#and starvation

[baldurs-gate-official]

Thinking about Astarion and trauma again (shocking)

He really is the first character I've seen that depicts PTSD/C-PTSD the way he does. He's angry. He's collecting the pieces of himself he had to chip away over the years and figuring out how to fit them back together again, and it's hard.

I rarely see good PTSD rep in media (and C-PTSD is even less depicted/understood). And when I do, it's always the soft pitiable side of it. The side of it that's more palatable and easy to accept. But the reality is that the trauma that stems from such abuse can be vicious, and messy. It can lash out and push people away. Bring out the worst in you, at times. It can be so, so angry.

I love that we see that in Astarion. Both because it's good representation, and because I'm a survivor too. I'm angry. I'm upset. I want to kick and scream about it, but I can't. I feel like I must always remain in control, or that displaying those feelings will only hurt those around me and push them away. I don't want that. I don't want to hurt others or be alone.

Seeing Astarion do those things, being angry and messy over it all... It makes me so happy. He says things to Cazador I wish I could say to my own abusers, with no regard to how others perceive it. He doesn't hold back. And I get to see a character with a very similar kind of trauma do/say the things I only dream about, and not be abandoned for it. He's given the chance to heal and grow as a person, and feel loved. He gets to have a happy ending.

And he gets to be mad. And that's ok.

#bg3 #astarion #text post #cw trauma #cw ptsd #ive never seen a character before with such a similarish past to mine #i feel so seen and understood #i hate that ive had to be silent about it #i hate it so much #it means SO much to see a character with such good CPTSD rep #and see so many people love his character #i recently escaped my own abusers so this sort of thing makes me very emotional #the way he talks about torture too and doesnt try to sugar coat it #i was tortured too. my bones were broken repeatedly for someone elses amusement and it was fucking horrible #years of that #and starvation #among other things #and ive never seen a character before thats been through something similar #ive never even seen a character before this that specifically has CPTSD #ive seen characters who *should* have been written with CPTSD but its as if the writers just googled PTSD and went with that #(C-PTSD comes from continued exposure to trauma over the course of months or years where PTSD is often from a singular event) #(the symptoms differ a bit. and Astarion is a very good example of C-PTSD) #it just makes me really happy. and it makes me feel like people might understand and not blame me for what happened #well. some people do anyway. but. this kind of representation helps a lot with helping people understand #seriously though ive had people act like theyd have fared better in my situation. or blamed me for what happened #how fucked is that???? i want to chew glass whenever it happens #its always people whove never had any experience with abuse too #but they have the audacity to tell me theyre built different or something #q

[transingthoseformers]

What if the reason Galvie/Megs is so nerfed after KSI cloned him back is because they rebuilt him shittily

#maccadam #transformers #bayverse megatron #there's also the brain damage stuff and being brought back to life a few times #and starvation #that's also there #and having been frozen for a while

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

me to everybody else: it’s not possible to get rid of your female sex characterists, at least not for long! the beauty industry and the pornification of the society are trying to induce in you feel shame for being an adult woman, but it;s a scam!!!! don’t fall for it!

me to myself: time to reconsider sewerslideing bc i looked in the mirror

#and starvation #body dysmorphia #moje

[soon-palestine]

DON'T BE SILENT MAKE YOURSELF BE HEARD #FreePalestine

[image description : a person setting on his computer and says " but I am just one person " below are many persons the same way she is on their desktops telling themselves " I can't do anything " and then many more of people the same way End Description.]

#palestine #gaza #free palestine #stop the genocide #end the occupation #permanent cease fire #gaza starvation #khan younis #rafah crossing #ceasefire now #famine #open rafah #I added image description #if anyone would have a better one I am okay to edit it again

[intersectionalpraxis]

Famine is in Gaza because the IOF has been and is starving Palestinian people. 13 children...and the state of Northern Gaza is just beyond horrifying -this terrorizing occupation must end. This doesn't just stop at a ceasefire. The IOF must be held accountable for their war crimes.

#feminist #social justice #free palestine #palestine #free gaza #current events #settler violence #settler colonialism #famine #tw starvation #emaciated #wizard bisan #bisan #bisan gaza #end the occupation #end the genocide #israel is committing genocide #israel is a war criminal #israel is a terrorist state #genocide #war crimes #human rights violations #current news #global news

[shehzadi]

so israel simultaneously bombed: an ambulance convoy going to the rafah egypt-palestine border that was transporting the most severely injured, the main entrance to al-shifa hospital, the vicinity of al-quds hospital and the indonesian hospital. in doing so, they’ve martyred at least dozens of people, with the numbers still climbing, only to then bomb the osama bin zaid UNRWA school barely an hour later, and the scenes coming out of there are literally those of children blown to pieces. they are unrecognisable as humans. may Allah accept them all as martyrs. and if that wasn’t enough, al-shifa, which is now completely overwhelmed with martyrs’ bodies and even more injured people than before since it’s sheltering and treating those from 1. the ambulance bombing and 2. the entrance bombing, is now totally blacked out. no more light or electricity.

while all this was happening in ghazzah, israeli settlers, aided by the israeli military, were/have been continuously forcing palestinians from their land in the west bank by burning their land and shooting palestinians.

this is only what has happened today (03.11.23) in a period of about 2-3 hours. remember, this has been the last 75 years for palestinians.

#i had to write down everything in my head everytime i picked up my phone today there was a new massacre #had to put it somewhere so here you go. the massacres of today. and this is not even counting the palestinians being indiscriminately killed #on the streets just because the idf or the settlers feel like it #or the ones dying of their wounds or infection or starvation #m #palestine #!

[ibtisams]

Israeli National Security has agreed to allow 2 fuel trucks into Gaza per day- 3% of the what entered daily before October 7th. This fuel will be used to operate the sewage systems in Gaza because the risk of a major disease developing and spreading is imminent.

The reason Israel agreed to this is because if a disease were to break out the IDF wouldn’t be fully operational and the “war would have to stop.”

#I have seen statements saying it’s also because risk of starvation but the words from Hanegbi himself mention the sewage and disease #outbreak that woukd affect the IDF #this is going to be twisted to make Israel look like they are helping #I have already seen some news sources make this seem like a good thing #palestine #🦢

[thecurrentevents]

the United States airdropped 38,000 meals into Gaza

some progress, I guess, but it’s not enough.

the airdrop on March 2, 2024, came two days after 100+ Palestinians were killed after Israeli forces opened fire on desperate, starving civilians in what was dubbed the “flour massacre.”

this is part of an US attempt to aid Palestinians as Gaza faces starvation. three US air force cargo planes dropped 38,000 meals — no water or medical supplies — in southwest Gaza. but cargo planes can’t carry as much as aid convoy trucks. and we’ve seen the tragedy that happened.

aid groups have criticized this plan, and they are absolutely right. they’ve said the focus should be forcing Israel to open up more ports and entryways into Gaza instead of airdropping because trucks can carry way more supplies, like I’ve mentioned.

there are also several drawbacks to airdropping supplies: it’s inefficient, expensive, and doesn’t provide enough aid. there are 1.5+ million refugees in Rafah. 38,000 meals can only provide for ~0.253% of the refugees. it’s not even 1%.

but the Gazans need everything they can get right now. airdrops, however inefficient they are, are essential for Gazans to survive.

support a ceasefire now.

sources underneath the cut:

the US has made its first airdrop of aid to Gaza - New York Times article

the US should focus on stopping Israeli obstruction of aid, not on airdrops, aid group says - New York Times article

US airdrops aid into Gaza - CNN article

#politics #free gaza #palestine #free palestine #gaza #genocide #israel hamas conflict #israel #starvation #us politics #american politics #ceasefire now #ceasefire #thecurrentevents

[lastoneout]

Needless to say, looking up recipes to help with my autoimmune issues is going FANTASTIC and totally NOT making me want to commit arson

#anti-diet culture #I am screaming as loud as I can #YOU NEED TO EAT MORE FOOD #ask to tag #WHEN THE STARVATION EXPERIMENT THAT LEAD TO PEOPLE MAIMING THEMSELVES #IS GIVING IT'S SUBJECTS MORE CALORIES THAN YOUR DIET #THEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING HAS GONE VERY WRONG

[stuckinapril]

Tomorrow I’m going on a 7-day long hunger strike. I’m doing this in solidarity with the starving Palestinians in Gaza, who’ve been enduring horrendous conditions for more than half a year now—so much so that the IPC projects 1,701,000 Gazans, essentially half of the entire Gazan population, to be in IPC 5 (catastrophe/famine) by July 2024.

I’ve raised 420 dollars to Anera to corroborate each day of my hunger strike; still, if you have anything to spare, please consider donating more to their cause. Anera is one of very few humanitarian aid organizations that have managed to contend with Israeli’s constant aggression, their strikes on aid trucks and their purposefully shutting down the borders through which aid passes, to bring food and medical supplies to a still rising number of displaced malnourished, wounded Gazans. Anything is something, even if you may think a few dollars won’t make a difference.

I’ll also be cold quitting social media for the time I’m on hunger strike. Any posts from May 1 through May 8 will be queued. Thank you for donating to my hunger strike �� it means a lot

#pls donate what u can to Anera !!! They need sm more money to accommodate the mass starvation in Gaza #My inbox will stay on too but I won’t be here to see ppl accuse me of having an ED by going on hunger strike 😍 bless #palestibe

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Another update on Ahmed Kouta, the Palestinian-Canadian medical worker whose hospital has been shut down. Stranded in the North of Ghazzah by Justin Trudeau and Mélanie Joly's refusal to aid Palestinian-Canadians and their support for the zionist occupation regime. February 27th 2024. Ahmed keeps getting thinner, as no aid is coming through and the occupation has bombed everything that used to produce food, be it agricultural land or water aquifers or reservoirs of food or bakeries, etc... and has continued its siege of the city. I included a photo below next to the transcript for the video, of what he used to look like before this.

#cdnpoli #Justin Trudeau #Mélanie Joly #genocide #ethnic cleansing #starvation #Foreign Policy #zionist occupation of Palestine

[sayruq]

#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #genocide #gaza genocide #gaza under attack #starvation

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

#human rights #palestine #Israel #water #water is life #gaza genocide #free palestine #free gaza #genocide #ethnic cleansing #ceasefire #ceasefire now #starvation #public health

[odinsblog]

Armed IOF forces in tanks were “afraid” of starving, unarmed, noncombatant, Palestinian civilians

The Israeli army has issued a statement concerning the massacre its forces are accused of commuting in northern Gaza in which at least 77 Palestinians were killed while they were waiting for humanitarian aid.

The Israeli army called starving Palestinians waiting for food aid around humanitarian trucks a “violent gathering” which made its soldiers feel “unsafe,” the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

Israeli soldiers then proceeded to indiscriminately open fire on hungry Palestinians, killing dozens and wounding hundreds.

Much of Gaza's population is on the brink of famine as a result of the Israeli blockade according to the UN and other humanitarian organisations.

(continue reading)

#politics #palestine #gaza #rafah #flour massacre #israel #war crimes #starvation as a weapon of war #ethnic cleansing #starvation #famine #israel is a terrorist state #collective punishment #idf stop committing war crimes challenge

[soon-palestine]

The war in Gaza isn't just about Palestinian rights; it's about the very nature of the world we live in. Last week, I wrote this piece (link below), reflecting on earlier writings by scholars about how Gaza has become a model for making entire populations rightless and justifying their exclusion from life, taking away their dignity, and using tools of explicit and implicit violence and surveillance to kill and discipline them when they rebel against these conditions.

So, when Gaza says NO to all these things, it's not just defending itself and the Palestinian cause; it's also protecting the world from normalizing policies that make people unworthy of life and dignity just because they belong to the "wrong" ethnic, religious, or class group. When this battle is over, you'll thank Gaza for stopping dangerous precedents from being set and established, and for asserting that people cannot be killed, erased, and destroyed by the more privileged.

#palestine #gaza #free palestine #permanent cease fire #end the active genocide #stop the genocide #end the occupation #end gaza starvation

[longreads]

A Life Without Eating 

“Inflammation from Crohn’s disease had connected the tissues of my small intestine and my bladder together via fistula, and I did not want to pee out a roast chicken.”

Eating is about more than just nutrition. Eating makes us human. Read Andrew Chapman’s powerful new essay on living without food here. 

#longreads #crohn's disease #crohn's problems #autoimmine disease #autoimmune #writing #food #starvation #nonfiction