surrounding himself with a bunch of children who have no concept of what they’re being used for and instilling in them a fear of trans people based on nothing but hate. this is the indoctrination i’ve been hearing about
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has forced children to create Instagram accounts in an effort to try to create interesting content to gain followers and donations to survive.
They cook, dance, sing, show us their daily lives and try to be engaging with smiles and pleasant words while audible Israeli drones buzz above them in the background amidst genocide. They perform on video so they can survive.
I’m so ashamed that this is what our western governments have created in Gaza, a hunger games style algorithmic competition that Palestinian children with access to a phone and the internet must play to survive.
I’m so sorry this is the world we live in.
Israel killed Prof. Refaat al-Areer, one of Gaza's most prominent writers, poets & activists who spent his life trying to get Gaza's voice to the outside world.
He was killed in a targeted airstrike on his sister's home that also killed his brother, sister & her 4 kids...
Hisham Awartani is a Palestinian American junior at Brown University, described as a math genius. He was shot by a white man yesterday in Vermont along with his friends Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ahmed. The 3 students were wearing kuffiyehs.
There are fears Hisham may not walk
Jenna Ortega names “Dance Monkey” by @TonesAndIMusic as the song on her do-not-play list:
“If anyone ever play that in my house, they're instantly kicked out.”
hometown affirmations:
i will not see anyone i know when i go out in public
i do not know anyone here
those people i saw did not see me when i pretended i didn't see them
Although the chicken wrap is no longer on the menu at Quad Creek Cafe, we are bringing it back for one day only, this Friday at Hubbell. (Anna, your wrap is on the house, dm for details.)