Aszrael

people always take descartes out of context. so few know the full quote is "come on and slam, i think therefore i am"

I write these words with a heavy heart. You may quickly glance at this post and continue your day as usual, but my husband's health is deteriorating.

its all 'be gay do crime' until a black person starts making allusions to drugs or sex or god forbid VIOLENCE and then it turns out nobody can handle anything more hardcore than downloading illegal torrents of hamilton

This post is about racism. This post is about racism and antiblackness. This post is not about how cool YOU are for doing crimes or about how much you hate 'antis' or how bad tesla sucks. This post is about how ostensibly progressive white people will clutch pearls and moralize about not listening to rap or engaging with black art or culture because it seemingly condones drugs, or violence, or is overly sexual, while having no issue with those topics in other, non-black contexts. There are conversations to be had about the topics surrounding this but in the meantime the original post is One Sentence and I'm not convinced most of the commenters in the past few days even read it.

people are like "just because the artist depicts it doesn't mean they condone it" until its black people and hip hop

not to be a dirty commie or anything but i don't think any one person should have enough money to solve world hunger and then get to decide not to

Everyone, please help Maryam and her family.

Maryam still needs your help. I have nothing else. Please donate today.

Maryam has witnessed things no child should ever have to see destruction, loss, fear, and the constant uncertainty of war. She has also endured malnutrition, leaving her body weak and fragile. While other children dream about the future, she spends her days fighting simply to regain her strength and hold on to hope.

Her current fundraisers have been Shared by @/90-ghost (also here), shared by @/bilal-salah7.

it’s crazy how when you’re 11 you think wow nationalism is the root of all evil and war is despicable and religion is the opiate of the masses and misogyny is everywhere and climate change is our most dire threat. and you start to grow up and you think well surely it will become more nuanced to me, surely there must be a reason adults arent breaking down wailing in the streets due to the cruelty of this world. and then you become an adult and you think wow nationalism is the root of all evil and war is despicable and religion is the opiate of the masses and misogyny is everywhere and climate change is our most dire threat

“never kill yourself” is such a funny phrase to me that i think it’s accidently started working. its like an affrimation. say ‘never kill yourself’ enough times as a joke and maybe you won’t try to kill yourself over minor inconviences anymore