Not to get dark or anything, but 9/11 is coming up in the USA
Or, let me rephrase that: an annual day where Muslims in the USA are scared to leave their homes. If you have Muslim friends or neighbors - watch their backs. Check up on them. Without fail, every year, there’s always an attack. Every year someone I know or someone I know by extension becomes a victim.
One year I had to go pick up my roommate from the library because she was too scared to leave. Some grown ass men had followed her there throwing rocks and yelling threats.
Another year I got a knife threat slipped into my mailbox.
Another year someone shot up the side of our mosque while we prayed for peace inside.
Check up on your neighbors and call out racist and islamophobic behavior where you see it. This year, with all the unrest and elections coming up, it’s bound to be bad and everyone I know is already on edge and taking precautions.
Stay vigilant and stay woke ✌️
just a friendly reminder that this type of rhetoric is misleading, (in my opinion, slightly antisemitic) and not the way to go about fighting religious homophobes.
religious jews still follow these laws. we dont wear clothes that have a blend of wool & linen (laws of shatnez). fresh produce in israel follows all of the agricultural laws outlined in the torah. as for some of the other laws i always see referenced: we don’t eat shellfish or pork or anything prohibited by the torah. clean-shaven men will only ever use electric razors never blades. we don’t work on the sabbath, we observe the sanctioned holy days, we believe in, love and fear God and obey God’s commandments.
personally, i find the rhetoric harmful and insulting for three reasons. one, it only works on the (very christian) premise that the torah is outdated, and that ~nobody in their right mind~ would follow those laws anymore. two, it tends to ignore the fact that lgbtq+ orthodox jews exist and have to live through the struggle of being lgbtq+ and observant, despite community backlash, severe judgement and institutionalised homophobia. and three, it gives homophobia-masked-as-religious-observance some sort of legitimacy because yeah, the rest of those laws are kept in varying degrees by millions of people.
don’t fight homophobes by saying ‘look at all of these other ridiculous laws’ – those laws matter to a lot of people, including me, a jewish lesbian. instead, say ‘do not stand idly by your fellow’s blood (leviticus 19:16)’, ‘whoever humiliates another in public forfeits their place in the World to Come (avot 3:11), ‘one shall not say to a person words that hurt them or cause them pain against which they cannot stand (sefer hachinuch, mitzvah 338)’, ‘do not do to others that which you would not wish them to do to you. this is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary (gemara shabbat 31a)’, and what is perhaps one of my favorite verses in tanach, ‘to what is good and just is more preferable to God than sacrifice (proverbs 21:3)’.
oh, and here’s a good starting point for educating your religious friends and family members.
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.
do you ever read a piece of fanfic that is just so fucking spectacular that makes you actually feel things?
boy, i swear to god, i’m so goddamn grateful for every single one of you writers, yall literally giving us entertainment for free almost every goddamn week; and this is not only for those gracious magnificent bastards that are practically gods because they’ve perfected (and keep developing) their craft, this is also to that little (and equally amazing) writer that is just starting and might not be the best at it, you my friend keep writing because practice makes perfect, don’t stop writing if that’s what makes you happy. i just want all of yall to know that i appreciate you so goddamn much and yall the fucking best
to every fanfic writer out there: i love you, u crazy motherfucker
just so you guys know telling mlm to ‘get well soon’ because they like men is not actually woke or funny and is, in fact, actually, just homophobia
pride month starts tomorrow, but don’t let that distract from continuing to protest and donate in support of black lives matter. here are some black lgbt funds to donate to if you are able:
center for black equity
homeless black trans woman fund
miss major’s monthly fundraising circle
pay black trans women
marsha p johnson institute
google doc full of organizations and funds
also, i know many pride events have been cancelled due to covid-19, but if you are going in public to protest or to another event, please be careful and wear a mask. covid is still going on through all this
Hey guys, I found this tweet from yesterday (June 3) and decided to post as an alert. They might decide to do it again in NYC and other places, so please, take care.
@SaraSoueidan: Dear men, This is how you greet a veiled Muslim woman (a Hijabi). Hand on your chest, not offering to shake hers. 🙋
so prominent BLM activist deray mckesson just retweeted this which i think is super cool for various reasons :)))
alrighty folks, this is probably very overdue, but i’m finally making a masterlist of my au’s in chronological order according to the plot in the universe. those of you who have been keeping up with these for a while know there is a combination of bulleted format fics and standard format fics that are mixed up. so, let’s start from the top.
some visuals + thoughts about all three bb! au’s
bad boy david + normal matteo - bb!david art
original concept post
bb!david before uni
david meets matteo - ao3
matteo’s pov - ao3
david being ignored - ao3
sweet davd - ao3
flirty david
bb!david and matteo’s mi - ao3
matteo’s mi pt. 2
secret relationship - ao3
fixing matteo up
jonas looks on
jonas & david dynamic - ao3
more than a good lay - ao3
jealous david hc’s
jealous david - ao3
caught off guard kiss - ao3
someone criticizing their relationship
clothes sharing hc’s - ao3
possessive david
possessive david pt. 2
meeting laura
spray paint
sweet david pt. 2
david gets into an almost fight
sick bad boy david
meeting mama florenzi
sick matteo
an ao3 fic
these are about bad boy david’s appearance: one , two , three , four
david’s relationships / with the squad without a plot really: one , two , three
and here is a little hc list about date nights
bad boy david & bad boy matteo
the start of bad boy matteo
matteo before he meets david
bb!matteo and bb!david meet
what have you heard about me
getting together
jealous david
matteo trying to not be clingy
david’s pov on clingy matteo
soft boyfriends
some ~thots~
temporary solution
why didn’t you fight back
bb!matteo’s appearance
matteo has a panic attack
matteo opening up about his mi
matteo gets into a fight
a couple of interruptions
bad boy matteo + hot jock david
the start of bad boy matteo
bb!matteo meets hj!david
david’s pov
getting together
bring with the boy that hangs the moon
opposites attract
quiet and insecure matteo
david tries to make it better
david being sweet
bb!matteo’s appearance
skate boarding matteo
some more ~thots~
hot jock david
jealous matteo
dance with me
clothes sharing
football game
matteo gets in a fight
fight pt. 2
fight pt. 3
daddy dearest
draw you all the time
jealous david
jealous david pt. 2
i love you’s
thirsty david
thirsty david pt. 2
david’s film
david gets into a fight
future fics
babysitting
matilda’s first day - ao3
hide and seek
matteo’s vacation with the twins
date nights - ao3
weekend to themselves
david comes home after a month - ao3
oh holy night [ao3 only]
show me your dick - ao3
smyd pt. 2
desperate david
enemies to lovers au
part one
matteo’s pov
morning after
date night?
just a misunderstanding
good morning
jealous david
filthy rich david
meeting
taking him home
meeting ok.cool.
buying a suit
hot jock david + cheerleader matteo
away game
the cheerleader and the qb
david’s pov
getting together
hockey player david + ice skater matteo
penetrator david
you, me, and the internet (youtuber au) [ao3]
mostly dead is slightly alive (princess birde au) [ao3]
if you’re still looking for something, like any canon compliant stuff, you can always check out my navigation page or just go to all of my fics
updated 4/10/20
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