The series is fundamentally transphobic because JKR is continuing to use all the money she makes off of it to fund anti-trans legislation in the UK. See how she poured money into the Scottish TERF group who took their case to the British courts that got trans rights rolled back last year. That was paid for by people buying “uwu my childhood 🥺🥺🥺” butterbeers at Universal and hot topic Slytherin scarfs and fresh copies of the books from stores for their children who will grow up to continue the cycle.
Also, it does not matter if “people already pay for HBO and the show already paid its actors” because as you know, streaming services track their show/movie views. That’s why Netflix is infamous for canning projects early because “well not enough people watch it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”, streaming services actively watch and count views given to the shows they make, there’s monetary incentives for them doing well, and if the shows are successful they get renewed for more seasons.
We do NOT need seven seasons of this show spawning merch and fresh purchases of the books and trips to universal that is all going to go directly into JKR’s TERF-y pocket where she will continue to donate to ways trans people and ESPECIALLY trans women become more unsafe.
I get having childhood nostalgia, these books saved my life as a kid, but you cannot be scolding people for “not respecting our childhoods” when said childhood love is actively part of a system to try and kill people
I want to make one thing very clear first — I do not agree with J.K. Rowling and her views. I used to admire her a lot, especially as a single mum who became successful, but I’m fully aware now that her views are deeply problematic.
At the same time, I think this conversation is being framed in a very all-or-nothing way.
There’s a difference between indirect and direct support. Yes, streaming platforms track views and success matters — I’m not denying that. But watching a show is still several steps removed from directly funding someone’s personal beliefs or actions. If we follow that logic consistently, we’d have to boycott a huge portion of media and corporations, because money almost always flows somewhere problematic.
I also don’t think it’s fair to say the series itself is “fundamentally transphobic.” It was written years ago, and the story doesn’t revolve around gender identity or target trans people in its narrative. Criticising the author is valid — but treating the work and every person who engages with it as inherently harmful is a much broader claim.
And this is where I disagree the most — the idea that people finding comfort in something from their childhood makes them complicit in harm. For many people, these books were genuinely important growing up. That emotional connection doesn’t automatically disappear because the author turned out to be problematic.
For me personally, it’s just nostalgia. I’m not even planning to watch the new show. But I’m also not going to judge people who do, because I don’t think that kind of blanket moral judgement actually helps anyone.
You can criticise the author. You can choose to boycott. That’s completely valid.
But turning it into “anyone who still engages with this is part of the problem” is where it starts to lose nuance.
At the end of the day, I just don’t judge people for still loving this series. I can have my own opinion about it, but I don’t see the point in hating on people I don’t even know over something like this.
with the hbo harry potter show coming out, here’s a few quick points:
jk rowling is an asshole TERF who gives money in support of anti-trans legislation in the UK. by watching this show, you are directly funding a transphobic woman’s work and agenda
harry potter is not that well written and is full of racist and homophobic archetypes, as well as poorly written attempts at morally gray characters that instead come of as sympathetic towards in-universe terrorists
do NOT send hate to the kid actors in this show. they’re children. hate the shitty author that is deciding to do yet another lap around of the one thing she’s ever succeeded in
Before anything else — I don’t agree with J.K. Rowling’s views. That’s not what this is about.
First of all, it’s not direct support — at most it’s indirect. Watching a show means paying for HBO, which has already paid for the rights and the cast. That’s several steps removed from “directly funding” anything.
Second, I don’t really agree with the way people frame the characters either. For example, I personally don’t like book Snape or Draco. And it’s not only me, many fans don’t like them. Snape is basically a bully who takes his issues out on children, and Draco is just a spoiled rich kid who gets away with everything because that’s how he was raised. At the same time, part of Snape’s character in the books is that he’s unpleasant to look at — greasy hair, hooked nose, generally unappealing. If you cast someone conventionally attractive, you’re already softening that character, regardless of anything else. And we’ve already seen this effect before. A lot of people sympathise with Snape because of the performance by Alan Rickman, who did an incredible job — but was also far more charismatic and conventionally attractive than the book version. The same goes for Draco: much of his popularity comes from the actor’s appeal rather than the character’s actual behaviour. When it comes to racism and stereotypes — yes, there are valid criticisms, but people love to flatten everything into one extreme take. If the new adaptation ends up creating problematic portrayals, that’s on the studio, not inherently on the original story.
That said, some criticisms are fair:
the goblins in the bank clearly lean into antisemitic stereotypes
the Patil twins got pretty poor costume treatment in the films
Cho Chang’s name does feel like a very surface-level attempt at “sounding Chinese”
But acting like the entire series is fundamentally racist or homophobic is a stretch.
Also, where exactly is the homophobia in the books? Dumbledore is gay — and no, the fact that it wasn’t explicitly stated in the text isn’t some kind of “gotcha.” The story is told from a child’s perspective. The romantic lives of adult were never the focus in the first place, regardless of orientation.
And finally — the hate towards fans is honestly exhausting. These are children’s books. A lot of people grew up with them. For many, they were a genuine source of comfort — sometimes even the only bright spot during difficult times. They’re also written in a very accessible way, which helped a lot of people who struggled with reading.
You can criticise the series all you want or the author itself. But if you’re trying to shame people for loving something that helped them get through their childhood, you’re not making a moral point — you’re just being condescending.
I see no point to hide it but like so many others, i grew up with those books and for so many years, "Prongs" was one of my pseudonyms on the Internet. But growning is also recognize those books are definitely not that good (and i'm really polite here) and more importantly, it's realizing the lives of real and living people are actually more important than childhood's nostalgia. So yeah, watch me judging people who still support an hateful person like JK Rowshit and her problematic work.
with the hbo harry potter show coming out, here’s a few quick points:
jk rowling is an asshole TERF who gives money in support of anti-trans legislation in the UK. by watching this show, you are directly funding a transphobic woman’s work and agenda
harry potter is not that well written and is full of racist and homophobic archetypes, as well as poorly written attempts at morally gray characters that instead come of as sympathetic towards in-universe terrorists
do NOT send hate to the kid actors in this show. they’re children. hate the shitty author that is deciding to do yet another lap around of the one thing she’s ever succeeded in
Before anything else — I don’t agree with J.K. Rowling’s views. That’s not what this is about.
First of all, it’s not direct support — at most it’s indirect. Watching a show means paying for HBO, which has already paid for the rights and the cast. That’s several steps removed from “directly funding” anything.
Second, I don’t really agree with the way people frame the characters either. For example, I personally don’t like book Snape or Draco. And it’s not only me, many fans don’t like them. Snape is basically a bully who takes his issues out on children, and Draco is just a spoiled rich kid who gets away with everything because that’s how he was raised. At the same time, part of Snape’s character in the books is that he’s unpleasant to look at — greasy hair, hooked nose, generally unappealing. If you cast someone conventionally attractive, you’re already softening that character, regardless of anything else. And we’ve already seen this effect before. A lot of people sympathise with Snape because of the performance by Alan Rickman, who did an incredible job — but was also far more charismatic and conventionally attractive than the book version. The same goes for Draco: much of his popularity comes from the actor’s appeal rather than the character’s actual behaviour. When it comes to racism and stereotypes — yes, there are valid criticisms, but people love to flatten everything into one extreme take. If the new adaptation ends up creating problematic portrayals, that’s on the studio, not inherently on the original story.
That said, some criticisms are fair:
the goblins in the bank clearly lean into antisemitic stereotypes
the Patil twins got pretty poor costume treatment in the films
Cho Chang’s name does feel like a very surface-level attempt at “sounding Chinese”
But acting like the entire series is fundamentally racist or homophobic is a stretch.
Also, where exactly is the homophobia in the books? Dumbledore is gay — and no, the fact that it wasn’t explicitly stated in the text isn’t some kind of “gotcha.” The story is told from a child’s perspective. The romantic lives of adult were never the focus in the first place, regardless of orientation.
And finally — the hate towards fans is honestly exhausting. These are children’s books. A lot of people grew up with them. For many, they were a genuine source of comfort — sometimes even the only bright spot during difficult times. They’re also written in a very accessible way, which helped a lot of people who struggled with reading.
You can criticise the series all you want or the author itself. But if you’re trying to shame people for loving something that helped them get through their childhood, you’re not making a moral point — you’re just being condescending.
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hello! Could you please help me out? I'm looking for an alternative to Diana Silvers. My character is in her mid 20s and has a soft girly aesthetic. She's also a reformed party girl. I'm open to any race and ethnicity! I'm just struggling to find someone that fits. Thank you!
Maia Mitchell (1993) - has younger roles/resources - has spoken up for Palestine!
Ella Purnell (1996)
Thea Sofie Loch Naess (1996) - has spoken up for Palestine!
Josefine Frida Pettersen (1996) - has spoken up for Palestine!
Alisha Boe (1997) Somali / White - has spoken up for Palestine!
Daisy Edgar-Jones (1998)
Cailee Spaeny (1998)
Ella Hunt (1998) - is queer.
Benedetta Porcaroli (1998) - has spoken up for Palestine!
Maureen Wroblewitz (1998) Filipino / White.
Kayla Maisonet (1999) Afro Puerto Rican / Ashkenazi Jewish.
Renata Vaca (1999) Mexican.
Bailee Madison (1999)
Milly Zero (1999) - has spoken up for Palestine!
Annarah Cymone (2000) African-American.
Marissa Bode (2000) African-American / White - is disabled - has spoken up for Palestine!
Nazlı Çetin (2000) Turkish - has spoken up for Palestine!
Halle Bailey (2000) African-American.
Zoë Love Smith (2000) Afro Curaçaoan / Indonesian.
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Macklemore cancels his show in Dubai to boycott the UAE in solidarity with the people of Sudan:
“At the end of the day I have to ask myself what is my intention as an artist? […] Although dismantling systemic oppression might not fully happen during my lifetime, our collective analysis is evolving. That is where it starts. When we realize our individual liberation IS Palestinian liberation. Is Sudanese liberation. Is Congolese liberation.”
He also writes:
“The last 10 months l've been learning what factors/motivators feed genocide and global systemic oppression. I keep getting led back to self interest over collective interest at the root. Capitalism is the glue that holds this ideology together. And if I take the money, while knowing it doesn't sit right with my spirit, how am I any different than the politicians l've been actively protesting against?”
Deprived of the Oxygen We Breathe in Gaza: Education
I took so much pride in telling Irish students and professors at my Irish university how proud we, Palestinians, are of having one of the lowest rates of illiteracy in the Arab World (Approximately 1%) and how much we cherish education. I also shed light on how the ongoing genocide has deprived students across all levels of their right to a proper education by bombing schools and universities and making the living conditions in Gaza just hellish.
Having been a lecturer at the Islamic University in Gaza (IUG) for two years, I have always seen the passion and determination in the eyes of my students whenever they talked about their life goals and dreams. Not only did this war kill their dreams but also killed many of my students. One of them is the smiling young man in the middle of the picture below Mohammed.
Mohammed was known for always having a big smile on his face that would brighten not only the lecture halls but also our days. I look at my chat with Mohammed on Facebook and think to myself: Is there any hope he would reply to his teacher if he were to send him a message?! Take all the marks you want, but please say something! Please reply!
For my students, education is a bridge to success in life and an opportunity to get equipped with the skills and knowledge they crave. It means talking to experts in their fields, mingling with like-minded people, and having exciting experiences. In addition, education is indisputably a noble form of resistance and entrenching existence. It is our most cherished tool to preserve our culture, values, and commitment to our land and rights as Palestinians. Depriving students of education is equal to depriving them of Oxygen.
This was the ending part of a play performed by my students named 'Sounds from Heaven'. It embodied the characters of iconic Palestinian martyrs like Al-Jazeera Palestinian American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh.
Four months into the war, I was evacuated to Ireland to pursue my studies. Looking over my shoulder to see my greatly damaged house and family running from death from one place to another felt like ripping my soul out of my body. How does one work on his PhD research in such circumstances? How do you process all the near-death experiences and horrible images in your head from the war? What kind of therapy helps you cope with and accept your constant worry about your family? None! As the hope of a ceasefire diminishes every minute, the only solution I am left with is to evacuate my family from Gaza to Egypt until peace and life revisit my beautiful Gaza.
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I combed through social media and tried to get every single celebrity who’s supported Israel — everything from sharing pro-genocide posts, to raising money for the IOF.
Additionally, I searched for all the celebrities who've supported Palestine (not liking one post while sharing nothing, not saying something vague about both sides, but actually using language like "genocide" and "apartheid" while talking about what "Israel" is doing to Palestine), and that's here too.
I compiled all this not to ~cancel~ anyone (cancel culture does not exist for celebrities) or put anyone on a pedestal, but to document who with power and influence gleefully cheered on genocide, and who decided to speak out and stand up for humanity.
You shouldn't look to celebrities for morals or politics, but whether we like it or not, these people have millions of followers — the pro-"Israel" list has more than two billion combined followers. What they say and do matters because of that scope. For better or (usually) for worse, celebrities influence public opinion. (And we can change that by blocking celebrities, like Bisan said — and we should absolutely start with the Zionists).
If someone praises "Israel's" "right to defend itself" (by committing genocide against Palestinians), and they do so in front of 300 million people: that goes far beyond just being complicit.
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This post is a glorified blocklist, but hopefully it can also wake some people up from the disease that is celebrity ~parasocial relationship~ culture. Millionaire actors and musicians are not your friends, they're not activists, and most of the time, they're horrible, vain, out of touch, ridiculous people who care more about their money than the lives of people who aren't exactly like them.
I've gotten a few anons asking me to add certain people, along the lines of "add taylor swift bc she's been silent!!!" and "add jungkook bc someone who worked on his album is a zionist!!!" etc, and I just wanted to say: no, I'm not adding situations like that; this list is for people who've spread and/or interacted directly with pro-"Israel"/pro-genocide propaganda, accepted blood money, raised money for the IOF, supported Zionism or "Israel" themselves (not just working with a Zionist before Fall 2023), etc. Ignorance and staying silent are of course bad things, and you can form your own opinion on people who've stayed silent or worked with Zionists — but that's not what this post is about. This is for things a little more direct. The list of celebrities who've stayed silent would go on for days.
I included a list of Palestine resources at the very end of this post. Put your energy there.
PRO-"ISRAEL":
IOF Letter = they signed the letter in support of “Israel” and their military, saying “Israel” must defend itself by any means necessary against this “unprovoked” attack, and using language that suggests all Palestinians are Hamas/“terrorists,” and that all civilian casualties are worth it. SOURCE FOR WHO SIGNED IT. Link includes more names; I only included the ones I recognized as someone terminally online.
NOTE: “Israel’s” military calls itself the IDF — the “Israeli” Defense Forces. However, Palestinians and human rights activists call it the IOF, the “Israeli” Occupation Forces, because they are attacking civilians, occupying a land that's not theirs, and committing genocide, not defending anything (besides imperialism and white supremacy). Additionally, many choose to put “Israel” in quotes when referring to the settler colony, because “Israel” is not a real country, unless you support and believe in settler colonialism.
Biden letter = they signed the letter addressed to Biden, saying they are AGAINST a ceasefire, telling Biden that he’s doing a great job helping “Israel” with this whole situation, and asking for Biden to make sure there are “no hostages left behind” in Gaza (something he would have no control over, especially if “Israel” continues bombing Gaza, which this letter says they want). SOURCE FOR WHO SIGNED IT, and here’s why this letter is so bad (in the thread) — links have more names; I only included the ones I recognized.
(alphabetical by surname)
Paula Abdul — Zionist who promotes “Israeli” tourism in Occupied Palestine
Jaimie Alexander (Thor movies) — sharing pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine, raised money for Birthright Israel Foundation
Gillian Anderson (X Files) — said she pulled out of an event specifically because the person running it said “Israel” is committing war crimes
Pamela Anderson — did "Israeli" propaganda and promoted "birthright" trips
Eric Andre — Biden letter
Judd Apatow — Biden letter
Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect) — Biden letter
Ben Barnes — liked pro-genocide and pro-“Israel” posts
Lance Bass — IOF letter
Vanessa Bayer — Biden letter
Jessica Beil — Biden letter
Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Bobby Berk (Queer Eye) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jon Bernthal (Punisher, The Bear) — IOF letter, Biden letter, made very aggressively pro-“Israel” posts spreading propaganda, also he’s friends with Joe Rogan and Marilyn Manson
Justin Bieber — shared a picture of Gaza in ruins with “Pray for Israel” and deleted it without a word when people pointed out it was Palestine, pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jack Black — Biden letter, also supports Autism Speaks and has raised millions for them
Selma Blair — made IG posts spreading Zionist propaganda, including saying that Hamas beheaded babies (sharing this AFTER Western news debunked it and “Israel” said they couldn’t prove it, and then nothing about it being redacted); said in an IG comment, about American college students who are pro-Palestine: "Deport all these terrorist supporting goons. Islam has destroyed Muslim countries and then they come here and destroy minds. They know they are liars. Twisted justifications. May they meet their fate."
Benny Blanco — Zionist who went on a "birthright trip" and talked about how "amazing" he thinks "Israel" is, and of course nothing about Palestine
(Tumblr wouldn't let me have a list this big, so I had to break it up several times)
Orlando Bloom — Biden letter, commented "❤️❤️❤️" on one of Amy Schumer's unhinged racist posts
Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) — IOF letter
Scooter Braun — Biden letter
Alison Brie (Community) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Josh Brolin — Biden letter
Pierce Brown (author of Red Rising) — openly pro-"Israel" and pro-IOF
Gerard Butler — "Israel" propaganda, including saying he wants to "break the record for most visits to Israel"
Nathaniel Buzolic (The Vampire Diaries) — many pro-“Israel” and pro-IOF posts, including saying: “Those who support Palestinains are the devil”
Charisma Carpenter — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jimmy Carr — Biden letter
Timothée Chalamet — starred in the SNL skit that made jokes about Palestine
Gemma Chan — shared “both sides are bad!!” posts
Jessica Chastain — bragged in interviews about how her friend in the IOF taught her "effective ways to kill" when she was training for a movie, and when people asked her about that in October 2023, she refused to apologize or acknowledge it as bad
Kristen Chenowith — Biden letter
Choi Siwon (Super Junior) — did work promoting “Israeli” tourism with the “Israeli” government, liked pro-IOF posts, promoting Starbucks in Dec 2023
Ciara — made posts saying “Israel” has the right to do whatever to defend themselves against “terrorists”
Andy Cohen — Biden letter
Sacha Baron Cohen — Biden letter
Lily Collins — liked Gal Gadot’s pro-“Israel” posts
Misha Collins — posted some "both sides" shit, and said that calling what's happening to Palestinians a genocide is "triggering" to Jewish people
Sean "Diddy" Combs — Biden letter
Lana Condor — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
James Corden — Biden letter
Courteney Cox — Biden letter
Billy Crystal — Biden letter
Jamie Lee Curtis — IOF letter, many pro-“Israel” posts including posting a picture of distressed and injured Palestinian children with “PRAY FOR ISRAEL” but then deleted it without a word when people pointed out they are actually Palestinian children
Viola Davis — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Dane Dehaan — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Laura Dern — Biden letter
Zooey Deschanel — liked pro-“Israel” posts
Zoey Deutch — openly denying the Nakba, genocide denial, saying “Israel” can do anything they want to “terrorists,” etc
Brett Dier (Jane the Virgin) — liked pro-"Israel" posts that say "from the river to the sea" is calling for "Israeli" genocide
Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries) — Biden letter
Michael Douglas — IOF letter
Fran Drescher — proud Zionist, raised money for the IOF
Adam Driver — he hasn't said anything about Palestine, but I'm including him as an honorary piece of shit, because he said he joined the US military after 9/11 to "get revenge," and he starred in an SNL skit that made fun of the US military dropping bombs on Syria
Neil Druckmann (co-creator of The Last of Us and Uncharted) — Biden letter, shared a lot of aggressively pro-genocide posts; also: read about how The Last of Us Part II is pro-“Israel” Zionist propaganda
Chris Evans — starred in an Israeli propaganda film, went on a press tour around military bases where he autographed missiles
Dakota Fanning — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Oded Fehr (Ardeth Bay in The Mummy) — IOF letter, proud Zionist, he's an Israeli whose parents are from Germany and Spain and yet he's played multiple Muslim terrorists and taken many Middle Eastern roles
Will Ferrell — Biden letter
Stephen Fry — IOF letter, Biden letter
Isla Fisher — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Karol G — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Josh Gad — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine + said he feels “alienated from fellow progressives” because of leftists all supporting Palestine + called Palestine supporters anti-Semitic
Gal Gadot — IOF letter, Biden letter, served in the IOF, non-stop posting pro-“Israel” content, saying “Israel” can do whatever they want to “terrorists,” and much more
Neil Gaiman — when fans specifically asked him to speak on “Israel”-Palestine, he just responded by saying that “Israel” has the right to exist, and then nothing else about Palestine or the current situation
Danielle Galligan (Shadow and Bone) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
(Tumblr wouldn't let me have a list this big, so I had to break it up several times)
Aiden R Gallagher (Umbrella Academy) — IOF letter
Andy Garcia (Ocean’s Eleven) — IOF letter
Sarah Michelle Gellar — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jeff Goldblum — Biden letter
Selena Gomez — liked Amy Schumer’s pro-genocide IG posts, threw a big temper tantrum when people asked her to support Palestine in any way and literally left social media after her temper tantrum, then said her beauty company Rare Beauty (whose CEO is a Zionist) would donate to "humanitarian aid in Gaza," but then instead donated it all to Magen David Adom, a Zionist organization in "Israel"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt — quit an event because the person running it said “Israel” is committing war crimes
Jack Dylan Grazer — IOF letter
Max Greenfield (New Girl) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kathy Griffin — commented "I love you now and forever" on Amy Schumer's unhinged posts
Josh Groban — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Yael Grobglas (Jane the Virgin) — aggressively pro-"Israel" and Zionist posts including calling Palestinians "terrorists" and saying that anyone who says "from the river to the sea" is calling for an "ethnic cleansing of Israeli Jews"
Jonathan Groff — Biden letter
Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows the show) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Grant Gustin — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine + spreading IOF propaganda
Tiffany Hadish — Biden letter
Jon Hamm — Biden letter
Mariska Hargitay — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine + spreading IOF propaganda
Mark Hamill — IOF letter, Biden letter, made many pro-“Israel” posts, said “Israel” is like the rebels in Star Wars while Palestine is like the Empire (??????)
Chelsea Handler — Biden letter
Jennifer Love Hewitt — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Hong Jisoo (Joshua of Kpop group Seventeen) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Vanessa Hudgins — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kate Hudson — commented "Love you Amy ❤️" on Amy Schumer's IG post about how she (Amy Schumer) is the real victim in all this
(Tumblr wouldn't let me have a list this big, so I had to break it up several times)
Sarah Hyland — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Hyolyn (Sistar) — liked pro-“Israel” and pro-IOF posts
Lebron James — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Lily James — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kendall Jenner — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kris Jenner — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kylie Jenner — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jeon Somi (Kpop soloist) — doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023 (despite the fact she's known for being terminally online)
Jeon Wonwoo (Wonwoo of Kpop group Seventeen) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Scarlett Johansson — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine, worked with many “Israeli” companies over the years including for SodaStream, which operates illegally in the Palestinian West Bank (and she specifically said she has no regrets about working with them)
Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us, Critical Role) — liked Neill Druckmann’s very pro-“Israel” post in support of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
Dwayne Johnson — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Mindy Kaling — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kim Kardashian — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine, suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in 2023
Harvey Keitel — Biden letter
Kim Dongyoung (Doyoung of Kpop group NCT) — now doing ads for McDonalds in Korea as of Dec 2023 and is the face of a new McDonalds promotion. He's lost over 800,000 followers on IG since this partnership was announced, but some fans have tried to lie and say that he "donated to Palestine" so that makes this fine and okay; in reality, he made a donation on World Food Day (October 16) to World Food Program Korea, which provides food aid to many places and started donating food to Gaza in December, more than six weeks after Doyoung's donation. And as many Palestinians and activists have said: even if he did "donate to Palestine," which he did NOT do, that would make him doing ads for McDonalds significantly worse, since that would suggest he knows better but chose to do ads for McDonalds anyway.
Kim Gaeul (Gaeul of Kpop group IVE) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Hongjoong (Hongjoong of Kpop group Ateez) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Jennie (Jennie of Kpop group BlackPink) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Jisoo (Jisoo of Kpop group BlackPink) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Kibum (Key of Kpop group SHINee) — now filming commercials/ads for McDonalds Korea in January 2024
Kim Mingyu (Mingyu of Kpop group Seventeen) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Minjeong (Winter of Kpop group aespa) — suddenly doing brand deals with both McDonalds and Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Seongmin (Seungmin of Kpop group Stray Kids) — suddenly doing a brand deal with McDonalds in Dec 2023
Candace King (The Vampire Diaries) — made a big post in support of “Israel” that included calling all Palestinians “terrorists”
Joey King — Biden letter
Hayley Kiyoko — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Ethan Klein — said that people who don't like Zionists are anti-Semitic, and much more
Karlie Kloss — Biden letter, pro-“Israel” posts
Ashton Kutcher — raised millions of dollars for the IOF
Mila Kunis — raised millions of dollars for the IOF
Jo Kwon (2AM) — liked pro-IOF posts
Kwon Soonyoung (Hoshi of Kpop group Seventeen) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Taylor Lautner — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Felix Yongbok Lee (Felix of Kpop group Stray Kids) — suddenly doing a brand deal with McDonalds in Dec 2023
Lee Jaehyun (Hyunjae of Kpop group The Boyz) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Zachary Levi — IOF letter
Adam Levine (Maroon 5) — Biden letter
Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek) — Biden letter
Sam Levinson (creator of Euphoria and The Idol) — IOF letter, Biden letter
Emily Alyn Lind (Gossip Girl) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Simu Liu (Marvel) — IOF letter
Lindsay Lohan — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Eva Longoria — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
George Lopez — IOF letter
Demi Lovato — self-described Zionist, accepted $150,000 to go on a trip to “Israel” and promote “Israeli” tourism
Patti LuPone — Biden letter
Melanie Lynskey — liked pro-"Israel" posts, including a post about how Jews in America feel so :( scared :( that also mentioned "Israel" has the right to exist
Sarah J Maas (racist booktok author with all those books titled like A Throne of Pissies and Shitties and half of them have a rapist as a good guy main character) — Zionist who’s spoken about loving “Israel,” going on a “birthright trip” to “Israel,” and saying she’s “proud” of her family members who volunteered at IOF military bases and/or were in the IOF
Madonna — IOF letter, Biden letter, many pro-“Israel” and pro-IOF posts
James Maslow (Big Time Rush) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Ewan McGregor — Biden letter
Debra Messing — IOF letter, Biden letter
Seth Meyers — Biden letter
(Tumblr wouldn't let me have a list this big, so I had to break it up several times)
Lea Michelle — Biden letter
Helen Mirren — IOF letter, Biden letter, proud Zionist (including talking about how much she loves "Israel" when she played a Jewish settler in a movie, including wearing a huge prosthetic nose for the role. Mirren is not Jewish).
Alfred Molina — IOF letter
Mandy Moore — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Olivia Munn — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Ryan Murphy (creator of Glee, American Horror Story, etc) — IOF letter
Eric Nam (American K-pop soloist) — liked pro-“Israel” posts, then when fans noticed and called him out, he canceled his upcoming tour dates in Muslim-majority countries instead of responding in any way
Ning Yizhuo (Ningning of Kpop group aespa) — suddenly doing brand deals with both McDonalds and Starbucks in Dec 2023
BJ Novak (The Office, Inglourious Basterds) — IOF letter
Con O'Neil (Our Flag Means Death) — liked and complemented an article where far-right Zionist and terf Eve Barlow wrote that “coming out as a Zionist” is harder than coming out as gay (it’s not something said in passing — that’s what the whole article is about)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)— Biden letter
Rita Ora — Biden letter
Sharon Osbourne — IOF letter
Chord Overstreet (Glee) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Gwyneth Paltrow — Biden letter
Danielle Panabaker — IOF letter
Sarah Paulson — Biden letter
Liam Payne — liked pro-IOF posts
Josh Peck — IOF letter
Katy Perry — Biden letter
Chris Pine — IOF letter, Biden letter
Aubrey Plaza — Biden letter
Jonah Platt (Broadway) — IOF letter
Jesse Plemons — Biden letter
Ellen Pompeo — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Billy Porter — IOF letter
Natalie Portman — has a long history of supporting “Israel” and calls herself a “liberal Zionist”
Will Poulter — used to be vocally pro-Palestine, but is now all “well both sides are equally bad!!! I don’t understand anything about this very complex situation!!!!!” now that Palestinians have dared to fight back (and now that his Middle Eastern girlfriend dumped him)
Lily Rabe — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) — IOF letter
Addison Rae — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary) — a Zionist whose husband, Vincent Hughes, is a Pennsylvania state senator who recently attended a pro-"Israel" rally and gave a speech "advocating for Israeli victory"
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us) — liked pro-“Israel” posts
Andrew Rannells (Broadway) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Michael Rapoport — a Zionist and Islamophobic racist, attempted to set a bounty on Muslim Americans for being pro-Palestine (offered $1k for info on them, with the intention of doxxing them, but shared his email and got flooded with nonsense instead)
Keanu Reeves — visited "Israel" multiple times including meeting with Netanyahu, signed letters supporting "Israel," said he wanted to make a John Wick movie set in "Israel" and hired IOF soldiers for training for stunts, attended a party hosted by a former arms dealer between the apartheid states of South Africa and "Israel" during the height of the 2014 Gaza War where "Israel" murdered thousands of Palestinians
Taylor Jenkins Reid (author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones and the Six) — self-described Zionist
Lana Del Rey — Biden letter
Christina Ricci — shared pro-"Israel" posts, including a post about how Jews in America feel so :( scared :( that also mentioned "Israel" has the right to exist
Rick Riordan (author; Percy Jackson) — made a big blog post about how both sides are so bad in this very complicated “conflict”
Joan Rivers — openly pro-“Israel” and Zionist, once went on a huge pro-“Israel” rant that included: ”Palestinians deserve to be dead”
Chris Rock — Biden letter
Ruby Rose — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jonathan Ross — Biden letter
Eli Roth — IOF letter, Biden letter, proud self-described Zionist, currently doxxing Palestinians and activists on his IG
JK Rowling — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Ronen Rubenstein — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine, said “Israel” = Ukraine and Russia = Hamas
Paul Rudd — Biden letter
Joe Russo (Marvel director) — Biden letter
Zoe Saldaña — Biden letter
Adam Sandler — Biden letter
Ben Savage (Boy Meets World) — IOF letter
Fred Savage (Princess Bride) — IOF letter
Kristen Schall — Biden letter
(Tumblr wouldn't let me have a list this big, so I had to break it up several times)
Noah Schnapp — Mr. "You either stand with Israel or you stand with terrorism" himself
Liev Schreiber — IOF letter, Biden letter
Amy Schumer — IOF letter, Biden letter, many pro-IOF and pro-“Israel” posts, “Israel has the right to do anything they want to terrorists” shit, made her big “I’ve done so much for Black and gay people and now you people won’t even support me because I’m a Jew” post, made a post that said "Gazans are rapists" (not even Hamas, but all Gazans), Islamophoic and racist posts against all Arabs, and much much more
Arnold Schwarzenegger — fundraised for the IOF, did IOF propaganda work
David Schwimmer — Biden letter
Jerry Seinfield — IOF letter, Biden letter, a Zionist, once went to the IOF military base nicknamed “Camp Shoot-a-Palestinian,” where he played target practice with the soldiers where the targets are pictures of Palestinian people, and much more
Brooke Shields — Biden letter
Martin Short — Biden letter
Sarah Silverman — openly pro-genocide, said “Israel” has no reason to allow food and water into Gaza and that Palestinians should be grateful they were ever “given” water from “Israel” in the past, and much more
Gary Sinise — IOF letter
Nicholas Sparks (author) — IOF letter
Octavia Spencer — Biden letter
Steven Spielberg — pro-"Israel" and nothing about Palestine
Zack Snyder — Biden letter
Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Song Seung-hyun (actor, former member of FT Island, which currently has another member in prison for rape) — liked pro-“Israel” posts
Aaron Sorkin — Biden letter
Jamie Lynn Spears — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Regina Spektor — Biden letter, Zionist
Sylvester Stallone — fundraised for the IOF, supported the IOF and "Israel" during the bombing of Gaza in 2014 and now
Ben Stiller — Biden letter
Sting — Biden letter
Tara Strong (voice actress for many roles, including Timmy Turner in Fairly Odd Parents) — openly spreading pro-genocide rhetoric and “Israeli” propaganda
Harry Styles — retweeted a pro-“Israel” pro-ethnic cleansing article and then followed the journalist who wrote it
Jason Sudeikis — Biden letter
Quentin Tarantino — went on a tour around IOF military bases last week (mid-Oct 2023) to “boost morale” with “Israeli” soldiers
Ryan Tedder (lead singer of One Republic) — pro-"Israel" Zionist
Bella Thorne — IOF letter, Biden letter
Justin Timberlake — Biden letter
Ashley Tisdale — pro-"Israel" posts and nothing about Palestine
Anneliese van der Pol (the white girl on That’s So Raven) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Taika Waititi — Biden letter, liked Gal Gadot's unhinged pro-"Israel" IG posts, strongly rumored to have fired someone from Our Flag Means Death (Guz Khan) for being pro-Palestine, and in response to people criticizing him for supporting Israel and staying silent on Palestine, he went on a big rant about how he shouldn't be expected to know or care about any global issues because people don't know about Māori struggles (despite the vast majority of Māori people supporting Palestine, or the fact that he could use his influence to educate people, etc)
Kerry Washington — pro-“Israel” posts (including IOF fundraisers) and nothing about Palestine
Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine + is currently in his 40s dating a 22 year old who’s currently producing a pro-Zionism film
Laura Whitmore — commented "Love this and you" on Amy Schumer's unhinged posts
Olivia Wilde — Biden letter
Pharrell Williams — fundraised for the IOF
Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary, Everybody Hates Chris) — Biden letter
Ben Winston (director/producer who worked on most 1D content, James Corden’s show, etc) — IOF letter, Biden letter
Elijah Wood — shared a big post about how scared Jewish people are right now and nothing about Palestine + spread “Israeli” propaganda
James Woods (voice actor of Hades in Disney's Hercules, also the executive producer of Oppenheimer) — "Bomb the savages who did this back to the Stone Age. There are no grey areas. Kill them all. Every Hamas savage and every Hamas supporter on earth. Bury them with the entrails of pigs."
Constance Wu — Biden letter
Xu Minghao (The8 of Kpop group Seventeen) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Yang Jeongin (i.n of Kpop group Stray Kids) — suddenly doing a brand deal with McDonalds in Dec 2023
Rebecca Yarros (author of The Fourth Wing) — Zionist who says "Israel" has the right to exist
Yu Jimin (Karina of Kpop group aespa) — suddenly doing brand deals with both McDonalds and Starbucks in Dec 2023
Gabrielle Zevin (author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow) — self-described Zionist whose book is about "the founding of Israel" being a good thing
Kpop groups being boycotted for currently having one or more members with Starbucks and/or McDonalds brand deals: aespa*, Ateez, BlackPink, The Boyz*, IVE, NCT, Seventeen, SHINee, Stray Kids
Additionally, there is a boycott against most major Kpop companies, especially HYBE Entertainment, due to the companies doing business with prominent Zionists (such as Scooter Braun being the CEO of HYBE America). Groups under HYBE: BTS, TXT, NewJeans, Enhypen, Le Sserrafim, Seventeen
*All members of aespa are now doing promo for both Starbucks and McDonalds, except Giselle, who deleted all promotional posts from her IG when fans tagged her in info about the boycott and Palestine. The other aespa members still have all posts up, despite also being tagged.
*The Boyz has one member promoting Starbucks, but a different member (Kevin, mentioned below) has spoken out as pro-Palestine.
Several idols mentioned above speak English as their first language and/or a few are known for being very online. These idols aren't ignorant or stupid; they just don't care. They're all adults in their 20s (or older) and they have no excuse, and they will be held accountable, just like everyone else mentioned above.
Despite Kpop stans believing/insisting that Koreans are all idiots who know nothing about the world, South Koreans are largely pro-Palestine, empathizing as a formerly colonized people and as human beings. A handful of capitalist Kpop idols are pro-genocide and pro-money, where getting some extra cash was more important than Palestinian lives.
Brands like McDonalds and Starbucks know exactly what they're doing, suddenly hiring Kpop idols during the boycott, given how Kpop stans are well known for being idiots who defend their faves no matter what, buy anything their faves promote, and put their obsession before everything, including (if not especially) their morals.
Clearly it's working, because the replies to NCT's Doyoung's McDonalds sponsorship announcement is full of people posting pictures of themselves getting McDonalds ~for him~, and "Seventeen best boys" is currently trending as I type this, with fans trying to hide the fact "Seventeen Israel" was the top search result before.
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People who signed BOTH letters to Biden (the letter condemning "Israel's" war crimes and saying they want a ceasefire, and the letter praising Biden and saying they don't want a ceasefire and the US should continue helping "Israel"):
I've heard of a few cases where celebrities' agents signed the pro-"Israel" letter on their behalf without telling them, or what was in the letter(s) was very misrepresented to them, so idk what's going on with these people:
Bradley Cooper (currently dating one of the Hadid sisters, but has also starred in US military propaganda films)
Kirsten Dunst
David Oyewolo
Jordan Peele
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Hozier is also not being included as either pro-"Israel" or pro-Palestine, because for years he was openly and explicitly pro-Palestine, but when it mattered most, when speaking out against "Israel" carried the most risk, he put out some bullshit "both sides are bad!!!!" statement. He's apparently changed his tune somewhat and started advocating for a ceasefire at concerts (the actual bare minimum, and of course not on social media where the world can see) — but it's still not good enough, considering we know he knows better as an activist (and an Irishman), and the damage was already done. He waited until after 10,000+ Palestinians were dead before he was willing to say anything more than the "both sides" shit.
Additionally, Gigi Hadid has been silent about Palestine the last few months, but is Palestinian and has spoken out in the past.
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PRO-PALESTINE:
NOTES:
Palestinians first, then alphabetical by surname.
If they have their pronouns listed on social media or they've mentioned their pronouns in an interview, I will include them.
Elaboration on and links to the mentioned petitions/organizations are below the list.
FULL LIST:
Bella Hadid — "This is not about spewing hate on one or the other. This is about Israeli colonization, ethnic cleansing, military occupation, and apartheid over the Palestinian people that has been going on for YEARS!" + she got blacklisted and lost brand deals for saying this and much more
Nemahsis — Palestinian Canadian singer who was dropped by her label for supporting Palestine and speaking out against "Israel's" genocide of Palestinians + said "it takes 40 years to grow an olive from a seed. if israel were who they claim to be, they wouldn’t be destroying all that their “ancestors” built. it’s always easier to blow money you didn’t earn." and much more
Simi, Haze, and Fai Khadra— on their shared account, they said: "You are watching genocide. 2 million innocent Palestinians in Gaza and 1 million of those are children under the age of 15, all for your "vengeance"…where's your humanity now? Gaza is being bombed to rubble as we post…" + much more about "Israel's" genocide of Palestinians and current attacks on Gaza
Khalid Abdalla — signed the letter in the UK calling for an immediate ceasefire and condemning “Israel” for war crimes and genocide
Freya Allan (The Witcher) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Riz Ahmed — shared pro-Palestine info and resources + signed the good letter to Biden
Mahershala Ali — signed the good letter to Biden + signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Joe Alwyn — signed the good letter to Biden + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Mo Amer (comedian) — signed the good letter to Biden
Omar Apollo — signed the good letter to Biden
Julien Baker (boygenius) — Queer Artists for Palestine
Leigh Bardugo (author of Six of Crows and Shadow and Bone)(she/her) — shared many reports about IOF soldiers attacking civilians in Palestine, including during the Sheikh Jarrah evictions and attacks in 2022
Melissa Barrera (Scream)(she/her) — got fired from the Scream franchise for her support of Palestine + shared pro-Palestine info and resources + organized a fundraiser for UNRWA
Ally Beardsley (Dropout)(they/them) — got arrested at the pro-Palestine protest that blocked the freeway in Los Angeles + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Gael García Bernal — Artists for Palestine UK
Björk — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Rowan Blanchard (Girl Meets World) — signed the good letter to Biden
Cate Blanchett — signed the good letter to Biden
Joel Kim Booster (comedian) — Queer Artists for Palestine
Anthony Bourdain — dedicated an episode of Parts Unknown to "Israel"-Palestine, which included scenes of Palestinians talking about the occupation, discussing "Israelis" forcibly displacing Palestinians from their homes, and more
Shirine Boutella (Lupin) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Phoebe Bridgers (boygenius) — Queer Artists for Palestine
Connie Britton — signed the good letter to Biden
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) — signed the good letter to Biden
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River Butcher (comedian) — Queer Artists for Palestine
Daniel Caesar — signed the good letter to Biden
May Calamawy (Moon Knight) — signed the good letter to Biden
Peter Capaldi — Artists for Palestine UK
Alessia Cara — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Freddy Carter (Shadow and Bone) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Chance the Rapper — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Kristin Chirico (Ladylike)(she/they) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Margaret Cho — signed the good letter to Biden
Priyanka Chopra-Jonas — signed the good letter to Biden
Clairo — signed the good letter to Biden
Morfydd Clark (Rings of Power) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Steve Coogan — Artists for Palestine UK + signed the letter in the UK calling for an immediate ceasefire and condemning “Israel” for war crimes and genocide
Ryan Coogler (director of Black Panther) — signed the good letter to Biden
Dominic Cooper — signed the good letter to Biden
Nicola Coughlan (Derry Girls, Bridgerton)(she/her) — posted pictures of herself attending pro-Palestine protests + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Jai Courtney — signed the good letter to Biden
Brian Cox (Succession) — signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine + did a reading of the final poem (“If I Must Die”) by Refaat Alareer
David Cross (Arrested Development) — signed the good letter to Biden
Alfonso Cuarón — signed the good letter to Biden
Alan Cumming — signed the good letter to Biden
Liam Cunningham — attended Palestine protests in Dublin + shared pro-Palestine info and resources + Artists for Palestine UK + signed the letter in the UK calling for an immediate ceasefire and condemning “Israel” for war crimes and genocide
John Cusack — attended pro-Palestine protests + shared pro-Palestine info and resources + signed the good letter to Biden
Lucy Dacus (boygenius) — repeated support in the past + openly calling Obama a war criminal + shared pro-Palestine info and resources + Queer Artists for Palestine
Charles Dance — signed the letter in the UK calling for an immediate ceasefire and condemning “Israel” for war crimes and genocide
Manish Dayal — signed the good letter to Biden
Tracy Deonn (author of The Legendborn Cycle)(she/her) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
John Early (Search Party) — Queer Artists for Palestine
Ayo Edebiri — signed the good letter to Biden + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Joel Edgerton — signed the good letter to Biden
America Ferrera — signed the good letter to Biden
Ziwe Fumudoh — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Peter Gabriel — signed the good letter to Biden
Lily Gao (Resident Evil) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Andrew Garfield — signed the good letter to Biden
Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Katie Gavin (MUNA) — Queer Artists for Palestine
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)(she/they) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources + info about how to safely protest
Richard Gere — signed the good letter to Biden + support going back years
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) — signed the good letter to Biden + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Ilana Glazer (Broad City) — signed the good letter to Biden
Kimiko Glenn — signed the good letter to Biden
William Grigahcine (DJ Snake) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Rebecca Hall — signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Halsey (she/they) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Note on Halsey: She shared that they were initially scared to speak out because in the past, her home has been SWATed multiple times, and they were scared now that she has a baby — but said they spoke out anyway because: "It doesn't sit right with me that a decision I made for my own family is in turn keeping me from vocalizing support for families enduring far worse violence."
Tom Hardy — signed the good letter to Biden
Simon Helberg (Big Bang Theory) — signed the good letter to Biden
Oscar Isaac — signed the good letter to Biden
Erika Ishii (Dropout)(all pronouns) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Aabria Iyengar (Dropout)(she/her) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Lauren Jauregui (Fifth Harmony)(she/her) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Angelina Jolie — said: “Gaza has a population of over 2 million people (half of them children), who have lived under a severe blockade for nearly two decades, on top of decades of displacement and statelessness. The few aid trucks that are entering are a fraction of what is needed (and was delivered daily before the present conflict), and the bombings are causing desperate new humanitarian needs daily. The denial of aid, fuel and water is collectively punishing a people. Humanity demands an immediate ceasefire.”
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Saeed Jones (author of How We Fight For Our Lives) — signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Michael B. Jordan — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Milla Jovovich — signed the good letter to Biden
Rupi Kaur — signed the good letter to Biden + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Mia Khalifa (she/her) — she lost her podcast deal for showing support + shared pro-Palestine info and resources + attended protests
Kehlani (she/they) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources + attended protests + good letter to Biden + Queer Artists for Palestine
Guz Khan (Our Fl*g Means Death) — it's strongly rumored he was let go from Our Fl*g Means Death specifically because of his open support of Palestine + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Kid Cudi — shared pro-Palestine info and resources + attended protests
Kim Hyesoo — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Kim Jiwoo (Chuu of Kpop group LOONA) — promoted and appeared in person at a fundraising event for UNRWA
Kim Jun-myeon (Suho of Kpop group EXO) — promoted and appeared in person at a fundraising event for UNRWA
Matthew Kim (Matthew of Kpop group KARD) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Kim Namjoon (RM of of Kpop group BTS) — attended multiple art exhibitions by Palestinians in diaspora who made art specifically about Free Palestine and "Israel's" apartheid, occupation, and genocide of Palestinians, and shared pictures of the art and himself at these exhibitions + he owns a piece of art about Palestine and when talking about it in a live vlog, to millions of viewers, called the country Palestine + reposted pictures of this art ~coincidentally~ on days when media reported that "Israel" had killed civilians (such as on Feb 18 2023, when "Israel" bombed Damascus, he ~randomly~ decided to share a pic of his Free Palestine art)
Note on Namjoon: I wouldn't normally include him, as his actions aren't as direct as the others on this list, but I decided to because of BTS's absolutely massive global influence and extremely impressionable fanbase + because he's currently serving his mandatory military service, where phones are taken away, their bodies are quite literally considered property of the South Korean government, and the only other "choice" besides enlistment is 2+ years in prison — so he doesn't exactly have the same freedom of speech right now as a white American celebrity, for example. He could’ve dodged the draft and gone to prison and used his celebrity status to draw global attention to the South Korean military's mandatory enlistment, but that’s a whole other thing.
Additionally, many BTS stans love to say that all the BTS guys “support Palestine,” because besides Namjoon, one other member once posted an unlabeled picture of Banksy’s vague artwork that was on a wall in Palestine (the Flower Thrower), so obviously this means all seven of them know all about Palestine. I’m not including that as being openly pro-Palestine, for obvious reasons.
Rebecca Kuang (author of The Poppy Wars and Babel) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Kwon Eunbi (actress, formerly in Kpop group IZ*ONE) — promoted and appeared in person at a fundraiser event for UNRWA
Zara Larsson — support going back years + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Lee Youngae (South Korean actress) — donated $45,000 to humanitarian aid getting food into Gaza + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Jessie Mei Li (Shadow and Bone)(she/they) — shared pictures of themself attending pro-Palestine protests + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Jas Lin — signed the good letter to Biden
Dua Lipa — support going back years + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Lorde — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Macklemore — shared pro-Palestine info and resources + created a song about Palestine called "Hind's Hall" where all proceeds go to UNRWA
Michael Malarkey (Vampire Diaries) — Artists for Palestine UK
Miriam Margolyes (Prof. Sprout in HP) — Artists for Palestine UK + support going back years + signed the letter in the UK calling for an immediate ceasefire and condemning “Israel” for war crimes and genocide + signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Yann Martel (author of Life of Pi) — signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Josette Maskin (MUNA) — Queer Artists for Palestine
Tatiana Maslany (she/her) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Rachel McAdams — signed the good letter to Biden
Matt McGorry — Artists for Palestine UK
Naomi McPherson (MUNA) — Queer Artists for Palestine
Jaime Meline (El-P of Run the Jewels) — signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
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Tobias Menzies — did volunteer work in the West Bank for Medical Aid for Palestine + spoke at a Palestinian literature festival + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Natalie Merchant — signed the good letter to Biden
Miguel — signed the good letter to Biden
Alyssa Milano — signed the good letter to Biden
Hasan Minhaj — signed the good letter to Biden + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Fatima Farheen Mirza — signed the good letter to Biden + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Arian Moayed (Succession) — signed the good letter to Biden + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Victoria Monét — signed the good letter to Biden
Moon Hyungsoo (Kevin of Kpop group The Boyz) — shared a post about how his K-pop company "isn’t allowing him to say anything," but then asked fans to “spread educational resources and financial support links,” along with “❤️🖤🤍💚”
Indya Moore (Pose) — signed the good letter to Biden + Queer Artists for Palestine
Viggo Mortensen (Lord of the Rings) — Artists for Palestine UK + signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dropout)(he/him) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Mira Nair (Indian American filmmaker) — signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Kathy Najimy (Hocus Pocus) — signed the good letter to Biden + signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Kumail Nanjiani — signed the good letter to Biden
Yoshitomo Nara (famous artist/sculptor in Japan) — shared firsthand accounts from victims in Gaza + criticized Biden's horrible handling of everything + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Hari Nef (Barbie) — signed the good letter to Biden + Queer Artists for Palestine
Ruth Negga — signed the good letter to Biden
Thandiwe Newton — signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Alexa Nikolas (Zoey 101, the one who left the show because Jamie Lynn Spears was bullying her + she later accused Dan Schneider of CSA and now has a show called Eat Predators, about exposing sexual predators in Hollywood) (she/her) — has made several hour-long videos talking about Free Palestine, the occupation, and "Israel's" apartheid and genocide in Palestine + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Normani — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Lupita Nyong’o — signed the good letter to Biden
Dylan O'Brien — shared a video of a young Palestinian girl talking about how "Israel" bombed her whole street, along with "10 years old. Heart wrenching. #FreePalestine" in 2021 + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Melissa O'Neil (Dark Matter) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Frank Ocean — posted on social media for the first time in years, sharing pro-Palestine info and resources
Sandra Oh — signed the good letter to Biden
Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources + was targeted by a far-right "Israeli" site for her repeated support of Palestine; the site attempted to blacklist her and she continued supporting anyway + signed the good letter to Biden
Sandara Park (Dara of Kpop group 2NE1) — promoted and appeared in person at a fundraising event for UNRWA
Mandy Patinkin (Criminal Minds, Princess Bride) — signed the good letter to Biden + support going back years
Maxine Peake — signed the letter in the UK calling for an immediate ceasefire and condemning “Israel” for war crimes and genocide
Victoria Pedretti (You, Haunting of Hill House) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Busy Phillipps — signed the good letter to Biden
Joaquin Phoenix — signed the good letter to Biden
Florence Pugh — shared IG stories about "Israel's" genocide against Palestinians, including: "Bombing a hospital full of children & refugees is not a pathway towards peace. This is genocide." + shared pro-Palestine info and resources + good letter to Biden
Vanessa Redgrave — personally funded and narrated a documentary called The Palestinian, "a poignant and thought provoking presentation of the tragedy of the Palestinians." One scene that particularly angered Zionists was when Redgrave interviewed Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, who said that "Israel" must be dismantled and that the solution to unrest in the Middle East must include the full liquidation of "Israel," and Redgrave agreed with him. The IOF and the pro-"Israel" terrorist group the Jewish Defense League put a bounty on Redgrave's head, threatened to bomb theaters showing her documentary, successfully firebombed one theater showing it (no one was hurt), burned effigies of her, and much more. She's also known for saying things like "The politicians, across Europe and the United States, with very few notable exceptions, are working to destroy people’s lives, plain and simple,” and more.
Ava Reid (author of The Wolf and the Woodsman)(she/they) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Archie Renaux (Shadow and Bone) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Mike Render (Killer Mike of Run the Jewels) — signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Boots Riley (director of Sorry To Bother You) — signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Fariha Róisín (author) — Queer Artists for Palestine
Izzy Roland (Dropout)(she/her) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Angelica Ross (Pose) — Queer Artists for Palestine
Arundhati Roy (author of The God of Small Things) — has been writing essays and articles in support of Palestine for decades + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Mark Ruffalo — Artists for Palestine UK + signed the good letter to Biden + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Susan Sarandon — she got dropped from her agency for her support of Palestine + shared pro-Palestine info and resources + Artists for Palestine UK + good letter to Biden
Hunter Schafer (Euphoria)(she/her and they/them) — arrested while attending a pro-Palestine protest outside the Seth Myers interview of Joe Biden + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Naomi Scott (Aladdin) — signed the good letter to Biden
Amanda Seales — signed the good letter to Biden
Emma Seligman (director of Shiva Baby and Bottoms)(she/they) — attended multiple protests + Queer Artists for Palestine + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Note on Emma: She said her name was accidentally included on the Zionist "no ceasefire" letter to Biden because she thought it was the other letter (the one asking for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid) and she very publicly fought to get her name removed from the bad letter
Rachel Sennott (Bottoms) — signed the good letter to Biden
Rekha Shankar (Dropout)(she/her) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Yara Shahidi (Black-ish) — signed the good letter to Biden
Michael Shannon — signed the good letter to Biden
Alia Shawkat — signed the good letter to Biden
Wallace Shawn (Princess Bride) — signed the good letter to Biden
Gustaf Skarsgård (Vikings) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Stellan Skarsgård (Thor, Mamma Mia) — signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Sarah Snook (Succession) — signed the good letter to Biden
Martin Starr — signed the good letter to Biden
Jon Stewart — signed the good letter to Biden
Kristen Stewart — signed the good letter to Biden
Jeremy Strong (Succession) — signed the good letter to Biden
Cree Summer (A Different World, Kida in Atlantis: The Lost Empire) — signed the good letter to Biden
Tilda Swinton — signed the letter in the UK calling for an immediate ceasefire and condemning “Israel” for war crimes and genocide
Omar Sy — signed the good letter to Biden
Wanda Sykes — signed the good letter to Biden
Sza — spoke out about the violence in Sheikh Jarrah in 2021 + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Sabaa Tahir (author of Ember in the Ashes)(she/her) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Channing Tatum — signed the good letter to Biden
Tessa Thompson — signed the good letter to Biden
Kali Uchis — signed the good letter to Biden
Ocean Vuong (poet) — signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine
Lena Waithe — signed the good letter to Biden
Wale — signed the good letter to Biden
Emma Watson (she/her) — shared a quote about showing solidarity with Palestinians from activist Sarah Ahmed, who was harassed by C*nary M*ssion, a site dedicated to doxxing anyone who speaks out against "Israel’s" government + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Jeremy Allen White — signed the good letter to Biden
Jesse Williams — signed the good letter to Biden
Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education)(she/her) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Shailene Woodley — signed the good letter to Biden
Benedict Wong — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Yoon Mirae (half-Black half-Korean singer and rapper for MFBTY) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Ramy Youssef — Artists for Palestine UK + shared pro-Palestine info and resources + organized fundraisers for Gaza + much more
Xiran Jay Zhao (author of Iron Widow)(they/them) — attended pro-Palestine protests + shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Artists for Palestine UK:
Full list here for Artists for Palestine UK.
After Emma Watson made her post mentioned above (in Emma Watson’s bullet point), she was targeted in the media by "Israel," and in response, a group of celebrities released a joint statement in support of Watson and Palestinians, saying: “We recognize the underlying power imbalance between "Israel," the occupying power, and the Palestinians, the people under a system of military occupation and apartheid" (excerpt of statement).
Good letter to Biden:
Full list here for people who signed the good letter to Biden
Excerpt: "Half of Gaza's two million residents are children, and more than two thirds are refugees and their descendants being forced to flee their homes. […] As of this writing more than 6,000 bombs have been dropped on Gaza in the last 12 days — resulting in one child being killed every 15 minutes. Children and families in Gaza have practically run out of food, water, electricity, medicine and safe access to hospitals, following days of air strikes and cuts to all supply routes. […] The humanitarian situation has reached lethal lows, and yet all reports point to further attacks. Compassion — and international law — must prevail."
The open letter in the UK calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and condemning “Israel” for war crimes:
Link to the 2,000+ people who signed it.
Excerpt: "Gaza is already a society of refugees and the children of refugees. Now, in their hundreds of thousands, bombarded from air, sea and land, Palestinians whose grandparents were forced out of their homes at the barrel of a gun are again being told to flee – or face collective punishment on an unimaginable scale. Dispossessed of rights, described by Israel’s minister of defense as “human animals”, they have become people to whom almost anything can be done. Our governments are not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and abetting them."
Queer Artists for Palestine: full list of supporters and more info
Excerpt: “We were devastated to witness the loss of innocent Israeli lives on October 7th, and we have been devastated, and called to action, watching Israel carry out its assault on innocent civilians in Gaza every single day since. Israel has killed over 20,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including at least 7,700 children, in the past two months alone. The UN reports that almost 2 million Palestinians, 90% of Gaza’s population, have been displaced from their homes. They are living in unsafe shelters without access to food, water, or basic healthcare. As winter nights get colder, disease is spreading. Gaza is past the point of collapse – the UN has described its state as “apocalyptic.” We say enough.”
Celebrities who signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine (2021): Read the full list of names here.
Excerpt: "We call for an immediate and unconditional cessation of Israeli violence against Palestinians. We call for an end to the support provided by global powers to Israel and its military; especially the United States, which now provides Israel $3.8 billion annually without condition. We ask all people of conscience to exercise their agency to help dismantle the apartheid regime of our time. We ask governments that are enabling this crime against humanity to apply sanctions, to mobilize levers of international accountability, and to cut trade, economic and cultural relations. We call on activists, and especially our peers in the arts, to exercise their agency within their institutions and localities to support the Palestinian struggle for decolonization to the best of their ability. Israeli apartheid is sustained by international complicity, it is our collective responsibility to redress this harm."
Drag performers who support Palestine:
List compiled by @pencopanko in the notes:
Willow Pill, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race S14
Lady Bunny (openly criticizes both the Israeli government and the US government for its allegiance with Israel)
The Vixen, RuPaul's Drag Race S10 (retweeted a video edit from the S10 reunion which explains the Palestinian struggle)
Shea Couleé, RuPaul's Drag Race S9, winner of AS5, AS7
Sasha Velour, winner of Drag Race S9 (attended the Jewish Voice For Peace rally at the Statue of Liberty)
Pixie Pixie, RuPaul's Drag Race Mexico S1
Lawrence Chaney, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK S2 (seen with a sign in support of a ceasefire at the Scottish BAFTA Awards)
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Please add more if you know of any, but NOT if it's something along the lines of them just liking a post or trying to say both sides are bad.
Feel free to add any pro-"Israel" people as well. I'm keeping an eye on the notes and will update it.
HOW TO HELP:
US and Canada residents: find a protest near you here
How to protest safely
Contact your reps and tell them you will not vote for anyone who approves of genocide
US residents: Download the free app “5 Calls” and set your zip code, and it will give you the phone numbers of your representatives, as well as a script for what to say to encourage them to de-escalate and vote for a ceasefire
Via yurgir: if you're european, you can go to this site, click on your country at the top bar, and it will tell you how to reach your representatives and also provides an already written script which you can simply copy and paste. alternatively, this google doc also provides scripts for different countries.
***BOYCOTT THESE COMPANIES***
There is also currently a boycott against Starbucks, in addition to the official BDS boycott list, because the former CEO and current board member is a Zionist, and because Starbucks fired a bunch of employees for being pro-Palestine, and after the Starbucks Workers United union made a statement saying they support Palestine, the company made a big stink about how the union "doesn't represent the company's values" (and that's in addition to the other ways they mistreat employees, and all this is besides the fact they're documented using child slave labor in producing their coffee beans and chocolate). Starbucks also regularly donates to the IOF, just like the other boycotted companies. From abusing employees, to funding genocide, to getting their coffee and chocolate from child slave labor, Starbucks is a great company to boycott for many reasons.
a thread of ways to support Palestine
text CEASEFIRE to 51905
combat propaganda online, in person, or even by just having a conversation with one person — do not underestimate the power of word of mouth. tell everyone you know how you feel about Palestine; don't just read about it and despair while doing nothing. being on the right side of history has never been popular or easy.
Continue spreading Palestinian voices. Do not stop sharing voices from Palestine. Do not spread hopelessness or anything about parts of Gaza being "successfully" ethnically cleansed. We owe Palestinians our resilience and our hope that Palestine WILL be free, within our lifetimes.
Do not quote or reply to pro-"Israel" accounts on Twitter. "Israel" is paying people to spread propaganda and lies — do not make their job easier. Do not give them attention or views — replying/quoting will boost them. Do not let them succeed in their goal. Just block them and boost Palestinians, or screenshot them and then block, if you absolutely must react/respond to what they're saying.
Haymarket Books is currently giving away the ebook for "Palestine: A Socialist Introduction" for free
support Palestinian art, cuisine, businesses, and culture — Shop Palestine, Al’Ard Palestinian products, Palestinian recipes from Mariam, a Palestinian home cook in diaspora, etc
Palestinian literature: Poems from Palestine, Introduction to Palestinian literature — novels, non-fiction, and poetry
US residents: Tell Congress to Stop the Gaza Genocide
UK residents: Tell the UK government to Protect Palestinians and Healthcare Workers
Decolonize Palestine: Palestine 101
Eye on Palestine
Times of Gaza
Middle East Eye
FOLLOW PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS such as Bisan, Motaz, Plestia, Hind, and Bayan
DONATE HERE TO HELP FOOD GET INTO GAZA — be wary of anyone asking for donations, but this one has been confirmed to definitely be legit and helping food enter Gaza
I'm not linking that "click for Palestine" thing because donating 50 cents once will give more than clicking that thing every single day for two years.
The original tweet I got this from says via 2024Blockout. I couldn't find the @ on Twitter so it's likely a TikTok account.
The goal is to block any major celebrity who hasn't spoken up about Gaza in order to cut off their means of making money off of us. If their videos and ads don't appear on our TLs and FYPs, that means no revenue for them. There's some videos going around explaining this campaign in depth better which I'll post later on, but I'm liking the idea and blocking whoever I can on Twitter and IG since I don't have TikTok.
