Thanksgiving Is A Holiday Based On A Falsified Narrative Full Of White Guilt And The Erasure Of History

Hey did you happen to see that post about indigenous brands to shop from or to support. I’m looking for it at the moment

This ask has been sitting in my inbox forever - and I’m really sorry about that - but I finally found it!!! I’m also gonna add some other links from other posts too. 

List of indigenous owned businesses 

Pendleton blankets from the Navajo Water Project

Indigenous authors to add to your bookshelf

This isn’t really for shopping, these are just a good list of links to donate to to help multiple indigenous communities in the face of COVID 19

Atena Farghadani is a 28-year-old Iranian artist. She was recently sentenced to 12 years and 9 months in prison for drawing a cartoon.

This cartoon, that she posted on her Facebook page last year, depicts members of the Iranian parliament as animals. It was drawn in protest of new legislature in Iran that will restrict access to contraception and criminalise voluntary sterilisation. Atena’s charges include ‘spreading propaganda against the system’ and ‘insulting members of parliament through paintings’.

Last August, 12 members of the elite Revolutionary Guard came to Atena’s house, blindfolded her and took her to the infamous Evin Prison in Tehran. According to Amnesty International:

“While in prison last year, Atena flattened paper cups to use them as a surface to paint on. When the prison guards realised what she had been doing, they confiscated her paintings and stopped giving her paper cups. When Atena found some cups in the bathroom, she smuggled them into her cell. Soon after, she was beaten by prison guards, when she refused to strip naked for a full body search. Atena says that they knew about her taking the cups because they had installed cameras in the toilet and bathroom facilities – cameras detainees had been told were not operating.”

She was released in November and gave media interviews and posted a video on YouTube detailing her beatings, constant interrogations and humiliating body searches. She was then rearrested possibly in retaliation for speaking out and has been imprisoned ever since. In January, Atena went on a hunger strike to protest the horrible prison conditions. Her health suffered dramatically, and after losing consciousness and suffering a heart attack in February, she was forced to eat again.

The quote used in the comic is taken from the speech Atena gave at her trial. It has been translated into English by the Free Atena Facebook page. You can read the whole thing here.

Time is now against her, she has just two weeks to lodge an appeal. Michael Cavna, comic journalist for The Washington Post, has launched a campaign appealing to artists to help bring awareness to Atena’s case by creating their own artwork in support of Atena and using the hashtag#Draw4Atena. Can a bunch of artists and a hashtag really make a difference and put pressure on the Iranian Government to release Atena? Probably not. But just remember that Atena is currently in prison enduring horrible conditions, and if her appeal isn’t successful, she will be there for another twelve years. FOR DRAWING A CARTOON AND POSTING IT ON FACEBOOK. Don’t we owe it to her to at least try?

Alot worse actually happens out there.. once Being a soldier (which turned me into an activist) showed me..

Signal boost.

Posting about Palestine on social media is generally different and more important than posting about other human rights issues because in this case, social media is the only vessel for spreading awareness about it. Main media and news outlets are not covering it. Or when they do, it is from a bias and unfair lens. We are being filtered and blocked.

Social media is currently the only vessel to spread the word. And maybe if we're loud enough on social media, main news media outlets will no longer be able to ignore us.

The first step to Palestinian liberation is to educate and raise awareness to the reality of their occupation and apartheid.

Please don't stop posting, don't stop protesting, don't stop educating. It really is making a difference even when it doesn't feel like it's enough.

Social media is where we are fighting our first battle.

James Corden Responds to Bill Maher’s Fat Shaming Take 

I never really make posts, but I wanted to share this. I'm not sure if they're my favorite of Markiplier's videos, but they never fail to make me laugh. So here's a link to the playlist. And Happy Birthday Mark http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4bxhlpo5-Z5RHaoQOVU_VRj602kGMyEn

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MARKIMOO 19 — a milestone video

MARKIMOO 19 is a fanmade video project that was created not only to celebrate Mark hitting 19 million subscribers, but also as a huge heartfelt thank you from all the fans themselves. The video will contain fans reacting to their first ever watched Markiplier videos, fan art of their first videos, graphics, fans doing other stupid stuff, etc.

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From Dark vs Anti Bloopers

Anti: He's GOt foUR NippLES! *Points off screen*

Dark: *Stares in wonder and horror at where Anti pointed and goes toward it*