I Say This As A Black Immigrant From A Third World Dictatorial Country That Has Faced Genocide And Is

circle of sleep <3

Reposted with permission, art by j_amatus on Instagram.

Hello! @olaa123 reached out to me asking for help with her campaign as it's been stagnating and her previous account was terminated and they've been struggling trying to get by

Consider donating here at ola's gfm!

shout out to people who's family isnt entirely bad or entirely good, but something in between and you dont know how to feel about them. you feel angry but you also feel guilty, because you know they genuinely love and care about you, but sometimes they show it in a way you know its not okay. your feelings are valid, your anger and sadness and grief are valid, and you dont have to prove this to no one. bigger shout out to those with memory issues who know something isnt right but can't recall all of the bad events, only the feelings, which only increases the guilt.

oh no

Something totally random and old from high school and got it dyed on a t shirt, pretty fun.

there is something horrifically grim to it, but illustrations for gaza and palestinians tend to catch more mass attention that actual photos of people. this made me feel incredibly helpless for a long while, seeing both how people would rather look at a neat drawing of red black green and white than look a human in the eyes, and how online platforms would rather push a viral drawing while suppressing those begging for help at the same time.

a way to cope with this feeling has been taking advantage of it to directly guide people to helping palestinians.

if art gets better traction, then there’s an incredible amount of good that can be done by creating art that immediately links to fundraisers. creating art of the many images of those who are asking for help.

within hours of posting my drawing, there has been jumps in the thousands for bashar from gaza’s fundraiser. it’s a small effort in the grand scheme of things. it’s not a fix it. but it’s something good. please take care of each other and do what you can. i think this could help a lot of people if a lot of people did it.

here is bashar. i’ve drawn him, spoken to him, and known him now for a few months. any shares help, any art helps. draw who you see, draw what you see. thanks all

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Donate to Escaping Gaza To Pursue My Dream In Medicine, organized by Darina Bishop

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Don’t mind me, I’m just trying out new styles

drawiI am experimenting here because frankly I like my traditional drawings better then my digital art. Trying to balance it out now, if that makes sense.

Drawing screenshots is such great practice! Thank you Rise team for giving us literal gold 🐢💕

This scares me. Rest in power❤️

Leelah Alcorn’s blog was deleted and posts about her are being removed. Don’t stop spreading this. Reblog everything you can, post everything you can. 

These are her pictures

here are some of her drawings

this is her note

Don’t let this die.

Not this.