2024.01.31, ~9:40a
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intense beading convention
there were well renowned beaders from around the world, and because there were different cultures represented, there were huge spats that broke out, especially in the giant convention stage room. there were lots of disabled beaders, and Muslim beaders, African and Asian beaders that i distinctly remember. they were showcasing techniques and cultural patters and handmade beads. it was really beautiful.
someone was making a documentary about the con. there were professors from universities reconnecting with students from years and decades before.
a yelling fight broke out in the main stage area, because a African Muslim beader was showcasing something and someone yelled some bs. the bs person was loudly escorted out, but the folks still in the hall were obvi. really pissed about it. to get back to the main focus, people started taking their chains of beads and whipping them in the air. it was dangerous af, but beautiful, and helped recenter everyone.
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at the edges of me waking up, there was a snippet. in Tel Aviv a shop owner was writing on his shop window the name of a Muslim kid that had been killed. people were telling him that he was Muslim, so writing his name in Hebrew was fucked up. he tried to wave it off by saying that at least he has a memorial. later at night, there was a group of people that scraped the boys name off the window and wrote the boys name in the language he said it in. there was also a documentary about that.