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Jew haters really be like “Nobody actually hates Jews. you’re lying and exaggerating. Btw you’re to blame for every bad thing in this world. fuck you and die”

The Talmud

I feel like not enough people realize that people under enormous strain act really really fucking Weird

It’s important to know that hijab is banned in schools in most of the european countries, such as france, belgium, switzerland etc. Millions of girls have to take their hijab off everyday in order to have access to education, and I am one of them. Please spread this as much as possible, it has become so normal here that I feel like a fool for even mentioning it, but I’m pretty sure it goes against the human rights. This senseless law has been on since 2004 and pretends that all the students have to be “equal” and it is prohibited to show that you belong to any religion, any religious sign must be set aside. However, most of us have to take our hijab off in schools where you can clearly see a christmas tree or a christian cross. “Yeah but it’s not the same”, they say. Tell me about double standards. I pray for days when we don’t have to chose between religion and education.

I feel the need to say that one of the primary reasons I switched from a humanities major to a science major is that I feel very unwelcome in humanities classes as a Jewish person. I once tried to go to the women’s, queer, and gender studies department to look at their open closet for trans students and I was greeted by a bunch of Palestinian flags and “glory to the intifada” crap. I had to drop an African diaspora studies class because the professor was praising ta-nehisi coates work about the West Bank, citing Kanye west on that subject, glorifying Arab colonialism, and pushing Nation of Islam esque beliefs. On campus I have to walk past posters that say “there is only one solution intifada revolution”. That same professor was talking about racist graffiti in the city that was removed a few days after but had nothing to say about that. My schools SJP posts absolutely horrible things online including praising October 7th, supporting hamas, glorifying people like leila khaled and rasmea odeh, calling for the death of Israeli people, and saying to remove Hillel from campus. Hillel is a safe space for Jewish students and it’s the only room in the building with a padlock on the door. I was told I cannot report any of this because freedom of speech. And I go to a school that’s considered GOOD for Jewish students after October 7th. I do not feel safe knowing these people are on my campus. How can I? They’ve shown again and again that they want to cause harm to Jews and I’m sick of having to wait until they do it to be taken seriously.

Because this post is sad and gloomy and makes it seem like college has been awful for me I also wanna make it clear: the MAIN, BIGGEST reason I switched to a stem major is because I realized that the joy and excitement I feel when talking about animals and ecosystems is the greatest I’ve ever felt. Studying fine art or literature is something I like to do on my own time. Studying sea creatures and weird fungi is what I want to do for a living. I don’t care how profitable that is it’s what I’m passionate about. So yeah. The worst thing in stem classes though is the fact that nursing students are using gen AI on their assignments so yeah.

I am allowed to say “no” to people.

I am allowed to say “no” to people. I am allowed to have boundaries.

I am allowed to say “no” to people.

I am allowed to say “no” to people. I am allowed to have boundaries.

the most disorienting thing thats ever happened to me was when a linguistics major stopped in the middle of our conversation, looked me in the eye, and said, "you have a very interesting vernacular. were you on tumblr in 2014?" and i had to just stand there and process that one for a good ten seconds

#i was in a car with a linguist i had never met before the car trip and like half an hour in he looked at me#after i finished describing a geology thing that was happening out the window and asked if i'd ever spent much time on tumblr#the fuckor of it all#and then we spent six more hours driving#it sure does leave linguistic markers! i'm not sure i'm good with it (tags via @thoughtsformtheuniverse)

it is one thing to be a linguist and another to be a linguist who knows enough of 2010s Tumblr to spot one of its enjoyers

I am being perceived.

when you show up to the met gala you should immediately be faced with a panel of fashion experts and art historians before you even get to the red carpet and you have to explain your outfit choice and why it is on theme for that year’s event like you are defending a phd and if you can’t produce a coherent defence they turn you away at the door and the people of manhattan are allowed and encouraged to throw rotten produce at you as you get back into your car in shame

note to self: stop comparing yourself to people who have had completely different circumstances than you. stop comparing yourself in general.

I think you can tell a lot about how rigorous and committed someone's belief in a human right is by how quickly they are able to name people who they think could or should have that right taken away.