I hardly see any news on Ukraine or Palestine anymore. Don't become complicit or desensitized to these injustices.
I know logging on to talk about your favorite character or media and distract yourself from work or life can be nice, but that's a privilege many do not have. It doesn't take much to spend some time educating yourself and donating if you can.
Keep talking, boycotting, and calling for a ceasefire!
some links (feel free to reblog with additional links and resources)
platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine
edit: @saffronlesbian made a video description for this post!!
[vd: a screen recording of a tweet from the 20th of April 2024 with 2.5 million views, from Ruhi @/ruhi_hi. the caption reads, "This video of this little Palestinian angel celebrating his bday in a refugee camp" followed by three emoji of a smiling face with teary eyes. the video clip is 11 seconds long and shows a one-year-old baby seated on the sandy ground, smiling hugely and clapping his hands while people sing to him from offscreen and a large cake is placed in front of him. stuck into the top of the cake is a decoration that reads "happy birthday" in english. the video has the tiktok handle @/ibrahim.jamal99 visible in it. /end vd.]
The exact role and purpose of a Psychopomp is going to vary from culture to culture and practice to practice.
It seems, however, that the general consensus is that a psychopomp is a entity or practitioner, who aids the recently deceased in their journey, either to the other world or their next life.
So for me it’s a title for the work I do bringing the dead over to the afterlife and supporting and comforting them! Not every death witch or death worker is going to be a Psychopomp but many of us are.
THE TIKTOK BAN IS SO MUCH MORE THAN BANNING TIKTOK, IT WOULD GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO BAN ANY SOCIAL MEDIA SITE THATS BIG ENOUGH, INCLUDING TUMBLR!!!
IT'LL GET RID OF ANY PRIVACY YOU HAVE LEFT, AND STOP A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT IN ITS TRACKS. IT WILL EVEN TAKE YOUR RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT IT AWAY. IT WILL COMPLETELY VIOLATE YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH. IF YOU CARE ABOUT PRIVACY, PALESTINE, TUMBLR, THE INTERNET, FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK, PLEASE CALL IN AND SPREAD THIS!!!
Unfortunately, President Biden has signed the bill into a law. The law will effectively ban TikTok unless ByteDance sells to an American company.
I am still doing research on what exactly the bill will do, but this is what is being said right now. I do not know when the bill will be put into effect.
Two weeks ago, the area to which Eman's family was displaced was bombed. As the war in Sudan rages, there is no where in the country they can go where they are safe. Eman's family has already lost their home, which was bombed while they were inside, martyring Eman's brother.
Due to the instability of Sudan's currency, the amount raised from this campaign so far is not nearly enough for them to leave Sudan. We have to raise more funds, and quickly.
Please support and share Eman's campaign. Let us help them urgently get to safety.
part 3 of trying to help GFMs that are close to being funded reach their goal. the previous GFM managed to reach and exceed its goal, and i very much hope this means they will be able to evacuate soon! (click here to see the hararas' gofundme)
ibrahim and his family are trying to flee the war in sudan. at the time of writing this, they need just under 1,300 pounds to reach their goal. if 260 people reblog this post and all donate £5, they will reach their goal. if 520 people reblog this post and half of them donate £5, they will reach their goal. if you can give £5 please do, and if not, sharing will help someone else with five pounds to spare see it.
this is a trusted campaign, see this post for more details.