I think the hardest part of the political climate right now is realizing how many people around me are actually evil. Not stupid. Not misinformed. Just blatantly enjoying and relishing in the suffering of other human beings.
Lav Diaz said if he could show Magellan to anyone in the Philippines, it would be "to the farmer next to where I live. Every time I talk to him, he’s a very kind guy,but,at the same time, there’s a lot of ignorance. You can see goodness, but at the same time [...]you see dread."
This is where my mom was born. It’s not called Tel Aviv. It’s called yaffa. My grandfather had a coffee shop, a home, land and a bakery. All taken by settlers.