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#me when boobs #dunmeshi

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No one is discrediting the student protests. I myself am a student who is partaking in largely student-coordinated protests, drives, campaigns… but I also understand that we are largely missing the point if coverage of these protests overshadows what they are actually protesting for—the atrocities committed on Palestinians every single day. As the western buzz around this genocide gets more and more coverage, the coverage of the genocide itself sharply declines. It’s true and I see it every single day. Things are not being reported with the precision and diligence with which they should be.

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A girl has not felt loved in years. She never gets told that she's a pretty girl. She doesn't get called a girl. Her parents don't call her daughter. She never smiles and doesn't take care of her hair anymore. She stopped taking showers every day. She has acne and stubble. She doesn't shave, she can't stand looking at herself in the mirror. She was told that "fat is hot" until she gained more weight. People look at her weird. She feels like nobody wants her. She doesn't want anyone to look at her. She feels alone. People avoid her. She feels like she can't vent to others anymore because it's all she can think about. She wants to be loved

A girl doesn't talk anymore. She's distant and insecure. She bottles up her feelings. People reach out to her to try and help, but don't know how to help. She isolates herself, she's scared. She knows that nobody will put in the time and effort to be there for her. Nobody says good morning to her. She stopped asking for help. She doesn't laugh anymore. She feels like she's worthless. She's told that this isn't true, but notices that people only care about her when she's feeling suicidal. She feels like a burden. She can't think a week ahead because she is terrified of the future. She doesn't know if she'll make it to the end of the year. She wants to be loved

A girl doesn't express her opinions anymore. People think she's a dangerous freak, that she is disgusting, gross and filthy. She feels that weight. She cries most of the day, most days. She stopped brushing her teeth. She feels disposable. She only feels useful when she's validated. People will toss her aside as soon as they get a good excuse to do it. She feels like a sacrificial lamb. They keep her at arm's length. She knows that she's judged silently. She feels like people would feel more comfortable if she wasn't there. She's trying to keep going. Her eyes hurt. She's loud. People think she is annoying. She's tired. She wants to be loved

I see u. I love u

You're a pretty girl. What you say matters. How you feel matters. It's ok to be angry and afraid. It's unfair that others don't notice and don't care. Keep being loud, keep being yourself. It's not too late. You matter

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My boss was like “Do you have any idea how much money we’re losing” like who cares, it’s not like they would give it to me otherwise

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message to all leftists: understand that landlords are bad because they are extorting you in exchange for a basic necessity of survival, not because they are "lazy" or "don't have real jobs"

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Sudan still desperately needs aid--it needs a lot of things, but it is approaching a dangerous point with famine and mass death due to hunger imminent.

These are the kinds of headlines we're getting now:

Here's an ongoing fundraiser:

I linked it before, to help with Ramadan, but it's an ongoing initiative, the need has not stopped.

I picked this gofundme because it's been boosted by people I trust and you can see pictures online of the food they've provided, e.g.:

But I also picked this because you can see the amount of donations. It's 2pm ET on Saturday, April 20th right now? For the next week, whatever's donated, I'll match for a total up to $2,000 (we'll say 2,750 CAD, since the gofundme is in Canadian dollars).

You don't have to send me a receipt, I just ask that you donate and boost.

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Im curious.

#there was simply no reason to keep watching la casa de papel once they killed off nairobi

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i have been constantly in tears over this newly hatched duck i found on instagram last night

#beautiful wonderful creature my little cousin

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the past is dead the future died before it could be born and me i feel also not so good

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Once again, end your NYT subscription

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I'm so glad that y'all are so into Monkey Man and the badass hijra priestess army, but friendly reminder that hijra are NOT trans women. Hijra are their own distinct gender; trans women are women. India has both :)

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spock you did shrooms like at least once

#star trek

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Los cronistas de otros tiempos decían que podía recorrerse Cuba, a todo lo largo, a la sombra de las palmas gigantescas y los bosques frondosos, en los que abundaban la caoba y el cedro, el ébano y los dagames. Se puede todavía admirar las maderas preciosas de Cuba en las mesas y en las ventanas de El Escorial o en las puertas del palacio real de Madrid, pero la invasión cañera hizo arder, en Cuba, con varios fuegos sucesivos, los mejores bosques vírgenes de cuantos antes cubrían su suelo. En los mismos años en que arrasaba su propia floresta, Cuba se convertía en la principal compradora de madera de los Estados Unidos. El cultivo extensivo de la caña, cultivo de rapiña, no sólo implicó la muerte del bosque sino también, a largo plazo, «la muerte de la fabulosa fertilidad de la isla». Los bosques eran entregados a las llamas y la erosión no demoraba en morder los suelos indefensos; miles de arroyos se secaron. Actualmente, el rendimiento por hectáreas de las plantaciones azucareras de Cuba es inferior en más de tres veces al de Perú, y cuatro veces y media menor que el de Hawaii. El riego y la fertilización de la tierra constituyen tareas prioritarias para la revolución cubana. Se están multiplicando las presas hidráulicas, grandes y pequeñas, mientras se canalizan los campos y se diseminan, sobre las castigadas tierras, los abonos.

Las Venas Abiertas de América Latina, Eduardo Galeno

Early chroniclers told of traveling across all of Cuba in the shade of giant palms and through leafy forests abounding in mahogany, cedar, and ebony. Cuba's precious woods may still be admired in the tables and window frames of the Escorial and in the doors of the royal palace in Madrid, but in Cuba the sugarcane invasion sent the best virgin forests up in smoke. In the same years it was destroying its own timberlands, Cuba became the chief purchaser of U.S. timber. The extensive plunder-culture of sugarcane meant not only the death of the forest but also, in the long run, the death of the island's fabulous fertility. With forests surrendered to the flames, erosion soon did its work on the defenseless soil and thousands of streams dried up. The present-day per hectare yield from sugar plantations in Cuba is more than three times lower than in Peru and four and one-half times lower than in Hawaii. Irrigation and fertilization of the land are priority tasks for the Cuban Revolution. Large and small hydraulic dams are multiplying, fields are being irrigated, and fertilizer is being scattered over lands weak from centuries of punishment.

The Open Veins of Latin America, Eduardo Galeno

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Not that mainstream media would make a note of this, but Iran has said multiple times that it’s wishing de-escalate. Israel launched a drone attack against Iran a few days ago, but Iran shot it down without retaliation. It even actively played it down so that it didn’t have to retaliate, so that the confrontation could end where it did. It’s Israel that’s continuously attacking Iran and its allies. It’s Israel that’s trying to escalate this. It’s literally them.

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For simplicity, "animal" includes bugs, animals, and fish.

#fictional character but the way its pronounced sounds like a sicilian term of endearment #so at this point his name is basically that bc nobody knows the origin and everyone assumes its just that word #i dont mind it he is my heart :)

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I need to buy more medicine and the money to get into an appointment about my disability once we have the insurance actually sorted (really wish it wasnt so hard to pay for insurance). Please help out a disabled trans woman scientist.

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