a dream ago, perhaps

“Wake up little girl. They've stolen away your dream; you grew up...”

[mournfulroses]

María Casares, from a letter to Albert Camus, featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

[junkyarded]

so many people post like they are from the dimension of No Misogyny because the misogyny all around them just registers to them as fine and normal

[junkyarded]

we are all posting from the dimension of No Misandry because we live on the planet earth

[dreamsofpaperflowers]

Fandoms are always like "this woman is EVIL!!!!" and then the woman in question is an 11 year old girl

[cages-boxes-hunters-foxes]

every conversation on here increasingly feeling like this tweet

[espressogal]

once you stop fantasizing about that ideal version of yourself and start working towards becoming that person by setting your alarm clock earlier and actually going to the gym and actually volunteering at places and actually eating healthier and not procrastinating and working just a little bit harder you’ll realize that it was so easy all along. becoming your ideal self will only ever exist in your mind until you make the decision to work towards becoming that person. get up!! get going!! it’s now or never!! there is no light at the end of the tunnel!! get that flashlight and pave your own path bitch bc no one else is going to do it for u!!

[berkeleygirl3]

[softwaring]

[labelma]

Something I think that a lot of leftists and progressives fail to understand, is that the push against normalization with Israel and for the complete dissolution of the state, actively makes the situation worse for Palestinians. It actively makes the conflict worse, and I would argue is one of the direct causes for the war getting as bad as it did.

You are directly harming your own cause.

Refusing to acknowledge the existence of the State of Israel doesn’t materially change the reality that Israel is a sovereign nation with over ten million citizens. When leftists in the west chant “from the river to the sea” and “we don’t want no two states”, regardless of the intention, what do you think Israelis hear? What do you think a people that has faced genocide in living memory, from which our population still has not recovered, gets from that? We don’t hear it and consider your points, we hear it and remember all of the times Israel has been attacked with genocidal intent, and only survived through our own defense.

And what does this ultimately result it? It results in Israelis who no longer believe in the peace process. It results in Israelis who feel a visceral sense of fear which leads to doubling down on national security. It leads to diaspora Jews feeling unsafe in their communities and immigrating to Israel.

It leads to the total dissolution of the peace process, and what happens if there is no chance for peace? If there’s no hope for any type of solution then the only answer is endless war, and this war doesn’t just hurt Israelis, you know that.

[imyourbadjew]

They're not harming their own cause, because their cause is not about helping Palestinians, it's about destroying Israel

[pjharvey]

i'm still a leftist but in my experience women are viewed as expendable in leftist spaces, spoken over, treated as stupid, on a level that is astounding. you can get away with an enormous level of vitriolic hatred for women if you couch it in the right terms

[pjharvey]

yeah they think it's bourgeois and childish and that you are bourgeois and childish if you are a feminist. sometimes the ones that want to act like Allies to Women will act like it's cute (read: naïve) that you're a feminist and expect you to be flattered by that. otherwise you're stuck up and obnoxious for acknowledging rape culture, caring about your own safety, and not believing in bullshit like "rich women don't experience misogyny"

[dumblefudge]

"No hate watching the new HP series!! Do you hear me?? NO HATE WATCHING!"

Well that shouldn't be a problem for me because I'm planning on love watching it :))

[sun-lesbian]

If misogyny was only just “hatred of the feminine” a supposedly mystic state of being rather than oppressive norms, women could opt out at any time by simply not conforming. This is so clearly and painfully untrue almost as if… Sex-based oppression exists

[nevertheless-lesbians-persist]

and in fact, refusing to conform to/perform femininity often makes things WORSE for females.

[fretami]

female and feminine? get misogyny

female and masculine? get misogyny

[fuck-customers]

[asteriavinifera]

Do you wanna go watch the sunlight pierce the leaves of the forest with me?

[keepthedelta]

now this is a look™️

[everysunsofthebes]

Absolutely speechless

Cr.Alamy (there was no photographer name), edited by me

[pyx]

Are they done kicking that ball yet

[pyx]

Can they be

[the-indigo-symphony]

A very disturbing number of people on here are like "Yeah, I support Jews! I just refuse to learn anything about Jewish history or culture even when it's extremely relevant to the conversation, I misuse Jewish terminology in the same way people who very openly wanted (or still want) to kill all Jews misused it, and I take everything about supporting or showing sympathy for Jews in bad faith! Antisemites DNI btw lol"

[the-indigo-symphony]

You gotta love getting people who supposedly agree with this post but then looooove to show that they, you know, refuse to learn anything about Jewish history or culture even when it's extremely relevant to the conversation, and misuse Jewish terminology in the same way people who very openly wanted and still want to kill Jews misuse it. Aka what We said in the og post. Horrible job, folks. Get the fuck out of my house and don't come back.

[the-indigo-symphony]

Like. I've seen a lot of bullshit on here. But like. Hey. If you can recognize "This word tied to Jewish culture and history is being used as an insult." is immoral and wrong, you should not trust the people using it as an insult to accurately define the term. You should not immediately trust a group who regularly use those insults and support antisemitic violence to tell you the truth about Judaism. You should instead, perhaps, learn about its origins in the context of Jewish culture and history, so you know what it actually means outside of a "Jews are evil" context. Just a suggestion.

I'm not even going to name the specific term because it keeps happening. Over and over, Jewish concepts and vocabulary are perverted to fit old and new accusations alike.

It's like if I knew it's wrong to call people who get abortions "baby killers", but went to learn what abortion is from an anti-choice group that does just that. Which is a fitting comparison because blood libel is alive and well nowadays. So like. Maybe just listen to Jews? And not one or two Jews that already happen to agree with you on everything, but a variety of Jewish voices and organizations? That might be a good idea if you, you know, actually give a shit about Jews. And not just pretending you're not antisemitic.

[nimrochan]

Daily reminder that many, many antisemites don’t think they’re antisemitic.