Oh This Hit All My Red Flags, I've Torn Down 3 Already Just Walking Malaya To The Park

im not going to be on tumblr tomorrow (still might check dms), for my own safety and wellbeing. but before i log off, i want to say a couple things

9/11 was a tragedy. everyone knows and sees that. just because i am muslim does not mean that i am going to justify 9/11. whatever bin laden’s motivation was, he did a disgusting thing and killed thousands of innocent people

just because 9/11 was an attack by someone who calls themselves muslims doesnt make all muslims terrorists. i cannot believe this is a sentence i have to type, but here i am. muslims - true muslims - do not condone violence. against anyone. i can go into all the details and the what-ifs and everything, but i dont have the energy for that. just know that violence is strictly frowned upon (note: this does not include self-defense. if somebody is attacking you and you are unable to get away, then fight back. again, there’s no debate on that).

check up on any muslims you know. your friends, neighbours, coworkers, acquaintances, even people you don’t like all that much. we are incredibly stressed out, especially if we live in a western country. just a quick text to see if they’re okay tomorrow will mean a lot

do not think that because you don’t live in america, you’re exempt from this. any western country has this problem, even if you live in a relatively okay area. i do. my friend (who lives in the same area as me) went to walmart and had a hijab on. she was nearly run over (intentionally, the guy was glaring at her and her mother the entire time) while trying to get to the store. she only realized when she got home that it was 9/11. i live in a safe area of canada. this should not be happening. but it is.

if you are in any way, shape, or form, islamophobic, get the hell off my blog

PSA

You know what bothers me the most about how little coverage the Australian fires are getting?

I could mention that 18 people are now dead, several are missing and over 1000 homes are lost. All at the start of a new year. +3 million hectares of land is gone. People feel a little bit of empathy, maybe they'll reblog this or give it a like, but they'll give it no second thought.

But if I were to make a post just solely about the fact that 500 million animals have been killed in these fires, including 30% of all koalas meaning they're close to being functionally extinct, people would share the fuck out of it. They would start GoFundMe pages, they would guilt people into reblogging shit with the classic, "if you don't reblog this you don't have a heart." You know that trope yeah?

You all fucking shoved posts about the Amazon fires down our throats. "Oh but they were deliberately lit on Native land." You don't think we understand that? Do you know that is exactly what's happened here? As a woman of Aboriginal descent, do you get how upsetting it is for me to watch my country burn? To watch my friends houses burn to the grown whilst they're left to flee to the beach in hope's of not being burnt? Do you know how upsetting it is to think that the house that I grew up in probably won't be standing in a couple days? All because the RFS are not allowed to backburn because of politics. Politics who don't understand a single fuck about anything that is happening.

Every night I have to try my hardest not to break down in front of my family because I am so upset and so angry about this whole situation. Men and women are out there fighting this fire, missing out on time with their family, time at work meaning they can't afford to feed their family either, they miss out on holidays too.

My brother was sent on a strike team up to Sydney for Christmas. He almost didn't make it back for New Years, even when he got home, he was so tired to go out so him and I stayed at home and played the PS4. And what makes me angry is that some families out there don't see their brothers come home, their sons, their fathers, their sisters, mothers, daughters.

Because people are dying.

And no one other than Australians give a single fuck!

Canberra currently ranks at number 8 for worst air quality in the world right now. The elderly in nursing homes are being evacuated and have nowhere to go. People were jumping in lakes, were swimming out into the ocean to get away from the fire as it started to burn the beach.

And what does our Prime Minister do?

He arrives at fire impacted towns, in a nice and expensive 100k BMW, to give his thoughts and prayers. Not aid, not water and food, not money. But thoughts and prayers.

"I'm sure he's just tired."

"No, no. He lost a house."

"Oh."

How more insensitive can the fucker get? This isn't a Prime Minister. This is a disgrace. May I also mention we are in our worst drought yet but "we" just sold 409 million dollars worth of drinking water overseas.

I am begging all of you by this point. Please, help out our victims of fire and drought. Donate to whatever causes you can, search the internet, I'm sure there are plenty out there. Donate packs of water, toiletries, food that doesn't spoil, socks, sleeping bags, anything.

Every small gesture you do makes a big impact on somebody who lost everything.

i’m not sure why, but i haven’t seen lots of info circulating about the current california wildfires, so i guess i’ll post it. 

last week, california experienced a massive heat wave with temperatures ranging from 90-106 degrees F.   during this heat, a thunder storm struck, creating 600 wildfires due to the mixing of lightning strikes with dry weather.  600,000 acres have burnt, 64,000 people have been asked to evacuate, and 5 people have died. atop of covid precautions, california is now experiencing massive drops in air quality, causing most northern california cities to experience unhealthy air quality. on saturday, august 22, the wildfires were declared a national emergency.  and, there is another thunder storm forecasted to hit the bay area in the morning of sunday, august 23. 

please help, if you can, by donating to the places below:

california fire foundation (goes to firefighters & their families) 

center for disaster philanthropy wildfires recovery fund (goes to victims) 

community foundation santa cruz county (goes to victims) 

globalgiving — california wildfire (goes to firefighters & supplying food and medicine to victims) 

gofundme california wildfire relief fund (goes to victims) 

monterey county community resilience program (goes to victims, specifically of the river fire) 

napa valley community foundation’s 2020 napa county wildfire fund (goes to victims) 

united way of northern california (goes to victims) 

the red cross and salvation army are also accepting donations, but, as they both have a messy history regarding donation (mis)use, i’d HIGHLY SUGGEST donating to the above instead.  

here are resources to stay updated on the fires: 

calfire map (shows you affected areas & containment percentage) 

calfire incident updates (sign up for text message updates) 

information lines 

lnu lightning complex (including hennessey fire, aetna fire, walbridge fire, meyers fire and round fire) call (707) 967-4207

scu lightning complex (including dear zone fires, caleveras zone fires, and canyon zone fires) call (916) 618-3195 or (669) 247-7431

jones fire call (833) 342-5211

butte/tehama/glenn lightning complex call (530) 538-7826

even if you can’t donate, please boost this to make people more aware of what is going on and potentially make this show up on the dashboard of someone who can contribute.  and consider checking in on anyone you know who lives in california to see if they’re safe.  

This is why it’s important to SAY HER NAME OUTLOUD!!! Black women are dying and deserve justice too.

HER NAME IS BREONNA TAYLOR AND SHE WAS MURDERED!!! LETS GET INTO IT!!!

rb to make a trans person feel loved 💕

hey!

gay rights

Does anyone else not know how to respond when someone texts thank you. I was texting someone and I wished them luck and they said thank you. I didn’t know how to continue the conversation from there.

Please reblog, this is so important.

Dark haired people who are good with weapons are way too attractive😂😍

You're on your own, kid is so Simon-coded

From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes

I waited ages to see you live

I searched the party of better bodies (parties full of rich ppl he'll never be like)

Just to learn that you never cared(how it could've felt when Wilhelm denied them)

The jokes weren't funny( he has to deal with ppls treatment of him, he can't afford to get in trouble), I took the money(selling to august)

My friends from home don't know what to say(when he punches august and his friends are disappointed/after Wilhelm denies him)

I looked around in a blood-soaked gown

And I saw something they can't take away

'Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned(what's gonna happen with Sara, could be argued what happened with wille)

Take the moment and taste it(whole relationship with Wilhelm)

Everything you lose is a step you take(then end he loses Wilhelm but he stands up for himself and something is on his terms)

So make the friendship bracelets

You're on your own, kid(alone in a school of ppl who don't like him, who've seen his sex tape, he has Sara but she knew about august and didn't tell him)

You've got no reason to be afraid

Yeah, you can face this

You're on your own, kid

You always have been