just made a musical side blog, which will probably be primarily newsies for the moment bc itโs all I can think about rn sooo yeah follow if you want :)
I know most of those following me know this, but just to make it super clear. An Gorta Mรณr (The Great Hunger/the Great Famine) was a deliberate genocide of the Irish people. There was enough food grown in Ireland to make sure everyone was alive and healthy and survived. Instead it was exported, sent to England and elsewhere for profit while men, women, and children starved in the streets. While the English landlords fucked off and evicted starving families who couldnโt afford rent. While babies were too weak to cry and died at the side of the road.
They tried to kill us, but they did not succeed. And we owe so much thanks to the other oppressed peoples, in particular the Choctaw Nation and the Masai, who sent money and grain to us.
Let me repeat that. The Choctaw Nation who had just gone through the Trail of Tears sent us money to try save Irish lives. Itโs led to an understanding between Irish people and Native American tribes, most recently when we donated to the Navajo and Hopi fundraisers for COVID-19 relief, because while it may be a different tribe, Irish people will never forget those who helped us and weโll help back.
The entire population of the island is less than seven million people. Weโre still a million less on this island than pre famine. And itโs not that long ago. My grandmotherโs grandparents lived through it. Weโve told the stories, it literally changed the DNA of the country. We have a national fear of renting, because so many people were evicted. People joke about Irish people always offering loads of food, but itโs because thereโs that cultural memory of not being able to.
They tried to kill us, but they did not succeed. We will not let them take our lives, we will not let them take our language. We lost so much, but we will not lose it all.
This is why I get so angry when people say โit was the potato famine, it was because of monoculture/microbes.โ
Nope. The potatoes were the only thing Irish people were allowed to fucking eat, because as pointed out, the rest of the crops they were growing were for their landlords to ship to England. So when the one โworthlessโ crop they were allowed to eat rotted in the field, the English crown, empire, landlords, all shrugged and carried on. People starved to death lying next to productive fields.
A COMPLETELY different style from the last piece, but I'm still thinking about the tour and how interesting all of the separate visuals are and how effective they are at hinting at the larger story ๐
read this and remember it. read this and remember that she is going to use the profits of her fucking ego-stroking reboot to decimate trans rights. read this and remember that every time you pay into her IP, you are emboldening her to hurt us more.
our lives matter more than your fucking nostalgia.
trans lives matter more than your fucking nostalgia.
๐จ !! DONT SKIP !! donations urgently needed ๐จ
โ Verified campaign โ please check the end of the story ๐๐
I'm Anas Basil, a recent high school graduate with dreams of pursuing a degree in e-business management and building a career. However, due to my family's financial hardships, I enrolled at Khan Younis Training College (KYTC), affiliated with UNRWA. Sadly, the war has turned the college, once a beacon of hope and education, into a shelter for displaced families, stripping it of its educational purpose.
I completed high school with a 93% average, filled with excitement about continuing my education and securing a job to support my family. But like so many others, the war has shattered those dreams.
My younger brother, Ahmad, is 14 years old and currently in the third grade of preparatory school. Weโve always called him "Doctor of the Future" because of his intelligence and natural talent in mathematics. Unfortunately, due to the ongoing war, he has been deprived of schooling for the second consecutive year. In addition to his academic abilities, Ahmad has a passion for football and used to win tournaments.
Our Life in Displacement: The war forced our family to flee to Rafah, where we lived in a tent for several months. Each day, my brother and I would wake up to fetch water, gather wood, and light a fire to prepare food. Survival became our daily task, but we never gave up hope. The conflict affected us deeply, but it did not extinguish our dreams of education and a better future.
๐ How Your Donation will Help us:
We are seeking โฌ29,000 to help Ahmed and me leave Gaza, continue our education. More importantly, it will allow us to support our family, who have been deeply affected by the harsh conditions and skyrocketing costs of living due to the ongoing war in Gaza.
We've outlined how your donations will make this possible. You can find all the details in the campaign link below.
My family and I are facing incredibly difficult times due to the ongoing war in Gaza ๐. Our dreams and future have been shattered, leaving us feeling lost and without purpose. My brother Anas and I have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help us escape Gaza, continue our education, and support our family.
Making a small donation or sharing the campaign โ would mean the world to us.
Link: https://gofund.me/9c46877a
Thank you so much for your kindness and support ๐
๐จ !! DONT SKIP !! donations urgently needed ๐จ
โ Verified campaign โ please check the end of the story ๐๐
I'm Anas Basil, a recent high school graduate with dreams of pursuing a degree in e-business management and building a career. However, due to my family's financial hardships, I enrolled at Khan Younis Training College (KYTC), affiliated with UNRWA. Sadly, the war has turned the college, once a beacon of hope and education, into a shelter for displaced families, stripping it of its educational purpose.
I completed high school with a 93% average, filled with excitement about continuing my education and securing a job to support my family. But like so many others, the war has shattered those dreams.
My younger brother, Ahmad, is 14 years old and currently in the third grade of preparatory school. Weโve always called him "Doctor of the Future" because of his intelligence and natural talent in mathematics. Unfortunately, due to the ongoing war, he has been deprived of schooling for the second consecutive year. In addition to his academic abilities, Ahmad has a passion for football and used to win tournaments.
Our Life in Displacement: The war forced our family to flee to Rafah, where we lived in a tent for several months. Each day, my brother and I would wake up to fetch water, gather wood, and light a fire to prepare food. Survival became our daily task, but we never gave up hope. The conflict affected us deeply, but it did not extinguish our dreams of education and a better future.
๐ How Your Donation will Help us:
We are seeking โฌ29,000 to help Ahmed and me leave Gaza, continue our education. More importantly, it will allow us to support our family, who have been deeply affected by the harsh conditions and skyrocketing costs of living due to the ongoing war in Gaza.
We've outlined how your donations will make this possible. You can find all the details in the campaign link below.
Iโm Noha Ayyad from Gaza, Mother of martyr and wife of martyr ๐
17 people of My family was forcibly displaced from their homes to the southern Gaza Strip, and they now live in samall tent , The occupation completely destroyed our house and our business and we no longer have anything that we used to own.
MY mother suffers from joint pain and back cartilage pain. Also, she had surgery before the war to remove a tumor in the intestine ๐!!๏ธ and she needs to continue her treatment.
As for my middle brother, Darwish,He has a family of 10 people, he is paralyzed in his right leg, he suffers from severe leg pain.ย Two months before the war, he had surgery in Egypt to implant a joint in his leg, and he was supposed to return to Egypt to continue his treatment, but the war prevented him from doing so, so he urgently needs to go to Egypt to continue his treatment.
As for me, I lost my small and beautiful family in the 2014 war, which consists of my husband and my only child, whom I gave birth to after 7 years of deadly waiting and a very long and expensive treatment journey. He was only two and a half years old. I lost him and did not hug him enough to forget the agony of waiting for him to come. I also suffered injuries, which resulted in several operations on my right leg and other parts of my body, the effects of which I still suffer to this day. So, I don't want to experience what it's like to lose someone I love again. It's a very painful feeling. Please save my family.
Life here is unbearable, especially tent life is very difficult, and the situation is getting worse every day.
I urge you to support us to save our lives, Your support is our only hope for survival after losing everything.๐จ๐จ
We hope you will continue to support us by donating or sharing to help save and rebuild our lives. Every contribution matters, much appreciated โฅ๏ธ๐
Many thanks to everyone who supported us.
Help me save my family
Hello, I am Noha Ayyad, a Palestinian from Gaza, specifically fromโฆ Noha Ayyad needs your support for Help Nohaโs fa
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Grassroots movement to support & amplify aid requests of Palestinian families.
Just over a 1,000 donors have helped @abood-gaza7 get to $23,964. Together we can get him to his goal! If the same amount of people match my donation of $15 we can get Abood to his goal! Please spare anything you can ๐
Hello, my name is Andy. I live in Ohio, but I am organizing this fundraiser for Abood and his wife who โฆ Andy S needs your support for Help
Abood raised $400 in 15 hours and is over halfway to his goal! If just half of the current amount of people who donated spent $20, Abood would reach his goal! More importantly, any bit helps. Even just $5 can change someone's world right now, and please share if you cannot donate to @abood-gaza7
Iโm Noha Ayyad from Gaza, Mother of martyr and wife of martyr ๐
17 people of My family was forcibly displaced from their homes to the southern Gaza Strip, and they now live in samall tent , The occupation completely destroyed our house and our business and we no longer have anything that we used to own.
MY mother suffers from joint pain and back cartilage pain. Also, she had surgery before the war to remove a tumor in the intestine ๐!!๏ธ and she needs to continue her treatment.
As for my middle brother, Darwish,He has a family of 10 people, he is paralyzed in his right leg, he suffers from severe leg pain.ย Two months before the war, he had surgery in Egypt to implant a joint in his leg, and he was supposed to return to Egypt to continue his treatment, but the war prevented him from doing so, so he urgently needs to go to Egypt to continue his treatment.
As for me, I lost my small and beautiful family in the 2014 war, which consists of my husband and my only child, whom I gave birth to after 7 years of deadly waiting and a very long and expensive treatment journey. He was only two and a half years old. I lost him and did not hug him enough to forget the agony of waiting for him to come. I also suffered injuries, which resulted in several operations on my right leg and other parts of my body, the effects of which I still suffer to this day. So, I don't want to experience what it's like to lose someone I love again. It's a very painful feeling. Please save my family.
Life here is unbearable, especially tent life is very difficult, and the situation is getting worse every day.
I urge you to support us to save our lives, Your support is our only hope for survival after losing everything.๐จ๐จ
We hope you will continue to support us by donating or sharing to help save and rebuild our lives. Every contribution matters, much appreciated โฅ๏ธ๐
Many thanks to everyone who supported us.
Help me save my family
Hello, I am Noha Ayyad, a Palestinian from Gaza, specifically fromโฆ Noha Ayyad needs your support for Help Nohaโs fa
Verified by ๐ line 78
Grassroots movement to support & amplify aid requests of Palestinian families.
Just over a 1,000 donors have helped @abood-gaza7 get to $23,964. Together we can get him to his goal! If the same amount of people match my donation of $15 we can get Abood to his goal! Please spare anything you can ๐
Hello, my name is Andy. I live in Ohio, but I am organizing this fundraiser for Abood and his wife who โฆ Andy S needs your support for Help
Abood raised $400 in 15 hours and is over halfway to his goal! If just half of the current amount of people who donated spent $20, Abood would reach his goal! More importantly, any bit helps. Even just $5 can change someone's world right now, and please share if you cannot donate to @abood-gaza7
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