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The student protests for Palestine have been an amazing show of solidarity and support and seeing thr way that so many young people are willing to stand up for their values is admirable when so many others stay silent. But this is all to say that we are entering a pattern of glorifying these white “martyrs” from the global west to put all of this effort and resources and media coverage into instead of the actual cause they are fighting for.

I saw the same thing happen with Aaron Bushnell, when his self immolation was being talked about more than the actual genocide in Gaza (which went against everything he said he was self immolating for in the first place).

And again this happened with the prisoner from the US who worked 136 hours just to be able to donate his $17 check to Palestine aid efforts. In response to this, people wanted to help him and ended up raising over $100,000 in a gofundme for him. This feels almost satirical, as every gofundme to help Gazans evacuate Palestine and get to safety has a goal of less than $100,000 and most of them are not even close to reaching it.

And now, there are more and more posts on how to get aid to the college student encampments, and the “urgency” of getting enough bail funds for the students who have been arrested during them. Talking about Palestine itself and getting resources to Palestine has almost been put on the back burner in favour of making all Palestine related news about college students in the United States.

It think it is valuable to recognise the selflessness and importance of these protests, and getting these students resources but what is MORE important, and what these people are truly fighting for, and protesting, and make a statement about is PALESTINE. We have unsurprisingly reached the point where there are people who care much more about the white people fighting for the cause from the comfort of living in the global west than they care about the Palestinians undergoing a genocide in Gaza. It’s become almost blatant racism, the way people begin to drop everything the second a white/usamerican person does something in regards to helping Palestine, but will not put the same effort into a Palestinian IN Gaza who is telling their story or asking for help. I respect anyone who has done absolutely anything to help Palestine, but I hope people are starting to see the pattern of how the media gravitates towards the “white saviour/perfect martyr” instead of the first hand accounts coming from those in Gaza.

Anyway FIND A GOFUNDME AND DONATE TO HELP FAMILIES IN GAZA ESCAPE GENOCIDE

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kozue & utena foils drive me crazy. the way that each of them see the ugliness of the world and the way that all girls are made into rose brides, but react very differently. utena tries to girlprince her way out of that situation, and forgets the horrors of the swords in favor of a more idealistic narrative. it doesn't work, obviously, seeing as princes don't exist, but she tries. it keeps her afloat for a while at least.

kozue, meanwhile, sees the ugliness of the world and decides that she will capitalize on that dirtiness to get what she wants. she can't be a prince like utena, and she inherently understands that princesshood is a powerless position, so she becomes a witch. a witch, after all, is a girl who can exercise SOME form of stifled power. kozue believes that if she can convince herself that she wants the worst the world has to offer, then she won't have to feel like a victim when the worst happens to her. and she believes that in acting the way that "adults" do, she'll be able to grasp some semblance of the power that adults have.

but the thing is, kozue STILL WISHES she has the idealism that utena and miki have! her duel songs talk about how she wishes she was a child again. the whole crux of her character is that she wishes she could go back to a time when she and her brother had a normal relationship! but she can't see a way to go back, and so she believes the only way forward is to spiral deeper and deeper into unhealthiness. ohtori has taught her that normal sibling relationships can only exist in children, unfortunately.

it's pretty obvious that nanami will be the next one to leave the academy after utena and anthy go, but I really hope that kozue is able to follow not long after nanami. she's close to seeing how it's all a sham, I think. she deserves to grow up in a world where she can be normal and happy :(

#rgu

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Born to be a girl who’s curious about everything forced to be a girl who’s scared of trying anything new

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[touches your smooth hairless legs] Promise you'll stop for me...

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just got done pouring 12 million barrels of oils out of my boat so that it cant run anymore a and im stuck in the ocean now help heeelp

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[ID: an edited still of rhaenyra and alicent from house of the dragon. it shows them standing and facing each other next to the painted table. rhaenyra's back is to the viewer as she looks at alicent, putting her hand on the side of her neck gently. alicet is looking at rhaenyra with a conflicted expression, and her hand is raised to rhaenyra's side. the first version of the still zooms in on both of them, while the second version zooms out, showing the rest of the room. end ID.]

what if Alicent decided to support Rhaenyra’s claim to the crown despite her father’s wishes, and found refuge on Dragonstone by her side..

#hotd

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actual criticisms of academia:

cost of education acting as class barrier

exploitation of graduate workers

colonialist past and present

ties to military industrial complex

danger of power structure entrenching and justifying orthodox views on social issues

criticisms of academia that get made:

those damn ivory tower academics are wasting money learning about things

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they should make an international travel that is free if you're internet friends

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how r u gonna call them love handles and then try to convince ppl thats a bad thing. insane to me

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i bet being a fish whips ass. smooth and wet as fuck. well except for the bears

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Bit telling that for years and years evangelical religious extremists have been allowed on university campuses with their bullhorns and horrific imagery where they harass students into physical altercations and when students complain to the university’s administration they just shrug their shoulders citing freedom of speech but when those same tuition-paying students start protesting against war and genocide they call SWAT

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"i'm literally tweaking" "are you restarted" "you sound acoustic right now" "this has crackhead energy" "my ex is such a narcissist" "i'm going nonverbal for an hour" "intrusive thoughts won"

#id in alt text

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Keep some things sacred to yourself whether its your grooming habits, beauty secrets, love life, ambitions, finances, spiritual practice…. Don’t be afraid to have your private secrets, you do not have to be an open book.

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‘what’re u going to do w ur degree’ nothing. i’m going to start blowing things up

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i need to be fucked so badly im losing my mind

#eye twitching. it has been nearly two weeks since i saw my girlfriend irl. can we tell #ughhhh

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viscera study. [reference]

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[ID: a series of gifs from revolutionary girl utena, showing juri and ruka.

1: ruka standing and looking forward with a frown. he slowly draws up his hand, loosening his fist to let juri's locket dangle from his fingers. the locket swings in the air.

2: juri is standing bent forward and hugging herself. she looks up in alarm, quickly touching her neck, looking anxious. she looks up at ruka sadly, saying something. ruka's expression hardens and he lowers his head. the locket then falls to the floor.

3: juri looks forward with a pleading expression, with beads of sweat across her face. ruka slowly lifts his foot over the locket on the floor. he looks forward at juri with a firm frown. juri slaps his face, and his head is thrown back. a red mark appears on his face. end ID.]

#rgu