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Donation campaigns - May 30

Below are vetted campaigns I have come across today and compiled into one list to make it easier for us to generate the best possible impact.

Donate to save Wafaa and her children

Help secure a safe future for Yusef's family

Shahad needs our help to rescue her grandmother

Bilal is trying to rescue his family and we can help him reach his goal

Hani needs our urgent help to get to safety

Nader's family is displaced and need our help

Fadi's family of 8 lost everything and we can help

Help Tala's mother get the medical treatment she urgently needs

Help save Faten and her three children

Save Maliha's family with their evacuation fund

Donate to Helpgazachildren

8 year old Yusuf needs urgent medical help

Help Yousef and his family evacuate

Renad needs our support to get her family to safety

Support Ruba's urgent request to evacuate her family

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Help Ahmed rescue his family and children

Help Alaa by supporting her fundraiser

Donate to Ezzideen's campaign to help him and his family get to safety

Alhawa family need our help to escape the horrors

Haneen is almost halfway through to her goal to save her family

Help Marah and her family

Help Mahmoud save his parents

Laila still needs our support donating to her campaign

Support Omar continue his education

Help the Abushammala family rebuild their life

Donate to help Islam and his family

Mohammed Ayesh needs our help to escape to safety

i wasn’t sure about posting my art on here or making a separate acc but for now here are some ronans to spice up ur day 🤍

a really great organization that i don't see any posts about here is HEAL palestine. it was founded by steve sosebee, who was a founding president of the PCRF before leaving in late 2023 to refocus his efforts on heal palestine to better meet the needs of palestinians impacted by the genocide. the organization provides palestinians in gaza with food, clean water, shelters, "makeshift classrooms," and even medical evacuation for some children when it's possible--their services are pretty wide.

you can donate here if you would like to send a tax-deductible donation to an organization. also, i don't think any evacuations are possible right now, but if you're in the united states and you'd like to welcome medically evacuated children in the future, i highly recommend signing up for their newsletter or following them on social media so you can stay updated in case any children evacuated by HEAL come to your area for treatment. welcoming these kids at the airport is a really moving way to provide them with moral support, entirely for free.

thinking about that one quote from the simpsons about how much homer misses marge

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hey rae! what piece of medias would you recommend to someone who is interested in gender studies and have done some readings (woolf, davis, a bit of de beauvoir) but overall don't know how to start? have a lovely day!

i've answered a few similar questions, so i'll include links to those answers here: [link 1] [link 2] [link 3] [link 4] [link 5] [link 6]

will likely be repeating myself a bit here re: those other answers bc i tend to recommend the same texts repeatedly to people asking about where to start with gender studies lol but! i think leslie feinberg's writing is a really great place to start--it tends to be very easy to read and honestly i think trans perspectives are a crucial foundation for gender studies (i really enjoyed 'trans liberation: beyond pink and blue'). bell hooks is also a good starting point if you're looking for a sort of feminism 101 jumping-off point, because she specifically wrote to be accessible + easy to understand ('feminism is for everybody' might be a good starting point). audre lorde's essays are also a good starting point ('sister outsider,' 'the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house,' etc). i know u said you've already read some davis, but 'women, race & class' is another good intro text.

i also usually encourage people to check out judith butler's 'performative acts and gender constitution,' but that one is a bit tougher to tackle if gender studies is still a new/unfamiliar field to you (still worth reading, imo, but just keep in mind it might feel frustrating at first + require some re-reading or slower reading to absorb what butler's saying!).

+ there are of course the various other texts recommended in those linked posts above! hope this is helpful ik it can be intimidating to figure out where to start but honestly there's no correct order or progression for learning about this stuff; just read what catches your eye and sparks ur interest!

on the currency they should replace the queen with james from derry girls

"Vampires" by Takato Yamamoto.

Agyness Dean in “Spooky” by Tim Walker for LOVE Magazine (Spring/Summer 2015)

And is this train due in 0 minutes in the station with us right now?