[allthewaytothechapel-deactivate]

Boycott Disney. Boycott McDonald's. Boycott Starbucks. "Oh but it won't work, it won't do anything" Yes it will. Boycotts have worked before and they will again. Think of the Montgomery bus boycotts. Think about American women boycotting imported British goods during the revolution.

Why do you think popular media is so quick to discount boycotts as ineffective? Could it possibly be because they work? Could it be because major corporations understand that they work and are scared? Could it be because boycotts have historically been utilized by marginalized groups to assert their views and fight for change within a conflict in which they have no power?

Do not have give in to the apathetic nihilism of "nothing I do matters, so why bother?" That is exactly what oppressors count on. Be critical of the media you consume. Ask questions. Look to history. Boycott.

[apeacebone]

From the notes: Palestine has asked consumers to boycott 8 companies as listed here: https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott

"Virtually all Israeli companies are complicit to some degree in Israel’s system of occupation and apartheid. We focus our boycotts on a small number of companies and products for maximum impact. We focus on companies that play a clear and direct role in Israel’s crimes and where we think we can have an impact."

Hewlett-Packard

Siemens

AXA (insurance company)

Puma

Israeli Fruit and Vegetables

SodaStream

Ahava (cosmetics)

Sabra (the hummus)

[comraderoscoes]

leo leclerc’s silence about pride month is deafening btw .. god rest the soul of canonical ally roscoe hamilton. they don’t make them like that anymore

[my-dailydreams]

[lucius-illusions]

carrying my mutuals like this btw

[disgustinggf]

Could you recc some blogs like yours?

am i not enough for you

[lostinpubwe-deactivated20220705]

[alexandreanarchive]

Dancers

William Russell Flint ~ 1948

[comraderoscoes]

but let it be known that contrary to sports conspiracy theories that i don’t believe in and think are the preachings of a lunatic, my sports conspiracy theories are all correct and insightful

[sailermoon]

having unwashed hair will have you believing shit like i can’t be saved

[annabelle--cane]

I bet on normal dogs that have an average chance of winning and it's really just a coincidence that they all end up losing so badly it's fine it's fine it is fine

[ialwaysbelieve]

I feel a sliver of sun on my skin and get the urge to tell anyone and everyone that I love them

[scarlct-vvitch]

grace, who has been alone for five minutes: oh my god. an alien! im not alone anymore! i hope he wants to be friends :)

rocky, coming up on 50 years of solitude, imprinting on grace in ways baby ducklings can only dream of: if you leave me to sleep where i can't watch your heart beat i am blowing up this tunnel with us both in it

[manuciruja]

some of you need to understand that people from the global south criticizing imperialism and the problems they suffer from as consequences of it's existence isn't invalidating the struggles marginalized communities in the imperial core have to go through

[manuciruja]

pointing out that citizens of the imperial core have privileges that come as a direct result of the oppression of the third world isn't denying that those same citizens can also be victims of the imperial core. these ideas can and do coexist

[manuciruja]

actually why is it so hard for all of you to understand this cause it's a very simple concept. it's literally just intersectionality. we say "gay men are prejudiced for being gay but still have privilege due to being men" and no one bats an eye but if you point out "hey even if you're marginalized in the US that still doesn't take away from the fact you benefit from imperialism just by virtue of living there" and suddenly all fucking hell breaks loose

[manuciruja]

not to keep dragging this post but I think this is because so many of you have a problem recognizing stuff that you see as "normal everyday things" as privileges. stuff like having bananas and other fruits that are not grown in the US all year round for a fifth of the price in the country they're harvested on. having access to more job opportunities just by living in the US. not having to learn other languages.

in your minds these are all the norm, just the way things are, so how could they possibly be a privilege? you don't see how your norm was built on the backs of others

[status-quo-hater]

I think one of the funniest abortion stances I've heard was from my parents neighbor. He's a like, hard-core libertarian viking larper guy who is very tall and very fat and very bald.

He believes a fetus is human with a soul, but also its "basically attacking the woman's body" so if she wants to get rid of it, that's "basically self-defense". He compared it to shooting a home invader. So he supports abortion not as healthcare, but as killing a baby in self-defense

[status-quo-hater]

Y'know I'm so glad someone reminded me of this. Because this was also discussed.

My stepmother did NOT like the way her Libertarian Viking Neighbor framed pregnancy as the fetus "attacking the woman". She incredulously told him this was extremely disrespectful to expectant mothers to portray pregnancy as so violent and negative.

Libertarian Viking Neighbor's response was that people consensually hurt each other all the time, and "there's like a whole community about that, with the acronym the one that starts with a B" And his reasoning was that if the mother was consenting to bring attacked by the baby, it in fact wasn't violent and negative because there was consent.

He brought up people consensually hurting each other, didn't go for one of the obvious answers like boxing or body mods or something, no he went STRAIGHT TO BDSM and he DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE ACRONYM

[pangur-and-grim]

I think some of the loneliness of autism is that you feel like you hurt people just by Interacting Wrong, but you don’t know how to Interact Right, and the more effort you put into it, the more exhausted you are and the more artificial it comes across (with the end result of people still being upset with you). and it’s not anyone’s fault for not liking Being Interacted With Wrong, and it’s not your fault for doing it so wrong, but it is very, very lonely.

[tabris-the-seventeenth-angel]

HEARTBREAKING: friends who i should be going to the movies and playing dnd and watching anime and cosplaying and going to the mall and having sleepovers and exploring the woods with live one hundred trillion miles away

[robinfrinjs]

2020 - 2026... traditions!

[redstonedust]

its probably a normal sign for the economy that all of my adulthood fantasies are like "imagine having your own kitchen living room and bathroom to decorate" "what if i could get on a train" "maybe one day i could purchase a sturdy pair of shoes" "i should save and invest in a single bicycle"