the fact that karan johar was inspired by betty, veronica and archie while creating anjali, tina and rahul’s dynamic and i ship the women and ignore the guy in both these instances
I think ppl make such a big deal about being out of the closet i think someone can stay in the closet and not feel ashamed of who they are especially in a world that hates lgbt people i don’t think ppl should have to come out bc straight and cis people don’t do that. They’re just assumed to be straight and cis. I don’t think you need to know someone’s identity in order to respect them as a person.
just got a weak-ass non-reponse from one of my senators in response to the pathetic pleading our stupid fucking system forces me to have to do to stop our tax dollars from being used to murder 10,000 civilians (and counting) so out of spite here’s a handy tip for folks in the us who keep getting told to call their reps and hate the phone:
when it comes to contacting your representatives, emails are better than nothing and phone calls answered by a person do have an effect, but another hard-to-ignore way to send a message is to send a letter that politicians and their staffers have to physically handle in order to address and physically dispose of in order to ignore its contents—or, just as good as a letter, a good old-fashioned fax
i’ve been using faxzero.com. it has pages that link to pre-populated forms to directly fax your senators, congressional representatives, and governors. you can send five faxes a day for free, and if enough people do that our representatives’ offices could be filled with an obnoxious volume of paper faxes begging them to stop funding mass murder
i know a lot of leftists have mixed feelings on contacting representatives at best. personally, i hate it and usually find it a humiliating waste of political energy better spent elsewhere. however, getting politicians onboard is the fastest way to get the bombings to stop and any indignity is worth enduring if it stops the slaughter still going on as i write this. and for real, it’s easy and occasionally a little cathartic. so, please, for the sake of the millions still left in gaza, flood your shitty senator’s office until they can’t ignore us anymore
Unbelievably annoyed with the protesting advice I see from the most out of touch lefties on here. “You always need to show up in all black and you ALWAYS have to leave your phone at home.” 1 there are different kind of protests and you need to know what it will look like/what groups are organizing it and 2 you are going to get people fucking killed
If it is your first time going to a protest, and especially if you only found it through compiled lists you protests on here, then you NEED NEED NEED to look up the groups that are organizing the protest, look at what they’ve done in the past, and what they have said about this protest. Are they a college groups calling for a sidewalk demonstration ? Are a left wing party calling to take over the streets ? Is this an unorganized spontaneous protest not organized by any one group ?
If you are showing up to a protest organized by a college group in all black with no phone ready to raise hell, then not only will you be putting the organizers at risk with their college and the police, but you risk being targeted walking to or from the protest by fascists or the cops. Your black clothes will make you stand out in the protest and you absolutely will be targeted by the cops. And if you didn’t bring your phone then guess what, you have no way to call for help if you are targeted.
Likewise, if you show up to a spontaneous protest or one organized by more radical groups in brightly colored clothes with your phone out ready to record, you are also putting yourself at risk of being targeted by the cops and you are putting other people at risk of arrest by recording them.
These posts that go around every time there’s a wave of protests telling people who have never protested that they need to show up ready for a black bloc is wildly fucking irresponsible. If you are experienced and know what to expect from your local organizers, then absolutely show up ready to raise hell. But if you show up like that to a fucking civillian sidewalk demonstration because you couldn’t be bothered to see who was organizing it, the you’re not a revolutionary, you’re a cosplayer. People will be recording to post on social media because that was the point of that particular demonstration, and you are going to stick out like a sore thumb.
The first and foremost best advice I can give you if you’ve never been to a protest before is to GET TO KNOW YOUR LOCAL SCENE ! What groups are in your area, which ones are organizing this specific protest ? Do they have an online/social media presence ? Have they made any statements about what they want from the protest ? It takes literally 10 minutes of research in most cases.
Either way, the things you should always do at every protest no matter what is mask up, hide identifying tattoos, wear non descriptive clothes, and bring a bag with snacks and water if it’s going to be a long one. Don’t record people but if youre going to a normal demonstration but be prepared for other people to be recording with the intention of it being posted. If you’re going to raise hell and need to leave your phone at home, then you NEED to have a plan for avoiding being tracked by other means like car GPS, street cameras, and regular police surveillance. Otherwise you’re just putting yourself at risk.
Come with a group if you can, be extra extra vigilant if you’re going alone, and always have a plan for if you’re targeted by fascists, for if you’re arrested, or if someone you know is arrested. And most importantly, don’t listen internet anarchist grifters who give out of touch blanket advice to look cool online.
is there anything physically disabled people can do to help palestine? the protests are all very far away and i physically can't go, but i still want to do something.
yes you literally just need to post, post, post keep posting, raise awareness. thats the number one thing and it matters more than you can imagine. this is from yara eid, a journalist who lost 30 members of her family in gaza:
you can donate to organizers of the posts, especially those who are doing direct action. you can donate to palestine legal which is protecting the first amendment rights of those who speak up for palestine. all of this is just as valuable, if not more, than the protests.
do not donate to fundraisers for gaza. do not donate to anything going into gaza, although if someone is asking for support from outside gaza its more likely to reach them. for the most part it isn’t going in and gazans don’t want it. focus instead on supporting those who are applying political pressure.
will graham being violently jealous and possessive over hannibal is so funny and charming and necessary because it really helps even out their dynamic a lil like yes hannibal is doctor Gaslight but it’s quite fitting and hilarious that he manipulated himself into a relationship with a guy who is gonna be like why were you small talking with the man at the cheese counter so long. Do you like him. I’m blowing this building up with everyone inside including us
hannibal asked will how he distinguished the past and the future and will replied “before you and after you” and people still have the nerve to say that their story isn’t the greatest romance of our time? please be serious.
