Corpse Flower

bangladeshi. aromantic, fictosexual, bisexual and genderless. pronouns (in english) are they/them. i have no DNI, but what i do have is a block button. stop putting TMA/TME in your bios that shit's intersexist

[nsk96]

Art Help

I redid this list because broken links 💀

General Tips

Stretch your fingers and hands

Art is for fun

Never too late to start/improve

Using a tablet

Editing software: pictures & video

Moodboard resources

Comic pacing

Watercolor

Coloring

Color Theory (not children's hospital)

Gold

Dark Skin undertones

Dark Skin in pastel art

POC Blush tones

Eyes colors

Human Anatomy

POSE REFERENCES

Wizard Battle poses

Shoulders

Tips for practicing anatomy

Proportional Limbs

Skeletons

Hair Directions

Afro, 4C hair

Clothing

Long skirts

Traditional Chinese Hanfu (clothing reference)

CLOTHING REFERENCE

Sewing information

Animals

Horse -> Dragon

Snouts: dogs, cats, wolves, fox

Foot, paw, hoof

More

Drawing references sources

Art tutorial Masterlist

Another art tutorial Masterlist

Inspiration: father recreates son's art

Inspiration: Lights

ART BOOKS

Plants/flowers: North America, Hawaii, Patagonia

[phorusrhacidae-lesbian]

one of the weirder parts of this phenomena of white converts to judaism suddenly claiming they are somehow no longer white and are now indigenous to the levant is that half the people on this website doing that aren't even converts yet. some of them are conversion students yes, but several openly have too much anxiety to even talk to a rabbi about even starting the process. and gotta say its pretty disturbing seeing people looking to convert explicitly to do this and even moreso that its encouraged to the point of having a whole ecosystem for it on here

[valkyries-things]

ALAA SALAH // ACTIVIST

“She is a Sudanese activist, who became known for a photograph of her standing on a car leading chants by a crowd of protestors went viral in April 2019 during the Sudanese Revolution. She was a 22 year old student of engineering and architecture at the time. Salah's white robe, a traditional Sudanese thoub, resembles the dress of female Sudanese protesters against previous dictatorships, as well as that of student protesters who were referred to as "Kandake" after ancient Nubian queens. Salah co-wrote the book The song of revolt - The Sudanese uprising told by its icon with Martin Roux, providing her personal account of the Sudanese revolution. As a member of MANSAM, one of the main Sudanese women's networks that signed the 1 January 2019 Forces of Freedom and Change declaration, Salah was later invited to give a speech at the 29 October 2019 meeting of the United Nations Security Council. In her speech, she insisting on equal representation of women in the Sudanese transitionary institutions.”

[mahrahpalestine]

30 days of continuous and permanent closure of the crossings in all directions, 30 days without a single morsel of food entering Gaza, 30 days of famine and the return of genocide

Please, if you can't donate and help us, speak up. At least your voice might be heard. Donate from here if you can.

[fellahimedia]

Racists act like it's impossible to verify any news coming out of gaza as if there are not international doctors and aid workers present that can confirm the gazan voices on the ground. These doctors come to universities like mine and show the images they took and people have cried during those presentations. There are gazan children in america seeking treatment because theyve lost their limbs including two in my city but israel is "not targeting children" they say. They also act like gazans never had access to social media like instagram twitter and whatsapp. But when the Intercept fact checks a NYTs article claiming hamas weaponized sexual violence titled "screams without words" and found the author cited no solid evidence of broad gendered violence in the aftermath of October 7th then it's "cruel and evil" when the intercept was just studying the journalists sources. But when palestinian men and women testify after being released from sde teiman that israeli soldiers inserted devices into their rectum well that can't be trusted and that won't make news. Incredible

[fellahimedia]

Israelis who have never talked to palestinians in the west bank and gaza and have never been to the home of palestinians and lived their conditions of life: so SICK of these Westoids 🙄 telling me what is happening in MY country. It's not what it seems these people are lying to you. Our government is not perfect but idk why you focus on us so much it's not like there are palestinians who agree with any of you

Palestinians living in Palestine or have lived in Palestine: so this is my village that's being attacked by settlers. Our water access has been nearly cut off and the israeli army continues to conduct raids as a form of collective punishment. America helps fund the army, the settlements and generally our displacement so we would be grateful if Americans would start to protest their governments investment in our displacement.

[fellahimedia]

Like one thing that makes my blood boil is finding racist israelis who are in positions where palestinians have to interact with them. Like how shitty is life that the assistance you can get as palestinian who was arrested by the iof is from a racist israeli. like how do you say "brainwashed minors" and feel that its okay to talk about clients like that especially knowing the abuse palestinian minors face in detention like interrogations and physical abuse. This person reminds me of racist white people in dei offices like it's such a joke

And also she claims this is her job and then say "my arabic speaking coworkers mostly do it" then don't claim it lol???

[fairuzfan]

What kills me is that if they were to talk about their clients like this in the US they would get reprimanded and or fired this is so base level racism it's ridiculous

[boobieteriat]

Does anyone have proof that Tuck & Yang of "Decolonization is not a metaphor" fame are lib zionists? Not that I don't believe the claims cos lettuce be cereal, any American academics who don't speak up for Gaza at this rate are lib Zionists at this point!!

But I am just wondering if they said something about it

[boobieteriat]

This is enough for me to hate them tbh

[boobieteriat]

Wow she sucks a lot

[sivavakkiyar]

This is a lot like the Zak Cope thing I brought up before, in that on the one hand it makes sense that not many people brought this up as it was happening—I doubt most people who cite that article like keep up with them in particular, or saw it as much beyond a simple injunction against academic utilization of de colonial language—but just like him it was ‘the Left’s response’ to Oct 7th that triggered this about face (which is kind of generous, calling it that)

[aelwydyddsrevenge]

What is the Zak Cope thing? I've been out of the loop on him since the RAIM days (around the time the 2nd edition of DWDC came out)

[cathkaesque]

Zak Cope did a complete 180 on his politics after October 7th, disavowed all his previous research and declared that capitalist globalisation is a good thing that reduces poverty

Geopolitics and Anti-Capitalism

This chapter discusses the flaws in the anti-capitalist perspective and examines its geopolitical ramifications. It begins by discussing the

[communistkenobi]

This is a sidebar to your question but there was also a fairly famous critical response to Tuck & Yang on the anti-Black formulation of their conception of decolonisation by Garba & Sorentino (archive.org link) (I know there were other responses too but I’m not familiar with those). Which is just to say that even prior to Oct 7th their decolonial scholarship had theoretical problems, and even aside from that academics are cowards generally (especially the ‘progressive’ ones lol) so it’s not at all surprising that big name critical scholars turn out to be zionists

[esamadnan94]

I have an allergy that the doctors said could be chronic if not treated as soon as possible. They told me that it needs to be treated by injection or it will spread to the rest of the body but it costs 300 dollars I really need your help before the virus spreads to the whole body

https://gofund.me/fc848a56

[esamadnan94]

Allergy began to spread in my body. Please, I need your help urgently. I need to buy medicines to kill this virus before you are chronic. Please help me

[sylvianritual-deactivated202605]

Something that feels the most frustrating when trying to spread fundraisers on here is that posts will get thousands of notes, get daily interactions, but the campaign in question only gets one or two donations a week. I know it's been said before, but I really need you to remember that notes are not any sort of concrete representation of support. Please take a few moments out of your day to actually click the links to campaigns you see, and truly consider if you're able to donate. If every person who saw a donation post donated just one dollar, these campaigns would have met their goals months ago. We have a responsibility to each other. Palestinians need concrete, material support. Please do your part.

You can start with my friend Dina. I've been helping her fundraise for months and lately she's been getting two, one donation a week. She has two very young children, who need milk and diapers and food. If you're able please help her and her children.

Donate to Help me save my children from death in the Gaza war, organized by I PB

Hello, I am Dina, I am 25 years old, I have two children, I gave birth to my … I PB needs your support for Help me save my children from dea

Dina's gotten one donation in the last two weeks. Do your part to change that.

[sylvianritual-deactivated202605]

$20,229

There have been 3 donations in as many days - please continue offering Dina your support. This campaign is her hope and her lifeline, its the only way they have to eat, keep adequate shelter, buy medicine and clothing and other needs.

[feluka]

Not that it's anything new, but the "voluntary" in "voluntary migration" really drives home the utter shamelessness of the occupation.

They destroy Gazan homes, hospitals, schools, roads, universities, infrastructure, cut off their water and electricity, then when they have no choice but to escape the hell that was created for them, claim they "voluntarily" chose to leave their land behind and have no right to return.

When Nakba deniers claim that Palestinians "chose" to leave their land, remember this.

[feluka]

Amal's baby daughter, Mariam, has known no childhood outside of surviving this genocide. She will soon be of age to attend school. Last we spoke, she had a very close call during the most recent bombardment. If she wants to give her daughter a chance at normalcy, security, education, and a decent childhood, but those options have been taken away from Gaza, is this voluntary migration?

Mahmoud wants to continue his education. He has been able to scrape by through remote learning online, but every day it becomes harder to even find reliable internet access. Last we spoke, he was trying to pay his fees in time, so that he would be allowed to enroll in this semester. If he wants to pursue his degree, but the conditions in Gaza have made that impossible, is this voluntary migration?

Dr. Anas is a cancer patient. His physical and mental health have been obliterated by this genocide. Last we spoke, he told me that after making some recovery during the ceasefire, he's now back to square one. If he wants to live, to continue his job as a doctor, and to recover from depression, which is impossible to do during bombardment, is this voluntary migration?

Samir is severely injured, and in immediate danger of losing his leg. Last we spoke, his sister told me that the bombardment in their area are more intense than they've ever been. If Samir wants to undergo surgery to save his leg, but there are no such options in Gaza, is this voluntary migration?

Please don't abandon them like our administrations have. They shouldn't have to rely on our generosity, but they must.

Donate: Amal, Mahmoud, Anas, Samir

Vetting: Amal (#175), Mahmoud, Anas, Samir (#428)

[sizhens-deactivated20250415]

[anonymized bcz my therapist said I need to stop dunking on people on the internet and there's nothing I embrace more if not the concept of technicalities]

Look i get that this was a setup for a funny ha-ha Paris Bad joke but how can you say "mostly untamed wilderness" about the "pre-colonized Hokkaido" which you DESCRIBE as "pre-colonized" without an OUNCE of self awareness?? How can you say this and NOT understand the explicit pro-colonial propaganda you're rendering for the Japanese against the Ainu???? You're really doing Terra Nullius for THE COLONIZATION OF HOKKAIDO??? you people are fucking SHAMELESS!!!!!

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[sizhens-deactivated20250415]

This kind of rhetoric is trotted out for settler-colonial project after settler-colonial project, btw. "A land without a people, for a people without a land" was famously used by (although not originally coined by) Zionists as a snappy slogan for the settlement and colonization of Palestine. The JNF loved to use the phrase "Make The Desert Bloom" for its Tzedakah drives, infamously embodied in these little blue boxes passed around among Jewish schoolchildren:

Zionists also loved to use the phrase "The Villa in the Jungle" as a racist description of the Zionist Entity's (The "Villa") relationship with the surrounding area ("The Jungle"). These kinds of rhetoric have a violent colonial history!!!!

[talasem]

Foreigners associating any arabic songs with islam is always funny to me, it's such a strange thing in general, imagine if we did that with other religions

[satellaalien]

I was just listening to taylor swift and it made me feel like such good christian I am not even american or a christian but shake it off puts the spirit of christ in my body

[el-shab-hussein]

Mutual Aid initiatives to donate to:

Ghazzah:

Dahnoun Aid

Sameer Project

Mona's mutual aid project (X)

MECA

Sudan:

Sudan Solidarity Collective

Khartoum Aid Kitchen

Period Care in Sudan

Al Abbasiya community kitchen (Al-Abbasiya / Umdurman based)

Basmat Wasl (Khartoum-based)

[comrademango]

Please help Hazem in his recovery

Hazem @albardawillhazem95 lost his entire family during the genocidal war, including his wife and children. He is currently alone, with only few of his neighbors able to survive.

A GFM was created last year but the campaign organizer did not give him the 14k raised from there and so Hazem had to start all over. The new campaign has already been verified by Hussein (el-shab-hussein) and is moving very slowly.

This is Hazem in his tiny dwelling, with what little he has left of his family, as his house was also destroyed during the settler state's bombardment of his area. Please support Hazem. Isolation is already very difficult to deal with in so-called normal circumstances and Hazem has to do this while facing ordeals most of us cannot even imagine, especially with the renewed war.

GFM here

tagging for reach, thank you!

@boobieteriat @feralparsnip @murderbot @butchmagicalboi @c-u-c-koo-4-40k

@rhubarbspring @riotbard @acehimbo @guldaastan @colombogramme

@a-shade-of-blue @komsomolka @communist-ojou-sama @disinfobot @karlmarxmaybe

@gabajoofs @afc-agitprop @youholdthewater @dirhwangdaseul @rhythmlessgay

@shrinkthisviolet @mistress--kanzaki @batricity @dykesbat @thegreatdemonzhuyan

@is-there-a-filipino-legend-yet @bukesstuff @autisticmudkip @anissapierce @seasonofprophecy

@virovac @trans-lunarinjection @fleshdyk3 @meshugenist @drunkestwizard

@vilecrocodile @lordzannis @rebecca-levin-art @teethburied @mangocheesecakes

[fairuzfan]

Campaign for Palestinian Poet and Songwriter Yaser Hamad

Hello All,

My friend @mariampoetry wanted to host a donation campaign for Yaser Hamad!

Yaser is a Rafah native and a prolific poet, writing songs for big name Palestinians singers like Muhammad Assaf (who sang the iconic song, "Dammi Falastini")! Here's a song he wrote for Assaf called "Ya Banat Bladna," which praises the girls and women of Palestine and their steadfastness.

Yaser's fiance was killed early on in the genocide and now he lives in a tent with his two daughters. Within the coming week by Sunday April 6th, we hope to raise $1000 USD to send to Yaser's family.

For those who are not aware, Mariam, the organizer, is a dear friend of mine in real life and a renowned Palestinian poet herself. She has been doing these donation campaigns to raise money for various friends of hers in Gaza, focusing on highlighting artists and their amazing talent. She has successfully sent money to multiple Palestinian artists through these campaign drives and hopes that everyone would be willing to help out with another campaign.

Please do donate if you can, or even just spread the word!

(P*yp*l: @ miriampoet)

Go to paypal.me/miriampoet and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

[sizhens-deactivated20250415]

If you've been following our poetry writing at all, or if you've been interested and intrigued by our recent discussions on Plurality, I encourage you to preorder a copy of our FIRST FULL LENGTH BOOK OF POETRY, which launches TODAY FOR PREORDERS

STILL MY FATHER'S SON is, at its core, a book about our journey through plurality.

In the words of acclaimed poet Camellia-Berry Grass:

"Poetry heads, what Nora Hikari pulls off in Still My Father's Son on a craft level with respect to plurality is worth the preorder alone imo"

This book is the culmination of five years of work and the support of dozens of individuals and systems!! We are SO BEYOND PROUD to be able to share this book with you all and we hope you are able to connect with it!!!

[sizhens-deactivated20250415]

I can now definitively offer my own review of my book:

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