hello! sorry for the long wait to spread the link--i previously donated 10 CAD from my girlfriends post spreading your message.

while not verified/vetted by people here on tumblr, i reached out to the organizer--rawda--as they are also running other verified fundraisers, and got a response back confirming that this is a legitimate fundraiser. they have set up @/familydeea's fundraiser, as well as this fundraiser that was vetted by sar-soor.

please give this family your support! they are currently only at $1,860 CAD/$140,000. i donated 10 CAD, and i encourage others to match at least this amount.

Adam Due to the lack of food and water and the lack of a place to sleep after the destruction of his house, he fainted yesterday and had a high temperature, and he is now suffering from severe illness. Adam and his brothers need your help.

@90-ghost @elierlick @riding-with-the-wild-hunt @fairuzfan @evelyn-art-05 @90-ghost @occupationsurfer @soon-palestine @fundraiser

@hillesyousef, verified by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi in this spreadsheet (row 206)

Youssef Helles needs to evacuate his wife and children from Gaza. He has been apart from them since 2019 and has never been able to meet his youngest child. €1,020 / €23,000

@zinaeleenyamin, verified by @/nabulsi

Ahmed Alanqer, his wife Dina, and their 4 children need help evacuating from Gaza. Dina just gave birth to their fourth child earlier this month. €17,480 / €35,000

@burningnightgiver, verified by @/90-ghost

Walaa and her siblings are stuck in Gaza and their parents need help to evacuate them. Walaa is diabetic, and has limited access to food and insulin. $887 CAD / $40,000

Please support this initiative! For every $10, SIHA Network is able to provide one menstrual hygiene kit for a Sudanese woman or girl. That is a small amount to pay for an incredibly powerful donation.

Donate directly at the link below.

june 22nd:

Orphaned twins Kareem and Carmen, their grandparents, and two aunts ($3,807/$50,000) - @06679799, verified by @/90-ghost

Khalil Abubaker, his five siblings, and their parents (€725/€30,000) - @khalil95, verified by @/nabulsi

Muhammad Al-Azayza and family, including a young child with Down syndrome (kr5,684 SEK/kr200,000 SEK) - @hamouda-az, verified by @/sayruq

Reuniting Mahmoud Helles with his wife (who needs urgent kidney treatment) and their four children (€17,027/€20,000) - @hillesmahmoud, verified by @/fallahifag

Ayman Ayyad's family of eight, including four children ($11,137/$35,000) - @aymanayyad81, verified by @/nabulsi

Sahar El Tibi, her husband Mohammed (who needs treatment for a foot injury), and their 4-year-old daughter (€14,549/€30,000) - @sahareltibi1, verified by @/el-shab-hussein

Mahmoud Saleh and family (they've already lost several members) (€3,531/€20,000) - @mide444, verified by @/nabulsi

Wafaa's family of 15, including four children and a newborn (€13,954/€50,000) - @wafs-posts, verified by @/90-ghost

Mahmoud Khalaf's family of eight (€7,006/€30,000) - @mahmoudkhalaff, verified by @/nabulsi

not yet vetted:

14-year-old Hamza and his family (his father needs treatment for rheumatoid arthritis) (£1,097/£35,000)

Siblings Mai, Khaled, Ola, and Mohammad (€11,720/€40,000)

Hasan Saied and his wife Lena ($12,222 CAD/$20,000 CAD) - @hasanandlena

Firas Muhaisen's family of six, as well as he and his sister's medical education ($545 CAD/$82,000 CAD) - @firasmuhaisen, @nisreenameen

Amna Marwan, her husband, and their three young children (€2,336/€30,000) - @ahmed505

A displaced Palestinian couple held their wedding in the camp.

But it breaks my heart that palestinians reaching out to us feel the need to have to prove that they are they are good people who are worth the support, like theyre only worth being supported if they had a good gpa or were exceptional in some way.

(June 11th)

Sujood's Children @sweatynachocreator - (vetted by @/el-shab-hussein) - $5,860 CAD raised of $45,000

Wafaa Alnhal @hebsnhel - vetted by @/nabulsi - €10,015 raised of €35,000

Yahya Bkheet (his blog got deleted) - vetted by @/nabulsi - €430 raised of €30,000

Amani Hasan @amani93gaza - vetted by @/nabulsi - $4,113 CAD raised of $17,732

Dr. Nasser Mohamed (his blog got deleted) - vetted by @/nabulsi - £2,626 raised of £50,000 goal 

Iyad Sobhe (his blog also got deleted) - vetted by @/nabulsi - £8,220 raised of £60,000

Ruba Shaban @rubashabansblog - vetted by @/nabulsi - €22,381 raised of €60,000

Tawfik Satoom @tawfiksatooom - vetted - $1,324 raised of $20,000 (his campaign ends in 11 days!)

Gazafunds actually deals with this anxiety and makes a decision for you if you want. Their home page has a spotlighted fundraiser and the code consider things like how close the gfm is to finishing, when the most recent donation is, etc. So it's randomized to help as many people as possible.

like idk I don't think it comes from a purposefully fatphobic place and like yes it sucks a lot that the demands of capitalism deny people a lot of opportunities to cook or learn to cook and be more engaged and intentional about their food. but it has this flavor of "poverty is bad because it makes people fat," which only holds up as an argument if you agree that being fat is a terrible thing that happens to people rather than being a completely neutral reality about some people's bodies.

But also. How did film theory concepts get distorted so badly that people think that the "male gaze" is a thing that people can people "do". A man lusting for a woman is also not "male gaze" because that's not what male gaze means.

You must unlearn this.

You must accept that all people will be annoying at some point or another in their lives, maybe all of their lives, and that this is okay. It is okay for strangers on the bus, it is okay for children in the grocery store, it is okay for people on social media, and it is okay for you.