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What’s the difference anyway?
Tell me how my vote matters when I’m voting for a kit over the other kat.
I want to hear Palestinian laughter—and not bitter, cynical laughter, but genuine joy
Watching Al Jazeera English this morning, like every morning since October, and it just occurred to me during his report on an aide convoy coming under IOF fire at the Kuwaiti roundabout, that…
Ocean won’t save Palestine
To witness the destruction of Palestine from afar is an unholy luxury, and it is traumatic, even at this distance, while no one does anything, and those who could help have been forced…
Pssst! Did any of y’all see The Magnificent Seven? Fighting off a colonialist army sounds awful familiar…
I saw this trailer for The Magnificent Seven the other night, and it was like watching the news out of the Levant. Liberation is always just.
Reading List: Palestine: History and Culture, Indigenous and Diasporic
Let’s read, deeply, about Palestine and its peoples. Make these humans in your mind as fully human as you! 🖤
A Letter to the President of the United States
A letter to the current President of the United States, explaining why he has lost my vote. Speak out now, yourselves. Tell him your position: let him know he will lose next year.
Palestine: Resources Now
Ever heard of the Dahiya Doctrine? You outta know about it. Why was Biden’s announcement absurd? (Hint: Egypt had already been trying to send aid.) Get yourself an authentic Kufiya! Pledge BDS! Get…
We need to talk about US Indian boarding schools
We need to come together and acknowledge what was done to Native Americans in the name of “civilization.”
Palestinian Liberation: important voices
As misinformation and paranoia mounts, here is a collection of important podcast episodes that provide historical context to what is happening, context that is left out of major media, without which the conflict…
Don’t call yourself antifascist if you support the genocide of Palestinians
Do not waste your time listening to US media on the genocide of Palestinians: they are complicit. You can’t be antifascist and support the colonial genocide of the Palestinian people.
Why are we like this?! (poem + audio)
Landlord sent out the butcher to clear out all the thriving vegetation on the property. These days are painful.
On My Palestinian Flag, Part 2, Tucson Edition
How about a few moments of joy I’ve experienced in the last few weeks resulting from the Palestinian flag I’ve got on my house? It *is* meaningful, and I’m so thankful I have…
Lock. Them. Up.
That’s all. It’s time to get those who organized the attempted insurrection into jail like has happened to those who took their orders. Fair’s fair. Lock. Them. Up.
What is even happening to us? Review: Jeff Sharlet, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
What is even happening to us? A review of Jeff Sharlet’s The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. An important book, well researched, judiciously written: this glimpse of reality is disturbing, but…
Review: Mariana Alessandri’s Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves through Dark Moods (2023)
Review of Night Vision by Mariana Alessandri. In three words: read this book.
Putting an 8th-century manuscript back together: Mich. Ms. 155 (Video)
Video: That time I accidentally put an 8th-century codex back together again based on patterns of damage.
Reintegrating with Nature: Native Non-Appropriation Edition
A clarification made with great respect intended: integration with the world around us is not the exclusive province of any one group of humans; it is for every human being in each their…
Transitioning wasn’t for me. But I still support trans rights and so should you.
Just because something isn’t for you doesn’t mean it can’t be for anyone. (Or, get these governments off our genitalia!)
Dissertation: Submitted! Defense next.
I’ve been BUSY these last few weeks. Fingers crossed!!
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