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“there are many children in afghanistan, but little childhood.”
please consider donating/sharing this list of trusted organizations to help those in need. please add to the list as well.
women for afghan women
afghan aid
sanitary products for displaced afghan women
Other links:
(National and international aid + direct aid)
Islamic relief
Rescue
children without borders and watan project
With Afghanistan crumbling under Taliban territorial gains, all I'll say is that regardless about your thoughts about how the US-led two-decade-long campaign coming to a close, I do urge you to focus on the Afghans themselves.
Because you just know how the Taliban is gonna treat folks, especially women, who haven't toed the lines of their social conservatism. And we also know how they are gonna treat anyone who has worked with the West.
Honestly, for those already stuck in Tally-controlled lands... things are probably bleak. But there are many who, if lucky, are gonna be fleeing the country (especially coalition partners). That's in the short term; in the long term, there's likely to be a wave of refugees.
But I'm not here to "WhY iS nObOdy tALkINg aBOuT tHIs"
While it's easy to just be outraged or whatever, it is also possible to do something. Even if it's a little bit.
For those who manage to get out and settle over here, they will need help. Both in terms of resources and in being welcomed. For the latter, if you know of Aghans being settled in your community, it's always worth reaching out to local orgs.
For the former, there are lots of charities dealing with funding transport and resettlement of Special Immigrant Visa holders.
A very well-established one is No One Left Behind (as of Aug 13, all donations done within a hundred hours goes towards plane tickets for SIVs):
https://web.charityengine.net/Default.aspx?tsid=17640
Another charity is Keeping Our Promise, which focuses on helping Afghans who are settling in Rochester, NY. Attached to it was a GoFundMe that's now closed (it made twice the goal within a day, so the organizer wants to allow other cities to get funded) but is still a good reference by having links to both that charity and others.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/miltwitter-cares-resettlement-assistance
If you want something with a bit broader focus, or you have hangups about dealing with something related to the US military, I do recommend the International Rescue Coalition:
https://www.rescue.org/country/afghanistan
This is just the ones I scrounged in short order. I am open to any other good charities and organizations focused on Afghan refugees and settlement. Especially non-American ones. You can drop them in the comments or reblogs, and I'll make another masterlist.
And it goes without saying that if you are searching for a charity, you vet them with full scrutiny.
And also, if they are the type to listen to such appeals, it's always worth contacting your reps or media outlets to make noise about allowing more refugees into the US.
Not only would taking in the huddled masses be a drop in the bucket cost-wise compared to the billions upon billions the US and allied nations poured into the war, it's our responsibility after being there for two fucking decades and letting the people out of sight/mind for the majority of the citizenry.
I think part of the issue is people assuming that everyone MUST want to move upwards. Like... it's the next logical step for a person to want to move up the chain: from worker to manager, to district manager, eventually owner.
But I always think of growth like plants.
Aspens grow tall to reach the sun, for sure. But dandelions grow deep, understanding themselves fully so that if some misguided fool tries to uproot them they'd have to try damn hard. And then there's thyme and other creeping plants, which spread themselves out so much that if you chop a part of it off it roots wherever it can find dirt to root in.
It's okay not to have lofty dreams. You know what kind of plant you are better than anyone else.
to anyone out there who’s struggling with having no friends — wondering where you belong in this world, searching for a place to belong — you matter. you are so important. and you will find your people or maybe just a special person who feels like home. it may seem like your loneliness will last forever, but it won’t. it never does.
Kinda weird how you say you’re against fascism yet you shut down anyone just because they share a different opinion than you. You guys are exactly what you say you hate... FASCIST! How come I have never seen any member of antifa actually sit down with someone and have a civil debate? I’ve only ever seen them yell and throw tantrums. Doesn’t look good for you guys, yikes.
fascism in italy was not defeated by discourse.
Something I heard recently: if you insist on sheltering both lambs and wolves, you will get in the end only wolves. If you insist your safe space is safe for bigots as well as minorities you will have a space full of bigots- minorities will be driven out.
How is it that article from a while back phrased it: “Tolerance is not a moral precept it’s a peace treaty”
It’s not a paradox. Tolerance is an agreement and an exchange and if you break it you don’t get to be protected by it and you will suffer the consequences of breaking it. Period.
Tolerance cannot extend to intolerance and bigotry because they are antithetical to the entire framework of the exchange and exist to destroy the people and things that tolerance/acceptance is meant to build and protect.
So no. It is not hypocritical to be intolerant of your bigotry. I am simply enforcing the boundaries and consequences of breaking the social contract of treating people with compassion and humanity, if you broke the treaty, you don’t get to be protected by it, and enforcing consequences for breaking it is the only way to ensure that it continues to protect those it’s meant to and who contribute to it in good faith.
Fuck fascism. Fuck Fascists.
tr*mp is planning for his supporters to revolt yet again in dc on january 20th. link in the post source for evidence / more info about what has been said.
if you are a white gentile like me: now is the time for us to really be the best allies we can be. please warn any poc /Jewish folk that you can about this, especially if they’re in DC / going to be in that area on that day. check on any family or friends who are poc/Jewish and make sure they’re keeping safe and that they have what they need to do so.
we can’t underestimate this man or his supporters. please stay safe and boosts of this would be appreciated ❤️
an important addition
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Thank you for this!
I’ve seen it suggested there could be things going on between the 15th and the 22nd pretty much everywhere in the US and advice to avoid going out as much as possible until February to be on the safe side.
signal boosting!
This could be the most important post I’ve ever shared. Please Share it with anyone who is or might be going through this terrible disease.
https://twitter.com/ItsMa____/status/1345432772538724355?s=19
I’m actually really insecure. I feel like I’m always gonna fuck things up or people will lose interest in me cause I’m too clingy or too passionate or too much of some other trait that bothers them
URGENT: Dustin Higgs, an innocent black man on death row, is set to be executed January 15.
His official white house petition, started December 11, only has 4,060 signatures. These petitions are required to be governmentally acknowledged if they get 100,000 signatures in 30 days.
In short: we have 4 days until the petition closes and 8 days until he is killed.
Please, please, PLEASE reblog this and share with as many people as you possibly can.
NOTE: White House petitions require signature verification with a link sent via email
More links:
Save Dustin J. Higgs Website
Action Network Petition
Change.org petition
Twitter thread
why do rich people need more money? honestly, has anyone actually ever asked them? every interview with a muli-millionaire or billionaire is always the same bullshit ego stroking questions like“so whats the secret to success? how did you overcome the adversity of being born in to the upper middle class? did you always know you were better than everyone else?”
like enough is enough, the only questions they should be asked is real questions like “why do you need to horde money you and your family will never use? why are you wasting your only time on earth destroying it and causing suffering? when did you completely lose your empathy? when did you realize you are the embodiment of everything horrible and wrong with the world?”
Say it with me folks:
“Eat the rich” means 1%ers and billionaires
middle class is closer to poverty than being a multimillionaire
“The rich” does NOT include children of billionaires (come on we’re at least slightly better than the plagues of Egypt)
Upper middle class children SHOULD NOT feel guilt over having money
Being aware of privilege and using your privilege to help others IS NOT a guilt trip
Constantly feeling guilty helps no one
Billionaires, however, should feel guilty over hoarding wealth.
Upper middle class is NOT rich
Black Lives Matter
Trans rights are human rights
My uncle was one of the top surgeons in the country. He was upper middle class definitely. When he got cancer, his insurance didn’t cover all the treatments he would need and after 5 years he drained his savings on cancer treatments (while still working most of that time) and eventually died because he couldn’t afford the expensive treatments that might have saved him.
If you are upper middle class and you get sick, it will likely bankrupt your family. It’s fucked.
For all of the idiots in the notes ^
Honest to god - even if you make 6 figures a year? you're closer to poverty than true wealth. Check your shit and remember who your real allies and enemies are guys.
things i realized in therapy:
i am allowed to be angry with people when they hurt me, even if they are sensitive and cant cope well with being told they did something wrong. their sensitivity does not mean i have to bottle up my feelings & their lack of coping skills does not make me expressing my anger abusive.
shocking, i know. truly shocking.
police literally dragged disabled protestors out of the capitol when they were doing a sit-in for healthcare and teargassed + shot blm protestors marching for human rights but try to deescalate and take selfies w armed insurrectionists and people still want to act like the police don’t exist specifically to enforce oppressive systems
All women are forced to live under an arbitrary and unfair system which sorts us into the categories of “Fuckable” and “Worthless.” The solution to this is NOT to expand the definition of “Fuckable.”
“All women are beautiful” is a cute sentiment and all but it’s ultimately the wrong one. All women are valuable, all women are people, whether you can be generous enough to find unconventional beauty in their appearance or not.
#women were not put on this earth to be decorative (x)
as a general rule. if what we’re calling ‘cultural appropriation’ sounds like nazi ideology (i.e. ‘white people should only do white people things and black people should only do black people things’) with progressive language, we are performing a very very poor application of what ‘cultural appropriation’ means. this is troublingly popular in the blogosphere right now and i think we all need to be more critical of what it is we may be saying or implying, even unintentionally.
There is nothing wrong with everyone enjoying each other’s cultures so long as those cultures have been shared.
Eating Chinese food, watching Bollywood movies, going to see Cambodian dancers, or learning to speak Korean so you can watch every K drama in existence is totally fine. The invitation to participate in those things came from within those cultures. The Mexican family that owns the place where I get fajitas wants me to eat fajitas. Their whole business model kind of depends on it, actually.
If you see something from another culture you think you might want to participate in, but you don’t know if that would be disrespectful or appropriative, you can just…ask. Like. A Jewish friend explained what a mezuzah was to me, recently. (It’s the little scroll-thing near their front doors that they touch when they come into their house. It basically means “this is a Jewish household.”)
“Oh, cool,” I said. “Can I touch it? Or is it only for Jewish people?”
“You can touch it or you can not touch it,” she said. “I don’t care.”
“Cool, I’m gonna touch it, then.”
“Cool.”
It’s not hard.
You want to twerk, twerk. I’ve never heard a black person say they didn’t think anybody else should be allowed to twerk. Just that they want us to acknowledge that they invented that shit, not Miley fucking Cyrus.
It really boils down to three simple things:
Consent. Is the culture open to sharing this thing? (& don’t cheat by finding one person who consents while most of the culture disagrees.)
Context. If a culture is open to sharing a thing but it is a thing of great religious significance, take the time to learn what is a respectful way to treat the thing. Probably don’t use it as random decoration or sexualize it unless that’s what it’s for.
Credit. Give credit and if possible, buy from the original creators so the money goes where the credit should be.
This is really useful to me personally because I’ve definitely caught myself losing sight of what cultural appropriation actually is, and why it matters, so thank you, and everybody else pay attention too
