just a reminder that when england win domestic abuse rates go up by 26% and by 38% if they lose. im thinking of all the women no matter what happens tonight. here’s a few helplines for anybody who needs them!

prayers are great but here are organisations you can support and donate to after the explosion in beirut, lebanon. as of right now august 4th 2020, 10 bodies have been recovered and hundreds are injured, and entire neighbourhoods including hospitals have been destroyed. we’re already in an economic crisis and famine on top of covid and our government, as usual, has done and is doing nothing to help us, much less the refugees. we still don’t know what or who set off the explosion. we have 1.5 million syrian refugees and 300k palestinian refugees who also need help.

- save the children lebanon

- muslim aid lebanon

- bassma: donations go to help families pay for health care, food boxes, clothing, education and tutoring

- anera: donate to syrian and palestinian refugee camps in lebanon

- lebanese food bank

- association najdeh for female palestinian refugees in lebanon

- lebanese red cross

- penny appeal lebanon, help buy food for children and families

- islamic relief usa / islamic relief canada

- basmeh and zeitooneh: learn about the social and economic crisis + donate here

- jusoor syria, refugee education program in lebanon

if you know of any dependable and official charities/ngos in lebanon please reblog and i will add them onto this post as well.

new critical thought: is the celebrity that everyone is calling a ““fashion icon”” really that fashionable or are they just skinny and rich?

*swings my bat at the hornets nest* 

LITERALLY EXACTLY WHAT BELLA’S WEARING!! EXACTLY THAT!!

@robertjosephmaccready​ these tags are *chefs kiss*

(created by Anna Edwards (dwardslife on Instagram)

But imagine if you lived in a country where the color of your skin got you killed for driving, jogging, sleeping, yelling, parking, babysitting, sitting in a van, selling CDs, selling cigarettes, opening the door, walking at night, wearing a hoodie at night, holding a toy gun, lying on the ground, being homeless, being in a dark stairwell, holding a cell phone, having a broken taillight, exercising horses, having a bottle of pills, shopping at Walmart, holding a BB gun at Walmart, holding a phone in your own backyard, eating ice cream in your own house, and shopping, you would say, “That is a lawless country.” 

— Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (x)

The historic moment that the statue of Edward Colston, slave trader of the Royal African Company, was been toppled by crowds in the centre of Bristol (UK) and, appropriately, rolled into the Harbour.

Colston was a major slave trader involved in the transportation of 84,000 enslaved African men, women & young children from West Africa to the Caribbean & the Americas. 19,000 people died on these voyages - most of whom, like Colston, were callously thrown into the sea.

The glorification of the British Empire and colonialism on the whole is particularly troublesome in the UK. As a white person, I cannot ever truly fathom the pain of racism, but as an Irish woman living in London I find the reverence of the Empire horrifying.

Consequently, these actions are inspiring. Like most people, even in the UK, I had never heard of Colston until today but thanks to the actions of these BLM protestors, his name and atrocities will never be forgotten.

I have no doubt that many will attempt to attack those who tore this statue down - in fact, I have already seen many do so. I'm sure they will cite cultural relativism, the importance of remembering history and label the protesters vandals.

However, I find cultural relativism especially damaging. Slavery and racism are wrong. The when or where is irrelevant regarding moral validity. By applying cultural relativism as some sort of trump card (pardon the pun), you suggest that criticism of history is futile and ultimately condone past horrors.

Secondly, removing statues is not erasing history. Statues are not the mechanisms by which we understand history. We learn history through museums, books, TV and the internet. Statues are created to revere a great person. Edward Colston was not a great man; he was a murderer and slave trader.

And finally, I don't view these people as vandals. The people of Bristol have been petitioning and demanding that the statue be removed for some time but the Conservative local council have continually refused despite the pain felt by many. Additionally, don't ask why people tore down a statue of a slave trader - ask why it was put up in the first place.

How can you have peace when there is no justice?

Finally, although I doubt that many will read this, if anybody is interested in learning more about this or British colonialism in general then I reccomend looking up David Olusoga. He is a British-Nigerian historian and one of the finest in his profession.

Also, here's a bit of light amongst the dark - GoogleMaps were quick to update us on Edward Colston's location.

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The most comprehensive link to donations, petitions, resources and information. Silence is compliance in violence.

carrds about BLM in different languages:

french

spanish

german

korean

japanese

chinese

malay

thai

finnish

filipino

indonesian

polish

hungarian

albanian

portuguese

italian

turkish

vietnamese

Resource is from victoriaalxndr on Twitter!

HOW TO DONATE TO BLM WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY

a black woman named zoe amira posted a video on youtube. this video is an hour long and filled with art and music from black creators. it has a ton of ads, and in result will rack up a ton of revenue. 100% of the ad revenue from the video will be dispersed between various blm organizations, including bail-out funds for protesters. it will be split between the following, dependent on necessity

please, please reblog. for people who don’t have money to spare, this is incredibly important information to have.

Taken from pinned comment on vid : "once you finished the entire thing, proceed to watch any 3 to 5 videos (literally any length of the video will do, plus randomize the number of vids you watch AND the videos themselves they will count as spam if you watch the same 3-5 videos) after this. once you've done that, watch this again in the highest quality. rinse and repeat"

here is a google doc of resources to support george floyd, ahmaud arbery, roy stoddart, and the many, many, many other wrongfully murdered black people in the united states — as well as the black lives matter movement in general

please share this link or post to anyone and everyone

black lives matter.

To all my black followers and friends, stay safe.

I strongly urge all of you to sign this petition demanding justice for George Floyd. It is our duty as citizens of this country to not only raise awareness in any means possible, but take action against positions of power shrouded in institutionalized racism. Join me in demanding justice from Attorney Michael Freeman–the four officers involved in Floyd’s death can not walk free.

You can find the super petition here. When you sign you can further instructions on actions you can take towards justice.

in the wake of yet another black person being murdered by police, here’s a list of relevant fundraisers and organizations that could use your support right now. 

this is specifically a call to action for fellow white people. if you’re white and you’re in any way able to, donate.

you can donate to the minnesota freedom fund to bail out protestors here. I donated $10. if you see this, will you either match my donation or reblog to spread it?