Jenny Holzer, “Marquees,” 1993 (from The Collection Of Don Shewey)

thinking about life

KIM WEXLER + PANTONE COLORS - [insp]

My beautiful smiling man…do you know you’ve changed my life? Made it better? Comforted me in the lowest moments? I hope you know. You are so special and loved. ❤️

Jane Eyre Random House, 1943 Woodcut by Fritz Eichenberg

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993), dir. Henry Selick

fellow westerners, particularly gentiles, if you think, “this is only about (insert infographic reason) (the land) (fighting oppression) (the war)” or “this is the Middle East and Russia, not here,” you’re wrong. if you think, “I’m not causing this simply by using incendiary language on the internet,” you’re wrong. if you think, “well, I don’t have a problem with (((Jews))), but…,” you’re wrong. if you think, “tbh (((they))) deserve this,” you’re helping it spread. do you see why this is terrifying? do you see how this is not helping liberation or a plan for a ceasefire or humanitarian interests? the blood libel and the dual loyalty and the Holocaust inversion and the atrocity denial and the accusations of greed and the dehumanization and the misuse of terms and the misinformation, this is the direct consequence. this has always been the exact consequence. if you think, “it can’t happen here,” look at the college campuses having to tell their Jewish students to hide and the people assaulted verbally and physically on the streets and the graffiti and the break-ins and the chants to eradicate the Jews and the waved swastikas, and the number of people online saying that this is justice, and then attacking any Jewish person they can find, or anyone who expresses sympathy. the ones who say that this is what fighting for freedom looks like. it can’t happen here? it already is. this is the most recent incident to instill fear. it probably won’t be the last. this is not aiding liberation, this is not championing human rights or peace. call it what it is.

A pro Palestine mob has just taken over a Russian Airport because a plane landed from Tel Aviv. They are stopping every car and checking passports to tell who is Jewish. They are going door to door in nearby hotels to look for Jews. They burned down a Jewish community center. They are surrounding random people on the street who look jewish and stealing their belongings to see if they can tell if they're jewish and therefore whether they should beat them. This is happening right now.

Open your fucking eyes. This was never about Palestine. This was about killing Jews. Quit being so fucking daft.

look at the cute ornament which came in the mail perfectly on time for the last night of Chanukah!!! my boy my boy

@swiftieblackbeard thank you so much my darling, I love him and this gave me a true spot of joy - I was just talking to my mom about the light he’s brought to me through everything this year, I do deeply continue to believe that artists and music, and the love/meaning/comfort we discover in them, finds us when we most need it, and there’s such grace in each time that’s happened. Elvis knew exactly when I needed him. and I love you dearly too.

also thank you to @joons, @thebohemianbelle, @arthurwilde, @ab4eva for your kind replies on my last post, I love you very much and I’m having a hard time responding to things properly right now, but I need you to know you are true friends and blessings in this world. it has always meant more than can be said, but especially does in these times. 💗💗💗

dean in random episodes because i miss him so much ↳ 1x12

a sleepy, tired boy 🥱💤 😴

#this post is honestly baffling to me as a non-jew who's been screaming in every leftist space available to me#y'all are out here trying to give praise i genuinely. fuck. not to be dramatic but i dont know a single leftist worthy of that right now?#bc ive been sitting here thinking about this nonstop for days#how are we supposed to just#a c c e p t that a majority of western/EU leftists just.... cheered for a terrorist organization for a week and counting#a literal nazi organization#that the people of PALESTINE protest against#like a majority of leftists just. stood up and screamed and cheered and blocked out the voices of the people actually involved#and i read posts during the first wave of that bullshit from jewish ppl that were like#'when this is over we will set it aside and we will continue to coexist with you (how can we not? what choice do we have?)'#'but know that the trust is gone'#and im still in genuine fucking awe because y'all were literally in the MIDDLE OF IT and STILL managing to be more level headed and i just#i want to take the hand of every single jewish person who interacted w this post and be like#'nope. we havent earned that.' bc we havent!!!!!!!#on a FUNDAMENTAL level if we as leftists cant even make this space safe enough for our own members to point out violent antisemitism#AND OPPRESSION!!! then we absolutely have not earned a back pat#if so fucking many of us fell into that trap of racist radicalism then we have failed REPEATEDLY for too long#it means we havent fully removed that bigotry from our foundations. it means we arent teaching enough critical thinking within our little#interconnected echo chambers. the deep rooted/intergenerational demons reared their heads on this one#if anything the jewish people interacting w this post should save that praise for when/IFFFF we finally get that fucking straightened out#anyway shoutout to y'all. i literally cannot imagine the strength it took to get through this week. the weight would crush me. (via @commanderquinn)

To all the non-Jews who are actually standing up and speaking out against this terror and able to recognize the harm done to the Jewish people: Thank you. We will not soon forget who stood with us.