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[aleisters]

all my advice about using real athletes to learn drawing bodies beyond hard abs, and my particular pref being wrestlers, also applies to women btw. you can draw women who r strong and not an hourglass shape. fucking do it.

kris statlander, rhea ripley (look at her SHAPE), willow nightingale, ruby soho, these r just four off the top of my head that have obvious musculature and different body types. skye blue and julia hart have more slim cheerleader style bodies as well, i REALLY wanted to put emi sakura who is fucking STOUT (adoring) in this post but i couldn't find a good demonstrative pic, the list goes on

DRAW DIFFERENT BODIESSSSSSSS

[gayteddy]

strong women who are not thin and have diverse body types and shapes list. more under cut

Piper Niven

Li Wenwen

Regina Rosendahl

Kia Stevens

Savelina Fanene

Holley Mangold

Cheryl Haworth

Kuinini Manumua

Sarah Robles

Emily Campbell

Mary Anne Theisen-Lappen

most of these have links directly to their social media, but there were a couple I couldn't find, so I linked to their wikipedia article.

this list could go on forever, these are just the first i found while searching. please include fat women in your diverse body shapes!

[fairuzfan]

Do you know anything i can donate to for palestine that's not the gofundmes because the idea of having to choose who needs my money more is just. scary to me they all need it 3: maybe there's a thing that splits/distributes money evenly???? idk but help would be appreciated

Gazafunds actually deals with this anxiety and makes a decision for you if you want. Their home page has a spotlighted fundraiser and the code consider things like how close the gfm is to finishing, when the most recent donation is, etc. So it's randomized to help as many people as possible.

There's also @helpgazachildren which if you donate, you can help multiple people at once since it's a whole mutual aid fund, or at least close to it. Hussam distributes money to people who need it when he's asked.

[ariespetal]

I like to think he starts every meeting like this

[smashingorpassing]

if you are unable to donate financially to help palestine, you can donate your time by protesting, boycotting, and putting up posters!

if all you have is your device and internet access, you can put your clicks to good use on arab.org. they use the advertising revenue generated by your clicks to help good causes.

and i would urge those able to spare a few dollars to donate to one or more of the following organizations:

eSims for Gaza

Direct aid for Gaza

Care for Gaza

Women for Women International

Institute for Middle East Understanding

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Palestine Children Relief Fund

Muslim Aid USA

Direct Aid for Gaza

Palestinian American Medical Association

Urgent support for medical professionals in Gaza

Emergency Relief for Gaza

Anera

Taawon

[akaratna]

Adding UNWRA link: https://www.unrwa.org

[sayruq]

Support To Evacuate My Friend’s Family From Gaza, organized by Bassem Elsayed

I am organizing this fundraiser on behalf of my friend Tamer, and his … Bassem Elsayed needs your support for Support To Evacuate My Friend’

[nabulsi]

Palestine Donation Links Masterpost

This is a masterpost of places to throw your money at to support Palestine. I'm gonna try and keep this updated as much as I can.

*** Please note, donating does not mean you should stop boosting Palestinian voices. Spreading awareness is JUST AS IMPORTANT as sending money since misinformation is one of the Zionist movement's most dangerous tools. ***

(Last Updated: 13-02-2024)

Palestine Children's Relief Fund

In addition, follow the PCRF on twitter (@/thePCRF) as they regularly post about opportunities to donate to support Palestine.

UNRWA

Doctors without Borders

Defense for Children Palestine

Palestinian Red Crescent Society

United Palestinian Appeal

Heal Palestine

eSims for Gaza

Care for Gaza (PayPal / GoFundMe)

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Islamic Relief USA

ANERA

Help Gaza Children

Sulala Animal Rescue

Hirbawi Kufiyas

Palestinian Youth Movement

BDS Movement

Decolonize Palestine (Patreon)

Aid requests from Palestinians in Gaza:

Help Ahmed Saad get to safety

Help Lama AlJamous Evacuate

Support Khalil in Gaza

Help Yoseph and his Family

Surgery fund for Abdulaziz

Support Abdelrahim Alfarra

Help Yosef Kassab Evacuate

Safe Passage for Nadin

Help Yousef Yaser get treatment for cancer

Help Adel Al Zaharneh

Help Shaymaa's family leave Gaza

Evacuate Abood's family from Gaza to safety

Help Mohamed and his family evacuate

*** If you have any additional recognized and trustworthy places to donate, please either reply or send me an ask or DM and I will update this list! ***

In addition, Palestinians (both in Palestine and diaspora) can feel free to leave your paypals / ko-fi's / cashapps / venmo.... whichever you want in the replies.

[nabulsi]

People kept reblogging the old version of this so I've revamped it with new links and removed the dead ones.

[imogen-mangle]

In case you lost it - a link to the eSIM donation guide. Even if you feel sick and powerless, you can at least do this. And even if you really, really can't donate, you can always at least share this and remind others.

https://gazaesims.com/esim-purchase-tutorial/

[smashingorpassing]

if you are unable to donate financially to help palestine, you can donate your time by protesting, boycotting, and putting up posters!

if all you have is your device and internet access, you can put your clicks to good use on arab.org. they use the advertising revenue generated by your clicks to help good causes.

and i would urge those able to spare a few dollars to donate to one or more of the following causes:

eSims for Gaza

Direct aid for Gaza

Care for Gaza

Women for Women International

Institute for Middle East Understanding

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Palestine Children Relief Fund

Muslim Aid USA

Direct Aid for Gaza

Palestinian American Medical Association

Urgent support for medical professionals in Gaza

Emergency Relief for Gaza

Anera

Taawon

[ibtisams-deactivated20240709]

My father was martyred by Israel on 10 October 2023 after sacrificing his care in hospital so the injured children could take priority. Today would have been his 60th birthday. He was always selfless, kind, and giving for others. My father gave up everything for me to be able to have a better life, because that is what he always dreamed for me and my sister. The world suffered a great loss when he died, and my heart is always with him and every Palestinian who has lost someone.

In his honour and memory, I would love for anyone who is able to do so to consider donating to The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.

The PCRF is an amazing organisation that does so much for those in Gaza right now, including helping provide food, water and medicine. You can donate any amount you are able to- there is no minimum! My father would have given his very last cent if he saw the way Palestine was continuing to suffer after over 100 days with this limited aid, so I know celebrating him by helping others is the least he would have wanted.

I saw @parrot-parent do a very successful donation match and I thought it was such a good idea so I will also match all donations up to $500! If you feel comfortable sending me proof of the amount of your donation, I will match it as a donation at the end of February. (My messages are set to mutuals only, but if you donate and we aren’t mutuals if you send an ask with the proof I will make sure to answer it privately.)

[peachmarch3]

don’t stop talking about what’s happening

[benchofindigo]

[ID: Artwork for Palestine. A woman in a white hijab is crying. In her hands hovers a slice of watermelon that's glowing. Underneath her hands are Palestinian buildings and an olive tree. From one of the buildings waves a Palestinian flag. Above her head is a moon, olives, stars, a dove, key, and the Palestinian flag. End ID]

[summersblooms-deactivated202402]

alright guys this is important

starbucks is now rebranding as vista coffee, because of the boycotts. remember to support local coffee shops instead of starbucks or vista!

[poniesart]

Bisan Owda's call to action

eSims For Gaza

For USAmericans: Call your reps | Email your reps It takes only a few minutes and there are scripts if needed. If you call after hours, you can leave a voicemail.

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action Toolkit

Jan 26th Int'l Day of Action Toolkit

Google Drive of posters to print

Other infographics about the strike: here and here

I will be queuing this post for every day this week. IDs in Alt text!

[officialbabayaga]

Rashida Tlaib has set up a petition to send to the White House to recognize and stop the ethnic cleansing and forced displacement happening in Gaza. If you’re a US citizen please sign. I have no illusions that this will change policy, but the public outcry against their actions must continue. We will not be distracted or discouraged from continuing to object to these humans rights violations.

[officialbabayaga]

Hi likes do not help this post, please reblog

[stil-lindigo]

frankly, the people whose kneejerk reaction to bisan asking for a global strike form the 21st-28th is to say that it takes years to organize a general strike are really unhelpful! no one is saying otherwise, but palestine will be a smoking crater if we all wait for years to do anything - bisan is asking us to do something now. Like are we only supposed to do something if we can do it perfectly??? At some point it’s a valid critique about the work that goes into social movement, and at another point I feel like some people are just trying to absolve themselves from not putting any effort into observing a week of economic inaction.

like idk! I get it, okay! People have bills to pay that don’t magically go away for a strike, we don’t have nearly enough social infrastructure in place to support people to fully stop going to work for a week. But fuck, dude! Stop immediately responding in such a defeatist way! Cut out unnecessary purchases! Try to shop local! Put more effort into promoting Palestinian voices online! Attend a protest, call a local rep, do something!

[cock-holliday]

Ultimately, the context of this (these) calls are different than ignorant calls for a general strike in the past for a few reasons:

1. It is being called for by someone affected by the situation. Social media calls in the past have often been called by people unconnected to the struggle or without any sort of connections to the work or others involved in the fight. Who are you calling for a strike? What is your role? Which gets into

2. Demands. With these calls for a strike, there are specific demands coming out for those in power to respond to. It’s not general dissatisfaction with capitalism, it’s not vague response to bigotry and oppression, there are goals. Ceasefire. Flow of humanitarian aid. End of occupation.

3. Very crucially, there is a spectrum for what is included in the general strike and a blatant recognition of how there isn’t time to prepare. Take off work (if you can), don’t go to school (if you can), don’t spend money (if you can), keep up pressure and protest (if you can), amplify Palestinian voices and sources, continue boycotting.

“Well I can’t call off work.” Neither can I, but there are items on the list I CAN do. Many people can’t attend protests but can pressure their reps. Many can’t pressure reps but can spread word on social media. Or financially support Palestinians. Or babysit for someone going to a rally. Or or or.

My law school once had a walkout. Those who couldn’t walk out wore something to show support. Signed petitions later. Pressured admin. If you “can’t do anything,” show support for those who can.

This is NOT the same as disorganized naive calls for strikes with no goals, no planning, and no thought.

Do not treat them the same if you cannot do everything asked. And do not waste your time asking Palestinians to forgive you for what little you can do when you could be doing any of the shit on this list instead.

[mortalityplays]

I know you have all probably seen the esims for gaza posts circulating. Some of you have probably looked at them and thought maybe you should help out, but have weighed up the daunting process of signing up for something you're unfamiliar with vs. the gut-wrenching scale of the things people are going through on the ground right now, and you've put it off or questioned whether it will make enough of a difference vs. some other future kind of activism you could put that $6+ towards. I'm not calling you out or scolding you, it is natural to feel conflicted and ambivalent about the multiple calls for aid that you are seeing on social media.

but consider this: what would you do if you suddenly had to leave your home? how would you cope? how would you begin to plan where to go next, or figure out what to do to take care of yourself? most likely you would reach reflexively for your phone.

telecoms access is not a petty luxury in 2024. a loaded esim means the ability to call family members and find out where they are and whether they're safe, and whether they need anything you can provide for them. it means access to maps and regular updates on the situation unfolding around you. it means you can look up whether it's safe to drink rain water, or how to tie a type of knot you've never had to think about before, or how to treat an injury without medical supplies. it means the ability to tell people outside the situation what you are seeing, what you are feeling, what you are thinking. it is an absolutely crucial resource. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

many many people have observed that internet access is changing the way the world understands genocide. internet access is life or death, and it is shaping modern history in front of you. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

please, please visit gazaesims.com and spend 5 minutes and $6 to change the way this plays out for everyone.

[girderednerve]

if you are not sure how or are not able to purchase an esim directly you can donate to Crips for eSims for Gaza's campaign. it is a reputable project of Alice Wong, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Jane Shi.

[sesshomoru]

support gaza and yemen 🇵🇸 🇾🇪 jan. 15, 2024

direct support to gaza:

esims for gaza - help keep gaza connected! plus, a purchase guide for buying esims

help ahmed (@90-ghost) evacuate his family from gaza (via paypal, kofi). gfm did not honor his successful fundraiser and he is starting from scratch.

help shayma evacuate her family (via paypal)

"I am Shayma and I’m a part of a 16-person Gazan family hoping to relocate to safety as soon as possible. Our house was bombed on November 4th and my sister martyred and left two orphans behind. I am hoping to raise enough money to get everyone out of this war-zone in hopes of building a better life abroad. Right now, due to the IOF’s constant threats, the Rafah border is closed. However, they take bribes that reach up to $7k per person to allow us out. I’ve already collected $31k outside of GFM and now am in need for a $85k more. Please help me reach my goal. Your help is much appreciated." (Text taken from gfm*)

*out of concern that gofundme may cancel fundraisers like they cancelled ahmed's, links to gfm will not be added unless any successful campaigns for palestinians are fulfilled.

charity aid: gaza and yemen

care for gaza provides on the ground food and aid to the gaza strip (via paypal)

feed yemen - as retaliation for the houthi blockade in the red sea, the un world food program has cut food aid to yemen, a country that has been under enforced starvation for nine years. donate to: islamic relief usa, mona relief (based in yemen)

the palestinian children's relief fund: the Gaza Relief and Recovery campaign aims to address urgent humanitarian needs and support long-term recovery efforts in Gaza.

i am including the un world food program which has been distributing aid in gaza but please note they have paused food aid to yemen. while this does not appear to be a retaliatory measure, you may consider this when choosing where to donate.

Legal aid for protesters:

Palestine Action targets arms manufacturers in the US and UK

Palestine Legal offers legal defense in the US for those who are arrested in the course of protest or sabotage on behalf of Palestine

this list will be updated

[intersectionalpraxis]

Bisan was reporting live in Khan Younis just a few hours ago. The IOF is carpet bombing EVERYWHERE. Nasser Hospital is the LAST functioning hospital in Gaza. These are WAR CRIMES. Don't stop talking about Gaza!! The IOF are monsters. I don't even wonder about how depraved they can continue to get. This is despicable.