My fear around flooding exists because while 2022 is mostly irrelevant to everyone, there are people who are still living in tents. The popular conversation may have moved on, but these are very real lives and this is an existential crisis for them.
So a random militant group attacks Indians and in response India cuts off water to Pakistani civilians, bombs children, and strikes a mosque? Sounds very familiar doesn’t it?
Never forget that we had all the scientific evidence we needed to act on global warming over 50 years ago, but the fossil fuel industry spent millions to spread disinformation and block climate action.
Global warming isn’t a tragedy, it’s a crime.
I see a number of tweets hell bent on claiming what is happening in Parachinar is not Shia genocide. Bharwon, can you at least accept that something is deeply wrong with whatever is happening instead of being an unempathetic pile of shit and saying iT iS NoT ShIa GeNoCiDe???
What can we learn from the #ImaneKhelif case?
1. The gender binary is inherently unstable.
2. Human bodies are extremely diverse.
3. Black/brown athletes face immense racism.
4. Transphobia has reached absurd heights.
5. Many hearts will bleed for a crying white woman.
Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who served time in prison after he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl, won his second match at the Paris Olympics. Why isn’t there as much uproar?
- Serena Williams was accused of being a man when outperforming a white female
-Caster Semennya was accused of being a man when outperforming a white female
-Imane Khalifa was accused of being a man when outperforming a white female
Take what you want from this.
as a person who is both queer and asian i would like to categorically state that matty healy is racist who does not give a single fuck about queer PoC and will do anything to get views and attention, whether it's degrading a black woman or kissing a man.
This Eid multiple Ahmadis have been arrested, and attacked just for celebrating the festival. Now a full fledged constitutional Muslim has reportedly been burnt alive in Swat for allegedly burning copies of the Holy Quran. The fire eventually burns everyone. No one is safe.
the fact of the matter is that pakistanis are soooooo big on "ghairat" but they will never show this ghairat to burn & lynch their toddler's sexual abuser the same way
Pakistanis continue to brush off mob attacks as isolated incident carried out by a few extremists, ignoring how frequent these attacks now are, how many multitudes of people participate in them, & how the sentiments that spur them on are part of the mainstream religious worldview
Always a joy to be harangued by mainstream Pakistanis and told that minorities have absolutely no problems in the country and leave in complete peace and security, oh and that there is absolutely no problem with the blasphemy laws either.
People still don't quite realise the extent to which the TLP are an existential threat to Pakistan. They are in a position to remould the mainstream religious worldview of the country. As long as their worldview wins, so do they, whether they hold the reigns of power or not.
It’s horrifying to think any of us at any given moment can be accused of blasphemy and become a victim of yet another mob lynching. No explanation, no justice, you’re gone. The state won’t protect you, no one will tame these extremist mobs.
Imagine your son burned alive by a mob during a vacation to Swat. And before you can even mourn him you must condemn him because those who have a taste for blood will want more. We are devouring our own children in this epidemic