john galliano rtw spring 1993

Qaher Harhash by Marie Schmidt for SICKY Magazine - Nov 2020

Rejected (pic by John Zewizz) for SLEEPCHAMBER~“SUBMIT TO DESIRE” LP 1985

And lastly: Is Anti-Zionism (always) Anti-Semitism? Even when coming from Jews?In my opinion, anti-Zionism isn’t always Anti-Semitic, but 9 times out of 10, it’s either a guise for anti-semitism, or the proponent is unaware that they are applying an anti-semitic double standard. Let me explain.For example, an anti-Zionist proponent may campaign against perceived human right’s abuses occurring because of or in the State of Israel (which is the world’s only Jewish-majority state), but then they may not also campaign against the same or similar abuses occurring in other non-Jewish states; [To go on a slight tangent: This is actually a common Zionist critique against the UN Human Rights Council, 38% of whose resolutions are against Israel - making Israel the UN’s most condemned nation - despite 49 other nations in the world being recognised as governed by authoritarian regimes. In fact, in 2018 alone, the UNHCR made 21 resolutions against Israel with nations like North Korea receiving only 1, Myanmar receiving only 1, Syria only receiving 1 and Saudi Arabia receiving 0.]In some cases, anti-Zionists may altogether oppose the very existence of Israel as a Jewish-majority state, but then at the same time, not oppose the existence of the 48 Muslim-majority states, 53 Roman Catholic-majority states, 23 Protestant-majority states and 4 Hindu-majority states. Now, that’s not to say that Israel is immune, or even unworthy of criticism, and that all criticism of Israel is anti-semitic. No state or nation should be exempt from criticism. Allowing that criticism is apart of the democratic process, and that criticism isn’t always anti-semitic. However, criticism of Israel crosses over into the territory of anti-semitism when it is unevenly applied to the world’s only Jewish-majority nation, when it calls for Israel’s annihilation (which is frankly, whether intentionally or not, a call for another Holocaust chas v’chalila) or when it uses anti-semitic canard. I think @this-is-not-jewish‘s post How to Criticize Israel Without Being Anti-Semitic is a solid guide on how to criticise Israel without crossing over into this territory. (TL;DR) Writer Gary Kulwin summarised all of these points best in 2017 when he wrote:“If you oppose one ethnic group’s nation-state in the name of international brotherhood, but don’t have any problems with the continued existence of any other nation-state, then you are inconsistent at best, probably a hypocrite, and quite possibly – whether you admit it to yourself or not – antisemitic.”So no anti-Zionism isn’t always anti-Semitic (in my opinion) but if your anti-Zionism doesn’t pass “The Kulwin Test”, it is - even if you’re Jewish. 

Oh, really? 😐

An Oakeshott type XVII Longsword, Germany, late 14th century, housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Majestic Dragon   1965  woodcut print    via    more

a persian pictorial book on magic, charm and mysterious sciences

Phenakistoscope Disk - France - c.1835

break out of the cycle of having to explain yourself to people who do not want to understand you. you don’t owe people explanations for how you feel, for the good that you do to yourself and the steps you take for the betterment of your self internally. some people are fixated on misunderstanding you, on making you feel doubtful in the matters you are going through. they do not listen to understand you, they listen to argue with you. you don’t owe them an explanation. you don’t need to justify your emotions against the scale of what you’re going through and their opinions. they haven’t lived in your skin to know you the way you know yourself.