stara david
@staradavid.bsky.social
writer, performer, storyteller, game dev / disabled jewish queer / ze/hir / working on @adapt-aqa.bsky.social / find my stuff at https://staradavid.itch.io/
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stara david
@staradavid.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Intro post time! I'm Stara/Ira, a disabled queer jew who loves telling stories! I'm a writer, (mostly retired) drag performer, game dev, event planner, and fibre arts enthusiast.
I also spend a lot of my free time atm researching and studying Antisemitism, Jewish history, and disability justice!
I also spend a lot of my free time atm researching and studying Antisemitism, Jewish history, and disability justice!
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2025 art summary!! i had an odd selection because of some projects i did (see thread) but i think it really broadened my horizons!!
December 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
2025 art summary!! i had an odd selection because of some projects i did (see thread) but i think it really broadened my horizons!!
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Learning in quick succession today that a) Bridgitte Bardot was still alive, b) is now dead, and c) was apparently a big ol' bigot.
December 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Learning in quick succession today that a) Bridgitte Bardot was still alive, b) is now dead, and c) was apparently a big ol' bigot.
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There is nothing Israel can do that will ever make it okay to attack your local Jewish community.
December 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
There is nothing Israel can do that will ever make it okay to attack your local Jewish community.
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I actually think killing people for being Zionist is bad, actually, the same way I think that killing people for being anti-Zionist is. I think killing is bad!
December 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I actually think killing people for being Zionist is bad, actually, the same way I think that killing people for being anti-Zionist is. I think killing is bad!
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Guys "Bondi Beach was fine because it was an anti-Zionist attack not an antisemitic one" is not as cool an argument as you might think because even if everyone at that Chanuka party was an Israeli waving Israeli flags it would still be deeply fucked up to just go open fire on them
December 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Guys "Bondi Beach was fine because it was an anti-Zionist attack not an antisemitic one" is not as cool an argument as you might think because even if everyone at that Chanuka party was an Israeli waving Israeli flags it would still be deeply fucked up to just go open fire on them
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Goober Grove - Road Trip
Georgetta and her friends take a road trip to a very important place.
Georgetta and her friends take a road trip to a very important place.
December 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Goober Grove - Road Trip
Georgetta and her friends take a road trip to a very important place.
Georgetta and her friends take a road trip to a very important place.
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antisemitism has two settings, "shut up jews you're overreacting" and "mass murder"
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
antisemitism has two settings, "shut up jews you're overreacting" and "mass murder"
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I’ve gotten a few replies like this today and I just want to point out
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
Tragically, Israel has done its best to ruin these Jewish symbols for everyone and brought danger to all Jews by constantly conflating the IDF’s barbarism with the Jewish people. That is unforgivable.
December 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I’ve gotten a few replies like this today and I just want to point out
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
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Using a horrific antisemitic attack to spread vile, hateful Islamophobia, harms Muslims while doing nothing to help Jews. Especially given that the hero who disarmed a shooter, Ahmed al Ahmed, is a Muslim immigrant to Australia.
December 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Using a horrific antisemitic attack to spread vile, hateful Islamophobia, harms Muslims while doing nothing to help Jews. Especially given that the hero who disarmed a shooter, Ahmed al Ahmed, is a Muslim immigrant to Australia.
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"This murder of Jews wouldn't have occurred if those Jews way over there hadn't done something to deserve it" is Nazi talk and you need to automatically report and block anyone who says it. Yes, even the cool leftists.
you know the Nazis also blamed the Jews for Kristallnacht, you can find many German diplomats expressing regret about the events followed by "but what can you expect when the Jews act this way?"
December 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"This murder of Jews wouldn't have occurred if those Jews way over there hadn't done something to deserve it" is Nazi talk and you need to automatically report and block anyone who says it. Yes, even the cool leftists.
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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“It’s not an honor to be on the forefront of social commentary that makes most people with privilege uncomfortable,” she says.
A hero whose work just made us hope to be better at being human.
A hero whose work just made us hope to be better at being human.
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
“It’s not an honor to be on the forefront of social commentary that makes most people with privilege uncomfortable,” she says.
A hero whose work just made us hope to be better at being human.
A hero whose work just made us hope to be better at being human.
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bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
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One of the great heartbreaks of being in the disability community is how often we lose people and how many of our most powerful voices have gone silent. We must live our lives loudly and joyously in their honor and remember that our very existence is resistance.
Oh no I just heard we lost Alice. This is terribly sad. She was an incredible, talented, powerful voice of the disability community. She stood strong for herself and for all of us. She will be missed immensely.
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
One of the great heartbreaks of being in the disability community is how often we lose people and how many of our most powerful voices have gone silent. We must live our lives loudly and joyously in their honor and remember that our very existence is resistance.
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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i've done this too - can you join me?
for alice
for palestine
for all of us
Crips for eSims for Gaza chuffed.org/project/crip...
for alice
for palestine
for all of us
Crips for eSims for Gaza chuffed.org/project/crip...
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
i've done this too - can you join me?
for alice
for palestine
for all of us
Crips for eSims for Gaza chuffed.org/project/crip...
for alice
for palestine
for all of us
Crips for eSims for Gaza chuffed.org/project/crip...
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I've lost count of the number of times I've seen rando comments today about AIPAC and/or Israel being responsible for yesterday's vote in the Senate, but I am holding firm to the belief than antisemitism-but-leftishly is really not great.
It's wild how many people are wholly willing to straight up say "Israeli money secretly controls our elected officials and this no this does not make me antisemetic."
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I've lost count of the number of times I've seen rando comments today about AIPAC and/or Israel being responsible for yesterday's vote in the Senate, but I am holding firm to the belief than antisemitism-but-leftishly is really not great.
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Gut Shabbos and Shabbat Shalom especially to everyone who understands, now more than ever, that Jewish safety will not come from spreading Islamophobia and othering other communities.
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Gut Shabbos and Shabbat Shalom especially to everyone who understands, now more than ever, that Jewish safety will not come from spreading Islamophobia and othering other communities.
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You fucking people will let anyone off the hook for their violent hateful beliefs and all they have to do is say shiny words you like
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
You fucking people will let anyone off the hook for their violent hateful beliefs and all they have to do is say shiny words you like
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
these brows were kinda cunty tbh
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
these brows were kinda cunty tbh
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Reminder as you watch MTG go on her Trump revenge tour: you absolutely do not have to hand it to MTG.
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reminder as you watch MTG go on her Trump revenge tour: you absolutely do not have to hand it to MTG.
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phone pics of the northern lights right now (ʃƪ＾‿＾）
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
phone pics of the northern lights right now (ʃƪ＾‿＾）
side note honestly kinda sad that I can't seem to find any real kind of drag community on bsky like drag twitter was a lot but it was also formative back in the day
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
side note honestly kinda sad that I can't seem to find any real kind of drag community on bsky like drag twitter was a lot but it was also formative back in the day
feels good to be back
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
feels good to be back
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To be clear, it is genuinely bad, at a time when neo-Nazism is making a comeback in American political discourse, that we do not have a watchdog organization on antisemitism that can be taken seriously. But the ADL has not behaved in a way over the past year that is worthy of that role.
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
To be clear, it is genuinely bad, at a time when neo-Nazism is making a comeback in American political discourse, that we do not have a watchdog organization on antisemitism that can be taken seriously. But the ADL has not behaved in a way over the past year that is worthy of that role.