So, there’s this trend that happens in liberal/activist spaces, where the second gentiles find out you’re Jewish, they no longer trust you unless you immediately, completely denounce every aspect of Israel down to its very existence.
Example: at UCLA, a Jewish woman named Rachel Beyda applied for the student council. They interrogated her about whether she would be able to be “objective” because she was Jewish. They literally asked her, “Given that you are a Jewish student and very active in the Jewish community, how do you see yourself being able to maintain an unbiased view?”
I have experienced this interrogation and distrust personally, in activist spaces at UCSC. At one point I even made a Facebook post about it because I was curious if it was just me and discovered that every other Jewish person I know at UCSC had also experienced something similar. Leftists do not welcome or trust Jews who have any qualms about disavowing Israel.
To be clear: I’m NOT talking about acknowledging that the Israeli government is committing human rights violations against Palestinians. That should be obvious, and isn’t inherently antisemitic. What IS antisemitic is this trend that has been going on for years in liberal activist spaces, where the second a Jewish person is involved in literally anything, ie Existing While Jewish, gentiles HAVE to bring up Israel, and quiz us on it until they’re satisfied that we have completely denounced it, including its right to exist. And if we don’t denounce every aspect of it to their satisfaction, then obviously we must support the genocide of Palestinians and are cast out of activist spaces.
That’s what’s going on with Gal Godot. The plot of Wonder Woman had NOTHING to do with Israel or Palestine but because she is Israeli, because she served in the Israeli Army (which by the way, is mandatory, and also she served as a goddamn fitness instructor) gentiles are pouring out of the woodwork to deem her “problematic.” And I’m fucking pissed.
Gentiles are encouraged to reblog this, because I am TIRED of seeing this shit in supposedly liberal spaces. We Jews can’t be the only ones calling this out. That’s a catch-22, because our opinions of Israel and antisemitism are ‘’’untrustworthy’’’. 🙂
I just want to add on to this that, if anyone is saying Gal Gadot advocates killing babies (and yes, I have seen that on Tumblr reblogs), that is explicitly blood libel (yes, even if it comes from someone on the left), and I would really like to see goyim calling that out.
having short hair doesn’t make me basically a man
not wearing makeup or shaving my legs doesn’t make me basically a man
rarely or never wearing skirts doesn’t make me basically a man
preferring underwear, shoes or other clothes marketed as “men’s” doesn’t make me basically a man
working in stem (science, technology, engineering or math) doesn’t make me basically a man
being talented at logic and “systematizing” doesn’t make me basically a man
loving women doesn’t make me basically a man
taking up space doesn’t make me basically a man
being assertive doesn’t make me basically a manall of these things put together still don’t make me basically a man
women are discouraged from and punished for doing these things, but women have done them anyway for as long as it’s been possible, and we always will.
all of these are wonderful and entirely legitimate ways to be a woman. don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
i think my saddest moment as an Australian was finding out that the rest of the world doesn’t say “never eat soggy weetbix” to figure out the order of the compass
Put in the tags where you’re from and how you memorized the order of the compass
Ur not LGBT right?
No; I’m aro ace and don’t personally think I fit in the LGBT category since I don’t exactly experience attraction in general, let alone s/s attraction.
I am gender non-conforming, though, and that’s not something everyone understands, either. And that is the issue here.
That awkward feel when apparently your mom found your Old Spice deodorant that you were kind of hiding because you didn’t want there to end up being a Conversation about it, and now you are wondering if there will end up being a Conversation about hiding it.
And it only got found because you still live at home at 30 because the economy is shit, the job market is shit, that higher paying white-collar job you had for a while fucked over your mental health, shit is expensive in general, and…sigh.
I love my mom. And I never would have survived my teaching job if she hadn’t stayed at my apartment with me. But sometimes living with her is hard 😐
“People would be less mentally ill if they had a full-time job and felt Useful™!”
Lady, being seriously mentally ill is a full time job. You know how much effort it takes to not just lie in bed and stare at social media 24/7 when you’re super depressed? The fact someone actually got up, managed to have a shower and make themselves breakfast that consisted of more than just half-stale cereal is fucking great. Good on them, and stfu.
This. So much this.
I have a (part-time) job now, which, while it helps me feel useful and thus lessens that ONE particular issue with my anxiety and depression, does not at all mean that sometimes getting out of bed to go to work isn’t hard af or that I don’t sometimes feel utterly useless at times.
I’m not less mentally ill because I have a job that helps me feel Useful. I’m just a person with depression, anxiety, and a job which sometimes helps/sometimes Does Not Help At All with those two things.
And that’s not getting into the whole “most people with full-time, minimum wage jobs WILL very likely have stressors related to money”, which does not help mental illness at all.
telling women to “stay in STEM!!!(/academia in general)” is completely useless if the men in academia still aren’t taught not to disrespect women in academia, harrass them, devalue them, abuse them.
like this may come as a surprise but…so many women who enter academia leave it not because women as a whole lack motivation, but because it is an actively hostile environment for them lmao
The bad thing about getting scheduled to come in an hour later than normal is that is is likely to land me in somewhere that is Not Grocery.
In this case I have myself accidentally stocking makeup, which is not only an area I’ve never worked, it is an area I rarely ever even enter, as I don’t use makeup.
So I’m twice as out of my element.
Which means I work slower, because makeup labeling system is damn confusing, and thus the person working with me is annoyed because I am the Makeup Tortoise.
I want my grocery aisles back 😰
can we just take a moment to recognise mentally ill people who are high functioning?
the ones that constantly question the validity of their illness(es) because they managed to get out of bed this morning/are keeping up with their classes/can still socially interact? because they can do the things that most neurotypicals can do, even if they find it very difficult?
the ones that are questioned by their loved ones on the existence of their disorders? that face constant ableist remarks of “but you can’t be depressed/ill/manic/psychotic/etc!” “you don’t look mentally ill!” “it’s just hormones!” “oh, have you tried yoga?” “you’re just on a journey of finding yourself.” “you’re too happy/too smart to be mentally ill!”
the ones who aren’t taken seriously by their therapists/doctors/psychiatrists because of how self aware they are and how well they can articulate their feelings and thoughts?
the ones that, on their bad days, are told that “others have it worse” just because they don’t outwardly show their symptoms all of the time?
the ones that have their pain and their struggles constantly diminished until they don’t know what is real and what isn’t because of this?
the ones that don’t receive the treatments or correct diagnosis in a short matter of time (or at all) because “they’re not bad enough?”
the ones that end up suicidal or manic or psychotic in hospital with no warning because their illnesses aren’t taken seriously until its too late?
as a high functioning neurodivergent young person suffering from a myriad of different mental health issues, i see you and i hear you and i support you.
Plans are good. Plans are exciting.
Plans can also feel Very Big, even if they’re Not That Big, Actually.
Which is to say that my body doesn’t really always get the difference between Good Excitement and Oh Shit Bad Excitement.
Which is why my heart rate went shbwew when I decided that yeah, I plan to get myself a PS4 and a tattoo for my birthday. Also planning to get the parentals an Amazon Fire TV Stick for their anniversary, because their TV is not a smart TV and the blu-ray player doesn’t have wi-fi capabilities.
Kirkwall Was Totally Built On a Hellmouth 