

"Murder is bad (6 citations). In this time, people sometimes committed murders (6 citations). People did not all agree that it was bad (2 citations). There was disagreement about exactly how bad (3 citations). While no conclusive study has been done, from communications in this time, we can say that at least a significant number of people knew that murders still occurred (18 citations)."

[bucketofdeltav]

I currently have exactly this problem.

"Everyone knows that [reaction A] works like this and [reaction B] works like that". Very common way to start a paper or thesis in this field. Everybody knows this, we can carry on with the more interesting stuff about [reaction C].

Huh. These 73 citations all cite each other in a ouroboros and the only original source in the lot is a popular science book which is indeed worth citing, but it's a memoir, which I have read repeatedly, and the author of the memoir just threw this out there as another example of "things everyone just knew in those days".

...I am now doing a PhD on "Hang on just one second, we have no concrete evidence for how [reaction A] or [reaction B] work and even whether they're different at all."

[daburdboi]

I love seeing my sources cite each other so much. It really makes me feel more like a researcher and like part of a community when I'm reading a paper and I see this person read that too, and also found it worth citing and sharing. This is the stuff that makes me love teaching people about MLA and APA.

[thatlittleegyptologist]

Going back to the history for a second: my external examiner for my PhD was determined, for some ungodly reason, for me to prove that the Ancient Egyptians had the concepts of shame, politeness, and “saving face” after embarrassment. But she didn’t want secondary sources, she wanted primary ones.

So I sat there thinking ‘you want me to prove that the Ancient Egyptians knew what shame was, that very human emotion, using their own words in a culture for which we have very few examples of personal/private correspondence or notations that don’t suffer from strict formalities that are present in 98% of non literary texts? Okay then’ and went through hundreds of fragments over weeks to find this:

P.Bologna 1094 3, 5-10

sS m-H n pA xpS n pr-aA a.w.s. Dd n sS pA-wHm r-nty in.tw n=k sS pn n Dd Hna Dd r-nty m ir s iwty HAty=f iw bn n=f sbAy(t) ir sDr.tw iw.tw Hr mtr=k wrS.tw iw.tw Hr sbA=k iw bw sDm=k mtr nb iw i-ir=k pAy=k sxr pA kry Hr sDm mdt in.tw=f Hr kS tw.tw Hr irt sbAyt n mAi tw.tw Hr q-H ssmt Hrw-r=k bw rx.tw qi=k m-Xnw tA-tmm ix rx=k sw

Mahu, Scribe of the Armoury of Pharaoh l.p.h. speaks to the Scribe Pewehem. This letter is brought to you to the following effect: Do not be a senseless man who has no education. One spends the whole night teaching you and passes the whole day instructing you, without your listening to any teaching, but you act after your own fashion. The ape understands words, and it is brought to you from Kush. Lions are trained and Horses tamed: but as for you, one does not discern the like of you within all mankind. Take note of this.

(Caminos, 1954: 13, cf [Redacted], 2016: 59)

I think I sufficiently provided an example of someone (Scribe Mahu) enacting shame and impoliteness onto his student (Scribe Pewehem). 'Prove these humans had the concept of shame' was a wild task that required a wild citation.

Caminos, R., 1954. Late Egyptian Miscellanies. London: OUP. Redacted, C., 2016. My Doctoral Thesis That I Won't Post Publicly But You Can Ask For It. Unpublished.

[socialistexan]

Hahahahahaha oh fuck dude we're all so fucking fucked holy fuck

I love living in a country run by a religious death cult who delight in the idea of killing everyone because of a book of prophecy that isn't even actually canon in their own religion.

[socialistexan]

Remember when we were all called crazy fearmonger triggered libs for pointing out these people were all a bunch of wackadoodle nut jobs that were going to try to do this exact thing?

But Donald the Dove, right?

Also if this war is meant to start Armaggedon, wouldn't that make Trump the literal anti-Christ?

[opencommunion]

how are westerners so thoroughly programmed that even when you see the violence of your empire, you parrot the same lies used to sell that violence. "bombing a school is wrong but the iranian people should be freed from the regime—" "abducting a president is wrong but the venezuelan people should be freed from the regime—" "starving people with sanctions is wrong but the cuban people should be freed from the regime —" the western people need to be freed from the regimes that brainwashed you, and I mean that

[fadel-dani]

This image isn't just a fleeting news item; it's part of our daily reality in Gaza. While thousands of trucks loaded with tents, blankets, food, and medicine are held outside the Strip, prevented from entering by the Israeli occupation, we face a humanitarian catastrophe that worsens day by day. We die here every moment. We suffer constantly, and everyone ignores what we're going through.

[fadel-dani]

I was injured more than 600 days ago. Shrapnel from the bombing of our house, while we were inside, is still embedded in my body. I'm still injured and unable to receive proper treatment because of the siege and the lack of medical supplies. The pain is constant, but what's worse than the pain is the feeling that we're forgotten and that everyone is ignoring what we're going through. We constantly ask for help, and everyone ignores us.

[fadel-dani]

My family and I are very ill now due to the winter storm that began yesterday in Gaza. Because of this winter, we haven't been able to recover due to the lack of medicine and shelter from these recurring storms. Our tent is torn and leaking rainwater and cold air. Worse still, all our blankets and pillows are soaked. We urgently need to buy medicine and treatments, but they are very expensive because the occupation prevents the entry of medicine into Gaza. Therefore, we desperately need your help by donating so we can buy these medicines quickly. Please donate.

[fadel-dani]

Worse still, I have a runny nose and severe sneezing. When I sneeze, it feels like the metal fragments (stuck in my body) are moving inside me, and I experience excruciating pain in the affected areas and my wounds. Please help me so I can buy my medication as soon as possible. Please donate.

[pitbolshevik]

please donate

[sporesgalaxy]

Please give what you can to help Fadel get medicine, and help he and his family survive the seige and the dangerous weather

[fadel-dani]

I am very ill right now. When I sneeze, it feels like metal fragments are moving around inside me. I am extremely tired. I just sneezed, and my wounds and injured areas are in excruciating pain. I don't know how long this pain will last. Please help me by donating so I can have my surgery as soon as possible and buy my medication. Please donate.

[closet-keys]

Please help my friend Fadel. He needs care urgently. No one should have to suffer like this. Please donate if you can.

[fadel-dani]

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[neechees]

20% raised so help if you can, even if that means rbing this

[fadel-dani]

The pain has become unbearable; I even wish for death. I feel no relief, and the pain is relentless. I still can't afford my medication. Every moment feels like my last. My only wish is that everyone knows what I'm going through, and that my voice reaches anyone who can help by donating so I can buy medicine and repair our torn tent. Please donate and don't abandon us.

[fadel-dani]

Please, friends, help us. You are our last hope. You are the only ones who can save us. Please donate to us. We need all the help we can get. The cold is bitter and deadly. Please donate.

[closet-keys]

Please help my friend Fadel and his family to survive this brutal winter. They have been suffering with sickness for far too long.

[fadel-dani]

Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu says, "The army must find ways to inflict more pain than death on civilians in Gaza. Killing them is not enough."

This article states that The Israeli occupation is killing us with utter brutality, savagery, and brazenness, without anyone holding them accountable. We are trying to stay alive amidst this death, destruction, and bombing.Why all this injustice and arrogance, and the world is in silence ? Why doesn't anyone stop Israel?

[fadel-dani]

This image isn't just a shocking picture; it's a reality we live every day in Gaza. I'm one of the civilians paying the price.!!!

I was seriously injured when our house was bombed while we were inside. I miraculously survived, but I was hit by shrapnel that's still embedded in my body. My injury requires urgent surgery outside of Gaza. Doctors have confirmed that any delay could put my life at permanent risk, while medical resources here are extremely limited. I desperately need your help to raise the funds for my surgery and buy my medication as quickly as possible. Please help us, Please donate.

[fadel-dani]

Please don't just read and ignore this. Please help us and donate to us. What you are reading now is all true; it happened and is happening in real life and is being applied to us. Please don't let us die. Please donate to us. Please.

[closet-keys]

Please help my dear friend Fadel <3 He desperately needs medication to treat his illness, in addition to his monthly medication to manage his blood disorder. He needs funds to travel to a surgeon who can remove the shrapnel from his body too. Anything you can do to help him, whether donating, sharing this post, commenting to encourage others-- it helps. Please do what you can.

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[isuggesteatingtherich]

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[spookyteeths]

Feminist icon Judith Butler slams liberals who want to abandon trans people: That's "fascist logic" - LGBTQ Nation

Butler called denying health care to trans kids "an act of cruelty."

[queeranarchism]

For those wondering: yes, she is saying that Democrats who abandon trans rights are using fascist logic.

[ahmedaldani333]

Gaza is not just rubble… Gaza is a cry the world doesn't hear. We live in a tattered tent, offering no protection from the rain or the cold. Every night it rains, and every time the water seeps over our bodies, we wake up shivering—children and the sick, helpless and powerless. Our tent is no longer a tent… it's just a worn piece of cloth trapping us in the cold, damp, and fear. We sleep soaking wet and wake up coughing and feverish.

[ahmedaldani333]

We are sick from this deadly cold, and we can't afford medicine, we can't afford to repair the tent, and we don't even have another option. We are not exaggerating when we say: the cold is gnawing at us, the disease is progressing, and helplessness is breaking us every day. Gaza has become a graveyard for the law, a graveyard for justice, so don't let it become a graveyard for us, the living.

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[ahmedaldani333]

Your donation could repair a tent, buy medicine, or save a life before it fades silently. If you cannot stop this tragedy, don't leave us to face it alone. We need your help now by donating so we can repair our tent and survive the cold and illness. Save me and my family... Please donate to us.

[closet-keys]

Please help my friend Ahmed and his family. I am very worried for them.

All of them are ill and struggling to recover because they cannot get warm and protect themselves from the elements. How can they recover without medicine, food, and the ability to stay warm??

Ahmed's fundraiser is still at under 10% of his goal! Only €4,489 out of the needed 50k. This is a devastating situation. Please if you can spare anything, help this young teen and his family to survive.

[pitbolshevik]

please donate

[beserkerjewel]

Please, do whatever is possible and in your power to do to help!

[sporesgalaxy]

You can help Ahmed and his family with their vetted campaign!

[wolfer-aid]

I don’t know what else to say to get people to share and donate; the suffering we’ve seen should be enough

[redjennies]

idk a lot of people on tumblr are super into this weird mentality of "well i'm [x group] so i can't be [bigoted against x group]" and i'm like yes, yes, you can. literally everyone knows this. you just would rather use your identity as a shield against examining how you've also been exposed to the same bigoted narratives that harm the group you're in as everyone else instead of, like, actually building solidarity with other people like you.

[redjennies]

like being bisexual or queer or nonbinary or a woman does not mean I did not grow up watching the people around me being sexist and homophobic and internalize messages about my place in the world and how people like me should act. being those things does not mean I'm inherently immune to expecting other people to act in accordance with what I've been conditioned my entire life to see as appropriate performances of gender and sexuality. i can choose to examine those ideas and ask myself who it really benefits if I do choose to uphold those expectations and force them onto others, but it doesn't mean they're not there.

[redjennies]

like there's a weird amount of bi women I've encountered both in real life and online who have a genuine hatred for male homosexuality. being a woman with a woman is all in good fun, but they wouldn't want to date a man who's "a fag" (regardless if that means bisexual or just effeminate.) and it's like you do understand that's just misogyny? the reason it's okay for us to do this is because men think we don't really have sexualities or even real lives of our own outside their gaze? you realize this, yes? you realize your idea of what a "real" man is and how he conducts himself is based entirely on your own subjugation?

[redjennies]

people like to see internalized [x-ism] as a thing that only affects them, but it doesn't. it's not just your self-loathing that you got over when you learned better. unpacking those beliefs is an ongoing process, and if you don't go through it and do that work, it will always spill out onto others like you. and weaponizing it against others, claiming that you're using it to "punch up," does nothing to actually dismantle these systems and in fact, only reinforces them.

[rainyydoves]

you are not immune to being an asshole just because you're marginalized by the way.

[rainyydoves]

yeah this includes disabled people, and poc, and queer people. just because you were hurt doesn't mean you can scream at everyone else you dont get a free pass.

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