Michellesoswell.

26. California raised🌴 Utah living 🌲. Bi 🏳️‍🌈.

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[xponentialdesign]

Void Spiral III ֎ Created with #trapcode particular : May 28, 2018 Archived on Tezos (Hic et Nunc) : Jun 11, 2021 Inspired by the work of : @etiennejcb

[artofpalestine-blog]

Boycott Israel Cheat Sheet: Cosmetics, Health and Personal Care

When I began this blog, it was my intention to keep it strictly focused on the art of Palestine, and not to use it as a sounding block for pro-Palestinian politics. This is not to say the two things are unrelated – to the contrary, the art coming out of Palestine and from those living in exile is often explicitly political, and in all cases is shaped by the ongoing occupation of Palestine. My feeling was, and largely still remains, that this is a place for contemplation rather than debate. In light of the latest assault on Gaza, however, I have been doing a lot of talking with friends about BDS. What started as a conversation bemoaning the affiliation of MAC cosmetics with Zionist causes rapidly turned into a project; I spent the better part of a day compiling a list of cosmetics, health and personal care brands to avoid if you’re boycotting Israel, along with alternative products to use.

The process was abysmal. Surely, I have taken care never to underestimate US corporate ties with Israel, but even so, the explicit connections and the vast scope of products involved is frankly demoralizing.  That said, the boycott of Israeli goods is a vital step towards liberation for Palestine, and if you are interested in learning more, visit the BDS website and consult the list below.

A note about the scope and content: I focused on health and beauty items because they are the items I use most in my daily life, and because my friends – who seem disproportionately to be incredibly beautiful and well-groomed femmes – wanted to know about the products they are using. To do an exhaustive list is impossible at this juncture, though I hope to make lists focused on different sales arenas in the future. Topically, it bears repeating that Palestine is a feminist issue – we as women and/or feminist advocates should remember this as we make choices about the kind of products we buy for our bodies.

The list is after the cut, please share widely! 

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[maiiiiie]

يارب لطفك 💔🥺

[liberalsarecool]

Christofascism and white ethnonationalism are the enemy. Keep pressure on Congress.

The ceasefire will happen if we all get involved.

[staticnoisesss]

guys. anytime you see someone call what’s happening to palestine a “war” or “conflict”…

please politely educate them and explain that a war cannot happen when the other side has no means to defend themselves. when refugee camps are being bombed. when entire areas of living are inhabitable.

there cannot be a war when the people you’re “fighting” with bullets and bombs are children, women, and men in jeans and flip flops.

there cannot be a war when the people you’re “fighting” are the very ones your government is starving, the ones who don’t even have clean water. the ones who, if not being killed, are dying from diseases because of these poor conditions.

there cannot be a war when one state holds so much power while the other has been oppressed for decades. where 120 countries voting for there to be a ceasefire is meaningless.

there cannot be self defense when you are the one doubling down and trying to wipe out an entire nation because of one day of a group of people from their state retaliating.

there are no excuses when your officials have openly said they consider every palestinian a terrorist. when they have made their racist and genocidal stance clear.

you are most welcome to support palestine and advocate for peace, but don’t you call it a war.

THIS IS GENOCIDE. THIS IS NOT WAR.

educate yourselves and educate others. i have compiled a list of palestinian literature you should read. and i will keep adding more as time goes by.

[sscarletvenus]

The 3 MAJOR TRADE UNIONS IN BELGIUM - comprising of 3 million members - have announced that they will REFUSE TO TRANSPORT WEAPONS, VIA AIR OR SEA, GOING TO ISRAEL, AND HAVE CALLED FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE in face of the hypocrisy of the Belgian government. (from X.)

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[whitepeopletwitter]

[lunam-et-atticae]

“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.”

— Anais Nin

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

“You can say anything and I will not abandon you.”

[20o1-deactivated20240129-deacti]

someone being patient with you is one of the softest forms of love

[bookofdani]

Sometimes.

Sometimes there is no next time, or second chance.

Sometimes it’s not see you later, its goodbye.

Sometimes forever, has an end date.

And sometimes we must break, to heal.

[aleesabella]

Arch Hades

[loved-ones]

You break your own heart by telling yourself to give it another shot when you already know it’s time to let go

[aretherestarsinhell]

“I didn’t know it then, but that would be the last time I ever saw her. In retrospect, there are a lot of things I would have done differently, but I know it doesn’t matter now. I don’t think it would have mattered then, either. We were always destined to fall apart.”

-excerpt from a book i will never write c.r.

[thepoeticbook]

— Anne Carson, from “The Glass Essay”, Glass, Irony, and God