You know what hits me hard? When 5 to 6 year old children, all the way in Southeast Asia, knows about what's happening in Palestine right now. That children their age is getting bombed, that they're starving to death, that they're getting shot at, and sniped in the head. Because, just this past 2 or so months, I heard some of the little ones in the Kindergarten classes I'm TAing in as an Intern talk about it. Hell, one of the little boys downright said he didn't like Israel, because Israel is bad, because they do scary things. Another was questioning whether Palestine was bad too, because, "why else would they shooting at them?". A little girl in one of my classes doesn't want to finish her food at all, because she wants to save at least half her meat and rice for kids in Palestine, because she heard that, they don't have food. And that's just the ones I remember. Namely the inciting cases before their classmates slowly follow suit. The littles are fricking SCARED. We had to sit these kids down, and tell them that the topic is too mature for them at the moment, that they shouldn't even be concerned because they're KINDERGARTNERS, they're not even old enough to properly understand. The one teacher I was TAing for had to make a class announcement saying that. What gets me is, these are 5 to 6 year olds, the youngest I've worked with in this specific age group is 4. 5 years old on average, and they've already been exposed to the worst horrors genocide has to offer through the news and snippets of conversation among adults and hell, considering how many of them say they like to play games on Mama's phone, or their IPad, even from fricking social media. And the fact that, these literal babies, from all the way in Cambodia, has more empathy in their entire body and soul, than full grown fricking adults have in the nail of their pinky finger, gets me. FFS we as adults could LEARN from them I feel sometimes. I honestly don't know what to feel about it anymore. On the one hand, this is the next generation I'm working with. And if the next generation's default response to a tragedy such as Palestine, is what I've seen come up on occasion so far? Perhaps there's some bloody hope for this world after all. At least in this country. Especially since a majority of them already come from families who survived a genocide. These are the 3rd - 4th generation descendants of those who survived the Khmer Rouge. They've got grandparents at home, who no doubt are more than intimately familiar with what Palestine is going through right now. And it shows.

But on the other, it makes my heart sink because these are CHILDREN, these are LITTLE KIDS, they should be playing with their toys and watching cartoons and talking to their friends about everything from Spiderman to Speakerman to Kuromi and her friends, and be worried about whether or not they can go to playground that day, guranteed they're well behaved, or if Mama remembered to pack in their costume for swimming lessons that week. NOT JUST MY KIDS. But the little ones in Palestine too. They deserve better. They all deserve, so much better. Hell, it's come to the point that whenever I look at my kiddos right now, whether they'd be working in class, playing, doing something as mundane as eating lunch or getting ready for their nap. I think of the children their age in Palestine that didn't even get the chance to survive. I think of the ones whose memories from this age, is nothing but absolute horror and pain, rather than what has slowly become my normal, who never got to experience what my littles do on a daily basis right now.

Children shouldn't even be concerned about "War", about a Genocide. The last thing that should be on a 5 year old's mind, is pain, and suffering, and the worst horrors imaginable ever to be inflicted on a human being. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S INFLICTED, ON OTHER CHILDREN THEIR AGE. And for that alone, the world has failed them. Especially the kids in Palestine who didn't ask for any of this. They just wanted to carry on with life as kids do, the same way as my littles do on a daily basis no doubt, learning, playing, chatting with friends over their favourite cartoons and characters, worrying about whether they'd get to go to the playground or not that day.

I apologize for talking about this on this blog. I know my blog tends to be lighter in feel, a lot more unhinged and light hearted typically. I mean, I'm just a fricking nerd who likes to draw and write, and lurk about her favourite fandoms to consume and support what is shared among other nerds who also like to draw and write. But I couldn't stop thinking about it. About contemplating it, especially since I'll be back on a roll tomorrow, working with my kiddos again after not seeing them for 5 days straight because of Holidays. And, I just had to talk about it. This is something I felt I couldn't keep to myself this time, I don't think my soul'd be able to carry it. I had to talk about it.

FREE PALESTINE. Our children deserve better.

Hello hello I have joined forces with some other artists to help out a family in Gaza! Please share this and if you can, donate and/or commision us! :)

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Help a Gazan family to relocate to safety!

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Shayma and her 16-person Gazan family neee urgent support to relocate as soon as possible. Her house has been destroyed in the bombings, her sister had been martyred and left two orphans behind. The family are eappealing for funds to self-sustain upon fleeing Gaza.

You can read more and donate here:

“Losing my father means losing everything!”

Dr. Sarah Ghalayini, who asked for this video of hers to be shared, is a survivor of the brutal siege on Al Shifa Medical Complex during which she reported, despite her terror, on what was happening. She, like all healthcare workers in Gaza, is the definition of a hero. The support her GoFundMe received seems to have made her father very happy, but just when hope was on the horizon, his life was taken.

This is the pain, the unbearable grief, that Izzr431 inflicts daily. We can’t let ourselves become used to witnessing this grief that our politicians and corporations are complicit in creating. We need to sit with it, and act to stop the source of it.

Go to Dr. Ghalayini’s fundraiser below or @saraaghalayini on IG and show her and her grieving family some love. Go to her profile and post some words of support too.

Repost from @saraaghalayini

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I can no longer see you with my eyes or touch you with hands, but I will feel you in my heart forever Daddy 💔

Actually i was more like forced to make such a video cause all people insisted me to make such a video and know what’s happened 💔

please can you share the video on your story because I hope this video to reach many people to pray for my father, to see our suffering and to support us

For help us link in bio💔

Heard of a trend of people drawing their favorite characters with a watermelon to show support for Palestine

I got a lot of help from people sympathizing with my anxiety and depression, so I hope I can count on you to donate any ammount to the cause, I'll leave a donation link to help the children of gaza below:

EVERY PENNY HELPS

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Paypal link here!!

HOT TAKE IT SHOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE TO VETO A CEASEFIRE AND ANY COUNTRY THAT TRIES SHOULD BE BULLIED MERCILESSLY

we continue to raise our voices and share more About our brothers and Sisters in Gaza‼️🫂AVDOL SUPPORTS THE FREEDOM OF PALESTINE 🇵🇸🍉‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

This Blog Is Donating $100 To Palestine:

This blog is donating to Palestine to pay forward all the kindness that’s been shown to me on this blog. I know that a lot of people wish they could do more than just reblog and spread information, which IS a huge help, but that’s why I’ve signed off my donations with this blog’s name. This isn’t just from me. This is from everyone who has sent an ask, left a comment, or even just reblogged. If you see this and you feel like you haven’t done something to help Palestine, then consider this you helping. Consider this being your support too. This isn’t from me. It’s from us. From this community.

I’ve split this donation between helping animals in Gaza and helping send hygiene products including period products, both causes I found directly on here.

This is why sharing is important. This is why your reblogs are important. So we can do this together.

never stop posting about palestine!

remember your daily clicks!

Hello everyone, you may recognize a post I’ve made awhile ago about a man in Palestine named Abdallah

Abdallah has worked very hard to care for many animals in Palestine, and get them proper food and treatment. Today though, things are changing as the environment he’s in grows more and more dangerous

His home has been destroyed, family and friends murdered, and cannot stay there any longer. He wants to leave, and he needs our help to do so

Here is his GoFundMe

Ever since my last post, I’ve begun to see Abdallah as a friend, so I beg you, please help him. I would donate more than I already have if I could, please help my friend escape this nightmare he’s living in. If you cannot reblog donate, and share the original post if you have Twitter

Spread the link onto other platforms like I am here, do anything. I’m begging you to help my friend, please help my friend

don't stop talking. don't stop supporting. there will be a free palestine. 🇵🇸

A dog and a young girl were seen comforting each other at a refugee camp in Gaza. She’s one of the nearly 1 million Palestinian children now displaced due to Israel’s war on Gaza. Facing violence, hunger, and insurmountable loss, she does not have much. But in this moment, she has a friend. 14/10 (Video from @eye.on.palestine. Viewer discretion advised if clicking through to this account, as it spotlights some of the horrific atrocities currently being perpetrated against the people of Gaza)

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deep cut stands with palestine!

im gonna try and make one of these drawings for all the splatbands

الموقف سلاح ✌🏻

قاطع من أجل أخيك 🇵🇸

قاطع من أجل الإنسانية 🇵🇸