and i'm bampy!

sal/quartz | they/he | 21 | dude, she totally grilled your cheese | pfp art by @kalimarsii!!

[staticnoisesss]

how you can help palestine

*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*

Donations

palestine children's relief fund

palestine red crescent society

help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction

save palestine - islamic relief canada

click to donate - arab.org

send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association

NOTE: journalists based in gaza are saying that donations are not going to help atm. what will help is a demand for ceasefire. so please contact your local MPs every single day demanding as such. palestine need a ceasefire right now, not money (i will update when monetary help is needed)

if you want to donate, do this instead:

help buy e-sims for people in gaza (PLEASE HELP CONNECT GAZANS TO THE WORLD. if you would like to stay updated, please follow @/Mirna_elhelbawi on twitter)

donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza

verified and endorsed by people in gaza themselves

support palestinians: buy a keffiyeh from the last and only factory in palestine - hirbawi

Petitions

petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military

demand ceasefire - amnesty.org

open call for immediate ceasefire

american government call for immediate ceasefire

american government to stop funding israeli military

ceasefire and increase humanitarian assistance - oxfam au

petition to get canva to address their pro-israel stance

invoke the genocide convention to call for ceasefire in gaza - world beyond war*

location specific petitions

gaza call for ceasefire - oxfam (UK)

end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)

email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)

stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)

@ biden: call for ceasefire now - move on (USA)*

ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)

call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don't worry about it)

note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.

australia call on israel to stop attacking palestinians - apan (AUS)

immediate ceasefire and increase in humanitarian aid in gaza - actionaid (AUS)*

[EN5622] call for ceasefire and end to occupation - parliament of australia (AUS)*

closes 13 dec @ 8.59pm AEST

[EN5628] retract governmental support to israel and demand ceasefire - parliament of australia (AUS)*

closes 13 dec @ 8.59pm AEST

sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)

ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)

ceasefire and allow aid to enter gaza - oxfam (CANADA)

canada house of commons petition 4649 (CANADA)

closes 23 Nov @ 3.20pm EDT

house of commons petition 4661 (CANADA)

closes 9 dec @ 11.03am EDT

cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)

write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)

skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)

singaporeans call for immediate ceasefire (SIN)

contact your elected reps and demand a ceasefire (GERMANY)

write to the EU demanding a ceasefire (EUROPE)

template of letters you can send (EU)

guide on how to contact your MPs in EU

multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)

includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations

den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)

māori call for palestine - ourActionStation (NZ)*

Campaigns

friends of al-aqsa

❥ UK-specific

urge your MP to speak up for palestine

hands off al-aqsa

stop administrative detention

petition for UK to stop arming israel

❥ International

boycott puma — email them to end their partnership with israel

boycott coca-cola

palestine action

join the resistance

islamic relief canada

urge your MP to rally for ceasefire

decolonise palestine

poster campaign to raise awareness on the war crimes being committed against palestinians | (very very important please share + read the sources provided)

text/call campaign for people living in USA

text CEASEFIRE @ 51905 to call for a ceasefire

text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel

download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)

fax campaign for people in the USA

go on this website to send 5 free faxes per day

here’s a link to a pre-written fax copy you can download to send (the first link on the linktree)

here’s a video that explains how to fax your senator (it’s very easy and all you need is a valid email address)

BDS movement

get involved in boycotting companies associated with israel

please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!

UPCOMING PROTESTS

PALESTINIAN LITERATURE READING LIST

*newly added to post

[captainvostok]

ITS ALL ABOUT THE HE SAID SHE SAID

[cinamun]

What a time to be alive.

Happy Black History Month to all and to all a good night ❤️🖤💚

[lilhawkeye3]

A Crash Course to Kendrick's Super Bowl Performance, from a Black Woman

Note: this does NOT go in depth into all of the song's lyrics. I don't have time to recount two decades of his discography. This is just a summary of the performance itself.

Let's start with the first visual we get:

UNCLE SAM - most notably recognized from WWII American wartime propaganda, Uncle Sam is the personification of American patriotism and freedom. The term "uncle" is also evocative of Uncle Tom from Uncle Tom's Cabin, an abolitionist book that aided in inciting the Civil War. Uncle is also a very common term (both endearment and derogatory) towards Black men (eg. "unc"). Samuel L Jackson was fantastic.

Uncle Sam also resembles a circus ringleader, notable for my next point:

THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME - no, not Super Bowl. The GAG is us the people being pitted against each other: through late-stage capitalism, through the culture war, through class warfare, through being built of the backs of slaves. We are all players in the GAG because none of us on this site were the oligarchs seated at the inauguration.

This is also seen as Kendrick's stage was a Play Station controller. Not only did it remind of circus rings visually, but it was a game battle stage. The Great American Game is a battle royale of the commoners for the amusement of the rich whites.

Remember the foods / Them color was tin and brown / But now they 100 and blue - For this I'll just say, look what the last election said about lowering the price of eggs... and look at the prices now.

The revolution about to be televised / You picked the right time / But the wrong guy - Election 2024 once more.

THE FLAG DANCERS - yes, the dancers formed the US flag... off of the backs of Black people. Not a single white person in sight, and that's true of the cotton pickers in the fields. Plantations are part of how the US came to economic prominence after being a "backwater" colony. Remember tobacco? Cotton? Our bloodlines do.

The red and blue dancers are also notable for representing the Crips and Bloods, two infamous street gangs. The dance in Not Like Us is the Crip Walk. I recommend researching more on your own time about them, but just know they are a large part of the stereotype of Black people being "ghetto."

TOO LOUD, TOO RECKLESS, TOO GHETTO. Do you really know how to play the game? - This is exactly what Black people, especially Black men, get told all the time. It's why we change our names on resumes if they sound "too Black." It's why we codeswitch in non-Black company. This is especially rich considering how non-Black people love our culture and love to make money off of us, as the latter part of the quote points to. And it's even more profound during the Super Bowl-- the NFL is majority Black players.

STREET LIGHT A CAPELLA -- "thug" stereotype dancers to counteract the a capella connotations, with Uncle Sam then saying that Kendrick figured out "bringing other street guys around being a culture cheat code." Yes, this is a direct hit at Drake (listen to "Not Like Us") but also politically. Look up "model minority". Notably I would point to Candace Owens, or the Miami Venezuelan political group that's been in the news recently, especially as this directly led to Kendrick being surrounded by...

DANCERS IN WHITE -- it's white America. That's... that's the allegory.

NOT LIKE US TEASER -- Kendrick says "Not Like Us" is "their favorite song." -> he means white people specifically here. It comes after he's surrounded by all white dancers, the women around him who are his call and response are also in white (my opinion, they represent the industry). He's saying "Not Like Us" is the favorite of yts because it is about BLACK MEN FIGHTING. This again is reflected in the video game stage and ringleader Uncle Sam.

SZA -- instead of giving what they want, we see SZA. She's one of Drake's exes and Kendrick has always supported her.

ALL THE STARS -- This was in the first Black Panther movie, which I recommend you watch. Rest in Power Chadwick. Notably, this movie was incredibly mainstream as a major Marvel movie, and then we have Uncle Sam say...

"THAT'S WHAT AMERICA WANTS: NICE AND CALM. DON'T MESS THIS UP" -- translation: Marvel (the industry, America, etc.) wanted a safe, semi-pop song because white American likes safe pop songs, not Kendrick's usual heavy rap style about his life as a Black man! Don't mess up what you've got going mainstream for having this "Black rap feud" with Drake, who is an R&B model minority to white people because he's safe.

So what does Kendrick say?

IT'S A CULTURAL DIVIDE / IMMA GET IT ON THE FLOOR -- He was warned not to be political or apologetically Black for this Super Bowl performance, but he is using this big stage opportunity to speak out.

40 ACRES AND A MULE / THIS IS BIGGER THAN THE MUSIC -- 40 acres and a mule are what the freed slaves were promised. Instead, this land went to white sharecroppers. Research Jim Crow laws.

THEY TRIED TO RIG THE GAME / BUT YOU CAN'T FAKE INFLUENCE -- rig the election, rig the industry like with model minority Drake, rig the Great American Game with culture war to distract from active class warfare.

NOT LIKE US -- the only thing I'll mention because it made me holler is Serena Williams crip walking on Drake's metaphorical grave. She's another one of his exes.

TURN THE TV OFF -- exactly like he said! The TV is a distraction, the Super Bowl is a distraction, the mainstream news is often a distraction. Turn it off and get with your people!

GAME OVER — could not see this on my stream but at the end of the performance, the lights in the stadium spelled this out. The world is watching, America…

In conclusion, Kendrick Lamar is a visionary and thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[lilhawkeye3]

I see y’all in the tags adding excellent commentary:

@sashabarkov

@cowumbo-uwu - I like this point because it is a good example in pop culture of “Uncle (derogatory)” characters though. But I would like to add the context that Django Unchained is revisionist historical entertainment by a white man, with a central plot about Black slave fighting pits…

@spiritsong

@your-dads-filing-cabinet

All fabulous takes.

There are of course other bits of his performance I may have missed or overlooked to try and make this long post more concise, but I can’t believe I forgot to mention one of the visuals that started it all: the US flag dancers PILING OUT OF A CLOWN CAR.

I’ll leave y’all with that.

[idyllghost]

It’s not my usual content but it’s important. It’s a disservice to only call Kendrick’s performance a televised fuck you to drake. It was so much more than that. It was an open critique on the current state of America, it was a live performance at one of America’s biggest events where he spoke against America’s racism and descent into fascism. Yes he performed Not Like Us and of course Drake was ripped to shreds (again) but it is so much more than that.

[ayeforscotland]

Trump is probably going to remove the TikTok ban shortly after his inauguration and secure a chunk of the youth vote.

[ayeforscotland]

Lol…literally lmao. Enjoy the propaganda👍

[lurks-no-more]

Remember, everybody, that Trump started this thing. He literally did. And now he's pretending to fix the situation he caused.

Everybody who thinks Trump is saving anything here is a sucker.

[daenerys-targaryen]

[mbavholidayexchange]

to: @vampwitchcoven​ from: @rbquartz​

title: i think i love you?! | word count: 4,579 | summary: days before their first big performance at a local festival, benny cooks up a disguised truth potion to see if he can get any juicy gossip and/or a confession of love out of erica (for her sake), but his plan backfires as erica refuses and offers rory the potion instead, and he confesses some love of his own! | AO3 Link

“Heeey Saraaah! Ericaaa! Wait up!”

Sarah chuckles at Erica as she rolls her eyes and shakes her head slightly, the pair pausing their strides to wait for Benny and Ethan to catch up. Benny’s holding a water bottle that’s full of… something , and he’s wearing a mischievous grin – never a good sign – and Ethan seems done with his shit, as usual.

“What’s up, dorks?” Sarah starts, tilting her head and putting her hands on her hips as the two girls turn to face the boys.

Keep reading

[medusadyke]

one thing about butches on tumblr they fucking love this little guy

[mbavholidayexchange]

to: @rbquartz​ from: @arsenicalbronze​

title: violet | word count: 1,036 | summary: the lucifractor, and what comes after. | AO3 Link

“Benny, what are you doing?” Ethan shouts from the doorway.

“Go! I think I can try and stop it!” Benny shields his eyes against the bright purple light coming from the Lucifractor glowing blindingly in Stern’s hands, inching closer-

“Benny, no!”

Keep reading

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

a whole bunch of gazan mutual aid projects and nonprofits. if the decision of which individual fundraiser to give to feels too daunting, or if you just want to help as many people as possible in one go, these are great initiatives to support.

care for gaza - focuses on providing food and essential supplies. donate here or here.

connecting humanity - securing internet access via donations of virtual sim cards (esims). if you can't afford a whole plan yourself, crips for esims is a communal pool that will use your donation to purchase and maintain esims

gaza soup kitchen - provides food, medical care, and classes for children. also has a gofundme

glia gaza medical support initiative - provides medical care through field clinics and tents at hospitals. donations can also be sent through their website.

ele elna elak - provides clean water, food, clothing, and shelter. they also have a gofundme

life for gaza - raising money for the gaza municipality to repair water and waste management infrastructure

taawon - partners with local civil organizations to provide food, water, medical care, shelter, and basic supplies

the sameer project - running various initiatives providing tents, medical care, and necessities. they have their own encampment project focused on sheltering families with children, sick and disabled members, or members in need of perinatal care

islamic relief worldwide's gaza emergency appeal - provides food, water, hygiene kits, medical supplies, and psychological support

baitulmaal - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, shelter, and medical supplies

gaza mutual aid fund - distributes food, hygiene products, water, and other essential supplies, including financial support. run by @/el-shab-hussein's amazing friend Mona. updates can be found on her instagram.

hygiene kits for gaza - provides hygiene supplies including menstrual products, wipes, and toothbrushes/toothpaste

anera - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, hygiene supplies, medicine, blankets and mattresses, and psychological care

palestine children's relief fund - provides supplies and support with a focus on children. also has an initiative for lebanon

dahnoun mutual aid - provides water, food, tents, baby supplies, financial support, and other necessities. updates can be found through their instagram

certainly this is not an exhaustive list, so please feel free to add on other projects or organizations that i didn't include. and as always, please take the time to donate if you can and share. it truly makes all the difference.

[blairwitchapologist]

anyways it’s a great day to donate to abortion funds! :)

[blairwitchapologist]

https://fundtexaschoice.org/

http://janesdueprocess.org/

https://www.lilithfund.org/

https://www.theafiyacenter.org/

https://thebridgecollective.org/

https://www.clinicaccess.org/

a few links to the orgs actually fighting on the frontlines in texas against this abortion ban!!!! thanks i love you!!!

[softcatullus]

adding on my personal favorite: https://www.bucklebunnies.org

Home

[blairwitchapologist]

thank you!!!! i tried to add that link this morning but for some reason i couldn’t access their website!!!!! ❤️

[blairwitchapologist]

alright i hate that i have to bring this post back but it feels like i should, here’s links to websites that will help you find access to abortion pills no matter what state you’re in

Plan C is an information resource for self-managed, at-home abortion with pills. Learn how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pill op

Abortion pills by mail are a reality even in states with restrictions.

and some sites where you can directly buy abortion pills in the US

https://justthepill.com

https://aidaccess.org/en/

Abortion On Demand provides medication abortion care online quickly via easy telehealth consults with experienced practitioners.

Hey Jane’s telehealth clinic offers safe, affordable, and convenient reproductive & sexual health care. Get abortion pills, vaginal infectio

[twocubes]

"Ok, ma'am that'll be $226.03."

I take my wallet out of my pocket and unfold it. It is empty other than a single moth that lazily flies out. The moth lands on the tap point of the card reader. There's a beat, and my payment is processed. The moth flies back into my wallet and I put it back in my pocket.

[tyler-is-hot]

i saw the 'allegations' and to me it doesn't even look like actual proof or exposure because she just did it on social media when she could have just went to the police and the court like a normal person with him getting arrested and taken to jail also because i've never been groomed myself i don't know what the signs personally are so to me in the video it just looked like normal texting back and forth nothing creepy about it to me at all especially because there's no sexual stuff like nudes being sent if i saw that then i would believe the 'victim' but i think the girl is just a woman scorned so how can she PROVE that was grooming plus he never talked to or treated me that way as a fan and lastly people want to say that fans talking to celebs of actors or musicians is bad when to me it's a common normal thing so it's going to happen on places like IG or twitter and no matter what your age is regardless if they're a celeb or not at the end of the day they're still PEOPLE just like us and your going to talk to them weather your a teenager and their not the only difference between them and us is their job because they're in the public eye but their normal human beings just like the rest of us so i don't think there's such a thing as power imbalances

as someone who has been sa’ed myself, its incredibly ignorant to say “just go to the police or go to court”, it’s not as easy as you seem to think it is. A lot of sa/grape cases don’t get taken seriously at all and I also don’t see what she would’ve been gaining from lying about this because atticus mitchel isn’t like an A-list celebrity, he hasn’t been in many recent things and most people outside of the mbav fandom wouldn’t even know him. Also power imbalances are real like celebrities, especially those with lots of fans, are in positions of power over their fans. Why would a 23 year old want to message a 16 year old? I’m 18 and I don’t even want to be friends with anyone under 17/16 because what do I have in common with them, let alone a whole grown man??? I don’t understand why people dickride for celebs they don’t even know personally it’s incredibly sad and weird. You are most likely young so I hope you can change your perspective, especially if anything like grooming or sa happened to you. It’s not hard to have empathy for people, truly.

also very telling that you sent this anonymously.

[bettyweir]

Im literally so tired of benny anon and acting like s/a reports are EVER taken seriously by cops. Literally read any rape stat on how many actually get charged.

Atticus mitchell is never gonna fuck you unless your freshly 18 after years of his grooming. I was literally dating a guy over the age when I was 16 and was taken advantage of. and I'm just so tired of this cunt going to everyone's inbox defending literal groomers and acting like they own the place.

Do you hate benny anons guts?

Yes, they suck ass and need to stop harassing people

No, I love defending groomers 🤢

Voting ended onNov 7, 2024

[the-rorster]

I'm literally so sorry to you especially because like ? This entire thing is so uncalled for and like I know you probably get the worst of all of it and like you don't deserve that you have been a light of my experience in the MBaV community since I joined it and to know they are acting as terribly towards you as they are name-dropping in other peoples inboxes is just so evil and I KNOW it's just a child who doesn't understand the gravity of what they are doing but that doesn't take away the validity of being upset over them. They're like a dark looming mass of very the fandom and it's no fun.

I hope you are okay despite all of it

[tyler-is-hot]

its crazy cause they’re saying they’re 25 💀

literal insanity lmfao

[bettyweir]

LOLLL come over here and punch me for. Believing victims of grooming... What a hero 😭 literally stay mad forever 🙏🙏🙏 this is the natural outcome of sending like x10 asks to every random person who doesn't wanna support fartticus mitchell. Since november of 2022.

Nice to see her admit shes 25, so no one has to act like this is just a kid who I doesn't know better, honestly just so pathetic, boooo tomatos at ur asks 🍅🍅🍅🍅

[lewishamil10n]

please reblog the fundraisers you see on your dash. please. if you claim to care about palestine, NOW is the time to prove it. everyone said gaza will be worse off if trump wins - well, now he has. the least anyone can do now is reblog and share and DONATE to as many fundraisers as possible. especially if you're american. you want harm reduction? this is harm reduction. help gazan families.

you can't decide where to start?

gazafunds

mohammad, nawal, and baby roaa

yousef, khadija, and baby majd

ahmed, his family, and their cat soso

nairuz and hussein's spreadsheet | gazavetters' spreadsheet | the butterfly effect spreadsheet

fundraisers linked on my blog

pick a name. any name. read their story. realize that what you feel now, they feel everyday, a thousandfold. donate whatever you can. at the very least, reblog if you can't.

there is no excuse not to.

[skinn1-system]

[willowcrowned]

if you're feeling powerless right now—and god knows I am—here's a reminder you can donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds, the Trans Law Center, Gaza Soup Kitchen, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and hundreds of other charities that will work to mitigate the damage that has been and will continue to be inflicted

life continues. we still have the capacity to do good, important work. that matters

[carnadelions]

hi, don't scroll. i'm coming at you with a list of palestinian fundraisers who very, very urgently need our help. please donate if you can, and reblog to boost. thank you!

najah al-haila, vetted by gazavetters (#49), 4,192€/80,000€

youssef alaa al-yazji, vetted by gazavetters (#87), 20,839kr SEK/200,000kr (1$=10kr)

dima rashed al-dahdouh, unvetted but RIS is clean, 506€/30,000€

heba's family, vetted by association through safaabed8, 2,920€/40,000€

siraj abu dayyeh, #219 on the vetted gaza evacuation fundraiser list, $89,084 CAD/$150,000

ola's family, #205 on the vetted gaza evacuation fundraiser list, $57,887 USD/$85,000

nour alanqar, vetted by 90-ghost, 23,757€/40,000€

ola ferwana, vetted by gazavetters (#60), 10,782€/35,000€

belal salem, vetted by 90-ghost, $1,276 USD/$20,000

abood and his pregnant wife, vetted by mohiy-gaza, $22,314 USD/$40,000

youssef al-habil, whose son has recently been hospitalized on account of a respiratory illness, #406 on the butterfly project list, 23,774€/30,000€

abdulsalam al-anqar, vetted by gazavetters (#4), 8,228€/50,000€