In Palestine, A Boy Runs Straight Through His Fathers Ghost In Hopes Of Becoming A Man. He Tries On Shirts

“In Palestine, a boy runs straight through his father’s ghost in hopes of becoming a man. He tries on shirts that were left behind. Pinches in the extra fabric. His mother sees this and covers her eyes. There is a special kind of tired that comes with raising someone the world will give a quick vanish to. In Palestine, a girl plays hopscotch with missing friends. Takes turns for all of them. Holds in the lonely and catches it every time it spills. In Palestine, the youngest ones are careful not to wake the sleeping dragon in the sky. One wrong move and the whole world goes to smoke. In Palestine, the birds know when the worst is coming. They cut the kite strings every time. In Palestine, things disappear. First, dreams. Eventually, whole people. If nothing else, give them the eulogy they deserve. Bring the mothers the bodies, those poor bodies. No matter how ruined, no matter how far they’ve been undone. No matter how much of the world won’t remember their name.”

— Y.Z, In Palestine

@clockworkprincess19 @fortheloveofthecarstairs @ghafa-dale If we're smart we can keep spamming the TWP tag and get it back into slot four. We have a lot of natural traffic to compete with but we best the F1 tag once, we can do it again.

in LGBTQIA+ the A stands for:

Asexual

Aromantic

Agender

AllyCloseted

shoutout to the 90s and early 2k kids who were in the closet but could get away with going to their schools' LGBTQ clubs when the A got added so they could tell their parents they were Allies and supporting their queer friends, or even just The Idea Of Gay People Existing Somewhere depending on the level and brand of conservatism surrounding them.

There are still kids out there for whom this is true. There are still adults out there for whom this is true. Please don't leave them out in the cold. Let them be safe and also stay sane without having to uproot every part of their lives.

You don't out someone without permission, and you don't bully people if it's not safe for them or if they feel uncomfortable or if they're not there yet. You all know that, yes! But then what happens to them if they need support WHILE they're in the closet?

PLEASE don't cut them out of a safe space they've managed to find, one that they can have without putting themselves at risk.

Let them be "allies" and get to know people IRL who can be their support once they're ready.

...

but yeet any motherfukcin jizzrag that DARES to say it DOESNT stand for aro, ace, and agender because THOSE assholes are just exclusionist turtle pimps

sincerely, a 40yo aroace enby substitute teacher

[EDIT: I did not mean to imply that ALL allies are closeted/questioning! Just that it's a super important space for those ones to have available to them. Because yeah you really don't wanna (FOR EXAMPLE) be telling your girlfriend's awesome supportive cishet dad to fuck off after he bakes you a gender repeal party cake 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️. Check out the notes, the notes are EPIC 💜🤍🖤]

I am once again asking people to please stop white washing Alastair, Magnus, and Aline in drawings and gifsets. Just because they're biracial doesnt mean you can draw them as white or use white models for them.

Honestly I thought we had nipped this in the bud but alas. 🙄

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