“Don’t Let Them Change Us: A Bad Buddy Fanzine for Palestine” is OUT!

Don’t Let Them Change Us is a digital Bad Buddy fanzine raising money and awareness for Palestinian liberation. Check out our statement of solidarity with Palestinian liberation and actions you can take for Palestine to learn more about why we created this zine.

All zine proceeds go to We Are Not Numbers (WANN), a youth-led organization in Gaza that shares the stories behind the numbers and fights for Palestinians’ human rights, or to direct aid for their writers and their families who are suffering under Israel’s genocide. 

The digital fanzine, which is now out, is a full-color PDF with 244 pages and alt text for all images, and includes:

Our sixteen contributors have been absolutely fantastic! We’ve been spotlighting each of them in our #contributor spotlights tag, but if you missed those, here they all are:

We’re also thrilled to share that, just through pre-orders, we’ve already raised $1,969.50 USD for WANN and direct aid for WANN writers! This fandom has come through big for WANN, allowing us to meet our stretch goal, which means we’ll be raffling off two print copies of the zine among everyone who pre-ordered. We’ll continue taking zine orders at least through the end of May – potentially longer if there is interest. And if you pre-ordered but have not yet received your copy of the zine in your email, please do email us to let us know at BadBuddyFanzine [at] gmail [dot] com.

We also hope that as you’re enjoying the zine, you’ll also keep letting folks know about it if they have not ordered themselves, and also sharing your reactions and feedback with our contributors! If you are so inclined, you can post or tweet about your reactions to the different works in the zine, which we can then share with the contributors:

Thank you again to everyone who made this happen! We are so, so grateful for everyone’s support and collaboration, and we hope that you will continue fighting for Palestine both in fandom and in all the other parts of your lives. 

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!

Your zine mods, @fiercynn and @sciencebluefeelings

"Every time i'm near you, nothing good happens" to "Can you please stay away from me?" to "You know that fact now leave" to "Someone like you what's to like?" to "You've got to stop doing this to me Pat" to "Why start when you know how it's gonna end" to "It's the kind of relationship i always avoid"  to "I care about you more" to "if you want my hand be brave" to "If i do that then how can i ever really quit" to "Being with you already feels like freedom" to "We like each other. Why does it bother anyone?" to "I can be anywhere as long as i have you" to "I wrote this song for him." to "Give it to him for me" to "If not you i won't allow anyone else to use it" to "Call me nicely".

— natalie diaz, a brother named gethsemane

23.5 Degrees (2024) dir. Fon Kanittha Kwunyoo Episode 5 - "The Gift"

*cries in big sister*

watching the term "delusional" get the "hyperfixation" treatment from people on social media who would sooner intentionally trigger actual paranoid delusional people's paranoia as a joke than treat them like humans. and Im begging people to understand you can't choose to be delusional. you're not "delulu" for having high self esteem or choosing to believe more people are attracted to you than reality or experiencing the common phenomenon of Optimism. can neurodivergent people just have our words back please?

#YEAH... #and the thing is #it's not just neurotypical people doing it #it's sometimes other neurodivergent people who dont have paranoia and delusions

(tags via @palisadewasp)

The world’s only ceramic tile khachkars are at the St. Savior Armenian Church in Jerusalem. Photos by Dr. Hamlet Petrosyan.

requested by @pranpats [part 1]

“Don’t Let Them Change Us: A Bad Buddy Fanzine for Palestine” is OUT!

Don’t Let Them Change Us is a digital Bad Buddy fanzine raising money and awareness for Palestinian liberation. Check out our statement of solidarity with Palestinian liberation and actions you can take for Palestine to learn more about why we created this zine.

All zine proceeds go to We Are Not Numbers (WANN), a youth-led organization in Gaza that shares the stories behind the numbers and fights for Palestinians’ human rights, or to direct aid for their writers and their families who are suffering under Israel’s genocide. 

The digital fanzine, which is now out, is a full-color PDF with 244 pages and alt text for all images, and includes:

Our sixteen contributors have been absolutely fantastic! We’ve been spotlighting each of them in our #contributor spotlights tag, but if you missed those, here they all are:

We’re also thrilled to share that, just through pre-orders, we’ve already raised $1,969.50 USD for WANN and direct aid for WANN writers! This fandom has come through big for WANN, allowing us to meet our stretch goal, which means we’ll be raffling off two print copies of the zine among everyone who pre-ordered. We’ll continue taking zine orders at least through the end of May – potentially longer if there is interest. And if you pre-ordered but have not yet received your copy of the zine in your email, please do email us to let us know at BadBuddyFanzine [at] gmail [dot] com.

We also hope that as you’re enjoying the zine, you’ll also keep letting folks know about it if they have not ordered themselves, and also sharing your reactions and feedback with our contributors! If you are so inclined, you can post or tweet about your reactions to the different works in the zine, which we can then share with the contributors:

Thank you again to everyone who made this happen! We are so, so grateful for everyone’s support and collaboration, and we hope that you will continue fighting for Palestine both in fandom and in all the other parts of your lives. 

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!

Your zine mods, @fiercynn and @sciencebluefeelings

BLOOMING, Nana Bruce, 2023

Pero buatefack

The parallels between Zionism and Hindutva are too strong to ignore, especially as they become more ideologically aligned movements.