now that i am a real adult i am starting to realise. media lied to me about the availability of rooftops to go hang out on. every day i wish i could be hanging out on a rooftop somewhere looking cool as fuck
It’s like when people say “maybe Gaza would have clean drinking water if Hamas would build that infrastructure instead of buying weapons” it’s like. Do you know anything about water resources in Gaza? The coastal aquifer was depleted in large part by *Israeli* extraction and contaminated by sewage and seawater. And the coastal waters, airspace, and borders are still controlled by Israel despite the 2005 “disengagement.” Wadi Gaza is diverted into an Israeli dam, so that water does not go to Gaza. The coastal aquifer alone is not enough to provide for the population’s needs, yet it’s all they really have access to, contributing to the over-extraction. This isn’t something Hamas could just budget for. And THIS IS THE STATUS QUO DURING “PEACE”
Just a genuine reminder, simply liking and reblogging posts or just paying attention to what's happening in places like Palestine, The Congo, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, etc. Does help!
If you can't donate or boycott because you're a minor or in a situation where you can't afford to try signing petitions and spreading awareness so others who can afford to can have information
Edit: there are a lot of good suggestions for what to do in the reblogs that I forgot to mention
Must admit that one thing that changed the way I see fandom discourse is realizing that a lot of fandom is just… playing with dolls. We're playing with dolls. Shipping? Playing with dolls. AUs? Dolls. Darkfic? Dolls.
Lotta people very agitated about the other kids playing with dolls wrong.
TIL that Gothic literature makes a distinction between “terror” and “horror.” Terror is the sense of dread and apprehension that precedes an experience, horror is the sense of revulsion after an experience.