[kell-eramis]

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[thoodleoo]

several asks in my inbox about the nolan odyssey now that it's out so i will make my One Obligatory Post and so that i can be free to pass through the gate of false dreams and never think about it again

personally i have stopped caring about the movie itself in terms of whether it's a "good" version of the odyssey. there are things i have heard about it that i think are kind of dumb choices to make but i also like my odysseus to suck bigly and unrepentenly and tbh the version of odysseus in my head is not a very homeric one at all! it's more informed by things like the philoctetes and the aeneid because i personally find those depictions more interesting. there are also things i've heard that intrigue me but i refuse to pay money to see this movie

what i find is more important to focus on is the conversations about things like the treatment of shooting locations or the fucking iranian artifacts turned into jewlery for an american actress to wear while the us is actively waging war against iran. just as any ancient telling of odysseus's story, the nolan odyssey does not exist in a vacuum. i'm sure there are interesting things to analyze in the movie as a story but personally the issue that concerns me more is the analysis of this movie as a way for the classics to once again be interpreted and used by someone from a powerful colonizing nation for entertainment while actively appropriating aspects of other cultures. like it feels like heavy handed satire at this point except it's real. if we're going to give this movie critical attention i just think this is more important to think about than whether the movie is "good"

also i think the trojan horse looks dumb as hell and troy 2004 did a way better job at it. which is saying something.

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[formahomogenea]

Your balls are sore?

[save-the-child-qais]

SADLY, TODAY MAY BE THE DAY I LOSE MY BABY QAIS AFTER EVERYTHING HE HAS ENDURED.

Tonight, he was admitted to intensive care after losing his ability to breathe, now surviving through machines, and I will not forgive anyone who sees this post and does not support me with a single word and ignores me.

[save-the-child-qais]

The doctors told me his condition has become extremely critical, and without immediate treatment, he may not survive another night, so so I ask, can you help me get treatment for my baby Qais??

[save-the-child-qais]

I am begging you as a persecuted mother in Gaza, watching my baby bleed in front of me, unable to stop it. Please donate now and help me save his life before it’s too late.

Please donate now Gofundme

[save-the-child-qais]

I am standing outside the ICU, waiting for any sign that he is still fighting, but every second feels like a goodbye I am not ready for. Please donate now and help me save my baby Qais.

[save-the-child-qais]

Unfortunately, Qais has run out of medicine, and I cannot afford more. To everyone who helped before, I beg you again today. Your kindness kept him alive, and he still desperately needs support.

[save-the-child-qais]

I’m saying this with a heart that can’t take more pain. If you read this and scroll away, I won’t forgive you. My baby is slipping away. Please donate now, please share—save Qais.

[northgazaupdates]

Family in double crisis

In addition to 15-year-old Nour’s ongoing health issues, Nour’s sister Noha recently developed a severe stomach ulcer due to an infection induced by drinking unsanitary water. This ulcer is causing Noha extreme pain and digestive issues, and if it is not treated very soon, will lead to internal bleeding. This ulcer has gone untreated in order to allot more funds for Nour’s ongoing nebulizer treatments, but it has progressed to the point of literally debilitating pain and serious complications. Let’s raise the cost of treatment ASAP so Nour can continue nebulizer treatments and Noha can live her life again!!

Current: $4,872 out of $5,290 usd (19 June)

Need: $418 usd

Donate to Help Nour: A 15-Year-Old Girl with Heart Disease In Gaza, organized by Zachary Morgan

Nour is a 15-year-old girl living in a fragile tent in Gaza. … Zachary Morgan needs your support for Help Nour: A 15-Year-Old Girl with Hea

[formahomogenea]

Just U&I

[northgazaupdates]

Family in double crisis

In addition to 15-year-old Nour’s ongoing health issues, Nour’s sister Noha recently developed a severe stomach ulcer due to an infection induced by drinking unsanitary water. This ulcer is causing Noha extreme pain and digestive issues, and if it is not treated very soon, will lead to internal bleeding. This ulcer has gone untreated in order to allot more funds for Nour’s ongoing nebulizer treatments, but it has progressed to the point of literally debilitating pain and serious complications. Let’s raise the cost of treatment ASAP so Nour can continue nebulizer treatments and Noha can live her life again!!

Current: $4,872 out of $5,290 usd (19 June)

Need: $418 usd

Donate to Help Nour: A 15-Year-Old Girl with Heart Disease In Gaza, organized by Zachary Morgan

Nour is a 15-year-old girl living in a fragile tent in Gaza. … Zachary Morgan needs your support for Help Nour: A 15-Year-Old Girl with Hea

[mxjackparker]

This kind of response to things I say about sex work, which isn't always phrased like this but almost always focuses on me being male or a man or my pronouns, shows a fundamental misunderstanding of why mansplaining is bad.

I am a sex worker. I have been for a decade. The majority of people I know are sex workers and I'm embedded in sex worker community. I started before 18 and have done it in brothels, cars, my own home, clients' homes, saunas, and hotels.

It's absolutely reasonable to criticize men who speak on issues they don't experience like an authority, especially when they speak over women to do it. It is not reasonable to raise someone's gender (or in this case, pronouns) as a reason their thoughts aren't worth hearing when the issue is one they do face.

[mxjackparker]

I see people bringing up that I'm trans in response to things like this, as a way to legitimize my speech. The reason I refuse to do so, despite many of my experiences selling sex being pre-transition, is that I equally do not want cis men who have done sex work to be silenced on the topic.

We need more active and former sex workers to speak out. That won't happen if we're dismissing those who do.

[butchdemiurge]

in 2026 let’s start actually noticing and taking seriously the true scale and impact of jkrs transmisogyny and how she’s been funneling decades of royalties and ip owner cash directly into anti trans lobbying thats been making the uk hell while gradually worsening conditions elsewhere through impacting the zeitgeist

[butchdemiurge]

[northgazaupdates]

POINT OF NO RETURN!! CHILD NEAR DEATH!! PLEASE HELP!!

6-year-old Souad has been anemic since birth, and starvation and disease due to the IOF assault have caused her severe additional health complications. In September she fell unconscious and was admitted to the hospital. She has since been comatose and fluid is building up around her brain.

Medical staff have worked very hard to reduce the swelling. But despite their efforts, Souad's brain is now hemorrhaging (bleeding). The swelling has been too persistent, and the pressure is rapidly bursting the cells of her brain, causing bleeding. This will kill her. Little Souad is dying.

She needs to be evacuated outside of Gaza, but this is extremely expensive. The cost for transport through the Egyptian border, medical care, and associated expenses comes to $6,000 usd, about €5,000 EUR. This is a devastating setback, but all we can do is push forward.

PLEASE HELP US #SaveSouad!!!

Please repost the GFM and tag #SaveSouad to spread the word!. SHE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT!!!

€7,186 out of €7,739 EUR (1 June)

Need to raise: about €553 EUR ($643 usd)

Information on vetting linked under the cut of this post

Help Alaa's family survive this devastating war.

I am Alaa Al-Hanjouri, 32 years old. I used to work as a teacher, teaching children and carrying their dreams on my shoulders... but the war

[suadalaa1]

I'm crying as I write these words to you… 💔😭

My little girl, Suad, is dying in my arms right now. 🥺🫀

She's in a deeper coma than the doctors expected 😞🩺, and her little body is weakening moment by moment. ⏳💔 Only machines are keeping her heart beating 🫁🔌, but her innocent soul is fighting to stay with us. 👼💔 The doctor looked at me a little while ago and said, "Every minute now is a difference between life and death." ⚠️🕊️

I'm writing to you with a shattered heart 💔😭💔, as I see my little girl, who used to fill the house with laughter 😍😂😍, now just a lifeless body on a cold bed. 🛌💔🥶 I can't bear the thought of losing her because I couldn't afford her treatment. 😭💸💔 Suad has no one but you now… she has nothing but your prayers and your urgent donations. 🤲🏼💖💨

I implore you 🥺🙏🏼, by the bond of humanity 🤝🌍, by the compassion in your hearts ❤️‍🩹🫶🏼, don't let money be the reason for her passing. 🚫💵🚫 Don't let my child die when you have the power to save her. 🛑👼🆘 Any amount, no matter how small 💵🪙💎, could buy her one more minute of life ⏱️❤️‍🔥, could buy the medicine that will bring her back to me. 💉💊🏥

O Lord, by Your power that encompasses all things ☝🏼🤲🏼🌌, return Suad to us safe and sound 💖🌸👼, and place our helplessness and powerlessness in Your hands alone. 🤲🏼🥺💔

[mirainikki]

you are white before you are trans and i feel like some of y'all forget that

[northgazaupdates]

Teen’s organs failing & NO TREATMENT in >1 MONTH

19-year-old Khalil Al Habil's liver and kidneys are failing. Shrapnel damage from the bombardment that killed his baby brother Omar has gone mostly untreated due to a lack of funds and resources. The ill effects of this damage have progressed to the point that the organs are losing their ability to function. Khalil urgently needs 3 rounds of treatment to combat the effects of his deteriorating liver and kidneys.

We've paid off the first round of treatments but Khalil has two treatments that he still needs. The second costs about $1,250 usd, but we haven’t made much progress in more than a month and his condition is getting progressively worse. We need to meet this second goal ASAP!!!

Current: $10,052 out of $10,407 usd (12 May)

Need to raise: $355 usd

Help Khalils family get a better life

Hello, my name is Khalil, I'm 19 years old, from Gaza.

Vetting information linked in the last reblog of this post, courtesy of murderbot

[northgazaupdates]

Khalil is in so much pain that he can barely access the internet to contact me.

The lethargy and fatigue caused by his deteriorating organ function only make reaching out more difficult. He is in very, very bad shape, and I’m extremely worried about him.

He has gone so long between sessions that he requires additional medications to sustain him between treatments. With a price of $1500 for the treatment for his failing organs, and $500 for supplementary medications, this is where we are for round 3:

Current: $10,552 out of $12,407 usd (7 June)

Need to meet temporary goal: $1,855 usd

[jay-rayart]

Help our story take flight and back FLY on Kickstarter Today!

Coming soon: FLY : A Magical Black Boy Series - Pilot

A coming of age story about Black kids who finally have power to fight back against systems designed against them.

[creatingblackcharacters]

Let's support Black indie animations!

[anti-ao3]

ao3 is accepting donations again, donate to palestinians instead!

if you can, please consider donating to these fundraisers that really need your help. any amount will make a big difference to all of these families.

kholood smeer (@kholoodpals) - £9,500 / £10,000. #337 on gazavetters.

eyad alanqar (@sawasawako) - USD $34,875 / $40,000. #24 on gazavetters.

nour alanqar (@nooralanqar3) - €32,699 / €40,000. #245 on gazavetters.

mahrah (@mahrahpalestine) - USD $15,730 / $50,000. shared by 90-ghost and fairuzfan.

aya alanqar (@ayafamilysposts) - €18,536 / €30,000. #632 on gazavetters.

i share other fundraisers under the #fundraiser spotlight and #fundraiser list tags.

[kell-eramis]

Like looking through a veil

[northgazaupdates]

Homeless mom of 2 needs help in Gaza

Maha and her family previously had a verified GFM to pay for basic necessities like food, medical care, and some form of shelter. Horrifically, the person running their former GFM has stolen from them and hijacked their campaign.

Below is Maha’s new GFM. Her previous GFM was vetted by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi on their vetted campaign master list, on line 163.

Donate to Support My Family To Rebuild Our Lives, organized by Ahmed Alhabil

I am physiotherapist Ahmed Khalil Al-Habil from palestine _Gaza I have been dis… Ahmed Alhabil needs your support for Support My Family To

[northgazaupdates]

URGENT: Hospital eviction imminent

Maha has been hospitalized due to serious complications from an infected tooth. She is particularly vulnerable to this type of infection, which almost killed her last year. Thankfully her husband has returned from Egypt, but both he and Maha are unable to work and thus cannot pay for her hospital bills. They are over $1,500 usd in debt for her treatment and Maha is about to be kicked out of the hospital.

As I said, last year a very similar infection almost took Maha’s life. If she is expelled from the hospital, a worsened infection is an inevitability. She still has a high fever and needs to remain hospitalized. PLEASE help her continue life-saving treatment!!

Current: €1,712 out of €2,176 (7 June)

NEED: about €1,300 EUR or $1,500 usd