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[spacelazarwolf]

Id like to apoligize for my previous ask, I shouldnt have made it a sephardi thing, I still hate halva and all its supporters but halva isnt the fault of sephardiness.

this is a hate crime i need a notes app apology NOW.

#ask avishai #halva can def be an acquired taste #or texture #but i love it lmao

[spacelazarwolf]

going by lazar wolf makes you ashkenazi, srry, i don't make the rules.

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[spacelazarwolf]

call him jesus the way i make him bred and whine

HELP

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[spacelazarwolf]

Is it cringe to be into trans men but not cis men? I’m a transfem and I don’t know if this is fetishistic but I’m just always feeling unsafe around cis men in a way trans men never made me feel. I feel guilty about it and don’t know how to explain it outside of that.

nah i think it’s valid. there are gonna be some ppl who will be weird abt it bc they’re obsessed with insisting that trans men are indistinguishable from cis men but that’s just simply not true. we’re different from cis men, so dating us will be a different experience, and that’s okay. it’s okay to want that different experience, especially as a fellow trans person. as long as you just treat them like a human being and don’t make weird comments about their genitals, which i’m sure won’t be a problem, then you’re all good. live ur t4t dreams.

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[spacelazarwolf]

Sorry but it’s true, I’ve never met a person over 30 who wasn’t weird and creepy. Young people deserve a safe space away from that

killing myself on the eve of my 30th birthday lest i become a cringe and uncool geezer who is unrelatable to the youths.

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[spacelazarwolf]

My three year old knows about trans and now wants surgery to become it!

listen i know tumblr is the Lie On The Internet For Attention website but this is just sad

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[spacelazarwolf]

get dunked.

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[spacelazarwolf]

f*g is not your slur to reclaim. why don't you try tr*nny instead?

actually i think i’ll reclaim them both, thanks!

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[spacelazarwolf]

I mean...

Look me in the eyes and tell me a bullet to the head wouldn't do more good for Andrew Tate and his cronies than therapy or whatever. It definitely worked for Hitler. You can't cure rabies and you can't fix psycho rapist freaks. Shoot em.

this is crazy but i think murder is actually bad and human beings do not have the right to decide whether someone else lives or dies.

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[spacelazarwolf]

wtf

bro it sounds fucking exhausting to be a ra/df/em like imagine being surrounded by people telling you that having healthy relationships with the people in your life is “problematic”??????? how to gaslight ppl into being ok with toxic friendships and relationships 101: convince them healthy relationships are bad.

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[spacelazarwolf]

Thought you’d enjoy this thing that happened to me a few days ago, I’m not Jewish but I live near a synagogue and was walking past it and a cat was just chilling on the porch, I approached him to say hi as you do and also see if he was ok since while he didn’t look underweight or dirty, he didn’t have a collar on so I just wanted to see if he was ok and if he was a stray or anything. Anyways as I was making friends with him someone hurried out from I think a few doors down the street up to him, picked him up from where he was lying in a patch of sun on the porch and when I asked if he was her cat she said something like ‘oh yeah, he’s not supposed to be outdoors but he escapes and always comes over here to hang out’. I guess whenever he gets out he’s very easy to find because he just comes and chills on the porch or the path leading up to the synagogue’s front door. While again I’m not Jewish or anything, I do like to think that the cat is very quite possibly Jewish and is simply waiting politely to be let into the synagogue lol.

i.........i think you may have met elijah.

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[spacelazarwolf]

Just wondering if the "death and suffering" post also applies to actual soldiers serving in the army/military who are actively choosing to dedicate their time to killing other ppl

if you’re referring to this post:

then yeah, the statement still stands bc soldiers are human beings, and i don’t believe death or torture is an ethical punishment for wrongdoing, especially without trial.

genuinely baffling and slightly disturbing that this is difficult for some ppl to understand.

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[spacelazarwolf]

Hey there! I’ve really appreciated your posts and perspective over this past month, I’m having a hard time (as so many Jews are) and your voice helps.

I’m hoping you can help me with reliable resources. A friend of mine condemned the Hamas attacks etc (as they should, to my relief) but is under the impression that Israeli govt is doing genocide to the Palestinians. I’ve no idea how to approach that to verify (or not), I don’t even know where to start looking. Do you have any suggestions?

Thank you.

thanks! this is a really tough question, but i'm going to do my best to break it down. also if anyone's thinking of clowning on this post without reading it, inb4 "omg ur denying genocide!!!!!!" bc this post is literally outlining, in detail, all the ways the israeli government is, by definition, committing genocide.

this is really long, just a heads up.

a big frustration i have with a lot of progressive or leftist spaces is the tendency to throw around words like genocide without being able to define the term or properly apply it to the situation in question. this isn't just a semantics issue. if all you're doing is repeating the buzzwords you've heard on social media, your "activism" is going to be less than useless. it is crucial that if you are going to talk about the current genocide in gaza, you must be able to define exactly what a genocide is and how it applies to what's happening in gaza.

i'm paraphrasing from this article by the united nations. the word "genocide" was coined in 1944 by raphael lemkin in his book "axis rule in occupied europe." it was developed partly in response to the shoah, but also to previous instances of what we would now define as genocide. it was recognized as a crime under international law in 1946, and codified as an independent crime in the 1948 convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide.

the definition of genocide

(from article II of the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide):

in the present convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

a. killing members of the group; b. causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; c. deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; d. imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; e. forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

the 10 stages of genocide

a model created by gregory stanton, the founding president of genocide watch

classification - people are divided into "them and us"

symbolization - when combined with hatred, symbols may be forced upon unwilling members of pariah groups.

discrimination - law or cultural power excludes groups from full civil rights: segregation or apartheid laws, denial of voting rights.

dehumanization - one group denies the humanity of the other group. memmbers of it are equated with animals, vermin, insects, or diseases.

organization - genocide is always organized... special army units or militias are often trained and armed...

polarization - extremists drive the groups apart... leaders are arrested and murdered... laws erode fundamental civil rights and liberties.

preparation - mass killing is planned. victims are identified and sepaarated because of their ethnic or religious identity.

persecution - expropriation, forced displacement, ghettos.

extermination - it is 'extermination' to the killers because they do not believe their victims to be fully human.

denial - the perpatrators... deny that they committed any crimes.

application to the crisis in gaza

to start with the first definition from the united nations:

a. killing members of the group - YES

the death toll in gaza has risen above 8,000 according to the associated press. as far as i know, as of writing this post, there has been no ceasefire so the death toll will continue to rise.

b. causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group - YES

over 20,000 people in gaza have been injured, and gazans - particularly children - suffer incredibly high rates of ptsd.

c. deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part - YES

the israeli blockade of gaza has had devastating consequences for gazans. they are running out of food, water, fuel, and medicine, and this is costing additional lives.

d. imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group - unclear but leaning toward YES

whether or not it is the explicit goal, the current bombardment of gaza has put the lives of 50,000+ pregnant women in gaza at risk, along with their babies. babies who need incubators are also in danger as generators begin to run out of fuel.

e. forcibly transferring children of the group to another group - as far as i am aware, NO

according to the us embassy in israel, the palestinian authority ministry of social development is the only authorized entity regarding adoption of palestinian children. this doesn't mean it isn't happening, it just means i was not able to find any credible sources.

the 10 stages of genocide

classification - YES there is a long history in israel of othering palestinians, both socially/culturally and legally. former israeli minister of interior and minister of justice ayelet shaked shared a racist quote from netanyahu's former chief of staff explicitly framing palestinians as "the enemy."

symbolization - not yet there are no overt symbols palestinians, even within israel, are required to wear to outwardly identify themselves, but there are identifying features on their ids. in fact, the opposite has been happening, with far right members of the israeli government attempting to pass legislation making it illegal to publicly display palestinian flags.

discrimination - YES there is, again, a long history of discrimination against palestinians within and by the state of israel. it is difficult for palestinians from the west bank or gaza to gain status in israel, israeli work permits are used as a form of control, and often forcibly separate palestinian families.

dehumanization - YES former israeli deputy minister of defense eli ben dahan said of palestinians, "to me they are like animals, they aren't human."

organization - YES israel is currently carrying out an organized and brutal attack on gaza.

polarization - YES from extremist groups like hamas, to the corruption in the likud party in israel, there are very clear signs of extreme polarization. israel's siege against gaza has caused polarization across the entire globe.

preparation - YES gazans in particular are unable to leave gaza without a permit, and now with the blockade from both israel and egypt they are essentially trapped.

persecution - YES gaza in particular could absolutely be likened to a ghetto. as stated above, (in "usual" circumstances) they are unable to leave without a permit, and since hamas took control it is nearly impossible to get an israeli work permit.

extermination - GETTING THERE if the siege continues and gazans are unable to get out of gaza, there will be catastrophic casualties.

denial - YES i often hear that "israel has a right to defend itself" but i cannot possibly find a way to frame the current siege as "self defense."

so in conclusion, israel is - by multiple definitions - committing genocide against gazans. and it's very important to be able to identify specifics, especially if you are planning on having discussions about it. and i've said it in the past, but if you are not directly affected by what's happening - palestinians in particular, but israeli citizens and jews and muslims in the diaspora are also getting hit hard - it is IMPERATIVE that you are able to talk about this with a level head. escalating tensions and pushing away potential allies is only going to make things worse. find common ground, form connections, and then have a productive discussion.

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[spacelazarwolf]

why do you care so much about AMAB people when you're AFAB? fight your own fight

asks that were totally not sent by trolls trying to drive a wedge between trans people while also excluding intersex people from the conversation entirely.

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[spacelazarwolf]

Also like....you can get estrogen in the mail. Trans women in Missouri are likely to be far less impacted by the hrt ban than trans men just due to T being scheduled higher than E. I straight up cannot mail order T. It's a felony.

it actually blew my mind when i went to a trans gathering after the emergency order was announced and a lot of trans women, even those in leadership positions, were like “just get it shipped to you, just split it with a friend, just go to a different state and get it prescribed there” like. i don’t think they were saying this maliciously at all, i think they were just using the knowledge they have about their own hrt but they didn’t get that it’s different for testosterone. t is a controlled substance. being in possession of it without a prescription is a felony. it’s likely we won’t be able to get it via telehealth anymore because of the rollbacks on controlled substances prescribed via telehealth now that the pandemic is “over.” these healthcare bans are going to hit folks who take testosterone incredibly hard because a lot of us aren’t in a position where we’d be able to just drive across the border to another state once a month to pick up a prescription and every three months for a checkup. some of us have insurance that can only be used in missouri or in our specific area. like. these are things that trans leadership should be aware of and they’re just not and it’s really frustrating.

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[spacelazarwolf]

i always see your posts about slur discourse esp among young queers and as a gen z i just want to say it’s so much worse then you think. like there are some people who genuinely believe that if you’re bi you can’t use umbrella terms like “gay“ for yourself and if you do you’re ‘occupying spaces not meant for you’ or some shit. like i just…

if i ever see someone say that bisexuals can't call themselves gay i will suffocate them with my gay ass

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