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A call for support

Now that I have your attention, I am calling all my followers and anyone else who comes across this post to spare at least 10 euros to support Nader and his family in Gaza.

Match my donation of €10 and share proof if you want in the notes.

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€31,960 has been raised as of the time I post this, it's getting closer to the goal than before!

if sinners (2025) taught me anything, it's that it IS actually always about race.

you can be oppressed, and still promote and maintain the very same systems of oppression onto other marginalized people. being oppressed in one dimension doesn't allow you to be exempt from oppressing in other dimensions. the "villain" of the movie, remmick, being from the time period of the english colonization of ireland, all the while wanting to take a piece of sammie's own culture from him, use him for it. and this plot point coming after remmick witnesses the significance of sammie's playing within his culture, for his ancestors and how it would shape Black culture in the future.

even in today's society, ive noticed that people treat Black people like a commodity. our worth is only as much as other people decide it to be, and that's usually dependent on how much the oppressor can take from us. for example, the controversy of"internet slang" and how it is blatantly just AAVE with a bad disguise on

do you listen to Black musicians? do you watch Black movies? do you engage with Black creators? do you defend the racist tendencies you notice in your friends, in your family, or do you stay silent? do you listen when Black people tell you you've said or done something racist? do you actually care about not being racist, or do you just not want to look like you're racist?

i just think people have a very specific take on what racism is, and that if they're not committing KKK-levels of violence on people, then they're not racist. or if you've experienced oppression in one form, you cannot possibly be engaging with oppression in another form. but the ways in which we interact with other people and the world will always be through the lens of race, because that is simply what it means for oppression to be systemic, especially in the US and our current political climate

anyway 10/10 movie. highly recommend

i know i shouldnt be suprised but sinners being out for less than a week and already tumblr is fandomifying and 'poor wet pathetic cat'-ifying the main white man villain of the movie is so... disapointing??? like did the fucking point of the movie really go over your heads that badly or are you just willingly ignorant and stupid?

AND BEFORE ANYONE STARTS; im not saying you cant like remmick, he's a very interesting character, a great villain, and jack o'connell gave a great performance playing him, nor do i care if you think hes sexy, I think hes sexy

but i think to come out of a movie where vampires serve as a metaphor for how black american communities have the life sucked out of them by white people via cultural appropriation (remmick wanting to use sammie's gift to summon his own ancestors) and forced assimilation (all the turned vampires singing and dancing along with remmick's irish folk song and dance juxtaposed with the blend of cultures during sammie's song in the juke joint) and for your main take away to be 'aww the main villain is just a misunderstood sadboy' or 'idc abt the atrocities he looked sexy doing them (when the atrocities in question were racism)' then youre just being so disengenuous and antithetical to the whole point of the film?

and dont come at me with the 'let people enjoy things' bullshit, sinners is a movie FUNDAMENTALLY about racism and racial dynamics in the united states, and i do think focusing on your little y/n x [whiteboy of the month] fics and 'hes so babygirl' posts do actually stunt your own critical engagement with the message this movie was trying to convey to its audience

i think its also a disservice to remmick's character; the moral nuance that comes to light when you consider his position as an irish immigrant to the US, a victim of the colonialist british empire just like the black main cast (although in a very different way) and how, whilst his desire to reclaim his ancestry and heritage is understandable and even relatable, his pursuit of sammie and willingness to kill literally everyone else at the juke joint is allegorical for how, regardless of their own marginalisation, white people will prey upon and steal from black culture(s) and destroy/disenfranchise black communities to serve their own interests, and the movie is NOT subtle about this either, delta slim literally lays it out for us "white folks like the blues just fine, they just don't like the people who make them"

idk im yelling into the void here, the ppl im complaining about are never going to give a shit about racism or even just critically engaging with art when theres a new cute whiteboy to write fluff and angst about, but its just soooo annoying to see, yet again, how fandom spaces, which SHOULD be about uplifing and celebrating art in all its diversity and complexity, once again is nothing more than people ignoring anything that actually makes them have to confront reality and filing off the serial numbers to slot characters into pre-determined fanon molds so they can pump out incorrect quotes and coffee shop AUs en masse until the media iliterate heat death of the universe

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West with the Night by Beryl Markham Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus The Physiology of Taste by Brillat-Savarin The Portable Dorothy Parker A Narrative of Captivity and Restoration by Mary Rowlandson Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm Danny, The Champion of the World, by Roald Dahl, particularly Ch. 4+7 Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula LeGuin The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily by Dino Buzzati A Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata

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"A Child’s View from Gaza" was an art exhibition showcasing drawings created by the children of Gaza.

"The captioned illustrations were created by Palestinian children who lived through the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in 2008-09. The pictures were drawn as part of an effort to help children deal with the horrors they had experienced. A Bay Area nonprofit, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), arranged to display a collection of these pictures at the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland, California. However, under pressure from the Jewish Federation of the East Bay and other organizations, the museum backed out of the agreement at the last minute."

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I’ve been seeing a lot of anti-Nazi ones, which is great, but I felt like we needed one to show our support for the Jewish community.  

israel’s military and government has known for 300+ days that the bibas family was dead and used the faces of BABIES to promote and justify their genocide. how fucking morbid. i wish the family and friends of family a very safe healing journey

// well, I tried!

(based on this WIP)

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**An Appeal in the Name of Humanity**

My name is Ghada, I am 32 years old, and my life was always filled with dreams and ambitions that I worked hard to achieve. I began my educational journey by studying Public Relations and Advertising in 2013, then I sought to broaden my knowledge and specialized in Primary Education in 2016. As time passed, I realized that technology is the future, so I decided to study Information Technology, believing that knowledge is the strongest weapon to face the harshness and challenges of life.

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**Humanitarian Support Request: Ghada Nabil Al-Anqar** My… ghada alanqar needs your support for Rising from the Ashes: Ghada’s Journey o

• This was my home before the war destroyed it… the place where I felt safe and at peace 🤍.

I live with my father and my younger brother Khaled. Khaled completed his studies in Accounting and used to work with my father in his workshop. My father owned an aluminum manufacturing workshop, and despite the difficulties, our life was relatively stable.But the war left us with nothing

•This is what remains of the home that was once filled with memories and dreams 💔.

In a single moment, everything collapsed. We lost our home, which held all our moments, I lost my university, which was my refuge for achieving my dream, and we lost my father’s workshop, our only source of income. The war forced us to flee from northern Gaza, and we found ourselves in a school in the Al-Zawayda area, trying to adapt to a harsh reality we cannot escape.

• This is how dreams and aspirations are killed without mercy 💔.

This is my younger brother Khaled, who finished his university studies and dreamed of pursuing a master’s degree 💪. But his dream was shattered, just like everything else, when his university was destroyed 🏫💔.

• These are photos of where we live now… nothing resembles what we once had 💔.

•Constant suffering in obtaining the minimum requirements of daily life💔😢😓

Despite all this indescribable suffering, I have not lost hope. I know I must start over, but I cannot do it alone. I want to help my family build a new life and revive the dreams we did not allow the war to erase.❤️

To achieve this, I need your support. I dream of launching a fundraising campaign to help me travel, continue my education, and build a better future for myself and my family 🤍💪.

I believe that life is built with love and hope, and despite all the pain and losses we endure, a person can rise again if they find someone who stands by them and believes in them. My story is not just a story of war and displacement; it is a story of strong will and defying circumstances. I have not given up on my dreams, and I need your help to achieve them.

Your support through donations will be crucial in saving my family from the brink of poverty and death. Every euro you contribute can make a difference in our lives and restore hope to us.

Please, help me save my family, even with the smallest contribution

💔🥺🙏😢💔

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currently at €1,431/20,000.

only €569 till €2,000.

Please help me and my family get there. 🙏🙏

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