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Okay I was simply scrolling because Sri Lanka is fucking trending but as usual international media is exoticizing our struggles and focusing on the “people swimming in the president’s pool” instead of informing the world about why an entire fucking country (amidst an economic collapse) stormed to Colombo and asked the president to step down.

First things first. Know the context.

There is an economic crisis going on in Sri Lanka. We have declared bankruptcy.

I’ve already made a post about what this means for the country. This means high inflation. No electricity. Prices are sky rocketing.

No fuel. I repeat. No fuel. People are fucking dying in queues.

But even without fuel, people came to Colombo. People fucking walked to Colombo for miles and miles to join the protest.

There were attempts to stop the protest. We have the right for assembly. We have the right to freedom of expression. But no. The government stopped fuel dispense (as if we had fuel lol) to stop people. They imposed an unconstitutional “police curfew” to stop the protest. Why is no one talking about this shit??

But people still came. I don’t see the international media reporting about the effort and energy and passion that went into this.

We built a city. Do you fucking know that? We built a city called “GotaGoGama” (loosely translates to: Gota-Go-Home-Ville). We built a city months ago since the country collapsed.

Recap of May 09th when GotaGoGama was attacked by Mahinda Rajapaksha (then PM) and his goons.

I repeat. The protest on 09th July is not the first.

We’ve been asked the president to step down so more competent people can take over and do something to help us. This protest yesterday was not new. It’s not random. It’s an act of people giving up. The storming of the presidential palace is not anger. It’s taking back of power.

As for the swimming pools? And People making fun of the protestors for working out in the president’s gym, eating the food in his kitchen and swimming in his pool?

What about this?

For people making fun of the youth who are taking a dip at the swimming pool or playing the piano at the president’s house…For those are the condemning the ‘protestors’ who set the PM’s house on fire (we still have no visual proof this happened) - all I have to say is this:

THIS -

These leaders we asked to step down today (who still haven’t btw. No. Not yet. Nothing official yet), they are corrupt beyond compare. The president had “said” he “will” step down not he 13th. But we don’t know anything yet.

These are people who not only brought the country to economic collapse. But the Rajapaskhas are responsible for millions of lives that were lost during the civil war. These are people who have taken from my country until there is nothing more for us to give.

I’m really grateful that you are all finally “talking about us”. I’m glad the international media and the whole world is finally watching. But your view is narrow. It is is short sighted.

International media. People of the world.

Do better.

Do fucking better.

Because we, Sri Lankans, are doing our fucking best right now.

inthefallofasparrow

In the town where I grew up, there was a large statue in one of the parks, of a famous historical white colonizer. I'm not going to say who specifically, suffice it to say that it was someone who wasn't worth memorializing for their deeds. And as you can imagine, this statue was a frequent target of vandalism, with paint or toilet paper or eggs on multiple occasions. Now, the local council was generally pretty lax when it came to repairing potholes or other public damage in the town, but every time, 24 hours after this particular statue was hit, the same person would always appear in a Hi-Vis vest, hat, mask and sunglasses, carrying a bucket of water, and wash it clean. They would do it as quickly as possible, but always made sure the face and the name carved at the bottom were generously scrubbed. This only encouraged people to do it again, and so it became a vicious cycle.

Within a year, the statue had sustained so much damage that it was unrecognizable and the lettering unreadable, so eventually the council came and took it down. Also apparently, the person in the Hi-Vis vest didn't even work for the council. They were supposedly just some 'good samaritan' who cleaned it, often before the council even discovered it needed cleaning, so they just let them do it and ignored the problem. They didn't bother putting the statue up again.

Much later, we found out that the anonymous 'samaritan' had been deliberately washing the statue with a bucket of saltwater, which had dramatically corroded it, causing irreversible accumulative damage far worse than spray paint ever would have done. It's even theorized that they were also often the one spray-painting it, just so that they had an excuse to come back after a day to wash it.

theroguefeminist

i haven’t heard the word “cyberstalking” in a long time but it used to be a recognizably bad thing to stalk someone online, to try to dig up everything you can on them, follow their every move online, obsessively post about them, barrage them with messages, block evade, etc - but now it’s just normalized and seen as something totally “ok” to do if the person in question is “problematic” in some way - like the same people who say “if your partner does this run” will turn around and do the same thing to a stranger online they dont even know and they don’t even think twice - it’s abuse, it’s harassment… just stop it

bogleech

It’s also now expected and encouraged for all disagreement and criticism to be public, but that’s literally the scary hostile choice. That’s what can escalate into a shit storm out of both people’s control. I get called a creep now for sending disagreements to private message when that is literally the safer more respectful option and what you were always supposed to do. You save the callouts for the last resort when someone rejects any friendly resolution and is actually causing a problem.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

hey the “it’s ok this person is doing [weird but harmless behavior] bc they’re autistic” attitude isn’t actually helpful. The behavior itself needs to be destigmatized regardless of who’s doing it.

I’m autistic, and:

I sure as hell don’t feel like having to constantly whip out my Autism Membership Club Card™ to justify my atypical quirks to strangers. That’s private medical information, actually? No one should have to choose between being seen as autistic or as a jerk/weirdo.

I don’t enjoy being made self-conscious and having to wonder “if this weird thing I’m doing is wrong when allistic people do it, does that mean there is something inherently wrong with being autistic? is my ‘bad’ behavior excused bc I am already assumed to be a bad person, who can’t help being bad?” That’s ridiculous and I don’t need that energy.

And what about the many people who are undiagnosed? The many allistic people who have other mental health issues? Are they just weirdos until a medical doctor says otherwise?

What about neurotypical people whose behavior is non-standard for a thousand other reasons, medical and nonmedical? HoH people with unusual speech patterns? People from different cultural backgrounds? People who just have some random weird habits, because it’s actually normal to deviate from the norm in some way? At what point is someone no longer required to seek your permission to behave weirdly? Who qualifies and who doesn’t?

These are absurd situations.

There’s an easy solution: destigmatize weird but harmless behavior, period. People who speak, act, walk, or otherwise behave in a way you find unusual are still people (whose diagnoses are none of your business btw), and we deserve to exist in the world without you judging or punishing us. Choose your battles wisely, because I see a lot of you attacking people who are already walking wounded.

TLDR stop being a judgemental asshole and the world will be a slightly nicer place. mind your own business and let people be weird.

ko-fi

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

#my Autism Membership Club Card™ gets me reward points at grocery stores and movie theaters #which is weird because my autism specifically prevents me from watching movies in theaters #the grocery store thing is nice though

postplus-protest

POST PLUS IS COMING, WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT!

Despite the fancy survey, changes to the UI and TOS reveal we’re getting the service in the future whether we want it or not. Obviously, Post+ is a terrible idea that is trying to bank revenue on user content. Unlike patreon or onlyfans, tumblr’s primary focus is on FAN content. The legality of this is NOT in the users favor and as the new tumblr TOS states, said users will be entirely liable for whatever legal matters arise.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING?

Besides filling out the survey, it’s time to show tumblr we mean business and show our displeasure by hitting them where it hurts.

Ad revenue.

We’re proposing a 24 hour log off as phase one of this protest.

WHEN IS THE PROTEST?

AUGUST 6th, 2021 12 am Eastern Time (US) 5 am Greenwich Mean Time 6 am Central European Time 8 am Moscow Standard Time 1 pm Australian Western Time 2 pm Japan Standard Time 3:30 pm Australian Central Time 4 pm Australian Eastern Time AUGUST 5th, 2021 11 pm Mountain Time (US) 9 pm Pacific Time (US)

THE END TIME IS 24 HOURS FROM START TIME!!!

So no posting, no queues, no likes, and no reblogs!

WHAT IF I CAN’T/WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?

Like this post and share it AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE. Use the hashtags #tumblrlogoff2021 or #postplusprotest on ANY and ALL social media.

WILL THIS WORK?

Maybe, maybe not. It’s an attempt at doing SOMETHING.

goore-whore-deactivated20250316

@rat-on-fire your time has come my friend

livingthroughliteracy

@one-time-i-dreamt please spread this

kaijuno

I’m just super fucking bitter that once the flint water crisis got it’s 15 minutes of fame people stopped giving a shit. The water is still poisoned, people! Donations have plummeted and people have been forced back into drinking and bathing with the water! The medical effects of this are astounding, cases of legionnaires disease have skyrocketed, people are having seizures, people are having weird rashes break out over their body, people (including me!) are having their blood poisoned, and it’s not just lead! it’s coliform bacteria! it’s THMs! it’s all in the water and it gets into the bloodstream and breaks down blood vessels, causing bruising and petechiae and internal bleeding and no one gives a shit anymore and it’s only gotten worse like how many people are going to have to die until people realize this is still a problem

contemporary-petroleuse-deactiv

I would like to add that the people of Flint cannot sell their houses, because selling a house with leaded water is illegal. Additionally, households with children can’t stop paying for the water because living in a house without running water is cause for CPS to take their kids. Flint has been living this way for over two years.

The people of Flint are trapped by the legal system. And it is only the most high profile case out many cities with a similar problem.

Because the government has abandoned them, they are dependant on help from the outside. Donate here

neshatriumphs

https://www.instagram.com/p/COEluXKHRXo/?igshid=18sqz34fzhshs

the-local-meme

My name is Mari Copeny, I’m a 12 year old from Flint, Michigan. You may know me as Li… LuLu Brezzell needs your support for Little Miss Flin

Mari Copeny has taken the initiative to create a water filter. I’ve linked her GoFundMe that’s she using to raise money for it. She’s been able to raise $50k in donations but her next goal is $1 million

catboydaredevil-deactivated2023

Water is a basic human right, it says a lot about governments that fail to provide that. Especially for a so called ‘first world country’

allhailweegee

This is as of 4/26/21.

aarongoesburr

@one-time-i-dreamt signal boost?

one-time-i-dreamt

Water is a basic human right, water is a basic human right, water is a basic human right

phoukanamedpookie

Unpopular opinion: Azula doesn't need redemption.

Wait wait wait! It's not what you think.

A redemption arc implies that Azula is broken or corrupt, that she needs to be saved from her own inherent wretchedness. I don't think that's true of her. (Nor was it true of Zuko, I might add, which is why I don't like calling his growth a redemption arc.)

Azula is not missing some crucial component that needs to be fixed or replaced to make her fit to join the rest of humanity. The actions and attitudes she displays on the show are the predictable result of a child who grew up in an environment where:

love is conditional

love is finite

vulnerability is weakness

approval is based on performance

fear is control is loyalty is love

other horrific implications I'm not going to delve into right now

This is her normal. Virtually all her time and energy are dedicated to surviving in all this. She knows no other way.

What she lacks is not a moral compass. What she lacks are maturity and perspective. What she needs is space to breathe and think, time to live a little and figure things out without her father or some other authority figure holding her under his thumb (h/t @idreamtofmanderleyagain ).

"Oh, dear. You've been through so much recently. Hurt and betrayed. So twisted up inside. You're still full of love. Ah. But fear has moved in where trust should be." —Guru Pathik, "Appal's Lost Days"

"Well what choice do I have?! Trust is for fools. Fear is the only reliable way." —Azula, "Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno"

Azula's problem is not that she's a big ol' meanie who needs to stop being mean. Her problem is that she uses fear to control people because she doesn't trust them not to betray or abandon her. But in order for Azula to find the genuine love and affection she needs, she has to learn how to trust, how to open up, how to be vulnerable.

This is going to be very hard for her because she's been given ample reason not to trust anyone. Her mother is banished because she committed treason for Zuko. Iroh goes into exile from the Fire Nation for Zuko. Zuko betrays and leaves the Fire Nation then comes back to take the throne from her. Mai betrays her for Zuko. Ty Lee betrays her for Mai. Everyone she's close to abandons or betrays her, often specifically for Zuko. Everyone except Ozai.

I've come across a lot of fanfic where Azula gets imprisoned or institutionalized, locked away from the world "for her own good" or because she's a lethal threat to every person who comes near her. Personally, I don't think that the way she behaved during her Agni Kai with Zuko is how she would continue to act once it was over. I think she'd probably be deeply ashamed and embarrassed by how she lost control like that.

All that said, she can't learn that she can trust people in isolation from others. I also think that forcing her to interact with people connected to her trauma in an unequal power relationship would also be unhealthy for her. Her challenge is to break out of old habits of domination and control through learning how to trust, not replace one dominating and controlling figure with another who's just nicer about it.

Here's how I can see this working:

Disgraced, humiliated, and consumed with shame, Azula goes into exile (read: runs away from home) to answer a burning question: who is she supposed to be without the war?

Basically a wandering beggar, she quickly gets a reality check about what being on her own really entails. For a time, she has to rely on the kindness of strangers to survive. Learning, growth, adventure, and spirit shenanigans ensue.

daisylovesatla

VERY hot take, If you are not an abuse survivor, particularly emotional abuse, please stop making posts about how Azula doesn’t deserve redemption.

CW for abuse, trauma, etc.

You really have no idea what it is like to be abused and manipulated. And you’re sending a message to all the survivors around u that you think they are tainted by their trauma and will never be more than it.

Azula is a child. She is 14 years old. I am currently 19 and have been out of my abusive home for a little over a year and a half. The person I am today is somebody my sad, traumatized, manipulated and wounded, abused 14 y/o self could not even imagine I would become. And I have decades of healing left to do, and a LOT of mental health problems that have stemmed from my abuse.

When you make these arguments, you don’t necessarily realize that you are not holding compassion for the real abuse survivors in your life, the people who witness stories like Azula and, even if they’re not war machines, still see themselves in Azula to a certain extent (myself included). And yes, there is damage that Azula will never be able to fully heal, every abuse survivor has damage that’s never fully repaired. But at the very LEAST we (and Azula) deserve the chance to rise above the circumstances controlling and manipulative people put us in.

I know azula is just a fictional character, yes. But if y’all don’t understand what abuse and manipulation can do to a person’s brain, what gaslighting can do, what it’s like to act against your own will in order to protect yourself, you have no fucking place to make an argument. It’s disgusting to speak about her the way you are. And it makes me think y’all don’t have compassion for the people in your life recovering from traumatic situations that are similar to hers.

Yes she did bad things. I’m not denying that. But to implicate she doesn’t even deserve a chance to redeem herself, doesn’t even deserve a chance to rise above the shadow of her abusive father, to become her own, independent person, to form loving, healthy relationships with people who care about her and don’t want to use her, is an extra kind of fucked up. And if you have compassion and understanding for Zuko, who tried to kill the avatar on multiple occasions too, it makes me wonder why you don’t for Azula??

She deserves love. She deserves to be cared for. To be freed from the source of her trauma and pain. She deserves to be given compassion and understanding in the aftermath of a really awful childhood. She deserves all of that and more.

Every single abuse survivor does...even the ones who have been forced to do bad things in order to protect themself, who have been manipulated into doing bad things by terrible people. So when you say Azula doesn’t deserve redemption, to a survivor of emotional abuse, (amongst others, but that’s not what I’m talking about here), what it really sounds like is, you don’t think anyone who’s been abused deserves compassion if their actions under the thumb of their abuser doesn’t align with your morals, which is really fucked up when you think about that even for half a second.

So stop and think abt what you’re saying, and maybe don’t fucking say it. Yes I’m angry and yes this discourse is incredibly triggering but I have to say this shit bc. Please listen to abuse survivors when u talk abt abuse. Lmao.

Disclaimer: This is NOT to say that it would fit with canon, lol, to give her a redemption arc, that’s not the argument I’m having here, so don’t make it abt that.

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