This is not a “representative” government.

Please keep Pittsburgh’s Jewish population in your thoughts, and continue to demand stronger action to keep weapons out of the hands of those who would commit hate crimes.

Here (Washington Post)

Here (The Guardian)

Sources:

Chairs Urge Ambassador Branstad to Prioritize Mass Detention of Uyghurs, Including Family Members of Radio Free Asia Employees- Congress Executive Commission on China (April 3, 2018)

*Muslims Forced to Drink Alcohol and Eat Pork in China’s ‘Re-education’ Camps, Former Inmate Claims- The Independent (May 18, 2018) Covers the treatment the prisoners endure in the camps. Also has a short video of the witness, Omir Bekali, describing his time there.

*New Evidence Emerges of China Forcing Muslims into ‘Re-education’ Camps- The Washington Post (August 10, 2018) Another witness, Sayragul Sauytbay, speaks out. Also features some Chinese arrest statistics and explains the significance.

China Uighurs: One Million Held in Political Camps- BBC.com (August 10, 2018)

*China is Treating Islam like a Mental Illness- The Atlantic (August 28, 2018) This article links to many, many other articles and pieces about the camps, some of which are governmental sources. All the links work. One wants you to make an account to access it, but I have it saved. PM me if you want to see it.

UN Panel Confronts China Over Reports that it Holds a Million Uighurs in Camps- New York Times (August 28, 2018)

*Detention of Uighurs Must End, UN Tells China, Amid Claims of Prison Camps- The Guardian (August 30, 2018) There are many good links here, although one of them is in Chinese. They all work.

Internet Sleuths Hunting for China’s Secret Internment Camps, The Atlantic.com- (Sept. 15, 2018) - This article talks about the treatment the Uighurs get in the camp and talks about the risks some Chinese people are taking to find out the truth. It also goes over some of the solid evidence debunking Chinese claims that the camps do not exist, eyewitness accounts aside.

Uighurs Abroad Cut Off from Relatives in Chinese Detention, The LA Times, Sept. 17, 2018- More personal accounts

Action:

Here is a fundraiser started by an Uyghur with the aim to “ to start an organization, aim to seek practical action in Finnish foreign ministry, in the European Parliament and commission, to pressure the Chinese government to stop the concentration camp, stop the genocide of Uyghur Muslims. ”

The goal has been met, but the fundraiser ends October 31st, 2018.

lemme tell you, when you start passing and trying out this scary ass world you gotta prepare- so here’s a list of stuff to watch out for

I was watching Pokémon: Indigo League on Netflix and the Pokédex called Kakuna a “transitional Pokémon”

the problem however is that because of its popularity, this is also my most stolen and reposted work. i’ve seen my signature erased or cropped out more times than I can count, everywhere from Facebook to Twitter to Reddit to Instagram. recently people have started editing the picture for phone backgrounds and lockscreens, which I don’t support at all. i would’ve been happy to design custom lockscreens for these people, as I am a commission artist, but it’s easier for people to just photoshop my art. I can’t stop that.

it does hurt though.

so i just want to ask, if you like this work, if you’ve seen it floating around out there without credit to me, if it means something to you… consider buying me a Ko-Fi? i’d really appreciate it.

Also, the married women are not paid (and therefore can’t qualify for assistance if they should ever divorce, etc). And worth “of course” less than a man.

“ In the Army’s case, the agreement for compensation is that the officer allowance be paid jointly to the husband—the check is written in his name. Officially, the wife is a “worker without expectation of remuneration,” and her husband receives 40 percent more of an allowance as a married man than he would as a single man. “