the thing is people often talk about how minecraft steve is the most whitewashed character since jesus christ but never does anyone discuss how they’re perhaps the most misgendered character ever
steve (alongside all the other default skins, for that matter) are referred to with they/them and with gender-neutral language by the developers!
i think the most interesting part is that steve (and the others, mostly alex) are constantly misgendered by not just fans, but official minecraft content itself. merch, social media posts, etc will often refer to steve with he/him, and alex with she/her, although sometimes they seem to omit pronouns entirely. the developers, though, have seen them as genderless since basically the beginning
before notch became who he is today, he posted about gender in minecraft, ending it with:
and in an interview with lydia williams, she talks about how she was corrected on steve’s gender (presumably by her coworkers at the time):
and again, in the latest skin-related video, both steve and sunny are referred to solely with they/them. the developers seem pretty set and comfortable with the genderless nature of the player characters, which makes it really confusing as to why the rest of the branding ignores that fact entirely
They bombed near my friend's house, 50 martyrs.
I can't do anything else about his situation but ask you to support him.
If you can, please also help my other friend. If there's still a chance to get them out before it's too late I'm going to take it.
cjcvl asked:
hello!! I LOVE YOUR ART IS SO BEATIFUL i have the question that if people can use your art as icons or banners here or in other socials?? with credits ofc!! if not YOUR ART IS SO COOL ANYWAYS have a nice day :3!!
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I'll make this brief -- I've been asked by my friend Mahmoud to organize his campaign. Mahmoud is a 29 year old schoolteacher from Gaza and needs your generosity and support to survive, along with his family. I've spoken to Mahmoud myself and I know that his situation isn't improving, so time is of the essence.
This campaign is brand new, so we're starting at exactly $0. The goal Mahmoud has asked me to set is $35,000. This may seem insurmountable, but I know we can do this together.
Here is the link to his campaign. Please donate if you are able to, and reblog as much as you can.
i cant stop drawing them i need this movie immediately
new dog man footage!! found in the mall. i turned off the sound; you couldnt hear anything anyway bcouse of the noise
The ceasefire agreement was reached and joy is floating among the Palestinian people
The joy is indescribable here all over the Gaza Strip. This thing seems like a literal miracle.
this is the family we almost donated 2k to :) please consider donating and sharing again 💗
I can't lie, I find it very odd that posts cautioning people against donating to individual* campaigns and promoting the idea of supporting mutual aid efforts and community kitchens in Gaza can rack up 10k+ notes--while a post promoting a community kitchen (that I can personally vouch for) struggles to get 1k notes, and has barely pulled in a couple hundred dollars over the past week.
I actively try to avoid using guilting tactics in fundraising, but this is weird to me. It's like people are using these posts as an excuse not to do things they already didn't want to do anyway, rather than actually taking their recommendations on board...
*In my experience, these campaigns often support large extended families + their neighbours
MAQMAP is a community kitchen aiming to support families in the Mawasi Al-Qarara area.
Mohammed is planning to distribute food parcels, each containing one liter of vegetable oil, one kilo of sugar, one kilo of rice, one kilo of lentils, one kilo of pasta, and a can of sauce, to the 70+ families in Mawasi Al-Qarara camp later this week.
Thank you so much for all of your help so far. Any money that you can spare would really help to keep this initiative going in the coming weeks.
