there is something horrifically grim to it, but illustrations for gaza and palestinians tend to catch more mass attention that actual photos of people. this made me feel incredibly helpless for a long while, seeing both how people would rather look at a neat drawing of red black green and white than look a human in the eyes, and how online platforms would rather push a viral drawing while suppressing those begging for help at the same time.

a way to cope with this feeling has been taking advantage of it to directly guide people to helping palestinians.

if art gets better traction, then there’s an incredible amount of good that can be done by creating art that immediately links to fundraisers. creating art of the many images of those who are asking for help.

within hours of posting my drawing, there has been jumps in the thousands for bashar from gaza’s fundraiser. it’s a small effort in the grand scheme of things. it’s not a fix it. but it’s something good. please take care of each other and do what you can. i think this could help a lot of people if a lot of people did it.

here is bashar. i’ve drawn him, spoken to him, and known him now for a few months. any shares help, any art helps. draw who you see, draw what you see. thanks all

$41,551 AUD raised of $65,000 goal raised as of May 15. please donate what you can and share

I hope you can help me bring back my skating spirit and represent Palestine abroad. Help me evacuate my family through your donation or participation.

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On May 15, Kholoud shared some photos from her family's journey being displaced from Rafah to Deir al-Balah. She and her family have been displaced multiple times since October.

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Kholoud is on Instagram @ kholoudnassar. She also has a Go Fund Me for helping her family.

Available Go Fund Me campaigns for people whose stories have been shared on watermelllonarchive can be found in the resources post.

still thinking about "decolonising" missionary work.

the way you decolonise missionary work is by not doing missionary work

the way you decolonise missionaries is like this:

"but it's part of my religion to evangelise"

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"but we need to go to Ethiopia (one of the oldest christian countries in the world) to make them the right kind of christian!"

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"but..."

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"but missionaries bring schools and hospitals to poor countries" that's called humanitarian aid and trying to use humanitarian aid to get religious converts is actually SUPER fucked! hope this helps 🐆🐆🐆

watching the israelis stomp on and destroy the aid for gazans makes me physically ill. how morally depraved must you be to inflict suffering on people simply for being born the way they are? how can you let what happened to your ancestors happen again to those who accepted you into their land? all you zionists make me sick. you're all utterly depraved of any humanity.

all of you in the notes. STOP being nitpicky about the way i used "accepted". yes. we did accept the jewish immigrants. we accepted them onto our land and we all lived together peacefully for a long time. this is more of a madani palestinian perspective, as fallahis have had different experiences, but telling a PALESTINIAN that using the word "accepted" isn't right is such a cracker ass move. shut the fuck up. we accepted all immigrants into the land. we do not have any issues with immigrants. what we did not accept was white colonization and ethnic cleansing. we have issues with settlers. learn the difference. and shut the fuck up.

Reminder to Click for Palestine today!

Click for the other causes as well if you can!

People now in gaza strip are facing the danger of hunger again and displaced since the occupation invaded rafah please can you help this family is for my cousin they need money to survive in gaza to buy food and water since everything is so expensive

And my cousin family are close to me if you can't donate share it

dont forget my cousin family from your help share it please

lets make them reach 5k

Remain 165$ to hit 4k today please help me!

@stil-lindigo @nabulsi @sayruq @palipunk @kordeliiius @kotomahi 🥺❤️🙏🙏🙏

my heart goes out to all the black trans women who feel used. who dont have any friends. who dont feel seen. who aren't allowed to be angry. who have hit their limits. who feel bitter. who dont like their transition. who make porn to survive. who aren't allowed to be tender. who have to box in their blackness. who dont like sex. who dont know others like them. who have been abused. who are forgotten. who havent been believed. who are "too fat". who are poor. who cant transition. who are in danger. who cant hope anymore. who need drugs. who are disabled. who are "too dark/light". who dont have families. who get fetishized. who aren't represented. who arent with us.

i love you. more than i could possibly express. im tired too. always have been. but i love you i love you i love you i love you. so much

What’s up just a reminder that the Hula Girl stereotype can go to hell and is in part responsible for Hawai’i being the tourist destination and getting invaded by rich white people, and for Hawaiian culture being disrespected and appropriated

Here’s a few sources on the topic:

How America’s Obsession With Hula Girls Almost Wrecked Hawai’i (the site is weird but the research is legitimate, gives a good overview of the issue and references a lot of sources that are harder to get your hands on read: books)

“Pop” Goes Hawai’i: The Twentieth Century Origins of Tourism in Hawai’i and the Impact of U.S. Pop Culture on Women in the Islands of Aloha (this one is very long but a really good read)

Misperceptions of the “Hula Girl” (this one is a personal essay but it’s an entry in the University of Hawai’i’s academic newspaper)

Cool cool so its Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month so I’m gonna uh. reblog this

Also if you don’t have the time and/or energy to read through these articles lemme give you the basic breakdown (I’ll try to keep this short, but I’ll put it under the cut because it’ll probably still take up space)

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