if you don't do anything else today,
Please have a moment of silence for the people who were killed instead of freed when news of emancipation finally reached the furthest corners of the american south.
have another moment for the ledgers, catalogs, and records that were burned and the homes that were destroyed to hide the presence of very much alive and still enslaved people on dozens of plantations and homesteads across the south for decades after emancipation.
and have a third moment for those who were hunted and killed while fleeing the south to find safety across the border, overseas, in the north and to the west.
black people. light a candle, write a note to those who have passed telling them what you have achieved in spite of the racist and intolerant conditions of this world, feel the warmth of the flame under your hand, say a prayer of rememberance if you are religious, place the note under the candle, and then blow it out.
if you have children, sit them down and tell them anything you know about the life of oldest black person you've ever met. it doesn't have to be your own family. tell them what you know about what life was like for us in the days, years, decades after emancipation. if you don't know much, look it up and learn about it together.
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May have interpreted this in a completely wrong way…
I found out about Rox being a groomer a couple days ago.
Froze up on speaking on it because I had posted Dandy’s World fanart. (Which I still honestly like, & a lot of people like it too.)
But I won’t stay silent anymore.
Refusing to give money to BlushCrunch isn’t enough; refuse to play their games, period. Qwel is focused on the success of Dandy’s World & Flavour Frenzy, so perhaps things will change once Qwel notices the player counts on these games dropping to rock bottom.
Keeping & defending a groomer on the team is a real damper on your image, isn’t it?
Middle name is Hemlock.
Had to make something for Leap Day.
Meet Dogou Furiday, Bubbara Bubbamare, Kickinhiko Thunderchicken, Bobbuki Clockhug & Vivicat Twinap!
I don’t know what possessed me to make these.
Hey.
I crept my way into this zine.
Can you find me?
Happy 1 year anniversary to Rain Code! We've been hard at work these past few months, and we're so happy to finally share the zine with you all! With incredible art, writing, emotes, printables, and even a custom mouse cursor, there's so much to enjoy!
Download it all for free here:
Maaloul is a Palestinian village in Galilee. In 1948, it was destroyed by the Israeli armed forces and its people were expelled, so they headed either to Lebanon or to the neighboring town of Nazareth. Since then, the former residents of Maaloul were only allowed to visit it once a year on the anniversary of the occupation, so it became a tradition to organize a picnic in the same place on that day.
The people of Maaloul village fled from it under the fire of Zionist gangs in 1948. This is a wound that will not heal. The people of the wound cling to it because it may one day chart the way back. The villagers visit the ruins of their village once a year to celebrate over them. It is an amazing insistence on clinging to the land and its memory. We were able to carry our wounds in our bags because the wound prevents forgetting. That memory, which was written in blood, is more lasting than all the ruins and all the artificial countries.
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