To all Palestinians sending me asks for donations, I'm very sorry but I cannot donate due to being unemployed. Also I am Disabled and live on social assistance. I will still be reblogging vetted campaigns as well as putting pressure on my government to stop arming Israel, but I cannot give any more donations as I simply don't have enough money.
Part of what makes Armand such a scary villain and effective antagonist to me is how effectively he's able to convince everyone including himself that he actually completely helpless. If it's out of your hands and you could not prevent it then you can justify anything. If you really convince yourself you have no control over your own life then you can do any amount of cruelty and still conceptualize yourself as at worst a helpless accomplice and at best yourself a victim (it's so hard for you, that you have to do this!). This is what Armand does. And it does make sense, because he had a formative life of abject powerlessness, and he learned, for good reason, that he should expect to have no agency over his life. But then he carries that mentality into situations where he does have the power. "Armand believes he had no choice about the things he did to Louis" isn't the same as "Armand ACTUALLY had no choice" and while you can understand and sympathize with why he thinks that way, it's something that ultimately just makes him that much more dangerous, because every action is justified in advance as being the only possible course of action.
Trans men having male privilege doesn't mean trans men dont experience transphobia. It doesn't mean we don't experience oppression at all.
it just means that we can leverage our position over trans women and get away with it. We can destroy their lives and face 0 repercussions. It means if it comes between a trans man's word and a trans woman's word, he is more likely to be believed.
If you're a feminist this should anger you and you should work to make sure that you're aware of this and never do it. If this makes you defensive, you're probably already doing it. Fix your heart.
I don't want this buried in replies or reblogs, so I'm going with this:
Hannah being Jewish is not why her writing choices for Armand are being questioned. It's the matter of her past Zionist sympathies. And having seen the false conflation between Judaism and Zionism used to justify and obscure some of the worst modern crimes against humanity, I'm not accepting it. No one should.
Similarly, Rolin Jones' previous work on Weeds is being used to contextualise his portrayals of Armand, Louis, & Claudia. Salient critiques of that program include racist stereotyping & Zionist propaganda. There's no public information on whether Jones is Jewish, and it's irrelevant.
Why do people believe that Hannah may have residual Zionist sympathies?
Hannah Moscovitch, whose play East of Berlin examines the Holocaust’s legacy and is coming to Dublin, is not against gender quotas
East of Berlin, which opens at Project Arts Centre in a new production by Brinkmanship Theatre, was inspired by the time Moscovitch spent at a kibbutz in Israel when she was 18. "There were 30 young people, English and American Jews, and one [young man] whose grandfather had murdered Jews during the war. He was doing penance for his family's history, and his presence really stuck in my mind."
What's the problem with a kibbutz?
A major reason why Bernie Sanders' resistance to Zionism—or rather the 'Netanyahu government'—means little when confronting the settler colonial occupation, is his continued idealisation of the kibbutzim movement. This colonial practice—with its basis in Prussian expansion—and land theft movement operates under the guise of a communal utopia, because it offered a greater chance of assimilating newcomers & dispossessing Indigenous Palestinians. And in Hannah's kibbutz's case, native Syrians near the illegally occupied Golan Heights.
Labor Zionists tried to build a communal utopia. They created an oppressive form of ethnic nationalism instead.
The most prominent Jewish Human Rights body in Occupied Palestine, B'Tselem, has long documented the systemic land theft, going right back to the kibbutzim movement. Much like Birthright and the IDF, these collectives of Indigenous elimination are maintained by western foreigners' participation & settlement.
Why is it irresponsible to frame a brown, Muslim-coded character as a Nazi in the third year of a live-streamed genocide against Palestine's majority Muslim population?
Because likening Palestinians and the broader 'Muslim world' to the Nazis is one of the most enduring justifications for indiscriminate violence against them. Every genocidal society frames their victims as both their lessers and existential, inhuman threats that can only be handled through brute force—expulsion & extermination. It's why the Nazis utilised biological racism & called for 'racial hygiene.' It's how the international human rights ecosystem came to appropriate Slobodan Milosevic's idea of 'ethnic cleansing,' which he used to justify the genocide of Bosnian Muslims.
The Jewish far right has been calling Palestinians "Nazis" for almost 80 years, casting them as an irredeemable enemy in an eternal war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stresses he never meant to claim an Islamic leader persuaded Adolf Hitler to adopt the Final Solut
There are ongoing genocides whose perpetrators relish images like this:
Storytelling comes with responsibilities. Moscovitch has publicly used her body to further Zionism, with no documented remorse over that act. As we're in the third year of the Palestinian genocide, Moscovitch's public stance is still one of unchallenged support. If she's not ready to change that, despite the United Nations finally labelling the Zionist-led genocide in Gaza, she at least needs to be more careful. That includes finding other mad scientists to reference when villainising brown Muslim characters; Mengele won't fly. It means ensuring that any story bearing your name & authority doesn't present a brown South Asian man as somehow untouched by Paris' Nazi occupation. How would he have achieved that besides either hiding or collaborating? And with that skin tone, no amount of collaboration would've saved him. If he thrived under such oppression, what would that make him?
I've waffled on, but Moscovitch is key to creating a product with reach. Whether deliberate or not, her position and power over this series' Muslim representation is cause for public scrutiny. We're all watching the same world events unfold. Her promotion gives her even less room for harm, deliberate or otherwise.
I write to you with tears welling in my eyes, my body wracked with pain every second. I write to you because the ignore me and neglect I've endured hurts me more than my injuries. So remember, even if I die, I will never f0rgive anyone who ignored me and my suffering. I implore everyone to look at me and h@lp me by d0nating and sharing whatever they can.
This week, I've been battling severe pain and frequent fainting spells due to severe anemia, and I'm completely unable to afford essential medications because of their high cost. All I wish for is for these fainting spells to stop, and for me to find compassionate hearts to stand by me so I can bu.y my medication and recover quickly.
Shrapnel still lodges in my body, and the pain keeps me awake at night. What makes my suffering even worse is that I was injured when our house was bombed while we were inside. I need urgent surgery but the cost of the operation is exorbitant, and I can't afford it. Now, I can't even afford painkillers to the constant pain tearing at my body.
Please I don't want to diie, I just want to live without pain. I need your sincere sup.port to save my life and end this suffering as soon as possible. Please, I would be extremely grateful to anyone who can d0nate to me. and if you can't, I hope you will shar.e this pOst.
I am very worried about Fadel. He is suffering unendurable pain and desperately needs relief as soon as possible. Please donate to him if you have anything to spare.
The way Becka regarded Agnes as a goddess after her patricide.
She took off the robe, showing Agnes the proof of her devotion. She said "He cant hurt you anymore." searching for her approval. Then she stripped, completely bare and vulnerable before Agnes, important detail in a society so afraid of the "power" of the female body. Then Agnes bathes her, similar to a baptism. Becka says something like "I committed divine justice... and for you" as if Agnes is more important than the lord she has been told to revere. "I would do anything for you, Agnes."
Becka came to Agnes as a disciple proving herself worthy to worship her, and Agnes was just afraid.
straight vs queer ships in shows are always like….omg girl and boy shared a lingering glance once? that must mean they’re in love?…versus i killed my father because he dared lay hands on you. when i was doing it i felt like the divine light of justice and my love for you felt pure and clean and holy because i rid the world of evil in devotion to you.
🥹How many times must my little girl be admitted to the intensive care unit before the world gives her a chance at life?
A 16-year-old girl has been admitted to the ICU twice due to kidney disease and needs €660 for urgent tests and treatment. What would your reaction be?
❤️ I would donate if I could.
🔁 I would share her story so it reaches someone who can help.
🙏 I would pray for her recovery
💔 I hope she finds someone to save her.
Sometimes, a life hinges on an amount that might seem small to some, but for our family, it represents the difference between continuing treatment and waiting for the condition to deteriorate
😭My daughter, Farah, has a severe renal tubular disorder that causes dangerously low potassium levels and blood acidity. The condition can lead to extreme weakness, muscle paralysis, cardiac complications, and is considered a form of chronic kidney failure. She has been admitted to the ICU twice after life-threatening cardiac episodes. Medical reports confirm that she urgently needs continuous treatment and close monitoring, but the medications and medical services she depends on are unavailable💔🥹
🆘Today, we urgently need €660 to cover:
🩺 Necessary medical tests and examinations.
📺 An imaging scan required to assess her condition.
💊 Healthcare services and necessary treatment.
Every day of delay increases the risk of her condition worsening, and we cannot bear these costs alone🥹💔
🙏 If you are able to donate, you are giving Farah a chance at treatment. If you cannot, sharing this appeal might reach someone who can help us. Thank you to everyone standing with us and praying for Farah’s recovery🌹
Note: if you would prefer to pay via paypal, you can do so here.
✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #451 )✅️
Some families measure time in days; we, however, have come to measure it by our ability to secure the next step of our daughter’s treatment. There is nothing harder for any parent than watching their child in pain🙏🏻
🚨👩🏻🦼Happy Disability Pride Month! 🤍✨As we celebrate this special month, I am reaching out to your kind hearts as a mother. My beautiful little girl is a child with special needs—she is my ultimate source of pride and joy, fighting her battles every day with the sweetest smile.To help her get the medical care, therapies, and support she needs to thrive, we are raising funds.🌹🇵🇸🤍👩🏻🦼
I reached out to Wesal today because I hadn't heard from her in a couple of days, which doesn't happen often, and she brought me this alarming news. Farah is back in the hospital:
"Farah had to undergo an urgent procedure and remains in the hospital. Her condition deteriorated—her potassium levels dropped to 2.2—forcing us to keep her in the hospital to receive intravenous potassium."
These are extremely low levels of potassium, putting Farah at risk of cardiac arrest. Intravenous supplementation of potassium must be done slowly - going too fast also endangers one's heart. This means Farah has to stay at the hospital, which, for a child like her, is very distressing. It is distressing for Wesal too.
"I feel like I am the one who will collapse to the ground, dead. I simply don't have the energy left; I am not a superhuman robot—I am a human being with limited stamina. The strain of standing, the constant vigilance and caution, and the need to monitor the IV drip—watching it fall drop by drop because the flow rate cannot be increased without risking adverse effects on the heart—have all taken their toll."
This is the second time that Farah has been admitted to hospital in a very short time. It is very costly, but there is no other option. The potassium supplements that Farah should be receiving have been unavailable for months now. We must keep Farah alive so she can be evacuated by the WHO when the opportunity arises.
Please donate if you are able, and share this post! Farah needs us!
"I'm afraid things will get to the point where I can't even buy a banana or a chicken breast for my daughter, mother, or father. I cry and say, "Oh God, please let the humanitarians continue to support us and donate. I won't even be able to afford filtered water without them.""
Wesal and I are both grateful for every single donation and every single reblog. ❤️
tagging for reach, I'm sorry to bother you once again, but please share and ask your friends to share as well, thank you <3 (let me know if you don't want me to tag you anymore, apologies for any multiple tags)
Art and other rewards being offered for those who have proof of donation (such as a screenshot of receipt, probably with personal information blacked out) to the well-known vetting lists and a few other. I have collected an up-to-date list here. There is also links to other lists: for such as flowerpawarts's spreadsheet, you should make sure they accept the vetting list or are not just funding for a specific family
💬 4 🔁 112 ❤️ 40 · Archival link: Donation incentives for the big two lists and mentions of others · @/gazavetters vetted list
Vetted list
Please share/reblog, and maybe donate if you can. DM @/helponeandall if want to be removed @bed-buggier @airyes @punch-a-bunch
🩷There is a little girl waiting not for a gift... but for a chance at life. 💔From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who donated, shared, or prayed for my daughter. 🤍🫂🇵🇸
🙏🏻I am exhausted from the endless hospital visits. So far, we have only been able to raise $65 toward the cost of the essential medical tests, and we still need $590 to complete them.💔😭
😭🙏🏻 Please, help my little daughter… her condition is urgent, and donations are still very low.All I wish for is her recovery. Even a small donation can make a big difference. Please don’t wait—donate now and share our appeal. 🙏🏻🤍
⛔How much longer must my little girl remain under medical supervision in an intensive care bed?
Friends—you who have been our support during our darkest days—there is no room left for delay; my child has no more time to wait. She needs to cover the remaining cost of her medical tests—only $370 is left. I am grateful to anyone who donates or shares this; these could be the final moments in the precarious life of an innocent child.🙏🏻💔