°✧ —we’re heading nowhere — ✧°

°✧ — MACKENZIE || PST || SHE/HER — ✧° make the night yours, destroy your way to oblivion. saints only preach in [ light ], and the inner b e a s t thrives best in darkness. sin will find you, it will change you, but you will still be human when the sun comes out.

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Post about Ramadan.

There have been various posts (here and here are examples) about Ramadan. Normally I am excited by people posting about Islam in any manner; the religion is a fascinating one. However, I became ashamed.

The people who posted about Ramadan seem to have no idea what it is, the rules, or the reason it occurs.

The biggest problems with the posts:

Myth: Tagging food as “NSFW", as seeing food will break fast

Fact: Seeing, smelling, or being around food in general will not break fast. Also, the fast is going without food and drink, not just forgoing food.

Myth: “if they see food on their dash you’re just making it harder for them to restrain from eating"

Fact: This is offensive because it says that Muslims do not have the self-control to look at food and then abstain form eating it.

Myth: “ I’d just seen a couple pieces of untagged NSFW content on my dash, my fast would have been broken right now ”

Fact: Your fast is not broken by viewing images- fast is broken if you act upon desires.

Also, if you read the first post, the person admits they do not know much about Ramadan- but they continue writing instead of reading. Also an important part of Ramadan is avoiding distractions-TV, music, and internet. Which means some Muslims will not be on Tumblr anyway.

For those curious about Islam and Ramadan, please follow these links:

aboutramadan.com (the best site)

10 tips for Ramadan

About.com

IslamzPeace

BONUS:

A open Q & A session about Ramadan

Ramadan Campaign Against Hunger Offers Donors The Chance To Double The Impact Of Their Sadaqah

Please, please read and listen! Come back and tell me what you learnt!

Ramadan Mubarak

[a-spoon-is-born]

This is pretty much what my relatives who observe Ramadan have told me. FYI, I tag all food with “food" year round anyhow.

[midnightsylph1]

I want to apologize about reblogging those posts before, I didn’t know how fasting actually worked for Ramadan (other than not eating) so I thought that images of food would count as breaking fast. I hope that this post will clear that up for my followers! 

[thugilly]

Who's your favorite superhero?

Amy from Gone Girl

[jessicacapshaw]

idgi when ppl like make posts about ‘there is this going on, and this going on, but you’re going to focus on this’ like what ?? are we now supposed to rank what’s more offensive than what and what people are allowed to be offended and speak out about now ?? bc u know damn well that if we did that natives wouldn’t have any place to speak bc they’re often so underlooked ?? like the whole idea that a person isn’t allowed to be upset about something because there are other things that other people are offended by that by your standards is more important is really toxic ?? it’s like people who say you’re not allowed to be upset about things bc other people have it worse ?? like every person feels their hurt in different ways and it effects them deeply ?? like what may not seem hurtful to you could be extremely hurtful to another person and you DONT have the authority to say that it’s not important enough or that they shouldn’t be allowed to speak out on it ?? native americans have had their names, their traditions, the things that are IMPORTANT to them taken and used as mascots, street names, town names, as fashion trends, etc. and unless you are native you have no say on what they can and cannot see as offensive !!! yeah there are other things going on too, and they’re important, but so are native feelings !!!!!!!! how about instead of discrediting what they feel hurt by by saying ‘you should be focusing on this instead’ you go and actually speak out on the things that you feel are so much more important ?? like all you’re doing is being an asshole to a group of people who are barely heard & the rpc is supposed to be a place for them to feel safe and speak out on things like it has become for other poc !!! don’t leave behind natives in this trend in fixing shit bc its not “offensive enough” for you ?? like that’s toxic thinking !!!

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‘The Sims 4’ update just introduced gender fluidity to the game — and it’s beautiful

A free update to the 16-year-old franchise made available Thursday will enable players to select their characters’ physique, voice and gait in a way that enables gender customization within the game like never before.

Follow @the-future-now​

[nnoiffu]

Guys, this is serious. California could be the one chance Bernie Sanders has to take the Democratic Nomination in July. And the Media is trying to ruin it.

Hillary Clinton is falling in the polls. She’s tied with Donald Trump in some, and in others, he tops her. She’s losing. Bernie Sanders leads by double digits over Trump nationally. We need to let those know who are in California that there is some fishy business going on. 

Signal Boost this, please, just to spread awareness. Do NOT get discouraged.

[mugglesofficial]

How are you lgbt?

I sent an application in and got accepted

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[digitalgoat-deactivated20160809]

Is it better than goat cheese?

[nowhites]

i love sleeping and being mentally unavailable

[decalexas]

what’s fucked up is when you read a book and the main heroine is like “I don’t care about boys. I’ve never wanted that sort of life… I don’t want to grow up and fall in love with a man or be married. I don’t think I ever will. And I don’t want to or need to.” and you’re like holy shit this is??? prime… ground… for some sapphic antics–

but then it turns out that really all she needed was A Special Guy in order to fall into blissful Special Heterosexual Love that is Different from Regular Heterosexual Love and it Changes Her Life

[macrpt-blog]

me: does 1 single reply

me: i am a god

[moheetoe]

Sang Woo Kim by Brandon Mercer

[sickfake]

being alive is very………..Not Easy

[khanos-deactivated20170219]

*acts clueless but actually knows what’s going on at all times*

[bey]

me, going for a long car ride: yes I can listen to so much music

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[pussypoundcake]

Lmfaoo. This Me😭

[scout-joy]

[foxmouth]