nearly 30 years later & the answers to the questions the author posed have presented themselves tragically.
A ceasefire is not liberation, it is bare minimum. Inshallah, Palestine will be free.

found this article about Gaza in an old National Geographic issue from September 1996. a chilling & critical read. pictures of Gaza like these have existed for decades.

the way we've desensitized "traumatized" is bizarre to me. like no serena sweetie the crime show series u CHOSE to watch did not traumatize u into not wanting to attend a protest... Black & brown ppl who have been brutalized by the police are traumatized… get a grip pretty white girl

now this convo deserves a whole thread on its own but here’s a sneak peak of my former yt girl childhood best friend giving me textbook white fragility/guilt…but of course there are complex layers to this that will take a whole ass day to unpack. re-reading it is just amusing to me now

here are screenshots to contrast the responses between a white woman and poc. take a guess!😜
for context: i sent a draft of a solidarity statement that i wrote for a Igbtq+ org i used to volunteer for (bc they were
SILENT for months) to a
"friend" who co-facilitated a QTBIPOC peer-support group w me