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HELP SHAHED'S FUNDRAISER REACH $30K

Hey guys, shahed @shahednhall is a 20 year old from Gaza who has to raise $30k USD by next week to help evacuate her little sisters, if not herself and the rest of her family, so that she can start making arrangements in case rafah border opens up some time soon. Her father is a heart patient and her sisters are sick with severe hepatitis from the unclean water in gaza, so i cant emphasize enough how urgently they need to leave the area the second the opportunity presents itself.

Here are some raffles you can take part in and artists who have kindly opened up emergency commisions to help her raise funds in such a quick timeframe:

Check out @journalsforpalestine where @turian is raffling off 4 beautiful journals for Shahed. Each entry is only $5

Check out this raffle conducted by @thethief1996 and @quicksillver for digital art commissions. Each entry is $10

@feluka has opened up emergency commissions to help shahed for $15

So has @tortiefrancis for $10 and $15

Donate to shaheds fundraiser here:

gofundme.com

Donate to Help Shahd in Gaza!, organized by Shahed Muhammad

Have you ever experienced seeing your dream broken in front of your eyes and not being able to do … Shahed Muhammad needs your support for H

This gfm has been verified and appears on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's list of vetted fundraisers so pls dont hesitate to donate!!

@brutaliakhoa @timetravellingkitty @omegaversereloaded @watermotif @meaganfoster @commissions4aid-international @northgazaupdates

Police Hurt Thousands of Teens — Many Are Black Girls | The Marshall Project

The Marshall Project

Police Hurt Thousands of Teens Every Year. A Striking Number Are Black Girls.

Black youths make up the majority of kids on the receiving end of police violence — and a striking number of them are girls, an investigation by The Marshall Project found.

There is no comprehensive national database of violent interactions between police and civilians. But when we looked at data for six large police departments that provided detailed demographic information on use-of-force incidents, we found nearly 4,000 youngsters 17 and under experienced police violence from 2015 through 2020.

Almost 800 of the children and teens — roughly a fifth of the total — were Black girls. White girls were involved in about 120 cases, representing only 3% of use-of-force incidents involving minors.

As Black communities are painfully aware, and researchers have detailed, Black boys bear the brunt of police violence against minors. That was true in our data, too. More than 2,200 Black boys were involved in use-of-force incidents in the six cities we examined.

But Black girls also accounted for a significant share of the cases. In New Orleans, every girl in use-of-force data was Black; two-thirds of the girls who live in the city are Black. A spokesman for the police department emphasized that all but one of the incidents “involved lower levels of force (Hands, Takedown, Firearm Pointing, etc.).”

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Palestine, Sudan, Congo, many more. All are war crimes and acts against humanity.

BOMBSHELL! THE HIDDEN TRUTH: Testimony From 27 Victims and 27 Witnesses to the Most Horrific Crimes of Child Rape, Torture, Satanic Sacrifice and Blood Drinking Being Committed by the Highest People in our Society - amg-news.com - American Media Group

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BOMBSHELL! THE HIDDEN TRUTH: Testimony From 27 Victims and 27 Witnesses to the Most Horrific Crimes of Child Rape, Torture, Satanic Sacrific

BOMBSHELL! THE HIDDEN TRUTH: Testimony From 27 Victims and 27 Witnesses to the Most Horrific Crimes of Child Rape, Torture, Satanic Sacrific

In a shocking revelation, this material uncovers harrowing testimonies from 27 victims and 27 witnesses, exposing the most horrific crimes of child rape, torture, satanic sacrifices, and blood drinking. These unimaginable acts of cruelty are allegedly committed by individuals at the highest levels of our society, raising serious questions about the true nature of power and corruption.

CAMILLE PARKS & IAN WALKER ―Harlem · 2.01: “Takesie Backsies”

Read it again. Read it again. Read. It. Again.

Understand the gravity of this. This is genocide.

from Al Jazeera English, 13/Mar/2024:

“This war is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future,” the head of the #UN’s Palestinian refugee agency #UNRWA Philppe Lazzarini wrote.⁠

"Over 12,300 children were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and February 2024, the data shows, compared to 12,193 children killed in global conflict from 2019 to 202, Lazzarini has shared this data on X." ⁠

In many cultures, ethnic groups, and nations around the world, hair is considered a source of power and prestige. African people brought these traditions and beliefs to the Americas and passed them down through the generations.

In my mother’s family (Black Americans from rural South Carolina) the women don’t cut their hair off unless absolutely necessary (i.e damage or routine trimming). Long hair is considered a symbol of beauty and power; my mother often told me that our hair holds our strength and power. Though my mother’s family has been American born for several generations, it is fascinating to see the beliefs and traditions of our African ancestors passed down. We are emotionally and spiritually attached to our hair, cutting it only with the knowledge that we are starting completely clean and removing stagnant energy.

Couple this with the forced removal and covering of our hair from the times of slavery and onward, and you can see why so many Black women and men alike take such pride and care in their natural hair and love to adorn our heads with wigs, weaves, braids, twists, accessories, and sharp designs.

Hair is not just hair in African diaspora cultures, and this is why the appropriation and stigma surrounding our hair is so harmful.

me when I see “black” in an author’s bio knowing i’m finna read and reblog their whole account 💀😭

im actually so sick of the “pick me” frenzy bc y’all will literally call anyone and everyone a pick me, especially if it’s a girl and it sucks even more when it comes from girls calling other girls “pick me” over minor things because it really shows how fucked up society is from internalised misogyny and it’s so fucking annoying. if you tell someone you don’t have friends, ur a “pick me”. if you tell someone you don’t drink or do drugs, ur a “pick me”. if you tell someone you don’t plan on having sex before marriage, ur a “pick me”. if you tell someone you’d rather spend quality time hiking instead of clubbing, they will joke and say “did he pick you yet?” what is it with this generation and shaming people just because they’re living their life in a way you don’t? i will admit it was funny at first but nowadays “pick me” literally has no meaning other than being used as an insult for girls who don’t want to get drunk and sleep around. you can go clubbing and drinking if you want. you can have hookups and friendships and relationships if you want. just don’t shame the ones who don’t because there is literally no reason for you to do so. when someone tells you something about themselves, just accept that the only thing they are doing is telling you something about themselves. they most likely have zero intention of trying to shame you or make you feel bad for living differently in the way you do when you call them a “pick me”. because when you say you wanna get to know someone but call them a “pick me” as soon they tell you they live in a way that doesn’t exactly align with your own hobbies, interests and ethics, it really does show who the insecure one is and who is simply trying to be themselves. so for the love of god just stop with the “pick me” this and “pick me” that and just let people be.

Fanfic: * Y/N is called “pet”, “slave”, “creature”, “monkey”, etc. as terms of endearment*

Me; a negro: