a lot of people’s “support” for muslim women/girls is based on a) imagining us as silenced b) thinking you can be a voice for us & “save” us. so us having platforms & agency to speak for ourselves causes disproportionate reactions...that’s a personal problem. a you problem.
the “asian part” is central to naming the anti-blackness in the asian stores that cater to black women/are supported by black women’s money & monopolize the market. it’s not racism to name these dynamics, but saying “fuck your store” as a reaction to that is definitely antiblack
the relationship between a therapist & their clients is based on an unequal power dynamic & only one of the people’s needs being the focus/met so it tracks that it appears a man thinks this...
@simsimmaaz
i am convinced that people don’t know what accountability & consequences mean because she already suffered the consequence my having her credit score lowered. she isn’t obligated to take anyone’s advice & she wasn’t wrong for helping her family member
the west isn’t being “silent” in the face of genocide, they are actively backing it, arming it, propagandizing for it & using every surveillance & state repressive mechanism at their disposal to silence dissent to that. don’t let them.
Journalist Adham Hassouna and his entire family have just been killed in an Israeli strike.
That's the third journalist to be killed today after Abdallah Darwish and Montasser al-Sawwaf.
@chrisssypunch
@__sopretty
not to shift what you’re speaking about but a fast for us also includes water & things like refraining for pettiness & cursing & anger. plus extra prayer & studying the quran. so it’s very different than just being about food or how you feel in your body
but also, if a city councillor (who is also a white man) isn’t getting any answers at 52 division, it’s pretty clear that the “rules” in place aren’t being followed (because cops) & that more rules/cameras/reform are useless...abolish the police & reinvest in communities
i want to clarify this because it might go over some people’s heads due to the bureaucratic language, when we hear that a family is erased from the civil registry that means that every single member of that family, that lineage is gone. in this case, murdered. that’s genocide
@winchelgirl
this is child trafficking & genocide. you are encouraging more violence & you need to take down the petition, delete this tweet & stay far away from palestinian children
Mohammed al-Qudwa is a young poet trying to get his family out of Gaza.
He performed his poem, LONGING FOR HAIFA, at our last festival.
Today, Mahershala Ali, reads it for you - asking everyone to click the link in our bio and contribute to Mohamed's GoFundMe.
#FreePalestine
A classic dancehall tune! Badman Forward remake and this time it’s for the ladies.
No matter your size, shape, colour, orientation, preferences or style, this one is for you sister.
Tag every badgyal you know! ❤️
#GirlLove
kids need unconditional love. adults loving one another comes with different needs & boundaries. this sounds like wanting women to play mother to adult men which is more heartbreaking for the women who aren’t being seen as full autonomous people with their own wants & needs
@chenchenwrites
thank you so much for this. i would say too that i have had east asian friends speak to me as if i don't understand feeling unsafe in public space & have had to convey that being racialized & muslim also doesn't go over well for me/us.
@floomflams
i am so sorry & as someone who wasn’t able to cut mine off (or my enabling mom) until 40, i wish young you didn’t have to protect yourself from family
rafah crossing is the only crossing into gaza not controlled by the zionist state. this is the crossing into egypt. the iof just assassinated the director of the crossing & his family. if you think they intend to let aid in or let foreign nationals out, you are naive at best
So my wife was at
@FarmBoy
today, and came across TWO instances of products from Israel being labelled as being from elsewhere.
I think this goes against Canadian regulations (
@InspectionCan
), in addition to being simply misleading.
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@theserfstv
@Noellenarwhal
@BDSmovement
maybe this is an off tl conversation but in addition to all the reading, a lot of learning about how to be accountable to each other & how to keep each other safe is experiential & practiced in relationship (& messy & hard)
also, these things aren’t mutually exclusive. there’s black asians across all our communities & maybe we should focus on those relationships over getting upset at black business owners...
really want people to reflect on their compulsion to insist the protests they attended or witnessed were “peaceful” like, who are you telling this to? why? who does it serve? what’s your fixation on “peace” based on?
cn: abuse dynamics
i think it’s notable that lawyers want to take what victims say at face value when they blame themselves & not when they name harm from others.
seeing all these people celebrating their graduations virtually with friends & family & as would have been the case anyway, no one in my family remembered mine/contacted me today lol
alhamdullilah. i can share now that my parents were successfully repatriated from bangladesh & have arrived in toronto. the relief i feel is more immense than i thought possible so, i am going to cry for a while & let it sink in that they are safe.
having a therapist that i work well with is great, but cutting off the family members who repeatedly activated the trauma they initially caused (in addition to therapy) makes my life a lot better 💛
EMERGENCY: UCLA COPS SEVERELY INJURED A STUDENT!
Cops are currently hiding the student in a closet. Cops pushed medics out after they attempted to assess the arrestee! They are trying to cover this up!
UCLA admin must answer for this!
i would like to highlight this gofundme. i think the conversion rate is causing people who are donating to perhaps think they are donating in USD & end up donating less than what they intended. if you can, please donate with an eye to the exchange rate & share widely.
🆘 Donate & Retweet
My brother Yasser from Gaza suffers from cerebral palsy& needs to travel.
Together, we can achieve our goal within one day and provide decisive support to my family in Gaza, your kindness is our greatest hope.
🔻Every 100$ = 700kr
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@LitmusTimes
did you look at the website? it explains why targeted boycotts are more effective & gives explanations for each of the targets. the targets should be the focus but, no one is stopping you from choosing to boycott others
The fear of joint bank accounts because y’all are scared of your spouse’s access to your little coins is amusing to me. Now I can understand if you had a trust fund but come on lol
beyond that china mobilized & took huge measures we aren’t. why isn’t this clicking for people? we can’t stay home & wait it out if the government does nothing to take care of & treat people, provide protection, shelter, space for quarantine, ventilators, medical facilities
i’ve been thinking about how a person’s relationship to shame can really shape if/how they are capable of taking responsibility for their own actions. someone who approaches shame with curiosity will likely be better able to make honest effort to change vs someone who shuts down
I have to acknowledge, when I was growing up I never had to wonder if a police officer would stop me and treat me negatively because of who I was. For all of us who happen to be white, we haven't walked a mile in the shoes of our brothers and sisters who are people of color.
maybe this is ungenerous to say, but at some point propaganda works because it’s what the subject wants or needs to be true (to absolve their guilt or affirm their bigotry)
@hausofriya
reposting from someone on private:
Can someone repost this for her because I’m on priv, but now you can pay cash & get a lab kit sent to ur house and ship it back to the lab. Google “at home kit +the test type” and u can find many options.
children are such an oppressed class. i am not going to argue with people who think they should be able to hate children, but i definitely don’t trust them because why do you want to exert power over an oppressed class of people?
at some point, if we are serious, we have to decouple what institutions say they do from what they actually do/what their function is. this grants us the clarity needed to have a real analysis of power & not get caught up waiting for things that won’t happen instead of planning
please read through the replies to see the reach & impact of refaat alareer’s words. my great grandfather (who i called senior) knew 6 languages & translated literary works into bangla so bangladeshis could access them. translation is a profound act of love & world-widening ❤️❤️
Came across Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I must die" just a few days ago, I cried and couldn't help but translated it to Chinese without his permission. Now that he's gone.
feeling sad today about how patriarchal violence within the family system ostracizes the person who is unwilling to take it & not the person who caused harm in the first place 😔
one of my frustrations around “holding people accountable” in any context is that i think it feeds into a false (& perhaps comforting) notion that we have control over other people’s actions. actual accountability &/or change is chosen freely, not coerced.