i resent the way surviving in this society distracts us from the issues that are crucial to our (and other animals) survival on this planet as a species.
People so mad about this and its interesting to me bc if our entire relationship revolves around catching up then that means we arent really close like that? You dont have to check in everyday but close/best friends talk and hang out regularly.
Black, Palestinian🫶🏽🇵🇸, and the sole" survival line for my family. Every day is a battle to keep them alive. Your humanity is our only hope.
Please stand with us
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If anyone can, please match my donation to this crowdfund link!!!!
These apps are suppressing Palestinian fundraisers more and more by the day
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Egúngún (Masquerade) might be my new favorite recent watch. A short film that made me wish it was a feature length film by the end. Returning to her hometown of Lagos, Nigeria, two former childhood friends who loved each other are briefly reconnected. This was so moving.
“being queer saved my life. often we see queerness as deprivation. but when i look at my life, i saw that queerness demanded an alternative innovation from me. i had to make alternative routes; it made me curious, it made me ask, ‘is this enough for me?’
- ocean vuong
tweets like this are always like i’ve just read a sentence i didn’t instantly understand so instead of putting in a little extra effort to deconstruct it imma make it a failing of the original writer instead of an indictment on my own incuriosity
Qween Jean just became the first openly trans person to ever win a Tony Award
"We are here for the legacy of queer people. Trans people, we have to take up space. We have to shift the paradigm."
African symbolism is a goldmine for fantasy. Every time I see African symbols I think fantasy writers are leaving money on the table. They already look like magical sigils, clan crests, spirit seals, and spell circles. Entire power systems could be built from their meanings alone
They also gave us the enduringly cool image of Jazz (Bird, Miles), a chief architect of Rock n Roll (Chuck), Motown/Chess and the greatest collection of Funk bands (Ohio), they have all the bragging rights