#and i dont want to tag antisemitism cause its not really
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I. Hurt.
And I was hurting anyway, I'm pretty down this morning, but this hurt came from an outside source, and affected me in a way I'd honestly not have expected.
See, we bought Nimona last week. After seeing the movie, my kids wanted to read it. And I ended up reading ahead, and I just finished it.
Bonus content at the end, it said, and I was like, oh, an epilogue to the epilogue maybe? That'd be nice. I don't love bittersweet endings, I'd rather...
...no, it's not the conclusion.
It's CHRISTMAS.
In a book that'd had no religion that I noticed up to that point, BOTH bonus extras...were Christmas.
Ya know, usually it doesn't bother me. Usually I just suck it up. I think it helps that I was raised around mostly Jews and people who, if Christian, it didn't matter much to them. I'm from the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the descendent of Lower East Side immigrants, and while the world outside was brutal - my grandfather was a World War 2 veteran and among the soldiers who liberated Dachau, I can't remember a time when I didn't know that most people would look the other way if people like me were slaughtered wholesale - my bubble was safe, we were accepted, we were insiders.
I honestly can't think of another time I've interacted with a piece of media and felt so immediately, instantly knocked across the face by OUTSIDER as I just did when I excitedly turned the page to see what these fun extra bonuses were...and it was fucking Christmas.
I didn't even read them.
I'm honestly. So disappointed.
I don't have a thick armor for this kind of hurt. I'm Jewish, and as an adult living outside my old UWS bubble, that's often meant I've felt like an outlier, but I've hardly ever had this feeling where I was welcome to something only to be suddenly, violently shoved out the door.
And I've heard nothing, n.o.t.h.i.n.g. but praise for this book. And on another day, it might not have bothered me. I've never really felt like I had to fight to be seen, especially since I'm tremendously secular. I mean, I've celebrated Christmas my entire life, for starters.
But why. Why was this fantasy setting suddenly Christian? Why was this the touted extra content? Why is THIS special, when the areligious world established to that point was apparently not special enough?
I can't say yet if this ruined the story for me. It's far too soon. But I'm *intensely*, viscerally let down, and...I hurt.
Christians...maybe stop doing this shit.
#unforth rambles#im not sure how to tag this#i dont want to tag fandom since its kinda anti#and i dont want to tag antisemitism cause its not really#and i dont want to tag microaggressions cause thatll just show my privilege that ive been lucky enough to not have this feeling more often#but seriously WHAT THE FUCK#im genuinely considering rereading just so i can see if it was always christian and i just missed it until then#because its so fucking ubiquitous that it slides right off#but i dont think it was!!!#WHYS IT GOTTA BE CHRISTIAN WHAT THE HELL#and why have i never heard this mentioned surely im not the only person to notice this#maybe it was less jarring for people who rwad along with the webcomic#since these were extras released along thw qay#not shoved in the back of the book like in the print edition#i dont fucking know#i just know i hate it#this special fun thing could have been anything#and instead it was for one specific segment of the audience#and thats honestly so unnecessary and kinda yicky#dont you guys every get tired of making everything about your fucking dumb holidays you stole from other cultures#give me back passover i demand you turn over easter as a reparation
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Hi, I do absolutely promise that this is in good faith, and I'm only asking bc I am genuinely worried about this: I'm not Jewish, but I've been keeping an eye on spikes of real antisemitism in France (most recently being the murder of a Jewish woman in Lyon who had a swastika tagged on her door, + antisemitic words being spray painted in front of stores in Paris like "Jews are not welcome here", sprayed on walls like "The only good Jew is a dead Jew" + star of David tagged onto walls in Jewish neighbourhoods) and I have to wonder how like. we're going to address this and keep Jewish people safe while never losing sight of protesting for Palestine. I think we should be doing the latter nonstop and nothing should deter us from this, but I also really want to make sure Jewish people in the diaspora are safe. The narrative in France from the media and politicians are very focused on antisemitism but never give the same energy to the carpet-bombing in Gaza or the settler attacks/pogroms of Palestinians in the West Bank, so I know we can't really trust them to go about it. Especially since the "combatting antisemitism" rhetoric always comes with violent anti-Arab racism and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Since the media and politicians can't be trusted on this front, I wonder how we, on the left, can act. This feels very dangerous for people in the Jewish diaspora, and while I know so many are out protesting for Palestine as well, I also don't want them to feel abandoned by the left regarding acts of antisemitism that likely isn't even caused by advocates for Palestine themselves, but from right-wing/fash opportunists.
How do we combat this?
organizing, solidarity, having people make it clear that they dont tolerate antisemitism if/when it arises. like you cant control who comes to a protest or who does some kind of thing but you can control how its reacted to. that sets a precedent and so on. more than anything FIGHTING THE CONFLATION OF JEWS AND ISRAEL, WHICH ZIONISTS PURPOSEFULLY CONTINUE AT THE COST OF ALL OF OUR SAFETY. all these governments "fighting" antisemitism that is being misdirected at jews because of israels crimes by fascisticly shutting down criticism of israel and arresting muslims en masse are doing probably the worst possible thing and are creatiing conditions for an actual fucking pogrom. there has to be a movement to disattach jews and jewish safety from the interests of these (generally antisemitic anyways) racist imperialist european states. developing the jewish anti zionist movement further, having it be present in the pro palestine movement and there being solidarity and communication is the only answer. i dont know what else to say, im literally just a random person im not like an expert on anything. i dont know what the political situation is like in france. i cant really speak to it. in the us there havent been things like that happening on the same scale, and instances of antisemitism related to pro palestine things have been quickly denounced. but thats america... antisemitism also was never as strongly institutionalized here nor did it have the same long standing basis as france, which literally still has towns named "death to the jews" that the inhabitants dont want to change
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— take with this what you will.
in regards to yesterday , because now i’m actually kinda pissed about this : i reblogged what i did because it involved actual , harmful , problematic content that needed to be called out. on any other circumstance , i would have not said of word because it would’ve been drama seeking. but it was antisemitism and other things that can be read on the post that right now i dont care to go into. and i will also say that i tagged everything accordingly — there was nothing that went untagged. yet instead : i got anon hate , and i’ve had multiple people who i actually cared about very dearly soft block me and dropped me like the drop of a hat. now i dont know about everyone else , but that shit sucks. i understand people just want to write and not see drama. but when it comes to shit that hurts people , its gotta be nipped in the bud. yet , i guess im sorry? to causing people so much annoyance and grief yesterday that it was enough to do this. according to the anon i’m toxic and cancel-worthy. so take this as my low activity warning and semi-hiatus. things will probably run on a queue if i even put things in there. but this place fucking sucks at times and people really show their true colors in situations like this. so. yeah. bye for now? idk. idk when ill be fully back. this might be irrational and stupid but its the only thing i can think of right now.
— my discord is available if needed.
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Ok! Reasons why i hate chr*stmas (in no particular order)
its a christian holiday, so :/
christian hegemony has infected the US so deeply that people think that chr*stmas is a secular holiday, and people who dont like or dont celebrate it are ostracised and called things like scrooge and grinch, which often manifests as antisemitism (i mean, A Chr*stmas Carol AND The Grinch Who Stole Christmas are pretty antisemitic by default, so calling jewish people who dont like christmas for valid reasons those names is extra horrible)
speaking of antisemitism, christians and culturally christian atheists have such a warped view of what Hanukkah is just based on its proximity to chr*stmas; people think Hanukkah is the most important Jewish holiday when its like, not even in the top five, and project their ideas of chr*stmas onto it, which brings me to my next point:
"Happy Holidays" i get it, i really do, the intent is there, but considering how people only say this in December and not other times of the year like Ramadan and The High Holy Days shows me that it's very performative, and it feeds into the christian hegemony where 'every religion must have their most important holiday in December because we do'.
its inescapable. it's literally everywhere, all the music all the time is chr*stmas music, everything is decorated with chr*stmas stuff, there's just an assumption that you'll be participating, especially in my family, and it's absolutely an expectation that I'll participate. sure, you might see the occasional Hanukkah decoration, but it's usually made by clueless gentiles
class disparity. like i said in my last post, poor people's kids have to wonder why they didn't get an expensive gift like their rich friends, and that hurts
systemic lying to children. the whole S*nta myth, especially the extreme taboo about telling kids that he isn't real, like, it would be a major faux pas for me to not play into the belief, even in my family, where no one actually believes anymore, we still keep up the facade for some reason. chr*stmas magic, i guess?
forced participation. going off what i said before, people are expected to pretend to believe/like it even if they aren't christian, which frustrates me
well, that's all i can think of atm, but I'm sure there's more. im not tagging this, just cause i really don't want people harassing me in the comments about how i hate chr*stmas
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#hello i am back for todays Vent Number 2#i think i need a seperate tag for venting im gonna do that#i dont even really need to vent in a bad way i just wanna talk about my night idkkkk#it was really nice though i played with my boy’s hair for Hours#we had the last gsa safe space of the year and we sat outside and talked for hours and im so Hyped to be president next year with said boy#and the buff soft boy and the straight girl and the antisemite#its gonna be a rlly good time#and it makes me really happy when i can help people feel comfortable with themselves cause that what i needed#i resolved one (1) bisexual crisis and Educated on the purpose of labels etc etc#im gonna miss this years presidents so much#the seniors are starting to pack up their rooms and it makes me Sad#i am late for check in lolololol#anyways i embarrassed myself infront of this girl who always makes me nervous but she still chose to marry me to fmk and im SO reading in#to this#i dont even want to date her i just fffhfhfhff hate myself#but tonight was good and i feel good#being positive the year is almost over and ill ge to be home with my friends and binge movies and eat all their food and play music and its#gooood#god this is so long but fuck it im posting#if tyou read this im so sorry RIP#ari vents
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Hi, this is the anon who send the apology. Thankyou for accepting my apology and i am heart broken to know that you cried when you saw my ask and i can't imagine the pain they caused you . And i dont think i deserve to talk to you with anon off because i still haven't had the courage to speak up to the people who decieved and harassed the entire fandom with my anon off.
I have seen people who still openly follow lgbtmazight. A major portion of the fandom is still silent and if their excuse to not reblog or talk about these posts about lgbtmazight is that, they dont want to involve in the "discourse", I can only say that its nothing but their way of belittling the trauma and hurt these racists have inflicted upon the poc, muslims, jews and many other people in this fandom. I have seen people calling this the "fandom drama" , no!!. They are belittling racism, antisemitism, genocide denial, trauma!! I can't believe these people are still lurking in this fandom as if nothing happened. The least thing the "silent ones" could do is accept the truth openly.
Please don't be heartbroken over me crying. It just meant a lot to me that you came directly to me and said, "I'm so sorry for doing this to you. I was wrong." I've lost a decade-long friendship over this, I've been sent extremely horrific anons, I've had multiple people lie about me to save their own skin and YOU are the only one who has apologized to me so far. Honestly I think you're the first person that's contacted any of the people that have been hurt because of her and apologized for their own part in this. This means more to me than you know.
My rabbi was talking tonight about what makes a good apology, and how, to truly atone for hurting someone, you have to go through the work to change your behaviors so that—next time—you'll make a different and better choice than the one you did before. Only then can you consider it an apology. I listened to her and immediately thought of you.
And seriously, don't be afraid to come to me off-anon, even if you haven't directly spoken up to the people involved. I know what kind of harm they can do. It took me months to get the courage to write my post back in June and I didn't even tag anyone involved or write their full handles. I understand it's scary and if you need someone to talk to, I'm here.
You're absolutely right about the "I don't do discourse" thing. This isn't about fandom discourse. This is a person who has directly hurt people and has lied about so many things to justify doing so. That's what really matters in all of this.
#seriously anon I promise everything will be okay if you message me#I read your original message multiple times today and it still means SO much to me that you sent it
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