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isappho · 4 days
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[bold text: Shushan Purim]
25 March 2024 - 15 Adar II 5784
Yes, today is Shushan Purim, Purim observed in walled cities, most notably Jerusalem.
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isappho · 4 days
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can't believe "don't hit your children" so frequently draws controversy. like, there is nothing about "don't hit your children" that should be controversial. don't hit your children
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isappho · 4 days
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okay like. As someone who made a post literally saying 'terfs aren't feminists' I'm going to need some of you to understand the difference between 'this ideology violates the principles of our cause and we need to reject them as a part of our cause' and 'there is a problem in our cause that is allowing people of these ideology to feel comfortable in our spaces and it is making it unsafe for the people they target', and the fact that these two things can coexist.
Like yes, by definition, terfs are not feminists - which was the intent and point of my original post from a while ago. They are not feminists by definition, and their ideology actively harms feminist causes. *however*, this coexists with the fact that they identify themselves as feminists and proliferate in feminist spaces, and exist in the feminist cause. Feminism has a terf problem. This coexists with the fact that terfs are not feminists by definition - that is, they are not aiming for gender equality and equity.
So yes, terfs are not feminists by definition and calling yourself a feminist does not automatically make you a feminist - however, that doesn't change that they exist in feminist spaces and causes. So when I say something about ''terfs aren't feminists'', it's not a denial of the issues with feminism - it's a recognition that they cannot be allowed to continue proliferating in feminist spaces and causes.
This doesn't just apply to feminism. A lot of causes for equality and equity have bigotry and exclusion issues, though they may be via different mechanics than terfs. This does, by definition, contradict the causes those bigots and exclusionists identify themselves with. But that doesn't change that within those causes, there is a problem that is allowing those ideologies to proliferate within these causes, and that is an issue that needs to be addressed.
I hope this makes sense, but if it doesn't - my ask box is open (for questions in good faith).
Also note this is not me conflating different issues within equality causes - there are different mechanics at play for every aspect within these causes and bigots existing within them. Terfs are very obviously a contradiction of intersectional feminism, but they still exist in feminist spaces, and are just one example of these issues.
I also think responding to criticism of certain ideologies within a cause with statements like ''they're not a true x'' or ''they're not part of our cause'' is deeply unhelpful and is actually an example of not wanting to engage with solving the problem. The first statement is not how things work, and the second statement in such a context is not actually trying to address the issues at all.
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isappho · 4 days
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lesbian men are an integral part of lesbianism actually
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isappho · 4 days
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Rhododendrons; katana
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isappho · 4 days
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stop! villainising! fatness!
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isappho · 4 days
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please please please never ignore that in every conflict and every attack and every crisis and every war, there are *people*. it is people who die, people who get hurt, people who lose people they care about. you are not aiding any fight for peace and rights being respected and justice by turning them into props for your cause, when you call for the deaths of innocent people for the crimes of their government, when you victim-blame the victims and survivors of these crimes, when you advocate for the expulsion of a people and call for their genocide.
in the last few weeks alone, people around the world have been murdered and assaulted, have been forced to flee from their homes, have had their cultures threatened with erasure, and more.
none of it is a damn game where you get to pick your team and pick your side and replace the people with a convenient, blank slate of nobody and nothing.
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isappho · 4 days
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[bold text: Purim Esther Mordecai Shushan Purim]
24 March 2024 - 14 Adar II 5784
Yes, today is Purim! The festival celebrating the survival of the Jewish people in Persia.
The entire story is recorded in the Book of Esther (Megillat Esther), wherein the Jews Esther and Mordechai defeated the evil Haman’s plot to kill all of the Jews in Persia.
In planning his plot, the Persian official Haman threw Purim (”Lots”) to choose the date, it came up as 13 Adar. However, Esther and Mordechai managed to convince the King not to allow Haman’s plan, and allowed the Jews to fight against their enemies. On the 13th of Adar that year the Jews defeated their enemies, and we celebrate on the next day.
In the walled city of Shushan, the fighting continues on the 14th, and they celebrated on 15 Adar. Because of this, cities which were walled at the time celebrate Purim a day later (this is called Shushan Purim). Observances of Purim include listening to a reading of the Megillah, baking triangle cookies called Hamentaschen (shaped after the hat Haman wore), partying, giving gifts to friends, giving tzedakah (charity), wearing costumes, and joyful partying.
Shushan Purim, Purim in walled cities, begins at sunset tonight.
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isappho · 5 days
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some of you are only willing to separate the government from the people when it's the government you live under, huh.
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isappho · 5 days
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in this household, we love and support trans folk and make sure they always feel welcome and safe
in this household, we love and support trans folk and make sure they always feel welcome and safe
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isappho · 5 days
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some of you fuckers will support the fundamental basic rights of all people, until it's against someone you don't like, or an entire people or peoples you are prejudiced against. then you shits start screaming for and calling for them to be assaulted, abused, tortured, killed, and still claim to give a single fuck about the rights of all people. if you put conditions on that then actually you dont give a fuck at all about people's rights, actually, you just fucking pretend you do.
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isappho · 5 days
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"Criticizing Israel isn't antisemitism" yeah but accusing Jews of making up hate crimes to derail the conversation around Gaza is. Claiming that the media is controlled by a secret group of all powerful Zionists is. Acting like the Holocaust is something Jews use to get out of trouble instead of an actual genocide that happened within living memory is. Telling us to go back to where we came from is.
"Criticizing Israel isn't antisemitism" yeah well a lot of you aren't being accused of antisemitism because you are criticizing Israel. You're being accused of antisemitism because you are being antisemitic and do nothing but evade and double down when it gets called out.
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isappho · 5 days
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i think it's okay to just... live. you don't need some grand purpose in life. you don't need to be a household name every waking second. you're allowed to just exist. you're allowed to just live. you're allowed to wake up looking forward to the day because you have a delicious lunch prepared. you're allowed to be annoyed by that one small pothole that's been there for months. you're allowed to just get comfy and watch tv for a few hours. you don't need to be constantly working, you don't need to bury feelings of annoyance or frustration because ''someone else has it worse''. you can just be. there's nothing wrong with just being.
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isappho · 5 days
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watches an analysis of something. gets triggered. continues watching it while also doing something grounding at the same time. which will win
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isappho · 5 days
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a lot of queers in media are skinny and able-bodied, and there's not really very much representation for the variety in queer bodies. so this post is for the queers whose bodies don't get as much representation - the fat queers, the bulky queers, the physically disabled queers, queers in all shapes and sizes, queers with mobility aids, queers with limb differences, queers with prosthetics, amputee queers, all the queers who aren't skinny and able-bodied deserve just as much to be represented in media!
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isappho · 5 days
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unfriendly reminder that the war in Israel and Palestine is not your prop for antisemitism, Islamomisia, racism or xenomisia. under any circumstances. you cannot claim to support basic human rights, equality and fundamental rights if you use I/P to try and defend your bigotry and hate.
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isappho · 5 days
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Attention, stimblr.
Please please please stop using @/calligraphyti (on TikTok) / @/calligraphyti_ (on Instagram)'s videos in your stimboard. This is not a 'callout post', but this is an important thing I want to point out because I keep seeing this account's calligraphy videos in stimboards. All of the warnings here also apply to the comments - however please note I haven't gone through all the comments, so I don't know if there are any inappropriate comments, so a blanket warning for this.
@/calligraphyti makes a lot of calligraphy videos to mimic and mock self-harm, and has mocked trigger warnings and the people who ask for them on @/calligraphyti's videos where the red ink is obviously supposed to bear similarity to blood, and this is confirmed by later videos using the #fakeblood.
Example: https://www.tiktok.com/@calligraphyti/video/6999699725599444226 - warning for self-harm, mocking of trigger warnings, of people asking for trigger warnings, red ink intended to simulate fake blood, and the pen being used to emulate blades.
Example: https://www.tiktok.com/@calligraphyti/video/7017191033024908546 - warning for self-harm, mocking of trigger warnings, of people asking for trigger warnings, red ink intended to simulate fake blood, and the pen being used to emulate blades.
Since this video, the amount of videos of this style has increased exponentionally on the account, until it is almost the only kind of video on the account. A majority of them include references to injury in the name of love, similar to the content someone might find on yandere tags. Some of them also make direct references to suicidal ideation. At least one on Instagram includes phrasing that can trigger paranoia.
Example: https://www.tiktok.com/@calligraphyti/video/7237779408990293250 - warning for self-harm, red ink intended to simulate blood, the pen being used to emulate blades, implication of injury for love and similarity to yandere content
Example: https://www.tiktok.com/@calligraphyti/video/7171202192186100993 - warning for self-harm, red ink intended to simulate blood, the pen being used to emulate blades, implication of injury for love and similarity to yandere content
Example: https://www.tiktok.com/@calligraphyti/video/7128111882602335489 - warning for self-harm, red ink intended to simulate blood and references to suicidal ideation
Example: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsyEvC6sTTI/ - warning for self-harm, red ink intended to simulate blood, implied stalking and phrasing that could trigger paranoia - also note that there are many comments ranging from uncomfortable to inappropriate that are some of the first comments that pop up in the comments section
At this point, I think it is very obvious that this creator has no desire to actually respect the people that the videos are, at this point I believe intentionally, triggering, and that the creator is, again I believe intentionally, mocking self-harm, particularly cutting, and is also using it for 'injury for love'/yandere-themed content.
So stimblr, please please please stop using this account's videos in your stimboards. These videos are honestly offensive and triggering for a lot of people. Please avoid this creator as much as you possibly can, from all the platforms this account is on - @/calligraphyti on TikTok and @/calligraphyti_ on Instagram are the two I see sourced most often.
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