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22 | he/she | PYGMALION'S FRENZY coming soon | buy DEVOUT: AN ANTHOLOGY OF ANGELS now!
Joined May 2021
For pride month here's a list of over 100 trans books I curated!! (There are a few on the list before this post but the thread is busted so it would only show the first 6).
Angels Before Man by Rafael Nicolás:.My brain is empty there's only angels and this book is why. So smart and impactful, the end of this book will haunt you in the most brilliant way (also book 2 is coming so soon!!)
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As someone who has firsthand witnessed the way zionist indoctrination is used to radicalize Jews against Palestine, I wanted to make a 🧵 of things that helped me unlearn what I had been taught to hopefully help people deprogram themselves or their loved ones.
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"The majority of people in Palestine elected Hamas when they ran on an anti-Jewish platform!" .-The election was in 2006, and 53% of Palestinians are under 18. The median age is under 20. Most Palestinians were not alive or eligible to vote for that election.
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First: a lot of people right now are having their personal grief weaponized against Palestine and they are being manipulated in a state of vulnerability. Jewish grief and rage are real right now, and the goal isn't to dismiss it, it is to rightly aim it at Israel.
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"An antisemetic religious group should have never been in power in the first place!".-Israel itself supported and funded Hamas in order to divide the Palestinian people and undermine secular groups like the PLO and justify genocide
Israel's awkward relationship w/ Hamas. A short 🧵.
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"But their charter says they want to kill all Jews!".-Their 1988 charter does. Since Hamas was the only group making any changes, secularists joined and reformed a lot of the literature. They have a new charter as of 2017, and here's an excerpt:
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-Hamas did not win the majority vote. They received 44.5% of the popular vote. -They did not run on a "kill all Jews" platform. They won because of their anti-corruption/law and order platform against the fragmentation + corruption of their opponents
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"Jews are indigenous to Israel! It's important to Jewish religion! Israel supports indigenous rights!".-As a Jewish person, I identify deeply with the land and region. My GEOGRAPHIC connection to the region is ancient and has nothing to do with the modern state.
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-Israel does not support global indigenous populations. For example, they were directly involved with the genocide of the Maya population in Guatemala.
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-This is a very hard pill for a lot of people to swallow, but Jews do not have a monopoly on suffering. Jews are not inherently more moral than any other group. Jews are not right by default. We can be wrong. We can be evil. We can cause bad things to happen in the world.
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-Foundational zionist texts call themselves colonists and Palestinians "natives." It was never meant to be a movement returning the land to an indigenous population.
Here is proof that Zionism was and always will be a colonizing enterprise. The founders of Zionism themselves admitted so in their letters and books. (Original tweet link:
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-It doesn't matter who was "there first." Palestinian and Jewish identities are not competing. Here is a wonderful piece about why:
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"Jews deserve to have a self-governing state!".-That's not what Israel is. Modern Israel is a glorified Western military base. (Note all of the zionist propaganda lauding Israel as "protecting western values" and "the only democracy in the Middle East)
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-Israel also has a long history of genocide and violence in Latin America, specifically involvement in the drug war and genocide of indigenous populations.
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-People are dying. I know people who have. But violence is a natural consequence of continued oppression. Think of slave revolts and indigenous uprisings. We memorialize those despite their violence because every death is the fault of the oppressor.
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Now I'll go through and list the main zionist propaganda claims and respond to them one by one with sources.
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-I am not Palestinian, so I can't speak firsthand on Palestinian identity. Instead, here are some places to start reading about Palestinian culture/identity and connection to the region
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"But [insert deflection here]!".-No. These are truths. Back up, look around, and confront them. None of this should be happening in the first place, and the blame for that falls entirely on Israel and its supporters.
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"So many Jewish people are dying and people are supporting it! This is just like the Holocaust!".-Again, violence is a tragedy and a result in a fault of society. But when violence comes from an oppressed group, the fault in society is oppression.
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-Israel primarily relies on white, right-wing evangelicals for support/legitimacy. Again, modern Israel is a military base supposedly promoting "western [read: christian] values" as well as their belief in the region's role in the end of times
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"But roof-knocking! But telling people to leave! But Jewish people are being killed!".-Palestinians have a legal right to resist according to the Geneva Conventions. Meanwhile, Israel has committed numerous war crimes and disbanded their military courts.
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-Whatever your beliefs are on a theoretical Jewish state, Israel is not the end-all-be-all of that idea. Think about Israel, not a hypothetical. Look at who your allies are on either side. Pay attention to the demographics supporting Israel vs. Palestine. Who do you trust?.
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"There is no reasoning with Palestinians! They rejected every option for peace!".-Rather than responding to this one myself, I'll link this source instead:
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me, who has full control over my characters and what they do: IF THESE TWO DON'T KISS SOON I'M GOING TO LOSE MY MIND.
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@rohzsoh_muh @tealoranges_ the fall by foster!! it's one of my favorites :) (and the image here in the tweet is cropped! here's the full one)
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@solarblitzzzzz Absolutely!! Thank you for asking; im hoping to get this thread to as many people as possible!!.
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MADE A TRANS READATHON TABLE AT WORK!!! Im not personally participating (at least half of my reading is dictated by school rn) but still
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@vvictorman_uel Plus the rhetoric of "i could have done so much worse so I'm actually the good guy!".
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I need everyone to see this book that the author himself blurbed. Twice. And both times he gave himself two different little titles
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IT'S ME! It has been so tough sitting on this info but IM GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! My story is based on my fantasy of being a shtetl shepherd and it is VERY jewish; i cant wait for people to read it + the other fantastic stories in this anthology!!!!!!.
Dorian Yosef Weber (he/him) @dywwrites is a queer, disabled, Jewish author from the American Midwest who writes books about people being sad when he's not wandering the outdoors on a quest to find a magic portal or enchanted artifact.
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Working @ the cash register and gave a customer back his change. He glared at my kippah and snatched the receipt from me and said he "just wanted to check." as he slowly recounted his change. Idk why im sharing this just. Idk. Upset.
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not to be that guy who reposts tumblr posts but i felt like yall should see this
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My allistic roommate is trying to get me out of the house and she said "consider it field research for your books!" and i feel like i should be offended but my immediate reaction was "oh wait true".
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I am SO excited to announce that me and Sculpture WIP are going indie!!! Stay tuned for cover updates and a release date. I cannot wait for everyone to meet Ashton and Jace, and my deepest thanks to every single person who has helped this book come to be <3
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@savodraws It's The Fall by Alan Stephens Foster! One of my faves it's not the most common art template but man does it hit.
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weird niche ask: does anyone know scifi books about a spaceship crew where they all have their little jobs and have found family vibes? bonus points if it's queer.
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Rip my book buying ban but IM LITERALLY SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THESE
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@shtetlslut Omg of course! I highly encourage retweets, i made this thread to hopefully reach as many people as possible to use it to learn/teach and hopefully help at least 1 person deprogram themself. thank u!.
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Did you know that the (white orientalist) author of Life of Pi "was inspired by" (read: plagiarized and stole from) a Brazilian Jewish author? Well now you do!!!
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@ChuckTingle The thing that blows my mind is ive only ever heard "person with uterus" used when the conversation specifically involves having a uterus? Not all cis women have a uterus either so they arent included in that category. Any other time people still say "woman".
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@Ranting_Trans once overheard someone introduce themself as viscera which was also a solid one.
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🏺Found family.🎻autistic4autistic t4t mlm relationship.🏺Adoptive grandparents.🎻Coming of age as an adult.🏺Healing from abuse/trauma.🎻Queer Orthodox Jewish rep.🏺A near-stabbing.🎻Queer art!!.This book has been 3 years in the making and (sometimes) I really really love it
I mean, if Twitter is really heading toward self-destruction 👀. I see no reason why you shouldn’t Shout Out your book as loud and as fiercely as you can 🔥 scream it! show it! this is Sparta! 🔥.
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@AJWhiteAuthor what an interesting tweet for someone with the first name andrew and the middle name joseph to make /ref.
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Shabbat shalom, chag chanukah sameach, blessed yule, happy solstice, and merry christmas everyone ❤️
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Fun fact this book was the first thing i thought of this morning @cspacat owes me money for emotional damages for that ending he's a genius and my brain is mush.
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Look at them. Just two pretty girls who are full of love and are also committing war crimes
I need achilles from wrath goddess sing and lucifer from angels before man to meet IMMEDIATELY. They would literally be besties. Just 2 trans unhinged divine blondes on a mission to usurp the heavens who are full of love but also super into murder. I need this rn.
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@laezels Gale got stuck underneath a staircase while the other three of us got in a massive fight the next room over.
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autistic ppl. What is ur earliest memory that was CLEARLY autistic. Mine was in ~1st grade when I asked my friend "were you playing with your dog before you came over?" and she said "yeah! How'd you know?" and I said "you smell like dog :)" and my mom was like "U CANT SAY THAT".
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I LOVE MY FRIENDS!!!!!!!!! @AJWhiteAuthor and @EsmeSymesSmith are two genius, compassionate writers and also happen to be two of my favorite people in the world!!! ❤️❤️ i had an absolute blast spending time with them + im also THE TALL ONE??? WHICH IS WILD???? THAT NEVER HAPPENS
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Book hauls from days 1 and 2 of the b&n sale! Probably gonna get some more tomorrow because i work again and I think i'm gonna need some retail therapy by the time my shift is over
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SUCK MY DICK.
Tomorrow we play the most important game of the Foxes' lives. I would not miss it. -Ravens.
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Being "anti-orthodox jews because 'they're homophobic'" and saying "queer jews have to be modern orthodox if they're orthodox at all" are two very bad sentiments that ppl need to criticize more methinks.
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Missouri is making it illegal for people with chronic mental health conditions to receive gender affirming care and is requiring that people seeking care are screened for autism (presumably so that autism will be a grounds for denying care). This is an unimaginably ableist horror.
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SORRY IM LATE SHABBOS JUST ENDED BUT ENJOY MY ENTRY TO #2kAesDay by my dear @cassbeewrites . say hello to sculpture wip, recently titled PYGMALION'S FRENZY. THE SECRET HISTORY X NEMEREVER'S THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS. -Queer.-Art.-Unhinged.that's it that's the wip
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Happy 8th night everyone ❤️ ive been thinking a lot this holiday about what my life means and looks like as a queer orthodox person. I asked myself a lot of questions and found a lot of peace. I hope the holiday season brought the same thing to all of you 🕯🪬✨
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"Transfem Edward," I say into the mic. the crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room. "she's right," they say. I look for the owner of the voice. there in the fifth row stands: taika waititi.
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@boookthievery Long way to a small angry planet IMMEDIATELY looks like exactly what im looking for!!!.
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HI FRIENDS im taking the rest of the month off to focus on beta reading but in September I will once again be open as a sensitivity reader!! Here are my areas I read for, lmk if u have something u want me to look at >:O (rate subject to change)
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HFWU by @AJWhiteAuthor chilling with my emo stim toys (the chew necklace is a bat it's hard to tell) in honor of his release day tomorrow!!! Go pick it up or fight me like a dog
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If i have to hear one more cis person tell me that "they recognize the problematic aspects of harry potter but it was such a part of their childhood and it brings them such comfort" i think i'll snap.
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Excuse the mess + I lost the stars on my buttons but i won the costume contest :)
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My storygraph genre breakdown is KILLING me it's just "💅 🏳️🌈✨ and some other stuff too i guess"
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yesterday was such a lovely day,,, first night of chanukah, got a signed allife, saw resident evil with some lovely people and saw my second ever shooting star!!! Baruch hashem :D
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@sambutwithbooks @sportboysoup kevin, with somber tears streaming down his face, speaking to a bag of grapes sitting on the table: neil why aren't you answering me.
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Micah nemerever is everything i hope to be as an author. His book is stunning and lyrical and incredible and his twitter is just straight up memes i love it.
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Presented on datvd for literary theory and watching everyone look at me like 🤨 while I talked about codependency caused by being gay and jewish being a gateway into murder while i myself am gay and visibly jewish (kippah) was the highlight of my week.
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I GOT SOME SENSITIVITY READER FEEDBACK FOR SCULPTURE WIP AND IM GONNA IMPLEMENT IT THIS WEEK SO IM GOING TO START QUERYING AGAIN NEXT WEEK. SCREAMING AND SHAKING AND CRYING. WISH ME LUCK.
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Aaa I'm late to #writersoftwitter!!! I'm Dorian, and I'm querying Sculpture WIP (these collages), a litfic book about queer art and community! I also have a draft shelved about Greek theater and spooky forests, and rn I'm outlining a book about a reluctant dad who does crime!)
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Added another row bc i can >:3
MADE A TRANS READATHON TABLE AT WORK!!! Im not personally participating (at least half of my reading is dictated by school rn) but still
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I know I'm just a tiny indie author and my debut novel isn't even out yet but I just want to make it clear: I will NEVER work with publishers/businesses based out of Israel. I know I don't have any weight to throw around in the industry, but I refuse to be silent about genocide.
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i love dorian in the starless sea so much because he's clearly consciously trying to find the nerdiest ways to flirt. Like imagine seeing a hot guy at a party and going "how do i flirt with him. I think I will pull him into a dark hallway and tell him a story. that's quirky".
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I need achilles from wrath goddess sing and lucifer from angels before man to meet IMMEDIATELY. They would literally be besties. Just 2 trans unhinged divine blondes on a mission to usurp the heavens who are full of love but also super into murder. I need this rn.
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I appreciate everyone boosting my antizionist info thread and sincerely hope it is able to do some good but make sure you are first and foremost UPLIFTING PALESTINIAN VOICES 📢 they should be part of your advocacy infinitely more than the words of random people like me.
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Finished TWO BOOKS OVER SHABBOS???? Angels Before Man by @nicosraf was angry and gay and everything i could have wanted and When We Were Sisters by @asgharthegrouch was lyrical and poetic and emotional and had such beautifully creative prose!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ to each >:0
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@poolparty666 I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY i'm so tired of being in a conversation with a group and I'm the only one who gets asked my pronouns. Puts me on the spot and makes me SOOO dysphoric.
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