pani puri

Summary: China and India, in the midst of months of negotiations, snap at each other. Posted (very late) for @femslashetalia Day 4: Free Day!

Characters: Nyo China, Nyo India

Warnings: A bit of blood + violence ig, they're fighting.

Notes: 1) This is part of a longer fic but it's not done yet so... 😶 2) a friend suggested the title bc pani puri are easily chewable (like they're chewing on each other) munch munch

MISC ART DUMP 6

bit of a short one but I'm quite proud of these pieces and wanted to get this out here! oh my god the tags

from left to right, top to bottom

transparent version of yemen below read more if anyone wants it 😺😺

i learned a while ago that the whole "most of the stars we see in the sky are actually already dead because they're so far away that we're seeing them as they were thousands of years ago" thing is a myth because stars live so long that it's unlikely many, if any, of them have burned out yet, but i'm still glad that myth exists because there's just something about the thought of the sky as a graveyard of stars that gets to me

It’s interesting because one day that will be true for some people on some planet out there, but we are so young, the universe is so young, that we live in a time when we get to see more stars born than we ever will see die. There’s poetry in looking up and seeing a star graveyard, but I think there’s also poetry in looking up and seeing a star nursery.

Like, memento mori but also memento vivi

memento mori but also memento vivi

Via NasAlSudan

Transcript:

Sudan Action Week

#keepEyesOnSudan

17 Dec. What is happening in Sudan

Learn about the war in Sudan, its origins, and the key players involved.

18 Dec. Centering Dafur

Learn about the ongoing situation in Darfur, understanding both current events and the historical context spanning decades.

19 Dec. Sudanese Revolution

Delve into Sudanese resilience and the significance of December 19 for the Sudanese community.

20 Dec. Contact your representatives

Discover various ways to contact your representatives and advocate for addressing the war in Sudan.

21 Dec. Centering Sudanese voices

Debunking hashtags and identifying the appropriate news sources on social media and online.

22 Dec. Day of donation

Amplify and learn about fundraisers supporting Sudanese people currently on the ground in Sudan.

23 Dec. Support Sudani Businesses

Explore wayst to support Sudanese  businesses, whether through online orders or in-store shopping.

24 Dec. Honoring our martyrs

Reflect on and pay tribute to those who have lost their lives in the conflict.

End Transcript

December 17!

Beware Tumblr User potaxiepower / jadereblogs / jixngchxng (formerly known as kimetsunozushi69)

Panda, otherwise known as Jade, is a Spanish-Chinese Tumblr user in the Hetalia and Modaozushi fandom with a history of racism, emotional abuse, and verbal abuse. 

This was initially kept quiet due to not wanting to air our private matters, cause harassment towards Panda, or retraumatize themselves by gathering screenshots of triggering conversations. Even as Panda continued to speak negatively about the people in her old friend group, it was kept quiet since it was only in private settings. However, as Panda has now shown herself to (likely) be inciting harassment against a former friend and recruiting minors for her new discord (with the context that she lacks emotional self-control), the writers of this document have decided to step forward to prevent further abuse, to warn people, and to ensure she cannot control the narrative surrounding her former friends. 

Although the writers of the document have attempted to put together as many screenshots as they can, not everything has been included due to many of the conversations referencing personal topics, as well as the fact that Panda had deleted the original server she made for her inner circle during a breakdown halfway through the summer, around July 2023.

This document is NOT made with the intention of spreading or inciting harassment towards Panda, we have no intention of smearing her name.

-- Paulomi Chakraborty, "Gender, Women, and Partition"

Kevin Durant is a extremely high tier shitposter who just so happens to also be one of the greatest basketball players of all time

"Legacy points added/deducted" has permanently become a part of my vocabulary

another one of my uni portfolio pieces. something about kind gestures of strangers that go unnoticed because we're so used to them and the inherent goodness of people etc etc etc

honestly i just wanted to draw a comic because i wanted to show off my illustration skills. i wish i had spent more time on these & drawn more comics for this series but i was running out of time :(

(made in photoshop)

"The film is profoundly anchored in Bombay and describes contemporary Indian society. It is a universe in which the caste system is slowly evolving into a class system, and in which social divisions are still hard to overcome."

Sir (2018, dir. Rohena Gera)

Remember today. Remember how the world stood by and watched 2.2 million people which more than half of them are children get annihilated. Remember how Israel cut off all ways of communication and internet inside and outside of gaza, and started bombarding the strip heavily like never before with American weapons. How israel made itself look like the victim while it kills a Palestinian child every 10-15 minutes. Remember how if you're in gaza and your house got bombed, you will die either way because there is no way you can call an ambulance. You can't check on your loved ones even if they were meters away. Remember how everybody remained silent while Israelis chant and celebrate Palestinians death, and we demand the chance to live.

Remember how they bombed hospitals, mosques, churches, schools, refugee camps and houses. Remember the families who survived the first bombing in their house, only to get killed in a hospital or a camp. Remember how their defense minister called us Human Animals, our children children of the dark. Remember how the USA and Israel are testing weapons on the people of gaza. Things we've never seen before.

Remember the babies who survived the bombing while their entire family got killed. Who will tell these children their names? They experienced trauma that they don't even have the language to describe it.

Remember that we watched a genocide live, before they start changing the narrative. Remember that when this is marked in history, you were on what side. Remember the "never again" in the holocaust and Rwanda and and, but the "again and again" in gaza until everybody is dead in the most gruesome way.

Remember the killed Palestinians. They are not numbers.

Estimated number of people displaced due to conflict in Sudan, by location (as of Jul. 11, 2023)

As this infographic shows, there are now thought to be more than three million people currently displaced due to the conflict, forced to flee their homes due to the threat of being caught up in the fighting or being directly targeted by what the UN has described as "increasing reports of gender-based violence– including conflict-related sexual violence against internally displaced and refugee women and girls".

Examples of simple belts/girdles used to secure the sari at the waist. The more common regional terms for the kanci are kayabandh/kamar bandh in the north, oddiyanam in Tamil Nadu. where it is commonly used in dance costumes, mekhala etc.

Pics: 1. A painting of a dancer by MV Dhurandhar 2) A Lala Deen Dayal photograph. 3. TP Rajalakshmi [X] 4) Balasaraswati photographed by Marilyn Silverstone.

JD Gondhalekar - probably from the 1930s/1940s.

I love the collared print blouse and that its combined with a handloom sari (that red and white is very Bengal)

Palestinians are not "animals."

They are not "children of darkness."

Little kids are rescuing cats and trying to comfort them when they themselves are terrified.

A doctor broke down when his father and brother came into the trauma unit.

And several of his colleagues hugged and gathered to comfort him.

Journalists are playing with babies.

Doctors are refusing to evacuate hospitals because their patients can't and refuse to leave them.

There's a little boy who gives tea to the journalists and thanks them for spreading their stories.

He's displaced at the hospital, his home is gone.

A kid was asked what he wants to be when he grows up and he said kids in Gaza don't grow up.

Kids are writing their names on their arms so they can be identified.

Momin Kireka is a Palestinian journalist who was disabled by an Israeli attack in 2008.

And despite the difficulty in moving around, he vows to continue to show the world the truth.

Awni, a young Palestinian boy has a gaming YouTube channel he loved so much.

He was killed in the bombing.

Mohammed Sami was an artist who's dream was to open an art gallery.

He was playing with the kids to raise their spirits. And the next day he was killed.

They are victims.

They are going through unimaginable horrors and still find it in their hearts to be kind.

They have hopes and dreams just like you and I.

They are people.

And they deserve to be remembered as such.

Mimesis

by Fady Joudah

My daughter                       wouldn’t hurt a spider That had nested Between her bicycle handles For two weeks She waited Until it left of its own accord If you tear down the web I said It will simply know This isn’t a place to call home And you’d get to go biking She said that’s how others Become refugees isn’t it?