Rapper Macklemore is releasing a track called “Hind’s Hall”, speaking out on the genocide of Palestinians, and the United States complacency in this ongoing violence. Macklemore has stated that once the track drops on streaming, all proceeds from streams will be going directly to UNRWA— the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East.

The new tracks namesake Hind’s Hall echoes the honours that Columbia University encampment protestors bestowed the Morningside Heights campus’ Hamilton Hall— in memory of Hind Rajab, the 6 year old Palestinian girl in Gaza who was shot by Israeli soldiers after being trapped inside a vehicle, with her dead family. She had begged to be rescued as tanks closed in on her.

Macklemore using his platform to vehemently speak out against genocide, the Israeli occupation and United States-led violence is what every single artist should be doing right now. The power of art should not be underestimated. Macklemore started out in the Hip-Hop scene within communist circles, namely working alongside Blue Scholars, and has never neglected his Leftism through out his career: the artist has spoken on issues regarding mental health, addiction, racial profiling and police violence, Capitalism, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights and toxicity of American culture.

“The Nakba never ended, the colonizer lied” Hind’s Hall, Macklemore, 2024

How long until passing discourse spirals into “non-passing trans people have cis privilege bc people interpret them as their birth gender”

ive found that partially treated mental illness can sometimes look to uninvolved onlookers like faked mental illness.

"someone who really has pOCD would be disgusted and horrified at their intrusive thoughts" or maybe i'm in therapy & am going by the books, being radically ambivalent to my intrusive thoughts instead of wasting energy mentally washing my paws of sin. i'm not going to perform my rock bottom for you for the sake of being believed.

also like... something something, being afraid of healing because you're afraid of letting go of the stability of misery, letting go of the narrative you made up to feel worthy of attention, letting go of your "sympathy cred," this narrative has probably killed a few ppl.

Generally if you find yourself demanding to know why strangers aren't living more miserable lives, you're probably in the wrong.

"I'm not going to perform my rock bottom for you for the sake of being believed."

Holy fuck. Tattoo that one on your bones.

That's good.

Palestinians are trying to rebuild their lives in Northern and Central Gaza as the occupation focuses its genocidal war machine on the South, particularly Rafah

You shouldn’t have to be trans to get any sex characteristic-related surgery. It’s not a limited resource. Plenty of cis men get implants and cis women get breast reductions. From Colby Gordon today and Leslie Feinberg in Transgender Warriors (1996).

Why are all of you reblogging this without the important context that Alan Denton is a writer on Sonic Boom?

well that’s kinda on his wife then ngl

Hey, PSA for younger/newer transmascs:

Tumblr has been showing targeted ads for "FTM binders" off Amazon. They look like this:

Do not buy these.

A binder is a piece of medical equipment. If you use one incorrectly, or use a poorly made one, you can really fuck up your ribs. This article from the Cleveland Clinic talks about how to bind safely.

A $14 binder is guaranteed not to be safe. There's a reason reputable companies charge more- sometimes a lot more. They have to carefully design binders so they don't crush your ribs or make you sick.

You know how everyone says Don't Bind With Duct Tape? Don't bind with Amazon binders.

Just some additions

A safe binder is always made of a rigid material on the front, like cotton. It gives you a more masculine chest AND it doesn't constantly crushes your ribs, like a whole-around elastic band would do.

Ask for donations if you cannot afford a good binder. If you already have those 20$ you are halfway there for one from Spectrum. Don't waste that money on something you won't be able to use for three hours straight.

Short binders work better on smaller chests and frames. Don't be afraid of long binders they look like interior shirts. Old school vibes.

If you are not from the global north and 40$ is your weekly budget or more, search for local binder stores. Look on Instagram, ask for reviews. I'm Chilean and I mostly use binders from Trans Shop Chile (only short models) and La Tienditrans (short and long models). Search for a rigid material in the front and no visible seams inside.

You are important. Save your ribs. Bind safely.

"Taco lover" art by Alison Friend

We need to bring back children’s programming that focuses on reading. I’m so serious

WE NEED THEM BACK ‼️‼️‼️

Tipping is going away on June 1, 2024

Hello, Tumblr! (And a special hello to our Tippers <3)

We introduced Tipping back in February 2022 in response to your feedback, and it’s been a great addition to many communities on Tumblr. We do love to launch features that bring you joy, and Tipping was a part of that effort.

Unfortunately, Tipping hasn’t seen the usage we’d hoped for. So, in order to focus on the things that really make Tumblr Tumblr for most users, we’re shutting Tipping down on June 1.

Have you tipped someone in the past, or is Tipping enabled on your blog? You don’t need to do anything; the little Tipping icon will automatically disappear from blogs or posts with the feature enabled, and you’ll no longer be able to Tip creators or receive Tips. Any money you have received from Tipping will be paid out to the account you registered with via Stripe by June 15.

While this will affect a very small number of you, we know that those of you who do Tip do so with great admiration for your Tumblr peers, and we’re sorry to be taking this away from you. We hope you can find other ways to show your affection and gratitude for your fellow users: You could gift someone a badge you think they’ll love or Blaze the post you’d otherwise have Tipped, and that will surely make someone’s day. 

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"instead of sending them money, pay US so that they can have a little pixel icon or have their post shoved indiscriminately in front of random people who might express hatred to them for it!"

Anyway if you want to "show appreciation" to other users DO NOT GIVE TUMBLR MONEY. Just contact them and as if there's some other way you can tip them so that they personally continue to get the money instead of giving it to a company.

Anyway, people who have tips enabled: make sure to set up alternate means if at all possible and have those linked on your blog somewhere so you can direct people to them once tumblr removes this.

wait you understand that kinks are ok because they're fantasies that make you happy right? you all get that you don't need to have trauma for your kinks to be okay? right? like none of you think i witnessed a tragic accident on the pool toy assembly line right?

like "some people work through their personal issues with kink" was a good first step for some of the class that were struggling but i think now we're ready for "things that don't hurt anyone and make people happy are okay even if you personally think it's icky"

BECAUSE ROUGE THE BAT DRAWN AS WIDE AS SHE IS TALL WITH TITS TO MATCH KILLED MY GRANDMA, OKAY?

in 20 years this post will be totally incomprehensible

I REFUSE to let that happen

So like 5 or 6 years ago I went to a wedding, and at the reception each table had a bowl of Hersheys kisses as a center piece. And this little boy toddled up to our table and peered over the top at our bowl. I thought he wanted some of our candy so I slid the bowl to the edge so he could reach, but he just walked away without taking any

And this woman at our table knew him and she said "oh, he doesn't like chocolate, he's a boy!" And I was so fucking offened by that and I had know idea why

Well now that I've figured out that I'm trans I get it now. IM A BOY AND I LIKE CHOCOLATE DAMMIT

So now I'm curious

I'm including nonbinary under the "trans" umbrella here (but if you're uncomfortable with that, then feel free to choose other)

There's something else i wanted to say here but i forgot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

what the fuck!!! The DJ Equiment I got off Temu adding farts and barnyard animal noises to my beats!!!

the whole club loves it!?