persevering love

What’s everyone doing for Valentine’s Day?

yemen is the poorest nation in the arab world. but in two weeks time, it did what no oil or gas- rich arab nation could do. by seizing three ships and costing i****l more than 2 billion by forcing its ships to go around africa, yemen showed up.

Just a reminder that Yemen has risked it ALL for Palestine, as they are going through one of the worst humanitarian crisis' ever. Due to their resilience, the puppets at the UN have decided to exclude them from the world food program. Yemen is STARVING. Please consider donating towards their hunger crisis. Let's show up for Yemen.

#the inward looking self care me before everything mindset is such a plague#to the extent that it’s seen as morally right and correct to put yourself first#the whole ‘omg do I have to listen to my friend/be there for them that’s so boring/tiring’ thing is a micro version of this#but this is what that looks like magnified to a global scale#and a LOT of this stems from the increasingly nuclear ways in which western society dictates that we live our lives#it’s actually NOT toxic or abusive to put someone else’s needs first IN CONTEXT . GIVEN THE SITUATION.#gah. many fundamental critiques of individualism as a way of living and the glorification of it due to the prevalence of western narratives#-> in the media which is what this boils down to#however all the fucking theory aside. be uncomfortable. that’s fine in fact if you’re not. I have questions#look at the news. look at what’s happening. stand in solidarity however you can.#if we are privileged enough to be able to look away. we#we are privileged enough to be able to look away. to forget.#but if we do so we are complicit in this genocide#free palestine (via @ayceeofspades)